People in Zong Tomb, Jieling Pirates

Chapter 329 Jade Dragon and Painting

Chen Ziyan said calmly: "This is not difficult to understand. Since ancient times, which emperor has not expected to live forever? Even heroes like Emperor Qin and Han Wu, didn't they end up embarking on this path?"

Shirley Yang then said: "In fact, most of the monarchs of later generations have understood that the so-called immortality is just a dream-like delusion. Even if they are the destined emperor, it is difficult to act against nature, so they set their sights on

After death, people put their hope in the tomb in the underworld to enjoy the glory and wealth they had during their lifetime, which is why the tomb culture is becoming more and more popular."

Strictly speaking, the emperors and generals who valued tombs had an indelible contribution to the development of thieves like them.

If the ancients were not so extravagant in purchasing so many funerary objects, who would risk losing their heads to rob tombs?

"Yes, there are traces of cause and effect in this world." Chen Ziyan agreed with this.

If there were not those priceless treasures in the tombs, the tomb robbing business would not be as big as it is.

But this topic ends here. There are so many ifs in everything in this world. If you have the energy, you might as well study more about Lingyun Huixian Palace in front of you.

Chen Ziyan walked up to the palace door and found that it was not locked. He tried to touch the door lightly with his toe, but unexpectedly kicked it open a gap.

It's a pity that it's so dark inside that you can't see anything at all from this small gap.

Although according to the experience left by the predecessors, there are generally very few hidden weapons in such open buildings, Chen Ziyan thought about it and felt that there was no need to take such unnecessary risks, so he motioned to the people behind him to let them go first.

Get out of the way a little bit.

After Hu Bayi and the others stepped back, Chen Ziyan suddenly exerted force on his feet and completely kicked open the gap in the palace door. The moment the door opened, he himself ducked aside.

But after waiting for a while, there was no movement inside.

Obviously, there are no mechanisms in this palace, at least not at the entrance.

After several people looked at each other, they returned to the palace door and looked inside through the opened palace door.

However, due to the angle, even if it is daytime, the range of light that can enter is very limited. It can only shine into a section of the door, and the depths of the palace are still pitch black.

If they want to see more, they can only use flashlights to explore the way.

Looking across the tall mahogany threshold at the palace gate, the first thing that caught everyone's eyes was the dozens of bronze giant statues standing on both sides of the palace.

The ones closest to them are two evil-proof bronze lions, which are as tall as a person. The one on the left is just a male lion, with a golden ball pressed under its slightly protruding paw, symbolizing the supreme power that controls the world.

The one on the right is a female lion, with several lifelike lion cubs lying at her feet, symbolizing endless offspring.

The bronze base that holds the two bronze lions is engraved with a phoenix and a peony respectively. The intention of presenting the king is simply beyond words.

Lion - the king of beasts.

Phoenix - the king of birds.

Peony - the king of flowers.

These three creatures with the meaning of kings are deliberately brought together, obviously to set off their noble status.

But Chen Ziyan didn't care what the two bronze lions represented. He wanted to know even more why King Xian placed them here.

Although there were far fewer bronze lions than stone lions, it was not completely absent. However, this was the first time in his life that he had seen such an unreasonable lion statue.

Behind the bronze lion, there are two pairs each of Xie, Jian, elephant, camel, horse and other beasts, and behind them are civil and military courtiers with a total of thirty-six heavenly gangs.

Compared with the previous bronze beasts, these bronze human elephants are even weirder, each making strange movements, as if they are performing some strange ritual.

Looking along these bronze men and bronze beasts, you can vaguely see a throne in the depths of darkness. These things in front of you are like guards protecting each other.

"Why is this place different from the Ming Tombs we visited before?" Wang Kaixuan asked curiously.

They had been to the Ming Tombs once before, so they had seen what the real Minglou Baoding looked like, which was very different from the one in front of them.

"There's nothing surprising about this. Although they all pay attention to serving the dead like a waiter, but in different dynasties and different regions, the things presented in the end will be different." Chen Ziyan explained casually, but his eyes never left.

Bronze statues around.

The longer he observed, the more he felt that these bronze statues should not be arranged like this. There must be some secret in them that he didn't know about. But the problem was that he didn't have a clue for a while, and he couldn't figure out the reason.

Take action.

Hu Bayi also said after hearing this: "Yes, as the saying goes, 'different dynasties have different forms,' this is what we are talking about."

After finishing speaking, he also expressed doubts: "The layout of this palace is really weird, and it is difficult to match the known etiquette. Could it be that Mr. Xian Wang made it himself?"

Naturally, he noticed something was wrong with the bronze statue in the palace, but he didn't pay much attention to it at first. He just thought it was some kind of quirk of King Xian. Only now that he saw the full picture did he notice the abnormality.

"Everything King Xian does should have its own unique purpose. After all, what he pursues is never to enjoy the prosperity of the underground, but to use the 'Water Dragon Halo' to decompose corpses into immortals." Shirley Yang suggested.

road.

Her thoughts were similar to Chen Ziyan's, they both felt that these bronze statues must be hiding something.

Ding Sitian thought for a while and said: "Prince Xian's obsession with becoming an immortal may be related to the popularity of seeking immortality and asking questions during the Qin and Han Dynasties. We may be able to start from this aspect, and maybe we will find something."

"Sitian is right, this is very likely to be a direction." Hu Bayi immediately agreed upon hearing this.

This is not because the person who said this is Ding Sixian, but this inference does have some truth.

Chen Ziyan thought for a while and nodded: "Indeed, the social environment at that time was also a very important factor. If we only think about the problem from the perspective of modern people, it is likely to run counter to the basic starting point of the ancients."

Ding Sitian's words can be regarded as opening up a new idea for him. If this is to be taken into consideration, then the starting point for their next thinking should not be a simple mausoleum, but should be based on the transformation of corpses into immortals. After all, this is the starting point.

This is what King Xian really pursues.

Under such conversation, everyone had arrived deep into the palace unknowingly.

After all, Lingyun Palace is just the ground facility of the ancient tomb, not the tomb chamber where the coffins are placed, so everyone is not so nervous from the bottom of their hearts. This way they have relaxed their vigilance to a certain extent, so they walked here unknowingly.

After realizing this, Chen Ziyan subconsciously looked back.

But just this glance made him feel a sudden chill in his heart.

From his current position, the light at the palace door behind him seemed extremely distant. Coupled with the quiet environment in the palace, the overall atmosphere immediately became eerie and terrifying.

However, seeing that others did not notice this, Chen Ziyan did not take the initiative to remind him.

Everyone has experienced so many dangers along the way, and there is already a lot of things accumulated in their hearts. There is no need to add pressure to them now.

Sometimes, not knowing is happier than knowing.

After looking at the bronze statue behind him again and confirming that there was nothing abnormal, Chen Ziyan temporarily put down this idea and looked at the gold- and silver-inlaid throne deep in the palace.

Between them and the throne, there is a golden pool as a barrier, but the water in this pool has already dried up, so even if there is no bridge above it, it will not hinder them.

Standing by the pool, shining a flashlight towards the opposite side, I saw that there was nothing on the throne.

But on this empty throne, there is a red jade dragon hovering.

Seeing this, Wang Kaixuan curled his lips and said, "Do you think all the leaders like to be separated from the masses, so far away, they still discuss the government affairs!"

After saying that, he took the rifle hanging on his chest and jumped into the empty pool more than one meter deep.

Chen Ziyan and the others jumped in after seeing this. Now that they have seen everything here, if they want to discover anything, the pool in front of them must be crossed.

When they reached the bottom of the pond, they discovered that under the cover of dust, there was a wooden boat shaped like a lotus leaf.

Apparently, this should be the vehicle that passed through this pool in the past.

Chen Ziyan licked his lips and said: "Before I dared to go to this pool, I had to walk on the leaves. Xianwang, aside from other things, he really did a good job with the flowers."

"Just get rid of all the bells and whistles." Wang Kaixuan said disdainfully.

As long as this lotus leaf boat was worth a little money, he would look high on King Xian.

When they walked along the bottom of the pool to the other side, they really saw the red jade dragon hovering on the throne. They were surprised to find that the jade dragon's body was filled with light under the light, as if there were billowing rainbows.

Light is flowing.

Wang Kaixuan's eyes immediately lit up: "This is such a good baby!"

However, after taking a closer look, Chen Ziyan understood the mystery inside and said to Wang Kaixuan:

"Fat man, take a closer look. This jade dragon is not solid. It's all filled with mercury. That's why it looks like this."

"Mercury!" Wang Kaixuan was a little disappointed.

In this case, the value of this jade dragon will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

But soon his attention was no longer on the material of the jade dragon.

Because compared to the material of this jade dragon, what is more eye-catching is its unique shape.

Although the jade dragon was hovering on the throne, only a small part of the dragon's body, including the dragon's tail, was clearly visible. The red dragon head had penetrated the wall behind it, and the dragon's claws were resting on the throne.

The backrest has a somewhat lazy feel.

If you look closely, you will find that most of the jade dragon's front body is embedded in the wall behind the throne.

It looks like the paintings on the palace walls are integrated into one, making the entire mural show a stronger sense of layering, but it will not make people feel any abrupt and incongruous.

Its wonderful conception and exquisite craftsmanship can be said to be the best!

"People often say, 'The divine dragon sees its head but not its tail', but this jade dragon in front of me does the opposite. Here comes a divine dragon that sees its tail but not its head!" Chen Ziyan clicked his tongue and said in wonder when he saw this.

Although he had already had an impression of this, this shocking feeling could only be experienced by being there.

Now the mural and the jade dragon gave him the feeling that the jade dragon came to life and flew into the mural.

With the help of the light, they continued to look at other parts of the mural.

Then I saw that around the dragon's body, there was a grand picture depicting the scene of the king becoming an immortal and ascending to heaven.

In the mural, the dragon's body is surrounded by auspicious clouds like the sea, and fairy mist is lingering. The stretching peaks and palaces are looming among the clouds, and the colors of the mountains and water are full of agility.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing above is the red jade dragon.

The red dragon criss-crosses the sea of ​​clouds, its head raised high into the cracks in the sky, but its tail is still wrapped around the throne of the palace.

A king in splendid attire, surrounded by ministers of exotic beasts, was slowly walking toward the gap in the sky, using the dragon's twisted body as a ladder.

There was no need to think too much, everyone knew that the person in front of them must be King Xian.

Chen Ziyan even noticed that King Xian wore a bunch of golden crowns on his head, and embedded in the golden crown was a bead. The shape of the bead looked like a human eye. Not surprisingly, it was the Muchen Bead they were looking for.

His eyes moved to the highest point of the mural, where there was an old man riding a crane.

This old man has a white beard and eyebrows and can be said to be an immortal. He is looking down with a smile on his face.

Behind him there were countless pure and elegant figures, which seemed to be the immortals of the Heavenly Palace. They also made respectful gestures, as if they were welcoming the return of the Emperor of Heaven.

From this description, it is not difficult to see that King Xian compared himself to the Emperor of Heaven.

"The sky is collapsing? Is this what you're talking about?"

At this moment, Hu Bayi suddenly thought of it.

He remembered very clearly that among the information they collected, there was a saying about King Xian that "it cannot be broken unless the sky collapses", and the scene on the mural in front of him fit the word "the sky collapses" very well.

If the collapse of heaven is the scene where King Xian attains enlightenment and becomes an immortal, then it is completely justified.

"Look here."

But before Hu Bayi had time to think about it, he heard Shirley Yang greeting him.

Everyone followed Shirley Yang's instructions and saw two small murals in the corners.

These two small murals exist separately from the murals on the temple walls. They describe the scene of King Xian offering sacrifices when he ascended to heaven, that is, filling the bronze cauldron with corpses and burning them.

Even though he knew that this was just a mural, he still couldn't bear to look at it. After all, according to King Xian's usual behavior, most of the content on it was what happened in the past.

However, compared to Wang Xian's evil deeds, what Chen Ziyan and others paid more attention to was the reason why Shirley Yang suddenly let them see these two murals.

Shirley Yang said solemnly: "I've seen the style of this tripod before!"

(End of chapter)