The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

After coming out of the cold stone room, the six Xiao Lou and the six Gui Yuanzhang continued to walk deep into the maze.

In the hallway paved with stone slabs, the wind was blowing, and everyone had goose bumps from the cold.In the quiet corridor, only the sound of everyone's breathing and footsteps remained.

Lao Mo kept checking the direction with the compass, and their route was still heading east, but not directly east, but a slight deviation of about 10 degrees toward the east.

After walking a certain distance, Lao Mo stopped and looked around, and said, "How big is this ancient tomb? After we came out of the stone room, we have been walking for 10 minutes, and we still haven't found anything?"

Xiao Lou was also puzzled. He looked at the floor plan drawn by Lao Mo. Ever since they left the secret chamber of six paths of reincarnation, they had been walking in a straight line. After walking about 500 meters, they found the first sarcophagus, followed by another long straight line, and there was no any fork in the road.

He pressed the voice headset to ask about the situation on the other side: "Return to the seniors, did you find anything there?"

Gui Yuanzhang said: "No, a straight corridor, there are no murals on the surrounding walls, and there are no organs."

Xiao Lou asked again: "Where is the direction? It still hasn't changed?"

Gui Yuanzhang looked down at the compass in his hand, and said, "Yes, it's the same as before."

Xiao Lou said helplessly: "Go on, keep in touch."

Everyone walked forward for a few minutes, and finally found the magnificent murals on the wall again.

Yu Hanjiang held a luminous pearl to illuminate it, and Xiao Lou walked over to observe it carefully.

The content of the mural is still depicted from infancy to adulthood, but this time the mural does not contain a wedding scene. Judging from the clothing and hair, the protagonist of the mural seems to be a man.

Xiao Lou observed the murals more carefully this time because he found clues to the mother clan's totem in the murals just now.The man's black hair was tied in a bun on the top of his head, a simple and elegant wooden hairpin was inserted, and a jade pendant was worn on his waist, with the shape of a crescent moon painted on it.The last mural seems to be a scene of joining the army?The man wore the armor of an ancient soldier.

Xiao Lou was startled: "It's not a woman this time?"

It was previously speculated that the owner of the tomb married young girls from many tribes for sacrifice and buried them alive in the ancient tomb... Now that men appear in the murals, this speculation is wrong.

After reading the murals, a stone gate appeared in front of it.

On the stone gate is a simple Taiji diagram, as long as the pattern is restored, the mechanism can be opened.As Xiao Lou guessed, there was still a sarcophagus in the stone room, and the blood oozing from the cracks of the coffin had already solidified and turned black.

Will he fall into hallucinations again this time and another wraith will appear?

Everyone took a step back warily, staring at the sarcophagus warily.

However, 1 minute passed and nothing happened.

Xiao Lou said: "Open the museum and have a look."

Yu Hanjiang pulled out his saber and split open the lid of the sarcophagus.

Inside the coffin lies a white bone, wearing armor. Due to the age, the metal armor has long been oxidized and blackened. He holds a jade pendant in his hand, which is the same as the one in the mural. The jade pendant is engraved with a crescent-shaped mark.

Xiao Lou leaned over to look carefully at the condition of the bones, and speculated: "A grown man, he should be around 25 years old. He also had signs of a violent struggle before his death, and all the bones in his hands were broken."

Yu Hanjiang frowned and looked at the bones in the coffin: "The sarcophagus just now was a bride, but this time it seems to be a soldier?"

Xiao Lou couldn't figure it out for the time being, so he asked Gui Yuanzhang in a low voice: "Senior, what did you find?"

Gui Yuanzhang also entered the stone room. Chu Huaying opened the coffin neatly and found a white bone lying quietly inside. A necklace was hung on the neck of the bone. The pendant was a bit like a wolf's tooth, with strange totems drawn on it. .

Gui Yuanzhang said: "I found a corpse and a totem necklace, and the clothes should be coarse clothes."

Xiao Loudao: "Look at the pelvis of the corpse. Is the upper part peach-shaped or oval? The angle at the bottom of the pelvis is an acute angle of about 70 degrees, or an obtuse angle greater than 90 degrees?"

Chu Huaying was right next to the coffin, and when she heard this, she said, "Peach-shaped, the included angle is an acute angle."

Appears to be male again.

When the corpse is decomposed to the point where only bones remain, the most critical thing to identify male and female is the pelvis.The female pelvis is oval, and the included angle of the lower pubic symphysis is more than 100 degrees, which is convenient for childbearing.Men don't need to give birth, so the angle under the pelvis is sharp and sharp.

Xiao Lou told the other party this conclusion: "The newly discovered bones in the secret chambers on both sides are all men. Our side seems to be a soldier. Senior, your side should be a literati?"

Ye Qi said: "The mural we saw just now seems to be the scene of the top student in high school?"

Everyone looked at each other.

This underground ancient tomb is full of weirdness.

When the bodies of the two brides were first discovered, everyone thought that the owner of the ancient tomb deliberately married some young girls and buried them alive.Since the owner of the tomb is a general, he might be a lecherous person. Before he died, he dragged some women to accompany him to hell. Maybe he also has the idea of ​​"sit and enjoy the beauty" after death?

Now it seems that is not the case.

Two more male corpses were found in the tomb. Judging from the jade pendants and necklaces left on their bodies, they still belonged to different tribes. The only thing in common was that the people buried alive were all young.

So, what does this priestly ritual represent?

Xiao Lou couldn't come to a conclusion for the time being, and said, "Everyone, keep looking, we have to find all the sarcophagi."

After leaving the stone chamber, everyone walked a distance further.There was a corner in the corridor ahead, and the angle with this road was an obtuse angle of about 135 degrees.

Xiao Lou stopped at the corner and said, "Old Mo, check the direction."

Lao Mo picked up the compass and adjusted it carefully, and said: "The compass pointer, this direction... should be true north."

true north?

Suddenly changing direction, everyone couldn't help being more cautious.

Along the way, some murals appeared on the walls on both sides of the passage. This time, the protagonists of the murals are two children, and they are bouncing and playing. They look very lively and cute.

There is only one mural, and a stone door appears next to it.

Xiao Lou pushed the Shimen lightly, and it opened without using a mechanism.

There was still a sarcophagus in the room, so Yu Hanjiang split the lid of the coffin with a saber without Xiao Lou reminding him.

The picture inside the coffin made everyone's scalp tingle——

I saw two lovely children sitting in the coffin, they looked only about seven or eight years old, a boy and a girl.The girl was wearing a bright red dress, with two braids on her head; the boy was wearing a white dress, with his hair tied up on his head. The skin of the two children did not rot, and they looked like...alive!

In the coffin in the tomb, two vivid children suddenly appeared, and Lu Jiuchuan couldn't help taking a quick step back.

At the same time, Ye Qi's voice sounded in Xiao Lou's ears. He was obviously frightened too, and his voice trembled slightly: "Professor Xiao, there are two children in the coffin this time, a boy and a girl!"

The next moment, the boy and the girl suddenly opened their eyes, with two lines of blood and tears in their eyes.

The two children cried "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow"They stood up and stretched out their arms, as if asking Xiao Lou to hug them.

Yu Hanjiang drew out his saber warily, protecting Xiao Lou behind him.

Seeing the two children walking towards everyone step by step, Lu Jiuchuan couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling: "This secret room is just like shooting a ghost movie! Why is the child in the coffin still moving? Is it a hallucination again this time?"

Xiao Lou took a deep breath: "Close your eyes, don't look, don't listen."

Everyone immediately did so.After a while, the strange crying of the children in his ears disappeared. Xiao Lou opened his eyes and saw that the two children were still sitting quietly in the coffin without moving a bit.

He whispered, "This is the virgin boy and girl of the living sacrifice."

When Ye Qi heard this, he opened his eyes and looked at it, and said: "I have heard a saying that when many high-ranking officials in ancient times died, they would find some virgins and virgins to bury them alive. Going underground to serve them?"

Xiao Lou explained: "The ancients believed that even mortals have immortal energy in their bodies. Especially boys and girls, who have spiritual roots in their bodies, have stronger immortal fate and luck than ordinary people. Therefore, the ancients liked to use virgins and virgins. Bury yourself, and help yourself become immortal after death."

He looked at the two cute children in front of him, tightened his fists slightly, and said in a low voice: "After death, the body rots, and the immortal energy will leak out. In order to prevent the immortal energy in the bodies of boys and girls from leaking out, they When the children are still alive, they will forcibly inject a large amount of mercury into the children's bodies, so that their bodies will remain as they are, as if they are still alive."

"..." Lu Jiuchuan gasped, "That is to say, capture the living boys and girls and pour mercury into their bodies? How do you do this?"

"I have read some information, usually pouring mercury from the child's mouth, and dig a hole in the top of the head, back, soles of the feet, etc., slowly pouring mercury. After the mercury enters the body, these children will not immediately Death, but let the mercury flow all over the body, and slowly die in pain. Mercury has a strong antiseptic effect, so that the corpse will remain fresh for a long time." Xiao Lou's voice could not help trembling, so cruel It was also the first time he had seen the sacrificial burial system with his own eyes.

"Fuck!" Lu Jiuchuan couldn't help cursing, "These bastards are slowly torturing children to death, and they still want to become immortals? They should go to the [-]th floor of hell for doing such evil!"

"It seems that these two children also look like living people because of the mercury poured into their bodies." Yu Hanjiang has also been refreshed. Some burial systems in feudal society are really ignorant and cruel.

Xiao Lou's words were transmitted to the ears of Gui Yuanzhang and the others through the voice headset.

Qu Wanyue looked at the two children in the coffin, and clenched her fists tightly: "Is it true that the owner of the tomb is for the so-called immortality? So many people were buried alive for him?"

Gui Yuanzhang said: "There is also a saying that if you let living people die for you, you can not only help yourself become immortal, but also let these buried people serve you as servants and maidservants in another world."

He glanced at the cold sarcophagus, looked at the two children in the coffin, and said in a deep voice: "The living burial coffin we found so far has two young and beautiful brides, two strong young men, and two pairs of Boys and girls, according to this logic, after the death of the tomb owner, there are wives and concubines, servants, and boys and girls to help him cultivate immortality, which can be said to be very complete."

Everyone: "..."

Such a person still wants to become a fairy?Should go to hell to accept 18 kinds of torture, right?

Gui Yuanzhang leaned over and took two charms from the backs of the two children.

At the same time, Xiao Lou also discovered the spell on the child.

He bent down and took down the spell, and said: "According to legend, the boys and girls who are used for burial must not only keep their bodies indestructible, but also imprison their souls in the tomb, be loyal to the owner of the tomb, and never be reincarnated. This spell should be It is a way to suppress the souls of these children."

Everyone: "..."

Did the painful cries of the children just now come from their sealed souls?

Everyone doesn't know what to say.

Xiao Lou took off the talisman, wondering if it was a kind of relief for the children?