Sand Sea Magic Nest 19

Except for me, everyone else felt strange after hearing what the monkey said. What happened to this man? How did this jade eyeball become yours? What are you thinking about?

I muttered in my heart: "If these archaeologists find out that we are in the business of touching the Golden Hair Mound, it will be a big deal." I stretched out my hand to give the monkey a look: "What the hell is there so much nonsense? Even if you say a few words, no one will think you are dumb."

The monkey knew he had made a mistake, so he kept silent. Fortunately, he was wearing a double-filter box gas mask on his face. It was dark in the temple, so no one could see anyone's expression, and some unnecessary embarrassment was avoided. .

Professor Shi and his three students are all nerds. What I am most worried about is that Miss Guo will find out. Her brain is many times better than mine, and her reactions are also quick. She can't hide it from her even if she shows some flaws. Maybe she will be early It was obvious that Monkey and I were masters of reverse fighting, but we just didn't say it out loud. Now that the matter was over, I didn't need to burden myself anymore, so I stopped thinking about it and helped Monkey install the jade pendant on his jade eyeball.

The jade eyeball's pupil was facing upwards, facing the ceiling. The groove directly above seemed to match the monkey's piece of jade. I changed the direction of the jade stone several times and finally aligned it. It clicked in and the jade eyeball flickered and rolled. Away from the previously fixed position, the ground was bare, and it was unknown what mechanism had just fixed the jade eye there.

I picked up the jade eyeball, put it in the hands of Professor Dong, and asked him to look at it.

Miss Guo Zhe lit up a fluorescent tube to illuminate Professor Ting, so that he could see more clearly. Professor Ting took out a large square mirror, turned it over and looked at it for two or three minutes, and kept shaking his head: "This... I can't see what it does. , but this jade eye is as big as a human head, and it is completely natural, with no trace of artificiality at all. It can even be said that artificial technology would not have been able to create it two thousand years ago. "

The ghost cave civilization of Jingjue Country is too mysterious. Professor Dong and others have spent the past few decades working hard, but they have not mastered much information. They only have a preliminary understanding of some ghost cave characters and symbols and history, and deduce that this is a A nation that uses eyes as a totem for spiritual worship only made its judgment after arriving at the Black Tower. At this moment, it was naturally impossible to explain what this mysterious jade eye was.

At present, it can be determined that this hall with sixteen giant stone pillars is a temple. Since Jingjue Country regards eyes as the highest source of energy, it is natural to enshrine an eyeball in the temple.

But why there is a groove on the jade eye, which fits perfectly when the monkey's jade pendant is installed, and why the jade eye originally fixed on the floor naturally falls off as soon as it is installed, is beyond comprehension.

Understand that the professor asked Monkey to tell the truth about the reason for his jade pendant. He must not conceal anything or exaggerate, and he must seek truth from facts.

Monkey has been a self-employed person for several years. He usually brags and talks about mountains and mountains. He basically doesn't think twice. He brags about whatever he catches up with. Before coming to Xinjiang, he once told the professor and others that this piece of jade was obtained when he went to Xinjiang to fight bandits. . At that time, everyone laughed and no one took him seriously. Only after seeing the mysterious ghost cave inscriptions on the jade, did they agree to let him join the archaeological team and go to Xinjiang together.

Now being questioned, Hou Hou saw that everyone was taking the matter seriously, so he didn't dare to brag. His knowledge of the origin of the jade was very limited, so he spoke out in detail:

It turns out that Monkey's father had participated in the revolution when he was fifteen years old, during the Jute Riots. He had a comrade. In the late period of the Liberation War, the two comrades who were originally in the same class had become far apart. One was in the first field and the other was in the third field. A senior commander at the level of column commander, Monkey's father's comrade-in-arms, when the First Field Corps of the People's Liberation Army entered Xinjiang, he led the troops through Niya on the southwest edge of the Taklimakan Desert. On the way, he encountered a group of more than a hundred people. bandit.

At that time, the situation in Xinjiang was very complicated. There were numerous stragglers from various armed forces, as well as a large number of bandits, horse thieves, etc., so encounters between the People's Liberation Army and bandits were normal. After a short but fierce battle, the chief's security regiment This group of bandits were beaten to death and they finally found this jade pendant on the dead body of a black-bearded bandit leader.

There is no way to know the origin and purpose of this jade pendant. Apart from the unusual color and texture, and some strange symbols engraved on it, there is nothing special about it, so I don't take it seriously.

Later, the chief heard that his old comrade had a fat boy, so he asked someone to give the jade he had obtained accidentally as a gift.

Later, after the reverse flow in February, Monkey's parents were affected and died one after another. The chief in Xinjiang also passed away due to illness. At that time, Monkey was only fifteen or sixteen years old, an age that four or six would not understand. In the end, only the relics in the family were left. This piece of ancient jade was kept like a treasure. This was all he knew about the origin of this piece of jade.

After hearing this, Professor Dong sighed and said: "It's a pity that these people are no longer here. This piece of exquisite jade has changed hands several times, and its origin cannot be verified..." Yan Bixi sighed, feeling regretful that he could not understand the mystery of this jade eyeball. .

Miss Guo took the jade eye from the professor's hand and looked at it. She was attentive and looked at it very carefully. I saw that she had not spoken much since she entered the ancient city of Jingjue. I thought that maybe it was because she had always been obsessed with it after seeing this ancient city. No sign of her father was found, so she was worried. Her father's explorers had been missing for more than a year. It was extremely difficult to say whether they had arrived here. Moreover, this place is located at a mountain pass, with strong winds and sandstorms. The whole city is full of dust all year round. I don¡¯t know how many times it has been buried in the desert by wind and sand, only to be exposed by the next wind. We are extremely lucky to be able to find it this time. In this vast desert, we need to find a small expedition team. It's like finding a needle in a haystack, which is easier said than done. She always holds on to a glimmer of hope and will always feel at ease when she sees a corpse. The deeper she explores in the ancient city of Jingjue, the stronger the sense of loss in her heart may be.

In the valley, I was once saved by her. I hoped to do something for her when I had the chance. When I saw that she was interested in this jade eyeball, I thought it was a pity that the ancient jade belonged to a monkey. It¡¯s okay to just give mine to her.

At this time, before Miss Guo finished reading, the monkey felt reluctant and reached out to get it. Miss Guo's hand holding the jade eye retracted back and said to the monkey: "Why are you in a hurry? I will return it to you after I finish reading."

The monkey said: "Don't talk nonsense. This jade belongs to our family. What's wrong with making you look like a foreigner? I'm afraid you won't be able to pull it out." As he said this, he grabbed the jade eye and took it back. .

Seeing this, I hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "You two, don't fight, don't fight. Can you give me some face as the captain? I'll make the decision. Let Miss Yang... look at it for five minutes first."

I was afraid that the monkey and Miss Guo would get into an argument and break the jade eyeball, so while talking, I reached out to press the jade eyeball in their hands. Unexpectedly, when they saw me interfering, they didn¡¯t want to fight for it anymore and let it go together. hand.

I only stretched out one hand and held it down from above. The jade eye was round and big, and it was slippery. I couldn't hold it. The jade eyeball fell heavily to the ground, and broke into eight pieces with a snap. .

Everyone looked at me with big eyes, and Professor Dongzhen pointed at me with his whole body trembling: "You...you, you, you..." You stared at me for a long time, but you were so angry that you couldn't say a word.

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I couldn't argue and waved my hands repeatedly: "I'm not... I am... I have good intentions. I didn't expect... why is he so weak?" As I spoke, I reached out to pick up the jade fragments on the ground, thinking in my heart I secretly prayed that it would be best if it could be glued together and restored, otherwise they would ask me to compensate. This is a priceless treasure, and even if I were torn it apart and sold it in pieces, I wouldn't be able to afford the compensation.

I was really a little anxious and confused at that time, and I forgot whether to pray to Hu Da, God, Chairman Mao, or Buddha. Maybe it was because I didn¡¯t have a fixed belief, so the effect of prayer was not obvious. Jade eyes are self-respecting. It's not light, and the stone tiles on the ground are hard, and some places fell into pieces. I scratched on the ground for a long time, but I couldn't find all the pieces.

The monkey said: "Okay, old Hu, if you drop it, just drop it and don't pick it up." After saying that, he grabbed my arm and tried to pull me to stand up.

I squatted for a little too long, and I was anxious. The equipment in the geological bag behind me was heavy. I was pulled by the monkey and lost my footing. I sat down on the ground. I struggled to get up, and inadvertently raised my head. In the dim light, we saw an eye the size of a washbasin on the roof of the temple, flashing with a strange light, staring at us.

When we came in, we took a cursory look at the surrounding environment, but we didn't take a closer look at the darkness above. No one noticed when such a large and moving eyeball came out.

I hurriedly shined my flashlight upwards. Although the temple was high, the top of the temple should be within the range of my flashlight. Unexpectedly, as soon as the flashlight shined on it, the light column seemed to be swallowed up by darkness, except for the huge The eyeballs were covered with red threads, and the rest of the roof was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

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The remaining six people also saw the huge strange eye above their heads. Everyone felt bad, fearing that the strange eye would fall and hurt themselves, so they all moved back.

We saw the giant eye turning around in mid-air and then landed on the ground. Now we all saw clearly that although this thing looked like an eyeball, it was actually a translucent flesh ball, with the outside covered entirely in bluish white. A large mass of dark matter is wrapped in the middle. It would be strange not to think of it as an eyeball at a glance.

When the monkey saw this weird and abnormal meat ball, he panicked and put the assault rifle on his back in his hand, ready to shoot. I quickly held down his arm: "Don't act rashly..."

Before we could figure out what this thing was, the giant eye-like flesh ball suddenly burst open, and hundreds of entangled black strange snakes flowed out. These strange snakes were the same ones we saw in Zagrama Mountain. It was the same as before, with black scales all over its body, only a few dozen centimeters in length, and a black sarcoma on the top of its head.

Piles of strange snakes squirmed together, and their bodies were covered with sticky transparent liquid, as if they had just hatched from eggs. They were indescribably disgusting. Everyone's scalps were numb when they looked at them, and they couldn't help but step back. A few steps.

We once saw a patron saint statue with a snake body and a human head in the black tower. There was also a black ball like this on the top of the head. At that time, Professor Xiao knew that the black ball was an eye. No wonder Miss Guo used a flashlight in the valley at an emergency. Saved my life. It seems that the sarcoma on the snake's head, if not the eyes, is extremely sensitive to light sources.

The scene in the valley left a deep impression on us. This unknown strange snake can fly several meters in the air with its strong body. It is also extremely poisonous. Once bitten, there is no time to save it. It will kill you immediately.

At this time, there was no delay. The monkey and I stood in front of everyone and shot the black snakes while they were still entangled together. They are extremely vital and can still hurt people with only one head left. I shot while He called Chu Jian to the gun, poured the solid fuel on it, and lit it to completely burn them to death.

The firelight illuminated the temple, which was full of big stone pillars. Hundreds of black snakes were burned to charcoal before they could show their fangs. I let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, I struck first. These strange black snakes were Is the appearance related to me breaking the jade eyeball? Or maybe the jade eye is a sacrificial vessel, and putting that piece of ancient jade on the jade eye completes a certain ritual and guides these strange snakes out of the so-called imaginary number space? No matter what it is, if you see this kind of jade eyeball in the future, you must not take it lightly.

I asked everyone to check the surroundings for fear of something slipping through the net. I also looked carefully at the roof. There were flat stone bricks everywhere. I really couldn't figure out where the snake eggs like big eyeballs came from.

This careful inspection does not matter, as expected, we discovered something unusual. There are sixteen giant stone pillars in the temple. Each stone pillar has a pattern of six eyes on its body. The bases of the stone pillars are all regular hexagons. There are five sides in the middle, and each side is carved with a small symbol, each of which is different. They are a hungry ghost, a sheep head, a barbarian, a man with giant eyes, and a guardian beast. One side is empty.

These stone pillars attracted our attention. Professor Dong wrote down the orientation and types of these symbols one by one, and asked us to turn the hexagonal stone base under the stone pillars. After a try, it turned out that there was a stone trough underneath, and the pillar body. Separate, with just a little force, you can spin.

The professor said that it seems that this building is made of large stone pillars, and it is a temple used for worship. It is also a multi-functional place for worship. The hexagonal symbol at the bottom of the pillar indicates its function.

These stone pillars are arranged in groups of four. The current arrangement is that the symbols of the patron saint are crossed and facing each other. The jade eyeball just now is a sacrificial artifact, and the ancient jade of the monkey is the magic tool for initiating the ceremony. It is not ruled out that there are other magic tools. device possibilities. As for how this magic weapon wandered outside, I'm afraid there will never be an answer. Maybe there was an expedition of tomb robbers that entered the temple of this ancient country of Jingjue. Maybe it was those who resisted Queen Jingjue two thousand years ago. The slaves of the ruler have stolen and there is no way to know.

It can be inferred that once the magic weapon is connected, the strange snake regarded as the patron saint can be summoned to come out and enjoy the sacrifice. Moreover, this is a multi-functional temple because there are not only high-status guardian gods on the stone pillars, but also slaves, livestock, and evil spirits at the lowest level. The temple may also be used to suppress evil spirits and punish slaves. Such rituals. Different ritual objects are determined through the changes in the arrangement of symbols under the stone pillars.

Miss Guo asked: "Professor, this temple should be as important as the palace. Is there a secret passage here that is connected to the underground palace? Let's search everywhere, okay? Xiaoye is in poor health now and must find the underground palace as soon as possible. Only the water veins will do.¡±

Professor Qiao said: "I can guarantee that there must be such a secret passage, but since it is a secret passage and the temple is so large, how can we find it in a short time?"

The monkey interjected: "Two shopkeepers, as the saying goes, take people's money and solve their problems. You probably don't know how capable Lao Hu and I are. Don't we have so many yellow explosives from the Soviet Union? You "You guys go out for a while, I'll blow up the tunnel and let you see what we can do."

Professor Tiao waved his hand hurriedly: "Don't act recklessly. These are relics of ancient civilization. It is a crime to destroy a brick."

I thought to myself that I had broken the jade eyeball just now, and now was my chance to atone for my sins. The world's mountains, rivers, geography, and five elements of feng shui were all in my chest. How difficult was it to find a secret passage? So I said to them: "I see this The arrangement of the sixteen stone pillars of the temple is the same as the arrangement of the sixteen dragons that penetrate the ground. This arrangement coincides with the number of giant gates. This kind of mechanism arrangement was once used in the ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty. I watched the situation around the ancient city from the black tower. , Sure enough, the location is advantageous. It can be seen that Queen Jingjue is also an expert in metaphysics. You might as well try it and use the technique of dividing gold to fix acupoints to find the passage in the temple. Maybe you can find the secret passage, but this method I¡¯m just starting out, so if I can¡¯t find it then, we¡¯ll find another way.¡±

After hearing this, everyone agreed. Marquis Jing was watching. I walked to the center of the temple and looked at the stone pillars around me. In fact, the arrangement of the sixteen dragon pillars that penetrated the ground was not too difficult, and it was nothing more than installing the five elements and twenty. The changes in the four directions are just slight changes due to different locations and occasions. I walked back and forth between the stone pillars several times, making secret calculations in my mind.

The sixteen dragons that penetrate the earth are actually snakes. The "Beidou Burial Sutra" says: "Snake erratic, suddenly north and south." Among these sixteen, only one that passes through the earth's veins is a real dragon. It sounds simple, but it took a lot of thinking to actually use it, and finally the target was locked on the four floor tiles deep in the temple.

Knocked with a small geological hammer, three of them were solid, and only one gave out an empty echo. This two-meter-square stone brick did not have any wear and tear on the edge caused by frequent driving. It seems that few people use this passage. However, unless you use explosives, you will definitely not be able to pry it open. The nearest stone pillar is the mechanism. I don¡¯t know if this mechanism is still working.

I called the monkey over to help. I put my hand on the hexagonal stone trough under the stone pillar. If I turned in the wrong direction and triggered some mechanism, the situation was over, so I asked other professors and others to retreat to the temple. Outside, I wiped the sweat off my head and told the monkey to first point the empty side at the stone brick that might be a secret passage, and then prepare to turn it five squares clockwise, one square in the opposite direction, and then clockwise again. Turn eleven squares, and then turn two squares in the opposite direction, not more once, not less once, otherwise it's hard to say what will happen.

The monkey said: "Old Hu, you think I don't know how to count. My grades were much better than yours when I was in school. Stop talking nonsense and change."

I silently recited the mantra in the secret technique in my mind: "Looking for a dragon from a thousand miles away, look for it on the left and right, follow the Yang in five steps, follow the Yin in one of them, turn around."

The two of them used their strength to turn the hexagonal stone trough. After turning one square, they counted them together. After turning the last square, they heard a bang-boom sound. The stone bricks on the ground sank, revealing a bottomless path. typical.