Hearing Liu Banxian's exclamation, Yin Xiu and Ren Qi looked at each other, grabbed the rope and jumped to the top to watch. As soon as the fluorite was brought close to the position indicated by Liu Banxian, the expressions of the two people could not help but change. Under the light, the king sitting on the throne was surrounded by a group of civil and military ministers, dragons, phoenixes, tigers and leopards. He was gorgeously dressed and very noble. No matter how you looked at it, he was the king of the nine states. However, his face was blank, as if something had wiped it away, leaving only the original color of bronze. "It's strong acid. Someone used some kind of acid to erase this face. And it happened hundreds of years ago." Yin Xiu has been doing maintenance procedures in the factory for a long time, so he is very clear about the traces left by the use of acid. "Could it be an accident? Someone spilled something on here?" Liu Banxian was sandwiched between the two of them. He looked up and saw that he couldn't see the top of the cave or the mountain, only endless darkness. Even though they had been climbing for so long, it seemed they still couldn't reach the top and couldn't even see. Is this underground palace hollowing out an entire mountain, or is this mountain not originally there, but because the earth was piled too high and too thick, a new mountain like this was added to the Changbai Mountains.
Obviously the latter conjecture is unlikely. Liu Banxian turned his attention to other pillars, "Let's look at the other pillars. Maybe there are any clues." Yin Xiu gave up hope, "Maybe every pillar here has been altered?" "You'll know if you take a look." Hai Dongqing below couldn't wait to shout, stuffed the fluorite in his hand into his belt, ran to the other side, and in a few times relied on the tree climbing skills honed in the mountains, he jumped to the top of the pillar. In terms of speed, he is not even inferior to Ren Qi and Yin Xiu, which makes others think that he is also a hidden peerless master. After climbing to the top, Hai Dongqing couldn't wait to lift the fluorite and shine it at the location where Yin Xiu and the others were checking. There, there was also a king, a group of birds and beasts, and a group of courtiers. However, the king's face was also corroded by something unknown, leaving only pitted marks, like briquettes, which made Hai Dongqing feel a little leaky. people. It seemed that she already knew what Hai Dongqing would find, so Yin Xiu didn't even ask. "How do you know that all the sculptures here have been tampered with?" Ren Qi looked at Yin Xiu coldly, "Do you have any memories, or have you dreamed about it before?" "Why don't you say I'm the one lying inside?" Yin Xiu rolled his eyes, "Isn't this common sense? If someone doesn't want others to see the true face of the tomb owner, thus destroying the traces about him. And when we see such a situation, our curiosity will definitely be aroused, and we will go to find the next pillar. It is impossible not to care about the occurrence of this situation. Therefore, it is useless to erase only one piece of information. Now that you have done it, you must do it all. If you miss one piece, all the previous efforts will be wasted. " "The way you put it, then they might as well not do such a strenuous thing." Ma Xiaoyu pushed her hair behind her ears, "The only one who can enter here is Captain Mo Jin. Captain Mo Jin doesn't care who the tomb owner is. Even the dynasty and other things are just an ear. They even care about this person." Identity is just because the identity of the owner is related to the money that can be obtained. " Liu Banxian also nodded in agreement, "To put it mildly, we call those people Mojin Colonel, Tufuzi, etc. In fact, many of these people are just farmers who don't know a few words. They only know that jade and gold can be sold." Money, that's all. Some local masters even used the calligraphy and paintings taken out of the tombs to wrap up the pieces of gold and jade pendants. Little did they know that the calligraphy and paintings they used as covers were the most valuable.
For such a person, who doesn't know the words and has no interest in looking at the pictures above, there is really no need to waste time erasing the information about the owner of the tomb. " "But they did." Ren Qi said seriously: "It's not like I'm just sitting around with nothing to do. I want to find something to do to pass the time, right?" "Of course there is a reason for this. After all, this is Shinto, a relic left by merchants. I found that the people here regard this place as the residence of gods and a bridge to the ninth heaven." Yin Xiu touched her chin, "They didn't dare to move anything else, but they just erased the face. Is it possible that this face cannot be seen?" "Are you saying that the face of the owner of this tomb cannot be shown to others?" "Of course that's not all I meant." Yin Xiu shook his head, "Looking at this period, it is obvious that those merchants did not think there was anything wrong with the appearance of their king, so they used great care and craftsmanship to carve his face and clothes on this pillar. Try to do your best. Be detailed and realistic. However, the ancestors of the imperial court felt that this king was good in every aspect, except that his face could not be easily shown to others, so he had it altered. " Liu Banxian took a deep breath, "So, what is wrong with the face of this king, the original owner of this underground palace? Is it too ugly and vicious?" "I don't think so." Ma Xiaoyu shook her head, "No matter how ugly a person is, when others draw pictures of themselves, they always hope to beautify them a little bit instead of making themselves even uglier." "It's just like some people take photos and ask for photos, skin resurfacing, and whitening." Yin Xiuhe said. "What?" Ma Xiaoyu was a little confused. "It's nothing, it's just my hometown dialect, I mean what you said makes sense. Businessmen believed that the king would go to heaven and become a god after death, so they did not regard death as a terrible thing. They worked hard to repair the tomb owner and build a residence after death, making everything meticulous and perfect. Therefore, even if the king himself has a green face, fangs, and a hateful face, in the hands of the craftsmen, he will probably only look majestic, or in other words, It has the appearance of dragon and tiger. Even Zhong Kui, the old man, actually doesn't look that hateful except for his majesty and murderous look, right? " "It seems so." Ma Xiaoyu took out his green-faced evil ghost mask from his sleeves. The mask had red eyes and revealed a pair of sharp long fangs. In addition to being frightening, it was indeed not ugly, but rather murderous. "Then the original owner of this bronze pillar has disappeared?" "It's possible that someone didn't want others to discover the identity of the person who was engraved on the bronze pillar." It was Ren Qi who spoke, "Remember what I said before about the overhaul of the Forbidden Palace, which resulted in large-scale looting of the wood from the tomb of the former Ming emperor? In fact, there are seal characters and inscriptions on many pieces of wood, indicating the time and place when the piece of wood was used. Of course, the imperial court could not admit that it had done such a disgraceful thing. The huge Yujing Forbidden Palace was built and expanded by stealing the tomb of Qian Ming Dynasty. He would not be able to bear this news if it was spread. Therefore, many of the inscriptions on the wood were burned and planed away. Anyway, they were treated cleanly. Just like the bronze pillar in front of me, a blank was left in its original position. Of course, the craftsmen and supervisors who did this work were also Ma Daha and not careful. Therefore, even until my time, when I was patrolling at night, I could still recognize the year names and seals marking the former Ming Dynasty from the pillars of some side halls in the Forbidden Palace. " "You mean, the imperial court didn't want anyone to find out that it dug the merchant's grave? To make it his own?" Liu Banxian asked. "It's not impossible."
Ren Qi said solemnly: "But I think it's not that simple. As we said before, those local masters and Captain Mo Jin are all illiterate bastards. Only such people would do such a derogatory thing. matter. It was common for these people to humiliate and destroy corpses. How could they care who the tomb belonged to? Except for Guan Sheng Emperor, no one dares to fight. It doesn't matter what princes, generals, ministers, saints or masters you are, they will all throw you to the ground and step on you like a ball. It is also a common rumor. Since the people who enter here don't care about what happened here, then why does the court go to so much trouble to hide the faces of the people here? " Yin Xiu seemed to have some clues, "Is it possible that the face of the person on this pillar is also a major secret?" "secret?" Hai Dongqing took out his ears and asked, "What's the secret?" Yin Xiu said helplessly: "The secret is a secret because most people don't know it." "Then we have been talking for a long time, but we still have no idea what happened here and why the court would do such a thing?" Hai Dongqing shouted. "There are already many secrets hidden in history books, and this one is no less important." Yin Xiu stretched out and put his hand on Liu Banxian's shoulder. "I wonder what your opinion is, Master Liu?" "I have little talent and limited knowledge. I am confused by the grudges and hatreds of the previous dynasty and the ups and downs of the world. I am at a loss. Please give me some advice from Yin Shaoxia!!!" "Don't take advice seriously! I'm new to the world, and I'm still a fledgling, so I invite Master Liu..." "Are you two singing a show? Or are you haunted by ghosts?" Ma Xiaoyu interrupted the two of them babbling and said to Yin Xiu: "Young Master Yin, little girl... Bah, bah, bah!" She shook her head vigorously to get rid of the oral habit infected by the two of them, and said seriously: "We may not be able to find the answer right now, and even if there is a way, we don't have that much time. Because we are here for the dragon vein, not for the owner of the tomb, we don’t have that much time to figure out who is lying here. As long as we know the specific location of the dragon vein, nothing else matters. " Ma Xiaoyu's statement was very crude, but also direct and simple. They really don't need to care who the owner of the tomb is, because this is just a "by-product" of finding the dragon's veins. What is important is the dragon veins hidden in the underground palace, not the people in the underground palace. "That's right," Liu Banxian nodded repeatedly, "Those bastards from the White Lotus Sect don't seem to respect the elderly and care for the young. Maybe they actually got them to the tomb, and they might even blow up the owner of the tomb." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden explosion in the darkness above the heads of the people, like thunder, followed by a continuous roar, like a mountain torrent passing by. Immediately afterwards, several people felt a shock wave rushing from the Tianling Cap to the soles of their feet, causing their whole bodies to tremble. Ren Qi and Yin Xiu looked above their heads alertly, with serious expressions. After a while, the rolling thunder died down and there was no more sound. Only a few grains of sand and pebbles fell at everyone's feet, making them dare not act rashly for fear of causing more changes. Yin Xiu felt lucky that no boulders fell above their heads, nor did a rock formation as big as a football field fall down and bury them underneath.
Liu Banxian waited for a while, and then wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves after confirming that there was no more danger. However, just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly remembered the possible source of the explosion, and another layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on Liu Banxian's back. "Could it be that the White Lotus Sect has already exploded the dragon's veins?" Liu Banxian glanced above, his heart beating wildly. "Not like." Yin Xiu shook his head. Regardless of whether the dragon vein was right above their heads, the White Lotus Sect moved so quickly that even when Yin Xiu and his party had taken a shortcut, they could deploy a large amount of gunpowder so quickly to blow up the dragon vein to pieces. Even if the dragon veins were blown up, Ma Xiaoyu and Yin Xiu were both protected by the Dragon Emperor. From this distance, they could definitely feel the changes. However, in order to confirm this, he still asked Liu Banxian: "Has the Feng Shui atmosphere here changed?" Liu Banxian took off his sunglasses, looked around, and counted with his fingers. After a while, he replied: "It is true that the dragon veins were not destroyed. There is no change here as before." As he said this, he breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that the White Lotus Sect's movements are not that fast." "It's not the White Lotus Sect, it's the army." "what?" "I mean it was done by the military." Yin Xiu grinned, "They should have used explosives to blow up the soil sealing layer and are opening the passage to the underground palace." "Yes." Ren Qi also nodded and said: "Although we don't understand the situation, the only ones who can make such a big move are the officers and soldiers under Prince Su. They can collect a huge amount of explosives in a short time and make such a big noise. " Ren Qi doesn't understand Feng Shui Kanyu, nor does he know anything about Taoist magic, but when it comes to his knowledge and understanding of the White Lotus Sect and the imperial court, there are probably few people who know it better than him. Although he expected that this would happen sooner or later, when he heard that the officers and soldiers were right above their heads, Hai Dongqing couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Now we really have to fight a thousand one by one." "Are you scared?" Yin Xiu raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Banxian. "What are you afraid of?" On the contrary, Liu Banxian shook his head calmly, "When we were on the ground, we must give face to these five thousand officers and soldiers, but here is underground, anything can happen. Uncle, when I get here, I don’t say it’s a dragon entering the sea, but it’s also a tiger returning to the mountain. I don’t know who will take care of it! " "It's not that I doubt you. Have you ever partnered with a native monk before? Have you ever partnered with a lama?" Yin Xiu looked at Liu Banxian with an increasingly strange look. (End of chapter)