The tomb passages here are all naturally formed stone walls, which were formed by artificial excavation. The fundamental difference from the tomb passages we passed before is that the walls on both sides are uneven.

Although they are all manually excavated, it can be determined from the rough and uneven walls that this is the real original tomb passage of the ancient tomb. Although the passage we passed before is more in line with the style of the general ancient tomb passage than any other passage, but

Only the historical background of the Cancong Tomb was ignored.

It was an era older than the pre-Qin period, and it was difficult for people to have the energy and skills to carve the tomb passages so delicately. Even though the scale of the Canconcong Tomb was truly amazing, due to its age, there were not many ways to defend against tomb robbers.

How clever it could be.

Then what kind of person would build additional tomb passages and mechanisms here? And disguise it so much like the main tomb?

The first possibility I thought of was my grandfather. After all, when I was in the Sea Eye Dragon Palace, I encountered a trap set by him and almost cheated my grandson.

But then I thought again, although my grandfather was full of mysteries and seemed to have great powers, setting up traps and mazes and digging tunnels were two different things. Even if the old man really had the skills and put in a lot of effort, he wouldn't have been able to summon so many manpower to dig dozens of tunnels out of thin air.

Corridor and tomb chamber.

In addition, the traps set by my grandfather that I encountered in the Qiqiaodu Tomb were basically inseparable from the metaphysics of Yin Yang and Five Elements. The fake tomb passages and tomb chambers here focus on clever mechanisms. Although every part is designed very cleverly, as long as you have a little understanding of mechanical design,

Anyone who understands the principle can crack it and copy it.

This is not in line with my grandfather's behavior. He is the kind of person who does everything casually without leaving any clues. It is difficult to find abnormalities and figure out his intentions.

While I was thinking, Monk Qingyun was walking in the real corridor. The corridor here looked simpler or much simpler, unlike the previous corridor, which was eerie and deathly silent when you walked in.

Because it is a naturally dug tunnel, there are always snakes, insects, rats, and ants passing by. Although it is the same as the fake tunnel just now, without the imaginary secret passage, it is obviously different when you walk up it, which makes you feel at ease.

It can be seen that the people in Cancong were simple and honest in that era, and they would not consider that there would be rampant tomb robbers behind them.

"The Ninth Family." We had walked a little way, and Shang Qingyun suddenly spoke.

"What Ninth Family?"

Shang Qingyun came to the corner of the wall on one side, which happened to be the corner of the corridor. He dug up the soil at the base of the wall and took out a piece of rotten wood from inside.

To be precise, it was a pendant that looked like rotten wood. Because it had been buried for too long, part of it had rotted away and there were ants building nests. I washed the pendant with water and looked at it for a while.

Although it's only half of it, I think the shape looks familiar.

After thinking about it for a while, I finally remembered that this was the talisman of the Ninth Family Luban, a descendant of the public loser.

"In other words, the fake tomb passage in front may have been built by the descendants of Lu Ban at a certain period? Then why did they do this?"

"Guarding the tomb."

It seems that there is nothing wrong with it.

"To prevent Tongyuan?"

Shang Qingyun didn't answer. Well, looking at him like this, he just told me to find the answer myself.

We walked back and forth in the corridor and crossed several corners, and finally saw a faint light.

In front is the tomb chamber of the real Cancong Tomb. Although we are not sure whether we have reached the main tomb, we can still see some light.

Monk Qingyun was stunned as soon as he stepped into the tomb.

The scene in front of me was no less mediocre than the previous encounter. On the contrary, it was even more shocking.

This tomb is so big that I thought it might have been moved directly from a square in the ancient Shu Kingdom.

Visual inspection estimates that this tomb is as big as a football field. Because of this, it is not surrounded by walls like the tombs we saw before. Instead, the mountain is directly hollowed out to create a large venue from the inside.

It has to be said that even the manpower of the ancient Shu ancestors is enough to be amazing. Just hollowing out the mountain can ensure that it will not collapse and landslide, which is enough for modern people to study for a long time, and even become the world's future.

It is not impossible to solve the mystery.

Because the mountain is hollowed out, only the normal square dome is covered with a layer of vegetation to cover up the existence of the tomb below, so there is weak sunlight shining down.

Our vision also becomes brighter and broader.

After entering the tomb, the first thing I saw was the bronze tree that touched the sky and the blue sun.

A sacred tree made of bronze was also unearthed in Sanxingdui, Guanghan. However, for some reason, the bronze tree was damaged after it was born. Only the bottom section can be seen now. It is displayed in the Sanxingdui Museum, and photography is prohibited.

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Previously, our teacher took us to extracurricular activities and spent a lot of money to visit the Sanxingdui Museum. At that time, I was attracted by the bronze tree. Although there was only one section, both its documentary value and its exquisite workmanship have become unreplicable in modern times.

of treasures.

According to archaeological excavation data at that time, the bronze tree was cast in imitation of the legendary sacred tree Fuso, and was approximately dozens of meters across.

I already thought it was very big at that time, but the bronze tree in front of me was much larger and more delicate than the ones unearthed in Sanxingdui.

Just because its top reaches directly to the top of the mountain, it can be roughly estimated that the entire tree is at least 100 meters tall.

In addition, the proportions of the tree trunk and the nine three-legged golden crows resting on the branches are completely different from the size of the bronze tree in Sanxingdui, Guanghan.

The trunk of the bronze tree in Sanxingdui, Guanghan is very thin and can be easily grasped, while the size of the bronze tree here requires three or four people to hug it. Each of the three-legged golden crows on the branches is as majestic as an eagle.

"There is such a big bronze tree here." I couldn't help but sigh.

Shang Qingyun pointed forward: "Sacrifice."

I moved my attention attracted by the bronze tree to the vast open space under the tree, where countless stone figures were kneeling and worshiping. Their number was so large that they filled the entire open space. If you have trypophobia, you would probably

I'll be scared to death on the spot.

These stone figures all have animal faces and vertical eyes. They kneel down facing the bronze tree, but they do not look like worshipers. Their bodies are slightly bent, and their hands are folded to cover their mouths, as if they are spitting something into their hands after chewing.

I also remembered the record about the Wilderness of Osi in the Book of Mountains and Seas that Erpang mentioned to me: The Wilderness of Osi is in the east of Dahei, and a woman knelt down and leaned against the Osi tree.

Except that it is impossible to tell whether these stone figures are male or female, this scene is exactly the same as what was recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Could it be said that the ancient Shu Kingdom really has anything to do with the Wilderness of Osi?

I unconsciously walked into the tomb and observed these stone figures.

When I saw these stone statues, my first thought was that there were two possibilities. One was that the ancient Shu people carved stone statues to simulate their sacrificial scenes, similar to how Qin Shihuang wanted to retain the structure of the Kyushu ground and the stars in the sky after his death.

So that after death, he can still rule the world in Jiuyou, which is the imagination and sustenance of the ancients for the world after death;

Another possibility is that I heard a professional teacher from Sichuan mention it before. Cancong not only taught people how to raise silkworms, but also created the custom of sarcophagus burial. Therefore, later Shu people advocated sarcophagus burial. These stone statues may also be sarcophagi.

, just like the fake tomb we saw before.

But after careful observation, both conjectures were overturned. The first is the second one. There are no gaps in these stone statues, and judging from the size and style, it is impossible to bury the dead body. The kneeling action alone is outrageous, unless the dead body is buried.

The body can be twisted into this movement, but this is not in line with the ancients' respect for the deceased.

As for the first idea being rejected because...

I saw one of the stone statues. Because it had been too long, the stone on the arm fell off. What I saw at the fracture was not the cut surface of the stone, but the rotten flesh and bones!

"Qingyun, come and see!" I called him.

At this time, Shang Qingyun had already reached the bronze tree. He looked up at the giant tree, and the sun shone down from above, illuminating his young face.

At that moment, I thought he was just an ordinary boy.

Seeing him standing there safely, I knew there seemed to be no traps here, so I walked over directly.

Just halfway through, he suddenly lowered his head and turned to look at me with a strange expression.

I was stunned: "What's wrong?"

Behind me, someone suddenly pulled my arm, which startled me. I turned around and saw that it was Shang Qingyun!

"you......"

I was about to ask him, but Shang Qingyun asked me first: "Brother Yu, what's wrong?"

"Ah?" I was confused by his question. I turned back to look at the bronze sacred tree and found that there was no figure of Shang Qingyun under the tree.

I had an idea: "Qingyun, look behind you." Then I punched him.

Although Shang Qingyun turned his head away, his intuition was sharp. Before my punch could reach him, he had already grabbed me with a backhand move, holding the moon in his arms: "What are you doing?"

He was right when he stretched out his hand: "No, I seemed to have seen two of you just now."

Shang Qingyun frowned slightly and let go of me: "I have been following you. When I heard you call me, I passed by, but Brother Yu suddenly seemed to have lost his soul and ran here by himself."

Is it an illusion again?

I felt uneasy, but I didn't know why. I felt that this hallucination was not that dangerous.

I had a similar feeling once, after I was bitten by a bug in the country of Osi, I had a hallucination. In the crowded market, a woman opened her arms to me.

At that time I felt very warm and relaxed, without any sense of danger.

But after waking up, he was hung from the rafters and shared a room with the human moth.

"Brother Yu, be careful." Shang Qingyun warned me.

"Okay. Oh, by the way, I just wanted to say, did you see that the inside of the stone statue here is actually human bones and flesh and blood. Is it the same as the bronze giant statue outside, which is filled with human poison filled with flesh and blood?"

Shang Qingyun glanced at the stone statue there in the direction I pointed, and then he looked at me again. I saw an indescribable feeling in his eyes, which was a little sad and confused.

"No, these are not stone statues." He paused, slowly walked towards a kneeling stone statue next to us, knelt down and caressed the stone statue as if caressing a person's face, and at the same time made a shocking conclusion, "They are human beings."
Chapter completed!