Xixia dead book

Chapter 239 The Finale of Death (29)
When Tang Feng was thinking wildly, he had already stepped into this room. The dark room was not big, and there was another door at the other end of the room. Tang Feng was afraid that he would see the same room after opening that door. Fortunately, when Tang Feng opened the door, what he saw was not the same house, but another alley. Tang Feng let out a sigh of relief, but he immediately became nervous again, because he found This alley is almost exactly the same as the previous alley, with twists and turns, and Tang Feng stood in the alley, with no end in sight on both sides.

"Where should we go?" Han Jiang also lost his direction, and now it's all up to Tang Feng.

Tang Feng was not in a hurry to make a choice, he stood in this winding alley, looked up at the sky above his head, he was recalling, reflecting, and then made a judgment step by step, "Yuan Hao really took great pains to build Mi City back then, he was like It’s a prophet who has predicted that the most dangerous place in Mi city is the water gate, so in addition to building the water gate as strong as possible, the area inside the water gate is planned as a civilian residential area.”

"Civilian residential area? You mean this area was originally lived by ordinary people?" Yelena didn't quite understand what Tang Feng meant.

Tang Feng nodded, "Yes, this is a civilian residential area. However, I don't know if there were any civilians living here. In short, Yuan Hao built this intricate alley and residential area in the water gate. To confuse intruders, especially those sneaking in through the Watergate."

"Like the civilian area behind the gate of Qianhu Town, Yelu Chucai is indeed Qianhu Town built after Mi City." Han Jiang recalled his thrilling experience in Qianhu Town.

"That's right, but I think Mi City is several times larger than Qianhu Town, and it's also much more complicated than Qianhu Town, so we must be careful!"

Tang Feng chose to go south, because he believed that they came in from the water gate in the north, so if they wanted to get out of this civilian area, they should go south, but they encountered another shadow wall within a hundred meters of this alley The wall, similarly, there is no mechanism on this screen wall.Tang Feng had no choice but to step back again. He found another door by the alley, also made of copper. When he opened the door, he found a room exactly the same as before. The room was empty without any furnishings. Not even a trace of previous use can be seen.

Tang Feng pushed open the door on the other side of the room. What appeared this time was not the same alley, but a courtyard, a square courtyard. There was no door at the other end of the courtyard, but there was a moon gate on the south side of the courtyard. Pushing open a dilapidated wooden door, Tang Feng saw another square courtyard behind the Moon Gate. Tang Feng's feeling became worse and worse. He felt that he had fallen into a maze as complicated as a mandala again. How to get out? I can't get out either.

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Tang Feng pushed open another door in the courtyard. Behind the door was a long and narrow yard with two-story buildings on both sides. Tang Feng quickly walked through this yard, and outside was another alley that was exactly the same. Tang Feng didn't observe carefully. Walking completely by feeling, turning a corner, it was still the same alley, but as Tang Feng walked, he felt that the alley became wider.

Tang Feng did not expect this road to be so complicated. Along the way, he turned several bends and walked around it for almost half an hour before walking out of this alley. Tang Feng pushed open the gate next to the alley from time to time to check the gate In the future world, there are all rooms, but there is no trace of people living in them. Tang Feng can't help but wonder, "Could it be that these houses have been empty all the time, and no one has ever lived in them, just to confuse people who broke in illegally?" uninvited guest?!"

Although this alley was tortuous, it never ended. When everyone expressed doubts about the route, Tang Feng felt hopeful. This alley must be different from the previous two. There must be a different scene at the end of it. Sure enough, after turning the last corner, the end of the alley appeared. It was not a wall, or a screened wall, but an avenue, a [-]-meter-wide avenue, no, or it should be called a square.

The five people stared wide-eyed, walked out of the alley in surprise, and looked around. There are magnificent architectural relics scattered around, especially under the hill to the west, surrounded by high platforms and majestic palaces. It’s just that most of these buildings have collapsed and their glory is no longer there. You can imagine the magnificence and magnificence of this place from the remaining tall foundations and ruins; however, in the middle of the high platform at the west end of the square, there is a huge and magnificent palace-style building, although it is dilapidated, it still stands there majestically. It makes people think about it.

Behind that tall palace was the hill that everyone saw outside the city. When the noon sun shone on the top of the hill, the dazzling golden light once again prevented Tang Feng from looking directly at the top of the hill. Tang Feng didn't know what was on the top of the hill. What, but he had a vague sense that there would be something shocking to him.

The five people were all shocked by the scene in front of them, and no one said a word. When they came to the center of this huge square, they all stopped at the same time, and looked around in amazement, as if they had passed away!
Tang Feng looked back and saw that on the other side of this giant rectangular square was the east city wall, but there were two groups of small buildings on the left and right under the east city wall, which seemed to be well preserved.And that glorious golden city gate, just as they discovered outside the city, did not appear on the central axis facing the square, but was hidden in the civilian area where they managed to come out just now.

"Sure enough, the magnificence is not like the world. No one would have imagined that there would be such a magnificent ancient city in the depths of the vast sea. Unfortunately, most of the buildings were destroyed in the war. Otherwise, I can't imagine what a magnificent scene it will be before our eyes. "Han Jiang said excitedly.

"This... Oh my god! I'm so excited that I can't speak!" Liang Yuan was even more incoherent in excitement.

"This is much bigger than the black city that Koznov discovered back then, no wonder the scientific expedition team..." Makarov was also shocked by the scene in front of him.

"It doesn't seem like anyone has been here before." Yelena was shocked, but she was still vigilant.

"Of course, we are the first group of people to find this place and enter Mi City in 700 years, unless...unless Misha really entered Mi City back then." Tang Feng said.

"No, that's not what I'm talking about." Yelena changed the subject, "I mean it's terribly quiet here. Since there used to be a group of party members living here, and there was a fierce battle, why didn't the corpses be found? This square is so clean, including Except for a layer of dust, the dwellings we walked through just now have no signs of being inhabited or used by anyone."

Yelena's words brought back everyone's thoughts from the initial shock, and Liang Yuan also said, "That's right, in such a big Mi city, why can't we see the corpses that died back then, and those folk houses seem to have never been lived in? "

Tang Feng walked slowly in the square. Sure enough, apart from the floating soil on the surface, this huge square was so clean, there were no corpses, no weapons left, and no traces of fierce battles could be seen at all.

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Tang Feng stared at the floating soil on the surface of the square, tried to calm himself down, thought for a while, and said: "There must be many secrets in Mi City, waiting for us to uncover. We have now walked to the west end of the square, I think here should be It is the very center of the entire city of Mi.”

Everyone looked around again, and sure enough, their current location seemed to be about the same distance from several city corners. Tang Feng then said: "From the general layout of Mi City, it is different from ordinary buildings facing south and backing north. It sits west and faces east, facing the direction of the sun, so all its buildings are developed around this east-west rectangular square. Based on where we are standing now, the west side of Mi City seems to be full of tall buildings. It was the palace area and temple area back then, and the buildings on the east side are obviously not as tall as the west side, and the east side is divided into different functional areas according to the different people who live there. You see, we now have two pieces on the left and right Although the building is not as tall and magnificent as the palace area, it is obviously much taller and more luxurious than the civilian area we drilled before. From the perspective of location, these two areas are closer to the palace area, so I speculate that these two areas should be It is the residential area of ​​the nobles, or the seat of the administrative agency, while the two low areas closest to the city gate are the civilian area, which may also include the commercial area and the handicraft area."

"It seems that Mi City has been carefully planned from the very beginning, and it is completely the prototype of modern urban planning!" Han Jiang sighed.

"What about the two groups of buildings near the city wall at the east end of the square?" Liang Yuan asked, pointing to the two groups of well-preserved buildings under the city wall in the east.

"Those two groups of buildings are not very large in scale, but they are obviously higher than the civilian area in terms of construction level, and they are separated from the two low-rise building areas next to them by laneways. I think this may be two groups of official buildings with special purposes. Buildings." Tang Feng paused for a moment, and then said: "Have you noticed? The whole city of Mi is more severely damaged as it goes west, especially the palace area, while the buildings are better preserved as it goes east, especially in the civilian area. What was the damage?"

"This shows that the fierce battles that year were mainly found around the palace area!" Han Jiang said.

"Will there be such a possibility that at the last moment of Mi City, the population of Mi City has been greatly reduced, and there are no people living in the civilian areas, so when the Qixue army attacked the city, nothing happened there? What a fight!" Yelena suddenly made a bold guess.

Tang Feng nodded, "I suspect so too. But it's too early to draw conclusions. After all, we only checked a small part of Mi City. I think Mi City must contain many unknown secrets. It's up to us to find out."

"But Micheng is so big, we only need so many people, what should we do?" Liang Yuan asked Tang Feng.

Tang Feng was sweating non-stop. He looked at the scorching sun above his head, and then looked around the whole city of Mi, "There is no good way, just like we were in Qianhu Town, let's check one by one!"

"With the five of us, how long will it take to dig out the entire Mi city in detail?" Han Jiang shook his head with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Tang Feng patted Han Jiang on the shoulder, "Who said that the whole city of Mi is going to be excavated? We can't excavate as carefully as the archaeological team. What we can do is to have a rough understanding of the city of Mi first, maybe we can soon We have gained something, and we should have six or seven hours before the sun goes down. Fortunately... fortunately, there is the ecstasy array set up by Basiba to trap the general and his gang in the skeleton mandala for us, so we There is still time."

"You are so confident, what if those men in black turn out of the mandala?" Han Jiang asked back.

"Impossible, unless they can understand the mystery of the mandala. If they have already transferred out of the mandala, they should be here now. However, you see, they didn't show up!"

When Tang Feng finished speaking, he suddenly found that everyone became nervous. Han Jiang even took out his gun and fixed his eyes on the exit of the civilian area.

The air seemed to freeze, and the huge city of Mi was terribly quiet. Han Jiang stared at the alley for half a minute before slowly putting down his gun. Tang Feng said: "You are too nervous! You are already nervous enough, you It also creates tension."

"I always feel that the general will not let it go, and they will definitely find this place!" Han Jiang said.

"Even if they can find this place, I estimate that more than half of their people will be lost. At that time, we can rely on the favorable terrain to eliminate them." Tang Feng seemed quite confident at the moment.

But Makarov suddenly said: "Speaking of the general, I thought of the man wearing the cloak again. Is that man the general? He also wears a cloak among his own people? Who is he?"

"Besides the general, who else could he be?" Yelena asked in puzzlement.

Makarov shook his head in a daze, "No, I don't know. I just... just feel strange."

Makarov's words made them fall into silence. After a while, Liang Yuan broke the silence, "Then where do we start now?"

Tang Feng pointed to the relatively tall buildings in the north, and said, "I think we should survey the buildings in the east of Mi City first, starting from the area north of the square."

"Is that what you call the aristocratic residential area?" Han Jiang looked at the two large areas in the north, one was the civilian area that made them lost just now, and the other was the aristocratic area that looked more luxurious, and this place would also make them lost ?Han Jiang didn't have time to think about it, Tang Feng had already walked towards the unknown building first.

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Walking into the middle of the tall gray walls, a spacious and straight north-south road is displayed in front of Tang Feng. Except for the floating soil on the surface, this road is still very clean.

Tang Feng looked at the buildings on both sides of the street curiously. Below the tall gate was a thick copper-clad gate. Tang Feng pushed it lightly, and the gate opened. Inside the gate was a screen wall, bypassing the screen wall, showing In front of Tang Feng is a spacious courtyard with thick yellow sand covering the steps of the courtyard. Tang Feng stepped up the steps and walked straight inside. Inside is a spacious living room. The tables and chairs in the living room are tilted here and there. When it came to the looting, and then walked back, Tang Feng suddenly had a feeling that the Hou family was as deep as the sea. When he came to the last courtyard, he stood there for a long time, looking at the mansion that had been looted, Recalling its prosperity in the past, I can't help sighing, "The owner here may be a Xixia general, and he has died in battle..."

"Tang Feng, have you noticed that this place has been looted, but there is no corpse. Where are the people who lived here?" Han Jiang asked suspiciously.

"Perhaps at the last moment of Mi City, women, children, old and young all died on the battlefield." After Tang Feng finished speaking, he hurriedly left the mansion. He knew that they didn't have time to check these mansions one by one, and there were still many places. Waiting to find out by himself, Tang Feng quickly walked to the end of the street, which extends to the north of the city wall. Tang Feng did not enter those mansions again, but quickly exited this noble residential area.

Tang Feng came outside the civilian residential area. He didn't dare to enter the civilian area rashly. The complicated streets and alleys in the civilian area gave him a headache. They circled outside the civilian area and soon came to the two groups of well-preserved buildings under the east wall. , the group of buildings in the north is very well preserved, even the plaques on the buildings are there. Tang Feng quickly recognized the Xixia characters on the plaques, "This group of buildings is Confucian Temple. It seems that Mi City has all internal organs, completely in accordance with the capital's regulations. Large-scale construction, even a Confucian temple dedicated to Confucius."

"Are you still going in to have a look?" Liang Yuan asked Tang Feng.

Tang Feng looked at the closed gate of the Confucian Temple and shook his head, "We have more important places to go."

After speaking, Tang Feng walked towards the city gate on the north side of the Confucian Temple, which was the golden gate. The golden gate did not have an urn, and the Qianjin gate was just inside the gate. It was all yellow-brown iron dross, and the jack was put down, so Tang Feng couldn't see the back of the golden gate.

"Why are there no stairs to go up to the city?" Han Jiang touched for a long time, but he didn't see the stairs to go up to the city. He only found two large mounds of earth behind the city gate.

Tang Feng pouted at the two large mounds of soil, "This is the ladder to climb the tower. I guess it was demolished by the Qi Xue army. Ba Siba had no time to demolish the solid city wall of Mi City, so he blew up the only one that could climb the city wall with explosives. ladder."

"Basiba seemed to be ready to destroy Mi City when he withdrew from Mi City!" Han Jiang thought for a while, and then asked doubtfully: "Accordingly, the area near the city gate should be the place where the battle was most intense. But there's not a single body to be seen here."

"It's very strange! This... This is really a city of death!" Tang Feng said, turning around and looking at the street behind the golden gate. This is a seemingly straight street. The street is not long. At the end of the street there is A gate, which looked larger than the surrounding dwellings, everyone quickly walked to the gate, and the plaque on the gate was the word "Tai Xue", "This is in line with the city planning at that time. Next to the Confucian Temple is Tai Xue , it’s just that Taixue is facing the golden gate, which is so interesting.”

"History didn't say that Yuanhao attached great importance to education and established schools in all cities across the country. Isn't this Taixue consistent with historical records?" Liang Yuan said.

"Yes, this is in line with the records, but what does it mean to use Taixue to face the city gate? Could it be that Yuan Hao hopes to use the power of culture to influence the invading enemy?" Tang Feng shook his head helplessly.

Tang Feng did not enter Taixue, he walked around, and some residential houses around Taixue finally showed signs of being lived in, but they were all looted.And there is a road on both sides of the gate of Taixue, leading to the winding civilian area.

(End of this chapter)