I saw that the secret passage had been opened, and I breathed a sigh of relief. I looked into the secret passage with a flashlight. There was a stone step made of black stone that led diagonally downwards. The flashlight's illumination distance was limited, and I couldn't see it any deeper.

The monkey waved and called the five people waiting at the door of the temple to come in. When everyone saw that the secret passage was opened, they all praised my method of dividing gold and fixing acupuncture points.

It was already past noon, so I said a few words of humility and asked everyone to pack up and pack as lightly as possible. We first went outside the temple to get some water and eat a few mouthfuls of dry food. We didn¡¯t know how far this secret passage would go, so we should go in when we were fully prepared.

While eating dry food, Zheng Yonghai asked me curiously how I found the secret passage. He was so accurate.

I said to him: "Looking at the arrangement of the sixteen large stone pillars, you can tell that the layout of this secret passage is the giant gate formation passed down from ancient times. Why is it called the giant gate? That is to say, this kind of mechanism is mostly used in The numbers on the portal are all evolved from Luo Shu and the arrangement of stars in the sky. The secrets inside are so deep that you can¡¯t even understand them.¡±

After everyone took a break, I led them down the secret passage in the temple. Under the entrance, a stone lever was found, which can be used to open the floor tile from below. These mechanisms are exquisitely designed. After nearly two thousand years, the machine The Kuo can still be used, and the construction principles are very unusual. Although it uses a lot of easy-to-count concepts, it is its own system. If these were invented by the exquisite queen, then she must be an unparalleled genius.

At first we were worried that there was a trap in the secret passage, so we were cautious and extra cautious when descending. We distanced ourselves and walked slowly. When we reached the end of the stone steps, our eyes suddenly opened up, and there was a five-meter-wide and three-meter-high tunnel. Terracotta Road.

The paths around the figurines are no longer dark stones, but are made of Western Region sky bricks (rectangular light yellow adobe bricks used to build city walls in the ancient Western Regions, which are made of rammed earth, cow dung, cool sand, etc., dry and strong, and will not crack for a long time) Stacked up, the top of the head is built into a round arch, and the walls are covered with weird and bright murals.

The eyes that appear most often in the paintings are large and small, open and closed, some only have eyeballs, and some also have eyelids and eyelashes. Jingjue people regard eyes as totems, and this figurine path There are so many eyes painted on the temple, so only clergy and rulers like the queen are eligible to enter. It may not have been used many times since it was built.

The environment of this figurine tunnel is very closed, and the air is not circulated. The colors of the murals are as new and have not peeled off at all, which makes Professor Dong and others excited to see it.

Professor Dong said that as far back as the early 19th century, the ruins of ancient cities in Xinjiang discovered by foreign explorers also contained a large number of murals, almost all of them with religious themes. Unfortunately, the government did not protect them at that time and they were all completely looted. It was lost to foreign countries, and I never expected that here I could see such a complete and well-preserved mural, which is also the oldest and most mysterious among the thirty-six countries in the Western Region. This is enough to shock the whole world.

When I heard what the professor said, I thought of the legend that the queen was a monster. This ancient city was extremely weird. If there really were monsters, maybe I could find some clues from these murals. If I did encounter them, I would know myself and the enemy and I would be able to fight without danger, so I started to fight. Watch the murals one by one.

However, there is no figure of Queen Jingjue in all the figurine murals. The contents of the paintings all show some rituals. Some paintings show a jade eyeball emitting light, and a black hole appears in the sky, and a bird falls from the hole. Huge eye-like fleshy eggs.

Some depict countless black strange snakes crawling out of their eggs and biting several tied slaves, who struggled painfully.

Others painted black mountain peaks covered with black snakes. All the surrounding beasts knelt down and kowtowed to the strange snakes on the mountain.

We have seen some of these scenes before. Comparing them with the scenes depicted on the murals here further confirms Professor Dong¡¯s judgment. This kind of strange snake with a black eyeball on its head has always been regarded by the elite as a guardian beast. They know how to summon and drive these snake beasts, and they often sacrifice living people to the snake beasts. Unexpectedly, the ancient Jingjue Kingdom has been buried under the sea of ??sand for thousands of years, and these strange snakes still exist in the world.

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We walked and looked at it, and stopped in front of the last painting. This mural showed a huge cave, with a slender staircase spiraling down around the cave wall.

Miss Guo said to Professor Dong: "Do you think there is any connection between this cave and the origin of the name of the Guidong clan?"

Professor Ting said: "It's very possible. Look at the spiral staircase on the cave wall. It's as small as a thin line and is completely out of proportion to this big hole. Such a large hole that goes straight up and down cannot be dug by manpower. Is it possible? Is this a ghost cave?¡±

I remember hearing them say that the Ghost Cave Clan was said to come from underground. I didn¡¯t think much about it at the time, thinking it was just nonsense from the ancient people. But now that I¡¯ve seen the murals, I¡¯m suspicious. Some of the things in these murals have been witnessed by us before. From what I have seen, it seems that it is not a pretentious painting to deceive people. Maybe there really is such a big hole deep in the ancient city of Jingjue.

The monkey laughed and said: "If there really is such a big hole in the world, wouldn't it lead to the other end of the earth? If you want to go abroad to save trouble in the future, don't take a plane, just jump out of this big hole, and you will be in the United States in a short while." "

Miss Guo turned a deaf ear to the monkey's nonsense, and asked the professor again: "The giant-eyed stone figures of the Ghost Cave Clan are probably their true colors. If they really come from the dark world underground, that would explain their obsession with eyes." highly praised.¡±

Professor Dong said: "What you said makes sense. There is another possibility. This huge cave is an alien world that appears repeatedly in the ghost cave civilization. It is also what you call the imaginary number space. This is probably a Entity, in ancient times, the ghost cave people discovered this huge cave. They could not explain why there were such large underground caves in the world. They tried their best and could not get to the bottom of the cave to see what was going on. The ancients respected the power of nature. Maybe they regard this huge cave as a miracle and worship it. They hope that their eyes will be more developed and they can see the situation at the bottom of the cave clearly. There are a few people who claim that their eyes can see the world at the bottom of the cave, and they are influenced by it. "Zun Zun" became the rulers or priests of the tribe. Since their power came from their eyes, they regarded the eyes as the source of power. "

After hearing the professor's words, the monkey was very upset. He raised his thumb and praised: "Okay, old man, you can see so many things from just one painting, and you talk so eloquently. It's really true." It's just like that, if you go to practice stalls, you will definitely be able to talk about a lot of things, whatever is popular. "

Professor Qiao was not in the mood to joke with him, so he responded casually: "I'm just making a subjective guess, and I can't be sure. Let's go out of the secret passage to see if there is such a big cave. Seeing is believing."

I don¡¯t know why, when I heard them talk about underground caves, I remembered the past of seeing the nine-story demon tower under the Kunlun Mountains. I lost several comrades that time. Since then, I have learned a lot about the caves deep underground. I was extremely fearful. I was worried that something might happen to the people in the archaeological team. If they didn't have to go into the underground palace to find water, I really wanted to drag them back. Since this desert archeology has achieved significant results, it's not bad for that one. A hole in the ground.

I said to the professor: "You are worth a lot of money, and you will not sit in danger. You are all people with status in society. There is no need to take risks. After we find the water source in the underground palace and replenish it, it is time to go back. Since we have already found When we arrive at Jingjue Ancient City, our mission is completed. You can write an evaluation report and hand it over to the relevant superior department, and let the government handle the rest later. "

Professor Ding shook his head but said nothing. He had wanted to explore the secrets of the ghost cave civilization all his life. He was already here. He was so itchy that he could not agree. Moreover, Miss Guo had always believed that her father's expedition team had visited After passing through the ancient city of Jingjue, she would not give up until she finally found it. They said they would never go back.

I had no choice but to continue walking with them, thinking that I had done my best and had said everything I needed to say. If something happened, I would have a clear conscience.

The figurine path is not too long, and there are no steps at the end. There is only one stone pillar and no door. Could it be that the figurine path under the temple is a dead end, just for painting murals of sacrificial rituals?

The monkey looked around, turned around and said to me: "Old Hu, do you have any other tricks this time? If not, just use explosives."

I said: "Do you have any other means besides violence? Use your brain and take a look first. I estimate that the secret door will probably land on this single stone pillar."

This lonely stone pillar standing in the sky brick figurines is several times smaller than the sixteen large stone pillars in the temple, but its shape is exactly the same. There are also six-sided statues at the bottom of the pillar, and the empty side is facing The narrow wall at the end.

This is easy to handle. It turns out that the dragon tails of these sixteen dragons are here. I still let the monkey help me to turn the stone pillar according to the "Dragon Shaking Technique" in the "Beidou Incense Burial Sutra" which is opposite to the "Long Seeking Order". The hexagonal stone plate below.