Strange Tale of Qingluan

He had pulled such an iron ring several times before, and Li Xuan was no exception this time. He immediately clasped the iron ring and dragged out the chain with all his strength. It is an iron box.

The two immediately approached the iron box, opened the lid, and three crystal dragon balls came into view. The two looked at each other. Su Zhongming took out the dragon balls first, ran to the stone platform in the center of the pool, and put the dragon balls into the circular groove one by one. The size was just right. suitable.

In an instant, the stone platform lowered, and the pool water was sucked into the cracks in the ground, leaving only the stone steps extending below and a newly opened exit.

Su Zhongming was overjoyed when he saw it, he hurriedly stepped on the stone steps with his left foot, and when he was about to raise his right foot to put it on the stone steps, Li Xuan stretched out one hand, embraced his demon, and reminded: "Be careful!" ! These stone steps have been soaked in water for so many years, and they will definitely slip if they walk recklessly."

Hearing such concern, Su Zhongming became more cautious, took Li Xuan's hand, and walked slowly through the exit.

The passage in front gradually became narrow, and only one person could pass through, and they couldn't stand side by side. Li Xuan, holding a torch, still walked in front, and Su Zhongming followed closely. After a while, the front suddenly opened up, and it was a grotto.

The two stepped into the grotto, but saw only three sarcophagi, the left and right sarcophagi were slightly smaller, and the central one was slightly larger, Su Zhongming was stunned immediately, feeling the death energy of a thousand years continuously rushing towards his face, he couldn't help being terrified.

"Here... since there are three coffins here, there is no stone gate..."

"wrong."

"No? What's wrong?"

"In royal tombs, those who are not of high status are all buried with them. There is never a coffin in the funeral, but those who have a coffin must definitely have a high status. If this is the case, they must be rigorous and have stone gates."

"Then, what you mean is that these three coffins are all used as scary decorations?"

Li Xuan didn't answer, just walked around calmly to the left, pushed away the first slightly smaller sarcophagus, glanced inside the sarcophagus, and turned back calmly: "Sure enough, there are no bones, come and have a look."

Su Zhongming stepped forward and saw a luxurious silk cloth covered inside the sarcophagus. There seemed to be something else under the silk cloth, which was abrupt in shape but did not look like a human bone. Out of curiosity, he lifted the silk cloth and lay on the bed. Under the silk was a short staff made of silver, one end was inlaid with sapphire, and the other end was inlaid with red jade. The surface of the staff was also engraved with reliefs of ostriches and auspicious clouds. He picked up the silk again and looked at it. When I looked at it, I found that there were three characters embroidered on the silk - Qingyun staff.

"This is something from Qingluan City!" Su Zhongming affirmed.

"Since the things in Qingluan City are here, they must be useful." After Li Xuan finished speaking, he picked up the Qingyun staff and handed it to Su Zhongming, and then opened the sarcophagus on the far right.

Inside this sarcophagus, it was empty and there was nothing, except for a map of the entire royal tomb engraved on the inner wall of the sarcophagus.Li Xuan was overjoyed, and blurted out: "Great! We met the map of Wangling!"

After hearing this, Su Zhongming took a closer look and was overjoyed: "Copy it quickly! Then we can take a shortcut to the No.18 tomb!"

Li Xuan nodded, then tore off a piece of cloth from the hem of his robe without hesitation, then bit his own fingertips, squeezed out a drop of blood, and painted it on the map as soon as possible before the drop of blood condensed , and carefully and conscientiously pressed the cloth on the map, pressing the cloth evenly, so that the blood stains tightly covered the cloth, and the map was clearly drawn on the cloth.

Seeing that the map was copied successfully, Su Zhongming took out a plain handkerchief from his skirt and bandaged the wound on Li Xuan's fingertips.

In front of him, there was only the last sarcophagus left, so Su Zhongming volunteered to push open the coffin lid with all his strength. The first time he couldn't push it open, he took a deep breath and pushed it again, but he still couldn't push it open.

For the third time, Su Zhongming didn't try any more, and only breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There may be a mechanism set up in this sarcophagus, and the secret inside the coffin needs to be opened only by opening the mechanism."

Li Xuan suggested: "Look around the sarcophagus to see if there is anything suspicious."

Su Zhongming did so without further ado, bent down, searched carefully, circled the sarcophagus for a circle, and finally found a protruding disc the size of a fist on the lower right side of the outer wall. , the lid of the coffin was opened, he straightened up and took a look, and saw that the inside of the sarcophagus turned out to be stone steps, he said happily: "Unexpectedly, there is an exit inside!"

Li Xuan didn't speak, he took Su Zhongming directly into the sarcophagus, and walked down the stone steps, as if walking to the underworld.

With the copied map, the two found shortcuts and avoided various traps until they came to a quiet and winding passage.Li Xuan looked at the map while walking, and suddenly held the map tightly, raised his head and shouted: "The end of this road is the No.18 tomb!"

Su Zhongming became excited when he heard the words: "Then let's hurry up!" He was the first to rush forward.

Li Xuan put away the map and followed behind. The two rushed to the end of the passage one after the other.

However, just as Su Zhongming rushed to the stone gate of the No.18 tomb with great interest, he saw that there was already a fire burning there, and his smile could not help restraining himself, and depression climbed onto his face.

In the light of the fire in front of the stone gate, Shangyuan He Xiang turned his head and said with a faint smile: "I thought you couldn't make it here, it seems that I underestimated you."

Su Zhongming saw the tung flower Yundian in her hand, and wondered: "Since senior sister arrived before me and has the 'key' in hand, why are you still standing here?"

Shangyuan Hexiang said helplessly: "Do you think I'm wasting time here? This Shimen is not just for this Tonghua Yundian."

Su Zhongming was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes fell on the stone plate on the right side of the stone gate, and then he understood—unexpectedly, this stone gate is like a safe, and it is more secure, not only the 'key', but also the 'password' , He couldn't help secretly praising the craftsman who designed this royal tomb in his heart.

Li Xuan stepped forward, looked at the stone plate, and saw that there was a groove in the center of the stone plate, and the surrounding area was divided into eight pieces, and each piece was engraved with strange characters like incantations. The classic handle matches.

Seeing him standing quietly, Su Zhongming opened his lips and said, "Do you understand? The 'key' belongs to your house, and this strange symbol probably belongs to your house too! If you don't even understand it, then we really don't know." The white is here..."

Li Xuan only asked, "Can you sing?"

Su Zhongming simply replied: "Nonsense! You can ask my senior sister, I used to be very good at singing karaoke!"

Shangyuan He Xiang smiled, and only wrote lightly: "You are a wheat bully!"

Su Zhongming thought for a while, and asked Li Xuan confused: "But you asked if I can sing, is it related to this institution?"

Li Xuan replied: "This mechanism should also need the score of a piece of music! Although I don't know the characters, I can try it according to the arrangement of the eight boxes!" hand, "Please give me Tonghua Yundian."

Shangyuan Hexiang hesitated a little, but in order to open the stone gate smoothly, he finally handed over Tonghua Yundian.

Li Xuan pushed the handle of Tonghua Yundian into the groove, and said: "I only know one piece of Shao nationality's music, and it was taught to me by my biological mother when I was very young."

Knowing this, Su Zhongming blurted out, "Is that the song?"

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and simply said: "I'll try this piece of music." Then he pressed the characters of the spell one by one, and the melody of the melody flowed in his mind.Su Zhongming looked at his fingertips and sang the song in his mind, almost forgetting the existence of Shangyuan Hexiang.

The melody in my mind jumped to the last note, and Li Xuan's fingertips also stopped, and then, he held Tonghua Yundian and slowly rotated to the left. The three of them became tense at the same time, and no one spoke.

There was a dull rumbling sound, and the stone door of the No.18 tomb opened!

When Shangyuan He Xiang saw that there was a gap in front of his eyes, which could accommodate one person, he took the opportunity and quickly rushed into the tomb.

Su Zhongming was taken aback, and hurriedly reminded Li Xuan: "It's too bad! My senior sister!" After saying that, he hurriedly ran into the tomb.Li Xuan didn't fully open the stone door, just because of this sudden scene, he rushed into the tomb after him.

Passing through a very short passage, passing through a door, passing through the passage again, passing through another door, and entering the depths of the tomb, Shangyuan Hexiang suddenly stopped, turned around, drew out his white blade, and faced chasing Su Zhongming: "Don't move!"

The sharp edge of the blade was approaching, Su Zhongming had no time to draw out the Qiuxue sword, so he could only obey, the edge of the blade was getting closer and closer, and he had no choice but to step back.Shangyuan Hexiang slowly forced him to retreat, with an evil smile on his lips.

When Su Zhongming exited the door, Shangyuan He Xiang immediately turned around and ran towards the depths of the tomb, heading straight for the vault.

Li Xuan caught up and bumped into Su Zhongming's back, asking, "Why did you back out?"

Su Zhongming replied: "Besides her abandonment, what else can I be forced to retreat here?"

Li Xuan urged: "Catch up!" He grabbed Su Zhongming's hand and rushed towards the vault.

There is a mysterious atmosphere in the depths of the tomb. Both the stone pillars and the surface of the stone wall are engraved with grotesque totems, which are quite different from the tombs that pass by this way. It seems to be isolated from the royal tomb. It is an independent space, near the stone bed on the side of the stone wall. On it, an old man with white hair and beard sat cross-legged. Whether he was alive or dead was unknown, and the three people who rushed into the tomb didn't notice it at all.

Shangyuan He Xiang broke a very thin silk thread when he was running, but he couldn't find it, he just rushed to the Shimen of the treasury.However, only ten feet away from the closed stone gate, he was blown away by a figure that suddenly appeared!His back hit the stone wall, causing a burst of pain, but because of the soft body armor worn in his robe, it protected his internal organs.

Seeing this, Su Zhongming thought of the relationship between his senior sister and junior brother, so he rushed up to support her, and said caringly, "Are you all right?"

Shangyuan Hexiang's eyes were firm and resolute, and it was reflected in his bones. He hummed softly, pushed Su Zhongming away gently, took two steps forward, and only asked the figure: "Who are you! Why did you appear here? In the No.18 tomb of a royal tomb! Still hindering me?!"

The old man turned around, took a look at the three of them one by one, then walked in front of Su Zhongming, ignored Shangyuan Hexiang, only bowed his hands to Su Zhongming and Li Xuan, and said respectfully: "I have been guarding the tomb for many years. It is really a blessing for the old man to meet the city lord and King Shaole!"

Su Zhongming was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "The old man is also from Qingluan City? But, how do you know my identity?"

The old man replied: "The spiritual energy of the Qingluan sword on the city lord's body has been transmitted to the old man's heart, so I know."

Su Zhongming asked again: "Then, how did the old man know that Li Xuan was king in Shaole Kingdom?"

The old man replied: "The two of you entered the royal tomb together, and arrived here safely. If it weren't for the help of the orphans of the Shaole royal family, even the city lord would have difficulty breaking through the traps. Moreover, the city lord has a marriage contract with the Shaole king. "

Every sentence is the truth, Su Zhongming has no way to refute it, he only cares: "The old man should be the person who built Xiangxuan, I don't know which courtyard or pavilion?"

The old man said calmly, "He Mao is the senior brother of the old man."

Su Zhongming was shocked immediately: "You! You are! The second elder of the Presbyterian Pavilion... the ninth... the ninth generation?!"

Ninth World nodded without hesitation.

As soon as Shangyuan He Xiang heard the conversation between the two of them, he knew something was wrong, and blurted out: "So what if people from Qingluan City guard this tomb? I'm going to take care of the treasure hidden in this tomb!"

The Ninth Emperor turned around and persuaded quietly: "Although I don't know your origin, I can see that you are not a money-greedy person. There are other uses for robbing treasures, but this treasure belongs to Qingluan City, and outsiders are definitely not allowed." If you take it away, you still want to respect yourself."

Shangyuan Hexiang smiled contemptuously: "I want to take it away, what can you do to me?" After saying that, he ran to the stone gate, trying to push the stone gate open, but found that this was another stone gate with traps set up.

The ninth generation told: "This stone gate can only be opened with the Qingyun staff."

Su Zhongming immediately pulled out the Qingyun staff from his waist, looked at it, and couldn't help saying: "Unexpectedly, this thing is actually the 'key' to open the important stone gate..."

The Ninth Emperor replied: "The city lord found the Qingyun staff? Sure enough, it is a destiny in the dark. If the city lord wants to take away the treasure, please use this Qingyun staff to open the stone gate."

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