Chapter 12 Chapter 2 Human Skin Map

After Lian Xing left the scarred man, the three of them walked around the tomb, but found nothing.Except for the heavy king's coffin in the tomb, the walls are empty. Wu Wantong was very disappointed, and murmured: "I didn't expect this place to be cleaner than Lao Tzu's face." Situ Tianzuo said: "This place is located in Kaifeng, a bustling place, there must be a lot of tomb robbery, Zaician is not a place that is rarely visited by people, so I have heard that the tombs here are empty." The three had no choice but to go back the same way.When they walked to the door of the third tomb, the three of them heard what seemed to be shortness of breath inside.Lian Xing's heart skipped a beat, and he waved his hands to stop the two of them.The three of them walked slowly to the door of the tomb, looked around, and saw the man with the scar was sitting in the stagnant water with an object on his lap.The left hand is holding the thing on the knee, and the right hand is holding a dagger, and is cutting hard.

The three of them took a few steps forward, and couldn't help being stunned.It turned out that what lay horizontally on the scarred man's lap was a flesh-pillar-like corpse that rolled out of the python's belly. The skin of the whole body of the corpse has been eroded by the acid in the python's belly, and only some skin remains on the back.The scar man was slowly peeling off the skin of the corpse's back piece by piece with a dagger. Lian Xing, Situ Tianzuo, and Wu Wantong were all horrified, not understanding why the scarred man did such a heinous thing.Situ Tianzuo stepped forward, grabbed the scarred man by the shoulder, and shouted loudly, "What are you doing?"

The scar man turned a deaf ear, as if he didn't notice the approach of the three of them at all.Keeping his hand, he continued to peel the skin of the corpse's back. Lian Xing was puzzled. Hearing the tone of Scar Man just now, it seemed that the corpse in the python's belly was very closely related to him.At this time, for some reason, the skin on the corpse was to be peeled off. Wu Wantong turned the ground-exploring dragon upside down, and knocked heavily on Dazhui acupoint of Scarred Man with the handle. The scarred man didn't know how to resist, he snorted and passed out.At this time, the piece of human skin in his hand just cut the last knife, and fell gently into the stagnant water.

Lian Xing looked around and saw that there seemed to be words engraved on the human skin. His heart moved, and he hurried forward to pick up the human skin. Lian Xing put the human skin in front of the torch to have a look, sure enough, some intermittent words were engraved on the human skin.Between the text, there are occasionally one or two graphics.Some graphics are a circle, and some graphics are a dirt bag shape.It looked weird. The scar man fainted in the stagnant water, Situ Tianzuo still did not forget to kick him hard, and cursed: "Damn Scar, he even cut the skin of his own brother, it's inhumane, isn't it?"

Lian Xing saw that Situ Tianzuo wanted to kick the scarred man again, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Situ, the matter must not be that simple, there must be another reason for it. Scar didn't dodge or dodge when he saw us, It is very strange, this is just one of them; in addition, you can see that the human skin peeled off from the corpse by the scar is full of some strange words and pictures. These words and pictures must hide some secrets, but we can only infer for a while No. I don’t think it’s better to ask Senior Tie, Senior Tie, to help me with the details?”

Situ Tianzuo nodded and said, "That's right, maybe my master can see the secret of this human skin." The three immediately tied up the unconscious Scar Man.Situ Tianzuo tied him on his back, and the three of them walked slowly back to the entrance of the cave along the original path, and climbed up the centipede hanging ladder. Three members of the Jiejiazhai Gang in Tsing Yi were still waiting above the entrance of the cave.Two disciples came up to take the tightly bound scarred man. The six people walked slowly along the natural passage of the coffin hole to the door of a small stone room.The three disciples put down the scarred man and stood waiting at the door.When Situ Tianzuo mentioned the scarred man, he went in first, followed by Wu Wantong and Lian Xing into the stone room.

On a futon in the stone room, a fat old man was working hard with his eyes closed, his whole body was steaming, and large beads of sweat flowed down his forehead.This obese old man with a kind face is Tie Pobei, the owner of Xiejia Village. The three of them stood aside, none of them said a word, for fear of disturbing Tie Pobei's detoxification. After about a cup of tea, Tie Pobei finally let out a long breath, and slowly opened his eyes, shining brightly. Situ Tianzuo was overjoyed and said, "Master, is your injury healed?" Tie Pobei smiled slightly, nodded, and said: "It's thanks to your senior brothers who have been traveling around for many years to obtain the brain of Kui Gentian and Mandrill, which solved my many years of illness!"

Situ Tianzuo smiled and said: "Master, you are serious. Disciples are duty-bound to serve the master." At that time, the scar man had already woken up slowly.He turned his head and looked around, seeing the fat old man breaking the monument, he was startled, and hurriedly lowered his head. Tie Pobei laughed, looked at the scarred man who was tightly bound, and suddenly let out a "huh", showing a look of surprise on his face, and said slowly: "It turns out to be Nephew Jing Tianhong Jingxian." The scarred man couldn't hide it when he saw it, so he could only whisper: "See Uncle Tie."

Wu Wantong, Lian Xing, and Situ Tianzuo were secretly surprised, but Tie Po Bei and Scar Man were old acquaintances. Tie Pobei slowly said: "Is your master alright?" Jing Tianhong hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said, "Tuofu, my master is still safe and sound." Tie Pobei stared at Jing Tianhong, and said slowly: "When did you lose that leg?" Jing Tianhong's face was sad: "This leg was bitten off by a mandrill." But he never mentioned how the mandrill bit off his leg. Tie Pobei slowly said: "You didn't practice kung fu at Lingyunding with all your seniors, why did you come here? Could it be that it was also for the purpose of the Lord of the Later Han Dynasty?"

Jing Tianhong showed a slight embarrassment on his face, his eyes rolled around, and he didn't say a word. Seeing that Jing Tianhong refused to speak no matter what, Tie Pobei waved his hand and signaled Situ Tianzuo to take him down. Situ Tianzuo immediately called in two gang members from the armor village, and took Jing Tianhong down.Then he came over and told Tie Pobei what happened in the tomb of Emperor Liu Zhiyuan just now. Tie Pobei wondered: "Is there such a thing? Where is that human skin now?" Tie Pobei's voice trembled a little, obviously extremely excited. What is written on this human skin?Is there really a shocking secret hidden?

Lian Xing handed over the broken human skin to Tie Pobei.Tie Pobei took the human skin with both hands, and took a closer look. After a while, his hands couldn't help shaking slightly.Suddenly there was a loud "ha", and the three people standing next to him were startled.I saw Tie Pobei's face was full of joy, his two long white eyebrows kept moving, and the fat on his face rolled like waves. Wu Wantong leaned in front of the Tie Pobei and asked, "Brother, what is on the skin of this man?" Tie Pobei smiled and said: "This human skin is a treasure," he paused, "This human skin is drawn with a map of the imperial mausoleum, these texts are notes, marking the location of the imperial mausoleum This imperial mausoleum is very famous. Do you know which emperor's imperial mausoleum this is?" Lian Xing's eyes flickered, looking at the broken iron stele, and slowly said: "According to historical records, the most famous imperial tomb is the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. Could it be that the underground palace of Qin Shihuang is shown on this human skin map?" Tie Pobei's eyes showed approval, and he said in his heart: This old-fashioned disciple with a nose is so amazing, he can know the meaning of elegance after hearing the string song, it's amazing, it's amazing!I don't know if Xiaotie can compete with him.Immediately nodded, said: "That's right. What is drawn on this map is the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang!" Lian Xing frowned slightly: "I heard from my master that Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum has long been stolen by Overlord Xiang Yu." Tie Pobei shook his head: "You don't know this. Overlord Xiang Yu did steal this mausoleum. According to historical records, after Xiang Yu entered the customs, 300,000 people robbed his tomb and burned his temple. The daily shipments are endless. However, what Xiang Yu stole was only a very small part of the periphery of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum. Xiang Yu did not touch Qin Shihuang's Diling Xuangong at all. The mausoleum of the first emperor started to be built, and it was not completed until the time of his death. The vastness of the project is rare in ancient and modern times. The vastness of the mausoleum of the first emperor is unique." Lian Xing suddenly remembered something: "But why is this map engraved on that person? What is the origin of that person?" Tie Pobei slowly said: "The writing on this human skin map is in Shatuo script, and the Shatuo script was used by the Shatuo people in the Western Regions of Xinjiang. The Shatuo people were also called Turkic people in ancient times, and they were a nomadic herd in the borderlands of the Tang Dynasty. Nationality. It was later assimilated by the Han people and gradually integrated into the various ethnic groups in the Central Plains. "The owner of this mausoleum, Liu Zhiyuan, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was a Shatuo people. After the Shatuo people rose rapidly in Mobei at the end of the Tang Dynasty, they once dominated the situation, and were later defeated by the Tang Dynasty. This once prominent nation disappeared mysteriously and disappeared without a trace. Unexpectedly, I could see the descendants of Shatuo Turks here.” Lian Xing asked again: "But why did the Shatuo people engrave the map of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum on themselves?" Tie Pobei looked at the three people and said: "I have heard some rumors that after the Shatuo Turks were defeated by the Tang Dynasty, they tried hard to think about the strategy of restoring the country. But the restoration of the country is not easy? The cost of restoring the country alone is a sum of money. The amount is unimaginable for ordinary people. Where did the money come from? The leader of the Shatuo people thought of a way, and just like us, they are fighting for money." Wu Wantong grinned and said, "I didn't expect to be with us." Tie Pobei continued: "The Shatuo people did what they said, and they did it immediately. In less than a few years, the tombs, large and small, thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River were completely destroyed by the Shatuo Turks. Although there are many tombs , but there were not many valuable artifacts inside. The leader of the Shatuo tribe proposed to steal a larger tomb. After discussion, they decided to steal the largest tomb in the Central Plains—the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang! "These Shatuo Turks went to Lintong, Shaanxi Province in mighty force, and came to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor Qin Shihuang at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain. After a lot of effort, they finally found the entrance to the stone gate of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. When everyone opened the stone gate, the arrows inside The arrows shot over like a rain, killing dozens of unsuspecting Shatuo people on the spot. "The remaining one hundred or so people continued to move in after the arrows passed by. Before taking a few steps, they saw countless strange birds flying out from the depths of the corridor. These strange birds opened their iron beaks and pecked at anyone they saw. In an instant Dozens of people were killed or injured. The remaining people were so frightened that their hearts were broken and they fled out one after another. Before they escaped from the tunnel, another monster came from behind and killed the remaining Shatuo Turks one by one. "Only a 14 or 15-year-old Shatuo boy saw that the situation was not good, so he lay down on the ground a long time ago and pretended to be dead, so he was able to escape this catastrophe. Slowly climbed out of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, which was heavily guarded, and fled back to his hometown. "After the Shatuo boy returned to his hometown, he never mentioned this matter. Later, the boy grew up, married a wife and had children, and seemed to have separated himself from the affairs of the world. But who knew that he would actually enter Qin Shihuang's mausoleum one by one. Write it down, and then stab it on the back of your son. In this way, from generation to generation, the Shatuo tribe passed down the method of entering the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum. The human skin map in front of you must have been left by the Shatuo people back then." Lian Xing, Wu Wantong and Situ Tianzuo nodded inwardly, they didn't expect that there were so many stories behind the human skin map. Wu Wantong blinked his eyes and asked, "Senior brother, how did the kid named Jing from the Mojin School get in touch with this kid?" Tie Pobei slowly said: "Perhaps the Shatuo people met Jing Tianhong from the Mojin School on the road, and the two hit it off right away. So they came to the tomb of the Lord of the Later Han Dynasty and wanted to steal some artifacts from the tomb first. In case of emergencies. Then contact my disciples and go to Qinshihuang Mausoleum together!" Situ Tianzuo said: "Master, since we have obtained the human skin map of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, according to my disciples, why don't we also go to Lintong, Shaanxi to have a big fight." Tie Pobei nodded, and said: "That's it. Although the old man's body has not fully recovered, he can barely go." Then he greeted Situ Tianzuo, "You go and greet the brothers in the gang, pack your luggage, and we will go tomorrow morning Let's go." Situ Tianzuo agreed, turned around and left. Tie Pobei smiled slightly at Lian Xing, and said: "This little brother, how about going with us?" Lian Xing was about to say yes, but then he thought that his time was running out, he might die on the westbound road if he didn't have time to reach Lintong, Shaanxi, so he might as well not go.So he declined and said: "Senior Tie, forgive me for not being able to follow the younger generation. Since there is nothing else, the younger generation will leave now. The mountains are high and the water is far away, and there will be a period later." Tie Pobei looked at Lian Xing with a strange expression, as if he had something else to hide.So he said in a deep voice: "Little brother, do you have other difficulties, or do you have unavoidable reasons? You might as well say it and let the old man go into details for you."