Chapter 30: The Twelve Ice Coffins

After solving the three mutant salmon, Yang Jian and the three continued to dive. According to the official measurement data of Kanas Lake, the lake is 188.5 meters deep and has a water storage capacity of 5.38 billion cubic meters, making it the deepest moraine dam lake in China.

The Tuvans have a legend about the magic and beauty of Kanas Lake.

According to legend, a long time ago, Genghis Khan went west on an expedition to the west, passing through Kanas Lake, saw such a beautiful place, and decided to stay here for a while to rest and recuperate. Genghis Khan drank the water from the lake, which quenched his thirst, and asked his generals what kind of water it was.

A wise general replied: "This is Kanaeus (Mongolian means water of khan)." All the soldiers replied in unison, "This is the water of the Khan." Genghis Khan said, "Then call this lake Kanaeus." ”

So in the legend of the Tuvans, they are the descendants of Genghis Khan. After Genghis Khan's death, his body sank in Kanas Lake, and the Tuvans, as Genghis Khan's personal soldiers, stayed in Kanas Lake and guarded the royal tomb for generations. The "Lake Monster" is the "Lake Saint" who defended the undead of Genghis Khan from being violated.

Yang Jian and the others quickly sank to the bottom of the lake, but they were stunned to find that the bottom of the lake was not empty as they imagined.

At the bottom of Kanas Lake is a quaint and strange altar.

In the center of the altar were twelve huge ice coffins, which were crystal clear but opaque, more than ten meters long and several meters wide. There are some strange patterns and reliefs carved on the coffin wall, and if you look closely, you will have a sense of majesty, as if you are facing a piece of heaven and earth, which is even more mysterious.

The altar is surrounded by seven pillars that stand upright, and the pillars are carved with some strange patterns.

There were some strangely dressed people kneeling under the altar, and Yang Jian and the three of them approached to find that these were stone people. Most of them are carved into older looks, but there are also a few younger ones.

At the front of these men was a young girl and an old man.

The old man had an old face, but his eyes were bright, and his back was strong, like a fierce beast in the world.

Looking at the girl again, she was even more shocked, the big glasses flashing with smart light, her face was delicate, her waist-length hair was draped over her shoulders, and a ribbon tied around her waist highlighted the thin waist that Ying Ying held in her hand, and the girl's whole body was full of lightness and purity. Even the stone carvings could hardly hide her amazing countenance.

What's even more strange is that this altar, ice coffin, and stone man, I don't know how long they have existed at the bottom of Kanas Lake, but they are not covered with slippery moss like the surrounding stones, as if the moss is actively avoiding growth.

"Second brother, what the hell is this? Why do I feel cold behind my back?" The fat man was not afraid when he was fighting with the mutant Zheluo salmon just now, but when he saw this strange scene, he felt terrified.

Yang Jian frowned and walked up to the altar, the center of the altar was surrounded by twelve ice coffins, although it was an ice coffin, but Yang Jian did not feel the chill to the bone. The ice coffin was carved with delicate patterns, and Yang Jian squatted down and found that these patterns were all about the same person.

Genghis Khan!

Yang Jian identified the patterns on the twelve ice coffins in turn, corresponding to the birth of Temujin, the betrayal of relatives, the struggle to survive, the battle of the Thirteen Wings, the unification of the tribes, the division of the households, the establishment of the title of Khan, the creation of writing, the annihilation of the Western Xia, the defeat of the Jin Kingdom, and the destruction of Khorezm until the death of Genghis Khan.

"Are you talking about Genghis Khan?" Fang Lan and the fat man also followed to the altar, Fang Lan asked after looking at the patterns on the twelve ice coffins. Yang Jian stood up and nodded: "It should be! But I don't know what this has to do with Genghis Khan?"

The fat man said excitedly: "Could the legend of the Tuvans be true? This is really the mausoleum of Genghis Khan?!"

Before Yang Jian could speak, Fang Lan retorted first: "Impossible!"

For many years, there have been four theories about the specific location of Genghis Khan's cemetery: one is located in the south of Mount Kent and north of the Krulun River in Mongolia, the second is located in the Etuoke Banner of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, the third is located in Altay Mountain in northern Xinjiang, and the fourth is Liupan Mountain in Ningxia. ”

"The legendary Genghis Khan of the Tuvans sank to the bottom of Kanas Lake after his death, and according to historical records, both Tibetans and Mongolians have the custom of sky burial,"

"As for water burials, they are generally poor in economic conditions, lower in rank, sick and so on. Some Western countries have adopted the method of drifting corpses for heads of government and prominent figures, because they believe that water is immortal, so when national heroes die, they will use this method. ”

"If Genghis Khan had embraced the Western way, perhaps the Tuvan legend had some basis. Otherwise, it's just a beautiful legend. ”

Fang Lan quoted scriptures to directly deny the fat man's speculation, and the fat man paused and said, "Then what do you say is going on?" Fang Lan thought for a while and said: "Maybe it was built by the Tuvans in order to show their respect for Genghis Khan when Genghis Khan passed by Kanas Lake!"

"Okay!" The fat man wanted to say something more, but Yang Jian interrupted them and said, "No matter how much you think about it here, it's just a guess, let's see if there are any other clues nearby!" Seeing Yang Jian speak, neither the fat man nor Fang Lan spoke again, and the three of them scattered to search this strange altar.

Soon after, the trio regrouped, and all three found nothing. Yang Jian thought for a while, turned his gaze to the twelve ice coffins on the altar and said, "Open the coffin!" The fat man and Fang Lan nodded without objecting, and now it seemed that these twelve ice coffins were already their only clues. If they can't find out anything, they will go down to the bottom of Kanas Lake this time in vain.

No one knew what was inside the ice coffin, and for the sake of safety, Yang Jian decided to open the coffins one by one.

The ice coffin was not nailed, although the coffin lid was heavy, but for Yang Jian and Fat Man, two people with infinite strength, it was just like that!

As the lid of the coffin was moved, most of the ice coffin engraved with the words "Temujin was born" had been opened. Seeing that it was almost there, Yang Jian and the fat man stopped at the same time and stepped forward, only to see that there was only a black diamond-shaped object in the huge ice coffin.

The fat man took it out curiously: "What is this? There is no one buried in the coffin, but a stone?"

Fang Lan walked up and took a look at the strange object, and said with a strange face: "According to records, when Temujin was born, he held a piece of clotted blood in his right hand, which was shaped like the head of a spear. Soon, this was understood as the symbol of the god of war of the steppe tribes, and the tribal elders prophesied that this young child would conquer the world with his spear in the future. ”

"You mean, this is the piece of clotted blood that Temujin held in his hand when he was born?" Yang Jian said as he looked at the unsightly diamond-shaped figure in the fat man's hand. Fang Lan nodded: "It should be!"

"Huh~ bad luck!" When the fat man heard that this was brought out of his mother's stomach by Genghis Khan, he threw it back into the coffin with a disgusted face. Yang Jian glanced at the fat man angrily, and then took out Temujin's blood condensation and said, "Don't be ignorant! This is a good thing, it can be used to refine a magic weapon, it is extraordinary, and it also has extra restraint on yin and evil." Seeing Yang Jian say this, the fat man hurriedly took Temujin's blood condensation and said, "Really, I'll just say, how can you put garbage in the ice coffin that you have made so much effort!"

The fat man put away Temujin's blood condensation, and then looked at the other eleven ice coffins that had not yet been opened, and said, "You said that there will be treasures in here?!"