Chapter 68 Chapter 8 The Merman

Lian Xing returned his hand, and the silk ribbon flew back with the luggage like a spirit snake. The flap on the ground flipped over with a bang, tightly covering the trap. Da Kui couldn't help being dumbfounded, and murmured: "His grandma's really has a mechanism." Lian Xing smiled and said: "The person who built this tunnel guessed our thoughts, and we have to guess his thoughts. Otherwise, even if you have nine lives, you will be thrown here." Da Kui said with a embarrassed face, "Listen to you, you go ahead and we will follow behind." Lian Xing counted the stone slabs on the ground and walked to the left.Walking out of five stone slabs, there is another mural on the wall next to it.

This time, the young woman in this mural had a slightly sad face. Da Kui said: "This time, should we do the opposite and go in the middle?" Lian Xing smiled and said, "It's not right." Da Kui frowned and said, "Why is it wrong again?" Xiao Longnv smiled and said, "This time you can think that we should go in the middle, but he can't think of it?" Lian Xing said: "That's right, that's what it means. So we still have to walk aside, so that he can't think of it. If we want to walk in the middle, we will encounter a trap. Do you believe it?"

Before Da Kui could speak, he waved the ribbon with his right hand and lightly hit the stone slab on the ground in front of him. The stone slab turned over again with a "snap". Sure enough, there was another trap under the stone slab. Lian Xing gently took back the ribbon and looked at Da Kui with a smile. Da Kui was so shocked that he was speechless for a while.Then, he looked Lian Xing up and down. Lian Xing thumped him and said, "What are you looking at, haven't you seen me?" Da Kui squinted at him and said, "I doubt you are human." Lian Xing laughed and said, "Not a human? What am I not a human? A ghost?"

Da Kui said: "It would be great if you were a ghost, you are a clever ghost, and I can't hide anything from you." Lian Xing said: "Okay, okay, stop flattering. We don't know how much time has passed now, let's move on quickly." The three of them, led by Lian Xing, continued to walk along the wall.After walking a few feet, he saw a small curved door blocking his way. Lian Xing pushed lightly, but the small door remained motionless. Lian Xing greeted Da Kui to come up together.The two joined forces, exerted all their strength, and pushed towards the stone door suddenly.

Shimen rattled a few times, and finally moved slowly. It was pitch black behind the stone gate.A foul smell slowly gushed out from inside. The three hurriedly covered their mouths and noses.After a while, when the rotten smell in the tomb gradually dissipated, the three of them entered in a single file. Behind the stone gate turned out to be a large tomb. Lian Xing untied the ribbon and gave it back to Xiao Longnv, then carried the luggage on his back.Then, holding the fire pocket in his hand, with the faint light of the fire pocket, he carefully looked at the stone room. This tomb is magnificent and spacious. There are several bones lying on the floor of the tomb. The clothes are shabby and shabby. It seems that they are craftsmen who built the tomb of the emperor of the night.In addition, there are some daily utensils such as pots and jars scattered in this tomb.Those pots, pots and jars are simple and unique in shape, and they look natural, exuding a unique beauty.

Da Kui couldn't help picking one up, held it in his hand, praised him again and again, and said to Lian Xing: "You see, this small pot is not worth the old nose's money if it is taken outside? Let's just put these pots and pots away." If you take them all, it’s a worthwhile trip.” Lian Xing said with a smile: "There are some better ones in here, maybe they are worth more than these." Big Kui nodded and said: "That's right." He put down the small basin casually, looked around, and suddenly saw a hideous and terrifying human face on the wall of the tomb in the distance, but it didn't look too much like it.Da Kui was startled, and shouted: "Lian Xing, look, what is that?"

Lian Xing and Xiao Longnu looked in the direction of Da Kui's finger, and saw a strange face covered with black scales that came into the eyes of the three of them in the darkness. That strange face was ferocious and terrifying, prostrated in the darkness motionless, as if looking for an opportunity to choose someone to devour. The three of them held their breath and stared at the strange face together to see what happened to the strange face.After a long time, the strange face remained motionless. Lian Xing held the dagger tightly in his left hand and the fire pocket in his right, and boldly walked over.Walking up to the strange face, I couldn't help laughing.

Da Kui and Xiao Longnv also walked over and couldn't help laughing when they saw that strange face. It turned out that the strange face covered with black scales was a lamp man.The lamp man had no lips, only two rows of sharp teeth, and was tied to a lamp post embedded in the wall of the tomb in a prostrate position. The upper body of this lantern figure looks like a woman's, with a protruding chest and a slender neck. The whole body is covered with black scales, which are sparse and sparse, except for the belly without scales. Da Kui scratched his head and said, "What is this?"

Xiao Longnu said: "This is an ever-burning lamp made by sharks." Da Kui said: "Eternal light? Merman?" The little dragon girl said: "That's right, they are sharks. Have you heard the legend of Qin Shihuang? According to legend, Qin Shihuang found mermaids from the East Sea, made candles with oil, and often put them in the tomb. Mermaids are produced in the East Sea. It is about a foot long, and the meat is unbearable, but the boiled oil can be used to make candles, which can last for a long time. In ancient times, the oil was often used as a ten-thousand-year lamp in the tombs of emperors."

Lian Xing nodded and said: "I have heard the legend of the merman before, but I have never heard of using the merman's corpse as a candle. What is the reason?" Xiao Longnv shook her head and said: "I don't know about this, there must be another reason. Looking at the size and shape of this tomb, it seems to be a side hall. Let's go look elsewhere." Lian Xing, Da Kui and Xiao Long Nu went to the gate of the supporting hall.Once out of the gate of the side hall, there is an extremely wide tomb passage outside, which seems to be the tomb passage of the main tomb.

On the walls on both sides of the tomb passage, there are also dozens of merman's ever-burning lamps, which glow cold and gloomy under the faint light of the fire. Da Kui looked at the tomb passage, but he still had lingering fears and dared not go up it. Xiao Longnv smiled and said, "Brother Li, you can go forward with confidence in the tomb passage of the main tomb. It is not like the passage in front that is full of murderous threats and has many traps. That passage is specially designed to prevent tomb robbers from entering the royal tomb." Yes. There shouldn’t be any ambushes in the tomb passage in the royal tomb, you can rest assured about that.” Da Kui is still dubious. Xiao Longnu said: "Besides, don't we still have a little Zhuge here, you can't go wrong if you follow him." Da Kui looked at Lian Xing, nodded, and said, "That's true." The three of them walked forward immediately.Lian Xing was exploring the way ahead, Xiao Longnv was in the middle to meet him, and behind the Dakui hall, the three of them walked along the tomb passage. The tomb passage goes straight forward, with four side halls on each side.At the end of the tomb passage is a huge stone gate. The stone door opened to both sides, and it was dark inside.Depending on the situation, it is very likely that the tomb of Emperor Ye is inside. The three of them came to the door of Yedi's tomb, and when they thought that there might be countless rare treasures hidden there, their palms were hot, their eyes were bright, and their hearts couldn't help beating loudly. At this moment, the fire pocket in Lian Xing's hand suddenly went out without a sound.