Chapter 21: Down the Well (I)
boom!!
In the silence, a loud noise accompanied by a shock wave came from a distance! It was like a heavy punch hitting the umbrella!
Ka-la-la... The ribs of the black umbrella were all crackling. Jiang Xian held the black umbrella with both hands, his muscles bulging. Even so, the huge impact force made his feet start to move. He retreated several meters before the air waves in front of the umbrella finally calmed down.
Sand... smoke and dust blew up from both sides of the umbrella. Jiang Xian did not retract the umbrella immediately, but waited quietly.
No one else did the stupid thing of sticking their heads out to look. Five seconds... ten seconds... thirty seconds later, suddenly, a green light suddenly lit up in the darkness, followed by a strange rustling sound that echoed throughout the entire passage!
"This is..." The Eight-Armed Arhat frowned. Jiang Xian pondered for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his head and cursed in a low voice: "Fuck!"
Before he finished speaking, he retracted the umbrella and rushed forward quickly.
Collapsed rocks can be seen along the way. The closer you get, the clearer you can see that the Broken Dragon Stone was blown to pieces by explosives, revealing a huge hole in the center. Under the cold light above, you can clearly see that in the hole, a tall black shadow, like an awakened demon, raised .
"What is this?!" Ling Xiaozi, who had already caught up with Jiang Xian, asked with a breath of cold air. His hand instinctively grasped the whisk.
"It's the mother of the glowing plant!" Jiang Xian rushed forward and whispered, "It's the instinct of the organism. It absorbs sunlight during the day and sprays spores at night. It started when we blocked the wellhead just now. Its biological instinct made it think that night has come, and it is ready to start spraying spores!"
If they let it spray spores, neither they in the passage nor the unprepared team members outside will be able to escape!
Swish… Before he could finish his words, a green light broke out from the darkness!
It was like peeling an emerald banana. As the outer layer was peeled off layer by layer, the entire passage was illuminated in a dark green. And the devil in the darkness was slowly revealing its true appearance!
Swish, swish, swish! Rays of green light cut through the darkness. The closer they got, the clearer they could see. A giant plant that was two meters tall had already woken up from its slumber and spread out its branches and leaves. In the center, it seemed to be nurturing a green sun, which became brighter and brighter as the leaves peeled off layer by layer.
"Turn on all the flashlights!" Jiang Xian growled, "Eight-armed Arhat! It's up to you!"
At this time, what is needed is the absolute trust of the entire team in Jiang Xian. Fortunately, even if those present do not know each other well, they are all well-known figures in the world. Almost without any hesitation, several flashlights were aimed at the black shadow. At the same time, the tall figure of the Eight-Armed Arhat was like a flexible snake, instantly surpassing Jiang Xian and rushing to the front of the team.
Her fat body at this moment burst out with the momentum of a god descending from heaven. It was as if she had several arms in an instant. She clasped her hands and waved them. The next second, several "woooo" sounds of breaking through the air accompanied by wisps of golden light flew into the air and rushed into the darkness.
Dangdangdang! The collision sound was like rain hitting a pipa, one after another. Just when everyone rushed to one meter in front of the gate, all the golden light seemed to have eyes and flew back to the hands of the Eight-Armed Arhat. The Eight-Armed Arhat rubbed his fingers and said in a muffled voice: "Mercury!"
Jiang Xian didn't even have time to think about whether the mercury was all over the room, or a mercury trap. At this moment, he had already rushed into the door and shouted, "Turn all the flashlights to maximum! Shine it at it!"
In an instant, several flashlights shone on the giant plant at the same time, and everyone could see its true appearance.
big.
Extraordinarily huge.
We are now at the bottom of the dry well, and the ground and the well mouth are estimated to be four or five meters away. And this plant... is actually three meters tall!
It is divided into four layers, the outermost layer is a dark purple close to black, and the color becomes lighter as you go inwards. By the center, it has become a mixture of purple and white.
There are countless white spots on its petals that look like stars. At this moment, under the green light from the stamens inside, all the petals stretch out, like a purple sky dotted with emerald green stars. Countless golden stamens , each one meter long, sway with the waves as the jet energy condensed by the flower, like golden tracks passing through the starry sky. With a kind of extremely enchanting beauty.
As the stamens swayed, countless green spores rolled down like stars and fell into the center of the petals. At this moment, a pile of powder as big as a washbasin had formed. Threads of green light shone from below, like emeralds from hell.
Originally, its green light was getting brighter and brighter. However, surprisingly, under the illumination of all the flashlights, the green light actually became weaker and weaker, and finally, it became smaller and smaller!
Everyone stared at this strange plant. Jiang Xian held the black umbrella, and Ling Xiaozi tightly grasped the bottom of the whisk. The eight-armed arhat had already clamped four or five metal butterflies on his fingertips... Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, after five minutes... ten minutes, all the petals of the huge plant finally began to slowly close towards the center.
It was like the awakened god of death finally fell asleep. After a few dozen seconds, the whole plant completely closed, the leaves tightly wrapped around the stamens, and the outside looked pitch black. Unless the sun was directly facing it, it would be impossible to see that there was a plant here if you looked down from the well mouth.
"Open the well for me! Now!" The moment the plant closed, Chu Ziyi immediately took out the walkie-talkie and shouted.
No one let down their guard until the wellhead was moved away. Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Jiang Xian took a long breath, rubbed his brows, and suddenly felt... a little dizzy.
Mercury... Before entering, the two words Hong Si Niang said came to his mind again. He immediately turned the flashlight around and shone it around.
Swish... The flashlight swept around and they suddenly found that the whole room was a hexagon. Each side was built with complete and huge stone slabs. The roots of the huge plant were like vines, covering the entire room and the ground. It even blocked several walls.
And above the head are rows of steel nails.
"Is this... a totem?" Just as Jiang Xian pointed the flashlight at a wall, Hong Si Niang's voice rang out beside him: "The style is quite rare."
Under the flashlight, a strange totem relief was carved on the wall. I don't know how many years have passed. The surface has weathered a lot due to natural reasons. But its appearance can still be seen.
At the top, there is a bird.
It looks like a swallow with its wings spread, but its head is shaped like a teardrop and its tail is forked.
There are two things like hands on both sides of the bird below the waist. Below the tail, three lines cross in the middle. And below this totem is a lifelike dragon head. In the dragon's mouth, a pool of silver lines is slowly flowing down and sinking into the roots of the overgrown plants.
That's mercury.
Jiang Xian walked to the wall and gently stroked it. Although the wall was covered with dust, the relief features allowed people to clearly see that above it... there were also palm-sized raised characters carved.
"Qin Xiaozhuan..." He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and carefully felt the grooves on his fingertips.
"What is he doing? Communicating with the gods?" Hong Si Niang asked Ling Xiaozi beside her in a low voice. The other party stared at the totem and said absentmindedly: "No need to communicate with the gods..."
Without waiting for Hong Si Niang to answer, he pointed at the totem like a machine and said, "This is the black bird totem."
Hong Si Niang and Ba Arm Luo Han are kings, but they are not kings in this aspect. But he didn't need to ask, Ling Xiaozi mechanically said: "In the history of China, there is only one dynasty that used this kind of totem. That is the Qin Dynasty."
"Didn't you say before that this was a tomb of the Qin Dynasty?"
"You don't understand." Ling Xiaozi looked away in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking. He shook his head and said, "Water without roots, no matter how much you speculate, it's just speculation. But this totem... is the final word."
Hong Si Niang wanted to ask something else, but suddenly, Jiang Xian's voice rang out: "The sun and the moon have their regularities, the stars have their movements. The four seasons follow the classics. All the people are sincere... The glory of the sun and the moon is bestowed on one person. Let me discuss music. He is as wise as the heavens..."
"Qing Yunge." Ling Xiaozi raised his head and suddenly laughed for no apparent reason, then burst into laughter, laughing until tears came out. He bent down and supported his knees: "I can't believe it... I can't believe it... I see... I see..."
Sand... Jiang Xian's hand gently scratched the wall and walked forward a section. There was also a hint of disbelief in his voice, as well as a suppressed passion: "The dragon represents the imperial power, and the black bird on the tombstone represents the leader ."
Imperial power, black bird, leader, dragon head... Chu Ziyi suddenly raised his head, looked at Jiang Xian, then looked at the wall. In the end, his legs became a little weak and he almost couldn't stand.
"What you mean is..." His voice was a little dry and trembling.
An incredible possibility suddenly popped up in his mind, frightening him so much that his heart almost stopped!
Ling Xiaozi stood up and looked at Jiang Xian: "Even the three ministers dare not use the black bird without permission, because they cannot represent the Shang Dynasty. At most, they can use it for their own coffins, but they dare not use it in tombs or at doorways."
Jiang Xian looked directly at the other party and said in a deep voice: "The sun and the moon have their regularities, the stars have their movements. The four seasons follow the classics. All the people are loyal... The glory of the sun and the moon is spread to one person. I discuss music. The spirit of heaven... It should not be a eulogy of the level of the Three Dukes, and they dare not engrave it. They are not worthy of engraving it. The word "tyrannical Qin" is not a joke. Given the brutality of the Qin Dynasty's laws... No one dares to go beyond the rules on such matters."
Ling Xiaozi smiled bitterly and shook his head, looking at the dragon head that was spewing silver threads: "Ever since the Yellow Emperor rode a dragon back home, there has been an allusion to climbing high places and looking far into the distance on Double Ninth Festival in anticipation of his return. The dragon is the unique symbol of the emperor. Maybe there were old men in the Qin Dynasty who used black birds in their tombs, but once a dragon was used, it would be a capital crime with the family property confiscated and the ancestors exterminated! The crime would be committed by all nine generations of the clan."
The two of them were like guessing a riddle. Jiang Xian chuckled and said with certainty, "In that era, there was only one person who met all of these requirements."
Ling Xiaozi closed his eyes, his shoulders trembling slightly. "If it was him, everything would fit. Why is the area of this cemetery so large... Such a terrifying area would definitely be a huge undertaking with the productivity at that time. However, there is no record of it in history books. No... Assuming it was him, the thousand-year killing game you experienced could have been done by gathering the extraordinary people of that time."
This time, even Hong Si Niang and the Eight-armed Arhat felt something was wrong. Hong Si Niang's Adam's apple moved violently, and her voice was a little shaky: "The one you are talking about...can't be..."
Jiang Xian nodded, his eyes swept over everyone, and he said word by word: "The First Emperor, Ying Zheng - Zhao Zheng."
"Isn't this impossible?!" The Eight-Armed Arhat gasped, "Isn't the Mausoleum of the Qin Emperor in Xi'an? Isn't it in the northern foot of Mount Li, east of Lintong District? I've been there!"
"And didn't scientists prove this year that there are hundreds of tons of mercury arranged in the shape of rivers and mountains in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor? How... How is it possible that there is the Mausoleum of the Qin Emperor here?!"
Jiang Xian looked at her deeply: "Do you think... it's far from Chang'an now?"
The Eight-Armed Arhat paused instantly .
Here... is already the border of Chang'an!
