Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 332 The Strange Ancient Building
332 Chapter 332 Strange Ancient Building
Wu Xie kept diving down, and he gradually approached the edge of the ancient village. The dim light of the lone lamp deep in the ancient village was blocked by the ancient building, and soon disappeared from his sight.

Without the weird solitary lamp that attracted him, he gradually lost his fear and calmed down. He thought to himself that it was lucky that the ghost lamp didn't come close to him, otherwise he would have been driven crazy by that thing.

He saw that there were many dead trees on the slope of the stone beach near the edge of the ancient village. Some were still standing, and some had collapsed and lay across the bottom of the lake. All this showed that before the ancient village was submerged, the surrounding area was There are many trees, and this is a place with good feng shui.

Within a moment of diving, Wu Xie arrived at the top of the ancient village. The top of the nearest stilt wooden building was only about two or three meters away from him.

He turned back and looked up, thinking that he was diving from the slope down, so he should be at a water depth of more than 70 meters now. He thought to himself, no wonder he was not used to the water pressure here.

Aning Ling followed him and dived to this location. She looked at the ancient village at her feet. However, the view from this location was very poor. She could only see the dense building covers in front of her eyes and could not see the whole picture of the village at all. However, the view in the village was very poor. The cyan light was vaguely visible, and it was not far away.

Wu Xie looked at the scene in front of him and sighed in his heart, now this is really like "I don't know the true face of Mount Lu, just because I am in this mountain."

He looked at a place on the edge of the village at his feet, where there were many stone monuments that looked like tombstones, and he ducked down slightly to shine a light on them.

I saw that the stone tablets were covered with rust, and the stones were full of holes when soaked in water. Wu Xie immediately saw that these stone tablets should be composed of limestone, but in this case, the words on them would be completely unreadable. I don't know, and I can't help but feel a little disappointed, because if I could see the words on these stone tablets, I might be able to know what happened in this ancient village. What a pity.

But one thing he is sure of is that these should be the traditional stone tablets of the ancient Yao. When the Yao people encounter some matters that need to be discussed collectively, they will hold a "stone tablet meeting". After the meeting, a stone tablet will be erected in the village, saying It is the law of stone tablets.This is like the code of the Yao people. Everyone, including the Yao king, must abide by it. The Yao people call this kind of stone tablet "A Chang".

This kind of law is very sacred. The Yao people believe that "the stone tablet is as big as the sky." Many ancient conflicts between Han and Yao were caused by the Han people's desire to shake the law of the stone tablet.Each stone tablet has a manager, called the head of the stone tablet, who has great power.

There are many stone tablets here. If it is a stone tablet law, it must record many very important things. Moreover, many stone tablet laws involve obscure ancient secrets of Yao Village, so most of them use wordless tablets, and it all depends on the consciousness of the parties involved to maintain the above regulations. .

He crossed the group of stone monuments and came to hover above the village again. This time he was so close that the dilapidated stilt wooden buildings and the paths between the wooden buildings at the bottom of the lake became extremely clear.

At this moment, the cyan light was revealed again, and the dim halo was just ahead. Wu Xie's scalp began to explode again, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and a sense of panic filled all his senses.

But he suddenly had some doubts. He felt that this kind of panic was very strange. It seemed to come from the fear in his most primitive and deepest memory, but he couldn't describe this feeling in words, let alone get rid of it. He didn't know that he What are you afraid of...

He had a bird's-eye view of this thousand-year-old village. Beneath him were the dilapidated and decaying wooden buildings that were easily accessible, just like strolling in the air floating on the ancient road. He imagined what it looked like a thousand years ago, and his mood was a little complicated.

As he looked at it, he realized that the entire village was very similar to Banai. Even the size seemed to be about the same. He thought to himself, could this be an illusion?Or a coincidence?

He didn't think much about it, and continued to look at these tall wooden buildings. The buildings were all built very densely. There were some bluestone paths and stone steps interspersed between the two to three-story wooden buildings. With.These rotten wooden buildings are falling to one side and look like they will collapse at any time. Some roofs have collapsed on the wall of another building on one side, forming a "door" look.

He floated and swam above these doors, watching the bubbles he exhaled rising up, thinking that if he sneaked into the village, as long as there was a slight accident, the surrounding wooden buildings might collapse, and if he couldn't escape, he would be trapped. Buried alive inside, his heart clenched involuntarily, because he knew that being buried alive under the water meant that there was no chance of rescue.

He passed by the rooftops of several dilapidated stilted buildings. The light was getting closer and closer, and Wu Xie's heartbeat felt more and more suffocating.

He looked at the angle between the light and the stilt buildings, and judged that the light came from one of the ancient buildings, probably reflecting the window.Just as he was about to grit his teeth and dive in, it suddenly darkened and the light disappeared.

This time he was so startled that he almost fainted and his breathing tube came out of his mouth.

He also startled An Ningling. She almost wanted to support him, but when she thought about it, she couldn't interfere too much, and she suddenly supported him and he couldn't see her, so that would probably scare him to death. No matter how much I thought about it, it felt inappropriate, so I took back the hand I had extended.

Although Wu Xie was frightened, at that moment, he saw where the light was. It looked like a very huge compound high-stilt tower. It was composed of several high-stilt buildings. It was probably a large Yao family. The towers are usually formed by the gathering of the wealthiest families in the village.However, that moment was too fast, and I didn't have time to see which window of the tower the light came from.

He sank slowly, and when the search light shined down on him, he was stunned and thought to himself, Oh my god, what kind of building is this?The outer edge of the tower turned out to be a stone structure, and the cornices on the tiled roof turned out to be Hui-style. This was not a tower of the Yao people, but a Han Chinese building. He was stunned for a moment, thinking, how could this be possible.

After a while, Zhang Qiling saw that the girl was still breathing heavily, and wisps of green smoke began to rise from the top of her head. The smoke was floating.

Looking at her red little face, the expression was slightly painful. Touching her body felt a little hot, and the girl felt like she was about to be burned. She was really worried and cried softly: "Girl... girl... "I opened my eyes and looked at him, and he asked: "How do you feel?"

I slowly said to him: "It's so hot and my body hurts so much."

Zhang Qiling saw that the fusion of light around the glass bead on the girl's chest was gradually getting smaller, and felt that it was beginning to finish, so he comforted her: "It's okay, come on, lie down." After that, he supported the girl and let her He lay down with his pillow on his body and said, "It will be more comfortable this way. It will be fine in a while, and it will stop hurting in a while."

Wu Xie was extremely conflicted at this moment, because Miao Yao had been at odds with the Han family since ancient times. They lived in separate groups and were very concerned about their privacy and lineage. Especially Nanyao, which has been the place with the most conflicts among ethnic minorities since ancient times.

In ancient times, there was the Sanmiao Rebellion. Before the liberation, there were Hakka villages. For a well or a ditch, the Han Yao and the Han Miao, or even the Yao village and the Yao village, would kill so fiercely that they would directly It gave birth to the Taiping Rebellion. It can be said that the suspicion and estrangement between the ethnic groups at that time were as strong as fire and water.

Therefore, it is completely impossible for the Yao and Han people to live together. Even if the Yao people are willing to accept the Han people to settle in the village, the Han people must live in the Yao houses. It is absolutely impossible for the Yao king to allow the Han people to build such houses in the Yao village. Plant a big tower that shows off its power.

Wu Xie couldn't understand it at all, because it was as incredible as finding a watermelon in a sorghum field!

He continued to sink slowly, looking at the ancient building quietly, and then discovered something even more strange. That is, this Chinese-style ancient building was completely wrapped in the surrounding stilt buildings, and the tiles on the roof were The color is exactly the same, and it seems to be deliberately protected by the stilt building. Looking from the outside, you can't even find such an ancient building inside.

Looking at the scale of this Han Tower, it is very strange. It is in the shape of a mouth, with a patio in the middle and three-story buildings around it. The base and outer walls are all made of strips of stone. Anyone with a discerning eye for architecture can see it at a glance. , this is the style of the large houses along the streets of southern wealthy families during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They are usually family courtyards built by local prominent families. They are several meters deep, with gardens and more buildings behind them. The huge stones are used to prevent bandits and thieves. This kind of incomparably familiar building can protect the self-sustaining lives of hundreds of people in the deep house compound.

In other words, this ancient building should be the front face of a deep and large house. Its door faces the high wall outside the middle street, surrounding the entire ancient house. It is surrounded by large doors, small doors, screen walls, and some doors. To allow servants to enter and exit, some may be storefronts doing business along the street.After entering through the gate, there is a complex corridor leading to the back of the house.The most typical representative is Lake Herring Lying in Hangzhou.

However, there is only one single building here. It seems that the later part has been cut off with a knife, leaving only one head in the entire ancient village.

Wu Xie slowly swam around the building and saw that there was a bluestone street behind it. It was surrounded by Yao family's stilt buildings and there were no other Chinese-style buildings. It was incredible.

Although similar situations have occurred, after liberation, some large houses were allocated to the poor. Dozens of families lived in one building, and the passage to the yard behind was blocked. The house in front and behind was originally a house. This has become many independent units, but the situation here is obviously different.

He thought about so many books he had read, and countless concepts flashed through his mind, but he still couldn't find any understanding that he thought he could pass. This question was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't help cursing who the hell is on this floor. Covered?Why is it built like this?

The cyan light came from this ancient Chinese-style building, but it suddenly went out when he arrived. Wu Xie thought, could it be that the "people" in the house discovered the uninvited guest?Or maybe he wants to tell himself that this is his destination?Suddenly, another idea came to him. This was a Han-style village, and the ghosts in it should also be Han people, so maybe he could be spared out of sympathy for his fellow tribesmen.

No matter what, Wu Xiejue had to enter this ancient building to find out what was going on. The overwhelming doubts at this moment even made him less afraid.

Floating above the patio, the bottom is like a huge and dark wellhead. I turned on the search light to the brightest and looked down. I saw neither luminous things nor debris.

He forced himself to calm down, turned around, waved his flippers head-down, and dived into the patio.

"Brother...brother...what are those boxes?" the little girl asked curiously.

The boy said in a mature tone: "You wait here, it's very dangerous here, don't run around."

The little girl said slightly disappointed, "Oh." She turned to look at the three older boys doing chores by the tent, and then said to the little brother beside her: "But those three guys are up there, I'm scared, otherwise I'm still Let me go in with you." As he said this, he shook his little hand.

The boy said: "Ignore them. If they bully you again, don't be polite this time."

The little girl was still a little timid, but she still nodded obediently.

Soon after, the boy and some adults descended into a piece of water with many boxes, and soon disappeared under the water.

(End of this chapter)