"Hmph, that's good if you know." Chou Chou snorted arrogantly and forgave her.
Qingyan smacked her teeth and did not continue the topic, "Then when are we going to dig for treasure? Are we going to stay here tonight?"
Yin Keqin had already climbed over the wall and opened the door from the inside. Qingyan asked while driving the car into the yard.
"Why are you digging? Once I refine those evil spirits, I can use my spiritual consciousness to collect them."
Qingyan was stunned, "No, don't you need to explore the caves in the mountains or something?"
She thought she had to go treasure hunting in the mountains first and find the treasure gate research institute or something. Is it that simple?
Why do you feel so boring all of a sudden?
"What kind of adventure are you exploring? I have already locked the location with my consciousness. As long as I am recovering, I can just use my consciousness to get those things out.
And don’t think that the tomb in that mountain is the same as this tomb. They built a stone chamber there and buried it directly. They didn’t even do any moisture-proofing and anti-corrosion. Many boxes would have rotted. If it weren’t for the fact that the things inside were all good. There is probably not much left of what was saved. "
"ah?"
Qing Yan was stunned when he heard this.
No, where is the promised treasure? A broken tomb looks so complete, but the treasure that should be well protected is dug into a hole and buried casually? What kind of brain circuit is this?
That's what she thought and asked.
Chou Chou laughed and said, "Don't you know it? The ancients valued death as life, and burial was a top priority.
Even though this is just a descendant of a fallen king, the tomb is not low-level. Among the funerary objects I collected before, there are copper ritual vessels, weapons, tools, jade and white pottery, etc.
Almost all the copper ritual vessels have decorative patterns on their surfaces, including Taotie, Kui, cicada, cloud thunder, Ruding, silkworm, banana leaf, four-petal flower, circular vortex, etc. Some have two or three layers of patterns.
It is also decorated with animal heads, including bull heads, dragon heads, animal heads, snakes, etc., as well as inscriptions, some of which even have twenty or thirty characters on them, including the family emblem, the name of the father and ancestor, and the reason for making the instrument.
Do you think these are improvised? They were all prepared in advance and should be part of the batch of things brought out.
In the Shang Dynasty, there were clear hierarchies, and the ostentation of dead nobles was much greater than that of living people. They believed that the things buried with them after death could still be enjoyed in another world or after reincarnation, so they were very particular about it.
But those treasures are different. They were previously stored in Lutai or the palace. They were really just storage. In their eyes, those treasures were status symbols, but they were not meant to be hidden. They were more important than life.
What's more, they escaped and had a lot of stuff. They couldn't build another deer platform, right? It's not like a cemetery that can be built slowly. If you really want to build a secret room in the mountain with many mechanisms, the project will be too big.
Those things are used to restore the country. If they really have the power and ability, they can just dig them out. There is no need to do so many tricks.
Moreover, whether it is building facilities or arranging institutions, outsiders are required. The more people who know, the greater the risk of exposure. It is not as safe as digging a hole and burying it directly by your own people.
They live at the foot of the mountain. Whenever someone enters the mountain, they will know it immediately, which is actually safer.
Unless they were discovered and slaughtered the village directly, it would be difficult for outsiders to know where those things were.
Not to mention outsiders, in this Qinian Village, except for the clan leader, other villagers may not know the existence of the treasure. The best way to protect the secret from being leaked is to have as few people know about it as possible.
Naturally, the clan leader's branch must have heard about the treasure passed down, but they have never used it, which means they have no need at all.
Let me tell you this, there are a lot of gold and silver jewelry buried under the courtyard of the patriarch's house. Although Yin Jin was very cruel to his descendants, he also left a lot of property for them to enjoy.
It can only be said that it was fate. Not counting being tricked by his own contracted beast, not a single useful person among the descendants appeared.
Let alone the restoration of the country, this village has not even gone out, so it can only be said to be completely defeated.
In fact, the main reason is that it is God’s will.
I learned from Blackbird that many immortal figures did appear during the Shang-Zhou War, and many of those people died in that war.
Even those who survived, they all lived in seclusion and did not care about the world. The spiritual energy gradually became thinner and thinner, and later generations even directly entered the Age of Ending Dharma.
I don’t know if this world is the same as our world, but that’s what our world is like.
In my memory, after the Tang Dynasty, the aura of heaven and earth became worse every year. After the Ming Dynasty, there were no decent immortal cultivators.
In my inherited memory, all changes seem to have started with the War of Shang and Zhou.
In the inherited memory, "I" met Pixiu once in the late Han Dynasty. The guy was hiding in a deep mountain at that time. It said that it was going to change its cultivation method and would rely on human sacrifices for cultivation in the future.
At that time, I didn't understand how it could get people's worship. After all, it wasn't a good beast that liked to save people in trouble, and it probably wouldn't sacrifice itself to save the world.
The spiritual energy at that time was a little thin, and we beasts were not very involved in the world, so I didn't understand it.
And it also told me that it speculated that the cause of the Shang and Zhou wars was not a dispute over human rights and turf, otherwise it would not have involved so many immortals, gods, and demons.
It heard that there were rumors that Tiandao wanted the human race to rise, so it chose a human emperor to lead the human race to rule together with other ethnic groups.
Unexpectedly, other ethnic groups were afraid of the human race and struck first, directly disrupting Tiandao's arrangements.
The human race is inherently blessed with a short lifespan but is very intelligent. There are also many and varied methods for people to practice, so they joined forces to cut off the rise of the human race and nip it in the bud.
For many years after that, except for a few cultivators in the human race who would compete with heaven for their fate and cultivate themselves, even the power of kingship was granted by gods, and they were placed below other races.
It's just that although this road was blocked, it only pushed back the time by a few thousand years. Because of their cunning operations, the spiritual energy of the world was slowly drying up. The human race was not injured, but they were all silenced and relics.
I lived to the later generations, so I feel that the way of heaven chose the human race in the end. All the gods and immortals only existed in legends. On the contrary, humans later began to develop technology. Although the living environment became worse and worse, the dominance of the human race was certain. of.
Humanity is getting stronger and stronger, and there is almost no place for aliens like us to gain a foothold.
In our world, I don't know about other ferocious beasts. There are still a few monster beasts. Anyway, they are just like me and Xiangxiang, and they don't dare to appear in front of people easily.
If we hadn't formed a contract with your family by chance, we wouldn't have been practicing secretly in any corner.
It's not that I don't want to stir up trouble everywhere, I'm not a good beast in the first place, it's because the law of heaven doesn't allow it at all. If I want to improve my cultivation, I can only go to those places where the war is in chaos, but I don't dare to go to myself. Take action, once I intervene, I will probably be the first one struck by the thunder..."
Qingyan was stunned for a moment after hearing these words. Are there so many reasons for the change of dynasties? She had never heard of this statement, but now that she thought about it, it seemed to make sense.
She was not very clear about the previous situation, at least the development of later generations is indeed like this, at least the earth is indeed the world of humans. There are still many people who once believed in gods and Buddhas, but they cannot affect people's lives too deeply...
"Miss Hengyue, Miss Hengyue?"
Qingyan was brought back to her senses by the shaking hands in front of her. She turned around and saw the old lady looking at her with a worried look.
"Auntie, what's wrong? Sorry, I was just thinking about something."
The old lady smiled and said: "It's okay, I see it's already afternoon. I guess you haven't had breakfast or lunch. I want to make dinner in advance and ask you what you want to eat.
Today is really thanks to you, otherwise we don’t know if the people in this village would have come back alive..."
Qingyan quickly waved her hands and said, "Don't say that, ma'am. I just happened to meet you. What's more, I'm also in there. At most, I'm trying to save myself."
After hearing this, the old lady thought of her previous doubts, sighed, and said with some hesitation: "I only figured it out after I returned home. It was clearly five years ago when I met the girl, how could we be here in such a blink of an eye? Now?"
Yin Keqin on the side also looked over after hearing this, but he couldn't understand this either.
"I didn't know how to say it before, so I didn't tell you right away. Now that you can see it, I'll tell you what I know.
We have all been put into an illusion before. Our souls entered it, not our bodies.
I don’t know what method the other party used to make you think that it was five years ago and my soul was detained from Yunling County, so I passed out at the entrance of the village with nothing.
In fact, there were many doubts at the time. For example, I was not wearing the right clothes. It was summer, but I was wearing a three-layer jacket, but I didn't feel hot at all.
I didn't notice it at first, but I only found out about it later when I entered the tomb.
Fortunately, my soul was later brought back into my body by my family, otherwise I would have been trapped and died in the illusion.
But after I woke up, I always felt uneasy, so I wanted to come over to verify it, so I drove the carriage over. Unexpectedly, before I reached the village, I encountered heavy rain. After the rain stopped, I discovered something strange on the other side of the woods. Then I entered the tomb and happened to find you. "
The mother and son listened quietly. After she finished speaking, Yin Keqin said: "Does the girl know which mythical beast was the one that confronted the ancestors on the stone platform before?"
He didn't dare to talk about monsters, for fear of being blamed.
Qingyan didn't know how to answer this question. It couldn't be said that he came with her.
At this time, she heard Chou Chou say to her: "Just say you don't know. There is no need to talk about it. Whether there is a chance to meet again in the future is another matter."
Qingyan obediently shook her head at Yin Keqin, "I also know this, because I went to that tomb in the fantasy world, and I went straight in. Then I heard something moving over there, so I ran over and took a look. I didn't expect it to be Such a sight.
Then I saw that uh, the mythical beast defeated Yin Jin, and the cemetery began to shake, so I ran out with you.
I was also shocked at that time. I didn’t know which mythical beast it was. Could it be that it had a grudge against your ancestor and came here to seek revenge? "
Yin Keqin and his mother looked at each other, and the old lady said: "It's also possible. The divine beast looks extraordinary at first glance. It must be that it has a big enmity with the ancestor... Yin Jin."
Although there were many doubts about Qingyan's statement, they didn't want to delve into it. The little girl helped them. They couldn't keep asking questions like a prisoner. Everyone has their own secrets, and they didn't have to break the casserole to get to the bottom of it.
Seeing that they didn't ask any more questions, Qingyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Chou Chou was really hard to explain.
There is also the spirit stone. That thing has been in Yin Keqin's hands. He can definitely tell that it is not a luminous pearl.
If it were someone else, they might think it was some kind of treasure she got in the tomb, and they might want to snatch it away. Of course, it doesn't matter even if they think so. The most they can do is leave quickly, because they can't keep her at all.
But after getting along in the fantasy, she knew that the mother and son were not evil-minded and greedy people, but the other party did not ask any more questions, and she was indeed relieved.
It was indeed getting late. The old lady got up and went to the kitchen outside, and Yin Keqin also went to help.
Unconsciously, most of the day passed. It took almost a morning to walk from the county seat. It should be noon when we arrived in the woods, and it was already past six o'clock.
They actually didn't spend long in the tomb. It took less than an hour from when Chou Chou entered to when he came out. They mainly observed outside for a while after coming out. After the altar slowly sank, they discussed the matter there for a while. I just left, so three or four hours passed.
We’ve been chatting for so long since we came back, and it’s really too late if we don’t cook now.
She knew that Yin Keqin's family was not wealthy. Although the previous scene was an illusion, what it was like five years ago, the scene of the village shown was what it is now.
She had heard Yin Keqin say before that he would go to the town to buy food after the three-day sacrifice, so their family probably didn't have much food. She didn't eat lunch and was very hungry now, and she felt a little uncomfortable thinking that she couldn't open her stomach to eat.
After thinking about it, he ran to the carriage, used the carriage to block it, and took out a small bag of grain and a wild rabbit from the basket under the back panel.
Of course these are ChouChou Xian. The baskets hung there were hung up after leaving the county, just in case.
The old lady was sitting in the carriage before and knew that there was nothing else except a leather mattress inside, so she could only take it out from here.
She took the things directly into the kitchen and put them in the pottery basin that the old lady had just taken out.
"Let's make these tonight. It's the food I brought when I came here. It should be enough for us to eat until tomorrow."
(End of chapter)
