Seeing that we were all confused, Old Yuan continued to explain: "You must have known before that the tombs of princes and nobles are generally very large, especially the tombs of some emperors and monarchs, which are time-consuming and labor-intensive to build.

In 2000, because they wanted to bring the glory and wealth of the world to the time after death, they were particularly afraid of having their tombs stolen, so they came up with various ways to stop tomb robbers.

Historically, there was an industry that specialized in designing structures for the tombs of emperors and generals to prevent tomb robbers. The most powerful family in this industry was the Wu family of Bashu. It is said that the tomb of Qin Shihuang was built by the Wu family.

In addition, there is Cao Cao’s mausoleum, which was also designed and built by the Wu family.

It is said that many emperors in the royal family of the past dynasties would build fake mausoleums, but the real mausoleums are probably only known to the Wu family of Bashu. Why is the Wu family of Bashu so famous for building mausoleum structures? Because they have many unique technologies, and the structures they built are

Not only can people not crack it, but after hundreds or even thousands of years, these mechanisms will not be destroyed. Not only will these mechanisms not be damaged, but they will also become stronger.

Why is this so?

Because many of the mechanisms they designed are alive. One of them is to use the monster we just saw to guard the tomb. As I just said, this monster is actually a plant, and it is a special plant. It is both

Can grow underground or outside.

Once someone is entangled by this plant, they will be stung by the poisonous thorns on it. This stinger is extremely poisonous. After a person is stung, he will die almost instantly, which is very scary; of course, when he is on the ground

, the toxicity will be weakened, but if a person is injured by it, he will be comatose for many days or even die."

After listening to Old Man Yuan's explanation, we found out what the monster we just saw was. It was originally used to guard the tomb. This somewhat surprised us. We only knew that this was where Xuan Heng and the others lived.

If the person who took the object was a tomb guard, it means that this is an ancient tomb, and it may also be the tomb of an emperor or general.

After Old Man Yuan said this, he seemed a little puzzled and said: "When senior Xuan Heng was alive, how come I never encountered this kind of monster? Regarding the issue of ancient tombs here, I only heard from Xuan Heng

The old-timer mentioned it by chance, but didn’t go into details.”

At this time, my cousin interjected and said, "I have read about the Wu family in Bashu mentioned by Mr. Yuan in historical materials, but I know very little about it. I thought it was just a legend and felt that it was not very credible.

Judging from the monster I saw today, this is indeed true.

According to historical data, there are indeed ancient tombs of the Spring and Autumn Period in this area. As we have said before, these ancient tombs of the Spring and Autumn Period are not the tombs of ordinary civilians, but should be the tombs of monarchs. In other words, the tomb guarded by the monster should be

The tomb of the king of the Spring and Autumn Period."

In this situation, we really don't have much interest in listening to my cousin talk about history, so I asked directly: "Cousin, the key is, what is the connection between this monster and the problems we are encountering now?

What? Have you considered this issue?"

After listening to my question, my cousin nodded and said, "Xiao Ming is right, but it is the appearance of this kind of monster that provides us with a very important clue to solve our current predicament."

Even Old Man Yuan was surprised when he heard what his cousin said: "What clue? Did you make new discoveries through this monster?"

The cousin nodded, did not speak, but took two more steps towards the monster. Although the monster was said to be a plant, its reaction was very sensitive. It seemed that it sensed someone approaching it, so it immediately squirmed slightly, as if

And he was ready to stand up and attack those who were close to him.

Everyone was very nervous and almost said in unison: "Be careful."

But the cousin didn't seem to hear it, and still moved forward slowly. Sister Li was a little anxious, and just wanted to go up and pull him. At this moment, a strange thing happened. The monster suddenly turned completely.

Retracted into the hole.

We were all stunned. At this moment, my cousin suddenly glanced to the north and said in a very urgent tone: "Let's go to the north and have a look." After saying that, before we could react, my cousin suddenly

I kept walking up from the crater, and then hurriedly walked to the north of the crater.

We also hurried over and followed closely behind him.

We have never been to the north of the crater. It is a very steep hillside with many trees on it, which looks lush and green. But when we came up, we found that there was a stone paved path in this small forest.

, but because no one walked on it, the stone path was covered with moss, and weeds grew out of the gaps between the stones.

In order to ensure the safety of his cousin, Xiao Lei walked a few steps to his side and reached out to hold his arm. The further he walked, the steeper the road became. After walking for more than ten minutes, his cousin

We are already out of breath, and we young people also feel that our waists are sore and our legs are weak. Old Yuan and Mr. Chen, because they are older and weaker, have a harder time walking, and are a little behind.

Crazy Liu and Old Man Ouyang, on the other hand, have very good physical strength and can climb effortlessly.

"Cousin, how long do you have to walk in there? Let's take a rest." Sister Li shouted breathlessly from behind, but my cousin ignored him at all and continued to climb up with his head lowered. Everyone was helpless.

Continue to grit your teeth and climb up.

After walking forward for a while, the slope finally began to slow down. We could finally straighten up and walk more easily. My cousin finally stopped and gasped, "Okay.

Let’s take a rest here for a while.”

Everyone sat down on the ground and rocks, breathing heavily, but Xiao Lei still didn't sit down, but stood there, watching the surroundings vigilantly.

"Cousin, where are you going? You kept walking here without explaining, what did you find?" Sister Li asked in rapid succession.

The cousin nodded and said with a serious face: "Well, I did find a clue, and it is a very important clue. But as for whether my idea is correct, I still need to test it on the spot. In addition, among them

The reason is a long story, and I can’t explain it clearly in just a few words. I’ll explain it to you slowly when I have time.”

After finishing speaking, my cousin suddenly asked Old Yuan: "Brother Yuan, have you been to this place before?"

Old Yuan raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said: "I have lived here for decades. Of course I have been here before, but because this place is not easy to get around, I don't come here often, especially now that I am older and more...

I rarely come here. The last time I came here was probably more than ten years ago. If I continue walking forward, I remember that there will be a cave. The entrance of the cave is quite strange because there are two stone statues in front of the cave.

But because they may be too old, the two stone statues have been so severely eroded by the wind that they can no longer be seen as what they are, but from this we can know that someone has been here a long time ago, because there are traces of people here."

When my cousin heard what Old Yuan said, his eyes lit up and he stood up a little excitedly and said, "Let's go, what we are looking for is that cave."

We can only continue to move forward.

After walking for a long time, when everyone was sweating and exhausted, a cave suddenly appeared in front of us, and everyone stopped. Old Yuan raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and pointed to the entrance of the cave while panting: "This is

The cave I was talking about."

The entrance of this cave is as tall as a person and more than one meter wide. People can easily walk in. On both sides of the entrance, there are two stone statues. These two stone statues look very much like people, but when you look closely, they look like people.

They look a bit like two wild beasts, but as old man Yuan said, because the wind erosion is very serious, what they are can no longer be seen.

We have experienced all kinds of caves before, so when we saw this cave, we didn’t think it was anything special, but my cousin pointed at the entrance of the cave and suddenly said: "See, this is the ancient cave in the Spring and Autumn Period."

The entrance to the tomb.”

Hearing what my cousin said, all of us shook our heads, thinking how could this be possible? How could there be such an obvious entrance to an ancient tomb? This was obviously inconsistent with common sense. Even Madman Six completely disagreed with his cousin's statement.

My cousin's and Crazy Six's views are completely different. This is probably the first time, but as for who is right and who is wrong this time, we can't tell yet.

After seeing the entrance of the cave, my cousin breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed completely. He gestured to everyone with his hand and asked everyone to sit down and rest.

It was already noon, and we were sitting under the cool shade of the trees. When the cool breeze of late autumn blew by, we felt extremely comfortable. In response to everyone's doubts, my cousin did not rush to explain, but took a closer look at the entrance of the cave.

After meeting, he looked at the two stone statues next to the entrance of the cave, then sat on a stone next to him and said slowly: "I know, everyone doesn't agree with what I just said. They think it is impossible for a mausoleum to contain such

An obvious hole.

But I want to remind everyone, have you ever thought about it, the terrain here was not like this at all before, and this cave entrance was not exposed to the outside when it was first built."

"Are you saying that the terrain here has changed, and the entrance to the cave in the mountain has been exposed?" Mr. Chen asked in surprise.

Old Yuan also suddenly realized something and said quickly: "Yes, that's it. According to historical records, in the late Spring and Autumn Period, there was a huge earthquake in this area. Is it because of that big earthquake that this cave entrance appeared?

It’s on the surface.”

Old Yuan's speculation sounded very reasonable. Yes, only a severe earthquake could expose the cave entrance originally hidden in the mountain. But after hearing this, his cousin shook his head repeatedly.

We just had some ideas, but unexpectedly our cousin denied it. If it wasn't because of the earthquake, then what was the reason?
Chapter completed!