Tomb Raiders View Shan Taibao

Chapter 46
By the time all the equipment was ready, it was already the morning of the third day, and Hu Bayi and the others just wanted to bid farewell to Feng Sijiu.

After all, the three of them had already discussed that they would leave Gutian and return to Beijing immediately as soon as they got their hands on it. But then the three learned that Feng Sijiu had left as early as yesterday.

When the three of them heard the words, they had no choice but to let it go, and then carried two big geese on their backs in bamboo baskets, and set off for Longling Yubone Temple. The three of them left Gutian County early in the morning.

In the next section, those who can make a car will take a car, and the places where there is no traffic will walk with both feet. Almost all the way while walking, they find locals to inquire about the location of Longling.

There is a small village at the foot of Longling Mountain. The three of them saw that it was too late to enter the mountain, so they discussed it. They will stay overnight in the village tonight, and we can wait until tomorrow morning to talk about anything.

So the three found a nearby farmer, falsely claiming that they were returning home to see their comrades-in-arms, and it was too late to stay here for one night.

Seeing that the old couple agreed, the three entered the house and wanted to inquire about the Longling.

Longling is said to be a ridge, but in fact it is just the remnant of the Qinling Mountains, that is, a piece of broken and twisted mounds, one mound next to another, because the mounds are cut and broken by rain and strong winds.

That's why there are countless deep ditches. In some places, there are soil shells on the outside, which can be broken when people step on them, and empty hollows inside.

People near Gutian County call this mountain Longling, but the villagers living at the foot of Longling Mountain call this area Panshepo.

Contrary to what the old man Liu said in the guest house, because the old couple said that there is no ancient tomb of the Tang Dynasty in Panshepo, on the contrary, people of the older generation mentioned it, and only said that there is a large tomb from the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The three of them were confused when they heard this, but fortunately the last three of them found a remnant stele from the Tang Dynasty in the house, so they can be sure that there must be a Tang tomb on Longling.

On the second day, the three of them woke up early, packed up their things and went directly to Longling behind the village. Following the direction they found out, they left the village and turned around two mountain ridges, heading for the Fishbone Temple.

The two mountain ridges looked simple, and the straight-line distance might be very short, but the environment was too harsh. When they really walked, it really tortured the three of them.

The three of them walked all the way for about three hours before they saw the Fishbone Temple in a ravine. They saw a pile of buildings on the hillside of Huangtu Ridge.

If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that this thing used to be a temple at all. After all, the incense has been broken for decades. Now looking at the temple roof and temple wall, it is almost broken to pieces.

"Master Hu, Master Fatty, look, is there black smoke above that temple?"

"Old Jin, are you delusional? Where is the black smoke coming from this dilapidated temple in the wilderness?"

At this time, the three of them were looking up from the bottom of the mountain. The sunlight on the top was a bit dazzling, so they couldn't see clearly for a while.

Hu Bayi hurriedly covered the sunlight with his hands, squinted his eyes and took a closer look, and sure enough, he saw a wisp of black smoke slowly stretching up from the top of the temple.

"This is really strange. Didn't those mountain people say that this place is dangerous and no one comes?"

"Old Hu, don't care about him, let's go up and have a look and then we'll know, what are you thinking about here?"

After all, the three of them walked up the mountainside together, and the outline of the Fishbone Temple became more and more clear, and many large holes on the top of the temple were slowly emitting green smoke.

There is only one temple in this fishbone temple, there is no advance or retreat, the layout of the east chamber and the west chamber, the original temple gate has long since disappeared.

Only a large door frame is left, which is the skull structure of the iron-headed dragon king fish, and the open fish mouth is the temple gate.

The three of them stretched their heads to look into the temple as they walked, wondering who was lighting the fire in the temple.

In the temple, the statue of the Dragon King, which was originally in the middle, had gone away for a long time, leaving only an empty base.

Looking at the middle of the temple, one can see that a cage fire is burning at this time, and a three-legged pot ring is placed on the fire. At this time, there is a small pot, and I don't know what is cooking.

Wisps of black smoke floated up from the fire under the bottom of the pot. Seeing this, the three of them looked at each other for a while, never thinking that this would be the case.

"Old Hu, who do you think this is? It's very interesting. He came to this ruined temple to cook and eat?"

Hu Bayi looked carefully at the temple, and after seeing that he really didn't see anyone, he thought, this is so fucking weird.

In short, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon, but don't be careless, the three of them walked into the temple cautiously, and Hu Bayi looked carefully at their feet.

On the ground, except for the part from the middle to the temple gate, there was no dust, the other places were covered with thick dust, and when I looked up, I saw that the broken wooden beams were also covered with cobwebs.

It seemed that this place did not seem to be a place where people often lived. The three of them walked slowly to the fire and looked into the steaming iron pot.

Seeing that the meat was actually cooking inside, the three of them had been rushing all the way in the morning, and they were already hungry at this time, and now they could smell the aroma and the pieces of meat rolling up from the pot from time to time.

Wang Kaixuan's stomach growled uncontrollably, and he couldn't help swallowing.

"Old Hu, do you think this is the Dragon Lord cleaning up the three of us?"

As soon as he heard what Wang Kaixuan said, Hu Bayi suddenly remembered the ghost feast they had in Niuxin Mountain when they jumped in line at Ganggang Yingzi.

It can be said that I still feel disgusted when I think about it now. Now that I see the sudden extra boiled meat in this empty temple, how dare I touch it again.

"Fatty Lord, don't even think about such a good thing. It's in the books from childhood. Don't eat things of unknown origin, not to mention that this is a pot of meat that you encountered in a place where the birds don't shit."

"Okay, Lao Jin, I'm just talking about it, you are really a fat man, I want to eat it? Let's see if this temple is left by the former Captain Mojin."

After finishing speaking, the three of them skipped over the iron pot in the temple, and began to look around carefully. Captain Mojin has very strict rules, and when you open a bucket, you can only take one or two things, and if there are too many, it will be broken rule.

If the person who built the Fishbone Temple was really a captain who touched gold, then the tomb must have not been emptied of artifacts, and there must be a few left.

The three of them walked around the Fishbone Temple a few times, but they didn't find any trace of the tunnel at all. Presumably it was hidden extremely well, so it shouldn't be easy to find it.

"Master Hu, don't you know how to divide gold and set acupuncture points? Why don't you use it to see where the secret passage in this temple should be hidden?"

Hearing what Da Jinya said, Hu Bayi clapped his hands and said yes:

"But we can't see it in this ditch. We have to climb up the mountain ridge and look down from a high point to see it clearly. You two wait here, and I will go back as soon as I go."

After Hu Bayi finished speaking, he raised his feet and walked out of the temple. Who knew that when he arrived at the gate of the temple, he bumped into someone without paying attention.

Wang Kaixuan and Da Jinya in the temple also saw Hu Bayi bump into someone when he went out, and they were about to go forward to help.

But after seeing the man's appearance clearly, the two of them stared and opened their mouths slightly, obviously very surprised, especially Hu Bayi, who shouted in surprise:

"Brother Feng, why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)