"It seems that what Daoist Wang said is right, there is indeed an underground palace under this prayer temple."

Everyone did not delay any longer, and walked into the underground stairs under the leadership of Yue Guanchao, and when they walked, they could clearly see the blood dripping from the ground with a flashlight, and they continued to extend into the darkness towards the stairs.

After walking for about ten minutes, they had already reached the bottom of the stairs, and the porch began to appear in front of everyone's eyes!

The position where they stand is the end of the porch, the staircase that extends upwards to the back, and the promenade that extends forward to the front, these colorful arched eaves corridors are mostly embedded in the earth and stone tunnels, which not only use the arch beams to support the tunnel, but also add a touch of majesty and mystery to the tunnel.

If you look closely, the tunnel is about two meters wide and four meters high, and with the decorative beams, the height can only accommodate people to pass through, and there is no extra space.

Yue Guanchao looked at the ground, and it could be seen that the blood stains had been stretched in, and since this place had already been walked by Stanhe and them, it was estimated that there was no hidden weapon mechanism, so he simply continued to move forward.

As they walked, they looked more and more strange, the width of the tunnel was obviously increasing, and they could only walk two people side by side, but after a few minutes, they could already walk four people side by side.

Sensing this, they lit the flashlight and kerosene lamp in their hands completely, and only then did they see the structure of the tunnels, which looked like trapezoids lying down and falling, and the entrance was the narrowest place, and the further they went, the wider it became.

When you reach the end, you have already come to the entrance of the underground palace, and in the light of the flashlight, you can already see the words "Pray God Temple Underground Palace" hanging on the top of the grotto.

Walking into it, the area of the underground palace is slightly smaller than that of the prayer temple, and the stone pillars with the thickness of the water tank are arranged throughout the space, dividing the space into a "vessel" shaped structure.

Under this underground palace structure, there is a huge bronze bell in the central hall, this bronze bell is shaped like a trumpet flower, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and the huge volume is like a certain house or a single cargo truck, suspended two meters in the air, appearing above everyone's heads.

If you stand a little farther away, you can also see that there is a black iron shelf at the top of the bronze bell, which is directly connected to the top of the bronze bell, and the hollow iron tower continues to extend upward, and finally turns into a point of light, turn on the flashlight to shine on the top of the bronze bell, it can be seen that the iron frame is directly fixed on the wall, and only in this way can it fully withstand the strength of the copper bell.

Look around, you can see that there is a square frame beam frame outside the copper bell, the black iron is the main bone, the wood is the beam frame, the copper bell is directly firmly supported, and there are four wrist-thick iron chains, loosely connected to the four sides of the copper bell to pull the copper bell, so as not to shake too violently.

Song Siyuan walked under the bronze bell, such a structure is the same as the ancient city niche they saw, if they want to ring the bell, it is probably through this position that the bell is completely transmitted through the tower.

She suddenly realized: "According to the abandoned floating temple we have inspected, the structure of this bronze bell connecting the iron tower is the same type as the Tubo floating temple, and if you need to chant and transmit the sound, then this will also come in handy." ”

After that, everyone continued to walk towards the interior of the underground palace, and along the position of the central hall, many scripture book shelves were placed, forming a bronze bell in the shape of a hug.

Outside the paper-shaped bookshelf, only the remaining murals in the left and right halls remain, which are shadowed in the flickering candle flames, and they are not real.

"The things on these shelves seem to be gone."

Keli is close to the bookshelf, thousands of years have passed, and a lot of dust has accumulated here, not to mention touching it with your hands, even if you look with your eyes, you can also see a layer of dust on the bookshelf, dusty.

Between these shelves, there are many dust-free spaces, which indicates that there are things placed on these spaces, and after they are removed, the space under the things is vacated, which is particularly conspicuous in the dust.

After Song Siyuan walked over, she carefully observed these bookshelves, everything was gone, judging from the remaining traces, it was some picture scrolls, books, cultural relics bottles and cans, she thought for a moment and guessed: "The traces just now have proved that Uncle Gunizi and Steinhein have been to these underground palaces, and it is estimated that the things on these bookshelves were stolen by Steinhein and became many historical research materials in the Western Regions that Steinkhin took." ”

Speaking of this, she paused, and her tone became serious: "In Stein's investigation report, it was also mentioned that they had found many books, picture scrolls, scripts, clay pots, tiles and so on in the abandoned ancient city, and I think they were probably found from this underground palace of the Temple of Prayer. ”

"Come here, there's a corpse here."

This sentence made Keli Tongren shake slightly, and he bypassed the bookshelf and came to the side hall.

Yue Erpao and Xu Xiake were already in the side hall, and when they passed, the first person had already seen the corpse leaning against the corner of the wall, and the closer they got, the more they could see the blood stains on the ground being dragged into lines, like the corpse's path of action, pulling everyone to the corner of the side hall.

Turn on the flashlight and take a closer look.

The corpse was wearing a cotton and linen undershirt, a single jacket, and a cloak resembling a cloak on the outside, black bloomers on the lower body, leggings and leather boots under his feet, and in addition to a leather whip hanging from his waist, there were gourds for drinking water, bows and arrows, dagger scabbards, quivers, and black cloth wrapped around his hands.

The air here is dry and breathable, and the corpse has completely dried up into a dry corpse, even if it has completely shrunk, you can still see the general appearance of the facial features, the skin is like an old man who is dozens of years old, wrinkled and flabby, frozen in the skeleton by the years, showing a black and mottled corpse color.

Looking at the details of the corpse's body, it is clear that the corpse's legs and heart were shot with guns, and there are round holes with blood stains, and then think about the corners where they walked along the blood trail all the way, and it is clear what happened to this corpse before it died!

It is estimated that they were fighting in the temple, and accidentally discovered that there was a secret passage here, and Guniz entered the underground palace to take refuge here under the pursuit of Stanherin.

After they entered the underground palace, they must have found that there is not only an underground palace here, but also a cave where the classics and documents are kept.

In severe pain, Guniz had to drag his legs and feet to the side hall, and because the wounds on his legs and feet were too low, the blood spurted out and dragged them to the ground along the route he walked, forming the arc of blood marks they saw.

Eventually, Guniz came to the corner and was shot in the center by Steinhein's men, leaving two wounds in his heart and calf.

Judging from this dress, it is very similar to Keli's dress, and considering the three-edged dagger held in the corpse's hand, it is even more certain who it is, and everyone looks back at Keli in unison.

Until now, Keli has not characterized the disappearance of Gunizi as death, so he just wants to give himself a thought, and at this moment, Gunizi's bones appear here, and all the thoughts and hints he made before have completely collapsed at this moment.

Then, he walked slowly to the corpse, picked up the necklace made of silver coins on the corpse, and the corners of his eyes were already slightly red, but after all, he had to be tough, and he always refused to shed tears, and everyone could only see how sad he was from the corners of his mouth that kept trembling.

"Acrylic ......"

Yue Guanchao still wanted to comfort, but Keli hurriedly stopped: "I already knew the ending, but I didn't want to believe that my Abba is gone, I can accept the reality, you don't have to rush to comfort me." ”

With that, he deliberately squeezed his brows, pressed down his eyes, carefully groped for the clothes on the corpse, and took out a booklet made of birch bark in the collar of the clothes.

The size of this booklet fits the palm of the hand, it is cut into square and regular, with fine round holes on both sides, and the cowhide hemp rope is put on to form a booklet folded before and after, all stacked up half an inch high, it looks like a jewelry box, and when you open the booklet, it is full of dense words, and the shape is completely different from the Chinese characters.

"Keli, do you know these words?"

Everyone gathered, and Song Siyuan became curious about the booklet of Gunezi.

Keli opened it and carefully observed the twists and turns of the words, and shook his head at them: "I don't know, I only learned Uyghur and Chinese with Abba, and I haven't seen much of this kind of writing at all, but one thing is certain, these words are indeed my Abba's handwriting, and it is true that he wrote them." ”

He paused and continued: "This kind of booklet is generally used to record things, such as the location of hunting, the number of prey, the selling price, or to record some remote places that you have walked, and it may also be to record some legends and observations that you have heard. ”

"However, in the past, my Abba remembered things in Chinese, otherwise he also used Uyghur, I haven't seen much of this kind of writing, it looks very similar to Uyghur, but I can't spell it at all, I don't know what language this is, anyway, he didn't teach us."

Song Siyuan pondered his words carefully, and her eyes lit up: "If it is different from the norm, it either means that the words he wrote are important and need to be covered up in detail, or, it means that he deliberately reminded us, so that the people who found this booklet understand that this booklet is very important." ”

"I think it's better to bring Uncle Gunizi and the booklet back first."

With that, Keli pulled the bones of Guniz out of the corner, ready to wrap them in a cloth, and when the bones broke away from the corners, the position where the bones were resting on the back was obviously a bloody handprint.

Song Siyuan glanced at the height of the bloody handprint, according to the dead state of the corpse, it was impossible to print the handprint after death, and at the same time, the blood stains on the wall were sprayed out, and most of them were irregular shapes, this kind of bloodstains that were completely bloody handprints were mostly to emphasize something.

Thinking of this, she began to approach the murals, observing the details of the murals in the side halls, and when she had a slight eyebrow, her eyes obviously lit up: "Here, it seems that the history of Queen Shanshan's construction of Shanshan Wangcheng is recorded, could it be that this bloody handprint is to emphasize this point?" ”