Chapter 9 Chapter 9 The Tomb of the Son of Heaven

Wu Wantong was taken aback, and quickly shrank back.There was a loud "Dang" sound, and something heavy behind the stone screen slammed onto the ground, making a loud noise. The three stepped back a few feet.He only heard the sound of footsteps behind the stone screen, and slowly turned a huge black shadow.Under the light of the fire, I saw a black shadow covered with long hair, tall and strong, his left arm was broken at the shoulder, and the wound was still dripping with blood.It was the giant mandrill! The giant mandrill's two copper bell-like eyes stared fiercely at the three of them, holding a strangely shaped object about two feet long in its hand.The whole body of this thing is a copper pillar, and at the top of the copper pillar there is a child cast in bronze and surrounded by a curved body.

All three of them recognized this grotesque thing as a copper lamp man, a lighting device placed in the underground palace in the emperor's mausoleum.I don't know where this giant mandrill came from, but he held it in his hand and used it to attack the three of them. The giant mandrill's eyes flicked around, and it didn't know which one to attack first. Lian Xing, Wu Wantong, and Situ Tianzuo looked at each other, nodded, and slowly moved back, forming a "pin" shape, surrounding the giant mandrill in the middle. The giant mandrill made a strange cry, like a ghost crying, before the cry was finished, it rushed towards Lian Xing, it seemed that it was determined to avenge Shicai's severed arm!

On one side, Situ Tianzuo and Wu Wantong each pulled out their weapons, pulled them and pulled them, and the short weapons became ten feet long in an instant.The weapon Wu Wantong used was like a convenient shovel, but what Situ Tianzuo used was an iron braze!It seems that the weapons used by the two were also changed from the inverted fighting utensils of the Xiling School. It was too late, but soon, Situ Tianzuo and Wu Wantong, each with their own unique weapons, rushed forward from both sides. On the other side, Lian Xing was going around in circles with the giant mandrill, waiting for an opportunity to fire another Ghost Slaying Saber to end the mandrill's life.But who knows that although the mandrill is huge, its movements are quite flexible, and each step is huge. Lian Xing is often about to turn around and use the ghost knife when the giant mandrill has already rushed in front of him.Lian Xing hadn't used the Ghost Slaying Saber, but the giant mandrill's copper lamp man was smashed by the strong wind!

Lian Xing had no choice but to perform lightness kung fu again and escape far away!The giant mandrill is holding a copper lamp and the man is chasing after him!Fortunately, this cave is very huge, Lian Xing turned around in the cave, and the giant mandrill screamed in anger! When Lian Xing was going around in circles, he suddenly saw Situ Tianzuo gesturing to him, which seemed to mean that he wanted him to pass by the two of them.Lian Xing's heart moved, and he didn't have time to think about it, and "whoosh" passed by the two of them. The giant mandrill seemed not to see Situ Tianzuo and Wu Wantong, and strode past the two of them.

What Wu Wantong and Situ Tianzuo want is this fleeting moment.When the giant mandrill passed by them, the two swung their weapons in each hand, and Wu Wantong hit the giant mandrill's back firmly with a handy shovel weighing more than 60 kilograms!Situ Tianzuo's iron rod also penetrated the giant mandrill's back until it reached the handle! The giant mandrill roared in pain, and the roar was like thunder, shaking the dust on the walls of the cave. Wu Wantong and Situ Tianzuo succeeded in one blow, and hurriedly dodged to avoid it.Under the rage of the giant mandrill, the dying blow must be extremely fierce.The giant mandrill turned around, its eyes were blood red, and the cast copper lamp man flew out of his hand, smashing towards Situ Tianzuo and Wu Wantong in the air.

The two of them heard the piercing sound of the copper cast lamp man, which was extremely ear-piercing, and they were horrified. They didn't understand why the copper cast lamp man could still make such a sharp whistling sound at such a short distance, and they hurriedly separated! The copper lamp man flew between the two of them, hit the opposite stone wall with a "bang", and inserted straight into the granite on the stone wall! At this moment, Lian Xing had already turned around, with luck in his left arm, the Ghost Slashing Knife was thrown out suddenly!I saw a beam of light flashing across the air, and Lian Xing chopped off the mandrill's right arm again!The giant mandrill let out another earth-shattering roar.Under the severe pain, his body rushed forward suddenly, and hit the mountain wall with a "tong", his head burst immediately, his brain flowed out, and he died on the spot!Blood gurgled out from the wound like a fountain, and the ground flowed like a river in an instant.

Wu Wantong hastily took out a boxy white jade box from his bosom.Open the lid of the box and move it close to the mandrill's head, the milky white mandrill brain slowly flows into the white jade box. Lian Xing frowned secretly, feeling cruel in his heart. After Wu Wantong filled the white jade box, he got up and said to Lian Xing and Situ Tianzuo, "Tianzuo, you and this little brother wait here for a while, I'll come as soon as I go." Lian Xing and Situ Tianzuo nodded. Holding the small white jade box in both hands, Wu Wantong turned around and left in a hurry. Situ Tianzuo said to Lian Xing: "Little brother, thanks to your help, I was able to get the mandrill brain this time. My master's long-term illness will definitely be healed."

Lian Xing said: "Moving mountains and unloading mountains, we are in the same spirit, what's the point of worrying about small things? If there is something to do with respect to the teacher, Lian should do his best." Situ Tianzuo smiled and said, "In Brother Lian's eyes, this is a trivial matter, but to our Xiling Sect, it is a major event. My master's injury has been going on for more than ten years. How lucky is it to be healed today?" Of?" Lian Xing said with a smile: "It's also due to the blessing of respecting the master, and it has nothing to do with the younger brother."

Lian Xing and Situ Tianzuo went around the stone screen and came to the cave inside.As soon as he walked into this cave, he could smell a strong smell of blood at the end of his nose.The two looked up, and saw that the cave was very spacious, and there was a large stone bed at the east end of it, which was extremely dirty.A scalper had been dying for a long time, and the scalp was dripping with blood under its neck, as if a blood vessel in its neck had been bitten open by a giant mandrill, bleeding to death.And that fat pig had only one head left on the ground.There are countless skeletons on both sides of the stone bed.

Lian Xing said angrily: "It seems that this giant mandrill is really full of evil, and there is more than enough to die for." Situ Tianzuo nodded and said, "I don't know how many lives this mandrill has caused." Lian Xing looked around, except for the stone bed, there was nothing unusual in the cave. Just about to walk away, he accidentally glanced at it, but saw the blood from the scalper's neck slowly flowing down the stone bed! Lian Xing's heart skipped a beat, is there something weird under the stone bed? Lian Xing greeted Situ Tianzuo and said, "Brother Situ, look."

Situ Tianzuo looked in the direction of Lian Xing's finger, he was also very surprised, he didn't understand why all the blood flowed to the bottom of the stone bed. The two walked to the stone bed, grabbed both sides of the stone bed and pulled hard, pulling the stone bed apart, and a dark hole appeared under the stone bed. The opening of the hole is about one zhang square, and it looks like it was cut by hand.A strand of blood was slowly flowing down the hole. Lian Xing raised his head slowly and said, "This cave may be where the tomb of the Son of Heaven is." Situ Tianzuo asked curiously, "You mean there is an emperor buried here?" Lian Xing nodded, and said, "That's right, this is the place where the dragon sleeps, and the Ninth Five Lord will be buried naturally." Situ Tianzuo was still puzzled, and said: "But here are poor mountains and rivers, how can there be the spirit of a king?" Lian Xing said slowly: "Although it is a poor place now, it must have been a place with good geomantic omen before. Kaifeng is known as the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties, Wei State in the Warring States Period, Houliang, Houjin, Houhan, Houzhou, Northern Song Dynasty and Northern Song Dynasty in the Five Dynasties period. The seven dynasties of the Jin Dynasty all built their capitals here successively. Near Kaifeng is a place where dragons and dragons gather together, a hall of Fengshui assembly. "The tomb of every emperor must have four spirits. Its shape must be Xuanwu bowing its head, red bird dancing, green dragon winding, and white tiger taming. It is said in the burial scriptures that if the opposite is true, the law should be broken to death, and the tiger crouching is called The corpse is held by the dragon, the jealous master is called by the dragon, the corpse is rejected by the Xuanwu, and the red bird is not danced. These four forms are not good for the emperor's mausoleum. "You see, the Skull Ridge used to be a dragon-shaped mountain range. It must have been washed by mountain torrents several times, and finally became what it is now. It is as thin as a skeleton and shaped like ghost eyes. In addition to the change of the mountain, the left and right branches have become a kind of dragon crouching and tiger squatting. The shape of the dragon squatting jealous of the master, and the tiger squatting holding the corpse." Speaking of this, Lian Xing sighed and said: "Even if the person buried in this tomb is the Ninth Five-Year Lord, this tomb must be ransacked by the bandits. Even the corpse of the emperor in this underground palace is not complete anymore." Situ Tianzuo listened to it, secretly admiring him.Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him is not only extraordinary in martial arts, but also in Fengshui. Lian Xing said: "Brother Situ, have you been in this coffin hole for so many years, have you never entered?" Situ Tianzuo shook his head, and said: "We came here only to catch mandrills and treat the master. After coming here, the master has already detected that there is a tomb in the coffin hole, which seems to be the emperor's tomb. But because I’m afraid of scaring the grass and scaring the snake, if I startle the giant mandrill and let it slip away, all previous efforts will be wasted. So I haven’t entered this cave.” Lian Xing's eyes flickered, and he said slowly: "Brother Situ, why don't we go into this imperial mausoleum now and see whose mausoleum it is!" Situ Tianzuo hesitated for a moment and said: "I think it's better to wait for my uncle to come, and the three of us go in together, so that we can take care of him." Lian Xing said with a smile: "Look, this cave is actually the entrance of a robber's cave. I don't know how many of us have been in this mausoleum." Situ Tianzuo thought for a while, and said, "Okay, I'll accompany the little brother." The two of them pulled the stone bed apart and stood in front of the cave entrance.As they got closer, the cold air in the cave became more intense, and there was a strong smell of corpses in it.Lian Xing and Situ Tianzuo hurriedly covered their mouths and noses, but the smell of corpses still penetrated their noses through their fingers.Lian Xing hurriedly took out two masks made of natural silk, and put them on with Situ Tianzuo respectively. Lian Xing bent down to look down, the hole was pitch black, and he couldn't see the bottom at a glance.Lian Xing threw down the torch in his hand, and the torch rolled and fell in the hole.After a while, it fell to the bottom of the cave and went out with a "poof".Lian Xing estimated the time when the torch fell to the bottom of the cave, and thought: This cave is not too deep, it is twenty or thirty feet long. With his lightness skills, it seems that there is no problem in jumping down, but I don't know how Situ Tianzuo will get down. . Situ Tianzuo stood aside, seeing the perplexed expression on Lian Xing's face, he immediately understood that Lian Xing must be worried about how he would go down, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this brother Lian. Brother Lian, wait a moment, I'll come when I go .” After that, he turned and walked out of the cave.About touching a cup of tea, I brought four people back. One of them Lian Xing recognized was Wu Wantong, the deputy head of Xiejia Village.The other three were dressed in Tsing Yi, and they seemed to be the gang members of Xiejia Village.Lian Xing said in his heart: It seems that Situ Tianzuo was still unsure, so he brought Wu Wantong over. Situ Tianzuo smiled and said: "When I went back, I happened to meet Master Uncle coming, and Master Wu said as soon as he heard it, naturally we can't miss this kind of thing." Wu Wantong laughed and said: "As the saying goes, there are three stakes for a fence, and three gangs for a hero. This is a fight for money. If there are too many people, it will not work, and if there are few people, it will be inconvenient to act. Now that we meet, it is natural for everyone to raise the coffin together to make a fortune." .” "Lifting the coffin to make a fortune" is a kind of incision in the tomb robbery, which means to open the coffin lid and take out the bright objects inside. Lian Xing saw that the matter had come to this point, so he couldn't say anything more. Wu Wantong called the three unloading villages to help them unpack their luggage and take out a ladder.The soft ladder, also known as the Centipede Hanging Mountain Ladder, is a unique tool of the Xiling School, which is specially used to climb cliffs.At this moment, the gang members of the three Xiejiazhai tied one end of the centipede hanging ladder to the bedpost of the stone bed where the giant mandrill lived, and put the other end into the dark hole. Situ Tianzuo said: "Uncle Wu, brother Lian, I will lead the battle for you." After saying that, he put on a silk mask, held a torch in one hand, and hung a centipede on the mountain ladder with the other, and slowly slid down.Lian Xing and Wu Wantong also put on masks, followed closely behind, and slipped down the hanging ladder to the bottom of the cave. At the bottom of the cave, the smell of corpses became stronger.The three of them wandered around, and saw that at the end of the cave was a gap as tall as a person.The gap leads to a burial chamber, which is completely dark.Beside the gap lay three corpses.The corpse was in ragged clothes, lying on its back facing the sky, with a frightened expression on its face, as if it had encountered something extremely terrifying.Wu Wantong frowned, pointed at the three corpses, and said to Situ Tianzuo and Lian Xing, "It seems that this corpse smell comes from here." Lian Xing looked at the three people very strangely, and looked at their clothes, they seemed to be dead Before long, he was also an upside-down fighter, a top-notch tomb robber.But how did they escape the giant mandrill, and how did they get down into this cave?