59 Chapter fifty-ninth secret passage in the coffin
59Chapter 59 The secret passage in the coffin
The space of this tomb chamber is not large. The wall at the end is about five meters high and about fifteen meters wide. In the middle of the wall, there is a mural with a strange pattern.
The mural is divided into two parts. The content of the first part is a scene of a group of people wearing Yuan Dynasty costumes coming to worship in the Immortal Palace. The content of the other part seems a bit bizarre.
I saw the people in the mural who came to the Immortal Palace to worship. After lighting the fire dragon lanterns on both sides of the Shengxian Road, from the abyss under the Shengxian Road, countless thousand-legged dragons that the old monk said crawled out. These thousand-legged dragons were huge.
, with countless long legs growing like centipedes under its abdomen. The most terrifying thing is that these so-called thousand-legged dragons actually bear a skull on their head. There are two rows of sharp fangs in the mouth of the skull, which looks extremely ferocious!
After seeing this, Miao Qiang had an ominous premonition in his heart. He said to Zhang Jianmin on the side: "Do you think the thousand-legged dragon painted on this mural is real? We have lit a fire dragon lantern. Just in case.
If a Thousand-legged Dragon is attracted soon, we will have to stay here!"
After hearing this, Zhang Jianmin smiled "hehe" and said, "Brother, you are worrying too much. We have not seen such imaginative murals in other places before.
The ancients were often full of curiosity and longing for unknown and mysterious places. Especially when facing the endless abyss like the one below the Immortal Road, they had inexplicable admiration.
With this kind of curiosity and admiration for unknown things, they combined what they imagined in their hearts with reality to describe it.
Including some myths and legends, there are many spirits and monsters, all of which were imagined by the ancients based on various ferocious beasts."
While the two were talking, Zhang Zhenpeng came to Zhang Jianmin's side: "Director Zhang, we have checked all places and found no secret doors. The only suspicious place is the sarcophagus placed in the middle."
It turned out that after everyone entered this tomb, they found that the space here was not large. Except for the main door coming in from behind, the walls on the left and right sides were empty, and there was no entrance to the next tomb.
At the end of the tomb chamber was the location of the mural. Apart from the fact that the content of the mural was strange, Zhang Zhenpeng found nothing suspicious about it.
It was the bluestone coffin in the middle of the tomb that caught everyone's attention.
At this time, Liao Qifa was circling the sarcophagus, carefully studying the totem patterns on the coffin lid.
After he saw Zhang Jianmin coming over, he pointed around the coffin lid and said: "There are fingerprints all around the coffin lid, and you can see there are blood stains here. If you guessed correctly, Zhang Feng and his group should have entered this sarcophagus."
It’s inside.”
After hearing this, Zhang Jianmin looked at the coffin lid carefully and silently estimated the weight of the coffin lid.
Then he said to Liao Qifa: "Can a few of them open this sarcophagus without any tools?"
"It's hard to say. If they are prepared in advance, it shouldn't be difficult to do it. Judging from the corpses on the platform, the two people who started the internal strife should know the layout here very well and have made some preparations in advance.
It’s also possible.”
Zhang Zhenpeng said at this time: "Director Zhang, Mr. Liao, can you open it?"
"Open! It's already here, of course you have to open it and take a look."
"In this way, the only tool we can use now is the rope. You tie the rope around the coffin lid, and then everyone pulls it open together. There are many of us, so it shouldn't be difficult to pull the coffin lid open.
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The lid of the sarcophagus is about fifty centimeters long, so it is not a problem to wrap a rope around it twice.
Under the command of Zhang Jianmin, nearly thirty people pulled the other end of the rope like a tug of war and carefully opened the coffin lid.
When the coffin lid was halfway pulled, everyone turned around and placed the heavy coffin lid across the top of the coffin.
After the sarcophagus was opened, everyone gathered around holding torches to take a look. They saw that there was no body or burial objects inside the coffin.
A one-meter-square entrance to the tomb passage was built inside. Zhang Jianmin held a torch and leaned in to take a look. He found that on the dust on the steps of the tomb passage, several lines of fresh footprints extended all the way down into the darkness.
At this time, the sharp-eyed Zhang Zihao suddenly said "Hey", put his upper body under the coffin lid that was placed across the coffin, and took out two black things.
Lao Liao on the side took one of the items and weighed it in his hand, then said: "This Zhang Feng really spent a lot of money to make a jack out of carbon fiber material. No wonder just a few of them can easily open such a heavy jack."
coffin lid."
While talking, Liao Qifa was about to pick up another object in Zhang Zihao's hand. Zhang Zihao dodged and came to Miao Qiang. He handed the thing in his hand to Miao Qiang and said: "I know your skills, this game
I can rest assured if I give it to you."
Miao Qiang was delighted when he saw clearly what Zhang Zihao had forced on him. It turned out to be a large machete made of carbon fiber.
Carbon fiber is light in weight, more than ten times stronger than ordinary steel, and incredibly sharp.
Miao Qiang held the knife and swung it several times. After testing the weight, he said to Zhang Zihao: "You have a good eye. Okay, you will follow me in a while, and my brother will protect you."
Lao Liao on the side was trembling with anger, pointing at Zhang Zihao and saying: "Do you know what you are doing? You are..."
Before he could finish his words, he felt a burst of sound coming towards his head, and he hurriedly dodged Miao Qiang's knife.
Just listen to Miao Qiang say: "Don't put such a big hat on our brothers. This time I am testing the knife. I will chop you up next time!"
Liao Qifa did not expect that Miao Qiang would actually dare to chop him with a knife, so he became more honest after being frightened by Miao Qiang. However, he was so angry that he was afraid of the big knife in Miao Qiang's hand, but he was not willing to let it go. So he turned around
He turned his head to look at Zhang Jianmin, wanting Zhang Jianmin to make the decision for him.
Zhang Jianmin's lungs were about to explode with anger. He couldn't understand why these two people started to choke each other when they got together.
He pointed at Miao Qiang and said, "Bring a knife and strike forward and follow me down the tomb passage."
Then he pointed at Liao Qifai and said: "The situation inside is unknown. It may be inconvenient for so many people to go down together. You and the rest of the people will stay here to respond. You are not allowed to act without my order. Do you understand?"
Seeing that Zhang Jianmin was really angry this time, Lao Liao immediately fell silent.
After putting out the fire, Zhang Jianmin continued: "Zhang Zhenpeng, Shen Tian, Liu Ming, you three will go down with us."
After Zhang Zihao heard this, he came to Miao Qiang and said, "I'm with Lao Miao."
Zhang Jianmin didn't object when he saw this. Jin Kemu looked at Lao Liao and the others who were staring at him, and suddenly felt a chill running down his spine. He shrank his neck and ran over, "And me, you two brats can't just leave me here."
.I didn’t take the rabies vaccine beforehand. What if I get bitten by a mad dog after you go down?”
The old guy's words were so damaging that Liao Qifa felt his blood pressure soar. If it weren't for the Heavenly Spirit Cover, all the blood in his body might reach the ceiling.
Zhang Jianmin was really speechless, and he didn't bother to care anymore. He came to Jue Yuan's side and clasped his hands together and said, "Master Jue Yuan, could you please accompany us down there?"
The old monk nodded and said: "It should be so."
When everything was ready, Miao Qiang held a torch in one hand and a knife across his chest in the other, and took the lead in descending into the tomb passage in the sarcophagus.
The steps of the tomb passage sloped down all the way. After walking about ten meters, the scene in front of them suddenly became clear, and a spacious corridor appeared in front of them.
At this moment, Zhang Jianmin opened his cassock and took out the map pinned to the elastic band of his red trousers.
The map was obtained from Zhang Shijie, and the entire tomb was marked in detail. Looking at the content on the map, Zhang Jianmin said: "So that's what happened. The part drawn with the dotted line turned out to be this secret."
He said, no wonder I didn’t understand it before and thought it was them scribbling.
Everyone, be careful. At the end of this corridor is the last tomb chamber. Zhang Feng and his group should be there now.
Brother Miao Qiang, after we meet, don’t worry about anything else. First find an opportunity to deal with the guy who has a weapon in his hand, and leave the others to us."