Section 9 The mystery of the patio tomb guards the temple of the underworld

When I woke up in a daze, I was just about to get up and look up, but the sharp pain in the back of my head made it impossible for me to move!

At this time, I heard Zhang Xianyun and me say, "Uncle, you have an injury to the back of your neck, let's lean here and rest for a while." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

After speaking, Zhang Xianyun helped me up, let me lie on the ground by leaning on a stone, and reached out and handed me a taste of spring water.

I tilted my head and took a sip before I began to take a look around me.

We are in a huge cave, the cave is very high, and at the top you can see countless gaps connected to the outside world, making the cave very visible. There was also a sound of flowing water from the side, and I looked for a reputation, only to see a curtain of waterfall hanging on the stone wall in the far side of the cave, which was constantly flowing from the stone crack into a waterhole in the cave along the stone wall. The waterhole was surrounded by dwarf shrubs and grass, and a small gray rabbit was hiding under the bushes to graze, looking up at us from time to time.

Since there are grass, trees and animals, it seems that this cave is relatively safe, and this part should not belong to the Tianjing Cemetery Underground Palace, we should have jumped out of the underground palace by mistake.

Thinking of the scene of jumping out, I am still a little frightened now! Soon I reluctantly stood up, I reached out and touched the back of my neck, Zhang Xianyun had already helped me use gauze to bandage the wound simply.

Then I looked up to see where we had fallen, and there was a distinctly rectangular hole in the stone wall at the top of the cave, presumably in the middle of the cave, from which we should have jumped. Fortunately, this stone wall is just a slope, and we are sliding down the slope all the way, otherwise if it falls vertically, I am afraid that Zhang Xianyun and I will already be smashed into flesh at this moment.

The space in the cave is very large, Zhang Xianyun and I checked around, but we didn't find any traces of other people, nor did we see any human bones.

It seems that maybe only the two of us would be so crazy that we thought of jumping straight down, but we didn't know how to enter the dungeon again.

There are not many opportunities left for us to choose, whether it is to return to the underground palace or to retreat to the surface first, we must first find a way out, this cave is completely sealed in the mountain, and there is no exit in sight.

Zhang Xianyun reminded me and said: "Uncle, we jumped down from the stone gate of the air inlet, and directly opposite is the wind in and out! I think the others should have been in the ecstasy array of the bronze statue, and then they all followed the wind into the stone gate of the air outlet in a daze. Why don't we go around this rock wall along the front and take a look at the back of the stone wall?"

I nodded and said, "yes, okay, let's go!"

After saying that, the two of us began to walk along the stone wall, this cave has a lot of space, there are holes in the cave, layer after layer! Originally, we thought that we would be able to get around the stone wall soon, but after walking a long way, we found that this stone wall and the mountain are connected as a whole, and there is nothing behind us to see.

But soon we found a cave in front of us that led to the stone wall, and in order to find Wen Yuan and them, we had to enter the cave again with fear.

It is said to be a cave, but it is actually a crack in the stone wall, which may be related to the water flowing out of the stone cracks, and it has been rushing out of such a hole for a long time. The cave is very narrow, and the water under your feet is not deep, but it is constantly flowing. The two of us stepped on shallow water and moss, and walked all the way inside, and there was a strong musty smell from the hole, which choked us and we had to cover our noses and make it difficult to shuttle.

We don't know how long we walked, but we finally got out of the cave and came to an empty cave.

We shone our flashlights around and found that the cave was actually a stone chamber dug out by hand, and we quickly realized that we had stumbled back to the dungeon!

This stone chamber is particularly damp, judging from the water marks on the stone walls around it, it should have just been submerged when it rained heavily a few days ago, fortunately we are the tomb that we entered after the rain, otherwise we would not be able to enter here at all, it must be filled with stagnant water.

This stone chamber should be the last floor of the spiral steps, because this stone chamber is exactly the same as the four stone chambers above, square, and there is still a bronze statue of a human-faced beast god in the middle.

It seemed that the main burial chamber was not at the bottom of the spiral steps, so we had to go back and up along the spiral steps! It was very hard to climb from the bottom to the top, we walked through the spiral steps one after another, passed through one stone chamber after another, and still did not find any other way out.

Strangely, Zhang Xianyun and I actually came to a large stone room where nine bronze beasts were placed, and there was still sand and dust left everywhere on the ground, so it was obvious that we had gone around in a big circle and returned to the fifth oval stone room!

Zhang Xianyun opened his mouth at this time and said: "When we came up just now, we also passed through four stone chambers, and this patio tomb has a total of nine stone chambers, which means that there are a total of ninety layers of spiral steps! Although I don't understand why the owner of the tomb built such a strange tomb passage, one thing is for sure, the mystery should be in the large tomb on the fifth floor, and the air outlet is the entrance to the main tomb!"

I frowned and asked, "So, we're going to have to reopen the mechanism again?" and get through the stone door at the air outlet?"

Zhang Xianyun immediately replied: "No, uncle, you are injured, why don't we go up first, let's talk about it first, and then we will bring some helpers in and continue to look for them!"

Actually, I do want to retreat a little, this patio tomb is so weird, I don't know how many traps and dangers are hidden in it. But when I think of Wen Yuan and Dr. Long, I can't help it in my conscience. No matter how you say it, Wen Yuan can call me uncle, how can I leave my nephew in trouble.

I gritted my teeth and said reluctantly: "Then, come on, let's open the mechanism again! The air outlet should be on the right, are you ready to show the clouds?"

Zhang Xianyun stretched out his hand and grabbed my left hand, used a flashlight to shine a bronze statue for me, and said seriously: "I'm ready uncle, the copper grab that my flashlight shines on is a mechanism, you be careful!"

I coughed and began to count: "Ready! Three, two, one!"

The rumbling sound continued to come from the stone wall, the stone door opened again, and before the wind arrived, Xianyun pulled me and rushed directly into the stone gate of the air outlet!

Fueled by the strong winds, the two of us tumbled along the narrow stone path and finally fell into an open area with a slight light.

Soon the wind stopped, and apparently the stone door closed again on its own. When I opened my eyes, a skull immediately appeared in front of my eyes, and I was so frightened that I hurriedly rolled to the side. As soon as I reached out, I felt another human bone.

Fear immediately filled my body, and I immediately got up from the ground in fright, only to find that the ground around me was full of dead people's bones.

It seems that many tomb robbers have been here, but they have all been recruited and died here, are we the new batch of burial companions of the tomb owner?

I hurriedly looked around, only to see the gate of an underground palace appear in the huge cave in front of me, and the two sides of the gate are connected to the stone wall by the wall, forming a whole with the stone wall, it seems that the gate and wall of this palace are all chiseled out, simulating the appearance of a real palace. On both sides of the palace gate, there are several tall stone tablets, which are densely filled with Western Han characters, which seem to be some descriptions of underground palaces.

Zhang Xianyun turned off the flashlight, stared at the archway, and said to me slowly: "Oh my God, there is a bigger stone room here, how many stones must be excavated here! I finally understand now, why there is a large piece of gravel under the mountain, and there is no grass and trees growing so far, it turns out that those stones are all taken out from here and thrown under the mountain!"

When I saw such a magnificent underground building, I unconsciously remembered one thing! I asked Zhang Xianyun and said, "Xianyun, have you noticed that the owner of this tomb seems to be deliberately attracting people to the tomb here!"

Zhang Xianyun nodded and said, "Well, that makes sense! The mechanism of that tomb seems to be to confuse people first, and then blow people here with a strong wind! However, why are there mechanisms placed in the four tombs above, it seems that they don't want people to come here!"

I shook my head and replied, "I don't think there are any mechanisms in the four burial chambers above, and if there are any mechanisms, why don't we come up from below at all? I think there may be people playing tricks in them, especially the bell longqin, who pretends to break the mechanism after a few random carvings on the bronze statue! But when we came down, we didn't hear the wounded member talk about the situation in the fifth stone chamber! In other words, after Dr. Long's accident, the people they fled back didn't have time to reach the fifth tomb at all, and then something happened. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Xianyun said strangely: "But we came down from above, and we didn't encounter any accidents! Could it be that someone took advantage of the strong wind to kill people, and then pretended to be injured and turned back, and told others that they were in danger, and then just withdrew?"

I shook my head and said, "I don't know, anyway, something is wrong, there must be something wrong with that bell longqin!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of metal rubbing from the palace gate, which frightened the two of us to immediately hide behind a stone tablet and quietly pay attention to the movement at the palace gate.

After a while, an armed policeman walked out of the palace gate in high spirits, followed by four other people, including the armed policeman and our archaeological teammates, each of whom had a halberd in his hand! They walked neatly like a patrol soldier in ancient times, and after patrolling the palace gate for a while, they immediately turned back and walked into the palace gate.

After they left, I was surprised and asked, "Xianyun, what is the situation? Why are they holding ancient weapons, they look so fierce!"

Zhang Xianyun shook his head and said, "I don't know, I guess they have fallen into witchcraft, and it seems that they are guarding this underground palace for the tomb owner!"

Seeing that my comrades were safe and sound, I finally aroused a trace of confidence in my heart, and I immediately glanced at Xianyun, and then the two of us crept into the palace gate and sneaked in along the open gate.

Upon entering the palace gates, we saw an even larger tomb! In front of us was a tall stone statue that looked like an ancient general, and not far behind him was a huge underground palace!

The stone statue stands in a small square, and countless oil lamps are lit on the stone walls on both sides, illuminating the entire small square and the underground palace behind it!

In one corner of the square, I spotted Dr. Long and the previous group of members, who were sitting listlessly on the ground resting, obviously starved and without any strength!

Around Dr. Long, the ground is full of human bones, it is estimated that the people who came here before entering the tomb were finally starved to death here after being hit by the demon.

At this time, the armed police non-commissioned officer walked quickly to the stone statue and shouted loudly at the stone statue: "Please rest assured, the general, we will definitely kill the thieves to protect the family and defend the country!"

...... , this, this is really the magic set up by the tomb owner in the nine bronze statues, and he has completely become the most loyal tomb keeper!

The next scene was a little frightened, I saw Wen Yuan wearing an ancient armor, striding out of the palace gate, he was holding a bronze halberd in his hand, and a bronze long sword collapsed at his waist.

Wen Yuan also came to the stone statue, he turned his back to the stone statue, waved the halberd in his hand in the air, and then held the halberd in his right hand and roared loudly: "Even if you villains slander the general and bewitch Your Majesty to alienate the general! Even if it is Your Majesty himself, I can only apologize, whoever dares to be disrespectful to the general, I will kill him." ”

...... , what is the situation, why is Wen Yuan also working as a guard for the dead?

I turned my head to look at Zhang Xianyun, and I didn't pay attention to the skeleton on the side! The skeleton fell to the ground with a thud, and rolled far away!

When I looked back in horror, Wen Yuan miraculously flashed in front of me, raised his halberd and stabbed at me fiercely, and roared loudly in his mouth: "Where did you come from, eat General Ben's halberd first!"

I shouted, "Mom, what the hell is this!", and after saying that, I hurriedly fled towards the gate of the palace, only to hear the whirring wind behind me constantly approaching me, and now I knew that I was only one step away from death!