Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 37 Qin and Han dragon shapes, golden gongs

Thinking of this, I flew out and hugged Meng Luo's waist tightly. Almost at the same time, Lao Jiu rushed out, with an extra dagger in his hand, and slashed directly at the tentacles. He struck very quickly, but A second later, I felt the strength in my hand disappear, the tentacles had been broken in two, and the other end fell directly to the ground. Taking advantage of this time, I dragged Meng Luo out, and the monster's body had fallen into the water again. Make a bang!
Lao Jiu almost shouted: "Run, run!"

Meng Luo's thin body was forcibly dragged forward by me. In the end, I was almost dragged forward. After running behind a big rock, we stopped and looked over. The tentacles have disappeared and turned into nothing, I looked at Munro: "What's going on?"

"Using emptiness to transform reality, that thing has such a heavy yin qi. It is indeed formed in the pool of Yin Ju, and it often eats the blood of water monkeys. The tentacles can be regenerated, if I guess correctly." Meng Luo touched it own legs, while saying.

"You're not wrong." I said in a muffled voice. The monster was frustrated and a little mad. It jumped out of the water again, and its tentacles stretched out again. The tentacles that were cut off just now are intact!

However, "This thing can't leave the pool, so we're fine now." I said happily: "It can only move around in the pool, even if it can jump out, it can only reach the front, Monroe, are you okay?"

"It should be fine." Meng Luo is really a cold-faced man. He stretched out his hand, and the palm of his hand was already scratched: "That thing is so powerful, it's really dangerous."

"You're quite calm." I breathed a sigh of relief, the monster finally gave up and returned to the bottom of the water, and when I thought of the possibility of turning back from here, my heart and soul were held together: "What the hell is this place. "

"What's really scary is not these strange things, but people." Lao Jiu stood up suddenly: "Let's go."

Today's Lao Jiu is really different from usual. The usual carelessness and frivolity are completely gone. He has become calm now, and he is more like a reliable big brother. A cylindrical stone pillar went down, and there were messy footprints on the stone steps, as well as some spots of blood, most of which were left by the owner of the broken arm.

Going down the stone steps, we all slowed down subconsciously. The gunshots from below made me confused. "Strange, why are those guys still shooting? Is there anything strange?"

"Go down and have a look." Meng Luo said, stepping past Lao Jiu, and at once, he became the leader.

"Hey, Lao Jiu, look at the stone pillar, what is carved on it?" I asked, "The dragon shape in the Qin and Han Dynasties, with twelve golden gongs, is interesting." There was a fire burning in my chest.

The dragon shape is very common, but the shape of the dragon is also different in different periods, such as the dragon pattern on the dragon clock in the late Western Zhou Dynasty. Raise up, the feet are knife-shaped and bend with the body, and its overall shape is like a loach stuffed into a small bottle.

After the Qin Dynasty, there were earth-shaking changes. Until the Han Dynasty, the shape of the dragon basically stabilized, forming the common dragon pattern in the future.

Its head has pointed ears, its broad snout has whiskers like a tiger; its body is long and curly like a python with fins, its four legs are symmetrical, and its claws are sharp like a beast.On the whole, this is a deformed snake-like dragon.This kind of dragon pattern has already been seen in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. In the Qin Dynasty, its body became longer, its shape became more weird, and it highlighted the majestic momentum. This kind of dragon pattern was also the most common shape until the early Han Dynasty. is one of the bases of my judgment.

The news about the twelve golden gongs in this place is not groundless, at least the decoration of the stone pillars can explain a certain problem.

Seeing this thing, my motivation was a lot stronger, and I was about to go down when there was a "bang", the stone steps were completely shaken, Lao Jiu said in a muffled voice: "Their firepower is quite enough, the second detonation , seems to have made a major discovery."

The stone steps were coming to an end, we looked at each other, slowed down, the smell of gunpowder swirled under our noses, and we were just ahead, when a man's voice suddenly came from inside: "Damn, the so-called twelve-faced gold Is this the gong?"

"Don't be discouraged. According to common sense, because the hardness of gold is very low, and the gold content reaches 80.00%, the gong will not ring, and it will lose its role in training troops to transmit signals. Therefore, from the beginning, you should not believe that It is a golden gong with twelve faces."

This is a woman's voice. I am quite sensitive to women's voices. After all, I open the door for business and entertain many female customers. This woman's voice is very mature and must be over 30 years old.

"You knew from the beginning that it was just a bronze ware?" The man's voice was a little annoyed: "It's really a woman's heart, sea needle, never trust a woman."

"That's right, although they are only bronze wares, these are bronze wares from the late Qin and early Han Dynasties, and the appearance of the wares is complete, plus the quantity, this is a good deal," the woman said proudly, "It's really strange, Xiang Yufei What is the purpose of storing these twelve-faced gongs here?"

"It's not important. The important thing is how to transport these things out. It's really annoying. Let's start quickly." The man's voice was obviously younger, and his temper was more urgent.

"Xiao Jin, why did you talk to Seventh Sister?" The man's voice made Lao Jiu frowned.

"Although these are ancient gongs, they are of a good size, so it's not difficult to handle." The woman called Seventh Sister said, "It's just that it's troublesome to go out. The things in the pool have already broken one of us. One person has been lost, Iron Hand, let’s open another passage.”

"Understood, Seventh Sister." The man named Tie Shou was very confident: "It's just a trivial matter."

I hesitated in my heart, at this moment, should I take these golden gongs from these people?I took a small step forward, Lao Jiu grabbed me, then shook his head, pointed to the top, and motioned for us to go back up, his expression didn't look like a joke, the three of us went back to the stone steps, Go back to the pool, and then, "It's so far away, is it okay?"

"Lin Tianyi, I just want to ask you, is life more important, or those golden gongs, no, bronze gongs are more important?" Lao Jiu asked in a deep voice.

"It goes without saying, of course life is important, but there is no chance to do it again." I said: "So even if you are not reconciled, you will come up obediently now, watching those people discussing the removal of the golden gong below, but That's good, they can open another passage, we don't have to go back from there, we don't want to repeat the dangerous situation just now."

Munro sat down on the ground: "I'm so tired."

"You have to strengthen your exercise." I was sitting down facing the steps, so that if those people came up suddenly, they would be able to notice them immediately, and my ears should be refreshed.

It turns out that not being reconciled is the current situation. A fire was burning vigorously just now, and suddenly a basin of water was poured down. Although it was extinguished, there was still smoke "chichi". Now I have that smoke in my heart, sitting There, looking at the opposite side listlessly: "As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, our ancestors discovered that if red copper and tin were smelted in a certain proportion, ring copper would be obtained. The world-famous Chime Bell of Marquis Zeng was made of ring copper. Yes. The reason why the bronze gong can ring is also because it is made of an alloy of copper and tin. Therefore, the twelve so-called gold gongs are only made of alloy, and the material is not valuable."

"Self-comforting?" Lao Jiu chuckled.

"Yeah, now I can only comfort myself. You are a veteran with two rookies, how can you fight with others." I said listlessly: "The other party still has guys."

Lao Jiu clasped his hands in front of his chest and closed his eyes slightly: "Retiring is sometimes an offense."

This kind of self-contradictory words sounded more like self-consolation. I chuckled and pricked up my ears to listen to the movement below. Together: "Who Are These Guys?"

Lao Jiu's lips moved a bit, but he still didn't want to say anything, he still closed his eyes and meditated. I looked at his side face and couldn't figure out what he was thinking at this time. Thinking of the arm just now, I was thinking of taking a picture of the tattoo pattern. I heard footsteps coming, and I quickly said softly: "Quick, hide."

The only thing that can hide people here is the big rock. We quickly dodge behind the big rock, but there are gaps in the front, back, left, and right. If the other party takes a closer look, we must be exposed!
The sound of approaching footsteps is like a talisman. Every time I take a step closer, I feel that death is approaching. I took out the knife in my backpack. It was a Tibetan knife. I bought it on the street before leaving. Weak, really can't do it, just fight.

"Hey, Iron Hand, you don't want to take this hand back and put it back on again. It's too late to go out and find the hospital." The voice joked, "Look, the fingers are still moving."

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm still disappointed that I broke one of my hands." Tie Shou said coldly.

I only heard voices. Although I also had a desire to find out, thinking that my life is important, I suppressed this curiosity and squatted obediently behind the stone.

"You are lucky with an iron hand, but if you can't move this hand back, it's not bad to get a real iron hand." The voice said: "Seventh Sister will help you find a way."

The voice was indifferent, very sissy, and the image of a wretched man with a few loose beards on his chin immediately appeared in my mind. The voice of Iron Hands sounded like a man. This kind of person often has well-developed limbs and brains Simple, but I obviously underestimated the other party, Tie Shou suddenly said: "I always feel something is wrong. When I was downstairs just now, I seemed to hear something from here."

Lao Jiu and I looked at each other, and my heart immediately rose to my throat, this guy's sense is too keen!

(End of this chapter)