Indiana Jones

Chapter 409 Ghost of the King's Tomb (02)

There are actually another upward step here, is it possible to continue to climb up?However, it is reasonable to think about it. After all, the canopy is so huge that it is not a problem to build two floors.

"His grandma, what is this for? I have never felt so tired climbing stairs." Zhang Duogua looked at the steps and his legs trembled.

"At least we found the right direction." Lin Feng heaved a sigh of relief.

"This is near the very center, an extension of the trunk." The fisherman found the trunk by the side of the steps.

"Then this road has to be cut down all the way?" Dong Biao looked at the steps engulfed by dense branches, and felt that it was a waste of time, it would be better to find a way to go back outside.

"It's not a problem." Lin Feng said while cutting off those branches with a knife.

"Let's take a break first!" Si Xuanyi said to the crowd, although it is not too difficult to open a road, it will take some time, it is better for everyone to use this little time to rest their legs, the journey is enough for them.

"It can be regarded as a breather." Dong Biao sat down on the ground. Ever since he separated from Li Siming and the others, he was frightened and did not dare to rest. He kept wandering around here until he met Si Xuanyi and the others. He was finally relieved , but the physical strength has been almost exhausted.

"What is the purpose of this construction? Is it really just for keeping secrets?" Si Xuanyi was still a little skeptical about this.

"Otherwise? You can't be full just because you have nothing to do?" Dong Biao said.

"Everything built in this kind of place has a very clear purpose. It was difficult to transport in that era. It was not easy to bring in various materials in this deep mountain. It is not easy to do anything in this place. There must be a purpose for building it this way, we just don’t know it.”

"What are the coffins in those buildings? There are no words on them." Dong Biao remembered the coffins in the buildings he saw along the way.

The fisherman shook his head: "I don't know yet, I've been on the run all the time, and I haven't had a chance to study it, but most of the people buried with me may be the wives, concubines or retainers of the owner of the tomb. Such things were common in those days."

"Is there really someone who is willing to be buried with you?" Dong Biao thought it was incredible.

"It was normal in those days. It was a way of expressing one's loyalty, and one could follow one's master after one's death," said the fisherman. "Today's people can no longer understand the loyalty of people back then."

"To me, that's stupid loyalty." Dong Biao said, "There should be a limit to loyalty."

"Loyalty can cost one's life." Si Xuanyi said, "People nowadays are far less loyal than the ancients."

"How do you know these people are voluntary?" Dong Biao asked, "Maybe they were killed and buried here."

"Sacrificial burial means that people of low status are buried together after they are killed. It is a bit like the bones in the ditch below. Here, people are treated very well, and they have independent coffins and houses, which shows that they have a high status and are buried with them. , a group of people loyal to the owner of the tomb, such as Jiachen and Menke, are different from servants and slaves."

"To get so many people to voluntarily die with him... this kind of king is quite capable. Regardless of voluntary or involuntary, it is estimated that there are hundreds or thousands here?" Dong Biao said.

"Although the princes and princes in that era were not yet able to command the wind and rain, they had a very high status, but the scale was indeed a bit large, and the king of alcohol must have more background than recorded in history." The fisherman said.

Lin Feng quickly opened an upward path. Although there are many branches here, they can't stop his sharp blade. This step is basically the same as the one he and the others came up before, but he doesn't know how high it will extend. While chopping and walking up five or six meters, they still didn't end, and everyone had to continue to wait patiently below. In fact, it was very good. It was really not easy to have such a place to rest, but it didn't take long for Lin Feng to open up the road, and everyone I had no choice but to get up and follow him up, and there was another platform on it, which was still the kind of twisted road. It seems that this place is still a big maze, but the road here is much more regular, and it looks better than the one below. It was more regular, but soon they found that it was more difficult to deal with here. Lin Feng and the fisherman groped for a long time before finally finding the pattern. They could feel that this floor was smaller than the floor below, but there were no buildings on this floor. Most of them are some funerary objects placed on both sides of the passage built in the canopy, such as chariots and horses, some pottery figurines, and reproductions of the life scenes of the year, travel, hunting, sacrifices, wars and other ceremonies, including Some utensils and items are readily available.

They also found an army, all of them were heavily armored warriors, there was probably a phalanx of more than a hundred people, and in front of the team was a majestic general galloping on horseback.

"This is an expedition." The fisherman said after looking at it, "King Chun is indeed a man with military exploits."

"Then the one riding the horse in front is the King Chun?" Si Xuanyi asked.

Lin Feng shook his head: "Then this is a partial general."

"This should be a vanguard. Look at the thing the general is holding in his hand. It should be a military order. This should be a scene showing his subordinates acting according to the order. It can also be understood as the ability of King Chun to win thousands of miles away."

Zhang Dugua circled around the general on horseback, "Weapons and armor are real, in his hand..." He took out what was in the general's hand as he spoke, it was a bamboo tube, which is an ancient The tools for sending messages are similar to the current envelopes. Because bamboo slips were used back then, most of them were sealed with wax in bamboo tubes.

"Don't open it..." The fisherman didn't expect this guy to move so fast, so he immediately stopped Zhang Daogua and prevented him from opening the bamboo tube.

Zhang Duogua was taken aback, and when he was about to ask why, the bamboo tube suddenly shattered and scattered all over the ground, and the bamboo slips inside also fell out and quickly oxidized into pieces...

"It's been too long... It's okay if you don't touch it, but it will break if you touch it." The fisherman shook his head regretfully. "If you can see the contents inside, you should get some valuable information, but don't think about it now." While talking, he squatted down to examine the fragments of the bamboo slips, and he could vaguely make out some words, but they were too fragmented to form a sentence, and those fragments would be shattered into powder when touched, and he couldn't pack them up to read carefully.

"This is basically a scene of life and war. The one hunting over there should be King Chun." Lin Feng pointed to the distance.

It was only then that everyone noticed that there was a terracotta figurine riding a horse. They went over to have a look. This terracotta figurine was majestic, with more than a dozen entourages, hunting hawks and chasing dogs, hunting with a longbow and returning with a full load. The prey was hung behind the horse. , several pheasants, hares and a deer, of course, are all pottery models, but they are made lifelike.

But when I walked in, I found that the king of alcohol really didn't look very good, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, nose and tiger beard, but a strong body. He should be less than forty years old. He was wearing typical Warring States costumes. The long bowstring has long since broken due to age.

"Why is this Prince Chun uglier than me?" Li Fu was disappointed when he saw King Chun.

"The ancients didn't value appearance, especially in the Warring States period, as long as they were born in a famous family, they could enter the palace." Si Xuanyi looked carefully at the pottery figurines in front of him, "It was this unattractive guy who ordered people to repair this place, and killed and injured us." heavy."

"What's wrong?" the fisherman asked when Lin Feng didn't speak.

"There is no mechanism here... But the layout seems to have mainly described the life of King Chun, but this realistic pottery figurine is far less simple and direct than the murals. There should be an epitaph describing his life here, but the state seems to be The coffin is not here, I really don't understand what this guy is going to do?"

"Then you said where is his coffin? Could it be that we should go back to that place just now?" Zhang Duogua asked.

The fisherman shook his head: "That's the place where the burial retainers or followers should stay. In the Warring States period, when the hierarchy was strict, respect and courtesy were more important than anything else. The king of alcohol is the king, and those people are courtiers. How can they hide in one place? "

"Where can that be?" Zhang Duogua scratched his head, "Isn't he recreating such a large life scene just to enjoy it as if he was alive after death?"

"If my guess is correct, it should still be on the top." Lin Feng pointed to the top of his head, "There should be a third floor..."

"What?" Li Fu was about to collapse, "Do you think this is a building? It's one floor to the left and one floor to the right?"

"Anyway, we didn't find the coffin. Let's check this floor first. We have to confirm whether there is an upper floor. We can't guess it." Si Xuanyi was not in a hurry then.

This is the only way. Although they have already circled around the periphery, it will take some time to search carefully. Lin Feng has probably figured out the distribution of several areas here, so it is not difficult to search. It just took some time, so they searched all the way, but in the end they did not find the coffin, and found an upward step, and everyone had no choice but to continue up to the third floor. This floor is relatively open and decorated with green hills and greenery. Water, bamboo forest with hundreds of flowers, small bridge and flowing water are all symbolic. The green bamboo forest is all carved with green jade. There are many cranes and birds in the forest, all of which are carved by treasures. Gold branches and silver leaves, there are unique treasure-level items everywhere...

"Fuck..." After seeing these things, Zhang Daogua wanted to throw away all the things he stole in private. This is the priceless thing, and the green bamboo and gold leaf alone can be worth tens of thousands of gold , even if he doesn't understand it, he can tell that this thing is made after careful carving. This is not only protection but also a work of art.

"What the hell is that King Chun going to do? Isn't it just passing the grave? As for making such a big fuss?" Deng Chunming also felt that this was a bit outrageous.

"It took more than a few decades to build here...I really don't know how Chun Wang did it back then. The biggest problem with the construction on the top of the tree is that all the materials have to be brought up little by little, and there can't be too many. people working together on it, although the project on it does not have much technical content, but for the people back then, the height was the biggest difficulty, how long would it take to repair the circular steps? Just the three-story platform How long will it take to build it? Even if the grandson is born, it is impossible to finish it when he dies." The fisherman said with his brows furrowed, "It doesn't make sense at all."

"So this can only lead to one conclusion..." Lin Feng said, "At the beginning of the construction, it was not used for the tomb of King Chun. There should be other functions, but we don't know it. Maybe King Chun was born here It has already been built before, maybe it was built by his father for himself, and it may not be taken over by him, only in this way is it reasonable, but I can't figure out what else this place can do besides being a mausoleum."

"Then you can only know about King Chun's life." The fisherman said, "But it doesn't seem easy, we have to find his coffin first."

This layer is a completely built landscape layer, and there are not many buildings. They didn't pay much attention at first, but after a closer look, they really found that this layer is really extraordinary.

"The lower layer is the scene of life, and this layer is the green mountains and green waters. It may be a fairyland of cultivation. King Chun seems to want to live above these nine heavens, surpass ordinary immortals, and become the supreme god..." In fact, this is also a fisherman. guess, but after seeing these, he understood that King Chun was indeed an extraordinary person, and even the arrangements behind him were so grand and magnificent.

"I think he wants to be immortal and crazy." Li Fu thinks that things are always very simple, he never thinks about such deep things, he just thinks that the king of alcohol is too negotiating and lustful.

"What's so strange about this floor?" While other people were busy watching the excitement here, Si Xuanyi had already started looking for the way below. Although he couldn't see any further, he could feel that this floor didn't seem to let go. Looking at the coffin, is it possible to climb up?
"Just go and have a look." Zhang Duogua said.

"Look over there." Lin Feng waved his hand to signal everyone not to move around, and pointed in one direction.

Several people looked in the direction of his finger and found nothing unusual, only the fisherman frowned: "Is it a person?"

"It seems to be a woman." Lin Feng said, "I'll go and have a look."

The others glanced at each other, but they didn't see anything, so they followed Lin Feng from a distance, intending to find out, where did this woman come from?They would rather believe that there is a female ghost here.

After walking forward for a while, they saw that there was indeed a person sitting on the other side of the bamboo grove, with unclothed sleeves and high temples, with his head slightly lowered and a fair complexion, sitting there playing the piano. Of course, they did not hear the sound of the piano. , this is a guqin placed in front of the woman, with her hand on it, as if she is about to play a piece.

Because they can only see it from the back side, they can't see what the woman looks like, but they can probably infer that it seems to be a doll. Lin Feng walked over there cautiously, but he didn't expect that there were dozens of meters away At that time, the woman suddenly moved, followed by the sound of the piano...

(End of this chapter)