lost to time

"Where's Kun'er?"

"Over there, it is said that there is some help."

"That's good."

Zhang Qishan let out a long breath, less than half of his breath was released, he choked and covered his chest and coughed desperately, Wu Xie quickly stroked his back.

Er Yuehong saw an ouch, and raised two thumbs up and said, "Is this the broken window paper?"

Wu Xie was a little embarrassed, but Zhang Qishan gave Er Yuehong a hard look when he regained his breath. This dead singer knew a little too much.

Er Yuehong smiled and said, "Lord Buddha, I have been fancying the pair of Yu Ruyi in your room for a long time, and you have been refusing to let them go. In my eyes, Yu Ruyi is like a handsome little brother, and I don't like it." simply--"

"Take it!" Now as long as Er Yuehong's mouth can be blocked, Zhang Qishan doesn't care about being dumb.

Er Yuehong showed a satisfied but narrow smile, she wanted to take advantage of Zhang Qishan, who in Changsha has the guts, did not expect it to be so easy to use the name of the little brother, she should pay more attention in the future, and said in her mouth: "It's difficult, it's difficult One thing, this trip is not in vain.”

"I heard from Xie Jiu that you were washed into another branch of the underground river. How did you get here?" Zhang Qishan asked.

"Have you met Xie Jiu?" Er Yuehong gritted her silver teeth and snorted coldly, "It turned out that he had already discovered that we were following behind, no wonder he took us to jump into the water, but fortunately I found that the thing in the river was a bit blind. The upper water is very fast, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to live here! This Xie Jiu, I don’t know what’s on his mind!”

"There is something in the river, Xie Jiu, I really don't know, but he said that he got the information from the Japanese. Walking along the underground river to the end is the main tomb, and now he is ahead of us. He said that he just cooperated with the Japanese. In order to obtain information, participating is not to benefit the Japanese, and after all, it is nothing more than wanting to grab it first." Zhang Qishan took a breath, and Wu Xie hurriedly let him rest, and then he went on to tell all about Jie Jiu's news about the tomb, of course Concealed information related to his identity.

Er Yuehong stroked her eyebrows with her fingertips, thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that he wants to take that thing out?"

"But the Japanese information report said that such things can never be taken away." Wu Xie said.

Er Yuehong was talking to herself at first, but she didn't expect Wu Xie to answer so quickly. She glanced at him and said, "It means you can't take it away, or you can't take it away. If it means that something contains Some kind of secret, being taken out of here will bring disaster to the world. Maybe Xie Jiu just wants to take this kind of thing out, so as to control or exchange for what he wants."

If this is the case, is Xie Jiu's statement that he doesn't want to get involved with any faction a lie?He just wants to use these resources to gain his own benefits, which one is the real Xie Jiu.Wu Xie remembered hearing from his grandfather that Xie Jiu was impeccable in his work and had the best concentration, but these descriptions had nothing to do with good and evil. In other words, such a Xie Jiu made it impossible for people to define his good and evil.

"Ah, yes." Wu Xie suddenly remembered the notebook he had found on the Japanese before, quickly took it out of his clothes, and opened the wrapped waterproof paper. The records inside were actually in Chinese. Wu Xie originally planned to Relying on my Japanese knowledge from watching Japanese dramas before, I was half-baked and half-guessed.

There is no name on the first page, and there are a few words "Ji Clan History Research" written in the center, and the date below is July 1931. I don't know if this is related to this mausoleum, but this clan research has continued During the 7 years, the cowhide book was filled with writings, paintings and many scraps of paper and excerpts from historical books, all of which seemed to prove the existence of this clan in the timeline of Chinese history.

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There are too many materials recorded in the leather book, spanning from the Xia Shang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty. It is said that such a huge clan that lasted for so long should have a very important position in history, but Wu Xie has never heard of it before.

The excerpts from the historical books are mostly insinuations, and the trajectory of the clan's activities can be inferred from the lines.This kind of speculation can be said to be true, and it can't be used as conclusive evidence at all. Can this be regarded as an examination of Zongshi?What made them believe that this clan really existed, and they spent so much energy on research.

Because he was not sure that the content in the cowhide book was related to the current situation, Wu Xie just flipped through the pages, and suddenly the drawing paper sandwiched in one of the pages caught Wu Xie's attention.The drawing paper is folded in half, and I use thick, non-staining thick white paper. Writing on this kind of paper can only be moved after it is completely dry, but the ink marks are clear and not easy to smudge and deform.

In the middle of the drawing paper is an equilateral dodecagon, which is divided into twelve grids, and a symbol is drawn in each grid, which is exactly the same as the black jade disc in Wu Xie's hand, the only difference is that the middle of the drawing paper should be blank The place where the word "Ji" is written.

Wu Xie showed the drawing paper to Zhang Qishan and Er Yuehong. Immediately after the drawing, each symbol was marked on the leather book.There is no way to verify the others, but judging from the two tombs that Wu Xie and the others passed by, there are conjectures written on them, and they are very accurate.

So Xie Jiu was able to realize that there was a problem with the air in the tomb so quickly, it seems that he already knew that this tomb was related to the Ji family.Zhang Qishan said that he concealed a lot, and it seems that he is true.If this is the case, Xie Jiu may have arrived in the main tomb by now. Although he is not reconciled, there is no way to take any action immediately.

Wu Xie was still flipping through the notes, Er Yuehong followed closely for a while, and found that Wu Xie was reading fast and absorbed, so she raised her head and asked Zhang Qishan, "I've never heard of this clan."

"I know——" Zhang Qishan leaned against the narrow stone wall, raised his head and sighed. There were many small cracks on the top of the stone wall, and there were fine moss from the cracks. Let’s start. The Ji family believes in the Buddha of Jitian, and the whole family has a beast face and a human body. They claim to be the last descendants of the gods. The Ji family followed the Chi You family. After Chi You’s failure, they retreated to Yunnan and Vietnam. During the heyday of the Yellow Emperor’s reign, They didn't take half of their territory. After that, they would appear in various wars from time to time. The last time the Ji clan appeared was in the Ming Dynasty. After that, the clan disappeared completely as if it had never existed before. There are no traces. I once got news that the tomb of the Ji family was found in Vietnam, but I made an empty trip.”

"Why are you looking for the Ji family's tomb?" Although Wu Xie was immersed in the contents of the cowhide book, he listened to what Zhang Qishan said verbatim.

Zhang Qishan licked his pursed lips, hesitated and said: "I read in a rubbing book stolen from the tomb that the Ji family is a general and has the power to defend the frontier and open the country. They have one thing, and they have it." Invincible. And—that stuff is very important to me.”

Wu Xie nodded, but did not ask why.As for that thing, maybe it was just a myth in the spread, at most it was some kind of Wu Mu's suicide note.

What Zhang Qishan was after was probably what the Japanese wanted, but what Zhang Qishan got from the rubbings by accident was more accurate than the fragments that the Japanese translated from Aojia.

To be invincible, to pacify the world and to perish the world, all depends on who gets this thing first.As for knowing the destiny and being able to understand the gods and Buddhas, maybe it is really a coincidence.

"Look here, it is said that Ji's timekeeping standard is based on the lunar calendar. They believe that the full moon is the beginning and the moon's waning is the end." The day Wu Xie traveled to was the last full moon day in 1939.And the twelve grids on the back of the black jade disc are composed of different arcs and short lines (see picture), so it looks very similar to the moon's waxing and waning.

Wu Xie felt that he had found the key to cracking the disc key, and before reaching out to take out the disc, he took a look at Zhang Qishan, saw him nodding, then took out the black jade disc, turned it up and down and found something wrong.If so, the entrance of the main tomb will only fall on one of the accompanying tombs every day, and there will only be one passage change in a day.Since it is related to the phase of the moon, the transition time should be in the sky when the moon is in the sky, but the time when Wu Xie saw the tunnel disappear just now should be three or four o'clock in the morning.

If it is said that the twelve hours of each day are distinguished according to the phases of the moon, the passages will appear in the twelve accompanying tombs in that day. No matter which tomb you reach, you just need to wait. Appearing by itself will not be such a simple mechanism.Moreover, the twelve grids only show from loss to profit, not from profit to loss, so if the day is the last quarter moon, is it also calculated according to the time axis of the first quarter?

Zhang Qishan watched Wu Xie turning the disc repeatedly in his hand, frowning and thinking desperately, reached out to pluck his hair, and went to see how Kun'er was doing.

Kun'er has also woken up, but if he wants to leave again, he needs someone to help him for a while. Fortunately, there are two other people with Er Yuehong, except for the military doctor Dao Scar - Zhang Qishan called him A Tai, and the other Zhang Qishan's subordinates are called Mudun.

This Mudun can be regarded as a small officer under Zhang Qishan. He is dark and thin and does not look like a pier at all, but he likes to squat there wherever he goes. Zhang Qishan had to go and kick him over himself, just like a black wooden pier stuck there, everyone called him Mudun after a long time, naturally his surname was Zhang, but no one knew what his real name was.

Seeing Kun'er woke up, Mu Dun slapped him on the shoulder with the back of his hand, heaved a sigh of relief but cursed, "Trash."

Kun'er saw that he closed his eyes again, and it took a long time for his soul to return to his place, and asked, "I'm not dead?"

"You want to think, I see you have such virtues and punish you to come back and live for another three years." Mu Dun said.

"I can live three more days, thank God." Kun'er's breath was still weak.

Zhang Qishan was worried that Xie Jiu was in front, and it was inconvenient to urge Wu Xie, so he could only ask Er Yuehong, "What's at the other end of the passage?"

"It's a tomb, and there is only one passage in the tomb, so we got in." The process is naturally not that simple, but the details don't need to be explained now.

"There is only one passage." Wu Xie raised his head and asked in a murmur, "Is the opening crack-like or regular?"

Er Yue's red eyes turned and replied, "It's regular. I saw it was an ordinary passage, so I didn't pay much attention to it. I didn't expect it to lead here."

"Second Lord, what's in the tomb you passed by?"

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According to Er Yuehong's description, Wu Xie found the corresponding tomb on the drawing paper, and Zhang Qishan saw his expression fluctuating from joy to sorrow, as if he had a clue.

Wu Xie arranged the front of the disc according to the north, south, east and west. If the back is rotated according to the current moon phase and time, the sign of the full moon on the disc will be facing the tomb where Er Yuehong passed.

Moreover, the passages leading to the left and right tombs of the twelve accompanying tombs should be on both sides, but the passage that Er Yuehong and the others found is located below the tomb. There is only one possibility. The passage that Wu Xie and others are now is the passage. The one leading to the main tomb.

But the end of the corridor is a bronze beast. Could it be that the main tomb is in the underground river?Xie Jiu said that it should be true that the main tomb is along the underground river, otherwise he would not insist on walking in that direction. Could it be that it is not going to the end along the underground river, but under the underground river?Not to mention the murlocs in the river, how can we get down there without diving equipment?

No, if the tomb is underwater, then the location and direction of the mocking wind are opposite. According to the direction of the mocking wind, the tomb should be on the southwest side of the river, which is the direction Xie Jiu and the others went.If Xie Jiu's direction is correct, and the corridor he is in is also correct, then the door to the main tomb should be in this corridor.

This series of clues was placed in front of Wu Xie in a mess, he had a splitting headache thinking about it, and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

"What do you think of?" Zhang Qishan asked.

Wu Xie closed the cowhide book, and first asked Er Yuehong, "Second Master, did you find any forks in this corridor on the way you came?"

Er Yuehong was puzzled by the question, she shook her head and said, "Shouldn't be, why?"

"Because the road to the main tomb is said to be in this corridor, although Master Jiu is going in the right direction, they will be blocked outside the wall of the main tomb." Wu Xie said.

"Are you sure?" The matter was so important that Zhang Qishan had to confirm it again and again.

"According to the information obtained now, it can also be deduced on the black jade disc. I think it is [-]% to [-]% sure. It is worth looking for."

Zhang Qishan said: "Since this is the case, act quickly."

"We divided into two teams, and the wounded stayed behind," Er Yuehong said.

"Well, I'll go." Being protected all the way, Wu Xie wanted to do something, so he hurriedly volunteered.

As soon as he went to Zhang Qishan, he naturally had to go too. The team was divided twice, but Zhang Qishan waved his hands and said: "Okay! It's better not to separate, this place is already weird, and after a while, maybe we won't be able to meet each other again."

Zhang Qishan ordered Mudun to carry Kun'er on his back, and Ah Tai led the way, and they walked back along the corridor.Before Er Yuehong came here, he hadn't seen any traps, so besides looking for a fork in the road, he walked boldly with confidence.

After a long time, Er Yuehong suddenly said strangely, "This corridor seems to have narrowed."

When he said this, Wu Xie's heart skipped a beat. He originally thought that the corridor was changed by the method of overall displacement. Although it was difficult, it was not impossible.Does it now seem to be the simplest way to close and open?Why didn't I think of this? It's so clever that I was mistaken by cleverness!The opening time of this corridor is fixed. If you don't find the opening leading to the main tomb within the time, you will probably be stuck in the middle of the stone wall and become a meat paste.

"Zhang Qishan, why don't we go back and find a way?" Wu Xie's attitude has always been to keep the green hills alive, and he won't fight until he is forced to a certain point.

But even if he went back, it was not clear whether there were murlocs in the open space outside, and once the passage was closed, it was unknown whether it would be opened again, and when it would be opened again, Zhang Qishan didn't want to give up this only chance. "Er Yuehong, how far are you from the tomb over there?"

"At least hundreds of feet."

"Well, then hurry up!"

Er Yuehong didn't expect that she would miss the main tomb, so she was very careful on the way back, and she didn't see any fork or mechanism after halfway through.Once the passage is found to be closed, it seems that the closing speed is faster than expected, and everyone is wary of the distance between the stone walls on both sides.By this time, it has changed from the original width of more than two people to one-person only. If you can't find the entrance to the main tomb, you have to walk out of the corridor according to the way Er Yuehong came from.After this journey, everyone was exhausted and could not continue, so they must go back to rest and come back next time.Seeing that there is no hope, if Xie Jiu goes well——

Zhang Qishan was contemplating in his heart when he heard Wu Xie stop, shone the flashlight on the left side of the wall, and at the same time turned his head to look at the halo on the right side.

"What's wrong?" Er Yuehong asked.

Wu Xie pointed to the outermost edge of the halo, the light of the flashlight was directed to the left, and the arc-shaped spot was falling on the right stone wall, but there was an additional layer of light circle outside the light spot, and the arc of the light circle was not the same as that of the flashlight circle. Inconsistent.Wu Xie suddenly turned around and ran back for a short distance, and then walked forward again. The flashlight shone back and forth on the left stone wall to find the right position. no the same.But the stone wall on the left side is no different from ordinary ones, it feels straight and has no dents. I don't know how this light circle came about.

But no matter what, Wu Xie felt lucky, and said: "That's it, the position of the aperture is the mechanism, we need to find the aperture of the current moon phase." This kind of thing is much simpler in comparison, and the few people quickly I found the corresponding aperture, and sure enough, a brick was slightly loose in the middle of the aperture.

Wu Xie didn't dare to act rashly, and looked at Zhang Qishan. The lives of six people that may be affected by this slap are no small matter.

Zhang Qishan took a deep breath, nodded with Er Yuehong and the others, and then said to Wu Xie, "Open it."

Finally approaching the very center of the whole secret, Wu Xie pushed the stone brick slightly trembling with his fingers, but found that he couldn't push it in. Although it could shake slightly left and right, there was not much range of movement, not enough to activate the mechanism.Is it an oolong?

Wu Xie broke out in a cold sweat, and instantly went back to the first step in his mind.From discs and burial chambers to moon phases to apertures, there's no reason to go wrong!No, no, this is the tomb!Whose tomb is designed with a key for people to enter?Please remember to close the door if someone stole something?This is to let someone or some people go in, but to prevent irrelevant people from breaking in. This is not a tomb at all!

Wu Xie was still thinking about it, Zhang Qishan came up over there, pointed at the gap between the bricks with two fingers, and pulled out half of the bricks with a single lift.Unexpectedly, the organ opened at the foot, and everyone fell into a big hole that suddenly appeared, unprepared.

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I don't know where to fall below, and bumped into the stone wall all the way.Wu Xie just wanted to scold her, is this 'elevator' designed for animals with shells?Knock people apart.After scolding, he was worried about Zhang Qishan's injured back, but everyone rolled down like a roller, and there was no time to tell who was who.

Before being smashed into a meatloaf, Wu Xie finally made it to the bottom. Wu Xie lay on the ground with his waist supported, raised his head and shouted: "Zhang Qishan——"

"Here, I'm fine, how are you?"

"fine."

Er Yuehong sighed and got up from between the two, said: "Zhang Qishan, if I go to the ground with you again, I will cut myself into half!"

"You are half red at most." Zhang Qishan said.

There was noisy splashing water all around, and the ground was damp and stagnant. Someone picked up the knocked-out flashlight, tapped it a few times, and it turned on again.

It turned out that a few people were in the depths of a rock cave, the cave was irregular, turned out and saw a waterfall hanging down in front of the cave entrance, it seemed that they had arrived at Huaguo Mountain.

Walking out through the waterfall, the light was suddenly so bright that Wu Xie squinted to get used to it.Why is there sunshine? Did it fall outside the mountain?

Outside the waterfall is a wet stone platform, and there is a moss-covered step in front of the stone platform. Zhang Qishan has already walked down the stone platform alone.Wu Xie looked at it intently, and in front of him was a picture that anyone who saw it would never forget.

The place where the main mausoleum should be underground is actually a village. The village is surrounded by a circle of bottomless cliffs. It is connected to the surrounding rocky cliffs through several stone bridges. There is a lake in the middle of the village, scattered around the lake. There are village houses, shady trees, and fertile farmland, but because it has been abandoned for a long time, the fields are full of weeds, just like a scene of paradise.

But there is no doubt that it is underground. Wu Xie raised his head and found that the reason for the sunlight was because there were many light sources on the top of the stone wall. He remembered that the sparse woods on the ground before were for the sunlight to shine down.Those light sources may be things like crystals or mirrors, and the scattered light turns into alternately superimposed halos, making the whole village shrouded in an unusually soft brilliance.

Wu Xie couldn't express in words the feeling of blending the two completely different qualities of lightness and beauty into one, and the only word might be Shengguang.

The strange halo that the ancestors of the Qi family saw after the rain before may be caused by the unexpected angle refraction of the crystal.It is precisely because the underground is a living area that the vents discovered at the beginning are needed, and the key is left for people in the village to enter and exit safely.

However, these are not the most astonishing things. Zhang Qishan has already walked to the lake. On the opposite bank of the lake, a huge statue was carved out of the stone wall. The statue is about 40 meters high. Holding the vajra tightly, baring his eyes and opening his mouth to expose his fangs, he looks more like a Shura ghost than an arhat, but he wears a crown of jewels, steps on a lotus flower, and is dressed in gold hazel robes, all of which show that this is a Buddha statue.The eyes of the Buddha statue are deeply sunken, and perhaps two colorful fluorites are embedded in the eye sockets, faintly shining with luster.Is this the Shantideva Buddha that Zhang Qishan said?

I saw Zhang Qishan standing by the lake with his head bowed and his palms folded. The Buddha in the human world and the Buddha in the heavenly world looked at each other across a pool of water.It seems to be talking about the suffering in the world, or talking about the responsibility of the Buddha, talking about everything that can be saved and not saved in this world, forgetting the harm that cannot be forgotten, and resisting the irresistible evil.

Watching this scene, Wu Xie suddenly felt her throat choked up, and her ears seemed to be filled with Sanskrit sounds from the sky. All of this seemed to be a coronation ceremony waiting for Zhang Qishan's arrival.This may be what Zhang Qishan has been looking for. If Buddha does not exist, what is Zhang Qishan who is a Buddha himself?So he desperately collected all the Buddha statues, these Buddha statues were the bricks in his heart, and built a city wall as hard as black iron layer by layer, but they also pressed his heart and sank into the bottomless abyss bit by bit.

He is giving himself a reason to shoulder the world.

But Zhang Qishan was so lonely like this, Wu Xie rushed to him in a few steps, but suddenly stopped behind him.The light on Zhang Qishan's body made him dare not move forward, dare not hug.

"Wu Xie." Zhang Qishan felt him behind him. Although he didn't turn his head, he said, "Sometimes I feel a little confused when I'm alone. All the Buddha statues have their eyes down. They can't bear to look at the world, or they don't care to look at it." In this world, they are worshiped by people with peace of mind, but they are ruthless and never give a helping hand. I want to find a Buddha statue with eyes open. I want to know, when he clearly sees the suffering in the world, will he have A trace of real mercy."

"Is this the one?" Wu Xie listened quietly.

"Before reincarnation, Shantideva Buddha was the only Bodhisattva with an angry face. He stood up as a demon and sat as a Buddha. He was driven out of the heaven and reincarnated for re-cultivation for one Buddha in the world. Since then, the reincarnation of Shantideva has been no different from others. I have always wanted Find the original Shantideva Buddha—is it possible to become a Buddha through inaction?” Zhang Qishan raised his head, this question is not so much a question to the silent stone, but more like Zhang Qishan is asking his inner self.

"Master Zhang." Wu Xie's unexpected address made Zhang Qishan turn around.

As soon as he turned around, Wu Xie's smiling face came into view. Wu Xie stretched out his hand and gently brushed away the blood-stained hair on Zhang Qishan's forehead. , but what you have because of what kind of person you are. Even if you have thousands of Buddha statues, will we call monks to preside over them as Buddha? People call you Buddha because they respect you as a Buddha Heart. You say that the Buddha does not do anything, but actually it is not the devil who does evil. The Buddha and the devil are both extreme human nature. Remember what I said? The real Buddha is a human—” Wu Xie blinked his eyes , emphatically, "It's you!"

Zhang Qishan moved his lips, wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it, and finally said with a soft smile: "Wu Xie, can I hug you if I want to?"

Wu Xie thought in his heart, smelly and hypocritical, which time did he ask if it was okay?But he stretched out his arms, responding to the tightest embrace that contained all emotions and touched the soul from the depths of his heart.

"Zhang Qishan, don't be afraid of the flames of war, I will always stand behind you. You can go for the people of the world, and I will be for you. I will live with you and die with you. No matter at any time, even if you go to the poor and fall to the underworld, As long as you turn around, you will definitely see me."

"Wu Xie, I—"

"Tsk tsk tsk, don't let go, we can be blind for a quarter of an hour and a half, Buddha, is that enough?" Er Yuehong and the others came later along the stone bridge.

Although Zhang Qishan was reluctant, he still let go of Wu Xie, and got down to business: "The Japanese say that this Buddha statue is the one that they can never take away. Let's take a closer look."

"The Japanese look so vicious. If you really want to move this kind of Buddha statue, you will take it apart and smash it." Wu Xie said, "Is this statue useful, and it can't be used outside of this place?"

No one could answer Wu Xie's question, but Er Yuehong said: "I don't know what kind of jewels are inlaid in those eyes. There are many colorful glazes. I have never seen them before. I don't know where they came from. I guess there are more than one person's arms. Buddha, we are alone. One is too good."

"What about me?" Wu Xie asked.

"You and the Buddha are in the same family."

"Why should I be considered a family with him." Both of them share a share, but Wu Xie doesn't want to do it.

"Whoever has just been inseparable from the Buddha is inseparable from the Buddha."

"—Second Master!"

Zhang Qishan listened quietly to the chatter of the two, while shaking his head to let Atai and Mudun look at the nearby houses.This village is no different from any ordinary village. There are piles of firewood, dried corn and grains at the door of every house, and there are racks for drying clothes and quilts, but there is not a single human voice. The whole village was dead silent.

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Every house was neatly tidied up, and the dishes, chopsticks, and clothes were placed where they should be. Although everything was left here, there was no trace of haste. The villagers abandoned this place in a planned way.Since it took so much manpower and material resources to build such a paradise, why did you give up?It is really puzzling.

The lake water is quiet but clear. It should not be stagnant water, but the entrance to the underground river cannot be found. It is surrounded by bottomless cliffs. Could it be that the flow point is at the bottom of the lake?Wu Xie was lying by the lake, and found that there were many colorful koi carp underwater, the smallest one was half a meter long, and the big ones might all dive into the bottom of the lake and become spirits.

"It's really like a fairyland here, with mountains, water, and Buddha statues." Wu Xie looked at the peach trees by the lake reflected on the water, and the peach blossoms were in season, pink and white.If he had never been here, whoever said that there is such a place underground, Wu Xie would definitely slap him so hard that he would not write a draft.But now, he felt that it would be nice to live in seclusion with Zhang Qishan here, the two of them quietly staying in this isolated place, talking for a lifetime, watching the scenery for a lifetime, and eating fish for a lifetime.

Zhang Qishan didn't let Wu Xie get close to the lake, saying: "If it's really a fairyland, it won't be underground, so be careful."

The crowd walked around the lake to the side of the Buddha statue. There was a nine-story stone altar at the foot of the Buddha statue, and a sarcophagus was placed on the top floor.The material of the coffin is the same as that of the Buddha statue behind. The four corners of the coffin cover are carved with four-dimensional beasts, and the eyes of the beasts are inlaid with four-color gems.The flames from the mouths of the four beasts spread around the corners to all sides of the coffin.In the center of the coffin cover, two dark crystal stones are inlaid side by side. The light on the crystal surface flows freely without the need for light. One is in the shape of a crescent moon, and the other is in the shape of a crescent moon. Complicated totem patterns are engraved around the two crystal stones.The entire coffin is bound layer by layer with wrist-thick stone chains, and the other ends of dozens of stone chains are connected to the Buddha statue, hidden under the gold hawthorn robe.

I don't know who is in the coffin, but the status must be very special, maybe it is a clan patriarch.But why is there only one coffin? It is impossible for thousands of years of history to have only one patriarch. Is it the one with the highest achievement or the last one, or are they all burned to ashes and put together?When the coffin was opened, there were rows of ashes urns, Wu Xie curled his lips, no matter what his identity was, he would be able to find out just by opening the coffin.

The outer layer of the stone chain was strangely covered with mottled copper rust. Zhang Qishan pulled it tightly and found it was very light, so he held it with both hands and tried to break the chain, but failed after two attempts.This chain is light to hold, but it is actually extremely tough.But in this way, a lot of the copper rust was wiped off. Wu Xie took the stone chain from Zhang Qishan and found that the inner layer of the stone chain was made of the same material as the coffin.But there is no bronze decoration or outer layer on it. After peeling off the patina, it is completely stone. Why does it grow patina?

The Buddha moved his hands, and the others were not polite. Ah Tai held the iron chain and propped it forward. Mudun jumped up and slashed at the stone chain with a thud. Not even a trace was left.Mu Dun looked strangely at his palm and then at the knife, making sure it wasn't his fault.

Wu Xie felt strange when he saw the coffin, "After arriving here, everything seems to be going too smoothly, maybe it's because of these chains, what kind of protection does a coffin that no one can open need any protection."

"No." Zhang Qishan said, "In the beginning, all the villagers here should be guardians. There is still a taboo against living things, and there is no reason why such dead things cannot be opened."

The knives are constantly chopping, what tools are there?Wu Xie looked around and said with an idea: "I have a solution."

After talking, let Mudun and Atai, one carry firewood and logs, and the other go to the lake to carry water, the more of them the better.

Mu Dun squatted on the ground and raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect this average-sized kid to dare to order him.

He said he was ordering Wu Xie, but he was too eager to speak, and he was thinking whether he should show a little mistress' air, Zhang Qishan kicked him earlier and said: "Fuck off, it's your wooden pier every time, so dawdling! "

Mudun smacked his lips, got up from the ground, and trotted all the way to catch up with Ah Tai.

After a while, the two of them brought what Wu Xie wanted, and when Wu Xie said that everyone understood his plan, after heating it at high temperature and pouring it with cold water, as long as the thing conformed to the laws of physics, it would break.So everyone was full of confidence, but after repeating the process twice, a relatively obvious crack appeared on the chain.Zhang Qishan grabbed the chain and held it with both hands, pulling it hard to the sides, the veins on his forehead burst out.

"Forget it—" Wu Xie felt his heart palpitate for a while, this old guy was seriously injured just now, so don't be troubled anymore.

Over there, Zhang Qishan had already pulled off the stone chain, threw it on the ground with a bang, and said, "Next one."

Everyone stepped up their actions, and although it took a lot of time, they finally tore off all the main stone chains that bound them.Several people took advantage of the time to rest, and Kun'er was already able to get up and walk around to help, although one shoulder was still shrunk, Mudun didn't let him move more, and he refused.It was Wu Xie who beckoned and asked him to come to her (a child with a mother is like a treasure).

After pulling out 81 locking coffin nails, it took only a blink of an eye to open the coffin. There was no coffin in the coffin once before, so Zhang Qishan told everyone to be careful even when opening the coffin.

Mudun and Atai pushed open the heavy coffin with all their strength, and they all showed surprise expressions when they saw the general appearance inside.Wu Xie couldn't bear it any longer, and immediately followed.The first thing that catches the eye in the coffin is a crystal coffin in the middle, and a corpse with a beast face and a human body can be clearly seen lying in the coffin.

The animal face is half like a tiger and half like a dragon. It is made of the same black pumice stone as the Buddha statue. The surface is inlaid with gold foil to increase the three-dimensional effect. , The person inside closed his eyes tightly.But such a beast-masked person is a female body, and the part of her body that is exposed to the clothes is as jade-like in color, making one feel that it still retains the elasticity of the skin.The female corpse is dressed in red and gold two-color armor, and there are two scimitars beside her, which is in line with the legend of the Ji family guarding the frontier with martial arts.The crystal coffin was well preserved, and the golden armor shone with a metallic luster.Just like the crystal coffin is just her bed, the female general who just fell asleep will open her eyes and jump out of the crystal coffin at any time.

There are several funerary objects outside the crystal coffin, needless to say they are all good things, Mu Dun and Ah Taizao took out their backpacks and put them in carefully, Wu Xie saw a jade seal among them.

The jade seal is like a gashapon, the price depends on luck, if it is worthless, if the national seal is really priceless, if it is really not good, a general's seal will be enough to last for a year or two.It must be at least a general's seal here, and Wu Xie's first reaction was naturally to get the jade seal first.

Chapter 17

Yuyin sank his hand, which was exactly the size of a palm.Don't look at the palm-sized jade, but there are nine flying dragons with claws and teeth. Five dragons hold their heads high in front, and the concave position is just where the five fingers are pinched. gas.Such a jade seal is not as simple as a general's seal, Wu Xie's heart beat wildly, this is a treasure!No matter which small country's jade seal it is, after taking it out, the rest of my life is just to find a way to squander money.Yuxi turned it over and looked at it. At first, he didn't know much about it, but repeatedly identified it as Xiaozhuan, which was slightly different from modern Xiaozhuan. Wu Xie was good at bronze writing, so he gasped after a little speculation.

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