Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 47 Stone Statue
Tomb robbers have always been divided into northern and southern factions. Tomb robbers, because they walk underground all year round, have some very bad names, such as "gophers" and "soil rats". Up to now, they are generally called Tufuzi.

Tufuzi of the northern and southern sects lived in different regions and inherited different cultures, so their methods of robbing tombs were also different.Take tools, such as the most common Luoyang shovel, which is what we call an archaeological exploration shovel.

At first, it was used by the native masters of the northern school, but this thing can no longer be used in the hands of the southern school, because the soil in the south is different from that in the north, and the shovel cannot carry soil in the south, and it is not as good as a short-handled hoe, so the southern school does not use Luoyang. Shovel this thing.

There are already differences in tools alone, not to mention other techniques and exquisiteness.

But my grandfather's work notes are very strange. There is no distinction between southern and northern schools. Many things are mixed together. The descriptions in many places are also very different. In the process of writing work notes, my grandfather occasionally copied some other documents.

The section about Fengshui and Wangqifa's tomb, although it seems to be only about ten pages short, is all written in ancient Chinese.We all know that the ancient classical Chinese is actually more conclusive than the modern vernacular. Often the meaning of a few words requires a large paragraph of vernacular to translate, so the amount of information contained is very powerful.

Although I had already read it roughly before I came here, many difficult details still seemed to be blurred. Taking advantage of this time, I read it under the firelight, and deliberately ignored the singing that seemed to be absent.

When I turned to the section about the phoenix turning its neck, I looked at its detailed introduction.

It is written above that the phoenix turns its neck, and at the turn of its neck, a large Fengshui is formed.During this period, there must be running water. If there is water, you will see the dragon, and the dragon will be alive;

The general idea is that, according to the layout of the neck of the phoenix, there must be a water source at the position of the neck. The water source is preferably running water, such as river water or underground water, which is suitable for burying people; It is a decapitated phoenix, and it is a place obstructed by dragon energy, so people must not be buried.

Looking down, there is also the feng shui pattern related to the turning of the phoenix's neck, such as who is suitable for burial, and what should be paid attention to during the burial. Although it is less than a hundred words, it covers infinite mysteries, which fascinates me more and more.

At this moment, there was a sudden gust of cold wind from the forest. In this summer night, it made people feel goosebumps all over their bodies. , I saw something faintly squatting at the junction of the light and darkness of the fire, and the two green eyeballs exuded a faint light, and I don't know how long they watched us in the dark.

If it wasn't for this weird cold wind that happened to blow over, I really wouldn't have found that thing.

What exactly is it?Is it a wolf or something else?

Suddenly discovering those green eyeballs, I jumped up from the ground in shock, and picked up the torch on the ground.Animals are afraid of naked flames. I naturally know the reason for this. Whether it is a wolf or other wild animals, they will usually back away when they see naked flames.I approached that thing with a torch, and I couldn't help but feel agitated, thinking: Why doesn't this thing respond at all?Is it not afraid of fire at all?

Which animals come out in the middle of the night and are not afraid of fire?I quickly went through it in my mind, and I didn't think of a reason for it for a while, but when I got closer and saw the thing clearly, I couldn't help being surprised.Where is the beast, it is a strange big rock, lying horizontally at the bottom of the canyon, as if it rolled down from the mountain.

I subconsciously looked up the stone. In the dark night, the mountain was completely dark, and I couldn't see anything clearly.

The shape of this big stone is very strange. There are traces of carving on the upper body, and the lower body is relatively primitive, which seems to be an unfinished thing.This stone statue is very weird, its body is a bit like a dog's body, it has no neck, and the shoulder is connected to a human face stuck to the ground, and the reflection is indeed the eyeballs of the stone statue. After looking at the torch, it is inlaid with green Gemstones, but I don't have much research on gemstones, so I don't know what kind it is.

In the middle of the night, facing this stone statue that looks like a man and a beast, I just feel a little chill on my back, and a chill is coming from my neck. This stone statue of a human-faced beast god looks very kind, and there is a smile on it, but Cooperating with the scene at this moment, it makes people feel creepy.

I don't know why, but when I stared at this thing with a human face and a beast body, I felt a little familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere, but after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure it out.I couldn't help waking up Tofu, and asked him to follow along as a staff officer, barren mountains, wild mountains, uninhabited canyons, it's really weird that such a thing suddenly appeared.

I said to Tofu: "I always think it looks familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen it before. We hang out with each other most of the time on weekdays. Maybe you have seen it before. Think about it."

The saliva from Tofu's sleep flowed out, and I tossed it up, and suddenly saw such a strange thing, almost jumped in fright, and said: "My surname is Chen, can you let me sleep peacefully, and let me wake up as soon as I wake up?" I read this, don’t you know I’m a rat!”

Seeing that he was quite frightened, I quickly comforted him: "It's just a stone statue. Although you are a rat, there are heroes among rats. You have always been courageous. This little thing doesn't scare you."

Tofu was immediately very useful when I put on a high hat, and his expression eased, with a complacent look and a reluctant look, and said: "Forget it, for the sake of brothers, I don't care about you, you Wait for me to see." After saying that, he brought the torch closer, looked at the face of the stone statue for a long time, and then said slowly: "I can't see what it is, but I can see it clearly."

I immediately asked, "Which point?"

Tofu pointed to the eyeballs of the stone statue, and said, "Its eyes are quite valuable, why don't we take them off."

After I heard it, I was almost not pissed off. I couldn't help but smiled wryly, shook my head and said to Tofu, "Forget it, assuming I haven't said anything, you'd better go to sleep, go to sleep quickly, and don't leave it here to meddle."

Tofu probably knew that he was off topic again, so he scratched his head and said, "Don't, that's all I'm going to say. In fact, although I don't see what it is, I still have an idea."

I have given up any hope for this weak-minded coward, and said perfunctorily, "What do you think, just tell me."

Tofu suddenly pointed to the mountain, and said: "Obviously, this stone statue rolled down from the top. If so, there must be clues on it to look up and see." It gave me a sense of familiarity, and if I didn't understand it, it was like something was stuck in my heart.Although tofu is unreliable, but the words got to the point, so I immediately said: "You are right, it seems that we have to go up and have a look."

Hearing this, Tofu immediately shrugged his head, fell to the ground with a bitter face, and said, "Chen Xuan, you killed me, you kill me right now! If this goes on, I will be tossed to death by you sooner or later. In the future, you will be exhausted, it is better to give me a good time."

I was annoyed by him, and was about to speak, when Tofu suddenly let out another snort, and got up from the ground shaking his butt.I joked: "Aren't you waiting for me to kill you, why did you get up by yourself?"

"Don't make trouble." Tofu frowned and said, pointing to the mountain, "Look, why is there light on the mountain?"

When he said this, I couldn't help but look up, and my heart skipped a beat for a moment: No, it was still dark when I saw it before, why is there light now?Where did this light come from?

The light was relatively weak, like a firefly in the mountains, flickering on and off.Tofu put away his rascally look at this moment, frowned and said, "It seems like a bonfire raised by people."

I also thought it looked like a bonfire, and it was different from the light of the lanterns in Yinyang Liubu Village before.How can there be people in this kind of place, on the mountain next to us?
Just as he was thinking, Tofu suddenly asked, "Could it be Baldy Wei and the others?"

I shook my head and said, "Impossible. Guangtou Wei left two days ago, how could he still be staying here now? It's probably someone else." Tofu rubbed his chin and speculated, "There is no one here except us who come to this kind of place. Who else can dig mushrooms? Could it be that you met your colleagues again?"

It stands to reason that such a place should have been inaccessible.But first it was the bald fat man and the little beauty, and now a group of people suddenly appeared, which seemed too weird.My vigilance and experience tell me that things may change, and if we don't figure it out, maybe we will suffer a lot.

So I said to Tofu: "The bonfire should have just been lit, let's climb up and have a look."

(End of this chapter)