Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 235 Finding the Dragon Shadow on the Dragon King Chair

"Hey, you are about to enter the underground palace soon, why do you look so unhappy? You have taken a big step towards your goal, you should be happy!" Xiao Guoguo bumped me lightly with her elbow.

I smiled wryly and shook my head: "Entering the underground palace is not as easy as you imagined? This mound of sealed soil is too big. Finding the entrance of the underground palace is undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack!"

Xiao Guoguo pursed her lips, and said displeasedly: "You mean, we have come here with great difficulty, and it may be in vain, right?"

Although I am also very reluctant to admit this reality, but reality is reality after all, I still nodded vigorously, a sense of sadness welled up in my heart, could it be that I really can't save Gu Meidi?

Xiao Guoguo put her hope on the mausoleum guards, pulled Second Uncle Liu and asked, "Second Uncle Liu, your mausoleum guards have been guarding Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum for thousands of years, don't you even know the entrance to the underground palace?"

Uncle Liu said: "The duty of our mausoleum guards is only to guard the mausoleum, and will not enter Qin Shihuang's mausoleum, so we have not actually entered the underground palace for so many years!"

"According to what you said, you have no way to find the entrance to the underground palace?" Xiao Guoguo was disappointed, and her mood fell to the bottom.

Uncle Liu said: "Although we have never entered the underground palace, there is a secret word passed down from our ancestors. I don't know if this secret word has anything to do with the underground palace!"

Secret language? !
A secret word handed down by the mausoleum guards? !
Although we don't know whether the secret words of the mausoleum guards are related to the underground palace, but Uncle Liu's words finally gave us a little bit of hope.This cluster of hope is very small, and it may be extinguished at any time, but at least it has not completely shattered our dreams.

"Second Uncle Liu, what is the secret word, tell me quickly!" I held back my excitement and came to Uncle Liu.

Second Uncle Liu pondered for a while, then read slowly: "Seven-star Lianzhu dragons fly, looking for dragon shadows on the Dragon King chair!"

Afraid we didn't hear clearly, Second Uncle Liu repeated it three times.

After reading the secret language, Uncle Liu said: "This secret language was handed down from the first generation of mausoleum guards. As for the content of the secret language, no one in later generations can know! You said before that you are studying archaeology, and you must be sure about these things. It’s a lot of research, I hope you can crack the mystery!”

"Seven-star Lianzhu dragon flying, looking for the dragon shadow on the dragon king's chair?!"

I frowned and said this sentence silently in my heart, repeating it several times.

"Tuobagu, it's up to you, I'm not very interested in these literal things!" Xiao Guoguo picked up an apple, and gnawed it next to it.

With my hands behind my back, I walked up and down in front of everyone.

I was so engrossed in thinking about this problem that I felt a little stupid for a while, and completely forgot where I was.

After a while, I stopped.

"Think of it?" Xiao Guoguo asked excitedly.

I didn't answer her, as if I was explaining to everyone, but also as if I was talking to myself: "There is a keyword in the upper and lower two sentences of the secret language. The keyword in the previous sentence of the secret language is 'Qixing Lianzhu', and the next sentence of the secret language The key word is 'Dragon King Chair'! I think we need to figure out what the 'Seven Stars' and 'Dragon King Chair' in the secret language refer to?"

"What's your analysis?" Uncle Liu asked me.

I thought for a while: "The thing that is closest to the 'Seven Stars' is probably the Big Dipper!"

Uncle Liu nodded: "I think so too!"

I held my chin and said, "If the Qixing Lianzhu here really refers to the Big Dipper, then the meaning of the secret phrase above is easier to explain. The dragon will fly in the sky according to the arrangement of the Big Dipper!"

Xiao Guoguo stared wide-eyed and said, "Isn't it? There are dragons hidden in the imperial tomb?"

I shook my head: "The dragon here does not refer to a creature, I guess the dragon here probably refers to the dragon soul! In ancient times, the dragon symbolized the emperor, and the dragon soul also symbolized the soul of the emperor, so the dragon flying here should be It is a metaphor that Qin Shihuang's soul ascended to heaven!"

Second Uncle Liu said excitedly: "That makes sense, as expected of an archaeologist! Then the meaning of the last secret phrase is already obvious. When the Big Dipper is lined up in the sky, Qin Shihuang's soul will ascend to the heaven!"

"No!" I shook my head to deny Second Uncle Liu's explanation: "I think this explanation should be changed to mean 'Qin Shihuang's soul ascended to the heavens following the guidance of the Big Dipper'!"

Uncle Liu slightly nodded and said, "It seems that your explanation is a little smoother than mine!"

"Then what about the Dragon King Chair? What does the Dragon King Chair refer to?" Xiao Guoguo asked eagerly.

"Dragon King Chair, as the name suggests, is the chair that the Dragon King sits on. According to previous inferences, the ancient emperors named themselves dragons, so the Dragon King here refers to Qin Shihuang. Could the Dragon King Chair be the seat of Qin Shihuang?" , but her explanation is only on the surface of the secret language.

The reason why secret words are called secret words is because there is a deeper meaning hidden in the words, it cannot be as simple as the superficial meaning, otherwise it would not be called secret words.

At this time, Ziyun, the mausoleum guard who had been listening to our discussion, suddenly said: "I think this is probably an exaggerated and vivid metaphor. Look, from here, does the mound of mound in the distance look like it?" A giant seat?"

My heart jumped suddenly, and I seemed to have captured something in my mind: "You mean, the Dragon King chair in the secret language is a metaphor for this sealed mound?"

Everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at the mound of sealed soil in the distance, and everyone's breathing became rapid.

If Ziyun didn't say it, no one would think that the huge mound of soil is like a seat, but after what she said, and with proper imagination, the mound of mound in the distance really looks more and more like a seat. Chair, a huge seat standing between the sky and the earth.

My little heart couldn't stop jumping wildly, as if it was going to fly out of my chest with excitement.

If it wasn't for blocking the faces of so many people, I really wanted to rush over to reward Ziyun with a big kiss.

If the entrance to the underground palace can be found this time, 80.00% of the credit will be attributed to Ziyun.

What she said just now was like a bolt of lightning, piercing through my mind, and my brain opened up, and my imagination expanded without limit.

If Qin Shihuang is compared to a dragon, then this mound is his dragon chair.

In this way, the meaning of the second half of the secret phrase "looking for the dragon's shadow on the dragon king's chair" is ready to be revealed.

If "Dragon King Chair" refers to the mound of sealed soil, then "mi" means to seek, and "dragon shadow" is the shadow of the dragon, roughly similar to the soul of Qin Shihuang.

In this way, the meaning of the second half of the secret language is translated as: "Look for Qin Shihuang's soul on the mound of seals!"

At this time, connect the meaning of the first half of the secret word with the meaning of the second half of the secret word to get the following meaning:
The soul of Qin Shihuang flew up to the heavens following the guidance of the Big Dipper. If you want to find the soul of Qin Shihuang, you have to go to the top of the mound!
The meaning of the two secret words is basically clear, but Uncle Liu still raised a question: "According to this, aren't these two secret words nonsense? We all know that if we want to find Qin Shihuang's soul, we must go to the mound. What's the difference between saying it and not saying it?"

"Second Uncle Liu, you are wrong!" My eyes sparkled with excitement, "In fact, these two secret words have already pointed us to the entrance of the underground palace!"

"Ah?!" Everyone's eyes widened and they looked at me in confusion. It seemed that they hadn't understood the meaning.

"Actually, in these two secret words, the first half tells us the direction of the underground palace, and the second half tells us the location of the underground palace!" I said confidently.

"I may be old and my brain is not flexible enough. I'm sorry I still don't understand what you mean! How did you know that these two secret words are telling us the direction and location of the underground palace? I hope you can explain it in detail!" Second Uncle Liu He clasped his fists and said.

"Isn't the meaning explained clearly? The Big Dipper refers to the direction! The mound refers to the location!" I said with a smile.

"Aha! I understand!" Xiao Guoguo reacted first, and said excitedly: "The Big Dipper is actually a road sign that guides the way. As long as we follow the direction of the Big Dipper, we can find it on the mound. The entrance to the underground palace!"

"Smart!" I smiled at Xiao Guoguo and praised her with a thumbs up.

After Xiao Guoguo did this, Uncle Liu and the others suddenly realized, and they were all emotional: "It turns out that it is not complicated to find the entrance to the underground palace. You only need to walk in the direction of the Big Dipper to find it!"

Xiao Guoguo shrugged her shoulders: "Why are the tomb robbers throughout the ages so stupid, they didn't even understand such a simple truth!"

"It's not that tomb robbers are stupid. I don't know how many master tomb robbers have come through the ages, but they failed to find the entrance to the underground palace. I think there is a reason! First, these two secret words are not known by everyone in the world. There is no secret word It is impossible to think of the arrangement of the Big Dipper. In this way, they can only start from Fengshui or the way of Qin people's burial, and try to dig robbery holes, but the results all fail; second, even if someone knows the secret language , and may not be able to crack the mystery! Third, even if someone can think of the Big Dipper, it depends on whether the weather conditions are good that night and whether the Big Dipper can be found! The above conditions are indispensable!"

Having said that, there is a little smugness and pride in my tone.For thousands of years, no one has been able to find the entrance to the First Emperor's Underground Palace, but now I have found this entrance.It can be said that I am the No. 1 in the ages who unraveled the mystery of the Emperor's Underground Palace!Haha what a genius I am!Thinking about it is really a little exciting!

However, I can't be too happy now, because everything said now is just our guess and has not yet been tested by practice.

Still, I'm pretty confident in my speculation!
(End of this chapter)