Tomb Raiders Notes - Zhangjia Mausoleum Keeper

"Is this the corridor?" I asked them curiously.

"According to the location and structure of the tomb, it should be." Wu Xie studied architecture, so what he said naturally had a corresponding basis.

I saw Zhang Jian stretched out his hand to explore the airflow inside, and then slid his slender fingers across the blue bricks on the wall. His face was pale and he couldn't see any thoughts, and then he took out a cold smoke stick from his bag and threw it out.

After a while, I heard a "clang", which was the sound of knocking on the stone steps.Zhang Qi tilted his ears, listened carefully, and then told us: "There is no mechanism below." So he took his bag and got in first.

I followed closely behind, Wu Xie and Fat Brother walked behind, the corridor was built tall and spacious, even if the three of them walked side by side, it would not be too crowded.

This kind of design is what Fatty likes the most. The more he walked, the happier he was, and finally he couldn't help laughing and said, "Damn, the owner of the tomb made the corridor so big. Could it be a giant or a big fat man?"

Hearing what he said, I squatted down, inspected the wear marks on the stone steps, then shook my head at him and said, "It should be impossible."

"Zilin, where did you see it?" Wu Xie asked curiously.

"You see, the wear and tear of the steps is mainly in the edge area, but the real force-bearing surface of the steps is relatively intact. What does this mean?" After that, he looked up at the two of them.

Wu Xie nodded with a smile, and looked at Fat Brother again.

Fat brother felt a little guilty when he was looked at, and he yelled, "How would I know? Maybe the owner of the tomb can't walk and needs to slide, so I made the steps like this!"

"Haha," I laughed amused by him, and continued: "It's not that the owner of the tomb likes to slide, but the things in his tomb need to be transported in by sliding slides. You see, it is obvious that the upper floor at that time It is the result of long-term stress, maybe there is something in it that surprises us!" I stood up and looked at them with a smile.

"Really? Seeing how worn it is, there must be too many babies and too heavy." The fat brother thought about it, and then he seemed to see a golden baby in his eyes, and his saliva almost stopped drooling.

I saw that the wealth incentive method was indeed the best painkiller for him, so I continued to say: "Fat brother, what you said is very possible."

"That's right! Then don't delay, let's go!" After finishing speaking, the fat brother quickly passed by my side and walked down the steps quickly.

Wu Xie and I looked at each other and smiled, Wu Xie immediately gave me a thumbs up and said, "It's really good! You."

It seems that Wu Xie saw my intention again this time, so he had no choice but to reply: "Thank you for your cooperation."

Wu Xie smiled and patted my shoulder, and didn't speak any more.We quickened our pace and followed.At this time, Zhang Qi was already separated from us by a long distance. When we looked down, there was only a white spot of light moving. After walking for so long, why didn't we reach the end?

"Brother, how far is it?" Fat Brother couldn't help but asked under his throat.

Zhang Qi rushed to us and swung the light source in his hand left and right, probably replying that he didn't know either.This is really strange, why did the owner of the tomb dig the tomb so low?Could it be possible to go directly to the underworld?Besides, there is not even a trap along the way, except for the longer distance and twists and turns, is this too smooth?

Wu Xie seemed to have the same doubts as me, frowning and looking around.Zhang Qi seemed to be slowing down on purpose. After a while, we had already caught up with him. At this time, he threw down a section of the cold smoke stick. He repeated it almost every other way, and he had probably done it by now. Do it a dozen times!It can be seen that when we come down from above, this corridor is too long.

"Everyone stop, have you ever thought about whether we met that?" Wu Xie clapped the barometer in his hand, and asked cautiously.

"You mean ghost hitting the wall?" Fat Brother continued his words.

"Well, from just now, I feel that this corridor is not unusual. Sure enough, after a while, my instrument failed, and we have been walking for several hours, and we still can't see the end. As if there is no end, is it true?" Wu Xie looked at Zhang Qi solemnly.

Zhang Qi shook his head and said, "No, we haven't turned back." His tone was firm, and then he shook a pack of fluorescent powder in his hand, "I put it on the cold smoke stick, every time I throw it When you go out, the powder on it will leave traces on the steps when it hits the ground. And, don’t you think that the further you go down, the higher the temperature?”

When he said this, I didn't realize it. There was a little thin sweat on my back. We got up from the water, and we were wearing wet clothes. How could we tell whether it was water or sweat?In addition, you have to keep an eye out for changes in the tunnel, so you ignore the problem of rising temperature.

"No wonder, the fat man feels that his clothes are getting wet, I thought he peed his pants!" The fat man laughed at himself.

"Everyone, let's rest where we are!" Zhang Qi glanced at me calmly, and then looked away as if nothing had happened.

I didn't know it either, I was leaning against the wall tired, and because my back was sweaty and stuck to my clothes, it was even more uncomfortable, so I rubbed against the wall behind me a few times irritably.

As a result, Wu Xie, who was sitting on the steps, suddenly stared at my back and told me not to move.I just felt like I was being stabbed, and I didn't dare to move.

Zhang Qi came up quickly and pulled me in front of him. This action was a little intimate, which made my heart beat faster inexplicably, so I blushed. My mind is looking at the wall behind me.

Wu Xie and Fat Brother also leaned over, and I couldn't stay in Zhang Qi's arms, so I had to turn around and look at the wall.But I saw that a lot of the gray powder on it had been rubbed off by me, and colorful patterns had been exposed in some places.

"There are murals on it?" I said in surprise.

"That's right." Zhang scratched the white powder with his fingers, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and said, "This thing is the mucus on the surface of the slug's body. It will dissolve itself when it encounters salt."

"It's disgusting!" I immediately patted the clothes on the back in disgust, but it was useless to pat, the clothes were wet, and it was impossible to pat them off.

"Let's take a look at what is painted on it!" Wu Xie suggested.

"Damn, naive, that thing is so disgusting, if I want to rub you, I won't go." The fat guy sat back on the stone steps, his face was a little more disgusted than I was just now.

I opened the backpack, took out a watering can, poured some water into it, put some salt in it, shook it in front of Fat Brother, and then started to spray it towards the wall in shock.

When the surface of the wall met the salt water, it was like a layer of melted chocolate, and a layer of snow-white cream flowed down "shuashua".After a while, a complete mural was presented in front of our eyes.

I tried my best to straighten my chin, so as not to show an exaggerated expression of surprise like a bumpkin, and took a close look at it. It should be a lacquer painting. In addition to the bright and attractive colors, there are seven kinds of them. Much, what is depicted on the wall is still a vivid phoenix.

The legendary phoenix does not live in anything other than a phoenix tree, eat nothing but bamboo, and drink only from a sweet spring.In the tomb of the owner of the tomb, what is the meaning of the phoenix that can be seen everywhere?

Zhang Qi walked down a few steps, touched the wall with his fingers, and then motioned for me to continue spraying over there. After a while, another picture of a phoenix appeared, and so on. , Stretching for hundreds of meters, there are pictures of gods and birds in various postures and shapes, like guards standing in the corridor, full of vigor.

"Is this the last one? It seems different!" I sighed.

"That's right, this is the Nirvana of the Phoenix." Zhang Qi stood behind me, looking at the picture of the divine bird emerging from the fire, he was a little dazed, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Phoenix Nirvana? The next step is to be reborn from the ashes!" Wu Xie continued.

"Rebirth?" Zhang Qi repeated blankly, then glanced at me.

"Tell me, what is the origin of the owner of the tomb? Why are the paintings in his tomb not life stories? Not beautiful scenery? There are ninety-nine and 81 pictures of phoenixes? What is the purpose of this?" The fat man was impatient. said.

"Maybe we are all wrong." I stared at the murals, and another thought suddenly flashed in my mind, "Maybe we have always thought that the phoenix picture shows the identity of the owner of the tomb. In fact, it is not necessarily true. Historically, worshiping the phoenix There are still many ethnic groups in China, among which the most enthusiastic one belongs to Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period.

"It is said that the ancestor of the state of Chu was Zhu Rong, the god of fire, and Zhu Rong was the incarnation of the phoenix. The phoenix is ​​the noblest and most divine animal above all else. It symbolizes beauty and the transcendence of the world. Therefore, as the fire The phoenix of the bird has become the totem worship of the Chu people. And the color of the phoenix is ​​red, which is just like the color advocated by the Chu people."

"Zilin, you mean, this is a Chu tomb?" Wu Xie asked.

"I think so." In this sweltering tunnel, I seemed to have a telepathic connection with this nobleman of the Chu Kingdom who had passed away for more than 2000 years, as if everything here was waiting for me to uncover its secrets. mystery.

With a whistle, I was dragged out of my thoughts.It was later discovered that Zhang Qi was gone, and the whistle came from the front. He must have found out the way, so the three of us followed.

After walking for tens of meters, the surrounding area suddenly became empty, and then we seemed to fall into a sea of ​​clouds transpiring, and saw a majestic ancient palace standing quietly in front of us amidst the smog.