Chapter 11 Chapter Ten Western Han Palace

The pavilion is not a model, and the stone room containing the pavilion should be hollowed out from the mountainside, otherwise, how could such a large building be accommodated.The building materials are all white marble, which is impossible to find in this underground wasteland. In other words, these stones weighing several tons or even tens of tons were transported from hundreds or even thousands of miles away. Yuan Sen fell into the water and immediately fell into a huge vortex, which became more and more urgent. He tried his best to swim out, but he was getting closer and closer to the center of the vortex.Just as Yuan Sen was struggling, he saw a huge shadow approaching him, Yuan Sen said inwardly, his body was swept by something, and his vision went dark.

He smelled a strong stench coming towards him, Yuan Sen hastily retreated, this underground river has existed for thousands of years, and any strange things may exist, he cursed bad luck, this time it was a collision on. The pressure of the black shadow was getting bigger and bigger, the stench made him almost vomit in the water, and the gravity of the whirlpool swirled Yuan Sen into the center.The water pressure around him made it difficult for him to breathe, and he was about to suffocate in the deep underground water. Suddenly his feet seemed to be hooked by something, and that thing was like an iron pincer, hooking him desperately and dragging him back steadily.After several struggles, Yuan Sen finally broke free from the whirlpool. The water beside him suddenly burst into waves of blood. Blood bubbles rolled in the eyes of the whirlpool, and the surrounding water was dyed red.

Yuan Sen was about to check what happened when a voice suddenly sounded in his ear, "Go—" Then he was grabbed by the arm by a hand and swam forward.After swimming for a while, he touched the underwater river bank, and the man pulled him up to the bank. This is the other side of the underground river. When Yuan Sen saw that person, it was Bayi.Bai Yi still had his stone knife hanging on his waist, and there were still blood clots hanging from the cracks in the stone on the knife. Yuan Senqi asked, "How did you get here?" Bai Yi's voice was still calm, "I turned back from the cave and found that you were being held hostage. It's hard for me to rescue you at this time, so I just followed them to see what they wanted to do."

Along the way, Bayi was able to follow for such a long time without being noticed by the masked man, and when passing through the water hole, without any defensive equipment, he could easily avoid those man-eating beetles.It is really puzzling what Bayi's means are. Yuan Sen said: "We are here, Bahar Gul is still in their hands, what should we do?" Bayi said: "It doesn't matter. They will definitely see the corpse of the underwater monster turned upside down. Since the monster is dead, they will not waste one more person to feed it. The road ahead is still very difficult, and they should stay. Miss."

Yuan Sen nodded and said: "Then we have to wait for the opportunity to rescue Bahar Guli. She is my junior sister, and I don't want her to die." Bayi helped Yuan Sen put on their unique wound medicine, and the burning pain in the wound was relieved a lot immediately. Yuan Sen smiled and said, "What kind of medicine is this? Tell me the secret recipe. I will surely make a lot of money by promoting it. money." Suddenly there was some sadness on Bayi's indifferent face, and he said slowly: "This medicine has never been circulated, and only I still keep it."

Yuan Sen is full of doubts about Bayi, who is he?What is he going to do?These mysteries have always troubled him, but being rescued by him a few times made him sure that at least in this underground tomb, Bayi would not harm him.Since he didn't say anything, it was useless for him to ask now, so he might as well wait until he got out. While the two were talking, several gunshots suddenly came from the depths of the darkness. Yuan Sen could hear them clearly. Two crisp sounds from afar came from the depths of the darkness. He asked suspiciously, "Has anyone else crossed the river before this?"

Bayi nodded and said, "If it wasn't like this, I wouldn't offend the master and venture into the tomb. The giant dragon that protects the holy river has been in the river for thousands of years. It was when the tomb was built. In order to guard against tomb robbers, it was specially obtained from Daze in a foreign country. The masked man forced you and the young lady to walk through the iron lock just now, just to lure the big Jiao out. The original intention of this iron lock was to scare away the tomb robbers. After walking through the iron locks, if your blood is not drained, you can continue to move forward. But thousands of years have passed, and the dragon is also getting old. If you are willing to sacrifice your companions, it is possible to cross this river. "

"The big jiao was not in such a hurry to eat you just now because he ate a few living people, so I found a chance to rescue you from his mouth!" Yuan Sen's mind lit up, "Master?" "Could it be that you are the legendary guardian of the tomb?" Bayi nodded and said, "I'll talk about this later, let's go and have a look first." After finishing speaking, he led Yuan Sen and walked into the depths of the darkness. Bayi could distinguish objects in the darkness without using light.Yuan Sen could only follow behind him to avoid getting lost.

The gun fired a few times, and then there was no more sound. Yuan Sen kicked a flashlight when he was walking. It had the manufacturer's name in English on it. It was also a military flashlight, and the quality was very good. With the help of the flashlight, Yuan Sen can see the surrounding environment clearly, and he has some confidence in his heart.The position he was in was a huge mountain bunker, and a large part of the mountain seemed to have been forcibly gouged out, forming a pit from the ground upwards.Bayi led him to walk under the cover. The bunker was extremely long, and he didn't know where the mountains would lead to. Bayi seemed to have determined the location, looked for that direction, and ran in that direction without any hesitation.

Suddenly, Bayi stopped, and Yuan Sen knew he must have found something, so he followed him into the bunker. There were two dead bodies in the cracks in the bunker, and Bayi pulled the corpses out of the cracks.The face of the corpse was bitten off by something, leaving only a piece of torn flesh, and the hair was brown.Judging by his height and physique, he was definitely a foreigner. Yuan Sen tentatively asked, "Bayi, whose tomb is this? How did it attract so many people to steal it?" Bayi was silent for a while, and said: "I can't tell you this yet. What I'm wondering now is that even my Bowa doesn't know about many secret passages and organs here. How do they know?"

Yuan Sen has a little understanding of the Uighur language, and Bowa means grandpa, which means that Bayi's knowledge of this ancient tomb has actually been passed down from generation to generation. Yuan Sen nodded and said: "I was with them, and I also discovered this. Their understanding of the ancient tomb has reached an unimaginable level. They are clear about any mechanism and direction. Could it be that this ancient tomb Has the structural diagram of the tomb been circulated?" Bayi shook his head noncommittally, and said, "My Bova didn't tell me that there is a map in the tomb, I don't know about it." The two foreigners are holding advanced miniature submachine guns. One is the HK MP7 originally produced in Germany. It was later improved into the latest HK MP7A1 by the US military and purchased in large quantities for distribution to officers and special agents.Weapons made in Germany have always been known for their excellent performance, with the best power and stability.The gun in another person's hand is the Czech VZ61, one of the world's top ten famous micro punches, which may not be available to the special forces of many countries.Yuan Sen had only seen these firearms in military magazines before, but he was really surprised when he saw the real ones for the first time today. It seems that to attract people with such luxurious equipment to rob the tomb, what is hidden in this tomb is indeed fascinating. Bayi touched the wounds, faces, and arms of the two corpses. There were tear marks everywhere, and Bayi muttered to himself: "That thing got in too, it must be it, it finally couldn't restrain itself. animalistic." "What?" Yuan Sen asked strangely. Bai smiled wryly, "If there are no accidents, we should bump into it later. I, Bowa, said that it bites the first living person, and anyone it sees will die." Yuan Sen looked at the flesh-and-blood faces of the two foreigners, and suddenly his mind moved, and he said to Bayi: "Have you noticed that these two people have no injuries on their legs, and the wounds are all concentrated on their heads and bodies. Their posture at the entrance of the cave seems to be fleeing outwards, so the thing that killed them was in this cave, and his current posture should be the same as when he died." Bayi nodded, and got under the rock crevice, and sure enough, he saw a hole that could allow a strong man to go in and out. The two went in along the entrance of the cave, and the cave passageway was covered with the blood of the two foreigners, minced meat and brains, and when the flashlight shone on it, it was in lumps, which was particularly disgusting.Yuan Sen couldn't help but feel a little sorry for those foreigners. They came to China without going to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, but they chose to come to this kind of place, and they died so badly. After climbing in through the corridor, the two of them entered a huge stone chamber. The stone chamber was carved very carefully, and the stone walls and ground looked very smooth. This was the most detailed tomb that Yuan Sen had seen since entering the underground wasteland. There is a pavilion in the center of the tomb. The pavilion is quite luxuriously decorated. It is divided into three-story and two-story buildings, and the middle is intertwined.The decorations on the pavilions are all carved dragons and painted phoenixes, and the cornices are like eagles, quite bold. This pavilion is not a model, but a real building. The stone room that includes the pavilion should be hollowed out from the belly of a hill, otherwise, how could it be possible to accommodate such a large building. Yuan Sen and Bayi walked around the attic for more than ten minutes. Yuan Sen became more and more surprised. It was really like moving a complete building in.Moreover, the building materials are all uniform white marble, which is impossible to find in this underground wasteland. In other words, these stones weighing several tons or even tens of tons were transported from places hundreds or even thousands of miles away. over here. Bayi also looked very surprised, and asked Yuan Sen, "Do you want to go in and have a look?" How could Yuan Sen suppress the curiosity in his heart at this moment, and said repeatedly: "Yes, definitely." Yuan Sen stepped on the steps of white marble. The steps started out very long, with hundreds of steps. After walking through the steps, there was a main hall. There was a large arch in the main hall. Two rows of columns more than two meters high supported the dome of the hall. .The entire hall is grand in architecture and the materials used are extravagant.There are also stone windows on both sides of the main hall. The top and sides of the windows are lined with double layers, which is full of layering.The window sash is carved with square panes, and there are several hollowed-out stone lanterns sandwiched between the panes. The workmanship is very exquisite. Yuan Senzheng was obsessed with watching it, and suddenly remembered that something was wrong here, it is supposed to be a building thousands of years ago.Thousands of years ago, this was the ancient Western Regions. How could the princes and nobles of the Western Regions use the architectural style of the Central Plains? And looking at the architectural features of the steps, stone pillars, doors and windows, it should be the architectural style of the Qin and Han Dynasties.It is definitely impossible for the nobles of the Han nationality to build such a huge tomb underground in the Taklimakan Desert. If it is not the nobles of the Han nationality, who would it be? Yuan Sen fell into deep thought. Before the Qin Dynasty, the Central Plains had very little contact with the Western Regions. The most likely place is the tomb of the Han Dynasty.During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian went from the Hexi Corridor to Dunhuang, and then out of Yumen Pass, and started the Silk Road that shocked the world. From then on, the exchanges between the Central Plains and the countries of the Western Regions began. If it is said that this building was built by the ruler of a certain country in the Western Regions to imitate the Han Palace, that is also very possible, but a country with such a large financial resources will definitely leave a record in history. Yuan Sen pushed open the door of the main hall. There were stone tables and chairs in the hall, as well as various sacrificial instruments and musical instruments. Most of them were exquisitely crafted after wiping off the dust on them.The two of them were watching intently, when suddenly a melodious bell sounded from the back hall. Is there anyone else in this empty stone palace? The two quickly rushed to the apse, and saw two rows of huge bronze chimes in the center of the apse. The hammers of the chimes were still resting on the shoulders of the stone carvings, but the bells were still ringing melodiously. With a flashlight on, Yuan Sen carefully searched every corner of the apse. The apse was covered with thick dust, and everything proved that no one had been here. Yuan Sen was a little dumbfounded, and muttered, "This is really a hell." Without turning his head, he asked Bayi who was looking at the opposite side, "Did you see anything?" Bai Yi didn't answer, Yuan Sen turned his head to look, and after a look, he found that there was no one on the other side.Yuan Sen was taken aback, and took a closer look, but he still didn't see a single person. Impossible, such a big living person, how could he just disappear without a sound? Yuan Sen hurried over, pushed open the door of the side hall, the door of the side hall opened with a "squeak", unexpectedly it was a wooden door. Under Yuan Sen's photo, he could vaguely see a figure behind the beaded curtain in the side hall, with his back turned to him, without saying a word.Yuan Sen was flustered, he was sure that the figure from behind was definitely not Bai Yi, and Bai Yi was much stronger than him.That back looks very thin and slender, not comparable to Bayi at all, a bit like a woman. Yuan Sen had the urge to quit, but after thinking about it again, whether it was a blessing or a curse, since he ran into it, he had to see clearly what it was.However, subconsciously, he remembered what a tomb robber said to him, "In the ground, everything will appear. If what you see is a person, then he must not be a person." Subconsciously, Yuan Sen believed that the figure from behind might be a ghost.With a cruel heart, he gritted his teeth and secretly cheered himself up. Since he came, he should do what he should. The man was standing in the corner of the side hall. Yuan Sen walked in cautiously. He regretted it a little now. He saw the equipment of the two foreigners outside the cave and thought it was too dirty, so he didn't pick it up. Otherwise, he wouldn't be here now. Not even a self-defense weapon. He walked in step by step, and the flashlight became more and more clear. The man was standing by the window.The two windows were already open, the man was looking at something, and he didn't seem to have any sense of Yuan Sen's approach. Yuan Sen leaned against the wall, pushed aside the bead curtain with his hands, and stepped in with one foot.At this moment, the chime bells that had been gradually quiet outside the hall rang again, and the sound of the chime bells was more regular than last time, as if they were playing a simple and mellow musical instrument, which had the taste of a galeful song. Chime bells are originally Chu local musical instruments. Most of the Chu music has a magnificent opening and a bleak and sad ending, just like a loyal minister in distress and a scholar buried in a foreign land, which makes people want to cry unconsciously. Yuan Sen had a strange feeling when he heard the chime playing, and unconsciously, his nose was a little sore.After recovering from the music, although it is very strange who is playing the chimes outside the hall, but since he has already walked behind the bead curtain, he must first see who is behind the bead curtain. Without the obstruction of the bead curtain, Yuan Sen could see very clearly that the person was indeed a woman, but her clothes were still ancient decorations.With a bun on his head and wearing a moon white gown, facing the dark window, Yuan Sen was left behind. No matter how Yuan Sen looked at it, he felt that this posture was quite weird, and he was almost sure that this person must be a living person, but who was she? Yuan Sen suppressed the fear in his heart. No matter who it was, he suddenly saw a living woman in ancient costume in this thousand-year-old tomb that was more than 100 meters underground, and said that he was not afraid that it was a fake. There is a mahogany pipa hanging on the wall with the window open. The palace has been in the mountainside for thousands of years, and there is dust several inches thick everywhere in the palace.The stone tables and chairs, lamp stands and candles, and pipa gauze curtains in the side hall are covered with dust everywhere, and thick smoke will be aroused when they are moved. However, this woman in ancient costume who only left Yuan Sen with only a back view stood spotlessly in the smoke. She was motionless, but Yuan Sen could feel her breathing. That breath seems to come from the Western Regions more than 2,000 years ago, carrying the pure nature, sweet fragrance of the ancient oasis.Every time Yuan Sen took a step closer to her, the feeling became stronger and stronger. It felt like the call of the ancient civilization derived from the Peacock River. The woman's hands were naturally hanging on the sides of the long gown. Yuan Sen walked to her side, only to notice that there was still a thin silk scarf on her face.Yuan Sen suppressed the excitement in his heart, and unfastened the loose buttons of the silk scarf from her bun, and the silk scarf fell into the thick dust.The woman turned her head slowly, and Yuan Sen saw her face clearly, and Yuan Sen's face suddenly changed, turning pale. It's not like the description in many bad novels, when the woman turns her head, her face is very scary.On the contrary, she is very beautiful, it is almost an indescribable beauty, a typical oriental face, with fair skin that can be broken.Her eyebrows were slightly raised, and she looked at Yuan Sen quietly. Yuan Sen's heart almost jumped out of his chest. He searched all the movies he had seen, but none of the heroines in any of them could match her kind. temperament. The question once again floated in Yuan Sen's mind, who is she?Could it be that the fairy woman in the ancient tomb really lived two thousand years ago? The woman gently pressed his shoulders, let him sit on the stone stool, then picked up the creamy white teapot, and poured Yuan Sen a full cup of hot tea.Yuan Sen looked at the ice-cold teapot, hot tea suddenly poured out with white mist, and almost fainted, his mind immediately understood a lot. This woman is definitely not human.However, if she is not a person, then she is a ghost. The woman gave Yuan Sen a shallow smile, and Yuan Sen was immediately dumbfounded. The beauty of her smile must be beyond the imagination of any sketch master.The ancient woman took down the pipa from the wall, brushed the dust, and said to Yuan Sen: "Let the servant come and sing you a little song." The woman sat beside Yuan Sen, plucked the pipa gently, and sang a sad song outside the Great Wall.In her tunes, there are desert flying sand, long river sunset, snow scene outside the Great Wall and the sadness of being in a foreign country.The woman sang sadly and sadly, and Yuan Sen was also moved by it. After singing the song, the woman looked at Yuan Sen with tears in her eyes, and said: "Although the palace is beautiful, it is not the palace of my Han family. Although the water and soil are beautiful, it is not the Jiangnan of my Han family. If you can go out, don't forget to take me with you." go back." Yuan Sen was confused and asked, "Who are you?" The woman put down her pipa, put her hands lightly on Yuan Sen's shoulders, and said, "Drink this cup of tea that I personally poured for you, and you will know." The woman's beautiful eyes stared at Yuan Sen, forcing him to unknowingly pick up the teacup, bring it to his mouth, and drink it down in one gulp.But at this moment, Yuan Sen only heard a crash, and Yuan Sen saw a bloody light flying towards his eyes, followed by a vicious cry. Bayi stood beside the bead curtain like a king of Tota, the stone knife in his waist was stuck on the wooden pane with a piece of gray-yellow flesh, trembling unceasingly. In the corner of the side hall, the strange Gazelle that disappeared in the desert appeared in front of Yuan Sen again.It looked at Yuan Sen coldly, without any expression on its face, but that indifference was like an executioner who was used to death. A large piece of flesh was sliced ​​off its foot by Bayi's stone knife, but it seemed to be unconscious, allowing the blood to flow down, and it still maintained an indifferent posture. As soon as Yuan Sen touched his neck, it was wet and full of blood. He immediately understood that he had been tricked by the gazelle, and this gazelle was really difficult to deal with. Huang Yang glared at Bayi and Yuan Sen resentfully, and walked out from behind the side hall. Although he was limping, the indifference that only human beings can have shocked Bayi and Yuan Sen, making them uncomfortable. Dare to act recklessly. Yuan Sen asked, "Did it kill the two foreigners under the cover of the mountain?" Bayi nodded and said: "Listen to me, Bowa, this kind of sheep is called Qingyang. Many tomb guards in royal tombs choose Qingyang as their first choice. But this kind of sheep is very rare, and what's even more strange is that it is easy It has human nature, and has a particularly long lifespan, and can guard the tomb for hundreds of thousands of years. But it is because of this peculiarity that it is difficult to find, and many tomb guards have only heard of it." Yuan Sen's mind suddenly thought of Professor Yang Jian's notebook, which recorded the terrifying one-eyed Qingyang. In the endless underground, the one-eyed Qingyang was everywhere, easily taking the lives of the expedition team members. Yuan Sen said: "Then, have you ever heard of a one-eyed Qingyang? A Qingyang with only one eye?" Bayi shook his head blankly, and suddenly asked, "What are you holding in your hand?" Only then did Yuan Sen notice that he was still holding something heavy in his hands, and he was startled when he saw it.It was a jade tablet, not too big or too small, just enough to hold it with closed palms.The tentacles of the jade tablet were cold, and the whole body was pure white. Many small characters were engraved on it, just like tadpoles, which was another language besides any foreign language Yuan Sen knew. Yuan Sen held up the jade tablet, put it in front of his eyes, and aimed his flashlight at the words, hoping to see some clues.He brought the jade tablet close to his nose, and immediately exuded a disgusting stench, like spoiled old vinegar, which made people sick.Bayi also smelled that smell. He looked at the jade plaque strangely, then at Yuan Sen, and said, "This is the smell of corpses. Do you know what this jade plaque is for?" Yuan Sen shook his head. He thought this jade tablet was very special, but he didn't think of what it was for at the moment. Bayi rolled his eyes and said, "This jade card is the mouthpiece that the tribal nobles stuffed in their mouths when they were buried. This jade is extremely cloudy and cold, and it can prevent the corpse from becoming vicious. Loulan people and Nima people like to use jade cards." Make a burial in the mouth." Yuan Sen was stunned for a while, it was too weird, since the hallucinations just now were that Qingyang was tempting it, then this jade tablet was probably left by Qingyang, why did it leave this jade tablet to him?What secret is hidden in the middle?Yuan Sen felt a little more confused.