I quickly raised my head and called Mr. Mai, "Mr. Mai, please ask Jiao Ba and the others to come over. This is an underground palace, and there may be some discoveries."
Mai Lao was still on top, "Okay, I'll call them back right now, you two, be careful."
"Well, you should be more careful, especially the steamed buns and the big guy. You have to find a way to help them." The twisting detour is difficult enough for the two of them to get over. "I understand, you guys wait for us here, I'll go
Go and come back."
After Mai Lao left, Chang Shan and I began to observe the underground palace along one side of the stone wall. The area of this underground palace is very large, equivalent to the previous two underground palaces combined, but there are almost no buildings here, except for a few pillars.
Apart from the thick pillars, there is nothing else. The entire underground palace is empty. There is only a step in the middle. You can go down from it, but you don't know what kind of world is below.
But this underground palace has one of the most obvious features. Although there is nothing inside, there are many patterns carved on the surrounding stone walls. They are all on the four walls. The patterns are clearly carved, with ships, coasts, and islands carved inside.
, and land, but I don't understand what that means.
"What do these carved paintings on the stone wall mean?" I touched the stone wall with my hand. The carvings on the stone wall were so lifelike. I don't know who was the skilled craftsman who did the work. It was so perfect.
After a moment, Chang Shan said, "I don't know exactly, but it looks like an ancient fleet going to sea."
At this time, a voice came from above, "Zhongyi, Changshan."
It was Mr. Mai. When Chang Shan and I heard this, we hurriedly walked to the place where we fell before, "Come down, there is something discovered here."
When Mr. Mai saw the two of us coming, he threw down the rope first, and then asked the others to come down first. After everyone else slid down the rope one by one, Mr. Mai finally untied the rope, and he
Then he jumped directly from the top. This was to keep the rope, otherwise the rope would have to be hung up when everyone came down.
This old guy was really lazy with his hands. When he touched the ground, he rolled forward and then stood up. But what I was very curious about was the steamed bun and the big man. How could they do it so smoothly?
Just came over.
I asked Mr. Mai specifically about this matter, and Mr. Mai said at that time, "I forced my way here." I have to say that these two brothers have quite strong perseverance, so it's a good thing they came here.
Now that everyone is here, Chang Shan and I briefly described the situation here. The most important thing is, what do the carvings on the surrounding stone walls mean?
After they had finished looking at the surrounding stone murals, Jiao Ba was the first to say, "The ships depicted here are all from the Ming Dynasty."
Jenny agreed and said, "Well, I think so, but the carvings on these stone walls should be in order, right? They seem to depict the journey to the sea, and every time they arrive at a place, a place will be carved."
"Jenny is right. The carvings around here are indeed in order. They should start from the stone wall in front of us and go clockwise all the way to the back. That's right. If you look carefully, you should be able to understand.
"Jiao Ba said the key to the matter, we must find the beginning.
According to what he said, we read it again. After reading it, Chang Shan suddenly realized and said, "I understand, these are the fleets that went to sea in the Ming Dynasty. Could they be... what Zheng He did when he went to sea?"
What about every place you’ve ever been?”
"It should be like this. The journey depicted here is very far away, but the specific location cannot be seen because there is no place name marked and no map drawn. There are only these symbolic patterns. But during the Ming Dynasty, it could lead
Among the people who launched a large number of ships into the sea, there was only one person like Zheng He in the early days." Jiao Ba pointed his flashlight at the stone wall and explained simply.
"So, this is probably Zheng He's tomb?" Jenny was a little surprised. She probably didn't expect that things would develop like this.
"It would be great if it were Zheng He's mausoleum. He was buried with an old nose, and the treasures will definitely be indispensable." Steamed Bun said in a sultry manner, with a pair of rat eyes that were running around, a typical expression of people dying for money.
"My mother, this is a huge secret. If Zheng He's tomb is found by us, we will really make a fortune." The big man's eyes almost shone when he heard that.
Treasure, he forgot everything.
"It's not easy to draw this conclusion yet. Although the carvings on the stone wall are ships that went to sea in the Ming Dynasty, it does not mean that this is Zheng He's tomb." Mai Lao has always been very calm. He will not mess with things that are not absolutely sure.
Guess.
"If we want to know who is buried here, we have to find the real location of the main tomb. This is just an underground palace, but I think the main tomb should not be far from here." Jiao Ba glanced around and spoke in a low voice.
said.
I nodded and said, "I think so. These carved images alone can't prove anything. We have to find the tomb owner. Only then can we possibly unlock the secrets of this island and find a way out."
"
I always have a feeling in my heart that the mystery surrounding the island is about to be solved, and the answer should be not far ahead.
"Then let's go. There is a step in the middle that you can go down." Chang Shan greeted us and walked forward first.
We also hurriedly kept up the pace. When we reached the step, I used my flashlight to shine inside. The stone steps went all the way down without any obstruction in the middle. The flashlight's light could directly shine into the underground palace on the next level.
"Let's go, everyone, be careful." Mai Lao held up his fluorescent stick and walked down first, and the rest of us followed slowly.
The steps are very long and steep, almost at an angle of 90 degrees, and each step is very large, and every step is a big step. Compared with the previous steps, the steps are completely in two proportions, so walking
It's very troublesome.
We were cautious all the way and finally arrived at the second level of the underground palace safely. We thought it would be similar to the first level of the underground palace, but when we came down, everyone was shocked by the scene in front of us.
This underground palace is full of human corpses. They are almost everywhere. There is no place to stay. Under the light of fluorescent sticks, corpses are everywhere. People dare not look directly at them. The smell of these corpses
It's very heavy and somewhat unbearable.
"Oh my God, what happened here?" Jenny asked, a little at a loss, looking at the scene in front of her.
"My mother, how come so many people died?" The big man swallowed his saliva and said a little dumbfounded.
"It looks like a massacre, Zhongyi, take a few people with you and let's spread out and look around." After finishing his words, Mai Lao walked forward, and Jiao Ba and Chang Shan followed him.
I took the rest of the people and walked back and forth. We were almost stepping on these bones as we walked forward. From time to time, there would be the sound of bones breaking under our feet, which was so loud that it made people feel scared.
The space inside is also very large. It seems to be the same size as the underground palace above. The only difference is that this underground palace is covered with human bones, and there is an oppressive and dull feeling. The atmosphere here is really weird.
.
"Damn, this place stinks so damn bad." Steamed Bun cursed behind me.
"Just bear with it, you'll get used to it." Jenny said casually. It seemed that she had long been accustomed to this smell.
At this time, Li Xin suddenly stopped, then she squatted on the ground and found a hat from the pile of corpses. This was actually a hat of an officer and soldier of the Qing Dynasty. It seemed that a large number of Qing soldiers were buried here.
Then she stood up, handed the hat to me and said, "Zhongyi, look at it and see if this is the hat of the Qing Dynasty officers and soldiers."
"No need to look any further, it must be." Before I could speak, Jenny spoke next to me.
"Well, let's look around again." We looked around for some more bones. From the analysis of the remaining clothes and hats of the people who died here, on the surface, it seemed that most of them were Qing soldiers, but according to the
Based on my opinion, these bones should all be left by Qing soldiers.
"I think that the bones here...are all those of the Qing soldiers. Although the clothes of some of the bones have rotted away, it does not affect the judgment. But what exactly did they encounter? How come they all died here?
." I squatted on the ground, looked at the bones in front of me and said, something terrible must have happened here, otherwise it would never have turned out like this.
"I don't know. It's just like what Mr. Mai said. These Qing soldiers seemed to have been massacred, and there was almost no room for resistance." Li Xin looked up at me, his eyes filled with excitement.
At this moment, the big man's voice suddenly came over, "Zhongyi, come here and take a look at this."
Li Xin and I looked at each other, quickly got up and ran over with the others. When I ran over, I discovered that there was a stone statue next to the big man, and it was a stone statue of a person. I was immediately surprised.
, why are there still stone statues here?
"Look what this is?" The big man pointed to the stone statue next to him for me to see.
"I saw it." I stared at the stone statue in front of me with wide eyes and said.
I turned on the flashlight and observed the stone statue carefully. Judging from the appearance, it should be carved from rock. It should have been white originally, but it may have turned yellowish because of the time.
The proportions and sizes of this stone figure are exactly the same as those of a real person. It’s so lifelike that I can’t even imagine it. If it weren’t for the fact that it was carved from stone, I would have thought it was a real person. This stone figure is bigger than anything I’ve ever seen today.