Chapter XVII: The Tomb of the Hidden King
The four of them were not weak in martial arts, and they each withdrew a few feet away, and the big net was empty. But the mechanism seems to have been carefully calculated, predicting where the escaped person would go next. As soon as the four of them stood still, their feet suddenly went weak and they were about to fall. Wu Shijiu, Shuangxixi and Jin Wenjian were extremely fast, and they immediately jumped up when they felt that something was wrong, and the fat man was not so lucky, and he fell into a deep pit with a bang, and there was no movement.
The three of them understood in the air that the place where they landed just now looked no different from the flat ground, but in fact, there was a baffle inside, and there were people at the bottom to control it, waiting for people to fall, and the people on both sides of the tunnel shot together, and the people who fell could only be captured.
The figures of the three were falling, and the sound of sharp weapons breaking through the air was heard from all directions, and dozens of carved arrows were fired in a volley. The psychic whip shook and protected the three of them together, and the carved arrows were blocked one by one. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he didn't know what mechanism was triggered, and suddenly there were three more rope loops on his ankles, and then his feet tightened, and the three of them were hung upside down in unison.
Jin Wenjian was agile, and pulled out a long sword from his waist, and the rope was immediately cut in a flash of cold light. This rabbit has risen and fallen, if it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that I would have lost my life long ago.
Jin Wenjian stood up and shouted: "Who set up a mechanism here to secretly hurt people? What kind of hero is sneaking around!" I heard someone sneer: "You don't even let go of the tomb of the Hidden King, and you secretly make a fortune from the dead, you are a hero?"
Wu Shijiu listened to the sound and identified the position, and saw a big stone more than ten zhang away, revealing the corner of the cyan shirt behind the stone, jumped to the place where the man was hiding, and raised his hand is palm: "Give me a ...... to come out and speak."
The man didn't expect that the other party could jump so far away, he was already surprised, and suddenly felt a hot palm wind coming first, only to feel that his breath was no longer smooth, and the surprise in his heart was even worse. Fortunately, Wu Shijiu had no intention of hurting him, this palm was just a false move, and the man rolled on the ground, which could be dodged, but his body was covered with fallen leaves and soil, and he was very embarrassed.
Wu Shijiu fixed his eyes and saw that it was a bearded man, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a thick body. A rough count shows that there are hundreds of people. The bearded man high-fived, and several people walked over with a fat man. Wu Shijiu almost laughed out loud, the person who was being held was the fat man, but he was tied up by five flowers, and the double knives were also confiscated, his face was covered with mud, and he had a rag stuffed in his mouth, and he looked unconvinced and angry with anger. Thinking that he fell into the pit and didn't have time to jump, he was grabbed and tied up.
The bearded man put his double knives on the fat man's neck and said: "The three martial arts are not weak, I can't say it, I have to ask you to tie your hands and feet by yourself, otherwise your friend will have a bloody disaster in an instant." ”
The fat man glared at the man with angry eyes, and he didn't know what to say. I didn't even hold back Shuangxi, and I snorted for fun. When the fat man saw that she still had the heart to laugh at herself, he was so angry that he glared and stomped his feet.
Fighting with the big man just now, Wu Shijiu had already noticed that the other party was just thick and strong, and he knew some martial arts moves, but his internal strength was mediocre. At this time, although he was surrounded by more than 100 people, he was not afraid. He looked at Jin Wenji, and saw that he was just squinting and smiling, without saying a word, thinking to himself, it is better to capture the thief and capture the king first, it is better to set up a prestige for these people. At the moment, his body shook, and he stretched out his hand and slapped it on the big man's chest, and this time he put his true qi through his right arm, and carried the fire spirit technique, and a ball of flame erupted from his palm with a "poof".
Seeing the flames rolling in, if he didn't hide, he was afraid that his eyebrows and beard would be burned, the big man withdrew his double knives and hurriedly retreated, who knew that there was a flower in front of him, and then his wrists were numb, Wu Shijiu was already standing in front of him, and the double knives in his hands somehow reached his neck, and he opened his mouth wide for a while and couldn't speak, and he said for a long time: "You...... What kind of demon are you?"
Wu Shijiu smiled: "If you don't accept it, let's come again?" said as he handed back the double knife to him and took a few steps back.
When the fat man saw that he had returned the kun double knife to his opponent, he was so anxious that he screamed, if he hadn't been held down by a few big men, he couldn't have jumped up.
Dahan took the double knife and didn't speak, pulled a knife flower, rubbed his body and went up again, "splitting Huashan" and taking Wu Shijiu directly. The fat man used a knife, and he could see it clearly on the side, seeing that his knife technique was just a technique to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and the moves were not exquisite, but they were just ruthless and decisive, and his strength was heavy. Wu Shijiu was not in a hurry to fight back, and his body wandered in the blade, although the two knives were danced vigorously, they couldn't even touch the corner of Wu Shijiu's clothes. The big man was anxious, roared, and slashed hard with his two knives. Wu Shijiu waited for him to use the old move, and when the new move was not used, he suddenly stepped forward and patted his hands lightly on his Yangchi acupoint, which was the "unknown presciency" of the innate twelve styles. The Yangchi acupoint belongs to the hand Shaoyang Sanjiao meridian, which is located in the horizontal stripe on the back of the wrist and connects the tendons and ligaments, which is an important acupoint for generating yang qi and communicating the inside and outside. was slapped by Wu Shijiu like this, the man's two arms were sore, numb and painful, and the double knives couldn't hold it again, so he came out of his hand, and was caught by Wu Shijiu and put it on his neck.
Wu Shijiu smiled: "Do you want to compare again?"
The big man said indignantly: "Whether it's demon law or martial arts, if you lose, you lose, how can I be a capricious child? ”
As he spoke, he waved his hand to the few people who escorted the fat man, signaling for him to be released. Shuangxi walked over and pulled out the rags in the fat man's mouth with a smile, and before he could untie the rope, the fat man shouted: "Shijiu you kid, why do you give him the double knife you took back! And you, at this time, are you still in the mood to laugh......"
Shuangxi straightened his face and said, "If you say anything, I'll stuff the rags back into your mouth." ”
This trick also worked, and the fat man immediately shut up, just panting with anger.
Jin asked, "Your surname is Ding?"
Ding Dayong said: "In Xia Ding Dayong, nine out of ten of these people present are surnamed Ding. ”
Jin asked: "Well, yes, if the old man guessed correctly, you are the mausoleum guards sent by Han Gaozu to guard the tomb of the Yin King. ”
Ding Dayong said: "Exactly, back then, Gaozu sent thirty families to guard the tomb of King Yin, and that was the ancestor of the inferior people. After more than 1,200 years of generations, it is now 55 generations in the next generation. ”
The fat man said indignantly: "No wonder, your ambush is insidious enough. ”
Ding Dayong said: "Although the inferior people are nameless, they have been guarding here for generations. The order of the ancestors dare not be violated, if anyone dares to fight the idea of the tomb of the hidden king, Ding is not talented, he will risk his life and swear to fight to the death with him!" More than 100 people around shouted in unison, "Sacrifice your life and fight to the death!"
Wu Shijiu saw that Ding Dayong admitted defeat and let people go neatly and simply, admiring him for being a man above board, and when he saw everyone impassionedly raising his arms and shouting in unison, he secretly praised in his heart: It is rare for these people to choose one thing for a lifetime, and what is even more rare is that for thousands of years, generations have guarded a wish, and the will of the underworld shows the wind and bones. In the contemporary society in which I live, who can work together for a goal like them, if there are fewer weak wills, less deceit, less utilitarian hearts, what difficulties can not be overcome?
He was in a daze, but he heard Jin ask and said: "All the strong men are bred and fed, and a piece of blue blood pill heart can be seen by the sun and the moon, which is admirable." It's just that I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding, and the four of us didn't come to rob the tomb. Saying that he introduced himself, and said all the reasons why the giant python entered the tomb of the Hidden King, Ding Dayong suddenly said: "It turns out that you are also here for that giant python." ”
Shuangxi said: "What? Do you also know that the giant python got into the tomb?"
"There are ambushes and secret sentinels around the tomb of the Hidden King, and when the beast passes by, some mechanisms are triggered, which alarms the dark sentinels, and then he brings his brothers to come, but he doesn't want to meet the four here. ”
Wu Shijiu said: "Since the misunderstanding has been solved, it is not considered that we don't know each other, senior brother, don't be angry......" Seeing that the fat man was not angry, he couldn't help but laugh: "It's just that this giant python is brutal by nature, and we saw it devouring a lot of innocent people on the way we chased it, and now it stays in the tomb and doesn't come out, what should we think of?"
Jin Wenji also said: "I don't hide it from you, this evil beast must be eradicated, otherwise when it hatches a small snake and flows around the world, it will really be endless troubles at that time." ”
Shuangxi said: "Why don't you light a fire at the mouth of the tomb and smoke it out?"
Ding Dayong shook his head: "The design of the Hidden King's tomb is complicated, and smoke may not be able to force it out. And there are many murals and burial objects in the tomb, which blackened the walls of the inner room and is not easy to restore. After a pause, he said: "The four look at their skills, they are all martial arts masters, and there is a way to do it, I don't know what the four of them think?"
Jin asked, "I would like to hear about it." ”
Ding Dayong said: "This plan is not complicated, but it is a little dangerous. ”
The royal tombs of the Han Dynasty advocated the ritual system of "death is like life", believing that the gods are still alive after death, and the tombs are often built according to the standards of the deceased's diet and daily life. Liu Bangzun Chen Sheng is the hidden king, in the mausoleum that is repaired, the vestibule, the wall wall, the dormitory, the hall, the cloister and so on are readily available. Due to the presence of Ding Guards, the tomb door was not completely sealed. Ding Dayong took out a cowhide and spread it out, and everyone saw that the leather was yellowed and the corners were worn, thinking that it was caused by the handover of dozens of generations of tomb keepers.
Ding Dayong pointed to a corner of the map: "Enter the corridor from the tomb gate, walk about thirty zhang, and there are two ear chambers on the left and right, stacked with the items of Emperor Gaozu rewarding the Yin King. Although the north and south ear chambers are long, but narrow, pythons usually coil their bodies, and I heard from the sentinels that the python was so thick that I had never seen it before, so I inferred that this beast would not stay in the ear chambers. ”
As he spoke, he pointed forward: "This is the middle room, the space here is large, and there are many mechanisms on the walls around it, if no one leads the way, stepping on the deadly news, all the mechanisms will be affected, and the entire middle room will fall, and it will collapse together with the tomb of the Hidden King." ”
Shuangxi stuck out his tongue: "If we don't have your guidance, we rush in by ourselves, and it's really hard to say what the consequences will be." ”
Wu Shijiu said: "Indeed, no matter how high your martial arts skills were at that time, you were buried in the ground with King Yin. ”
Ding Dayong said: "This is the reason why although the Cao thief dug all the tombs of King Liang Xiao in Dangshan, he never dared to touch the tomb of King Yin." Then he pointed to the other end of the map: "Further back, there is the Backroom, where the coffin bed is placed." In the end, the minister responsible for building the mausoleum had debated endlessly, and finally Emperor Gaozu overrode the public opinion, respected Chen Sheng as the founder of Emperor Zhang Chu, and allowed the construction of the yellow intestine problem. ”
Wu Shijiu said: "The yellow intestine problem is said to be an unsolvable situation for many tomb robbers, and with it, it should make many thieves retreat." ”
Ding Dayong frowned and said: "The backroom will take up a lot of space to build a yellow intestine question, so the giant python shouldn't be crowded here." Further back is the cloister, which is narrower than the ear chamber, and a circle along the periphery of the backroom is not suitable for a python to live for a long time. ”
Then he pointed to the middle and back rooms: "This is the seepage well, which is used to divert the groundwater from the tomb. If I guess correctly, it is very likely that a large pool of water has been washed out under this seepage well, so it seems that the most likely place for this beast to stay is the pool under this seepage well. To get there, you'll have to go through a middle room with a lot of traps. For thousands of years, we were only ordered to guard the tomb, and no one entered the tomb, so we really didn't know the bottom of our hearts. ”
Wu Shijiu and the four of them looked at each other, all thinking that the tomb was pitch black and not to mention, there were various mechanisms in ambush, this battle was really dangerous. But for now, I have to go all out.