Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 574 Choice
All of this has me completely confused.Occasionally, the mute suffers from old illnesses, and from time to time it seems that he suddenly thinks of something that brings us a turn for the better. I even wonder if he has lost his memory.

If it wasn't for Chen Yi's corpse placed in that cave, and if it wasn't for the dumb young appearance, I would almost recognize him as my father.

But obviously, the mute is not a statement, and his origin is really a big mystery.

At this moment, Lei Zi and his party were nowhere to be seen. They said they wanted to leave here, but there were only two ways. One was the Yin-Yang Gate when we came, but whether they could open that gate is still the same thing. It is the pangolin passage from before.

Although there are some weird man-eating vines in that passage, we threw a big fire, and it must have been completely burned by now.Since plants can grow in that cave, it must be ventilated. If there are a few Leizi, they will probably return to that cave again.

Everyone has their own choice, Lei Zi and others chose to sacrifice their lives for Bai Sanye in exchange for what they need, but now, they choose to defy Bai Sanye's order and save their own lives.No one can say that they are wrong. The biggest thing in the world is life and death. There is nothing wrong with those who want to save their lives.

The few of us didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately climbed out of the burial pit.At this moment, there are seven of us in total, two of them have temporarily lost their ability to move and need to be carried on their backs. I am carrying Wen Min on my back, and the one named Shen Hao is carrying Zhong Hua who has been injected with anesthesia. The rest are only Zhong Gong, Zhuan Rui and Feng Guishou.

At this moment, we are standing at the end of the road in the middle of the sacrificial pit. We have always wanted to know what is on the other side of the sacrificial pit, but now, what is left to us is a large tomb door that has been pushed open.

At this moment, for the sake of safety, Feng Guishou and Zhuan Rui stood in front of me, behind me was Shen Hao, and Zhong Gong stood behind me.The two of us with sick numbers on our backs, who had no ability to resist, were protected in the center.Zhuan Rui calmly said: "I didn't see Wu Shui push the door before, so the tomb door should be opened by someone else."

other people?
Is it the former Flying Dao Bai Lao Si and his gang, or is it the statement?Is it Zhao Erye, or tofu?

Thinking of tofu makes me sigh.

The light in Zhuanrui's hand hit the center of the tomb door. With the light of the flashlight, we could see the ground behind the tomb door, which was laid with neat blue floor tiles. There was no wall in sight, so I guess, this The back is not a tomb passage, it is probably a tomb.

Feng Gui walked in front of the thunderstorm, very cautious, holding a flashlight in one hand, and a probe in the other. The probe would touch the floor tiles ahead of him, a bit like a blind man, but A very alert blind man.

I followed Zhuanrui and looked at the surrounding environment. Behind the tomb door was a relatively large tomb chamber. As soon as I entered, I could see a large tripod with four legs and two ears in the center of the tomb. Ding, I conclude that this should be the main hall in the underground palace, like a place for living people to entertain guests.

Just now the mute ran into here.

Zhuan Rui slowly swept the flashlight around, and saw that the entire tomb was about 100 square meters. When the light was turned off, there was a vermilion pillar in each of the four directions of the tomb, and the top of the tomb was a rare arch.It is very common to build arched tomb passages, but most of them are in the Central Plains.

We looked up along the pillars, and saw that on the arched top of the treasure, a deformed dragon head protruded from the four pillars. It is said to be a dragon, but it is more like a willow leaf. The leaves twisted and extended to the center of the top of the treasure. , engraved with incomprehensible ancient and clumsy patterns, only the images of dragon horns and dragon beards are more vivid.

These four protruding willow leaves have something hanging on each end, which are four big lamps. Imagine the appearance of these four lamps being lit, it must be burning like a bonfire. I feel very proud.From the looks of it, although the tomb of the Juer King is a Han tomb, it has many characteristics of the boldness of the Yunnan people. Many unique details have been retained in the design, forming a unique Kaishan tomb with a fusion of Yunnan and Han.

I moved my eyes away from the four large lamps hanging above my head, turned my eyes, and when I looked to the left, I suddenly found that there was actually a large table case placed on the table case. Pots, bowls, gui, wine and other objects, among which a few pairs of yellowed chopsticks can be seen in a bronze dish, these objects were the objects on the dining table of the people at that time, and they should be placed here to show that the owner of the tomb The banquet scene.

Zhong Gong said: "This is an elephant, and I really treat it like a human being."

In fact, ever since I was trapped in that secret room by tofu and saw the reliefs on the wall, I doubted the authenticity of the tomb of King Juer.According to the description on the relief, what the Baoxiang Queen recruited was actually the Zongzi transformed into a corpse, and the Baoxiang Queen herself should be able to use secret techniques such as refining corpses.

In this way, the legend that the giant ear recruited ghost soldiers to invite the gods is naturally false. If the giant ear elephant is just an ordinary elephant with a slight deformity, why should it enjoy the treatment of the giant ear king's tomb?Could this giant ear king's tomb be just a cover?Its real owner may not be a giant-eared elephant at all.

Since the tomb is to be repaired, why conceal the true identity of the owner of the tomb?

Zhuanrui walked to the table and saw that the pots and the gui were covered with lids. Zhong Gong opened one of the [-]-legged guis, but saw a dark mass inside, and he didn't know what it was. The tomb was well sealed and did not rot, but it turned into this kind of black thing. At first glance, it looked like a mass of dry stool. It tasted very strong when it was placed in the food.

Suddenly, Zhong Gong smiled, took one pair of yellowed chopsticks in his hand and twirled them around, saying: "It's actually ivory chopsticks, don't you think the owner of this tomb is an elephant? As a result, there are still ivory pieces in this place." , if it knows, it will definitely be angry."

Behind the table case, there are a few futons spread out. There is no sign of corruption, but the surface is covered with thick dust. I look past the table case and stay on the tomb wall.Under normal circumstances, there should be murals on the wall of the tomb. Since this is the "reception room", most of the content of the murals will show the scene of the owner of the tomb receiving guests and feasting on weekdays, but the tomb wall in this place is very clean. There are no neat blue tomb bricks, no matter whether they are reliefs or murals.

Except for the table case and the big cauldron in the center, the entire tomb is empty and looks extremely clean.Shen Hao, who was carrying Zhonghua on his back, said: "Elephants don't have to entertain guests. You can't paint a mural of an elephant inviting people to eat bananas, right?"

These words made Zhong Gong smile, and the atmosphere relaxed a bit.At this time, Wen Min on my back said weakly, "It's better to get out of here as soon as possible and find Xiaodou. It seems that there should be no clues about the curse."

Feng Guishou remained silent all the time, he walked around cautiously, his palm was bigger than ordinary people, stroking the surrounding stone pillars or tomb bricks, his demeanor was very careful.I found that there are no other passages in this tomb. Generally speaking, the main hall tomb is the hub leading to other tombs, but it is sealed here.

Obviously, there should be some kind of secret passage in this place. The dumb man chased him in and disappeared, he must have walked away along the tomb passage.

At this moment, Feng Guishou suddenly hummed, his voice raised slightly, as if he had discovered something, he saw his big hand pressing on the stone pillar, and he didn't know what he had done, and everyone suddenly heard a dull sound The creaking sound is the sound of the stone door opening that I am very familiar with.

I couldn't help but look in the direction where the sound came from, and saw that on the left hand side of Feng Gui's hand, the floor tiles on it shrank into the wall impressively, and then a stone door behind was exposed.At this time, Feng Gui's hand moved again, and the stone door slowly opened.

The stone gate is lifted up instead of opening to both sides, which surprised us a lot.In fact, the protagonists in TV dramas are often locked in a secret room, and the stone door will go up and down for a while, which seems easy.However, in terms of ancient craftsmanship, this kind of stone door that can go up and down is actually very demanding, especially this stone door is still hidden behind the tomb bricks.

However, this is not the only thing that surprised us even more.

Because in the process of slowly lifting Shimen, a pair of feet were exposed.

Wearing black hiking boots, black trousers, and then up, there is a buckle wrapped around the belt, which is full of various small objects, and then up is the waist, the bloody waist.

For a moment, I gasped, because although this person was not completely exposed to our sight, I also recognized it based on his attire, he was a mute!
How did he get hurt?
Wen Min on my back exclaimed: "Mr. Wu." At this time, Shimen was completely lifted, and the dumb man stood behind the door, with blood on his black hair, looking straight at us with dark eyes, and walked forward. I took a step, and finally staggered, my knees gave way, and I fell to my knees. I heard him say a word: "Don't go behind, go quickly."

(End of this chapter)