Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 93 The ugly pillar

093 Chapter 93 Ugly Pillars
At this time, my drunkenness seemed to have passed a little, and I felt like I had been asleep for a long time. Although I was still in a daze, I was much more awake this time than before.

I slowly opened my eyes, but it was pitch black and I couldn't see anything. I couldn't change my fear of the dark, so I felt panicked. I knew I was still in my little brother's body, so I lowered my head and hugged him tightly.The little brother felt that I was awake, tilted his head toward me, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, hold me tight."

At this moment, I saw a flashlight shining down on me, and I immediately understood that I was already in the tomb. I was going to go somewhere, but I saw darkness in front of me.Following the younger brother, he crossed the high threshold and led everyone into the main hall of the Spiritual Palace.

The younger brother was holding a flashlight with his left hand and supporting me with his right hand. We were carrying all our belongings on my back, and the black gold knife was pinned to his waist. I seemed...as if I was fixed on his body by being carried on my back. It should be It was probably so that the guy could free his hands, but suddenly it felt like he was carrying a limited-edition backpack on his back.

After we entered, everyone followed us. Although I was very scared, I didn't have a little brother to rely on, so I still had the courage to use everyone's flashlight to start to observe the place in a small way.

The first thing you see is the middle of the spiritual palace. There are large stone piers and pillars about five meters high on both sides of the spiritual path.

When Wu Xie saw it, he remembered that he had seen in movies and pictures how the coffins were hung with "flying scissors". The things here should have been transported here in the same way. He thought that for a project as big as the Tiangong, everything It all came up bit by bit like this, how much effort it took.

In the darkness between the stone pillars, a large black lamp slave can be vaguely seen, and behind it is pitch black. There is no reflection of any light when their flashlight shines on it.

I was as close as I could get to my little brother, and I was right next to my ear. I could say to him in a very small voice that only he could hear: "Brother, it's so dark here. Why do I feel like it's so dark? It's not normal." ." In this situation, either the cave is so big that you can't see the edge from here, or there are some strange designs around it, or there is something... Anyway, it is so dark that it is indescribable.

The fat man thought it was too dark, so he started a firefight and wanted to try to light the lamp. Wu Xie stopped him and said softly to him: "No, this building is still standing here and has not collapsed. Low temperature is a very important issue." If a large number of lamps are lit and the temperature rises, the ice crystals on the tile roof will melt, which may cause some minor collapses."

The fat man knew that Wu Xie was right, so he put the fire fold away.

The few of us continued to move forward in the darkness relying on the light of flashlights. No one spoke at first. The only sound that could be heard was our footsteps, which still had echoes. This was worse than walking on an empty corridor in the middle of the night. It can penetrate people ten times, ah no!hundred times!Then there was the sound of everyone's heavy breathing. Other than that, there was silence all around. I was afraid that something might happen suddenly. I huddled on my brother's back, my heartbeat getting faster and faster, but I still had to try to keep it as quiet as possible, because The younger brother is listening and observing and cannot disturb him.

Soon Ye Cheng couldn't help it anymore. He always said something suddenly, startled and muttered: "It's so damn quiet. Why do you feel so cold all over your body?" The more there is no sound, the more panic I get. Let’s talk, don’t act like thieves..."

Before he finished speaking, the little brother made a soft gesture, and the fat man said softly to Ye Cheng: "Aren't you scared to death? Aren't we just thieves? Don't come up with blind ideas. Don't be frightened all the time." Damn it, being timid can scare you to death, but this little guy has very good ears. When you speak, even if we step on the mechanism, we won’t be able to hear you. Can you bear the responsibility?"

When Ye Cheng heard that there might be a trap here, he immediately became scared. He quickly covered his mouth and looked around nervously, fearing that some hidden weapon was coming.

Monk Hua said: "Don't be so nervous, this place is for sacrifices. The regime of Dongxia may still come here to sacrifice every year, so there is little chance of having an institution. And this place is a bit old, don't worry."

The fat man said: "Nonsense." He originally wanted to refute Monk Hua, but Wu Xie slapped him, shook his head, and signaled him to stop talking and stop being troublesome. "Wu Xie thought to himself that the situation outside was obviously not that simple. Monk Hua was also a small encyclopedia. It was impossible not to have thought of it, but maybe he didn't want to cause unnecessary panic.

I just woke up. I don’t know what I encountered before, so I don’t quite understand what they are saying now.But I know very well that once the extremely thick artificial ice dome outside is closed, it is difficult to open it again. The plank road outside has been burned down long ago. The cracks and door shafts of the Spiritual Palace door have been watered and frozen to death. This all shows that the Spiritual Palace is completely Closed and not intended to be opened again.

We continued walking forward for less than 5 minutes. This should be the center of the main hall of the Spiritual Palace. There is a jade platform in front, surrounded by several huge bronze statues with human heads and bird bodies. There is a statue, but it is not the sculpture. A person is not a Buddha, just like a twisted pillar covered with lichen. This statue looks ugly, twisted, and very weird. I can't tell what it is, but it makes me uncomfortable to look at it.However, I had seen this shape with a human head and a bird's body beforehand, and it was a very ferocious monster.

The fat man asked Monk Hua: "What the hell is this? Isn't there a seated statue of the tomb owner in the spiritual hall? Did the tomb owner have this kind of virtue? Isn't this thing a big leech?"

Monk Hua actually said vaguely: "This may be the alienated "Eternal Life Heaven" and their main god in Eastern Xia religion."

You can't blame the fat man for saying that. The black totem in front of you really makes you feel that it has nothing to do with God after looking at it.I remember that "Eternal Life" refers to the "sky" and "firmament" as the eternal god and the supreme god. It seems that I have never heard of it having any image or anything. It should be invisible.Besides, if it were a god, the one in front of me would indeed look nothing like it.But when he said alienation... what did he mean?The things on the thing in front of me may be because they are frozen. They look like lumps with some layers. They look like...a bald mouth and he whispered: "Scales?"

I heard the little brother sigh, which made me take a breath. Does this mean I'm talking too much again?Subconsciously, I retracted my little face to him and leaned against him. I quietly tilted my head to look at him. Seeing that he didn't react, I was relieved. I know, darkness is not scary, but anger is scary... It's okay. My voice is low and no one hears me.

While I was thinking about it, I heard the fat man muttering: "This god is too tall, isn't he? What's the difference between it and a laundry stick?"

Wu Xie patted the fat man and said, "Don't talk nonsense. We are on someone else's territory now. Let's talk leisurely and build up some moral integrity."

Although Wu Xie didn't know much about shamans, he also knew that Changshengtian had no image, and that it represented a ubiquitous and infinite power, a kind of cosmic worship.It's impossible for Monk Hua not to know, but why would he say that? What was he hiding?
Wu Xie has been thinking that instead of a shrine for worship, the statue of the tomb owner should be placed in the spiritual hall. But the sculpture on it is not in the shape of a human at all. The bronze fish of Chen Pi Asi records that "Eastern Xia Dynasty" "The royal family are all monsters dug out of the ground." Is there any connection between this? I just always feel that the thing in front of me can only be said to be a monster. It looks a bit like the evil god in Haitian fetishism that I have seen in the exhibition. Similarly, it was a giant mollusk. He looked at it carefully and said, "The lumps on this thing look like rice cakes, but I believe that the Eastern Xia people will not recognize a rice cake as an emperor."

After hearing what he said and looking at it, it seemed to be somewhat similar. The idea was quite funny. I wanted to laugh, but I didn't dare to say anything.

At this time, Pan Zi standing aside called us: "Look here."

We turned around and found that Pan Zi had climbed up a bronze statue and carefully held something out of the mouth of the human-faced bird.Wu Xie took a look and forgot that Pan Zi was also a troublemaker, so he quickly reminded him: "Be careful of the trap."

Pan Zi nodded and held it very carefully.After a while, Pan Zi jumped down with this thing and held it between us.

It was a gilded bronze monkey with a green face and fangs. It was also engraved with countless strange patterns, like a tattooed imp. It was a bronze vessel.

I was afraid that I couldn't help but talk too much, so this time I put my mouth on his shoulder and sealed it myself, just by looking at it. They looked at it for a long time and couldn't figure out what it was because the shape was too strange.

Wu Xie said: "This kind of thing is common in archeology, because on the one hand, tombs have strict occult regulations, and on the other hand, they are the personal affairs of the tomb owners. There are many tombs with unspeakable funerary objects. Those You can collect and sort out the things with established rules and get infinitely close to the facts, but you can only guess at the personal things. There are many things that have only appeared once in history. No one can know them except the sufferer in the tomb. What is the intention?"

Following Monk Hua, he checked the other four bronze statues and found the same thing in the bird's beak.

Monk Hua said: "If this totem is their main god, the surrounding ones should be the guardian beasts of the main god. It may have something to do with the very local myths and legends, but this cannot be investigated. Just why it is made of bronze, it is clear The period of the dynasty was already a very developed Iron Age."

They looked around the totem and followed us back. There was also darkness behind us, and we didn't know how deep it was.

Wu Xie found it strange and said: "In the main hall of the Linggong, there are usually huge sacrificial cauldrons and everlasting candles, warm pavilions, treasure beds, thrones and divine thrones, but there are none now. However, the Dongxia Kingdom has always been living in I don’t know what the living conditions are like deep in the dense forests of Changbai Mountain. Maybe these things don’t exist in Jurchen customs?”

The fat man was already a little irritable and asked, "Everyone, can I go behind those lamp slaves and see what's in the darkness behind them?"

The little brother waved his hand to him, meaning no. He took out a fluorescent stick and threw it over there. A green light flashed past and fell into the darkness behind the lamp slave. The green light disappeared immediately. , as if thrown into black cotton.

The fat man looked dumbfounded and asked softly: "What's going on?"

The little brother shook his head, expressing that he didn't know.

Wu Xie said to the fat man: "We saw from the outside that the main hall is not that big. Our flashlights did not reflect light. There must be light-absorbing paint on the hall walls. If you leave alone, I guarantee you will not come back. It is better not to act rashly."

The fat man said: "Then you tie a rope around my waist, and if I touch something, it will be counted as your share, and your technology will be a share. How about... ten percent?"

Wu Xie was most annoyed by the fat man's behavior and said to him angrily: "If you are going to be crazy, wait until we are all out. Don't hurt us now."

Pan Zi also said to him: "What the hell are you so anxious about? Where are you now? If you tie a rope and go in, you will only have a thigh when you pull it out. Do you think we should go in to find you or not?" ? You see how well Mr. Chen’s team is working together, you can rest easy and don’t embarrass our Third Master."

The fat man said "Hey" and looked very disappointed, but he was still very obedient: "Yes, there are many of you, so I can't defeat you. Fatty, I just obey the organization's arrangements. Before I find out the enemy's situation, I will definitely Don’t betray the organization.”

Wu Xie's eyes widened and he said, "You're not allowed to betray me even if you find out. You're going to start fishing for money right now. What will you do if you enter the underground palace? How much can you pretend?"

The fat man raised his hands in surrender with a playful smile, but he must still be thinking about the baby in his heart.Wu Xie was most afraid of him, so he began to worry that he would get into trouble, so he thought he had to keep an eye on him.

Going further in, we can see the end of the main hall, where there is another jade gate, which is made of four pieces of white marble inlaid. There are two guard boys engraved on the door. There is also no natural stone behind the door. The door was poured to death with sentries. After we pried it open, we found that behind the door was the corridor leading to the apse of the Linggong Palace, which was completely dark.

When the fat man saw the two dragons on the door, he immediately became energetic again, his eyes lit up, and he said to us: "I have seen this kind of door at an auction. This is called a dragon axis glazed bolt, and the whole door is auctioned It’s [-] million, which is still Hong Kong dollars. Oh my, this door doesn’t look very heavy..."

The fat man now wanted to dismantle the door and the door bolt again. Wu Xie was definitely going to talk to him again. Then he heard Wu Xie throw cold water at him and said: "Don't worry, it's just speculation. Nowadays, the cash antique transaction can exceed 2000 million." It’s a sky-high price, this door is worth at most 40.”

"No way." Fatty didn't believe it: "Freak 40 to 2 million? Is there such an outrageous thing?"

Wu Xiexin said, the two copper fishes in my pocket are both worth 2000 million, but who will buy them when they are really sold, but this cannot be said nonsense, so he stared at the fat man and said: "Nowadays, the activities of the auction house are all about thinking If you don't open it for three years, if you open it, you'll have to eat for the rest of your life. If you meet a stupid young man who actually spends 2 million to buy a door, all he has to do in the next life is spend money."

The fat man's world view was immediately destroyed by Wu Xie. He looked at the door with a dull expression and stood there dumbly. They ignored him and walked directly into the corridor and towards the back hall.

(End of this chapter)