Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Boring Code

"Xuanwu rejects the corpse".The bullshit "Xuanwu refuses the corpse"! After I figured it out, everything suddenly became clear, and I couldn't help laughing. It was a complete misunderstanding. The four words that the third uncle said were not these four words at all, because our preconceived notions about the funeral scriptures, as soon as we heard The four words with similar pronunciations are put into place, and as I expected, this code is not a code at all. The third uncle used a very clever method to make his almost straightforward words, which can be read by others. To convey in front of me, but only I can know the true meaning.

It seems that the third uncle has long thought that the people who may come to this imperial tomb with me may not be all the people arranged by him. Seeing the drastic change in my face, several people immediately knew that I had awakened, and asked me what I thought of. I explained: "We were really wrong. The third uncle said that "I" can understand the sentence. The most important reason is not that I have something in common with him, but because I grew up in Hangzhou. people." A few people still didn't understand, and the fat man asked: "So, this has something to do with the scenery of Hangzhou? No, you fat man, I have been to Hangzhou, and I have never heard of a scenic spot called 'Xuanwu Rejecting Corpse'?"

Pan Zi shook his head and said, "Where are you talking? It must have nothing to do with the scenery. People who grew up in Hangzhou may not be familiar with the scenic spots and historical sites in Hangzhou. You see, our third master has lived in Hangzhou for almost ten years. , he only knows about West Lake, he took us to Baoshi Mountain to drink tea last time, and even led us to get lost, and finally went to dark to see that we had arrived at Yuquan.” I nodded, indeed, I am also such a person, whoever said that an antique must like ancient sites, I have not visited many scenic spots.

The fat man frowned, and said to me: "It has nothing to do with the scenery? Then what the hell is it? You'd better just say it, I'm so anxious." He wiped his sweat as he spoke. I didn't want to be tricky either, so I said to him, "It's very simple. Although I grew up in Hangzhou, I may not necessarily be familiar with the scenery, but, absolutely - I can understand the local dialect of Hangzhou. This is the key." Several people were stunned for a long time, and they obviously had some feelings, but they still didn't understand.The fat man asked, "Is it the pronunciation?"

I nodded. Among the few people here, only I am proficient in Hangzhou dialect. Pan Zi has been in Changsha all year round. He can speak and understand Hangzhou dialect, but if you want to go deep, you can’t do it. As soon as I heard it, I knew that I had been in Beijing all year round, not to mention Shunzi, who couldn't speak Mandarin well. If the third uncle spoke a sentence in Hangzhou, only I could understand it. It's a pity that because Shunzi is not good at Chinese, he only remembered the pronunciation, and didn't hear the changes in the previous words and the later intonation, so when he read it with his mouth, it became a completely out of tune sentence.

Pan Zi patted himself on the head, and said: "Fuck, I really can't think of this. What does the word 'Xuanwu reject the corpse' mean in Hang dialect? It seems difficult to pronounce." I smiled and said: "Just listen to my analysis. In fact, the code word of the third uncle is not four words, but 'Xuanwu Rejecting Corpse Land'. Of these six words, the first word 'Xuan' is pronounced the same as in Hangzhou dialect." 'Yuan' is similar to 'Yan', the pronunciation of 'Wu' is the same as that of 'Hu', but in Hangzhou, the pronunciation of 'Hu' can be said to be either a lake or a river,' Rejection' and 'qu' have the same pronunciation, 'shi' has the same pronunciation as 'water', 'zhi' has the same pronunciation as 'zhi', and 'di' and 'bottom' have the same pronunciation, and when connected together they mean——drainage along the river to the bottom !"

As soon as I finished explaining, several people said "ah", and they all showed a look of sudden understanding. The fat man nodded. Obviously, my translation is very reasonable and there are no flaws. Pan Zi said "tsk" and murmured, the third master is the third master. If Chen Pi Ahsi heard this sentence, he would never have guessed what it meant when he was beaten to death. "Water from the canal?" The fat man asked for half the salary, "But, there is no canal here? Is there a river in the imperial mausoleum?" I said: "There must be no springs in the mausoleum. There can be springs in the mausoleum, but there should be no rivers, because the water level of the river is out of control. If the water level is too high, it will flood, if the water is too small, it will break the momentum, and the river will expose the ancient tomb. The location of the river. The canal mentioned here may refer to this moat.”

The flesh on Pan Zi's face trembled excitedly, and he said, "Then we hit the road by mistake, and are we on the right track?" "It's hard to say." I shook my head. After all, I have never entered the imperial tomb, so I don't know what's going on inside. However, based on the current signs and all the information I've read before, my analysis is still reasonable. "If the river is the moat, then the canal, the damn canal is the one we saw just now—" The fat man stood up and looked at the burial ditch full of stone figurines. When the signal appeared, we all turned our heads away and our hearts beat faster.

"However," Pan Zi was a little uncertain, "there is no water in the canal." I shook my head and said: "The third uncle hadn't entered the imperial mausoleum at that time, so what he said was probably just a hint he got from somewhere else, it might be some ancient book or map, and the map or ancient book that was made at that time Most people probably never imagined that one day, there would be no water in the moat at all." There are traces of corrosion on the rocks piled up on the river wall here. There must have been water in this river, but after thousands of years, the source of the river water, or the underground river, or the hot spring may have dried up, and the river water has not been replenished. It gradually seeped into the ground until there was nothing left.

The fat man couldn't hold his breath anymore, he pulled the bolt of the gun with a "click", and tilted his neck at us: "Comrades, it's rare that our personal interests and the interests of the revolution are highly unified, what are you waiting for, let's fuck together. " We couldn't find any reason to refute Fatty's proposal this time.But when he set off right away, he was obviously too impatient. Pan Zi pulled him down and said, "Since there is a clue, there is no rush now. Look at the young third master who has suffered such a serious injury and hasn't recovered yet. Do you want to go alone, or let us leave him here to die?"

The fat man was dumbfounded, and it made sense to think about it, but he was so horny, he patted Shunzi, and said, "Then my brother and I will go check it out first, Qinniao will eat the first dish, let the two of them rest here, Make sure you get no less than what the old third master gave you." Unexpectedly, Shunzi also shook his head, and said: "Boss, my task is to bring him to me," pointing to me, "Bring him to your third master. After that, you don't care about my business, but now I have to watch him." he." I laughed and said to the fat man, "Now you know who is the big shot here?" The fat man snorted, and said unhappily: "Well, you all rest here, I will go to the fat man by myself, and when I come back after touching a few babies, I will see if you are jealous. I said ugly things before, and if you touch them, they are mine, don't you?" Those with points, none of you!" He said, picked up his gun and left. But after walking a few steps, he stopped suddenly, paused, turned around and came back again. We all laughed and asked him what he was doing, but didn't dare? The fat man snorted, kicked his backpack away, sat down opposite the wind lamp, and said, "Why don't you dare, you really miss me, fat man, I'm not so stupid, wait for me to find out, the three of you Come up and snatch it, I am a fierce tiger against a pack of wolves, I will take advantage of you, and maybe I will even kill you for your money, so I will not engage in such a heartless business." Seeing that the fat man had been upset, Pan Zi took the opportunity to taunt and said, "You have a villain's heart, you think we are all like you." I was afraid that he was getting serious, so I interrupted them and said: "Okay, don't talk about it, it's already midnight now, although we can't see the sky here, but we have to hurry up and rest." Pan Zi looked at his watch, nodded, turned up the wind lamp, and warmed up the surroundings all at once, then pulled out the inflatable sleeping bag, blew on it, and several people fell asleep in it. The fat man lit a cigarette and said that he couldn't sleep, so he came to guard the first shift.I glanced at him and said to him, don't go out to find things by yourself in the middle of the night, you can take whatever you want when you enter the mysterious palace, and it will stop here, don't give me a damn look. The fat man was furious and said that he was such a person?He kept vigil and kept us safe. The journey was tiring, and it was already evening when we reached the top of the snow. It took almost 10 hours to get to the palace in the ice cap, which was equivalent to a day and a night of hard physical labor, including rock climbing, running, long jump, and long jump. Failed and fell down the stairs, I was tired thinking about it, and soon fell asleep as soon as I got into the sleeping bag. I slept very soundly because I was wounded and I was not allowed to keep watch at night. When I woke up, it was still dark all around, and the wind lamp was much darker. , while the fat man was snoring like thunder. I looked at my watch, and I only slept for five hours, but when I was seriously injured, the quality of sleep was generally very good, because the body was repaired intensely, people were basically in a semi-comatose state, but when I woke up, my mind was refreshed. But my body was even more tired, my back was sore and my back hurt badly. I rubbed my face and climbed out of the sleeping bag. While moving my hands and feet, I asked Pan Zi to sleep for a while, saying that I would come to watch for a while, but Pan Zi said no, because I was used to it in Vietnam, and I couldn’t sleep for three hours a day without being in bed. I ignored him, sat on the rock on the other side, asked for a cigarette, and smoked to refresh my mind. The two of them were silent for a while, and Pan Zi suddenly asked me, can you estimate how Uncle San is doing now?Will something happen? I saw his expression, he was really concerned and worried, and there was a trace of emotion in my heart.Logically speaking, people like Pan Zi who have come down from the battlefield should not have such deep feelings when they are used to seeing guns and bullets, life and death. Ashamed, I don't know what happened to Pan Zi and third uncle before, so I really want to ask him if I have a chance. I comforted him and said: "Don't worry, that old fox will never treat him badly. His life is hard, and if something happens, he won't wait until now. We just need to take care of ourselves now. At this stage, It should be us who should worry others, because we don't know anything yet." Pan Zi nodded, sighed, and said annoyedly: "It's a pity that I'm not smart enough. I can't figure out what the third master is doing. Otherwise, I don't need him to do such a dangerous thing. I just go." .” I smiled wryly in my heart, thinking that what Sanshu did was not necessarily very dangerous, but I felt that the most dangerous ones were us, always following behind Sanshu to guess what Sanshu meant, and then being led by him. If this continues, No matter how lucky you are, there are times when you get hit. For example, this time, judging from the clues that the third uncle gave us in advance of the entrance of the underground palace, it seems that there is something on him that allows him to know the structure of the underground palace in advance. , Third Uncle's speech is not in this tone, this sentence must have come from an ancient book.As for what Shunzi said, the third uncle entered the snow-capped mountain alone to see it. Obviously, he did not fall into the hands of Aning and the others. In the palace. It can be speculated that this "thing" that allowed him to know the structure of the underground palace in advance should be the purpose of his trip to Xisha a few months ago, and it can also explain why Aning's company appeared here, and their goal should not be The undersea tomb, but the Yunding Tiangong here, and the cooperation with the third uncle to Xisha, is just to find clues to this Changbai Mountain underground imperial tomb in the undersea tomb. And Aning was separated from us for a long time in the ancient tomb under the sea. When we were exhausted and driven crazy by those traps, what did this woman do in the apse?Did he also get the key to the underground imperial tomb here, just like the third uncle?We don't know about this, but the well-equipped corpses we saw in the front hall just now prove that Aning's team has arrived here before us.According to Shunzi, such a huge team of them would not be able to pass through the border defense line no matter what, but they came over unscathed, which shows that they must know a secret road that no one knows. This can at least prove that Aning and the others also know things that we don't. This is the absolute difference between us and them, we are completely "ignorant", what is waiting for us in the underground palace, we can't estimate at all, this is actually the worst situation, but we still have to move on, Not being able to choose to back off is the worst of the worst. I didn't tell them any of this, because to Pan Zi, third uncle was everything, and he had to do what third uncle asked him to do, regardless of motives.For Shunzi, he is completely an outsider, this is a deal, and he only cares about the final result.But the fat man is even simpler, he came here to "catch the lama", the things in the mausoleum are the key, our third uncle is just a synonym for trouble to him.These analyzed things seem to be only useful to me, and I am the only one who is in a state of confusion. Others live such a simple life, which made me feel a little envious for the first time. After chatting about other things for a while, Pan Zi asked me if my health was alright. I felt it. After sleeping, my health has improved a lot. At this time, I should be able to barely walk without someone's support, but obviously, fighting is still not enough. .Pan Zi said that it would be better to take a rest. It is rare that this place is so quiet, and it seems to be very safe. I am afraid that after entering the underground palace, there will be no such opportunities. As soon as I thought about it, I wanted to sleep in the sleeping bag again, but I couldn’t fall asleep. The fat man on the side kept talking in sleep in a dialect I couldn’t understand, as if he was bargaining with others. When he was most excited, Pan Zi would throw stones at him. Once the stone was hit, the fat man would be honest immediately, but it would start again after a while, which was very noisy. When I was tired, I couldn’t hear it at all, but now I want to fall asleep. Enough with this. With his eyes closed, he endured for another two hours. Pan Zi picked a rock that was too big and knocked the fat man awake. At this moment, no one wanted to sleep anymore, and Shun Zi was also woken up. After tidying up our things and eating some dry food, we walked back to the burial canal we saw just now. The eroded black stone figurines still stood there silently. The long queue stretched to the endless darkness on both sides. within. I was helped to climb down the burial canal, and I walked into the figurines at once. I looked down on the figurines from above, so the feeling was not very strong, but once I got down, the figurines became as tall as me. , the shadows around me made a strong uneasiness arise in my heart. The fat man pointed his flashlight in the direction of both sides, and asked me: "Your third master told us to follow the water, but there is no water here, where should we go?" I looked at Pan Zi. He participated in the stage of special warfare during the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. He should have done some research on this kind of thing. Pan Zi approached a figurine, touched the crack on it, and pointed to the direction the figurine was facing, "Look at the traces of water flowing on the stone, it should be downstream." The fat man leaned over, but couldn't see why, and said distrustfully: "Human life is at stake, don't talk nonsense." Pan Zi ignored him, and told us to be careful, and several people started to walk along the ditch to the dark place of the moat. I have no idea about the length of the moat. When looking at it with flares from the cliff, the entire imperial city is a distant view. We probably only see the top of the building, and the moat is blocked by the dense dead woods around it.And when we were on the bridge, the light of the flashlight was not enough to illuminate everything in the dark.So I walked straight along the sacrificial canal for half an hour, at the bottom of the moat that was so silent, but still didn't end. The sacrificial ditch is uneven, and there are several sections. The figurines in it are severely broken, as if they were stepped on by something huge. The hard unknown stone is cracked and smashed. I even found that at the bottom of the ditch, From time to time, the heads and limbs of human figurines appeared, as if there was a layer of such things buried in the soil under the sacrificial canal. Or you can think about it this way, is this ditch originally intended to be buried, but for some reason, the project stopped, so there are still so many figurines that have not been buried. As we walked, it got darker and darker. Originally, the flashlight shone on the river wall on one side, and there was still a little reflection. At least there was a reference point. As we walked, we couldn’t even find the towering river wall on one side. There was darkness everywhere. Yes, we couldn't help slowing down, Pan Zi reminded us to be smart and not to be distracted. At this time, the fat man who was walking in the front stopped, and we were about to step forward when we saw him make a gesture for us to stop. I walked to his side and looked with his flashlight. I saw that the end of the sacrificial canal had arrived, and the line of figurines had disappeared. In front of me was a huge stone river wall, which should have reached the other side of the moat. There seemed to be a huge thing like the Leshan Giant Buddha carved on the wall, because the flashlight couldn't show the whole picture, and I didn't know what it was. I only saw a square hole under the root of the river wall, which was covered by gravel. Now the stone has disappeared. It was moved a lot, revealing a dark hole. This is the same as the passage we came in just now. This hole was also one of the passages secretly dug by the craftsmen who repaired the mausoleum back then. This was the only passage for them to escape after the underground palace was closed. "Another counterattack tunnel?" Pan Zi was surprised: "Why did the opening come here? It's impossible." "How can it be impossible?" the fat man asked. "You didn't fix it." Pan Zi said: "This place was underwater back then, do you think those craftsmen were all fish?" I waved my hand to tell them not to quarrel, at this moment Shunzi said "Hey" and said, "Come and see, there is something here." As we spoke, we shone it with a flashlight, and when we looked, we saw someone engrave a few words on the stone on one side of the square hole.