Treasure Hunt Memo

Chapter 20 Eighteen Choices
I was the first to fall to the bottom of the well. As soon as I got down, I looked before lighting up and saw a pale human face.

I screamed out in fright, and took several steps back.

After I calmed down, I took a closer look and found that the one standing in front of me was a stone statue, which was as big as a real person. The whole body was made of white stone, but the lips were painted red. creepy.

Afterwards, Xinran, Qi Lao and Su Heluo all went down to the bottom of the well one after another.

We scanned the surroundings and found that the position we were in was like a very wide corridor. The wall at the end could be seen at a glance on the right side, and another tomb room was on the left side.There are many such stone statues on both sides of the road. Most of them are dressed in strange clothes, some even wear animal skins, which are far different from the style of ancient Hanfu in my impression.

"Master, the clothes of these stone men should not be the costumes of the Central Plains. It is rumored that most of the people in Yan Kingdom are Hu people, it seems that it is not a rumor." With my support, Su Heluo looked at the stone men on both sides of the corridor while walking, and said. .

After hearing this, Elder Qi shook his head and said, "I'm afraid these are not from the Yan Kingdom."

Surprised, Su Heluo stopped, looked back at Elder Qi, then looked at the stone men, and murmured: "Isn't it Yan people? How could it be...but those outside are Yan Kingdom..."

Old Qi's words also confused me, all the signs outside are clearly related to the Yan Kingdom, so how could these stone figures in the tomb not be from the Yan Kingdom?
Elder Qi didn't answer, just walked behind so quietly.

The end of the corridor is connected to another burial chamber. When we light up and check it, the space inside looks very large.

This is a very empty tomb, but there are six door openings on the wall facing us, and there seems to be a passage behind each door opening.Except for that wall, the left and right walls are carved with exquisite patterns, as if they are telling some stories.

Xin Ran pointed to one of the walls and said, "Look here, how strange! An eagle held the sun in its mouth and lit the fire below."

The wall she pointed to was a grand picture.At the top, as she said, there are many people around the fire below, singing and dancing.

"Look, there seems to be something forging and smelting underground here. Hey, look at this thing, does it look like the bronze whistle that was hung on the cave wall before." I noticed the other side of the fire and called.

"Really! It seems that the wonders I saw outside were also made by these people!" Xin Ran stroked the bronze whistle on the stone carving, and said in surprise, "And you see, the bronze whistle was transported up from the ground, and this transportation method Very unique!"

According to the stone carving, there is an extremely deep shaft underground, and many people are shaking a thing like a lifting device above, and transported the bronze whistle up.

Standing on the other side of the fire, Su Heluo leaned on a trekking pole and said, "This is a woman leading people to burn pottery."

The content depicted on this wall is probably related to fire. Thinking of this, I came to another wall and took a look.Sure enough, the content here revolves around water. "There is fire over there, and water here! The eagle here is catching a horned dragon, and the dragon's head spits out water to make rain and irrigate the farmland. It seems that the contents of the two sides are relative."

Xin Ran came here, pointed to the farmland and said, "What are the dragons doing underground? Is this a race?"

I followed where she pointed, and the postures of the underground dragons really looked like they were running a race. to the farmland.

I smiled and said, "I guess these horned dragons might have been caught as coolies and opened up a few underground waterways to nourish the farmland."

"It makes sense!" Xin Ran turned her head to look at the other wall, and after thinking for a while, she opened her mouth again: "But have you noticed? The content on these two sides is closely related to the eagle, and there is also an eagle on the stone gate when we came here." , it seems that in the eyes of these people, the status of the eagle is like a god. Grandpa, are you right?"

My focus is on water and fire. I only realized it after I readily mentioned the eagle. Thinking about it, it is true. The top of these two stone carvings: one is the eagle holding the sun in its mouth, and the other is the eagle holding the horned dragon. , all demonstrate the supreme strength and status of the eagle.

"Grandpa?" Xin Ran turned around suddenly, looked around, and shouted anxiously, "Where is Grandpa?"

After Xin Ran said it, we discovered that there was no sign of Mr. Qi in the tomb at all... Just now we have been observing and discussing the stone carvings, and we didn't pay attention to where Mr. Qi went.

But I remember that Qi Lao Mingming followed us into this tomb.I patted Xinran and comforted me: "Don't worry, he came here with us."

"Grandpa!" Xin Ran yelled loudly.

At this time, behind the wall with six openings in front, Mr. Qi's deep voice came: "I am here."

Before we came to the six door openings, we lit up and looked inward, and found that the passage didn't seem to be long.

"Which door should we go?" I asked aloud.

Elder Qi replied inside: "It's all the same."

Xinran, Su Heluo and I chose one each.I walked to the end of the passage I chose, and Xinran also walked out from another passage. Su Heluo had a leg injury and came to this tomb a little later than us.

I glanced at it, and couldn't help cursing: "Crazy! Is this craftsman idle? He repaired the door like this!"

In the tomb in front of me, there are six door openings on each of the four walls. Looking around the entire room, there is nothing but 24 doors.I don't know what inspired the original design, but I would like to call it the originator of anti-human design.Things that can be solved by one door, but six doors must be created, could it be that this is the legendary... six doors?

Elder Qi stood in the middle of the tomb, with an ugly expression on his face. He pointed to the wall where he came, and said with a sigh: "It's not that simple. I just saw it. Except for these six, the passages of the other door openings are very long. It doesn't necessarily lead to the same place."

After hearing Elder Qi's words, our faces all became ugly.

I kind of want to take back what I said earlier.If these passages are connected to different tombs, wouldn't it mean that we will have eighteen choices in the future, and all of them will face unknown things and risks.For now it looks like a long-term plan.

I randomly looked at a few door openings, and found that the passages inside were not straight, and I could only see a bent corner when I looked at it. I didn't know how long it was.

"You said, what should we do next? Do we want to try one by one?" I asked Qi Lao helplessly.

Qi Lao analyzed: "There are always rules and laws in everything. The number of six is ​​the most mysterious. It can not only coincide with the eight trigrams and six lines, but also imply the three forms and six characters. But now it appears alone, and it is impossible to decipher it. "

"The stone carvings in the tomb just now are exquisite and grand, with a lot of information. Could the clues to deciphering be hidden in the stone carvings?" I asked on a whim.

Elder Qi shook his head, and said: "Those fairy tales are amused, what clues can there be?" He paused, and then said: "However, it can be regarded as telling us whose territory we entered this time. Taking the sky fire to smelt bronze, attracting horned dragons to open waterways, isn't it the Shuangjiu family in Shaohao's time."

"Shuangjiu clan?" Su Heluo was shocked when he heard that, and exclaimed: "Yes! Why didn't I think of that. The totem is an eagle, and Linzi was indeed their territory in history. I remember that there was an article in "Zuo Zhuan" , Yan Zi and Duke Qi had a drink together, talking about life and death, he once mentioned: Xi Shuangjiu family first lived here. But if this is the case, what happened to those things from the Yan Kingdom? Strange..."

Elder Qi nodded and said: "Right now we can only choose one way to go, and make a test. He Luo, your legs are not convenient, so just stay here. Xinran, Huang Li, you two come with me."

We agreed, and followed Mr. Qi into a door on the left.

(End of this chapter)