Chapter 31

Mr. Tang had already started to close his eyes and rest

After hearing my inquiry, I opened my eyes and stared at me for a while, showing a little surprised look

After a while, he spoke

Are you talking about Wang Lie, who runs a loan company here? When I heard Mr. Tang say this, I realized that he really knew Wang Lie

That's right! I'm talking about him

It turns out that you know him Ah too. No wonder you know that the Yin Demon and the Turning Yang Land are the things... You are right. He is one of my friends here. He and I are in the same place. Originally, I came here and I should have known him first. Unfortunately, I neglected to contact him now, but I can't help it. Mr. Tang shook his head and replied in a plain tone. Then he sighed, closed his eyes again, leaned against the corner of the wall to rest his mind.

Seeing Mr. Tang's attitude at this moment, I realized that he seemed unwilling to waste his energy and talk too much about Wang Lie and those people.

So I gave up the plan to inquire about more information about Wang Lie and others from him.

After leaving the stone chamber, I came to the passage, pulled Lu Laosan, and briefly told him Mr. Tang’s general plan.

Without saying a word, Lu Lao San immediately gathered everyone together. After explaining roughly, he asked everyone to take out all the explosives and detonators on their bodies and give them to me for some

After counting, you will get a lot of rewards

After all the explosives and detonators were cleaned up, they put a full one and a half backpacks.

I called Qiangzi over and helped me carry half of my backpack. After tidying up the rest in one backpack, I carried it on my backpack.

After counting the explosives, I don’t know how long Mr. Tang needs to rest

We took out the canned food and dry food we carried to replenish our energy

Seeing us eating outside, Zhou Jingyi took it out of the room, asked for two cans from us, opened them, and then took them to Lu Zhaohui and Mr. Tang. Then he came out and took a can. While eating, he sat next to me and asked curiously.

Yan Ping, what did you say to Mr. Tang just now? I seem to hear you talking about the Yin Demon, turning into the Yang Earth? What are these things?

Well, I don't know much about it. I just heard from my friends that some evil spirits seemed to be some kind of invisible sneaky... Anyway, it was nothing, so I ate the canned lunch meat in my hand and simply told Zhou Jingyi what I learned about the evil spirits from Han Zhe.

This woman seemed to regard what I told as a strange story about serving meals during catering. She became more and more energetic when she heard them. She kept asking questions while eating.

It seems like we have forgotten the environment we are in now

After eating what she had in her hand, she seemed to be still unsatisfied and still asked me something.

Just when I feel tired of it

Mr. Tang walked out of the stone chamber with Lu Zhaohui who was still unable to move.

After seeing Zhou Jingyi, she stopped entangling me and hurried over to take over Mr. Tang and took on the job of supporting Lu Zhaohui.

Mr. Tang seemed to have recovered a lot at this moment, although he still gave people a feeling of lack of energy.

But from the perspective of behavior and action, you should be able to act freely

Lu Lao San, it’s better for you to lead the way! I, Yan Ping and Qiangzi stay behind and cut off the back. Others protect Mrs. Lu from the middle. Don’t be too far away from each other. If there is any situation, I will immediately warn you! Okay, everyone has rested just now. After eating, let’s go now. Mr. Tang showed his power and killed dozens of corpse puppets in one breath. He established absolute authority among this group of people.

So when he gave the instructions, everyone immediately obeyed unconditionally

Our group of people immediately began to move towards the depths of this passage again

The more the passage extends, the more the building quality of the passage becomes.

The stone slabs that were originally neatly laid on the ground gradually decreased until they disappeared, and the walls on both sides were the same, and even exposed rocks began to appear.

Later, the passage we were walking on was almost exactly similar to the tunnel above the underground palace.

As we walked, Qiangzi was paying attention to the movements and stillness of the passage behind, and his eyes changed at the protruding rocks on both sides of the walls.

While walking, he muttered in his mouth. Mr. Tang and I were a little puzzled by his actions at this moment.

When I was about to ask, he suddenly stopped in front of a rock that was protruding from the side wall.

Holding the mine lamp in your hand repeatedly illuminated this inconspicuous stone

Although Mr. Tang was surprised that Qiangzi suddenly stopped, he didn't say anything. Thinking that he had walked for a while, he simply told the two teams ahead to stop temporarily and rest on the spot.

After giving the order, Mr. Tang walked to Qiangzi and asked why Qiangzi stopped.

Qiangzi did not answer immediately, but took the engineer shovel from my hand and cut down a small piece from the rock. The peeling surface of the ore reflected a white luster similar to metal under the light.

Qiangzi looked at this rock for a long time, and finally his whole body was trembling with excitement.

Even the words were not easy... As expected, yes, it was a silver mine! It really made me discover it, I finally discovered it! Dad and the others guessed it was right. There is really a silver mine here. There is a silver mine below Fenghuáng Mountain, and this mine is here! But... But... Why? This mine is here, so obvious... Those ancient craftsmen must have discovered it too! But, why didn't they mine? Qiangzi was very excited about the legendary Fenghuáng Mountain silver mine that had been circulated for a long time among these miners' families.

Mr. Tang showed a thoughtful expression. After a while, Mr. Tang finally spoke.

His grandmother, who did this underground palace be built? What a big deal! In order to win, he could actually sacrifice a whole silver mine! Hearing Mr. Tang speak, Qiangzi and I focused our attention on Mr. Tang's face at the same time.

Before we could ask, Mr. Tang took the initiative to explain.

I just figured it out... This underground palace is probably surrounded by this silver mine. It is Gao Ming Ah... The people who built this underground palace are simply geniuses! In order to prevent the things in the underground palace from escaping, they are simply guarding them! Even the silver mine is used... Mr. Tang looked at Qiangzi and I, and then further inspired them.

You must know that silver can drive away ghosts and evil spirits? When Qiangzi and I nodded when we heard Mr. Tang say this, he nodded.

The metal, silver, is given pure and sacred meanings in both the myths and legends of the East and the West.

In some modern Western legends, silver weapons are powerful weapons against many monsters and monsters

For example, the legendary werewolf is most afraid of silver bullets

In the customs of the East, wearing silver locks for children to exorcise evil spirits is a common tradition in all places.

Thinking of this, I suddenly reacted

You mean that the fundamental reason why the original architect chose to dig an underground palace in Fenghuáng Mountain was that this silver mine enclosed the entire underground palace with a silver mine area to prevent the suppressed monsters in the underground palace from escaping?

Mr. Tang nodded solemnly: I think about it, this is the only reason! Otherwise, just like Qiangzi said, those who built the underground palace had already dug the place of this silver mine, why not mine? Such a silver mine vein is an amazing wealth for any vassal state in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period! As long as it is mined, the country will be prosperous and strong soon. But, look, the people who built the underground palace just dug a passage here, and turned a blind eye to the obvious ore on both sides. They would not be able to recognize that these rocks were silver ore. Without mining, there was only one possibility, that they did not mine on purpose! The purpose was to use this thick layer of silver ore to block the stolen things in the underground palace. As soon as they said this, the passage suddenly trembled slightly from nowhere... Qiangzi and Mr. Tang, both of me and Mr. Tang, showed a look of horror!

Earthquake? Or is someone breaking? Mr. Tang used his hand to support the wall next to him and asked me in a low voice.

I felt the vibration was fleeting. If it was an earthquake, the duration would not be so short.

Then I told Mr. Tang my judgment

It's a blast... Mr. Tang's brow frowned

Could it be that Boss He and his group were using explosives to open the way? I responded casually

Maybe... Mr. Tang lowered his head and thought for a while, shook his head with his lips, as if he didn't agree with my judgment very much

But although he didn't agree, he didn't bother with this issue anymore

Instead, immediately shouted forward, notified that the rest was over, and set off again

After moving forward for a while, a tomb robber who was originally escorting Lu Zhaohui and Zhou Jingyi in the middle ran over from the front nervously

After seeing the three of us, he reported to Mr. Tang.

Mr. Tang and Lao San found a fork in front of him. He didn't dare to make decisions without authorization, so he sent a message and asked you to go to the front to get your ideas!

Well, I know you stay, and I will monitor the back with them. I rushed to the front. Mr. Tang agreed and then patted my shoulder sideways.

You are responsible for the back. If there is a corpse puppet who can follow you and you can stop it, too many blocks. If you can't stop it, you can just use explosives to blow up the passage behind. In short, everything is to ensure the safety of the personnel first! After seeing me, Mr. Tang immediately set out quickly forward.

The person who reported the news stayed according to Mr. Tang's instructions and took on the job of defending with me and Qiangzi.

I have a vague impression of this person. I should have seen it in the tunnel camp at first, but I don't know what it is called

Qiangzi has been following them for a long time and knows the other party's name. At this moment, he saw him replacing Mr. Tang and stayed at the defender, realizing that I don't know this person yet.

As he walked, he opened his mouth to introduce me

Brother Ping, his name is Luo Zhendong. He is friends with Brother Baozi. They are both from Taiyuan, Shanxi. They took good care of me before. Hearing Qiangzi say this, Luo Zhendong and I smiled kindly. After chatting for a few words, we quickly became familiar with each other.

Leopard told me before, he admired you very much! When he was in the tunnel over there, if you hadn't stayed and exploded the tunnel, he and Mr. Tang might have swallowed the monster. You are the savior of Leopard. And on the road just now, Mrs. Lu also said to you, saying that you killed three one-eyed monsters alone, which is amazing... The ones we met before were basically done by Mr. Tang alone. After Luo Zhendong chatted for a few words, he complimented me.

It's nothing, the monster's weakness is not very effective in hitting it on the head, but if it can successfully shoot the head, it can solve the problem with one shot... I have no displeasure to the other party's compliment. On the contrary, I am very willing to tell the other party about my experience in dealing with the corpse puppet.

After all, at this time, if I encounter a large group of corpse puppets again, I will definitely not be able to handle it alone.

If this Luo Zhendong can learn from my experience and help, it will be a good thing for me for everyone here

Listening to what I said simply, Luo Zhendong smiled bitterly!

Brother Ping, we all know the weakness of the monster on our heads! But we are not as good as yours, and we can aim so accurately! You don’t know, it’s not just me, when we are on the monster, we can’t help but tremble when we hear the sizzling sound from the monster’s mouth, and we can’t help but tremble with our hands, which can pull the trigger. Where can we aim and shoot?

Luo Zhendong said this, and Qiangzi next to him also echoed: That's right, I'm not afraid of you, Brother Ping. When I met those monsters just now, I could only follow everyone. I don't know why. When I heard the sound from the monster's mouth, I felt that my hands and feet were trembling and I could take a step to escape. Oh, Brother Ping, after all, you have been a soldier, have been trained, and your psychological quality is much better than ours...

Qiangzi said this, and I immediately felt confused

Although I have been a soldier, I don't think the experience of serving in the army has improved my psychological quality.

For soldiers, the real spiritual baptism can only come from the battlefield

During my military period, the border was peaceful.

So naturally I haven't been on the battlefield

I don’t know about Luo Zhendong’s situation, but in my impression, Qiangzi’s psychological quality is not bad.

I remember a few years ago, Yan Guang and his gang had an armed fight with another gangster gang.

During that fight, the opponent used a gunpowder gun. Qiangzi couldn't dodge. The outside of his left arm was hit in a mess, and even the bones of his hand were exposed.

But in that case, Qiangzi still fought with the other party frantically, and later because of this heroic deed, he successfully became a small leader and backbone member of Yan Guang's gang.

If an ordinary person sees his bones exposed, he may feel extremely afraid, but Qiangzi can ignore this.

If you want to talk about psychological endurance, it is definitely more than ordinary people.

At this moment, even Qiangzi said that when facing the corpse puppet, he was so scared that he couldn't even hold the gun.

I vaguely realized that this is probably not explained by the reason for psychological quality.

Not long after, the three of us defenders came to the fork in the road. After seeing the marks left by Mr. Tang and Lu Laosan at the intersection, we chose to turn left again.

As soon as the turn was turned, the light in Qiangzi's hand illuminated something terrible

A broken skeleton lying on the ground at the entrance of the passage on the left.

When I passed by the skeleton, I suddenly noticed that the rib on the left side of the skeleton was flat and missing part of it, as if it had been neatly cut by a huge machete.

Continue to move forward, and see several skeletons on both sides of the passage one after another

Qiangzi and Luo Zhendong were busy with the aisle, but I noticed that these skeletons were almost the same as the original one, with a broken rib on their left...

However, when seeing the skeletons continuously, Qiangzi and Luo Zhendong also felt a certain degree of uneasiness. While walking, they turned their heads and looked at each other, and they didn't understand why Mr. Tang chose this passage to move forward.

But just when the three of us were suspicious, the shouts of other people came from the passage ahead.

The defender, come quickly and the whole staff gathered! After hearing the call, the three of us immediately accelerated our pace and caught up with the brigade. After we met with other personnel, we found that a vast tunnel space appeared in front of us...

In the center of the space is a large pit that is sunken, with a large number of bones scattered in it.

Because of the age of time, many bones are buried half in the soil and almost blend into one with the soil.

Mr. Tang squatted next to the big pit with a serious expression, holding a lantern, observing the situation in the big pit, while thinking about something

Others may be worried that it will affect Mr. Tang's thinking, and they all leaned far away and waited for Mr. Tang's new instructions.

I walked to Mr. Tang and Dakeng and asked quietly and said,

What is this place?

Lu Laosan lowered his voice and said: I think it was a burial pit, which is very common in tombs in the Spring and Autumn Period, but Mr. Tang seems to disagree... I agree with Lu Laosan's opinion more.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the system of burial was prevalent

Although Mr. Tang said that this underground palace is a cage, used to suppress a demon and monster.

But it is indeed a tomb here. After all, the coffin in the main tomb chamber does not look like a decoration

And a stone monument for Xia Nan's epitaph

Since it is a tomb, it seems natural to have a burial pit.

However, neither me nor Lu Laosan lacks absolute confidence in his own opinion

After all, among us, Mr. Tang is the one who has the most say in the underground palace in front of us.

So, before Mr. Tang makes a judgment and a decision, we can only wait silently

After a while, we noticed that the expression on Mr. Tang's face gradually became soothing from seriousness, and finally, there was a little smile.

This made us who focused our attention on Mr. Tang's expression breathe a sigh of relief

Mr. Tang stood up with a relaxed expression

Looking at us and said

This is not a burial pit, but the sacrificial pit is not a human being, all of which are cows, sheep, horses and other animals. This is the foundation for the real underground palace building! After saying that, I used the light beam in my hand to sweep towards the space opposite the pit.

There should be a passage opposite, Lu Lao San, take someone to determine the location of the passageway, Yanping, you three continue to guard the entrance, I will look for the memorial to remember, and the others will rest on the spot.

Hearing Mr. Tang's order, the two groups of people called quickly took action. Lu Laosan led the two people along the edge of the pit to explore the dark space opposite the pit.

Mr. Tang went around the other side of the pit. After walking two steps, Mr. Tang shouted again

There is also a lampstand here. Who has a lighter? I ignited it all. After Mr. Tang finished speaking, two more people ran out of the team and began to ignite the lampstand on the edge of the space one by one as Mr. Tang's instructions according to Mr. Tang's instructions.

Qiangzi and Luo Zhendong, I followed Mr. Tang's instructions to guard the entrance of the space.

After a while, the light came from behind us, and the three of us looked back and saw the actual situation in the space just in the eyes.

This space is quite large, even exceeding the size of the campsite in the tunnel above us

The walls around the space are much more refined than the passage outside. Like the main tomb in the underground palace, the walls are made of stone bricks. Therefore, there are also stone lampstands that extend from the walls that can be seen everywhere in the underground palace, but the lampstands here are obviously not carved, just stone pillars that extend out.

The entire space is distributed in a square shape with the central sacrificial pit as the center

The sacrificial pit covers a wide area, and roughly estimated to be the same size as two basketball courts

A huge bronze square tripod is placed on the protruding stone platform in the center of the big pit.

It is even more than twice as big as the Simurong Dao collected in the museum.

Two samurai statues stood on both sides of the giant tripod. The stone statues were extremely tall, and the leather-shaped armor on their bodies was carved in detail. Even the suture lines on the edges of the armor were vaguely visible. The warriors looked solemn and majestic. They each stood on both sides of the square tripod with their hands pressing a huge wide sword. They stood opposite each other on both sides of the square tripod with their hands facing each other.

Seeing the giant tripod and such a lifelike samurai carving, the people present couldn't help but whisper.

Luo Zhendong looked back and shook his head, saying a pity: This is a real treasure Ah, it would be a pity that it is too heavy. If we can get it out, we will be so popular and spicy for the rest of our lives...

I heard Luo Zhendong still thinking about getting things from here, and couldn't help but warn him: Zhendong, when is it still thinking about getting rich? It would be great that we can escape alive now! Those one-eyed monsters appeared, and it is very likely that you pried open the stone tablet in the underground palace! After learning from your mistakes, you should be wise. The things below are all filled with evil spirits, so it's best not to touch them!

Hearing me say this, Luo Zhendong laughed twice: Brother Ping, I heard that you and Qiangzi came down to take photos, not people on our way, so it's normal to say that we are used to seeing these antiquities, so we are damn moved! You are right, leaving is the first priority, I dare not touch the things here again

At this moment, Mr. Tang, who was located on the right side of the pit, shouted to him: The memorial is here, it seems to be a bronze inscription. Who among you can recognize it? Come here.

The tomb robbers who remained in place looked at each other, and finally someone stood up and shouted at Mr. Tang: I know some, but I can't recognize them all.

Mr. Tang immediately waved: It's okay, how much can you recognize? When he saw Mr. Tang summoning, the person who stood up rushed over like a trot

The opposite Lu Laosan also found the entrance to the passage opposite the big pit. Without further instructions from Mr. Tang, he was just guarding the entrance to guard the entrance.

Zhou Jingyi slipped to me at some point. She was obviously afraid of the bones scattered in the pit and asked me in a low voice.

Is there really all animal bones here? Are there no dead people? I know a little about ancient sacrificial priests. Considering her fear, I decided to explain to her a little bit about her heart.

Mr. Tang said it was a sacrificial pit, not a burial pit. If it was a sacrificial pit, there would not be a dead bone in it. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the use of living people was rare. Generally, the so-called three animals are used. The commonly used animals are horses, cows, and sheep. When the founding monarch of Qin, Qin Xianggong, established Qin, he used three horns, yellow cows, and sheeps. He used sacrifices to heaven to declare Qin a yellow cow, a marble state, and was easy to understand. Sheep seems to refer to red foals under two years old. Well, there are many sacrifices in this sacrificial pit. It seems that the sacrificial ritual held here is even more grand than the sacrificial rituals when the founding of Qin State.

Hearing my affirmative answer, Zhou Jingyi patted her chest and gasped and said: Then I feel relieved that I came over there just now. Those dead bones looked at me and wanted the bones in it to be dead. I really didn't dare to stay here for a moment.

Seeing Zhou Jingyi's appearance at this moment, I couldn't help but complain to her: When I told you not to follow me, you ran into the tunnel alone. At that time, weren't you very brave? Why are you afraid of becoming like this now?

Zhou Jingyi glared and pouted and immediately defended: I often came to play with the mine cave on Fenghuáng Mountain when I was a child. This time I came in just to walk a few more times. What's so scary about me now. Isn't you hurt me now? You were detained, and I didn't warn me when I came in, and I was detained like you! Aren't you blamed me?

You... When you heard Zhou Jingyi put all the blame on me, I didn't know how to refute it for a moment

In that situation at that time, who the hell did know who the person who came in was Ah?

Now, Zhou Jingyi has fully utilized the unique scoundrel spirit of women and identified me as the direct responsible person for her being detained.

My face couldn't help but shrink...

In the end, I still endured this tone and didn't know her.

Seeing that I was silent, Zhou Jingyi showed a proud expression and turned around from front of me and walked back to Lu Zhaohui.

Lu Zhaohui saw it and showed a condolence-like smile at me

Seeing this smile, I felt a strange feeling for a moment...

Mom? For some reason, Lu Zhaohui's smile at this moment made me unconsciously think of my mother

I have never seen my mother before, and I don't know what kind of smile my mother will look like in front of her children

But at this moment, the kindness that appeared in Lu Zhaohui's smile seemed to be the feeling of seeing his children playing tricks on each other.

This naturally made me feel nostalgic for my mother again without realizing it

After understanding the reason, I avoided Lu Zhaohui's smile in panic

When I was chatting with two women on the road, Lu Zhaohui once joked that she wanted to recognize Zhou Jingyi as her goddaughter. Although no one of the three people at that time really took this joke seriously, I was thinking of my mother through Lu Zhaohui.

If my mother wants to live, she should be about the same age as Aunt Lu? Well, no, my mother should be older than Aunt Lu, and she should be over fifty years old now... I am thinking about it here, and Mr. Tang and the tomb robber whom he called him seemed to have finished interpreting the inscription, and hurried back and met with everyone.

The expressions on the two people who came back were quite strange, which made people feel a look of gratitude, but also a bit solemn.

After meeting with everyone, Mr. Tang said slowly

Finally figured out who built this place! Someone hurriedly asked

Who is it? Mr. Tang answered solemnly

This underground palace, the mysterious building, and the two spiral passages above were built by Wu Zixu and Sun Wu! When I heard Mr. Tang say these two names, I couldn't believe my ears!

The rise of Wu and destroy Wu Zixu in Chu; the ancient soldier Sun Wuzi... These two people are so famous in Chinese history that they even surpass many emperors!

And the weird underground palace we are in is actually built by these two super awesome people, which almost made everyone present feel a serious lack of realism.

Although the words on the foundation record stele were not fully recognized, we basically understood that this underground palace was built by Wu Zixu and Sun Wu under the order of King Helu of Wu, in order to suppress evil spirits. After Mr. Tang realized that we had serious distrust of what he said before, he explained to us again what he learned from the stele.

Are you saying that the Xia Nan buried here is a monster? Although Lu Zhaohui trusted and relied on Mr. Tang, he still took the initiative to raise his own questions at this moment.

What exactly does evil mean? The inscription does not state it. However, from the perspective of where Xia Nan's epitaph exists in the main tomb chamber, there must be a reason why Wu Zixu and Sun Wu buried Xia Nan here, but all this has nothing to do with us. What I want to say is that according to the written records on the stone tablet, the location of the underground water intake we are looking for should be at the end of the next passage! While Mr. Tang spoke, he took the initiative to look at me.