People are in the comprehensive tomb, unloading the mountain and stealing the chief

Chapter 329 Jade Dragon and Painted Painting

Chen Ziyan said bluntly: "It's not difficult to understand. Since ancient times, which emperor didn't expect to live forever? Even a hero like Qin Huang Han Wu, didn't he end up on this road?"

Shirley Yang continued: "In fact, most of the monarchs of later generations have already understood that the so-called longevity is just a dreamlike delusion. In the mausoleum after death, I hope that I can still enjoy the glory and wealth of my life in the underworld, which is why the burial culture is becoming more and more popular."

Strictly speaking, those thieves can develop to the present, and those emperors and generals who value tombs have an indelible contribution.

If the ancients were not so extravagant and extravagant to buy a lot of funerary objects, then who would risk their heads to rob the tomb?

"Yes, there are traces of cause and effect in this world." Chen Ziyan agreed with this.

If there were no priceless treasures in the tomb, the business of tomb robbery would not have grown so far.

But that's the end of this topic. There are so many ifs in everything in this world. If you have that energy, you might as well study the Lingyunhui Immortal Palace in front of you.

Chen Ziyan walked to the door of the palace and found that the door was not locked. He tried to touch the door lightly with his toes, but unexpectedly kicked it open a gap.

It's a pity that there is a lot of darkness inside, and nothing can be seen through this small gap.

Although according to the experience left by the predecessors, hidden weapons are rarely arranged in this kind of bright building, but after thinking about it, Chen Ziyan felt that there was no need to take such an unnecessary risk, so he signaled to the people behind him to let them go first. Get out of the way a little bit.

After Hu Bayi and the others retreated a little, Chen Ziyan kicked the palace door open with a sudden force on the soles of his feet, and the moment the door opened, he himself dodged to the side.

But after waiting for a while, there was no movement inside.

Obviously, there is no mechanism in this temple, at least not at the gate of the temple.

After several people looked at each other, they returned to the front of the palace gate and looked inside through the opened palace gate.

However, due to the angle, even in the daytime, the range of light that can enter is very limited, only a section of the entrance can be illuminated, and the depths of the palace are still pitch black.

If they want to see more, they can only use flashlights for pathfinding lighting.

Looking across the tall mahogany threshold at the gate of the palace, the first thing that catches everyone's eyes is the dozens of bronze giant statues standing on both sides of the palace.

The closest to them are two bronze lions that ward off evil, as tall as a person, and the one on the left is just a male lion, with a golden ball under its slightly protruding claws, which symbolizes the supreme power to control the universe.

The one on the right is a lioness, with several lifelike cubs crouching under her feet, implying the endless succession of offspring.

On the copper platform with the base carrying the two bronze lions, there are phoenixes and peonies carved respectively, the intention of presenting the king is beyond words.

Lion - the king of beasts.

Phoenix - the king of birds.

Peony - the king of flowers.

Deliberately bringing together these three creatures with the meaning of a king is obviously to set off their own noble status.

But Chen Ziyan didn't care what the two bronze lions represented, he wanted to know why King Xian placed them here.

Although bronze lions were much less than stone lions, they were not completely absent, but it was the first time he had seen such an unreasonable arrangement of lion statues in his life.

Behind the bronze lion, there are a pair of beasts such as Xie, Ji, elephant, camel, and horse in sequence, and behind them are civil and military courtiers totaling 36 heavenly gangs.

Compared with the bronze beasts in front, these bronze figurines are even weirder, and each of them poses strange movements, as if they are performing some kind of strange ritual.

Looking along these bronze figures and bronze beasts, one can vaguely see a throne in the depths of the darkness. All these things in front of them are like guards guarding each other.

"Why is this place different from the Ming Tombs we visited before?" Wang Kaixuan asked curiously.

They have been to the Ming Tombs once before, so they have seen what the inside of the real Minglou Baoding looks like, which is very different from the one in front of them.

"It's nothing surprising. Although they all pay attention to serving the dead like servants, but the dynasties and regions are different, and what will be presented in the end will be different." Chen Ziyan explained casually, but his eyes never left Bronze statues around.

The longer the observation time, the more he felt that these bronze statues should not be arranged like this. There must be something in them that he didn't know about, but the problem was that he didn't have a clue for a while, and he couldn't figure out the reason. start.

Hu Bayi also said something after hearing the words: "Yes, the so-called 'different dynasties have different forms', this is what it is talking about."

And after he finished speaking, he was also puzzled and said: "The layout of this hall is really weird, and it is difficult to correspond to the known etiquette system. Could it be that Mr. Xian Wang made it up by himself?"

Naturally, he also noticed that something was wrong with the bronze statue in the palace, but he didn't pay much attention to it at first, he only thought it was some kind of eccentricity of King Xian, and only now did he notice the abnormality when he saw the whole picture.

"What King Xian does should have his own unique intentions in it. After all, what he pursued was never to enjoy the prosperity of the underground, but to use the 'Water Dragon Halo' to dissolve the corpse into a fairy." Shirley Yang pointed out road.

Her thinking was similar to that of Chen Ziyan, who felt that there must be something hidden in these bronze statues.

Ding Sitian thought for a while, and said: "The King Xian's obsession with becoming an immortal may be related to the prevalence of seeking immortality and asking questions in the Qin and Han Dynasties. We may start from this aspect, and maybe we will find something."

"Sitian is right, this is likely to be in one direction." Hu Bayi immediately agreed when he heard the words.

This is not because Ding Sitian is the one who said this, but this inference does have some truth.

Chen Ziyan thought for a while, then nodded: "Indeed, the social environment at that time was also a very important factor. If we only think about problems from the perspective of modern people, it may run counter to the basic starting point of the ancients."

Ding Sitian's words can be regarded as opening up a new way of thinking for him. If this point is to be considered, then the starting point for their next thinking should not be a simple mausoleum, but should be placed on the corpse into a fairy. It was what King Xian was really after.

Under such a conversation, everyone has unknowingly come to the depths of the palace.

After all, this Lingyun Palace is only the ground facility of the ancient tomb, not the tomb room where the coffin is placed, so everyone is not so nervous in the bottom of their hearts, so they have relaxed their vigilance to some extent, which is why they came here unknowingly.

After realizing this, Chen Ziyan subconsciously looked back.

But it was this glance that suddenly gave him a chill in his heart.

From his current position, the light at the door of the temple behind him seemed very far away, coupled with the quiet environment in the hall, the overall atmosphere immediately became eerie.

But seeing that other people didn't notice this, Chen Ziyan didn't take the initiative to remind him.

Everyone has experienced so many dangers along the way, and there are already a lot of things in their hearts, so there is no need to add pressure to them now.

Sometimes, not knowing is better than knowing.

After looking at the bronze statue behind him again, and confirming that there was nothing abnormal, Chen Ziyan temporarily put down this thought, and looked at the gold-inlaid and silver-inlaid throne deep in the palace.

Between them and the throne, there is a golden pool as a barrier, but the water in this pool has already dried up, so even if there is no bridge on it, it will not hinder them.

Standing by the pool, and using the flashlight to shine on the opposite side, I saw that there was nothing on the throne.

But on this empty throne, hovering a red jade dragon.

Seeing this, Wang Kaixuan curled his lips, and said: "Do you think that the leaders like to stay away from the masses, stay so far away, and even discuss his mother's government!"

After finishing speaking, he took the rifle hanging on his chest in his hand, and jumped into the empty pool more than one meter deep first.

Seeing this, Chen Ziyan and the others also jumped down. Now that they have seen it all, if they want to discover something, the pool in front of them must be crossed.

When they came to the bottom of the pool, they found that under the cover of dust, there was a wooden boat made in the shape of a lotus leaf.

From the looks of it, this should be the vehicle that used to pass through this pool.

Chen Ziyan smacked his mouth and said: "If you want to go to this pool before, you have to walk on leaves. Not to mention, King Xian is really good at playing tricks."

"All those fancy things." Wang Kaixuan said disdainfully.

As long as this lotus leaf boat is worth some money, he will give King Xian a high look.

When they walked along the bottom of the pool to the other side, after they really saw the red jade dragon hovering on the throne, they were surprised to find that under the light, the body of the jade dragon was full of radiance, as if there were billowing rainbows. The light is surging.

Wang Kaixuan's eyes immediately lit up: "This is really a good baby!"

But after taking a closer look, Chen Ziyan realized the mystery inside, and said to Wang Kaixuan:

"Fatty, take a closer look, this jade dragon is not solid, it is full of mercury, that's why there is such a scene."

"Mercury!" Wang Kaixuan was a little disappointed.

In this case, the value of this jade dragon will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

But soon his attention was no longer on the material of the jade dragon.

Because compared with the material of this jade dragon, what is more eye-catching is its unique shape.

I saw that although the jade dragon was hovering on the throne, only a small part of the dragon's body including the dragon's tail was clearly visible. The red dragon's head had penetrated into the wall behind him, and the dragon's claws were resting on the throne. On the backrest, there is a bit of laziness.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that most of the front body of the jade dragon was inlaid on the wall behind the throne in a concave and convex pattern.

It looks like the paintings on the walls of the palace are integrated into one, making the whole mural show a stronger sense of layering, but it doesn't make people feel the slightest incongruity.

Its wonderful conception and exquisite workmanship can be called perfect!
"People in the world often say that 'the dragon sees the head but does not see the end', but this jade dragon in front of me is doing the opposite. Here comes a dragon that sees the end but does not see the head!" Chen Ziyan said in amazement when he saw this.

Although he had already had an impression of this, this kind of shock can only be experienced personally if he is on the scene.

Now the mural and the jade dragon gave him the feeling that the jade dragon came alive and flew into the mural.

With the help of the lighting, they continued to look at other parts of the mural.

Then, around the dragon body, a grand picture scroll depicting the scene of Xian Wang becoming an immortal and ascending to heaven.

In the mural, the dragon's body is surrounded by auspicious clouds like a sea, surrounded by fairy mist, and the rolling mountain peaks and palaces are looming among the clouds, and the scenery of mountains and rivers is full of aura of agility.

Of course, the most conspicuous thing on it is the red jade dragon.

The red dragon stretched across the sea of ​​clouds, its high-spirited dragon's head sank into the cracks in the sky, but its tail was still wrapped around the throne of the palace.

A king in splendid costumes, surrounded by his ministers of exotic beasts, was walking slowly towards the gap in the sky, using the giant dragon's gnarled body as a ladder.

There is no need to think too much, everyone knows that the person in front of them must be King Xian.

Chen Ziyan even noticed that there was a bunch of gold crowns on King Xian's head, and there was a bead embedded in the gold crown. The shape of the bead was like a human eye. No accident, it was the Muchen Bead they were looking for so hard.

Move your gaze to the top of the mural, where there is an old man riding a crane.

This old man has white beard and eyebrows, he can be called a fairy, and he is looking down with a smile on his face.

And behind him there were countless figures of Qingyi Juechen, who seemed to be the immortals of the Heavenly Palace, who also made a respectful gesture, as if they were welcoming the return of the Emperor of Heaven.

From this description, it is not difficult to see that King Xian compares himself to the Emperor of Heaven.

"Heaven collapse? Could it be that this is what you said?"

At this moment, Hu Bayi suddenly thought.

He remembered very clearly that among the materials they collected, there was a saying about Xian Wang that "heaven must collapse and cannot be broken", and the scene on the mural in front of him fit the word "heaven collapse".

If it is said that the collapse of the sky is the scene of Xian Wang attaining Taoism and becoming a fairy, it is completely reasonable.

"Look here."

But before Hu Bayi had time to think about it, Shirley Yang greeted him.

Everyone followed Shirley Yang's instructions and saw two small murals in the corner.

These two small murals exist independently of the murals on the wall of the hall. They describe the scene of the king offering sacrifices when he ascended to heaven, that is, filling the bronze tripod with corpses and burning them.

Even though he knew it was just a mural, he still couldn't bear to look at it directly. After all, according to King Xian's usual style of doing things, most of the contents on it were things that happened in the past.

However, compared to King Xian's evil deeds, what Chen Ziyan and others paid more attention to was the reason why Shirley Yang suddenly let them see these two murals.

Only Shirley Yang said in a dignified tone: "I have seen the style of this tripod before!"

(End of this chapter)