Tomb Raider: The Last of Zagrama

"Except for bones and dried corpses, why don't you see a coffin here?"

"Could it be that there is only a sacrificial room here, and there is no burial chamber?"

Wang Fatzi looked around, and then said, "Then this group of people worked hard to build such a thing under the well, and if they don't build a tomb, it doesn't mean that they have wasted this feng shui treasure." "

"This doesn't make sense, will there be a secret passage?"

This sentence reminded Professor Chen.

The latter looked anxious and said excitedly, "What Xiao Wang said makes sense, this possibility is not impossible, hurry up, let's look around and see if there is a secret way." "

Everyone looked around, and there were stone walls everywhere, and they knocked on it to check.

The discovery is all solid, and there will be no other space.

"Zhou He, come and take a look. "

Shirley was still careful and found something, and quickly called someone over.

Zhou He walked over and squatted down beside her, and the others also came over.

"Zhou He, look here. "

"Yes, you're delicate enough, Shirley"

Zhou He praised it, and the others also saw the four pull rings, and all of them had smiles on their faces.

"Come, Lao Hu and the fat man, Xiao Sa will take the handle. "

"Good. "

Saying a few, one left and one right, one in front and one behind, each holding a pull ring in their hands.

"Everybody, stand back. "

Dispersing the people who were too close, Professor Hao walked over, first helping to clean up the dust around the large stone slab, and then retreating to the side, leaving space for a few people.

"Come, one-two... Up!"

The four of them followed the rhythm, gritted their teeth, and lifted the slate hard.

With all the strength of the milk, he finally lifted the slab, revealing a hole that led straight underneath.

He threw down a firework stick to illuminate the bottom, and when he looked over, it was a burial chamber about the size of the ground, with a square coffin in the middle.

The ladder was built, and everyone stepped on the ladder and went down one by one.

"This coffin is so strange, boxy, it doesn't look like a coffin, it looks like a big box. "

Hu Bayi looked at the coffin in front of him and wondered.

The fat man also said, "This is the coffin, how is this different from ours? Our coffins there are all high and low, which is very easy to distinguish, and here it looks strange." "

"Every country, region, and ethnicity has different customs, and customs. "

Zhou He took the initiative to explain, "The most obvious proof is that our country has a saying that there are ten miles of different sounds, which is actually about regional differences. "

"It's the same thing that northerners love pasta and southerners love rice. "

"The difference in the tombs and coffins in this ancient Western Regions is not a big deal. "

He added, "At the same time, according to Feng Shui, it can actually make sense." "

"There are clouds in the Book of Burial, and the mourners are also angry with life, and the qi is dispersed by the wind, and the boundary water is stopped. "

"The ancients gathered to make it not disperse, and the line made it stop, so it is called feng shui. "

"Our coffin in the Central Plains, one high and one low, is in line with the saying in Feng Shui, the house should "sit north and face south", and the ancients attached great importance to the things before and after death. "

""Xunzi" has clouds, and death is like life. "

"Before and after death was an extremely important thing for the ancients, and what was like before life should be the same after death as before life. However, this point is mostly used on the emperor. "

"Placed on the coffin, the head of the deceased is on the side of the coffin with the big head, facing north, and the small one puts its feet towards the south. "

It is also to better distinguish between the north and the south, so as to facilitate the worship of future generations. "

According to the objective laws of nature, the big head is generally yang, and the small head is yin, and the human head, called the six yang heads, is naturally facing the yang. "

At the same time, the coffin is made like this, so that the coffin will not be displaced during the funeral process. "

The wide head of the coffin can place a lot of funeral goods, and the tail space is narrow, so it can't put large funeral goods. "

"According to the ancients' belief in feng shui, the coffin is made like this, which can better "Tibetan wind and gather qi" to condense the rui qi on the feng shui hole, so that the tomb owner can better absorb the immortal qi and decompose the corpse into an immortal!"

"At the same time, our people are sometimes very superstitious, and they like to ask for an auspicious thing. "

For example, "Coffin coffin, get promoted and get rich." This is a kind of expectation of the ancients for the coffin, not only hoping that the soul of the deceased can rest in peace for a long time, but also has the meaning of blessing and protection for future generations. "

"If it is made into a square and people are lying in it, it will become the word "prisoner", which is unlucky!"

"So it was deliberately made, one side is big and one is small, one side is high and one side is low, which not only solves the problem. At the same time, this is also to better prevent water from seeping into the coffin gap. "

After Zhou He finished speaking, Professor Chen took the lead in applauding.

"Well, that's right!"

Professor Chen looked appreciative, "Xiao Zhou, you are indeed the most outstanding talent in the field of archaeology over the years. It is worthy of being a genius who graduated in only one year. "

"From what you just said, I can see that you have a deep and solid knowledge reserve. "

"The breadth of knowledge, quoting scriptures and classics casually, interspersed with quotes of folk sayings, these are enough to prove that you have not forgotten to read when you have been exploring abroad all these years!"

"When we go back, I want to formally invite you to join, your talent is just a name, which is a big loss to our archaeological community!"

"No, Professor Chen. "

Zhou He directly refused, "I'm Xianyun Yehe, I don't like to be bound by the office, and I have a headache when I look at the office politics." It's not as good as the current state. "

"At least freedom, go wherever you want. "

Professor Chen wanted to say something, but Zhou He changed the topic, "Hey, by the way, Professor, hurry up the mural on the wall, you can interpret it for everyone, is this related to the Exquisite Country?"

When it came to the Exquisite Country, Professor Chen really didn't dwell on it, and immediately focused on the murals.

As far as he is concerned, the Elite Kingdom is his lifeblood.

"I can't see it, but I'm quite able to speak. "

"If you're in one place for more than half a year, you can do that. "

Zhou He replied and walked towards Professor Chen.

"Fatty, are you dumbfounded?" Hu Bayi said with a smile, "In the future, when you have nothing to do, read more books and supplement yourself, otherwise if you touch Captain Jin, you don't understand some common sense, and you won't make jokes." "

"Okay!"

The fat man said, "After I go back, I will go to find books to read, I will read Lao Zhou's and the library." Anything related to these things, fat man, I will read them all. "

"Alright, let's go. "

Hu Bayi pushed him, and the two of them also walked up to Professor Chen and looked at the murals on the wall. []

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"What is recorded in this painting..."Professor Chen recognized it at a glance, "It has something to do with the Exquisite Ancient City!"

"This should... This is supposed to be the tomb of Prince Gumo. "

The crowd followed Professor Chen to the first mural.

Professor Chen said, "Gumo is a small country among the 36 kingdoms of the ancient Western Regions, and it is also a vassal state of Jingjue, they are oppressed, and every year they have to sacrifice a large amount of treasures and cattle and sheep slaves to the queen of Jingjue. "

"The painters of these murals are highly skilled!"

"It is full of magnificence and expressiveness, and even without textual annotations, the content of the mural is clear and vivid, and we can clearly understand the events and people in the painting through the mural. "

Next, through Professor Chen's mouth, everyone learned that the Queen of Essence has a pair of mysterious eyes, and after seeing others, she can change them out of thin air.

"The painting is so weird, Prince Gumo is peeking in the corner. "

"In the previous paintings, the Queen of Perfection is veiled, and in this painting, the Queen of Perfection is just a silhouette. "

"One hand lifted the veil, and there was a person across from her who looked like a slave or something, and it became blurred and disappeared?"

Professor Chen was very surprised, as a materialist, he instinctively doubted when he saw such a magical thing recorded in the mural, which was obviously not materialistic.

Immediately afterward, Shirley said, "This queen is a banshee. "

"Demon?"

Everyone was surprised, and the magic suddenly turned into a fairy style again.

"Don't talk nonsense. "

Zhou He said, "The Absolute Queen is not a demon, her eyes are the legendary Demon Eye, the Unbounded Demon Pupil that can be matched with the Buddha's Eye!"

"Demon Eye?

Everyone expressed their shock, and the flavor of Xianxia became stronger and stronger.

"Hmm. "

Zhou He nodded, and then said, "Do you remember what I told you about the bottomless cave under Zagrama Mountain, the Demon Kingdom, and the story left by the Zagrama Prophet that the third group of people came to Zagrama Sacred Mountain?"

"You mean?"

"That's right!"

"Xiao Zhou, Shirley!"

"You just mentioned the Zagrama Sacred Mountain, and you mentioned the Ghost Cave Clan, what's going on?"

Professor Chen trembled with excitement when he heard the words "Jingjue", "Ghost Cave", it was his destiny to study Jingjue culture, and he had studied it all his life, everything about the history and legend of Jingjue Country and the Ghost Cave Clan, for him, was as full of temptation as drugs.

"Teacher, don't get excited, you're old, you drink saliva first to calm down. "

Looking at the excited Professor Chen, Professor Hao was startled, and he gave water and stroked his back to give him relief, for fear that if he was not careful, Professor Chen was too excited and passed with a grock.

"Patriotic, I'm fine. "

Professor Chen was excited, looked at Zhou He and asked, "Xiao Zhou, do you know the origin and history of the Exquisite Kingdom, that is, the Ghost Cave Clan? Please tell me, this is very important to me!"

"Professor Chen, don't worry. "

Zhou He soothed, "I will tell you these things, don't get excited." "

Looking at Professor Chen, who was so excited, Shirley Yang also walked over, came to Professor Chen's side, supported him with one hand, took out the medicine bottle from the satchel on his waist, and poured one for Professor Chen to take.

After Professor Chen took the medicine and calmed down, the group didn't care if the ground was dirty or not, and those who did archaeology didn't pay attention to these.

Sit on the ground, next to the coffin of the tomb owner, and sit in a circle to listen to Zhou He's story.

"Okay, Xiao Zhou, I'm fine. "

Professor Chen looked at Zhou He expectantly and said to him, "You can start now..."

Not only Professor Chen, but everyone else, this will be counted as one by one, with anticipation on their faces. Although Shirley Yang had heard a lot about the true origin of the dust beads, he didn't know much about the ghost cave clan.

Because at that time, Zhou He didn't say anything at all.

"Once upon a time..."

"Brother Zhou..."

Before he could start, he was interrupted, and everyone looked at Sa Dipeng who raised his hand reproachfully, who also looked cautious, looking at Zhou He and asking curiously.

"Brother Zhou, a long, long time ago, how long was it?"

This unlucky child has a lot of energy, and he is a good material for playing academics, and to engage in academics, he must have this posture of breaking the casserole and asking questions to the end.

Zhou He was not angry, so he explained to him, "Let's put it this way, at that time, maybe the planet under our feet had just been formed. Above the earth, there was a wilderness, there was no life, no water, in short, nothing. "

"In the universe, there is a mysterious and unfathomable unknown space, and in this unknown and strange space, there lives a huge giant snake. "

"The serpent has all kinds of incredible magical powers, and according to human interpretation, he can be called the snake god!"

Lined with lights, in the dim tomb, everyone listened attentively to Zhou He, telling an unknown historical past.