Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 178 Taoist Tomb

After listening to Doufu, he murmured to himself, "There are countless eyes staring at us?" He opened his head and looked around, and said, "There are no eyes, just hearing it is just a bluff. This Xu Fu is worthy of going out to sea, Those who have flown across the ocean have also learned to play the trick of cursing."

I don't know why, but the huge face with the gas mask suddenly flashed in my mind, and I couldn't help but feel a very uncomfortable feeling in my heart, thinking: Does this curse have any effect?

After Wu Sidong finished speaking, Professor Lin sighed and said, "It's not that I'm timid. I once opened a fairy tomb, and the owner of the tomb was a Taoist priest. There are really many strange and incomprehensible things in it, which caused us heavy losses. Fill the soil and bury it. This Xu Fu is a famous alchemist in the Qin Dynasty. I originally thought Xiao Chen could help, but when I saw this curse, I didn’t want you to take risks. There are three kinds of tombs in this world that you can’t touch. Those who dig mushrooms upside down should know." Professor Lin has been engaged in archaeology all his life, and he probably has contacted quite a lot of tomb robbers, and he is also a student of my grandfather, so the slang words are slippery.

I nodded to show that I understand that the three kinds of tombs that cannot be touched are actually a rule passed down by word of mouth from tomb robbers. Professor Lin probably heard it from my grandfather.

The first type of tomb is the immortal tomb, that is, the tomb where the Taoists and alchemists are buried.These people were proficient in strange arts and had all kinds of strange methods, and their tombs are often extremely evil.I once heard my grandfather tell a story about the fairy tomb, and there was a bridge in it, which left a deep impression on me.

It’s about the end of the Qing Dynasty, when there were two little thieves who wanted to rob tombs. They also had self-knowledge, knowing that they would not be able to dig the tomb of a king, so they targeted wealthy businessmen.The two little thieves came up with the idea of ​​a cemetery outside the city. The place was originally called Liu's Tomb. It is said that it was originally the cemetery of a large family surnamed Liu, but times have changed, and the family surnamed Liu has long since disappeared. Where, so the vast cemetery fell into desolation and became a mass grave.

The mass graves are divided into north and south sides. The south side is a serious mass grave, full of lonely graves without owners, wild dogs running around, and bare bones.The north side is relatively well preserved. There are several large tombs, which should be local residents of Liu's family grave.The two thieves looked at the inscription on the tombstone, and were about to pick a rich grave to start with. After looking around, they finally settled on a Taoist grave.

The life of the Taoist priest is written on the tombstone. It turns out that this Taoist priest is also surnamed Liu. He was an official and half-job, and was buried in the ancestral grave after his death.All in all, in this cemetery, there is only this Taoist priest who has been an official. It is said that he has been a magistrate for three years, with a hundred thousand snowflakes and silver.The two then worked in the dark, preparing to dig mushrooms.

As I said before, we ordinary people dig a square pit, put it in a coffin, cover it with soil and finish the work. Bricks, put some funerary objects in it, put coffins, this is called a tomb; there are also speakers, those high-ranking officials, the tombs are built with larger specifications, and there are three layers of sand and quickstones, and some secret organs are also set inside. A crossbow is considered a large tomb; further up, when princes build mountains and build underground palaces, that cannot be called a tomb, but a mausoleum, such as the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.

The Taoist priest that these two thieves are looking for is a small tomb. The tomb is not deep. Thin tomb bricks went into the main tomb.

In the main tomb, there is a formal arc-shaped roof full of wood, and there are some porcelain calligraphy and paintings scattered around it. They were all modern at that time, and they were not very expensive.The two looked down on these, because good things are usually in the coffin, so the two opened the coffin recklessly, and saw inside was a dead bone in Taoist robes, holding a piece of Panlong jade carved with yin and yang and gossip in his arms .

This jade bi is a good thing, the two of them were overjoyed with this harvest, they turned around after taking the jade bi, ready to run out along the hole they dug earlier.Unexpectedly, after turning around, another coffin appeared in front of his eyes. The dead bones in Taoist robes in the coffin were the same as the one behind him. Looking at the environment in front of him, it was exactly the same, there was no change at all, as if the two hadn't turned around at all.

The two were stunned, thinking that they were confused and turned to the wrong place, so they turned back again, but after turning around, there was still the coffin in front of them, and the same environment, and their legs trembled instantly. up.It turned out that no matter how they turned, they couldn't turn to the entrance of the robber's cave behind them. No matter which direction they turned, they were always facing the coffin in the end.

The two peed in their crotch in fright, hurriedly stuffed the jade back, kowtowed and swore that they would never dare to come again, then put the coffin lid back on, and turned around again, only then did they really turn around.The two climbed out of the hole, backfilled the hole, and never dared to rob the tomb again.In retrospect, this was also a legendary experience, so I often used it as a joke.

Although the small tomb of Taoist priests has no mechanism or secret crossbow, it is full of evil ways. It is obvious that the owner of the tomb has manipulated some strange techniques he learned during his lifetime.The Taoist tomb is just a small tomb, and if that's the case, let alone Xu Fu and his ilk?Therefore, in the industry of digging mushrooms, the most taboo thing is the "immortal tomb", because the owners of these tombs are not easy to mess with. I don't know either.

The second type of tomb that cannot be touched is the "joint burial tomb". This joint burial tomb does not refer to the tomb of husband and wife, but the tomb with children in the joint burial.There are few such tombs, but they are not without. If you think about it, a family of three, four, or five died and was buried in one tomb. live long.When the tomb robbers go in, the whole family will join forces to punish you. Even if you are overpowered, you can be punished.

The last type of tomb is what we often call the ominous tomb, that is, the tomb whose geographical situation is not very good, the geomantic omen has changed halfway, and is prone to accidents.However, this kind of tomb is different for the benevolent, and the wise see wisdom. The degree of danger varies.For example, the tomb of Xu Fu we are in now, if there is no way to change the wind and water outside, then this place is a real murderous tomb, I am afraid I will not come in and ask for trouble.

At first, Professor Lin had no idea because it was a fairy tomb, so he pulled me along. Tofu and Gu Wenmin were brought along by the way. Tofu was my follower, and Gu Wenmin was the person in charge of this crime. All are helpful.But when we actually got to this place and saw this strange and bizarre curse, Professor Lin is an upright and soft-hearted person after all. He was afraid that something strange would affect us, so he said a bunch of inexplicable words to let us stop there.

But at this moment, we have heard the content of the curse. According to the above statement, the three of us are now cursed, so there is nothing to worry about. To be honest, I believe in curses, but I am not afraid of them. This thing, I was cursed by the face of the ghost since I was born, isn't it living well now?

After listening to Tofu, Tofu said: "This Xu Fu is really unkind. When he arrived in Fusang, he left behind our traditional virtues of hospitality and even cursed us. What kind of eyes, what kind of gate, I think it is a fool, Grandpa Dou It's not the first time I've fought, and I'm no longer the 'green face' I used to be, this little trick just wants to scare me, there's no way."

As soon as the words were finished, everyone suddenly heard a clicking sound in their ears, as if something heavy was rubbing against each other. Everyone was an experienced veteran. Wasn't this sound the same as we pushed the stone gate before?The voice came from behind. When I turned around and looked back, I suddenly found that the stone door, which was the same as the fire path, had closed itself just now.

I can't help but think of the last sentence: All doors to vitality will be closed.

Tofu was stunned, swallowed, and couldn't say another word.For a moment, the entire tomb was silent, and the surrounding mercury, under the radiance of the pearl, was emitting a faint silver light, and the backlight was like black scales, which flickered like human eyes blinking.Probably because of the influence of the atmosphere, in short, everything feels wrong when I look at it.

Who closed the stone gate?

Is it really because of the curse?
At that time, my back was facing Shimen, but the robots were facing us, so they were facing Shimen, so I asked them for verification, hoping to hear a more reliable statement.Robot No. [-] was speechless, and it took a long time before he said, "I closed it by myself, as if a pair of invisible hands were pushing it... What should I do now?"

I also felt that my mind was in chaos for a while, so I couldn't help saying: "You are official robbers, think of a more official way to get out."

The robots looked at each other, and the last one said: "Blast it with explosives."

Tofu immediately gave a thumbs up and said, "Good idea, at critical moments, violence is necessary."

I said: "In this case, don't worry about how the door is closed, or follow the original plan and look for the main tomb first." Now there is only one road in front of me, which is the doorless arched passage on the opposite side, which is also covered by mercury. Blocked, we need to use the same method to reach the other side.This time, the four robots still took the lead, but this time, when the robot had just climbed to the top of the tomb, his figure suddenly paused, and then his head was tilted down. The face with the gas mask was in a very strange position. It seems that there is something to say to us.

Immediately afterwards, I saw Robot No. [-]'s eyes shrink suddenly, only to realize that he was not looking at us, but at the bronze tripod beside us.

This bronze tripod is about two meters high and has no cover on it. We only regarded it as a sacrificial vessel. We didn’t pay attention to whether there was anything inside the tripod before. Only now did we realize that what Robot No. [-] was looking at was a bronze tripod. internal.

(End of this chapter)