Chapter 29 Chapter 28 Dragon Soul

I looked at A Dong in puzzlement and asked what was going on.A Dong changed his previous evasive attitude, his expression became serious, he gave a wry smile, and asked me, "If I told you, would you believe me?" Whether I believe it or not depends on many factors, such as whether what you say is worthy of my belief, whether you can make me believe it, but the most important thing is that you have to say it. A Dong said: "Actually, it's not difficult to understand. It's easy to think of. You think this is the path where King Nanling was buried. Where did King Nanling's body come from? If the dragon-shaped picture is the path, then It means that King Nanling came from the bottom of that rift valley!"

I listened and nodded. Indeed, if the Dragon Dance Ascension to Heaven is the path of the Nanling King's funeral, this is a bit contradictory, because judging from the orientation of the stone figurines, this is clearly a bottom-up path, as if It seems a little unreasonable to lift the coffin of Nanling King up from the bottom of the rift.How could the King of Nanling be at the bottom of the valley? Could it be that what the people of Nanling respected was a monster at the bottom of the rift valley?Could it be that giant centipede? Thinking about it this way makes people feel unbelievable, no matter how weird the people of Nanling are, they are still human, how could they not recognize a big centipede as their king?But what is the mystery behind this?

I suddenly fell into endless distress. I came here to pursue something, but in addition to finding more and more doubts, what was even more terrible was that I found that all these seemed to have nothing to do with me, but it just seemed, I'm afraid I have anything to do with it, so the more confused I get, the easier it is for me to get stuck in it. I asked: "Could it be the reverse path? Maybe the body of King Nanling was buried under the rift valley, and the dragon dance picture may be misleading. It is very likely that the path we are taking is the opposite direction at all!"

A Dong immediately shook his head and denied it. I saw that he opposed it very firmly, as if he was very sure of his own judgment, and what I said just now was an unfounded guess. "Why are you so sure?" I looked at A Dong and asked, I looked into his eyes while speaking, and didn't see a trace of panic in him, as if he didn't deceive me. A Dong replied: "It's very simple, because I know Nanling better than you!" I was taken aback, but his previous performances showed that this sentence should be correct. I believe that even Long Shao, Feng Shiye and others who have been immersed in Nanling civilization for many years, their understanding of Nanling is only theoretical. To be honest, it can't be compared with A Dong.

"Why?" I asked curiously. A Dong looked at me, then at the hole where I fell, and said to me: "It's very complicated to say, I will show you something and you will understand, follow me!" With a wave of hands, he walked forward along the formation of stone figurines. I followed him curiously, and after walking for a while, he stopped, bent down and opened a hidden compartment on the stone wall, and took out something from it, which turned out to be a bronze-colored gold. He just took out the box, and I guessed what it was before I saw its appearance. After a closer look, it was indeed the box that A Dong took out from the Tower of Thousand Coffins.

A Dong didn't speak, he reached out to take a gear-shaped pendant from his neck, fastened it to a certain place on the box and twisted it, the box lid was opened, he reached out and took out an object from inside, slightly raised it up to show it to me . This is a rather delicate metal object, the whole body is reddish brown, and it looks dark all over under the condition of poor light, which looks a bit mysterious.Its upper part is the Canglong chasing the moon sculpture, which is lifelike. The Canglong is surrounded by many monkey-like things, closely inlaid and connected, forming several circular buckles on the Canglong's back, and a square base underneath. The base is surrounded by pictures of the sun, the moon, mountains and rivers, and four big characters in seal script in the middle: Dragon grants heavenly secrets!

I reached out to take it, turned it over and over twice in my hand, and quickly recognized it based on my experience. It should be some kind of ancient official seal. Official seals are relatively common. In ancient times, rituals were very particular, and there were many large and small official seals. Most of them were made of jade, and metal ones were relatively rare. Although this one in my hand is obviously different from other official seals, it is From the appearance point of view, it should belong to the official seal used by generals. "What do you mean?" I raised the thing and asked A Dong.

Adong looked at me and asked, "Have you ever heard of 'Tianji Camp'?" I shook my head. The name sounded relatively unfamiliar. It felt like a certain military organization. I looked at A Dong suspiciously and asked him what he meant. A Dong's explanation surprised me. If everything he said is true, then the background of Tianjiying is really not simple. It is not accidental that Adong has such a high awareness of Nanling. The information he has comes from an ancient thread-bound book called "Tianjielu" in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty that was once lost overseas.

At first glance, the title of the book sounds like a prophecy book about the coming of various disasters, but it is not. "Tianjielu" was written in the forty-eighth year of Qianlong. The identity of its editor is unknown, and there is no way to verify it. And what is recorded in "Heavenly Tribulation Records" are all kinds of anecdotes about Tianji Camp.As a special mechanism, the birth of Tianjiying is inevitable, and it does not only exist in a certain dynasty. It can be traced back to the initial period of slave society, and Tianjiying has already taken shape, and it has continued to the future In the past dynasties, although the names are different, the nature has never changed much.It was not until the late Qing Dynasty that due to internal and external troubles and the decline of the country, the Tianjiying gradually declined, so that it finally withdrew from the stage of history.

The Tianji Camp serves certain people (usually the supreme ruler). It is a bit like the alchemists seeking immortality in ancient times, but their purpose is not just to seek immortality and medicine, but to seek strangeness. Special-purpose strange people and foreign objects, fairyland miracles, etc. are all what they are looking for. Therefore, the existence of the Tianji Camp is also inevitable, and the more peaceful and prosperous the world, the greater its room for development. Although "Heavenly Tribulation Records" is not a document for the study of official history, the anecdotes and anecdotes recorded above are not completely fictitious. To a certain extent, it has high research value.

According to the records in the "Tianjielu" mentioned by Adong, in the 12th year of Wanli of Emperor Shenzong of Ming Dynasty, the Ming army expelled the Burmese army of Toungoo Dynasty from Mubang and Mengyang.Soon, Tianjiying found a rare miracle in the deep mountains, and immediately reported it to the imperial court for credit.The imperial court was overjoyed and sent the local Ming army to go there, but this army did not know what happened, and hundreds of people disappeared overnight without leaving any traces.The local Ming soldiers were terrified and firmly believed that this was an entrance to the underworld, and once they entered, they would never return. But the military order was like a mountain, and the imperial court continued to dispatch troops. Under the heavy pressure of the imperial court, the army searched hard in the mountains for several months. , found a huge bronze coffin covered with patterns of different animals on the back, and then delivered it to the capital.According to the meaning recorded in the original text of the book, a group of people fought bravely and finally forced the Hell Rakshasa ghost to surrender, captured the bronze coffin, and dedicated it to the Holy One together with the "Dragon Soul". Hearing this, I interrupted A Dong, and hurriedly asked what the "Dragon Soul" was, because A Dong mentioned in A Dong's narration that after the emperor got the "Dragon Soul", Long Yan was very happy. Obviously, the biggest gain of the Tianji Camp this time Exactly this kind of stuff.Of course, I still have many other things that I don’t understand. For example, isn’t "Heavenly Tribulation Record" lost overseas? How could A Dong have the opportunity to come into contact with it?Is the purpose of Young Master Long's trip also to find this kind of thing? A Dong didn't answer my question, as if he had no comment.I was a little annoyed when I saw this: Damn!You fucking dragged me here, didn't you just tell this half-baked thing, you didn't mention the key point at all, isn't this purely for entertainment? ! I said: "You kid is haunted, you want to amuse me, don't you?! Just pretend to scare me, but you don't tell me the key points of you!" I said while looking at A Dong's clothes, and suddenly remembered something , and continued to ask: "Where did you get the black raincoat?" A Dong said: "I have my reasons for disappearing, I will tell you, I actually went to negotiate a deal!" Talk about a deal?Give me a break!I laughed secretly in my heart, what kind of deal are you talking about here?Who are you talking to, King Nanling in the mausoleum? "I have to tell you, take good care of this item, and don't let it fall into the hands of Long Shao and his party. If you meet that woman named Sheng Nan, you can exchange it with her for something. I have already negotiated with her. Now, you can do as I tell you!" "Make a deal with Sheng Nan's gang? Give this thing to her?" I wondered, if this thing was a national treasure, then I would be a sinner, and I couldn't figure out why Ah Dong asked me to do this. A Dong didn't say any more, just emphasized it again, suddenly looked at me strangely, pulled the T-shirt on his body and replied: "I just heard what you said about the black raincoat, I don't understand, what are you talking about?" ?” "Stop joking at this time, the one who is wearing a black raincoat and standing among the stone figurines pretending to be a ghost to scare me is not who you are!" A Dong showed a surprised expression, looked at me with wide eyes and said: "There is such a thing? You said you saw a person wearing a black raincoat?"