The Taoist priest with a grimace knew that the two of them still couldn't understand the situation, so he explained: "The entrance of this cave must lead to the Huangquan Ferry that Brother Qingyao saw that day. The Huangquan Ferry has a symbol of flying to become an immortal in the tombs of the Pre-Qin Dynasty. The implication is that it is a place where the soul of the tomb owner ferries when his body is transformed into an immortal. So the stone hall behind us should be a enjoyment hall. The front hall is used to enshrine the tomb owner’s spiritual tablet, while the back hall is where the tomb owner needs to wear when he becomes an immortal. When Zhao Jiuxiang was alive, it was still early before Qin unified the Central Plains. The most noble dress at that time was the crown suit, so he kept a set of crown suits in the Xiang Palace to prepare for his ascension. This is why the sarcophagus It’s designed to be easy to open and close, if you think about it carefully, isn’t that the intention?”
"In this case, the spirit enshrined in the front hall is Zhao Jiuxiang himself. This can also explain the similarity in appearance between the stone statue and the portrait outside the tunnel. But this brings up another question that is terrifying to think about. Taoist Priest Have you ever thought about it?"
"What?"
"The portrait in the Xiang Palace looks so similar to Gong Laosan. Is this a coincidence or is it because Gong Laosan is a descendant of Zhao Jixiang?"
"This..." The grim-faced Taoist priest immediately understood what He Siniang meant. It would be too outrageous to say that this was a coincidence. The most likely possibility is that the Gong family is the anonymous descendant of Zhao Jiuxiang, who lived in the valley near the tomb of King Hui. Tomb, but in this way, all the causes and consequences of everyone entering the valley have been overturned. Gong Laoer will definitely not rush into the ancestor's mausoleum and pick up a gold medal. What's more, his brother even stole the gold medal and sold it. The whole story unfolds like a huge conspiracy according to this idea. The gold medal is like bait, with a huge temptation from the day it is released. Is the purpose just to catch the three fish?
The grimace Taoist priest felt more and more frightened as he thought about it, and couldn't help but ask: "Does Si Niang suspect that the whole story is actually a trap?"
"I have a vague feeling like this, but I don't rule out the possibility of it being a coincidence. In short, I have to be on guard with both hands. I can't make random guesses and waste my mind like Lao Qi said, nor can I be too careless and put myself in danger."
"This idea is still a bit too appalling, but Pindao is more inclined to think it is a coincidence. If this matter is really a conspiracy, then what are they trying to do? Are they trying to bury our three lives in the hands of Zhao Ouxiang? If they want to take our lives, they have to have That ability, but no matter what, since Si Niang is so suspicious, we have to be on guard against this. After all, we need to be strong in blacksmithing. Pindao thinks that with the skills of the three of us, even if they are mountain people who catch rabbits, what's the point? His crooked intestines can be straightened easily when the time comes."
"What are you two talking about? Why have you started to rub your intestines after talking for a long time?" Luo Laoqi listened in confusion, wondering: "Should we search this stone house?"
"Search, why don't you search? We haven't found Siniang's antidote yet." The Taoist Priest with a grimace said, then turned to He Siniang and said, "But Siniang, you must be mentally prepared. This stone palace must have been destroyed by Zhao." Ou Xiang sent someone to filter through it, and even changed the stone palace behind him into a Xiang Palace. Most of the antidote to the poisonous poisons had been searched by him, so it would make sense if he couldn't find the elixir there. Don’t be discouraged, when we get to the bottom of the valley, we will search inside the stone tower.”
"Don't worry, Taoist Master. I'm not that fragile, so let's continue to split up now? What about the cave entrance in front? Will we send someone to check it out when we get back?"
"You don't have much time to go back. I will go to explore the scenery of Huangquan Ferry in person later. Si Niang, you should continue to search forward and let Lao Qi go back to Xiangdian to load the treasure in the coffin before following. You take care of each other at the top, and the people above will be handed over to Pindao when he comes back."
"It's better that the Taoist priest knows the Sa family well. If he knows the Sa family, he will row the treasure quickly. Don't worry, Si Niang, the Sa family will be able to follow him in the blink of an eye."
"Don't pack everything like a broken sledge, picking up valuables and taking them. We haven't reached the stone tower yet. Leave some room for your backpack." After speaking, the Taoist Priest with a grimace turned around and walked towards Feige. The flying pavilion is not far from the rock wall, just a few steps away. After getting off the flying pavilion, there is a cave entrance two people high. The four walls of the cave entrance are neatly repaired. At first glance, it seems that they have been carefully repaired and chiseled. The tunnel was completely different from that time.
The Taoist priest with a grimace secretly laughed that Zhao Xiang didn't care about the road to burial, but he was willing to work hard on the road to ascension after death. Is he still afraid of falling into the potholes? He saw a faint light coming from the depths of the tunnel ahead, and estimated that he was about to leave. It shouldn't be far outside, so I quickened my pace and walked more than ten steps into the cave. Then I turned a gentle corner, and another bright cave entrance appeared in front of me a few steps away.
When he came to the entrance of the cave, the grim-faced Taoist priest first adapted to the light outside, and then began to look around at the surrounding situation. There was a wooden platform suspended in the air outside the entrance of the cave, which was almost three feet wide and nearly two feet long. There were two waists under the wooden platform. Thick wooden pillars are inserted diagonally into the rock crevices for support. On the two outer corners of the wooden platform, there are thick wooden pillars half an arm high, with cloud patterns and auspicious animals carved on them. These should be the cables of the ferry. It is a pillar, but this thing, like the Huangquan Ferry, basically has a symbolic meaning. It was built to dock the "immortal ship". It is said that when the corpse of the tomb owner transforms into an immortal, the heaven will send a colorful fairy boat pulled by an auspicious crane to dock at the Huangquan Ferry. It is used to guide the owner of the tomb to ascend. The higher the level of Taoism achieved by the owner of the tomb, the more cranes will pull the ship. If there are more than three cranes, then the owner of the tomb will be in trouble. He will have to be an official when he reaches the heaven. There are also many fairies in mansions.
The grim-faced Taoist priest naturally sneered at such legends, especially since people have become immortals. How can they still behave like landlords, old wealth and the exploiting class, and their ideological realm has not improved at all? Does this mean they have become immortals? This is obviously because he didn’t enjoy enough while alive, and he still wants to do it after death. In such a comparison, a tomb robber like himself appears to be much nobler. It may sound ugly that he is fighting against others, but in fact he is standing on the side. The fearless warriors on the front line of anti-feudal and anti-exploitation, if these birdies did not exploit the common people, would they still be able to defeat them? I would be unemployed, and I was still talking about the Mushroom Gate. In the future, the Mushroom Gate might actually go to the mountains to pick mushrooms.
The grim-faced Taoist priest stood on the high cliff and indulged in lust for a moment, and shamelessly flattered himself for a while. At this time, he did not forget to do his business. While looking around, he heard waves of rumbling water that seemed to be coming from the bottom of the cliff. He carefully stepped on the wooden platform on the edge of the cliff. He felt that it was quite strong, so he walked to the edge of the wooden platform and looked at the bottom of the cliff. He saw a raging river running from the northeast, and hit the mountain flow. After being blocked, it went westward along the roots of the mountain. The huge sound was caused by the water hitting the mountain.
Seeing this situation, the Taoist priest with a grimace said strangely: "I never heard Meng Qingyao mention that there is such a strong river behind the mountain. This King's Rest was originally a Feng Shui treasure cave, but the nature of the rapids diagonally inserted behind it changed. Then The rapids are like a sharp sword coming from behind. How can people sit still? This turned a treasure land into a dangerous cave. Zhao Jiuxiang should not make such a low-level mistake. Could it be because the river water surged after the showers and the river upstream burst its banks and changed its course?
