We couldn't allow ourselves to think too much, but the current had already rushed the bamboo raft towards the animal gate in the cave. The natural stone beads hanging in mid-air were very low, only about half a meter above the river, blocking the way. We hurriedly leaned down and stood tight.
Cling to the bamboo raft to avoid the stone beads in the middle.
Just when the bamboo raft was about to float inside, the strong searchlight set at the front of the bamboo raft flashed twice and then stopped lighting up. This was probably because the water flow was increased and it was left on for too long.
, the power in the battery is used up.
I thought to myself: Oops, I ran out of battery at this moment. The cave in front looks very weird. I can’t be careless here. I have to change the battery first to avoid hitting rocks and capsizing after entering.
I raised my fist to the fat man behind me and made a stop gesture, asking them to help me stop the bamboo raft at the entrance of the cave. Then I inserted the bamboo pole in my hand as a brake into the water to stop the bamboo raft.
The water flow here is slow, otherwise only one bamboo pole would really not be able to support the weight of the entire bamboo raft.
Since we will not be able to obtain any additional supplies in subsequent operations, the battery, which consumes energy, must be retained as much as possible. However, there seems to be a gap between the stone figurines in this cave and the tomb of King Xian.
There is some kind of connection. It is necessary to investigate carefully to see if we can get some clues about the main tomb of Xianwang Tomb. After all, we still have too little information about the main tomb.
I replaced the battery of the strong searchlight and turned it on again. Under the strong orange light beam of the searchlight, I saw the natural animal head formed by the molten rock, like a strange-shaped dragon head, but after passing through the limestone
After thousands of years of dissolution, its shape has been blurred, and it is completely impossible to see whether there are any traces of artificial processing.
The fat man patted my shoulder from behind and signaled that they had removed the balance pole, so I also pulled the front bamboo pole out of the water. The bamboo raft followed the water flow and sailed into the cave from the weird and ugly dragon's mouth.
This section of the river is extremely narrow, but deep and straight forward. The distance is also very long. After we entered, we used bamboo poles to poke the stones on the cave wall to slow down the bamboo raft, and carefully observed the people hanging upside down in the cave from their heads and feet.
Stone figurines.
These stone figurines all have their hands behind their backs, posing in a tied posture. Due to the damp and cold underground environment, the surface of the stone figurines has turned gray brown, and the outline of their facial features is completely blurred. It seems that a layer of stone has grown on the surface.
A mildewy substance produced under special circumstances, non-toxic.
In terms of appearance, it is basically impossible to identify the male and female faces of the stone figurines. Just looking at the stature, they range from tall to short, fat or thin. It seems that in addition to the strong adults, there are also some young people who have not yet grown up, and they are not
According to the unified standard, it is completely different from the human figurines buried with them in the Qin and Han Dynasties, which were all sergeants and opera figurines.
On the roof of the cave, there are copper chains with green stains, hanging these stone figurines on both sides. Some of the chains have fallen off, and some are empty. They may have been aged for a long time. The stone figurines have fallen into the water, one by one.
The human figurines are like hanged ghosts, hanging less than a foot away from the water. In this dark and gloomy cave, seeing these guys suddenly, how can you not be frightened?
Let us stop the bamboo raft at the back. By the waterway, there was a stone figurine that fell off a copper chain and fell to the ground. He pointed at the stone figurines and said: Although these stone figurines have a vague appearance, they can be seen from the outline.
, a bit like it was from the Han Dynasty, I felt something was wrong, so I went down to take a look. I adjusted the headlight circle of my mountaineering helmet to make the light more concentrated, then jumped off the bamboo raft, squatted down to watch the underground scene.
Stone figurines.
I reminded him: Wear gloves and be careful that there are bacteria on them. If you are infected by bacteria, even if you do 10,000 times of artificial respiration, it will not save you.
She waved her hands and asked Fatty and I not to distract her. She seemed to have found something on the stone figurine. She put on rubber gloves and scratched twice on the stone figurine with a paratrooper knife, and then turned the paratrooper upside down.
He raised the knife in front of his eyes, took a look, and sniffed it gently with his nose. Brick said to us: This humanoid figurine does not seem to be made of stone.
The fat man wondered: If it's not stone, can it be made of mud?
I thought of the scene on the road along the Lancang River. I was sitting on a bamboo raft and said to him: Could this be made by a living person? Use a knife to cut a part of it and see what is inside. The human skin map records it very clearly.
, there are several burial pits near the tomb of King Xian, but the specific location is not marked. Maybe this Longkou Cave is one of the burial pits.
Use a paratrooper's knife to cut off a small piece of the leg of the human figurine. It is indeed the same as what you saw on the road. Although the outer skin of the human figurine is tough, there is only a thin shell, and the inside is full of rotten dead maggots.
Those dried maggots couldn't help but frown, and he used a paratrooper's knife to poke two holes in the chest of the figurine. The same thing happened inside, full of dead maggots and insect eggs.
He said to me and the fat man: It doesn’t seem to be a burial pit, but it is certain that these human figurines are made of living people, and they must be related to King Xian. This should be the King Xian period, which is ancient, evil and notorious in southern Yunnan.
The evil technique.
Except for more than a hundred human figurines and copper chains, the cave is full of jagged and unusually shaped rocks. There is no extraneous reproduction, so we returned to the bamboo raft and continued to move forward slowly along the river.
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While I was controlling the movement of the bamboo raft, I asked where I could tell that these figurines were made of living people and how I could be sure that they were related to King Xian’s evil skills.
On the way to Yunnan, I worked hard to get more information. I searched through all the historical information I could find in Beijing before I left. I kept reading along the way, hoping to increase my interest in offering sacrifices to the king's tomb.
Grasp. A European scholar once said that under every tombstone is a novel. And the tombs of some important figures in history contain a lot of historical information at that time. The tombs of kings can be said to be the socio-economic and cultural aspects of that time.
A crystallized complex of religion and other aspects, these most outstanding tomb robbers in history are all, without exception, knowledgeable people.
There are many King Xians in Chinese history, but they are not from the same era. Except for the King Xian of Dian Kingdom, the other King Xians are not in Yunnan. Even the peasant uprising army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom once established their country in Tianjing.
A person who was granted the title of King Xian had the title of King Xian in the Warring States and Five Dynasties periods. Just like the title of Zhongshan in history, it also appeared in history as the title of the country and the title of the king. However, those titles of King Xian were only
However, the righteousness of taking is not that these kings are related to each other.
The target we are planning to attack, King Xian, is a witch king from the ancient Yunnan period. His evil technique uses the souls of the dead as a medium, and the greater the number of wronged souls, the greater the power of this evil technique.
There are many processes and methods for using the dead to make evil spirits. The strange ways of death and the degree of transformation of these living figurines in the cave are consistent with the methods used to sacrifice the king. This shows that this should be an ancient place.
A secret place for practicing evil arts.
It is judged that this river passing through the mountain was probably built when King Xian was building the tomb. The original naturally formed melting cave was used, and manpower was used to repair and dredge the river in order to transport materials for the construction of the royal tomb. From here, it should be the best way to transport materials by waterway.
Appropriate shortcuts.
The deceased who were made into figurines in the cave were probably the slaves and craftsmen who built the royal tomb. In order to keep the secret of the tomb of the king, these people were loyal to the king after the construction was completed or the body of the king was enshrined.
His men tied up their whole bodies according to the evil technique, forced them to swallow a kind of evil spirit, sealed the seven orifices of the human body, and then hung them in the cave with big chains and suffocated them to death. In this way, the secrets in the royal tomb could be kept.
, and secondly, they can be used to scare off outsiders who stray into this secret waterway.
The so-called Wan Yin is a necessary pill for performing a certain Wrong technique. After being swallowed by a living person, it will parasitize in the body and lay eggs. It only takes about three to five days. The more eggs are produced, the more eggs are produced in the human body.
The flesh, flesh and internal organs all become nutrients for the larvae and are filled in instead. Since the water is lost quickly in a short period of time, the human skin will quickly dry up and become as hard as bark and stone shell. In the shell formed by the human corpse, when the insect eggs
After sucking up all the juice and bone marrow in the human body, a vacuum environment will be formed. The eggs will not turn into larvae without air, and they will always maintain a hibernating state. In a cool environment, they can last for more than a thousand years, so
To this day, when human skin is cut open, countless live larvae like fat maggots may immediately appear inside, but depending on the degree of preservation, there may also be long-dried eggs inside.
Since there are relatively few records of the art of killing in various classics, including unofficial histories, I have only found this information these days. As for the purpose of using living people as insect pupae, and what is the use of fat maggot-like insects in human skin?
, there is no way to know all this.
Not only are there a large number of human figurines in Zhelong Mountain, but there should also be several in nearby mountainous areas. The human figurine we encountered on the cliff road by the river was washed away by rain, causing the rock to collapse and fall.
Falling on the road. Although King Xian ruled only a corner of southern Xinjiang, from these large numbers of slaves who were made into figurines, we can see the cruelty and ruthlessness of the ancient western Yunnan region under King Xian's rule.
After listening to the analysis, both Fatty and I felt like we had goosebumps on our bodies. At first, we thought they were clay statues like terracotta warriors and horses, but it turned out they were made by real people. I couldn’t help but look back. Those statues looked like hanging ghosts.
However, the human figurines have long since disappeared into the dark cave behind them and can never be seen again.
The more I thought about it, the more cruel I felt, and I couldn't help cursing: Damn these ancient princes, they really don't treat people as human beings. In the eyes of the nobles, those slaves are not even as good as beasts like cattle and horses. A fat man with a body like yours.
Yes, if you became a slave, you would definitely be able to serve as a sacrificial head in ancient times and support three people.
The fat man in the middle of the bamboo raft was playing with the extinguished spotlight on his helmet. After taking a few shots, he finally returned to normal. When he heard me talking about him, he said to me: Fuck you, Old Hu, you are just saying this.
It fully exposes your true face of being ignorant and unskilled. As far as I know, in ancient times, people were proud to be selected as martyrs or sacrifices. It was a supreme honor. The selection of martyrs was extremely strict.
Looking at the three generations of our ancestors, there is not even the slightest problem with the political outlook. Many people write blood letters and can’t get in line. It’s most suitable for a guy like you who pretends to be active. You must have been full of energy at that time, jumping around and shouting for help.
Let me worship the sky. I am the most suitable person to light sky lanterns. Let the people of the motherland wait for my good news. For the sake of victory, use me to light lanterns.
I was furious when I heard this. Fatty’s grandson is too wicked: I don’t have as much fat as you, how can I be suitable for lighting sky lanterns?
Interrupting the conversation between me and the fat man: Are you two over? Why are you arguing again? Is there anything wrong with you? This waterway is not at all like what the proprietress of Caiyun Inn described.
The fat man said: The landlady didn't come in personally, didn't she listen to the workers who quarried the stone? There are bound to be some errors, so we don't need to be suspicious.
I said to Fatty He: Maybe the landlady was wrong. The current in the section of the river we passed through was very fast. It may be related to the heavy rains in the past few days. The section of river with fast current is very wide, and maybe the two rivers are separated.
Together, we only focus on controlling the balance of the bamboo raft. The angle of the strong beam of the searchlight is very small, and the field of view is also limited, so we may go astray.
The fat man said anxiously: "That's troublesome. Why don't we turn around and go back to find the way? Don't get into the maze like we were in the spider's nest last time and be unable to get out in the end. We don't bring much dry food."
I said to the fat man: If it is really just a fork in the river, don’t worry. The water flows in one direction and will eventually pass through Zhelong Mountain and merge into the Snake River Valley, so there will definitely be no problem of getting lost.
Moreover, this river is very straight, and it is obviously artificially processed. As mentioned, it may be a transportation waterway for transporting materials during the construction of royal tombs. It is definitely correct to go down here.
He said: Old nonsense is right. In ancient times, rivers were used to transport stones when building large tombs. When the craftsmen building the Qin Mausoleum were working, they would use the mouth of the stone sweet spring, where the Wei River would not flow. From these two short sentences, we can
Imagine that the construction of the First Emperor's Mausoleum was so huge that the Wei River was blocked due to the transportation of stones.
The fat man said: We saw the Wei River last time we went to Shaanxi. Compared with that big river, this place is just a sewer. Compared with Qin Shihuang, King Xian is probably just a poor man from a small family. Let's go pour his bucket.
, it’s a shame for him. Oh, what’s going on?
The bamboo raft slowly going down the river suddenly seemed to be hooked on something in the river. It jolted violently, and then returned to normal. However, there was a heavy and rusty heavy metal stirring sound in the river.
The three of us, Fatty and I, felt an ominous feeling in our hearts at the same time. We were afraid that the bamboo raft might have hit a trap hidden in the river. Book Alliance
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