Bu Tian Gang

The cave is narrow, and it was dug out by tomb robbers. Of course, don't expect it to be spacious and comfortable. The Changshou sword on his back is stuck on the cave from time to time. Dongzhi had to take off the sword and hold it in his arms.

In order to avoid colliding with each other, everyone was separated by a distance of at least half a meter. When Dong Zhi heard the sound of his body sliding downhill in front, he knew that he should have reached the gentle slope area that Ye Cheng said. As expected, Basang quickly He slid down, and then his hands were empty, and his body slid down. He quickly adjusted the angle during the slide down to avoid landing his head on the ground.

The space on the gentle slope is very spacious, and it doesn't look like the tomb robbers dug it out. It is estimated that they have entered the structure of the tomb itself.

With a snap, he landed firmly, patted the dust on his hands, and found that the other people who landed first had turned on the flashlights in their hands, and began to look around the internal environment.

Behind him, the friends slid down one by one.

The tomb was not too spacious, and there was a stone tablet in the center, but no one could understand the writing on it.

"What is this?" Zhang Song couldn't help asking.

"Xi Xia Wen." It was Long Shen who answered him.

Xixia script was once considered to be one of the lost languages, and it was difficult for anyone to decipher it. However, under the persistent research of the archaeological community, more and more Xixia scripts have been deciphered, and even a dictionary of Xixia characters has been published. This script is no longer mysterious.

However, Winter Solstice and the others are not archaeologists. Faced with such a text, everyone is naturally still at a loss.

The stone tablet is densely packed with Xixia characters. Perhaps when this stone tablet was erected in the past, the characters were painted with gold powder, but over time, the gold powder has gradually faded and disappeared, and the characters have become dull.

"According to past traditions, this kind of stele generally records the life of the tomb owner, and warns outsiders to be careful." Song Zhicun, who finally came down, patted the dust on his body and said, "Judging from the confessions of those tomb robbers, the real danger lies in the tomb. The rear passage, they didn't encounter any danger here, some organs have been cracked by them, and all the things that should be moved have been emptied, but everyone should be careful, the Japanese came here before us, Maybe they will set some traps to prevent us from following up later."

Everyone didn't think much about it at first, but when he reminded them, they were shocked, and then they realized that Jiang was really old and hot, and they would not have thought of such details.

Led by Long Shen, everyone stepped on the stairs leading to the main tomb and continued to walk inward.

The main tomb consists of three side-by-side tombs, one big and two small, which is equivalent to a "living room" in the middle and "rooms" on both sides.

A coffin is placed in the middle of the "living room", and some stone servants, pottery figurines, wooden products and silk are piled up in the left and right rooms.

The pottery figurines were originally painted, but now they are open to the outside world, and the colors have faded. The silk has long been rotten, and the original color of the pattern cannot be seen.

Judging from the current situation, the lid of the coffin in the main tomb in the middle has been pried up, and a corner of the coffin has been removed. It should be the owner of the tomb here.

Song Zhicun said: "The tomb thieves took all the valuable gold, silver and jade from the ear chambers on both sides. They planned to pry open the coffin at that time, because according to their years of experience in tomb robbery, many valuables were buried in the coffin of the owner of the tomb, but The coffin lid was extremely heavy, ten of them tried their best together, but they couldn't lift the coffin lid, so they could only reluctantly give up."

But in front of him, the coffin was obviously passive.

Was it the Japanese who walked in front of them, or...?

Looking inside from the coffin lid that has been removed from a corner, it is dark, and the viewing angle is too small to see what is inside.

Zhang Song heard Song Zhicun say that ten people could not lift the coffin lid, but he didn't believe this evil, so he tried to push the coffin lid out.

The lid of the coffin looks wooden, but it doesn't move at all.

He couldn't help showing horror.

How much effort did it take for the person who was able to lift the lid of the coffin and push it away by a corner?

Liu Qingbo, Li Ying and others also came over to try one after another, and Basang, who was the strongest, finally moved the coffin lid away little by little with all their might.

"Step aside!"

Long Shen shouted suddenly, and the white glow shot out from his hand, accompanied by a muffled sound, as if something had been savagely thrown to the ground.

Everyone followed the prestige, but saw a small black figure standing up tremblingly in the corner, baring its teeth and claws at the crowd, and seemed to have some scruples not to rush forward rashly.

Li Ying threw a fire talisman over, and the black shadow screamed, turning into ashes together with the fire talisman.

Someone exclaimed: "What is that? A monster?!"

Song Zhicun walked over and picked up a piece of ashes to examine.

"No, this is puppet art, which is also a kind of Yin Yang art. Cut out a villain from paper, inject him with magic power, and manipulate him like a puppet at will."

He took the ashes closer and sniffed: "This kind of paper puppet should be covered with gold-winged moth powder. As long as it gets a little bit on, the other party can detect our whereabouts, and it is equivalent to chronic poisoning."

Late Banxia: "What is a gold-winged moth?"

Song Zhicun: "It is a moth found on a small island in the Pacific Ocean. It is only found on that small island in the world. It is said that it was discovered by the Japanese army in World War II. After it was introduced into China, the Japanese Onmyoji improved it and used it as A slow poison that controls the enemy's mind, it may be a bit like a drug, but it is much more powerful than a drug when it occurs."

At first, everyone didn’t talk about it, but there was inevitably some inclination in their hearts. They felt that Wuju’s brand was solid and solid, and after entering a group, they would not have to worry about funds and all kinds of talisman pills; although Longju was stricter, it didn’t seem very humane. , but he himself is strong, and his qualifications in the Special Administration Bureau are also very deep. It is said that there are many people who support him in the current bureau; only Song Bureau, who became a monk halfway, and the three groups are not well-known. They are nicknamed the miscellaneous group. Going to a high place, the water flows to a low place, everyone is going to the first group and the second group, and the third group is naturally neglected, but now hearing Song Zhicun's words, many people suddenly feel that their previous views on the third group are unavoidable. A little biased and superficial.

Being able to become the deputy director of the General Administration is naturally not an ordinary person. Even if you want to join, they don't need you yet.

"The paper puppets should have been left by the Japanese, everyone, be careful, there may be more..."

Before Song Zhicun finished speaking, several black figures jumped out of the coffin, but everyone was mentally prepared, those who drew swords drew swords, those who drew talismans drew talismans, and those little paper puppets were all chopped to pieces and wiped out.

When the talisman fire came into contact with the paper puppet, it ignited instantly, which was fine, but Liu Qingbo and Zhang Song cut off the paper with their swords. Scratch flying around.

Zhang Song reacted very quickly, he found out as soon as the sword edge was slashed up, but it was too late to take it back. In the tomb, golden moth powder was flying around, floating towards everyone.

Liu Qingbo actually wanted to draw the sword, but he realized the problem of the moth powder as soon as he took the sword out of its sheath, so he didn't make a move

A gust of wind suddenly blew up from behind everyone, rolling all the moth powder towards the wall of the tomb, and solved the crisis in time.

When everyone looked back, it turned out that Long Shen and Song Zhicun used some method to induce the wind.

Swept by Long Shen's cold expression, Zhang Song lowered his head.

Song Zhicun's face was not very good-looking: "What did I say before I came out? Be bold and careful! You are quite courageous, but not careful enough. If those moth powders got on your body just now, then we don't have to go anywhere, just go straight Go home, and you will be the only one eliminated in this practice test!"

Zhang Song was able to afford it and let it go, and he admitted his mistake quickly: "I'm very sorry, I didn't think so much when I drew the sword just now, and I almost hurt everyone, I must be more careful next time!"

Liu Qingbo was usually at odds with him, but now hearing him bow his head and admit his mistake, he felt extremely happy, but he didn't dare to put this gloating on his face.

More than half of the coffin lid was pushed open, revealing a mummy.

The corpse was well preserved, and the facial features and basic outlines were still there, but what he was wearing was not an ordinary robe, but a purple cassock, on which the sun, moon and stars were embroidered with gold and silver thread. A multicolored feather coat, wearing a golden lotus crown, holding a white jade Ruyi, even the gaps next to the head and shoulders are filled with agate pearls.

Fortunately, the gang of tomb robbers failed to open the coffin lid, otherwise the owner of the tomb would certainly not escape being looted.

The Japanese obviously didn't want to drink alcohol, so they only opened the lid of the coffin and placed paper puppets inside to plot against the newcomers, but they were not interested in the gold, silver and jewelry inside.

It can also be seen from this that what they are plotting must be much bigger than these extraneous things.

But the most peculiar thing is the identity of the owner of the tomb.

Including the Special Administration Bureau and the gang of tomb robbers, everyone thought that this would be the tomb of a Xixia nobleman. Who would have thought that the owner of the tomb was actually a Taoist priest.

And he was no ordinary Taoist priest.

Many people didn't know the mystery, so Li Ying explained to them: "Purple cassocks are usually only worn by Taoist priests of high merit in formal sacrificial ceremonies. This person is dressed so grandly, and his identity must be very special. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to wear it yet. Decipher the words on the stone tablet, otherwise you will definitely know his identity."

"I know who he is!" someone said suddenly.

It was Zhou Yue who spoke.

He was lying on the side of the coffin, trying his best to look at the small words on the rope inside the coffin.

The face of the owner of the tomb and his corpse was so close that he was almost close to a close contact, but he didn't realize it.

"Look here, Chinese characters are used, Xia Tong's Subtle Art True Immortal Liang Shichen! He is Liang Qiqi, it must be him!" Zhou Yue said excitedly.

Zhou Yue is inconspicuous in the team, and he doesn't talk much at ordinary times. He is relatively close to Xie Qingning and Ouyang Yin. Dongzhi only knows that he is from a Fengshui family.

Zhou Yue pointed to the inside of the coffin, and the mark on the head of the tomb owner said: "This is the sun, the moon and the stars."

He pointed to the coffin wall inside the tomb owner's left hand and said, "This is Jin He."

"On the right is a gourd. Both of them imply Taoist treasures, and during his lifetime, Liang Wei loved to boast that he was the reincarnation of a true immortal. He always held lotus flowers in his hands and hung jade gourds on his waist. This should indeed be his tomb!" Rare excitement appeared on his face, and he was no longer calm as usual.

"Who is Liang Weiwei?" Song Zhicun asked suspiciously.

"Look at my head!" Zhou Yue patted his forehead lightly, and explained, "Liang Chen, for a period of time, is said to have worshiped under Chen Tuan's sect. Later, when Chen Tuan saw that his mind was not right, he expelled him from the sect. Then I turned my head to learn the art of geomancy from others. At that time, my ancestors of the Zhou family happened to be in the same family as him, so I heard about this person from my ancestors. Liang Qiwei later left the Song Dynasty and went to Xixia. He claimed to be the same clan of the Queen Mother Liang, and soon got He was reused, and was even regarded as a national teacher for a time, and was bestowed the title of True Immortal. After the Queen Mother Liang fell from power, his whereabouts were also unknown, and I didn't expect that he was buried here!"

In history, Empress Dowager Liang is not as thunderous as Wu Zetian and Empress Dowager Cixi, but she has been in charge of Xixia for more than ten years and launched several wars against the Song Dynasty. In the battle of Yongle City alone, it is said that more than 20 Song people were killed. It was shocking, but this woman was not well evaluated in history because of her militarism.

Song Zhicun raised his head to observe the surrounding environment, frowned and said, "That's not right, you said that he lived with your ancestors, but looking at this tomb, it looks neat and unremarkable. Although it's not a unique and ominous place, it's not a place of geomantic omen either. Not to mention Feng Shui, there are almost no institutions, except for the coffin, nothing else can match what he has learned in his life."

Zhou Yue smiled wryly: "I don't know about that. In my family notes, there is indeed such a person, but why did he suddenly get the appreciation of the Queen Mother Liang, and why did he disappear after the Queen Mother Liang died? There is no record. It may be that he was neglected by the Queen Mother of Liang, or it may be that after the death of the Queen Mother, he fell out of favor in front of the new emperor!"

Xixia has been wiped out, and there are not many records in the history books, but looking at the history of Xixia, the Empress Dowager Liang is a very contradictory figure. She is obviously of Han origin, but in order to win over the old party Xiang Xun, she wantonly abandoned Han customs and restored the old party customs. He even waged wars against the Song Dynasty many times. It is a bit strange that such a person who does anything for power will reuse Taoist priests and give him titles and titles, and he is not afraid of being tongue-tied.

Moreover, the tombs of the Xixia kings had already been robbed and excavated in the Yuan Dynasty, and a large area of ​​the tombs were destroyed. Since the Ming Dynasty, countless tomb robbers have visited, but this small tomb has remained. a miracle.

"Just find someone to decipher the stele after you go out, don't stay here for too long." Long Shen reminded.

The purpose of the crowd was not property. They did not touch any of the jewels in the coffin that would make grave robbers covetous.

The channel for the confessions of the tomb robbers is located in the small tomb to the north of the main tomb.

There are no coffins in the tomb, only a lot of humanoid terracotta figurines, both male and female. Although these terracotta figurines were encountered by tomb robbers in a panic, it can still be seen that they are neatly arranged in rows, facing the stone gate on the wall, It seems to be bowing to Shimen, making people feel as if some important person will appear behind the door.

The Shimen is half-hidden, and it can be pushed open with a little force. It is dark inside, and the flashlight shines through it, and it is impossible to see how deep it is.

Long Shen suddenly squatted down and looked at the ground between the door and the tomb.

Song Zhicun looked over and gasped.

He also discovered that the tomb was made of stone slabs, and behind the door was rammed earth. There was a thin line between the two, which could not be distinguished without looking carefully.

And this boundary line is actually composed of countless talisman characters as thin as mosquitoes and flies.

Long Shen and Song Zhicun were neither good at talismans, so they asked Li Ying and Zhang Song to come over and take a look.

Li Ying lay down on the ground to identify it for a long time, and said, "This should be a talisman for suppressing evil and exorcising demons."

Zhang Song also held the same opinion.

In other words, this line is actually to prevent things from coming over there, and Liang Qiwei is buried here, maybe it is to suppress some kind of evil thing.

But there are still many strange things, Song Zhicun said: "How about this, I will go in first, and the dragon bureau will be behind, and you will follow in the middle. Everyone, be careful and remember to mark along the way to avoid getting lost."

Long Shen said, "Let me go ahead."

He didn't wait for Song Zhicun to speak, and walked in first.

This man doesn't talk much, but always takes action.

Seeing the winter solstice, my heart tightened, and I followed behind without hesitation

After him, Liu Qingbo, Li Ying and others entered the room one after another.

The ground under their feet was a bit damp, and it was soft to step on. Long Shen's pace was not fast, and everyone was able to pay attention to the surrounding environment while walking.

"This passage seems to be made artificially." Someone said.

But the others also noticed that the top of the head was very spacious, unlike the tomb robber's hastily dug a hole. Liu Qingbo used his sword to scrape a little soil from the soil layer of the wall, and took it under his nose to smell it.

"A bit fishy."

Li Ying, who was walking behind him, also heard it and said, "It smells a bit rancid, and the soil is also wet and soft. It should be like what the tomb robbers said, there is a river nearby, so there is water vapor."

Everything here is full of unknowns and unpredictability. At first, everyone was a little enthusiastic to discuss. After walking for a long time, they naturally fell silent. Except for the slight sound of footsteps and the sound of everyone's breathing, there was almost no noise at all.

But the road became wider and wider. At the beginning, it was a corridor that only allowed one person to pass through. After they walked for nearly an hour, this passage is now enough to accommodate three adults in parallel.

The doubts in everyone's minds are getting bigger and bigger.

The passage was deep and long, and at the time, without mechanical assistance, it was not a small project.

Is the builder the Empress Dowager Liang, Liang Weiwei, or someone else?

Even if Liang Wei was favored again, how could he, a middle-earth Taoist priest, preside over the construction of such a waste of money and people when the whole country was a party aristocrat at that time?

If it wasn't for Liang, what was the original intention of the builders?

According to the time calculation, the tomb robbers walked for more than an hour and encountered danger. Everyone's footsteps were faster than the tomb robbers, and they should almost reach the dangerous place in their mouths now.

Everyone raised their hearts unconsciously, but the psychological quality of practitioners was different from ordinary people after all, and no one slowed down because of doubts in their hearts.

At this moment, Long Shen suddenly stopped.

Dong Zhi, who was walking behind him, was taken aback and hurriedly stopped.

Liu Qingbo braked quickly, and said angrily, "What are you doing!"

He asked about the winter solstice, but it was Long Shen who answered him.

"Be careful about the front and the left."

Not far in front of Longshen, there were bodies leaning against the earth walls on both sides.

They are naturally dead, and I don't know how many years they have been dead, but the corpses are not completely decomposed. Some arms are bone-streaked, but there are still remnants of flesh on the shoulders above the arms, which are blue and white and blue.The most frightening thing is that the facial features are still there, but the eyeballs protrude due to the dehydration of the facial features, and they cannot be removed, which is extremely weird.

These corpses have different postures, some are leaning against the wall with their chins raised, as if they were still looking up before they died, some squatted down and held their heads in their hands, some were half-embedded in the earth wall, and some were almost dead. The whole body is already inside the earth wall, only one hand sticks out.

Rao is the winter solstice, they are no longer fledglings, and they still get goose bumps all over their bodies.

With a click, Gu Meiren lit a piece of dark wood, and the slightly pungent but fragrant smell of grass and trees quickly penetrated into everyone's nostrils.

"This is a kind of wood in our place. It can get rid of miasma and strengthen the body. I'm afraid that places with many corpses will have more bacteria."

After all, these corpses have been dead for many years, the clothes and hair on their bodies have long been rotten, and the dynasty and region cannot be seen.

Everyone followed Long Shen and passed through the middle, feeling a strange feeling lingering in their hearts, as if they were surrounded by these corpses.

Liu Qingbo felt sick for a while, he suddenly understood why the dirt on his sword just now smelled stinky, because it was the smell of corpses, flesh and dirt mixed together, and even the dirt could not be spared for a long time.

Late Banxia walked in the middle of the team.

She suddenly felt that the corpse she was passing seemed to move her fingers, and then looked back suddenly, but it was more like an illusion.

"What's wrong?" Xiang Yongnian, who was walking behind her, noticed her strangeness.

"It's nothing, maybe I'm dazzled."

Even so, she secretly raised her guard.

Suddenly, someone screamed in front of him.

The sound is extremely tragic and shrill, and it spreads quickly in a limited space, and the effect is doubled, which can be called a sound.

"You wait here."

Long Shen left a word and walked forward first.

Dong Zhi wanted to follow, but because of his words, he had to stay where he was.

Little did they know that at this moment, something happened in their team!

"what!!!"

Behind the winter solstice, someone suddenly shouted.

He turned quickly.

Liu Qingbo and Li Ying reacted faster, they had already run to the back.

Ouyang Yin, the person who is good at divination, his body is sinking a little bit, and the ground that was originally compacted seems to be turned into tofu for him. Seeing this scene with their own eyes, everyone quickly stretched out their hands to grab him.

"Just now a hand grabbed my foot and dragged me down, and it's still dragging me!" Ouyang Yin's face was pale, and his two arms were tightly grasped by everyone, but the force holding him was too great , his body remained motionless, and his face became paler and paler, but it was not because of fear, but because of the growing pain. "I, my legs..."