Chapter 42: Emperor Zhongkang

After entering the stone gate, Xie Xuan and the three of them found that this corridor did not have the gloomy and dark feeling before, but became dry and comfortable again, and the stone walls on both sides were inlaid with many night pearls that were larger and brighter than the entrance of the ancient tomb, coupled with the light of the stone lamp, the lights in the entire corridor were brilliant, making the three of them feel refreshed for a while. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After walking for about a pillar of incense, the three of them were already scarred and tired at this time, but fortunately there was no mechanism on the way, the three of them supported each other, panting and turning a corner, a two-person tall gate appeared in front of them, and the three of them looked at the gate, and their surprise was beyond words. This gate is very different from the previous ones, in the whole ancient tomb, the doors they have seen are made of stone, and the gate in front of them is made of gold, the left half of the gate is carved with a candle dragon, the right half of the door is carved with a phoenix, the dragon and the phoenix look at each other, claws are holding a green hemisphere, take a closer look, it is actually a door knocker made of jade! The walls around the gate are embedded with a lot of night pearls, which makes the whole gate brilliant and brilliant.

"Xie Xuan, master, I think that my family has a lot of money, but I have never seen such a luxurious door, if I can tear it down and move it away and put it in my house, then my Sima Mansion will definitely be even more magnificent!" Sima Mo looked at the door and said in surprise.

"When I leave, I'm going to take all the night pearls in this tomb! I go out and sell them and live the life of a rich man!" Xie Xuan looked at the door like a child who had never seen the world, and his face was full of greed.

"You two, do you still want to go in, you have to have a life to spend to get the money, right?" Nangong Qin shook his head and looked at Xie Xuan and the two of them.

"That's right, let's get down to business first, this door is so luxurious, could it be the imperial tomb of the Great Xia Dynasty inside?" Xie Xuan said.

"It's very possible, but if it's the Emperor's Tomb, will there be a more powerful monster guarding it? With the current state of the three of us, I'm afraid that another half a thousand years old demon will be buried here!" Sima Mo was also hesitant.

The three of them were thinking about it, when suddenly there was a crisp sound from the door, and then it slowly opened! Seeing this, Xie Xuan and the three of them were shocked, and hurriedly took a few steps back and took out their weapons, looking at the gate and the surroundings vigilantly, for fear that another group of ancient corpses would be killed from behind or behind the door. To their surprise, nothing happened when the door opened, and only the gasps of the three were left in silence.

Now that the door had been opened, Xie Xuan and the others decided to go in to find out, and they carefully walked into the tomb with weapons in hand. As soon as they walked in, the three of them felt a strong and inexplicable sense of oppression, accompanied by the momentum of the ancient and old, which made them palpitate and uneasy. This room is not a burial chamber, because there is no coffin in it, and most importantly, the decoration and layout inside are exactly the same as the palace of the kings of the past dynasties! I saw that the white jade on the ground was the road, and there were nine golden dragons engraved on it, with the cloudtop sandalwood as the beam, the crystal jade as the lamp, the East China Sea pearl as the curtain, and the gold as the pillar base, and in front of Xie Xuan and the three of them, a huge dragon chair sat on the jade steps, and this luxurious imperial atmosphere made them want to bow their heads and be vassals.

"I'm sure that this must be the imperial tomb of the Great Xia Dynasty, and the tomb can be built into a palace of government and government, it seems that Emperor Zhongkang is still very nostalgic for his imperial identity, even if he dies, he hopes to be an eternal emperor. Sima Mo looked around and said.

"But why isn't there a coffin here?, where is Emperor Zhongkang's body?" Xie Xuan said inexplicably.

"Look there!" Nangong Qin suddenly pointed ahead and shouted.

Xie Xuan and Sima Mo looked in the direction she was pointing, only to see a slender box placed on top of the dragon chair. The three of them walked quickly to the dragon chair, Sima Mo picked up the box and looked at it, the box was more than a foot long, it felt like it was made of iron, but the whole body was shiny black, and at the side opening and closing of the box, there was a very small iron lock, about the size of a hawthorn. Sima Mo wanted to open the box, but he tugged on the lock hard, but he didn't pull it down. And because of the existence of this lock, the box is also tightly closed, and it is impossible to know what is inside.

"Xie Xuan, you take a knife and cut it open. Sima Mo looked at Xie Xuan with the box in his hand and said.

Xie Xuan was also very curious about what was in the box, so he took the box and put it on the ground, and slashed it on the box with a knife of "Stone Fall", but he didn't expect the box to be intact, not even a trace of knife marks!

"What kind of material is this box made of, and even a fifth-rank divine soldier can't hurt it in the slightest!" Xie Xuan said in surprise.

Then, Xie Xuan settled down, urging the internal force to be injected into the knife, and in an instant, the "stone falling" knife body emitted a faint white light, Xie Xuan slashed towards the box hard, only to hear a crisp sound, the three of them looked at the box, only to see that the box was still intact, but the color became brighter.

Xie Xuan and the three of them were all shocked in their hearts, "Shiluo" was a fifth-class divine weapon, it should be said that it was like sharpening iron like clay, but now they couldn't even cut a small box, it seemed that the material of this box was not ordinary iron, as for what it was, it was unknown.

Xie Xuan immediately released his internal force again, preparing to attack all the way until he split the box. But just as he raised his knife to cut it down, a man appeared in the afterglow! So he quickly gave up the attack box, turned and pointed the long knife at the place where the man was standing, and shouted, "Who is it?"

Sima Mo and Nangong Qin also looked in the direction pointed by Xie Xuan's long knife, and saw that next to a pillar on the left side of the main hall, a tall and handsome middle-aged man was standing with his hands in his hands, looking at Xie Xuan and the three of them with a smile. The three of them looked at each other, and saw that the middle-aged man was dressed in a golden robe, with a luxurious crown on his head, although the hall was closed, but the clothes on his body did not move. At this time, he was smiling, but it did not affect the arrogant aura on his body in the slightest.

"Xie Xuan, do you think he will be the Great Xia Emperor Zhongkang?" asked Sima Mo in a low voice.

Before Xie Xuan could answer, the middle-aged man walked towards them slowly, still with an innocent smile on his face. The three of them didn't know whether the other party was friend or foe, in case it was a thousand-year-old demon-level figure, then they would definitely be invincible after being seriously injured now, so they blocked their weapons in front of them, and if the other party wanted to make a move, they would run away immediately. But the man only walked six or seven steps in front of Xie Xuan and the three of them and stopped, such a close distance made Xie Xuan and them see each other clearly, the three of them panicked in their hearts, only to see that the person had a handsome face, outstanding temperament, and even walked with a graceful and calm appearance, but they found that this person was not a real person, but a phantom, through his body, they could faintly see the things behind the person.

"Don't panic the three little friends, I'm just coming over to say hello and ask a few questions by the way. The middle-aged man spoke, his voice as if it came from the universe, and although his tone was calm, it gave rise to a sense of irresistibility in his heart, as if he had received an order that must be obeyed.

"Who is the senior, and why is he here?" Xie Xuan asked as he looked at the middle-aged man with his fists clenched.

The man smiled slightly, turned around and walked a few steps, Xie Xuan and the three thought that the other party was going to make some moves, so they were so frightened that they unconsciously stepped back. But the man ignored the reactions of the three of them, and said, "I am Emperor Zhongkang of Great Xia, and this is my tomb, so I will naturally be here." ”

"Are you really Emperor Zhongkang? It is said that your whereabouts are unknown. Xie Xuan said.

After hearing this, Zhong Kang put away the smile on his face, sighed, and said with infinite sadness: "It's all because I was too arrogant at the beginning, and after a few years of developing my troops, I felt invincible in the world, so that in the end, I failed. Disheartened by the defeat of the army, I found a man of similar appearance and figure to me and rode out of the palace in my place to hide from the people. And I myself escaped from the secret passage in the palace, and took the most trusted Great Sima and the Great General at that time, to the tomb that had already been built, and spent the rest of my life here. “

When Xie Xuan and the others heard this, they all sighed in their hearts, the once glorious emperor ended up like this in the end, and he actually spent the rest of his life in his own grave, which is sad and lamentable.

Zhong Kang paused and continued: "The great general Shi Yan and the great Sima Yu Heng were both heroes who fought with me on the battlefield for several years, and they were loyal, and they still decided to follow me when I had nothing, and willingly accompanied the widow to this ancient tomb. I didn't expect to be killed by you today, it's a pity. ”

"The juniors have offended a lot, and I hope the seniors will forgive their sins!" Xie Xuan bowed and said.

"You don't have to apologize, in fact, I also know that all the soldiers and soldiers in this tomb, even me, have been dead for a long time, but they have always been unwilling and angry about the great defeat of that year, so our thoughts and wills forcibly support ourselves to be immortal, that is, everything you see in this tomb. ”

"Senior, since you know that we have fought with General Shi and Da Sima, why don't you stop them and save them? After all, they are extremely loyal to you!" Sima Mo felt that Zhong Kang must have been watching from a corner in their previous battle, but now that he thought about it, he felt a lot more relaxed, not to mention the strength of Emperor Zhong Kang, just said that in the battle with the Great Sima Yu Heng, the three of them were all seriously injured, and any child could take the lives of three people, if Emperor Zhong Kang came out of the dark and stabbed him in the back at that time, then the three of them were probably already dead souls in this tomb at this time.