Tomb Raiders Notes - Zhangjia Mausoleum Keeper

Chapter 111 Yunmeng Pavilion

The people in front of us are dumbfounded when they look at it.Suddenly I heard Fat Brother scream, then turned his head and glared at me and shouted: "Zhang Zilin, it hurts so much! Why are you pinching me?"

"Ah! I'm sorry, I thought I was dreaming." I looked at Fat Brother innocently, and found that my hand had indeed just fallen off his body.

"Hey, what time is it, are you still dreaming? Wake up, empty the bag for me, and prepare to pack the baby." The fat man stretched out his hand and squeezed my face back after speaking.

"It hurts..." I struggled to run.

Unexpectedly, the fat brother would not let him go, and said, "Brother, help you refresh yourself!"

Wu Xie couldn't see it, and was about to come forward to help me, but Zhang Qi was already one step ahead of him, and grabbed Fat Brother's wrist when he came up.Seeing this, the fat brother hastily let go and ran away, and it really is still one thing.Because of Zhang Qi's strong backing support, I was a little proud of myself.

Although Fat Brother did not hit hard, he also left red marks on my fair face. Zhang Qi glanced at it intentionally or unintentionally, and then took out a gas mask to help me put it on.After wearing it, I pinched the top of the bridge of my nose carefully to make sure there were no mistakes.

"There is a special smell in this mist, wear it just in case." After he finished speaking, he also put on one himself. Wu Xie and Fat Brother always followed his words, so they obediently obeyed Take the mask out of the bag and put it on.

"Brother Xie, can you see the way in this building?" I leaned over to Wu Xie and asked him.

"Well, this project, using local materials, is magnificent without being too subtle and profound. I think it should follow the typical southern dry-lane architecture. The harmony between man and nature, it is amazing that it can be built on such a scale under such natural conditions. It's amazing!" Wu Xie couldn't help sighing.

I roughly only saw the front of the palace with a bright flashlight, and most of the rest were hidden in the fog.So I suggested to go and have a look.Everyone had no objection, so Zhang Qi continued to throw out the cold smoke and fire sticks to ask for directions. After several consecutive throws, the platform foundation, which was about several feet high, was very brightly illuminated by the shining light.

"Let's go!" Zhang Qi waved his hand to signal us to follow behind him. While climbing, we had to watch out for our feet and be careful of hidden weapons that might be shot around us. After a while, we became extremely tired and sweaty, and couldn't help but stop to rest. .

Fat Brother rushed to the forefront as if he had been beaten with chicken blood. He was very eager to get rich at this time.I yelled at him: "Brother Fat, you are still injured, slow down! No one is going to grab you."

He replied: "Brother is impatient to get rich, you guys work out slowly, I will take a step first!"

Wu Xie looked at his plump back, smiled, and said to me: "Zi Lin, don't pay attention to him, you just said that this may be a Chu tomb, but I remembered that you said before that the text on that jade silk is very special. Is it? What is the book of insects and birds, does it have anything to do with this?"

I stopped abruptly, and then urged him to take out the treasure and show it to me.The piece on my body was discovered by Zhang Qi when I first entered the cave, and it has been confiscated by him.

Wu Xie saw that I seemed to have an epiphany, so he quickly found a piece from his bag and handed it to me. "Although the Chongniao script is difficult to identify, it is a special script that was popular in Wu, Yue, Chu, Cai, Xu, Song and other southern countries from the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period. Combined with the previous Phoenix totem, plus This kind of majestic platform building, I think it is very likely that it is a tomb of Chu."

I saw that Wu Xie still had doubts on his face, so I lowered my voice and asked him: "Chu is good at building platforms, and the king of Chu is so thin. You must have heard of Zhanghua Terrace, right? It is also called Sanxiu Terrace. You have to rest three times, it’s not like we are now, crawling limply and panting.”

Hearing this, Wu Xie laughed, then gave me a thumbs up and said, "It makes sense."

"Of course." I felt a small sense of accomplishment when I was recognized.Seeing Wu Xie looking at me again, he sighed and said, "Zi Lin, I didn't expect you to go on this road again. I really don't know if it's God's will or..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a "pop" from above.Fat brother didn't know why he fell, but he heard the sound that he fell solidly.The two of us had to speed up and climb up to see what was going on.

"Ouch, fat man's tailbone! Who was so wicked to pour water on the ground?" The fat man sat on the ground cursing.

Zhang Qi squatted down, touched some black water stains on the ground with his hands, looked at them and said, "This is not water, but a copper road."

"What?" The fat man regained his energy immediately after hearing this, touched a little from the ground, put his nose under his nose and sniffed, then got up immediately as if he smelled a stimulant, and completely forgot about the tailbone.

"Hey, what is a copper road?" I saw the fat brother's emotions were ups and downs when he heard these two words, so I asked Wu Xie curiously.

"This copper road refers to the copper water that rusts out of the bronze ware when it is soaked in underground water or moisture. After a long time, it oxidizes and turns black."

"No wonder fat brother is so excited, that doesn't mean that the baby is inside!" I looked up, and there was a plaque on the tall stone gate standing in front of me, with the three big characters "Yunmeng Pavilion" written on it. It is easier to recognize, it is written in big seal script.

"Dazhuan is a relatively popular official script at the end of the Zhou Dynasty. This font was preserved in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was not until Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms that the official script was replaced by Xiaozhuan. So, my The inference is correct, this tomb is indeed before the Qin Dynasty." My inference became more and more convincing as I saw more things.

"Sister, stop talking nonsense, call your little brother, and start acting." The fat brother looked at Zhang Qi eagerly while rubbing his tailbone.

"What my little brother." I muttered and rolled my eyes at him.But Zhang Qi pulled out the black gold ancient knife and knocked on the stone door with the handle of the knife a few times, only heard a few dull sounds, other than that there was no other movement.

"Brother, is there a mechanism?" Fat Brother eagerly leaned over to look at it.

Zhang Qi didn't answer, he used his two unusually long fingers to probe into the crack of the door, suddenly he inserted the ancient knife in with great speed, but heard a "pop" inside, and something fell down.The stone gate unexpectedly "bang" and opened a small gap by itself.

"Brother Fat, it seems that the owner of the tomb doesn't welcome you anymore and has locked the door." I teased Brother Fat with a smile.

Unexpectedly, he smiled and said: "There have been no visitors for thousands of years, can you not lock the door? Besides, we didn't bring him a gift, so we still have to be careful that the owner of the tomb is a narrow-minded person." Understand.He meant that we came in this way, but it was a bit too smooth, and when we got here, we had to be extra careful.

"That makes sense." I adjusted the gas mask on my face and followed them into it.The space inside is very large. In addition to the central hall, there are two side halls on the left and right.The hall is very empty, only a high platform built in the center, I don't know what it is for?

Seeing this scene, Fat Brother was a little disappointed, but soon regained his energy, and suggested that he also go to the left side hall to have a look. We had no objection, so we went together.As soon as the stone gate was opened, it seemed as if you had fallen into an ancient exhibition museum, with bronze tripods and various utensils piled up everywhere.

"It turns out that the source of the copper road is here!" I sighed.Caressing a rusty bronze tripod.If there is a tomb, the identity of the owner of the tomb can be found out according to the inscription on it.Due to the humid air here, the utensils have been rotted so much that even the complete inscriptions can't be seen clearly.

I used rice paper to rub down some slightly complete inscriptions.After finishing, put it carefully into the bag, and then looked up to find Wu Xie and Fat Brother's faces were ugly.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Tianzhen didn't find the treasure he was looking for, and I didn't find the treasure I was looking for either." Fat Brother said discouragedly.

"Why is there no baby? This is not enough for the whole house." I retorted.

"Sister, these things are too heavy. Even if they are worth a lot, we can't take them away. If they are broken and taken out, they are worthless. We have to bear the crime of destroying the national treasure, and it's not worth it." The fat man complained.

"Yo, I can't tell, fat brother, you underground worker, you have a lot of morals!"

"Hmph, that's necessary. What does a gentleman get for his love of money? We have to take the route of sustainable development." The fat man started talking nonsense again in a serious manner.

"Come on! Fatty." Wu Xie rubbed his temples, probably not finding Yubo, the clue was broken again, and his head hurt a little.

The fat brother and I quickly shut up, so we suggested to look at the side hall on the right. Besides, the coffin of the owner of the tomb has not been found yet, and everything is possible. I patted Wu Xie to signal him not to be discouraged.

Zhang Qi has been silent since he came in just now. Apart from vigilantly guarding the surroundings, he occasionally looked down at the writing on the vessel, as if he wanted to explore something?

The few of us came out of the left hall, passed through the main hall, and entered the door of the right hall. The situation inside was similar to that of the left hall. There were also a variety of bronzes, and there was an extra set of chime bells. My hands were itchy and I couldn’t help it I also tapped it a few times. Although the appearance of these things is very rusty, the sound quality they emit is still ethereal and graceful. Coupled with the clouds and mist, it is really like being in a fairyland.

Now Wu Xie and Fat Brother looked even more ugly.The fat brother cursed directly: "Damn it, is the owner of this tomb selling bronze wares? This pile is full of two rooms, it is purely sick."

"Maybe he is the director of the bronze ware factory!" I casually echoed, making a joke.

"Sister, what you said may really be possible. Now you and I, Brother Xie, are probably going to read "Dream of Red Mansions" together, sad person to sad person." Fat Brother smiled at me helplessly.

"What mess?" I muttered in my heart, still maintaining a polite smile on my face.

"Hey, where's the little brother?" Hearing what Wu Xie said, we realized that Zhang Qi had disappeared.