While running, we suddenly felt that the road began to extend upwards, and the huge black shadow we saw in front of us was getting closer and closer to us.
The stones thrown by the Yin Monkey became increasingly rare, and faults suddenly appeared on the cliffs on both sides in front of us. It seemed that we had suddenly reached the exit of this underground canyon.
Jiao Yiming in front of him suddenly stopped in his tracks. His body stood there stiffly, as if something surprising happened in front of him.
Everyone ran over quickly. When we actually stood next to Jiao Yiming, an absolutely huge shock impacted our visual world.
Our location is on a suddenly disconnected fault in this underground canyon. And below us, the huge dark shadow we saw turned out to be an underground city! Around us, a huge arc, like
The craters on the earth that were hit by meteorites from the sky surround this mysterious, huge and magnificent underground ancient city.
Everyone stood there quietly, watching the ancient city suddenly fly from the sky, and no one said a word for a long time.
Under the illumination of our flashlights, the city occasionally emits a dazzling yellow light. From our position, it is about a kilometer away from the city. The city appears dark yellow in the shadow of the arc depression. Above the city wall
There seemed to be some neatly arranged flags flying, and although we couldn't see if anyone was moving, I had a vague feeling that there was something alive walking around on the city wall!
This feeling feels really weird and ridiculous to myself.
The little clerk was finally the first to break the silence and uttered the first words we saw of this underground city: "Oh my God, aren't we dreaming? A huge underground city?"
"Ghost Eye" also put away his cynical attitude at this time, and said to us solemnly: "I was not wrong, there are huge artificial buildings below. If my guess is right, this underground city is just the beginning.
"
We all looked at him in surprise, and I finally couldn't help but ask him: "Mr. Fei, do you mean that this kind of city is just the beginning of underground buildings? Could it be that there will be more cities or other
Buildings appear?”
A strange smile appeared on the corner of "Ghost Eyes"'s mouth. He did not answer my question directly, but said excitedly and mysteriously: "If we are close to our destination so easily, is that possible? Dragon Tomb is not yours.
As you can imagine, you will be satisfied if you can see her once in this life."
After saying that, he took a flashlight and shined it at his feet, and began to look for the route down.
Fei Yifan's words made each of us have strange waves in our hearts, at least for me. A huge city was built hundreds of meters underground. Who built it? And how was it built? I
Do you doubt that the ancients had such great wisdom and ability?
When I was lost in thought, Pang Xiaotai from behind pushed me and said, "What are you thinking about? Everyone is getting out."
When I came back to my senses, I saw that "Ghost Eye" was leading the way, followed by several people who were already cautiously starting to walk down. I also quickly followed the little clerk in front of me and walked forward.
There seems to be no way to go down the steep slope to the bottom of the pit. It is composed of a piece of hard rocks. When shining a flashlight on the ground, it seems that these rocks are all glued together. The colors are mostly black and gray-brown.
Like lava rock formed after a volcanic eruption.
As the saying goes: it's easier to go up the mountain than it is to go down the mountain. The rocks in the ground made us feel like we had nowhere to go, and everyone advanced very slowly. In this huge space, the light of several powerful military flashlights also felt very small and dim.
Fortunately, we didn't encounter any disturbance from strange underground creatures along the way. After about 20 minutes, we finally descended to a relatively gentle road.
The huge underground city stood quietly not far from us, and our gaze when looking at it changed from looking directly at the pit to looking up.
At this time, we discovered a very strange phenomenon. When our flashlight accidentally shined on the city wall, the entire city wall actually emitted a dazzling yellow light.
"Ghost Eye" steadily shined the flashlight in his hand on the city wall, his eyes flashed with abnormal light, he suddenly flashed his small eyes, his throat kept swallowing, and the hand holding the flashlight
He also began to tremble slightly.
Seeing his strange behavior, everyone was a little surprised. At this time, Fei Yifan took a long breath and turned to look at us. His expression instantly became calm, even a little heavy and worried.
He slowly said to all of us: "If my guess is correct, the underground city we see is the "Golden City", the treasure city of Nanzhao recorded in the historical legends of the Tang Dynasty."
Master Zengfan took a step forward at this time and asked hurriedly: "Fei Fan, what did you say? Golden City? Are you...are you sure you read it correctly?"
"Ghost Eye" nodded slowly and said no more.
Master Zengfan's expression suddenly looked a little nervous and solemn. She looked ahead silently and murmured: "Golden City, Golden City."
She suddenly turned her head to Fei Yifan, looked at him deeply and said, "Is the legend true? Does the Golden City really exist in this world? Does it really lead to that, that place..."
"Ghost Eyes" Fei Fan raised his head and looked at the corpse quietly, and said word by word in a low voice: "I have a feeling that what the legend says is true. The road we are taking is leading to that place."
The conversation between the two confused us all. Instructor Shui quickly asked: "Uncle Master, Mr. Fei, what are you talking about? What is the Golden City and what leads to that place?"
Master Zengfan sighed and said: "It is estimated that not many people know about the legend of the Golden City. Rouqing, let's take a rest right now. I will tell you the legend of the Golden City. Should you continue to move forward?"
Or look for a new route, I think everyone should discuss it before deciding."
I suddenly had a strange feeling in my heart. The behavior of Master Tai and Fei Yifan seemed to mean that the situation was serious.
Instructor Shui signaled everyone to rest where they were for a while, and arranged for Xiaowen and Wu Fei to be responsible for guarding the surrounding area.
We sat on the floor, and "Ghost Eye" quietly sat down a little far away from us, silently turned off the flashlight, and hid his small body in the darkness, as if to show that he was unwilling to say another word.
Master Zengfan glanced at him, her mouth twitched, as if she wanted to say something to him, and finally sat down. She lowered her head, as if thinking about how to tell us about this Golden City.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Shitai, hoping that she could answer everyone's questions as soon as possible.
After pondering for a while, Master Zengfan raised his head and began to tell us: "Nanzhao is an ancient country. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhuang Qi, the general of the Chu State, established the ancient Dian Kingdom and spread the Chu culture.
The barbarians ended their nomadic life and entered a farming and settled life. During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, Meng Shelong established the Nanzhao Kingdom, and it took a total of 165 years until Zheng Maisi destroyed Nanzhao. During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, Meng Shelong
To unify the barbarian tribes of the Liuzhao tribes, they first attached themselves to Tubo to fight against the Tang Dynasty, and then attached to the Tang Dynasty to resist the Tibetans. It was repeated over and over again, which is not enough. In 859 AD, after Meng Qilong came to the throne, he called himself emperor and changed the country's name to
Dali began to openly break away from the Tang Dynasty, and from time to time attacked and plundered Tang Dynasty counties and counties, burning, killing and looting. In 869, the Nanzhao army invaded Xichuan and conquered the prefectures and counties along the way. In 870, it besieged Chengdu until 875.
In 1880, Gao Pian served as the military governor of Xichuan, and then expelled the Nanzhao army across the Dadu River and recovered the lost states and counties. In 880, Tang Prime Minister Lu Xie and others summarized the Nanzhao attack and plunder, saying, "Since Xiantong (86
Since the year ○), the barbarians (Nanzhao) have twice fallen into Annan, Yongguan, once into central Guizhou, and four times into Xichuan. They have recruited troops and transported grain, and the world has been exhausted. For more than fifteen years, more than half of the rents and taxes have not entered the capital, and three envoys have been sent to the capital.
The army was exhausted, the warriors died from the miasma, and the people were trapped as thieves, causing the Central Plains to be barbaric." On the surface, the accelerated collapse of the Tang Dynasty was indeed related to Nanzhao's invasion, but it caused Nanzhao to
The root cause of the chaos was the extreme decadence of the Tang Dynasty, which Lu Xie and others did not dare to face up to. In 897, Emperor Yifa of Nanzhao was killed in Shanchan City, and Zi Shunhua came to the throne.
In the second year of the year, Shun Hua died and his son was less than one year old. The powerful minister Zheng Maisi took charge of the country, killed Shun Hua's son, raised an army and killed 800 Meng family members, and destroyed Nanzhao."
After saying this in one breath, the master took the kettle handed by Zhang Li, drank a few sips, and then continued: "What I just talked about was the history of Nanzhao. It mainly explained that Nanzhao burned, killed, and looted during the 30s of the Tang Dynasty.
For more than a year, King Nanzhao continued to use the looted money to send people to the Central Plains to trade and steal rare treasures. After Yifa came to the throne, he enveloped all kinds of witchcraft. One morning, he suddenly announced a message:
He wanted to use all the money in the world to build a golden city and store all kinds of rare treasures in it. He also said that this was the will of the god who was believed in by Nanzhao in a dream. Of course, the result is unknown."
Just as I was talking about this, suddenly, a strange "crackling" sound came, which seemed so weird and frightening in this huge and empty space underground.