Chapter 67: Non-invasive tomb opening
In a sense, Xiong Gui is really a very qualified minister. He can attribute anything to destiny. If Tan Xiao hadn't done radio gymnastics every day at school, he would have really believed it.
"Really?" Xionggui didn't really care about this. "Then I suggest you use it. It's very suitable."
Tan Xiao: "...Our principal's words don't count in this matter."
Tan Xiao urged... Xiong Gui to go back, but Xiong Gui was reluctant.
Kong Xuan was already unhappy with it. Don't think that he didn't see Tan Xiao shake off the Xiong Viper today. It must be that the Xiong Viper was shamelessly clinging to Tan Xiao's waist, and he was busy with the damage to his mask at that time. Wasn't this a way of taking advantage of the opportunity?
In short, it was all Xionggui's fault. Kong Xuan walked over with a cold and handsome face, put his hands in his sportswear pockets, and stepped on Xionggui's head. Tan Xiao at least took Xionggui's help into consideration and stopped him, saying, "It will look suspicious if you step on the air here."
"How could that be? " Kong Xuan started doing warm-up exercises on the spot and instantly integrated into the atmosphere of the sports meeting.
Tan Xiao: "..."
At this moment, some fun sports activities have started nearby, such as skipping rope, where a group of people jump in unison under the rope. Yu Zhenzhen, who was passing by to take pictures, was confused for a second: Does Kong Xuan have any other activities?
"Hurry up and drive it away. How can such a thing appear on campus?" Kong Xuan spoke as if it was not him who stepped on the snake's head, but Tan Xiao who had to take action instead.
"...Really? You should go back." Tan Xiao advised.
Although the other party is a natural enemy, the male viper still has some dignity left. After all, they have taken a big step today and were summoned by Tan Xiao. How can they fail at this moment? "We are fine. Now the nine heads take turns to stand guard."
Tan Xiao: ? ? But it sounds more painful when nine heads are hit in turn!
"I have other school activities, so I can't go to 404 to audit the class. You..." Tan Xiao only said the beginning, but Xiong Hui, the veteran worker, immediately understood what he meant.
On the side, the rope skipping project has already begun. The students took the time to get under the long rope that was swinging non-stop. One, two, jump -
"I'll go find out." Kong Xuan was still warming up on the spot above the male viper, quickly raising his legs high. It saw the opportunity, one, two, and pulled out -
Tan Xiao who witnessed everything: “…” You guys have quite a sense of rhythm.
Xiong Gui glanced at Yi Zhong with lingering eyes. He knew that Tan Xiao was also instigated by Kong Xuan. Alas, this was tantamount to using the emperor to control the princes.
After the sports meet was over, Tan Xiao went home without stopping. As soon as he got home, he ran to the second floor, rushed into the room, and slowed down his pace. He saw the crack on the peacock mask, which almost ran across the entire cheek. The crack was not shallow and almost went through the middle.
Kong Xuan saw it with his own eyes, and his voice became lowered, "His face is disfigured."
Kong Que was originally concerned about his appearance, and this mask was a distraction. Moreover, he even kept the paper mask that Tan Xiao had made himself, but this wooden mask actually cracked first.
The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became. Kong Xuan's emotions were almost revealed on his face. He was cracked! !
He touched his cheek, and the faint connection made him seem to be able to feel the pain on his face at the moment the mask was damaged.
Tan Xiao carefully took off the mask. They were caught off guard that the other party had the ability to attack the Nuo mask. He also touched the crack with heartache.
He whispered, "…Is there only one left?"
"Wait a minute, maybe there is a way." Tan Xiao said.
Kong Xuan frowned, but there was still hope in his eyes. After all, this was what Tan Xiao said: "What else can we do?"
Tan Xiao took a deep breath and shouted: "Mom——"
Kong Xuan: “???”
Half a minute later, Tan Chunying ran upstairs, knocked on the door, and pushed it open. "What are you doing? Hey... this." Tan Chunying saw the broken mask in Tan Xiao's hand and asked in shock, "How did it break? Did the master cut corners?"
When making Nuo masks, good quality wood that is not prone to cracking is used from the very beginning of material selection. There are so many steps involved, not to mention Tan Xiao's new mask, even the old masks in his family that have been around for so many years would not have such big cracks.
Tan Xiao hesitated and said, "There should be no cutting of corners. I just pressed it accidentally."
"Good fellow, did you dance on it?" Tan Chunying took the mask and examined it. She was amazed by the damage. She looked up and said mysteriously, "You will be punished by God for doing this!"
Tan Xiao: "..."
Tan Chunying's expression slowed down: "Mehahahahahaha, are you scared?"
Kong Xuan: “…………”
Tan Chunying was unaware and put down the mask and said, "It's time to show you a new technique. See if you can close the seams. If not, patch them up."
In the beginning, the Nuo masks were actually made by the wizards themselves, but later they were outsourced to craftsmen. However, they naturally knew how to maintain and repair them.
Tan Xiao had never experienced repairing the phase, but since there was a way, he felt relieved, "Um... Mom, can you teach me how to repair it?"
"Of course, I'm not afraid that you won't have time to do it." Tan Chunying looked at him strangely, "Do you really have to do it yourself?"
Tan Chunying was standing very close to him, so Tan Xiao couldn't look at Kong Xuan at all. He just raised his hand and touched the crack, "I have set up the altar myself, so of course I have to build my own shrine myself."
Kong Xuan could feel that Tan Xiao's hands were different from his. His warm palm stroked the mask... just like it was against his cheek.
"Haha, that's good too." Tan Chunying joked, "Then don't dance on it anymore."
Tan Xiao nodded, he must protect the mask well.
…
After evening self-study, Tan Xiao and Kong Xuan rode their bicycles to Laomei Temple. They had an appointment to meet today.
"Tan Xiao, here you are." There was an old man next to him who had just gotten off the shared bicycle. He saw Tan Xiao and called out his name.
Tan Xiao hesitated, he didn't recognize which wizard this was. No, he didn't look like a wizard. Although the other party appeared in the Laomei Temple, he was not wearing a wizard's uniform and his hairstyle didn't look like a wizard.
At this time, the old man rolled up his sleeves, revealing his strong arm muscles. Tan Xiao recognized him instantly: "Teacher Ji."
This person is none other than Mr. Ji, who is in charge of the excavation of the Tomb of the King of Chu. He chuckled and nodded to Kong Xuan who was standing beside Tan Xiao: "Let's go in together and see what good things you have found this time."
That's right, because when the school sports meet was held to catch Yorkshire, Tan Xiao and Elder Baoping accidentally entered the tomb and hurried to find Yorkshire. However, since the guardian beast of the Tang tomb seemed to have developed consciousness and the specifications of the tomb seemed to be quite high, there was naturally a follow-up. I said I would do archaeology on you, and I will do archaeology on you. The 404 Office said that they would invite experts for talks, and it turned out that Mr. Ji came in person.
As soon as Tan Xiao arrived at the office area, Xionggui jumped out and showed him Yorkshire's inquiry records.
Tan Xiao took a quick look and found that the Yorkshire Terrier was no different from the ones he had caught before. There was no need to expect it to tell him anything. It couldn't even find out the whereabouts of Grandma Fang Zhu.
"Or... ask something else, such as the location of the tomb." Tan Xiao looked at Mr. Ji. He came here originally for archaeological matters, to help locate the specific location of the Tang tomb, but before that he just wanted to communicate with Xiong Gui and Tan Xiao.
"Just like fighting them, it can't reveal any information about its master, but what about other aspects?" Tan Xiao pointed at the map prepared in the office, "Why not ask other aspects? Maybe we can reveal something by testing them in this way?"
"That's fine, there's nothing else to do anyway." Barry said. He also found that he was helpless, which was not surprising. The main goal of their team was to capture the culprits, so as to at least stop the current cases. The higher-ups also specially assigned people to find the souls of the culprits.
Agreeing to Tan Xiao's proposal means that everyone wants to squeeze out something more.
"Also, Mr. Ji, you don't know that before it brought us to that tomb, it actually dragged our bodies directly to the tomb of the netherworld." Tan Xiao said thoughtfully, "In fact, this technique is quite good. If you learn it, wouldn't it be very convenient to open tombs in the future?"
Mr. Ji really didn’t know the details, “Oh?”
"You see, you cooperated with the male viper before, but the male viper is time-bound after all, and it can only go down by itself. But this can drag a living person down, and it is not as harmful as the soul leaving the body. With your eyesight, it is better to see it yourself. There is no need to dig up the tomb, you can grasp the situation and judge how to protect it, and whether to protect it in situ or excavate it in the future." Tan Xiao's words became more and more interesting, and Ji Lao's eyes lit up, "This is, non-invasive tomb opening!"
Mr. Ji laughed out loud when he heard this: "Great, a good way to open the tomb without any damage!"
The Yorkshire Terrier was brought to trial again. He thought he would be questioned again, so he sat on the ground with his hair sparse. But then he heard an old man among the interrogators eagerly ask, "Hurry up and hand over your archaeological secrets!"
Yorkshire: “?”
…
"…This is it." Tan Xiao followed Yorkshire's method and located the tomb again, and it turned out to be in Qiyunling.
This is not surprising. After all, Yorkshire was active and digging in that area, and probably discovered the tomb by chance. It was just because it had its own primary goal and did not do anything to the Tang Sancai, just like the saccharins.
"Then let's go down and take a look together." Tan Xiao looked at Mu Fei.
In this case, Mu Fei formed a team. Their office was going to identify and register the tomb guardian beasts. According to the old rules, two people would go, and they would bring an intern, Jiao Guangquan. Mr. Ji was also going to represent the archaeological community. Xionggui shamelessly said that they were also archaeological consultants and wanted to go together. In fact, they just wanted to follow Tan Xiao's actions.
Tan Xiao followed Yorkshire's instructions, drew a board on the ground with lime, held the mahogany chips, and faced the east, breathing in and out, "... Now I will step on the Gang, three and five will combine, step on the Xuan and Heng..."
While reciting the words, he placed the wooden chips in the corresponding positions, put his palms together and made a gesture, "My God guides me, and I travel to all directions!"
The group of people in the underground bureau suddenly felt as if there were rippling water in front of their eyes. They took a step forward and the scene in front of them immediately changed. It was the Netherworld Tang Tomb that Tan Xiao had visited that day.
But this time it seemed to be a different tomb. Ji Lao couldn't help but touch his body. It was the first time for him to have such an experience. Looking around, he immediately realized that this was a tomb. The furnishings could not escape his eyes. "Pankou pot, double-cord jar... there are really a lot of porcelain."
In addition to porcelain, there are also a large number of human figurines, "Shi Zhen figurines... Well, this one is the owner of the tomb, and there are also the twelve zodiac figurines..." Mr. Ji couldn't help but walk to the figurines and take a closer look.
Tan Xiao also saw that the twelve zodiac figurines could all be clearly identified as animal species, which was easy to explain. But in addition to the zodiac figurines, there were two other human figurines, whose facial features looked lifelike. One was looking up at the sky, while the other was lying on the ground. The one lying on the ground was almost prostrating himself.
"What are they doing?" Mu Fei asked curiously. She also knew that the figurines in the tombs were modeled after the duties of the living world, and they had their own jobs, so she couldn't tell what these two were doing.
"One is called Yangguan figurine, and the other is called Futing figurine. We usually think that their function is for the tomb owner to observe the movement of heaven and earth, or astronomy and geography, or to avoid misfortune and seek good fortune. Some people also think that it may be like listening to the movement of horses on the ground when marching in battle."
Ji Lao squatted down and looked at the Fu Ting figurine. "I personally think it is more like the former. It has the function of exorcising evil spirits. It may be to see if there are any ghosts that will harm it..."
When he was halfway through his words, he saw the Fu Ting terracotta's eyes suddenly change from staring at the ground to looking sideways at him!
The two looked at each other, and Ji Lao screamed, took a few steps back, and looked again carefully. The eyes of the Fu Ting figurine had returned to normal.
"Am I seeing things?" Mr. Ji looked at the others. Everyone was attracted by his scream. "I felt it... glanced at me."
"We are all in the graveyard. It can't be an illusion." Mu Fei said leisurely, "This place is full of talented people. There is more than one person who has consciousness."
But this Fu Ting figurine is probably not as advanced as the Tang Sancai tomb guardian beast, and it can only roll its eyes. Tan Xiao was moved when he heard it, and felt that there was something to be done.
"So, what about the tomb guardian beast?"
"It appeared as soon as I came down last time. Maybe it hid because there were so many of us." Tan Xiao looked around and said, "Let's go and look for it in other tombs."
There are many human figurines in this tomb. When I wandered around other tombs, I saw four spirit figurines.
The so-called Four Spiritual Figurines are the Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, White Tiger and Black Tortoise. There have always been many forms of these Four Spiritual Figurines, including complete animal forms, human bodies with animal heads, and some, like the one in front of you, which are a combination of spiritual beasts and standing warrior figurines.
The Azure Dragon and the White Tiger are both lying on the shoulders of the figurines, the Black Tortoise is entangled on the figurines, and the Vermillion Bird is held up by the warrior figurine.
Because of what Mr. Ji said, everyone paid more attention when looking at these human figurines. When Tan Xiao saw the Vermillion Bird figurine, he smiled. The Vermillion Bird and the Phoenix are similar in appearance, but they are not from the same family.
However, the bird head of the Vermillion Bird figurine actually moved slightly under everyone's attention, and its head moved in a small range under the hands of the warrior figurine.
Because the stone had only a tiny bit of spiritual awareness, its movements were stiff. Everyone stared at it for a while before realizing, "Hahahaha, it's asking for a pat on the head."
Kong Xuan laughed especially sarcastically: "Suzaku, hahahahahaha!"
Tan Xiao: "..."
you……
never mind.
Tan Xiao suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, as if he was being secretly observed. He turned around and saw only figurines. But in Tan Xiao's words, if there was a strange feeling here, it must be something evil.
"Is it you?" Tan Xiao was just suspecting that it was a Tang Sancai, when he heard the four spirit figurines suddenly make a sound together, murmuring a human voice in a three-dimensional surround sound, overlapping in one place:
"Tens of thousands of cattle and horses, a hundred men recruit them, if a thief wants to come, a hundred men kill him--"
Not only the tomb guardian beasts, the names of the figurines in this tomb are different, but most of them are used to guard the tomb. As the spells were chanted, black gas floated up from the surrounding walls and entangled into human shapes, there were as many as a hundred people, riding horses and holding knives, jumping down with thousands of strands of black gas!
"Kill!" The black mouth opened and made a hoarse sound.
“No one move!!” The male snake felt that it didn’t have enough fun last time, and was afraid that Kong Xuan would use the five-colored divine light, so it would disappear in an instant. So it stretched out its body, and all nine heads appeared. It surrounded the group of people with its huge body and opened its mouth to bite them.
The black gas was torn apart at the bottom of their mouths, and then tried to gather together, vowing to guard the tomb to the death.
"..." Tan Xiao looked at the terrifying scene of the nine-headed snake dancing wildly, and suddenly said in confusion, "We really look a bit like that kind of evil and crooked sect. The other side seems so passionate."
Everyone: “…”
I didn’t feel that last time I came to talk to Xiao, but this time he really felt that it seemed that his side was also quite weird.
Kong Xuan sneered and said leisurely, "That's what Yin objects are like." The gloating tone in his voice made it hard not to suspect that he was deliberately giving Xiong Viper the opportunity to make a move.
That makes sense. If it was Kong Xuan who took action, that light would be unacceptable to anyone who saw it.
The male viper also heard it, and originally wanted to show off its might, but it backfired. It was immediately embarrassed and annoyed, and opened its mouth to suck all the 100 riders into its mouth. It was seen sprinting left and right, as if something alive was running around, and its body was also swinging, hitting the stone wall, making a dull sound.
"Oh, be careful!" Old Ji shouted, not to tell the male viper to be careful, but to tell it not to touch anything here.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!" The male viper closed his eyes to digest the food. When he opened his mouth again, he spat out a stone slab filled with cinnabar and spells. These were the real bodies of the knights.
Tan Xiao sensed the intention of being spied on again, and this time he counterattacked with the Taiyin slingshot, using Mu Zhenzhu.
"clang!"
There was a crisp sound, and Tan Xiao looked back. Mu Zhenzhu automatically positioned herself and shot an object. The object fell down, unable to move, and was being dragged and wriggling by several small snakes under its feet.
Tan Xiao looked at it and thought it was a close call, as it was Mu Zhenzhu who was shot, and she knew her limit and didn't hurt her.
"What is this?" Kong Xuan hugged it with his feet, turned it over to look at the front, and said with disdain, "Why is there so many slow-reacting things in this tomb?"
The other party looked at him angrily: "You!"
"A tomb guardian beast from the Tang Dynasty tri-colored glaze? The glaze is so beautiful!" Mr. Ji's eyes lit up and he wanted to go forward, but because the other party looked rather strange, he could only look from afar to make an assessment.
"How come it can speak but still can't move? Can a tomb guardian beast also have a stroke?" Mu Fei asked curiously.
"No, it was quite agile last time, shouting and killing." Tan Xiao was talking, and suddenly found that the tomb guardian beast was staring at him, "...ah."
Tan Xiao suddenly remembered, "It seems that I shackled it last time, and I didn't untie it when I left."
Everyone: “…”
Xionggui couldn't help but burst into laughter: "We were also shackled in the past!"
I don't know why, but I sound a little proud.
The tomb guardian beast closed its eyes, feeling ashamed and angry. Seeing that the wizard had returned with a large group of people, one of whom even had professional tools in his hand, such as an engineer shovel, it was more certain that they had bad intentions: "I knew you wanted to steal treasures, and you said you were talking about archaeology..."
It glanced at the male snake and said, "You were born to guard the tomb just like me, but you helped the tyrant. Although I am in shackles, I will never surrender to the thieves like you."
When Tan Xiao heard this, he looked at Ji Lao in confusion: "This place shouldn't have been robbed before, right?"
Mr. Ji had already inspected the tomb thoroughly, "No."
"Then it knows a lot. Did it leave its post and go out for a wander?" Tan Xiao remembered that he also mentioned something about a Tang tomb last time. Today he mentioned more, but none of them were what it could know at its age. For example, when the male snake was first unearthed, it didn't even understand English.
When Xionggui heard this, he cursed, "You are so beautiful! How can you compare with the ones unearthed from our Chu King's Tomb? You want to serve Lingzi with a mere Tang Sancai? Lingzi would never look for you while he is alive, and he would never use you to guard his tomb after he dies."
Tan Xiao: "..."
The male viper was so angry that he opened his mouth wide and was about to swallow the shameless guy into his stomach and teach him a lesson.
The fangs had already fallen on the head of the tomb guardian beast, and the tomb guardian beast was unable to move. It could only watch the snake's mouth fall, not knowing what fate would be waiting for it, which must be extremely vicious.
At this moment, the group of thieves shouted in unison for some reason: "Hero!"
An old man inside sounded particularly anxious - we can't ruin its appearance!
The male viper paused, unable to bite any further. Its tongue slid across the top of Tang Sancai's head, and then it shut up in embarrassment.
The tomb guardian beast with a drooling face: "?! "
I'm so angry, what a pervert!
