Although there have been various signs before, I still can't believe that what I see in front of me is actually the tomb of Huang Zhong, one of the legendary Shu Han Five Tiger Generals.

There is no doubt that the one locked by the huge iron chain is Huang Zhong's coffin.

It's just that I can't understand why Huang Zhong was buried here.

The Shu Han Dynasty established its capital in Sichuan, which is thousands of miles away from Henan. The most important thing is that Nanyang was still the territory of Cao Wei at that time. Due to circumstances and reasons, Huang Zhong's tomb should have been buried in Sichuan, and there is now a Huang Zhong tomb in the western suburbs of Chengdu, Sichuan.

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Could it be that that one is fake?

"I see, then I guess these soldiers should be from the Pushing Battalion, right?"

"Pushing Camp?" This name is a bit unfamiliar to me.

"The Tuifeng Battalion is a special force directly under Huang Zhong. It is good at surprise attacks. Have you heard of the battle of Dingjun Mountain?"

"It is recorded in "Three Kingdoms" that in the battle at Dingjun Mountain, Zhong pushed forward and led the soldiers, the golden drums shook the sky, and the cheers moved the valley. The Yuan army was defeated in one battle."

"At that time, Huang Zhong led this team to attack Xia Houyuan and defeated him."

Liu Sa looked at the inscription engraved on the platform and fell into deep thought.

I also have doubts. Although I can't sort out those doubts at the moment, I just have a vague feeling that something is wrong.

For example, most tombs are accompanied by burial pits, but this tomb is more like a palace or a city than a tomb. The soldiers are lined up in a square formation, and the generals stand on the general platform.

It seems that he is ready to go to war at any time.

Along the way, the burial system here is also very different.

I didn't see the ear chamber or any burial objects. According to speculation, the passage I came in was just an escape passage secretly dug by the craftsmen as a backup.

The strange thing is that this main hall has only one entrance, which is the one leading to the escape passage.

Therefore, in the original design, the tomb did not even have a corridor and was like a sealed box.

During the day, we excavated on land and concluded that the Mingtang was on the ground, but the entrance to the passage was on the mountain. There are only two possibilities. The first is that the original corridor cannot be walked, and the second is that the original corridor cannot be walked.

Generally, ancient tombs are sealed with stone strips to prevent tomb robbers from stealing.

However, after we excavated for several days and nights, we still found no sealed tomb entrance or seal.

Although I suspect that the white stones excavated during the day are possible, I am currently not sure whether those white stones are located above or below the main hall.

If it's at the bottom, there's still a glimmer of hope, but if it's at the top, it's over.

Let's not talk about whether we can get out. The zenith is at least ten meters above the ground. Even if there are ten people, I can't climb up.

What if we go back the same way we came?

I suddenly woke up and asked Senior Liu Sa: "Senior, how did you get in?"

Liu Sa pointed to the clothes tied around his waist: "I swam in, and I found that there was an underground river outside. Aren't you?"

I couldn't tell him that before I came to the underground palace, it was actually a land of ice and snow outside, and there were corpses and ghost hands under the ice.

"Professor Jiang and the others didn't follow?" Based on my understanding of Professor Jiang, although it is very dangerous here, he will take the risk to follow even if he dies.

"I was originally going to come, but because the cliff is too dangerous, I came down to find you first and asked them to find another entrance." Senior Liu Sa said and winked at me.

I don't know what it means.

So he pointed to the general ordering platform in front of him: "There seems to be a mural here, let's take a look."

I also felt that I had recovered a bit, so I got up and walked around the dianjiang platform.

I didn't think anything of it when I looked at it from a distance, but when I got to the giant platform, I found that the platform was bigger than I thought.

I followed the senior's directions and looked at the murals and text on the stone wall.

The things painted above are not obscure, most of them are descriptions of Huang Zhong's life.

In the early years, when Liu Biao was appointed as the shepherd of Jingzhou, Huang Zhong followed him. Later, Liu Biao died of illness and Huang Zhong worked under Han Xuan, the prefect of Changsha.

Until Liu Bei's southern expedition, Huang Zhong followed Han Xuan and returned to Liu Bei's command.

Then Liu Bei entered Sichuan, and Huang Zhong, as the vanguard general, first captured Fucheng and then Mianzhu.

Finally, Ding Junshan beheaded Xiahou and became famous in one battle.

Up to this point, the murals and inscriptions still tell the same story as I remembered.

But what was painted next on the mural was a little weird.

Historically, Huang Zhong died of illness the year after the Battle of Dingjun Mountain, that is, in 220 AD.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" states that he was shot by Wu general Ma Zhong with an arrow during the Battle of Yiling, and died of the arrow injury.

But in the mural, Huang Zhong neither died of illness nor died in battle in 220 AD, but resigned from office and went into seclusion.

In the painting, he kneels before Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang and hands them the seal of general.

Behind him were several soldiers in iron armor and red clothes, who should be the soldiers of the Pushing Battalion in the tomb.

Then, the style of the painting changed, and it was a drama about an old warrior fighting a dragon.

Huang Zhong and the soldiers from the Tuifeng Battalion fought with a dragon at the water's edge with sharp knives in hand.

In the end, Huang Zhong and others killed the dragon at a heavy cost, and Huang Zhong died of his injuries shortly after.

After his death, hundreds of soldiers from the Tuifeng Battalion dug a mausoleum for him and committed suicide.

Seeing this, I felt guilty in my heart.

Just now I actually beat these iron-clad soldiers into pieces, which is simply disrespectful to our ancestors.

While I was blaming myself, Senior Liu Sa leaned against the mural in front of me and lit a cigarette.

I immediately said: "The archaeological team is strictly prohibited from smoking in the tomb."

He waved his hand: "Senior, you are too strict. It's just you and me here. God knows that you know and I know. Don't betray me, senior."

I sighed, in this situation, even if I wanted to sell you, there is no place to sell it.

Liu Sa blew out a smoke ring, looked at the nine stars carved on the huge bronze plate above his head, pondered for a while, and asked me: "What do you think?"

"I'll just stand and watch." I rolled my eyes at him, "Is it useful to see this crappy place?"

"I'm not asking about that." Liu Sa said, "Have you ever thought about it? Professor Jiang has traveled all over the country for many years and participated in the excavation of countless large tombs. There are many strange tombs among them. He can be said to be an expert in Feng Shui. Why during the day?

Time to ask you a question?"

I didn't react until he said this.

Yes, in terms of qualifications and experience, Professor Jiang is undoubtedly an academic leader. Over the years, he has participated in the excavation of countless ancient tombs. If he knew nothing about Feng Shui, how could he be where he is today.

During the day, I was just busy doing my homework and ignored this matter.

Could it be that Professor Jiang is testing me?

"I think he wants to remind us not to look at this archaeological operation with ordinary thinking." Liu Sa said, "In fact, what you encountered after entering this ancient tomb is not an ordinary experience."

It's not just unusual, it's downright weird.

"Huang Zhong slayed the dragon..." Liu Sa thought thoughtfully.

I said from the side: "The ancients liked to associate everything with dragons, gods, etc. Maybe what they killed was something else."

"No, since it is a mural, it has a certain degree of credibility."

After hearing Senior Liu Sa's denial, I suddenly remembered that "Pang Zhang" asked me before if I believed there was a Dragon Palace under the Danjiang River.

Although I am not sure whether Zhang Erpang is real or fake, I think there must be some connection between his mention of Dragon Palace and Huang Zhong slaying the dragon in the mural.

"Let's climb up and take a look. I think that coffin is unusual." I pointed to the top of the general assembly platform and said.

Liu Sa smacked her lips: "From the time I got to know you, I've felt that, junior, should I say that you have an adventurous spirit, or do you like to seek death? However, I like it. Let's go!"

We found damaged stone steps behind the Dianjiang Platform, and it felt like someone had done it deliberately.

Fortunately, we are well equipped and climbing is not a problem.

The steps go up vertically and are very steep, and due to damage in many places, there are huge drops in several places. The climb made me tremble with fear.

Especially as you go higher and higher, you feel like climbing a mountain.

What surprised me was that I never thought that this seemingly frail senior Liu Sa could be so agile.

Several times I almost fell, but he caught me with very difficult postures.

I even doubt where he is a martial arts master.

It's just that I didn't dare to delve into this issue, but instead felt that I didn't feel safe.

The two of us finally climbed up to the Point General Platform, and when we looked down from here, I discovered that the number of soldiers from the Tuifeng Battalion who were buried was much greater than I imagined, and the scene was far more spectacular than I imagined.

Here I can see more clearly the four huge chains, the links of which are wide enough for a person to stand on.

The heavy coffin in the middle is Huang Zhong's resting place. However, I don't know whether it was because I didn't see it from below, but I found that there were four more coffins placed on the platform at the four corners.

There is a small altar placed in front of each coffin. Different items are placed on the altar, but they are not the meat or grains used in ordinary sacrifices.

According to different directions, they were placed with water bowls, fire pots, wooden blocks and a copper sword, while Huang Zhong's suspended coffin was placed with a handful of loess.
To be continued...