Jin Kingdom... Wanyan Department, Yue Guanchao carefully considered Sun Tao Ren's words. The author of "Chronicles of the Southern Tour" seemed to be a general of the Wanyan family. Combined with Sun Tao Ren's familiarity with this tomb, he felt a thump in his heart: " You mean, this tomb was built by your ancestors!"
Sun Tianqi nodded to him and said: "So, back then, my ancestors once left a book, which recorded that in the tomb of the concubine of the Song Dynasty, there was a female version that could interpret the iron coupons of the mysterious book. However, at that time, the treasure ship of the Jin Dynasty was stolen by the Song Dynasty. The rebels looted it, and the whereabouts of the Xuan Shu Iron Coupon were lost."
He paused and continued to explain: "Although I don't know where the iron certificate of the Xuan Shu is now, I understand the importance of training and reading the female version. It is better to get the female version of the training and reading in my hands first, and then slowly search for the Xuan Shu. Book the iron coupons, and when you find the other iron coupons in the tomb, you may know how to find the missing thing."
"Of course, there are plans to bury the remains."
After speaking, Sun Tianqi sighed and continued to explain: "Although the Taiping Kingdom failed, we did sincerely lead the people to resist the Tatars. These people died for the Taiping Kingdom, and they can be regarded as loyal people. I don't want to see them. After their bodies were found in the wild, they concocted a vision and asked everyone to move their graves and bury them properly."
"This time I go to the tomb, not only to find the female version of the training, but also to bury the bones of these concubines in the golden pagoda. It can be considered that I have done my best for the children of Taiping."
This didn't sound like he was making it up, and Yue Guanchao was secretly happy. Fortunately, they kept the secret tightly, and no one knew that the Xuan Shu Iron Coupon was in their hands. Otherwise, Sun Tianqi might have done something to them.
"Then, what are you here for?"
Sun Tianqi dropped the topic again.
When they arrived, they already had a tacit understanding. Yue Guanchao coughed a few times: "I heard that the imperial concubine in the Song Dynasty liked to use jade to prevent corpses from decaying. What we are looking for is a piece of red marrow in the old concubine's mouth. Jade elixir has the effect of prolonging life."
This was what Mrs. Hu told him. The tombs of the Song Dynasty really liked embalming. They either sealed the coffin with mercury or used corpse beads to embalm it. It would be lifelike after being opened. Secondly, there would only be signs of corruption. If it was so rotten, there would be no one left. If so, then it is a low-grade corpse.
Of course, this rule was limited to the Northern Song Dynasty. The emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty were rotten and had no bones, and they never contained any antiseptic pills.
"I see!"
Sun Tianqi heard that they were not looking for female students to read, and his eyes were a little relieved.
"Since your ancestors built this tomb, Taoist priest, you should be able to figure out how to get to the water tower, right?"
Song Siyuan asked, what the old Taoist said just now seemed to have something else in mind.
Sun Tianqi shook his head and said: "The history is far away, and the book has been lost. The specific details are not very clear. However, I remember that this water tower can be passed. Since they released the female version of the training, they must have planned it. Let future generations take it away.”
He looked around, and when his eyes turned to the water, his pupils were brightened by the candlelight. He motioned to the Taoist on the side: "There are too few things on the shore, so why not take a look underwater? You can take a rope and go into the water to take a look."
After that, a Taoist held a rope and tied it around his waist. He was dragged tightly by the Taoist at the port with a plop, and he was wandering around under the water. Everyone saw a black shadow, which was particularly strange under the bright fire.
Wow, the Taoist poked his head out of the water, wiped the water from his face and said excitedly: "There are two copper beast heads made of Taotie below. I think they can move. If it is a mechanism, it is probably them."
"Then, turn the mechanism."
Sun Tianqi gave an order, and the Taoist dived into the water again and turned something near the port. Two small whirlpools appeared on the water surface, which proved that water was being sucked into the copper beast head.
At the moment of breathing, whirlpools also appeared in the four corners of the port. Then, something slowly rose from the depths with a rumbling sound. Two animal-headed stone pillars finally rose to one meter away from the water, and hundreds of meters away in the water. In front of the Que Port, you can also see something rising simultaneously. Depending on the situation, it is probably the same as the port where they are standing.
Yue Guanchao looked at the animal-headed stone pillars with a flashlight. These stone pillars were about the thickness of a bucket, and their surfaces were covered with a layer of downy moss, as if a layer of grass had been wrapped around the pillars. However, there were no water plants attached to the pillars, and they were still bright and oily copper heads. , only a lot of patina and rust grew between the gaps, making it appear older.
"Is this an owl kiss?"
Yue Guanchao looked at the bronze beast on the pillar. The overall carving is in the shape of a carp, with a long tail and large fins. The body of the fish is exactly the same shape from top to bottom. The position of the fish head is carved with an angry dragon head, with two majestic horns and fangs. The huge mouth opened angrily, holding the chain that had sunk into the water.
Sun Daqiao explained: "鸱kiss, also called Chiki and Chiwei, is a mythical beast recorded in ancient mythology. It is said that it is the ninth son of the dragon. It has a loud mouth and a fondness for swallowing. It likes to look around and eat fire. Because of their habit, the ancients tried to build the owl on the eaves of the roof, and at the same time, they would also stand next to the bridge. If the owl is placed here, does it mean that this thing is a bridge? "
After Sun Daqiao finished speaking, he looked at the port in front of them. Except for the chain sinking under the water, there was no bridge for people to walk on.
"Wait a minute, since this is a bridge, people can always leave."
While they were talking, something was already slowly rising up in the underground river. Black shadows the size of basins slowly rose from the depths of the underground river. When the bottom of the car surfaced, they turned out to be turtles the size of water tanks.
"You don't want us to ride over on turtles, do you?"
Seeing more and more black shadows, these turtles gradually emerged from the water. What Yue Erpao said was indeed unrealistic. Instead of a bridge, countless living turtles appeared. The current situation was indeed strange.
Yue Guangtai shines on the turtles. The shells of these turtles are about the size of water tanks, with bulges like the curvature of copper basins. Their gray-black heads are covered with thorns and tumors, their limbs are as thick as crocodile claws, their nails are long and thin, and their fingers are webbed. It can be seen that their eyes are like The lanterns, covered with moss floating endlessly, are hundreds of years old, or more than a thousand years old.
"They seem to be biting something?"
Song Siyuan watched for so long and found that although these thousand-year-old turtles were swimming around, they showed no signs of moving away. They even began to dive into the water and bite the chains.
When they were snatching the chain, everyone finally saw that hanging on the chain were pearls as big as pigeon eggs. They were all wrapped in a layer of glazed glaze, making them appear extremely transparent and moist.
At this moment, all the turtles have bitten these pearls, and once they enter their teeth, they will never let go. Countless pearls have been bitten, and the rope that was originally empty is now covered with turtles of different sizes, like A floating channel in the water directly connects from the port to the water tower. If you look at it from a distance, you will see that the turtle shells are connected to each other and are airtight. It is really like a long road of rocks, stretching endlessly on the water.
When everyone saw this scene, the secret of the agency was revealed to everyone. Sun Daqiao was surprised and praised repeatedly: "It's really an ingenious idea. Using turtle shells to build a bridge has never been seen before. It is so ingenious that we have never thought of such a wonderful idea."
"Sun Daqiao, do you know this mechanism?"
Yue Guanchao looked at Sun Daqiao's expression and seemed to know what was going on.
Sun Daqiao shook his head and retorted: "I don't know much about this mechanism, but I still know about the Dragon Turtle Cable Bridge." 33
"Dragon Turtle Rope Bridge?"
Sun Daqiao coughed for a moment and continued to explain: "The Dragon Turtle Cable Bridge uses the rules of the aquarium people to worship the moon. The moon is yinhua. Like animals, the aquatic people usually worship the moon on full moon nights and practice the so-called absorption of moonlight. Because of this characteristic of the sea people, they especially like round objects, especially those that are full of moonlight."
"You mean pearls?"
Yue Guanchao pondered Sun Daqiao's words, that is, the pearls produced by sea clams can be regarded as absorbing the full moonlight over time. After all, both ancient clams and clam shells have the property of forming pearls.
Sun Daqiao nodded and his tone became mysterious: "Yes, in the eyes of Taoists, pearls are the real elixir produced by sea clams. It means that the sea clams condense the moonlight into a solid substance and bind it in the body, which is a bit close to the Taoist method of turning energy into elixirs. Meaning, they believe that the Hai Clan often forms virtual elixirs, and the real moon elixir produced is considered a unique moon treasure and a sacred object for cultivation."
This kind of thing is a decoration and a spiritual treasure for people, and it is also a weapon for animals to practice. However, some sea people really cannot get the inner elixir. In order to absorb as much moonlight as possible, they He will seize the elixir, that is, take away the pearl of the sea oyster and use it for his own use.
Some sea turtles will deliberately lurk near sea clams on full moon nights. When they open the clam shell, they will use stones to force open the shell, take away the pearls inside and swallow them. At the same time, the sea clams will The accumulated moonlight is also absorbed by it and used for its practice.
This Black Tortoise Cable Bridge uses the nature of the Black Tortoise Pearl!
People need to tie ocean pearls to the rope and pierce the pearls with holes in advance. At the same time, shrimp, crab and clam shells are boiled in dry soup, so that the smell of these fishy things is completely retained in the pearls.
Pearls are the inner elixir and essence of clam shells. Many aquatic people are good at grabbing pearls. Xuanwu will be greedy when they see pearls. After biting them, they will not let go. These pearls must have ropes. They can't bite them off and don't want to let them go. Fixed on ropes, connected to each other to form part of the rope bridge.
"The Xuanwu Cable Bridge in front of you is formed like this. If you don't believe it, you can look at the position of their mouths to see if they are biting something like a bead."
They had already noticed these rope bridges just now. The thing the dragon turtle bit was indeed a pearl, so they no longer doubted this.
"But can people really walk on this bridge? These animals are all alive!"
Song Siyuan looked at the rope bridge on the river carefully. Even though it was a channel floating on the water, each dragon turtle was still swimming. With the trembling, it was still unclear whether they could leave.
"I think there should be no problem. The buoyancy of the turtle shell itself is not small. After these dragon turtles bite the pearl, they definitely don't want to let go. If you press down, the more they bite the pearl, the more they can lift people up with their strength. stand up."
Some people died, but not completely...
