Chapter 231 Chapter 90: Lost in the Ancient Tomb

Everyone couldn't help being startled, and hurried to disperse around. The giant python fell from the air and landed on the place where everyone stood just now. It seemed that its colorful snake body had some scars, and blood was oozing out. After the giant python fell to the ground, it held its head high, and stared at the big tree it fell with blood-red eyes. It bowed and bowed, with its mouth wide open, and the long snake let out a rapid hissing sound. , Then everyone saw a pair of strange big birds coming out of the tree umbrella that covered the sky and the sun, and then uttered a cry, spreading their wings and falling from the tree gracefully.

While these two big birds were flying in the air, Jia Zhuangyuan couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's a phoenix! It's really a phoenix!" The two big birds approached the ground, gently retracted their beautiful wings, and landed not far from the giant python. At this moment, everyone couldn't suppress the excitement in their hearts, forgetting the situation they were in, and stared blankly. Standing there, watching these two most miraculous birds in ancient Chinese mythology up close. There are two big birds, one is smaller, about six feet high, and the other is slightly larger, about ten feet high.The neck is slender, the back protrudes like a turtle shell, the beak is slender and sharp, and it is golden yellow, the feathers all over the body are dazzling red, puffed up like flames, and there are colorful long feathers mixed in it, and the tail is raised high , forked in the shape of a fish's tail, slender like a peacock, brightly colored, mostly dark purple, also mixed with colorful colors.The two big birds were very tall, and their bodies were like cranes. After landing, they walked slowly towards the giant python. They walked proudly, with their heads held high, looking unusually noble, and their feathers were shaking constantly. Like a group of magical flames, colorful brilliance burst out of it, which is incomparably magical.

The narrow and beautiful phoenix eyes of the two phoenixes paid no attention to the onlookers, but stared closely at the giant python in front of them. They opened their slender beaks together and let out a "clang clang" sound, and approached the giant python step by step. , the giant python rapidly stretched the snake letter in its mouth, its body bowed and collapsed like a string of a piano.The two blood-red eyes were wide open, as if they were about to bleed. Seeing that a big battle between the weird colorful python and the magical phoenix was about to start, Jia Zhuangyuan said to everyone in a low voice at this time: "Before the magic bird Phoenix comes to deal with this giant python, let's leave quickly. This phoenix is ​​a legendary divine bird, but that doesn't mean they won't harm us. We'd better put some oil on the soles of our feet and sneak away as soon as possible."

Although everyone wanted to see how the miraculous phoenix dealt with the giant python, they all knew what Jia Zhuangyuan said was right, so they reluctantly took another look at the two miraculous and noble phoenix birds, and quietly backed away. He turned around the big tree and left this dangerous situation. Along the way, everyone talked about the two legendary and magical creatures, the Qinglong and the Phoenix, and they all sighed.Only Jia Zhuangyuan didn't take it seriously, and he was a little unhappy along the way, as if he was worried, and didn't talk much, as long as he opened his mouth, he blindly urged us all to hurry up.

Seeing this, First Young Master Liu deliberately quickened his pace, and caught up with him who was walking in the front. Then he drew out his dagger, and stood side by side with him, brushing the weeds in front of him to open the way.Asked him in a low voice: "Senior Jia, it seems that you have something on your mind since seeing Phoenix, can you tell me?" The engineer shovel that was coming was testing the grass in front of his feet. First Young Master Liu felt bored, so he didn't ask any more questions, and just walked forward with him side by side. Suddenly, Jia Zhuangyuan said to Young Master Liu in a low voice: "Young Master, did you say that dragons and phoenixes really appeared on the earth in ancient times?"

First Young Master Liu was stunned for a while, and then replied: "I think it must have appeared before? Otherwise, how could there be very detailed descriptions in the ancient records." Jia Zhuangyuan pondered thoughtfully for a while, and asked: "Then the dragon and phoenix we see now, do you think they are the divine beasts and divine birds recorded in ancient books?" Young Master Liu looked at him in confusion, and said, "It should be, the dragon and phoenix we saw are indeed exactly the same as those recorded in ancient books." Jia Zhuangyuan nodded and said, "I know that. What I mean is, is our current location the center of the earth or a different time and space? Could it be that the dragon and phoenix are creatures of different time and space?"

Young Master Liu looked at Jia Zhuangyuan strangely, thinking to himself, hadn't Jia Zhuangyuan accepted the fact of the existence of different time and space long ago?How come there is such a problem all of a sudden?So he said inexplicably: "Senior Jia, I still don't understand what you mean." Jia Zhuangyuan said: "Dragon and phoenix, as gods in ancient times, have never been truly believed by modern humans. Most of them think that they are a combination of various animals and birds in ancient times, but we have seen real dragons and phoenixes today. No I don't know why, but I feel that there is something wrong with this. Who is the owner or creator of the Ninety-Nine Heavens? Is this place the Earth or a different time and space? And whether the dragons and phoenixes we see are real creatures, or are they the Ninety-Nine Heavens? Made by the master of the Nineteen Heavens?"

First Young Master Liu looked at Jia Zhuangyuan in surprise, feeling a little unbelievable, especially his last sentence, Young Young Master Liu said tongue-tiedly: "Senior Jia, you...you mean, this dragon and phoenix stone was artificially made? " Jia Zhuangyuan said with a wry smile: "I'm just guessing. Think about it. This ancient record has been passed down from the Yellow Emperor to today. There are different opinions about the dragon and phoenix. In fact, there is no truly unified picture of the dragon and phoenix. Like the phoenix, it is said to be a chicken head and a green crown. Snake-necked crane body, turtle-backed sparrow tail, male chirping 'Jiji', female singing 'Zhu Zu', and harmonious singing 'Qiang Qiang'. Why there is this legend, modern people think that the ancients synthesized the images of many birds and beasts The appearance of the phoenix, but the phoenix we see today is indeed the description above. How to explain this? There are two possibilities. First, the phoenix did appear in ancient times, whether it came from a different time and space or existed on the earth. This kind of bird. Second, the dragons and phoenixes we see today are all artificially created according to the descriptions of ancient books on the earth. For example, the person who made it is Zhang Daoling. He is a human being in a different time and space. Taoism was created by him. He also created the ninety-nine heavens of Taoism, and this dragon and phoenix were also created by him."

Listening to Jia Zhuangyuan's words, First Young Master Liu felt unbelievable. Jia Zhuangyuan smiled, looked at Liu Dashao's confused expression, and said with some self-deprecation: "Don't think that my views are correct or wrong. Have you seen my physical appearance now? In fact, I used to I am taller and more handsome than you, but one person has changed everything about my body. Therefore, I am not surprised that someone can create any biological body according to the description." As he said that, he continued to move forward and waved the military shovel to pick up the weeds.First Young Master Liu stared blankly at his back, and suddenly felt that Jia Zhuangyuan must have had a more bizarre experience than his own in the ancient golden city.

At this time, Cai Qingchong patted Young Master Liu on the shoulder behind him, and said, "Young Master, what are you thinking? Why did you stop suddenly? Do you feel something is wrong again?" First Young Master Liu quickly came back to his senses, shook his head, smiled and said to him: "No, I didn't think about anything, and I didn't feel anything wrong. I just twisted my foot a little. It's okay." He hurried forward to catch up Jia Zhuangyuan, continue to walk ahead with him.Jia Zhuangyuan turned his face to see First Young Master Liu following up, and remained silent without saying anything.

Young Master Liu asked him unwillingly: "Senior Jia, can you tell us about your experience? If according to your judgment, the dragon and phoenix were artificially made, then do you think it is important for our mission? What's wrong?" Jia Zhuangyuan didn't look at him, but looked at the grass in front of him, and asked me in a low voice with a little blurred eyes: "Have you heard of the ancient tomb of the Warring States Period in Jiuliandun, Xiangfan, Hubei?" First Young Master Liu was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly replied: "I've heard that it is the tomb of a general of the Chu State during the Warring States Period." There is an ancient traffic passage, known as "Suizao Corridor".Between this corridor and Zaoyang City in the north, there is a north-south low hill. On the 3,000-meter-long hill, there are nine giant "steamed bun-shaped" mounds, which are called "Jiuliandun" by the local people. .For a long time, there has been a miraculous story circulating among the local people: It is said that there was a heroic general in the state of Chu who was invincible and made many achievements, but he was killed by the king of Chu by mistake because of a military coup d'état.After the truth came out, the king of Chu regretted it too much. In order to make up for his mistakes, the king of Chu gave the general a golden head and ordered people to dig and build nine tombs overnight, and buried the golden head in one of the nine tombs to confuse future generations so as not to be stolen.The legend of the Jiuliandun tomb has been a topic of interest to domestic archaeologists for many years, because from an archaeological point of view, the artificially piled mounds on the natural hills may be the sealing soil of ancient tombs, while Jiulian The mounds of the pier are large in scale and numerous in number, and they are very likely to be the cemeteries of important ancient high-ranking nobles.But all of these are only theoretical speculations based on the legends passed down through the ages. Because blind excavation cannot be carried out, it is still difficult to determine the identity of these strangely shaped hillsides.It was not until 2002 that the highway connecting Xiaogan and Xiangfan broke ground. In order to provide accurate information on cultural relics protection, the municipal archaeological team reported to the provincial and national authorities for approval, and prevented a group of domestic professional archaeologists from investigating the area on the hill. A field survey of a mound commonly known as "Yingzibao" was carried out, detailed information about the ancient tomb was obtained, and finally a rescue excavation was carried out. The archaeological results were of course shocking both at home and abroad. The identity of the owner is still an unsolved mystery to this day, leaving the world with countless reverie and confusion. Jia Zhuangyuan nodded numbly and said, "Sooner or later, this tomb group will be discovered by the country, and it will shock the world."