Chapter 1,168 The small round hole in the stone wall
The voice sounded not far away, but the two of them kept walking forward for several minutes, but the voice was always in front of them.
However, as the distance got closer, the sound became clearer and clearer. If it had not appeared in such a strange place, the sound would have been no different from the sound of a human baby crying.
Finally, the two of them followed the sound and came to an alley about five or six meters wide.
The sound came from the alley.
"There's someone there!"
Hongque suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed forward. Yang Xuan raised his eyes and saw a figure lying on the ground.
Yang Xuan did not approach in a hurry, but shined his flashlight on the figure and carefully looked at it for a while, then slowly walked over.
"Why is it another mummy?"
Cardinal took a closer look and found another mummy.
"Could he be the companion of the mummy outside?"
Cardinal asked in confusion.
"Obviously not."
Yang Xuan looked at the mummy and said, "This mummy and the mummy outside are not from the same era. The clothes on the mummy outside are from the Ming Dynasty."
"But the clothing on this mummy is typical of the Southern Song Dynasty. There is a difference of nearly three hundred years between the two mummies."
"ah?"
Cardinal was surprised and said, "Why is it so far apart? People from two dynasties are all here."
Yang Xuan said, "This is not surprising. It only shows that this tomb may be much older than we thought. It is normal for tomb robbers from different dynasties to care about it."
After hearing this, Hongque was stunned, and then asked doubtfully, "But that's not right. The mummy outside took some special medicinal materials, which made it soft and not rotten."
“Did this mummy also take the same medicinal ingredients?
And if you look at the back of the hand of this mummy, there are no dark purple lines on the back of the hand of the mummy outside."
Yang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then he noticed the detail that Hong Que said.
The mummy in front of me does not have that special pattern on the back of its hands, and there is no other indication that this mummy has undergone any special treatment before or after death.
But judging from the environmental conditions here, there are absolutely no conditions for a corpse to be dried without rotting.
Yang Xuan fell into deep thought and could not figure it out no matter how much he thought about it.
"Look, there are many small holes in the wall here."
At this time, Cardinal discovered something strange again on the stone wall next to the alley.
Yang Xuan looked up and sure enough, he saw about seven or eight round holes about the thickness of an adult's arm on the stone walls on both sides of the alley.
These round holes are scattered on the walls on both sides, with no regular pattern.
"This must not be naturally formed."
Cardinal said, "If it is naturally formed, it will definitely not be such a regular circle, and even the size will be the same. Do you think it is artificially dug? What's the point of just digging these small holes?"
After Yang Xuan looked at the small circular holes for a while, he frowned and said, "There are no traces of artificial digging, but it doesn't look like they were formed naturally."
"ah?
Then this is strange."
Cardinal tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "Shine it with a flashlight and see what's inside."
Yang Xuan thought for a moment and carefully moved the light source of the flashlight to the side of the small holes.
However, these small holes are bottomless and cannot illuminate the end at all.
But you can see that these small holes are not straight lines, but zigzag, like holes made by some kind of animal.
It's just that the shape of these small holes is too standard, just like a circle drawn using a precise instrument.
Moreover, the stone wall inside the small hole is very smooth, as if it has been professionally polished. No animal has this ability.
"Don't worry about so much for now, keep going forward, if there is any danger later..."
"Don't worry, if there is any danger later, I will protect myself as soon as possible."
Before Yang Xuan could finish what he said, Hong Que smiled and took over the conversation. He looked at Yang Xuan and said with a smile, "I know you are the best to me, but you also have to pay attention to your safety. Don't risk your life at every turn. You
If something happens, no one can protect me."
It's strange to say that the situation between the two of them was obviously very dangerous at this time, but when Hongque said these words, the corners of his mouth were involuntarily filled with happiness and warmth.
It was as if the two of them were not on an adventure at this time, but on an outing.
As long as Yang Xuan is by her side, Hongque will feel particularly at ease in her heart. Whenever she faces danger, Yang Xuan will always remind her to protect herself first.
This kind of warmth and protection has never been felt by the red bird in its entire life.
However, Yang Xuan didn't have the time to pay attention to these affairs at this time, and his mind was filled with a sense of crisis.
After looking around, he said in a deep voice, "Don't worry about it for now. Keep moving forward. Follow me closely and don't get too far away."
The two of them began to move deeper into the alley.
While Yang Xuan was vigilant about the surroundings, he was also secretly amazed by the scale of this underground palace.
There are streets, alleys, and various buildings here. It is inappropriate to describe it as an underground palace. It is simply an underground city!
At the same time, Yang Xuan also felt more and more puzzled. There were only a few famous imperial tombs in Middle-earth. Their scale could be said to be unparalleled in the world, but they all appeared in the form of underground palaces. He had never heard of any emperor building a huge mausoleum for himself.
’s underground city.
Even the famous Mausoleum of the Qin Emperor imitates mountains and rivers, and is a reduced version of the topographic map of China.
He didn't build a dungeon either.
It is conceivable that the construction of an underground city like this is difficult and requires very strong national power to support it.
However, looking at the well-documented history of thousands of years, there are only a few eras when national power was strong enough to support the construction of a huge underground palace.
Moreover, the tombs of emperors from those eras have been found.
However, this place is located in the northwest Gobi. Although there have been several dynasties established mainly by nomadic peoples here for thousands of years, those dynasties were short-lived and the national power did not reach its peak.
So who is the owner of this dungeon?
Could it be that the history of this underground palace precedes the history of Longxia Kingdom?
An underground tomb from ancient times?
Mysteries were intertwined in Yang Xuan's mind, like a fog.
"Look, there's another mummy ahead!"
At this time, Hongque's exclamation brought Yang Xuan back to reality from his troubled thoughts.
Looking up, I saw several more mummies appearing not far ahead.
These mummies are quite special. They have whip hairstyles and long robes, which are obviously the costumes of the Qing Dynasty.
Yang Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "It's great now, people from several eras have gathered together."