Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 25 Snake Eyebrow Copper Fish
025 Chapter 25 Snake-browed Bronze Fish

The little brother led me up from the other side of the crack. He slowly put me on the ground from his back, put his arm around me, and looked at me worriedly.I waved my hand in a daze to recall the incense plate. The little brother watched the thing fly back to me. At the last moment of consciousness, I took out a small bottle from another pocket with my right hand and gave it to him. As soon as the little brother took it, I couldn't hold it anymore and fell into his arms.

The little brother found the medicine bag from my bag and simply bandaged it for me. At this time, a red figure appeared in the distance. It was a tall and well-proportioned man. In this environment, he was actually wearing a red suit. The suit was very eye-catching, and it felt like the man was walking in the direction of him and Xiaoxun.

After the man came a little closer, the younger brother realized that he knew this man. This man was Xue Feng, the steward of Qilin Pavilion.It seems that he is here to pick up the girl.

Xuefeng kept looking at Xiaoxun, his eyes were slightly worried, but also seemed to be a little angry.

Xue Feng walked very smoothly, but very quickly. After a while, he came to us. He anxiously asked the little brother: "How is she?"

The little brother said: "I lost too much blood and fell into a coma."

Xue Feng walked straight to the younger brother and Xiao Xun, squatted down, stretched out his right hand, and opened it above Xiao Xun's head. An orange-red flame-like shimmer emitted from the palm of his hand. The younger brother looked at Xiao Xun. , I saw light spots of the same color flashing on Xiaoxun's chest, as if echoing the light in the hand.

After a while, Xiaoxun seemed to have a reaction, his breathing became more even, and his face was not as pale as before.

The two of them observed me for a while, and their body temperature gradually returned to normal. They were relieved to see that I was fine. Xuefeng said to the younger brother: "Mr. Zhang, thank you for taking care of Xiaoxun these past few days. I'm very grateful." Thank you. I will take her back to recuperate and see you another day."

The younger brother also nodded to him: "Yes."

The little brother watched Xiaoxun and the others leaving in the direction until no one could be seen. He lowered his head and looked at the small bottle I gave him in his hand. Inside was two dark red pills and a small strip. He remembered resting in front of the jade bed just now. At that time, I saw what I was writing in a daze, and it should be this. It said "Remember to take medicine, see you next time~" There was a sign drawn behind it. It was a very familiar sign. He was holding an ancient black gold sword in one hand and tightly holding it in the other. Holding the vial tightly, he turned and left.

At this time, Wu Xie and the others had not rested all night in order to get out of the forest. They were highly nervous and their physical strength had reached the limit.After walking for most of the day, they finally walked out of the woods, climbed over the rocky slope, and saw the small village.

When he returned to the village, he first sent Pan Zi to the village health center. Later, Wu Xie fell asleep due to exhaustion. I don’t know how long it took, but something seemed to have happened outside. When he was about to ask his third uncle, he found him beside him. He dozed off on the stool he was sitting on, and he slept more deeply than himself.Wu Xie ran outside the health center and saw villagers pulling carts and mules hurriedly toward the mountains. A child ran and shouted: "It's not good, there's a wildfire on the mountain!"

At first glance, it turned out that it was the fire the three of them had set, and they hurried to help. Fortunately, it was just a small mountain fire, and it was eventually extinguished, with only a few people suffering minor injuries.

Pan Zi was sent to the big hospital together with the wounded. Uncle Wu Xie and Fatty returned to the guest house, freshened up, and fell asleep. Not to mention how soundly they slept.

After a few days, everyone went back to their homes.The fat man left his phone number for future contact, and gave the gold silk book he got back to his third uncle for disposal.

Several days later, Wu Xie called the hospital to ask about Pan Zi's condition, but he still didn't wake up.The third uncle was looking for someone to be firm. He found out that the gold silk book was a fake and was very angry.

The third uncle said to Wu Xie: "I have long been suspicious of that little brother. He could obviously defeat the blood corpse, but at first he ran away blindly and only in the end got rid of the blood corpse. He must have wanted to get rid of us. Go do something by yourself.”

Wu Xie also had doubts and said: "Did he already go to the cave and open King Lu Shang's coffin when he was separated from us? Put this fake gold-inlaid silk in it? But the tree hole was covered with iron If the chain is torn apart, as long as it has been opened by someone, you will definitely be able to see the traces. And the coffin cannot be opened by one person. He also has Xiaoxun with him. Even with Xiaoxun's help, he can't open it. "

The third uncle said: "Have you ever seen the back of the coffin? That guy is a master of inversion. He didn't need Xiaoxun's help at all. He dug a hole behind the tree by himself and directly removed the gold inlay from the back of the coffin. It is not impossible to exchange silk and silk bags. You have also seen along the way that Xiaoxun girl and that young man are very close. It is hard to say whether they are the same person." After saying that, he sighed: "I have been pitiful for more than ten years. Even with his experience in the martial arts world, I couldn’t tell that this person is unfathomable. I originally thought he was just a descendant of General Faqiu Zhonglang, but from the looks of it, his origins are probably much more than that simple.”

Wu Xie was very confused and asked: "Are all the things recorded above false?" The third uncle nodded: "These stories like the Book of Mountains and Seas don't sound very credible in the first place, but at that time we were told by the ancient I was so impressed by the mysterious atmosphere of the tomb that I actually believed it. Now that I think about it, there are too many flaws. Think about it. With your level, why can you only understand the two most important paragraphs? You can't understand the other ones, which means that these two paragraphs are difficult to understand. He made a special effort."

The third uncle sighed greatly: "It seems that only he knows the secret of Prince Lu's palace. Now that the tomb has collapsed, it is impossible to go in to see it again."

At this time, Wu Xie suddenly remembered that he had put the purple gold box in his bag at that time, hoping that he was still there, so he rummaged through it.He twisted the top cover of the box and the four corners at the bottom of the box unfolded, revealing a turntable.There were eight holes in it, each with a number, like an old-fashioned telephone dial.

The third uncle looked at it and said: "This kind of box is the oldest cryptex box. You have to know the password to open it."

Wu Xie said: "This is the key I found from the mouth of the female corpse. Look, this key can fit into the keyhole."

The third uncle took the key, looked at it, and exclaimed: "This key is not used to open the box, it is used to lock the box. The maze box can only be opened with a password, but there is no way to lock it with a password. Wait until you put this in The box is opened, and if you want to lock it again, you need this key.”

Wu Xie was in a trance when playing with it. His third uncle said hello to him and went back to the house.He thought for a long time, eight digits... the numbers on the coffin were not even eight digits. He suddenly thought of a series of numbers on the steel stamp of the American belt. Although he thought it was unlikely, he still curiously tried "02200059".

Wu Xie was stunned when there was a "click" sound. The box made a "creak" sound similar to that of a clockwork. The lid of the box automatically turned up and slowly opened. He saw that Bai Juan was cushioned inside, and there was a piece of paper in the middle. It holds a thumb-sized, finely crafted gold-plated bronze fish.Each scale of this copper fish is polished to be sharp and angular. On each of the fish's eyebrows, there is a sea snake coiled, which is lifelike and lifelike.

Wu Xie thought about the use of this thing for a long time, but had no clue, so he decided to take it and ask his third uncle for advice.

He took the copper fish and knocked on the door of his third uncle's room. Seeing that he was sneaking around, his third uncle let him in with a puzzled look on his face.Wu Xie told him how he happened to open the maze box, and then took out the Snake Eyebrow Bronze Fish to show him.

The third uncle said to him: "No more than a hundred people in China know about this thing, and only about a dozen have actually seen it. If you ask me, you are asking the right person. Although this fish is a rare treasure, it is The fish is not valuable, but it has high archaeological value. This fish is very similar to the cultural relics unearthed during an archaeological expedition 20 years ago. There may be some connection. If it were handed over to the archaeological team at that time, it would be almost priceless, but If you want to make a fortune from it, you might as well give up."

Wu Xie noticed the change in his third uncle's expression and felt that there might be some hidden secret behind it, so he asked what happened back then and said: "This thing was brought out from the Lu Palace. Could it be that what happened back then has something to do with the Lu Palace? "

The third uncle shook his head and refused to say: "I don't want to mention what happened for so many years. Anyway, I can tell you responsibly that the appearance of this fish in King Lu's palace should be just a coincidence and has nothing to do with King Lu Shang. At that time, The information has been destroyed by a fire."

But Wu Xie's curiosity was something that the third uncle had no idea about, and he was tricked and teased, so in the end he had no choice but to reveal a little bit to him.The third uncle mentioned that in 84, an archaeological team discovered the Xisha Undersea Tomb. At that time, they found a four-cornered lion head copper box in the corner of the tomb passage. After opening it, there was such a snake-browed copper fish inside.Based on the word "Neifu" written on the silk cloth wrapping the copper fish, we can infer that the tomb is from the Ming Dynasty.There was also a piece of rice paper, folded into squares, but when it was taken out, it turned into a ball of powder due to a mistake in the operation, which was regrettable.

The third uncle was the second group of experts at the time, responsible for studying the method of entering the ancient tomb. After more than a month of repeated deliberation and research, they still could not come up with a practical method. In addition, the international situation became tense, and the archaeological team was forced to evacuate. , the ancient tomb was re-covered, all research materials and location data were handed over to the government, and this matter disappeared from history.

Later, the third uncle learned that several experts at that time secretly left some information and did some research in private, but the results are unknown.

The third uncle said to Wu Xie: "This copper fish of yours was seen by more than [-] experts at that time, but they didn't know what it was used for. Later, after it was transferred to the central government, I heard that some clues were obtained through research, but they didn't take it. As for the briefing at that time, I don’t know if some of the information was withheld or was spread falsely. The matter just passed without anyone asking about it. Later, the information was sent to the National Archives and I heard that it was locked in the basement. I I planned to get through some connections and go in to have a look, but I didn’t expect that a fire a few years ago burned down everything. If you want to know the strangeness, I’m afraid it’s not that easy now.”

Wu Xie asked: "Uncle Third, you just gave up on such a weird tomb? With your temper, even if you obviously can't go, I think you can't help it in private. I think you must know something else." , please stop lying, I promise not to tell anyone about it even if I am beheaded."

The third uncle smiled meaningfully, and said firmly: "No, I won't talk about the next thing even if I take it to the grave."

(End of this chapter)