Chapter 30 Chapter 29 Underground River

I asked back, isn't that you?Seeing the strange expression on A Dong's expression, I was sure that he didn't deliberately cover up, that is to say, there were indeed other people's whereabouts here. Our team is all on the top, there is no possibility of appearing here, and of course only Katsuo's surreptitious team is doubtful.To be honest, we don't know anything about the other party's strength, and we are always in an extremely passive situation. If we continue like this, I really can't guarantee how much we will have a chance of winning. After a while, there was a sound from the direction of the hole where I fell, and then I saw the shaking flashlight and heard someone calling my name.I knew it was Long Shao and the others who had found the people below. Just as I was about to open my mouth to respond, Ah Dong suddenly stopped me and said softly: "It's best not to let them find out that we are together. I'll go first!" Before I could agree, He plunged into the depths of darkness.

I don't understand why he cared so much about being found alone with us, as if there was something hidden between us. I was about to get up when I suddenly found that I was still holding the official seal of the Tianji Camp in my hand. After a short hesitation, I stuffed it into my backpack, and then got up to meet the people who came looking for me. When I saw that it was Sanpao, I was a little surprised. My friend was finally able to explain something. He was very excited when he saw me, and said jokingly: "Damn, I thought you fed rice dumplings, but I didn't expect you to be delicate and ruddy, didn't you?" Are you co-starring in "Jade Futuan" with the female ghost fox fairy?"

I knocked him on the head and said: "Don't be so talkative, just drop it and try it. I thought I would stay here with these stones from now on. You fucking have a bit of a conscience!" Sanpao climbed down from the top with a rope. The place is quite deep, and a coil of climbing rope is almost used up.He pointed to the rope and urged me to follow it and climb back from the hole. I told Sanpao the fact that this is the real funeral path, he was a little surprised, and then called all the people above down, and everyone gathered together again. For Shao Long and the others, I still chose to keep some things secret. I only told them that I accidentally discovered the picture of the dragon dancing on the collapsed stele.

Master Feng is old, and soon he raised the same question as I did before: no matter from the picture of the dragon dance or the direction of the funeral stone figurines, the funeral procession follows a natural path from the bottom of the valley to the ground. The path from bottom to top obviously deviates from the normal burial path. Sanpao speculated: "Let me tell you, maybe there is a king's palace under the centipede valley. This Nanling king works underground, and after he dies, he will be carried up in a coffin to be buried!" I couldn't laugh or cry when I heard this, and said to him: "It's dark here, and there are big centipedes everywhere. Would you like to stay here instead? You still work underground, and you are the king of Nanling because you are engaged in centipede breeding?!"

Sanpao said: "As long as you love to sing against me everywhere, then tell me, what other possibilities are there besides the situation I mentioned!" Everyone was silent for a long time before hearing Long Shao say: "Could it be that our understanding is wrong? This may not be a funeral path at all, but..." Long Shao paused, and said to Master Feng: "I have been doubting our previous understanding. First of all, the direction of the funeral here is opposite to the normal one. More importantly, the dragon dance symbolizes a kind of vitality, which is different from death. It is also contrary, and it is not reasonable to use it as a funeral route!"

Long Shao put forward a new idea, and for a while we couldn't find any reason to doubt it. When we savored it carefully, there was always a creepy feeling coming, and the atmosphere suddenly became weird again. "It's not a funeral, what is that?" Sanpao didn't turn his head that fast, and was still confused for a moment. Master Feng stroked his chin, frowned and said: "Perhaps your guess is right, young master. If this is the case, it is really hard to explain!" I was also confused when I heard these words. The tacit understanding between Feng Shiye and Long Shao is really good, and they have reached the level of tacit understanding. People like us really can't guess what they mean.

Master Feng smiled contemptuously again, and then frowned and said: "You should know that the emperor is different from ordinary people. He can experience many things in his life, but many things are insignificant to him. There is only one Something special! "In fact, there are only two most important things in an emperor's life. One is what everyone needs to experience, that is, death, and the other is enthronement!" enthroned?I only digested Master Feng's words for a while, and suddenly I trembled, like a live snake burrowing from my throat to my stomach, and I felt uncomfortable all over.

I didn't believe it and said: "Master Feng, you mean that the people of Nanling used a coffin to lift something up from the bottom of the rift valley to be the king? This is too mysterious!" This is indeed unbelievable, because according to the information we have, Nanling is not a chaotic primitive jungle tribe, but a country with a complete system and calendar. Even if there is totem worship, the supreme ruler of Nanling God is one, but it will never be something other than human. I think the people of Nanling will never be so stupid as to recognize a beast as a king. I continued: "Can you understand it this way? Isn't there a lot of things related to that rift valley in the legend of Nanling? It is even rumored that the souls of Nanling people are stored there. Could it be that the people of Nanling worshiped the things below to the extreme, so that when the King of Nanling ascended the throne, they would hold such a ceremony, making people feel that the King of Nanling was a god from below? In fact, it is a kind of spiritual illustration method! "

Master Feng nodded slightly, neither agreeing nor objecting, Sanpao took it over and said: "Is it necessary? If so, this Nanling King is really a wasteful master. Look at the arrangement of these figurines, I think It can’t be finished without two miles.” I told him that it was necessary, and the construction of such a huge project was precisely a manifestation of the ruler's exaggeration of his authority and divine power.I don't know the scale of this royal tomb, but there are three-jin nails on the broken ship. Although Nanling is a small country in the southern border, there must be many scenes. Judging from the surroundings of the royal tomb we have experienced, its scale It will definitely not be small, and this place is really weird. All kinds of signs make me feel that we will have even more incredible discoveries further down.

Ying Ge said to Young Master Long: "Young master, what should we do next? Should we continue walking?" He seemed rather idiotic in terms of archaeological exploration and historical research. Seeing our discussion there, he felt a little impatient. Young Master Long also seemed to feel that it is too early to draw any conclusions, and no matter how reasonable it is, it would be nothing more than random guesses. He nodded and said, "Finally, there is no end to the sky. We were tricked by others, but in the end It’s still on the right track, let’s walk along the stone figurines to the end first!”

I looked in the opposite direction of the stone figurines, the same dark and deep, I don't know where it leads, according to our current saying, if you go straight in the opposite direction, you can find the previous cliff plank road and spirit The exit of the palace, but it is impossible for anyone to try to confirm it now. According to the normal funeral route, we walked along the stone figurines, followed by the gate of the broken head, the hall of rebirth, the hall of the dragon tower, and finally entered the palace of the earth from the hall of heaven.These are very formal and cannot be sloppy at all. Generally speaking, they are necessary in the royal tombs, and the more particular ones are the Nine Revolving Realm Gates, which means ascending to the Nine Heavens. But all of these are judged according to the standard of ordinary mausoleums. The one we are encountering now is so strange that no one can guarantee that this is the divine way leading to the underground palace.If it is really as Master Feng said, this is the passageway for King Nanling to hold his enthronement ceremony, then no one can tell what it is further on. However, this passage is still quite formal. No matter what kind of use it is for, it can definitely match the momentum. The ground is paved with bluestone, and the brick walls on both sides use a lot of portrait bricks. There will always be an arched beam supported by a square column on each side of the wall.There are also many complicated decorations on the pitch-black dome, but the light here is dim, and many things cannot be seen. If a cold firework is set here, the momentum will definitely be better displayed. There are many bricks and stones on the wall and ground of the passage that are raised and uneven, and many stone figurines collapsed on the ground, which is caused by the uplift of the bricks and stones on the ground.Geological movements are frequent here, and this situation is expected. The underground palaces of many ancient tombs have collapsed due to geological movements. Fortunately, this is not serious enough to destroy the underground palaces. We walked forward for about 100 meters, and the ground became uneven, and the passage was slightly inclined, and it was very irregular. Some places leaned to the left and some places leaned to the right. It looked very uncomfortable, as if there were It's like some monster is trying to get out of the ground.Moreover, the appearance of the stone figurines has also changed at this time. The original stone figurines were all standing, but now they have turned into a kneeling posture. "Why are you all kneeling down? Have you reached the place?" Sanpao looked at the stone figurines, and then kept looking forward, but it was too dark here, and our little light source was useless at all. "Wait, there seems to be a sound!" Ying Ge stretched out his hand to signal Sanpao not to make any noise, and listened with his ears, and quickly said, "It's the sound of water, maybe it's an underground river!" "No way, big man, just your ears are good?" We listened carefully, but we didn't feel any sign of water sound. Sanpao yelled at Yingge, "Did it happen in the water during the war?" Psychological shadow, now I always have auditory hallucinations?" I told him that it is impossible, ancient tombs are the most taboo of water, even if this is not an ancient tomb, it is impossible for an underground river to appear. Once there is plenty of rain here, the water potential of the underground river will be extremely unstable, and the underground buildings will be extremely unstable. It may be washed away; secondly, the underground river under the ground is extremely exposed to the location of the ancient tomb. It is useless to search for dragons and acupuncture points, watch, hear and hear, and just follow the vines to directly uncover the bucket. Ying Ge saw that we both refuted, and immediately said angrily: "Don't argue with your mouth, if you are not convinced, go ahead and probe, then it will be clear whether it is true or not!" Then we walked a little further, and the road conditions got worse. The ground bulges and sags, and all kinds of stone figurines in the stone figurines are tottering here and there, as if they have been hit by a strong earthquake.And Ying Ge also confirmed his statement. Accompanied by gusts of breeze, there was indeed a rhythmic and clear sound of water flowing. I took two steps forward in confusion, wanting to see what happened, when suddenly my back tightened, Ying Ge grabbed my backpack strap, dragged me back forcefully, and said, "You don't want to die? You want to commit suicide by jumping into the river Or something!" I was taken aback by him, and I didn't understand what he meant for a while. He pointed to the front, and I turned my head to look, and was dumbfounded: the stone figurines suddenly broke in front, and the front seemed to be a huge abyss, filled with The boundless darkness.Ahead seemed to be the gate of the underworld, which separated the two worlds of Yin and Yang. Those stone figurines seemed to be living people at the moment, and they were entering the underworld through this gate of the underworld. It turned out that there has been a large-scale subsidence here, and the road ahead has collapsed, leaving a gap more than two feet wide, and the gurgling water below is a dark river passing through.Fortunately, it was Ying Ge's strike, otherwise I would have fallen more than ten meters into the dark river.Listening to the clear sound of running water at this moment, I felt uncomfortable under my feet, and involuntarily took a few steps back. I was really worried that the road under my feet could no longer withstand our trampling. "It's over, the road has been washed away!" Sanpao said disappointedly, "It's really like what you said, the tomb passage was washed away by the underground river!" It's a pity, but it's actually a normal thing. This area is originally full of rain, and the rivers converge. The penetration of groundwater alone makes it difficult to preserve many ancient tombs. Although such things are not necessarily inevitable, they can only happen when they happen. I can admit that I am unlucky. We were all a little disappointed, Long Shao visually measured the width of the underground river, and said: "It's not that bad, the passage we walked through just now can still be kept dry, the water level of the underground river cannot be so high, otherwise the place will not be spared." of." "Then what do you mean...is this still a normal passage? But it's clearly a dead end!" Sanpao asked suspiciously. Long Shao said: "There must have been a bridge here. Due to the extrusion of geological movement, the bridge broke and collapsed. The formation of stone figurines has not been broken. After crossing this river, it will definitely continue. Let's find a way to get over!"