Xia Qingqing had been listening to me, neither agreeing nor objecting. It wasn't until I finished speaking that she said, "I agree with your judgment, but I don't see anything special about this secret room."
I pointed to the light in the secret room: "The entire Shengyu Tomb is actually a kind of light and shadow trick, but their technique is much worse than the blood droplets. The trick in the tomb only uses colored glaze that is similar to the color of the wall. Human sight. This is the reason why we keep turning in the second level tomb passage without realizing it."
"If I'm not wrong, there is still a trick of light and shadow in this secret room. If you look for it, you might be able to find something left by King Wu."
Xia Qingqing nodded slightly and looked around, then looked at me with some confusion: "I didn't see any light and shadow tricks. I..."
"Let's search together. I don't believe there's nothing in this room." The four of us spread out at the same time and searched the entire secret room inch by inch, but we didn't find a single clue.
"Did I make a mistake?" My heart suddenly sank. If my inference is wrong, then everything we encountered before will be overturned, which means that our adventure will end in death or life.
While I was frowning, Xia Qingqing suddenly extinguished the flames in the secret room with a palm from the air, and the entire secret room instantly fell into darkness.
Before I had time to speak, I saw bursts of fluorescence glowing on the wall of the secret room, and lines of writing that looked like burning green fire appeared strangely on the wall.
Tao Xiyu said in surprise: "Then what is written on it?"
I waved my hand and said, "Let me take a look and then talk."
Before Qin Shihuang wiped out the six kingdoms, Chinese writing was not unified, and seal characters were difficult to read. It was difficult for people who had not specifically studied seal characters to understand the original documents of the pre-Qin period. I spent some time in an antique shop. Although I couldn't fully understand the writing on the wall, I still had no problem figuring out the general content.
After watching it for a long time, I lit up a cigarette and took a long drag: "We have met a great person."
I slowly explained: "The matter of Princess Shengyu has to start with the battle of Wu Chu."
"Legend has it that the reason why the State of Wu raised troops to attack Chu was because of a precious sword, 'Zhanlu'. According to legend, the King of Wu had only three of the seven famous swords in the Spring and Autumn Period, 'Panying', 'Yuchang', and 'Zhanlu'. "
"The fish intestines were buried with King Wu in Jianchi."
"Pan Ying was buried with Sheng Yu in the female graveyard at the lake."
"Only Zhanlu, because he was afraid of being buried with the King of Wu, turned into a fish, swam up the river and sneaked into the Chu Kingdom. He inexplicably appeared at the pillow of the King of Chu and was possessed by the King of Chu."
"The king of Wu lost his sword and became furious, thinking that the king of Chu had sent someone to steal the sword. The king of Chu also became furious because there was a sword beside his pillow, thinking that the state of Wu was deliberately demonstrating. The king of Wu therefore raised troops to attack the state of Chu. There were two subsequent battles between Wu and Chu."
When Tao Xiyu heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt me: "Do the words on the wall prove this legend?"
I shook my head and said, "No. The letter left by King Wu only mentions the theft of Zhanlu and King Wu's attack on Chu. The writings of the Pre-Qin Dynasty are very concise, and some things have to be figured out by myself. Please listen to me later."
I continued: "King Helu of Wu still refused to believe that Zhanlu went to Chu by himself. If that is true, doesn't it mean that King Wu is an unruly and ignorant king who is not recognized by the artifact? More than half of the reasons why he attacked Chu It is to prove that Zhanlu was stolen by Chu State, rather than entering Chu State on his own."
"While the battle between Wu and Chu was in full swing, Helu accidentally discovered Shengyu's secret. He discovered that Shengyu was carrying a fox. This incident aroused the vigilance of King Wu. After several trials, King Wu discovered Shengyu is possessed by a fox demon.”
Tao Xiyu said: "Isn't Shengyu the daughter of King Wu? Doesn't he know whether his own child is a fox demon?"
I shook my head and said, "I don't know what method King Wu used, but one thing is for sure. King Wu finally confirmed Shengyu's identity, and then started a plan to kill Shengyu."
I turned around and looked at Tao Xiyu: "You still remember my speculation on the other side of the tomb passage, right? At that time, I speculated that someone was carrying a long sword and assassinated Shengyu, and that person was Wu Wang Helu."
Tao Xiyu couldn't help but gasped: "If you stab your own daughter to death with your own hands, King Wu must have regarded her as a fox demon."
I nodded and asked Xia Qingqing: "Was that mural painted by Xue Dizi?"
"No!" Xia Qingqing shook her head and said, "I was able to decipher the murals because I saw the other party's method of concealing the murals."
Ye Xun said coldly: "What's going on with the flames in the secret room? Why didn't you extinguish the flames at the beginning and had to wait until we were helpless before you started?"
Xia Qingqing smiled lightly and turned her gaze to the wall.
Ye Xun's eyes suddenly turned cold.
I quickly changed the topic and said: "There is one very interesting thing in the letter left by King Wu, that is, King Wu started building this underground palace before killing Shengyu. In other words, Helu knew about the appearance of Wu Guo early in the morning Fox demon."
Ye Xun's attention was attracted by me: "What's going on?"
I explained: "Helu has known for a long time that someone is looking for King Yu's Jiuding. Those so-called people are a group of immortal fox demons. Even if they are divided into several segments, they will be resurrected again and snatch the Jiuding."
Tao Xiyu also said in shock: "No, the Zhou royal family was still there at that time, how could King Wu have Jiuding?"
I said solemnly: "This is not mentioned in King Wu's book. If I were to speculate, I think the Nine Cauldrons of the Zhou royal family were not King Yu's Cauldrons, but a fake recreated by King Zhou."
Among the various legends about the whereabouts of Jiuding, the most unrecognized legend is that the real Jiuding has disappeared since the Yin and Shang Dynasties replaced the Xia Dynasty. Starting from the Shang Dynasty, Jiuding became a fake.
However, there is some truth to this statement. The Legend of Dayu is located in Xia Qi, forming a family that rules the world. King Yu's tripod is bound to become an artifact of the country, and the kings of the Xia Dynasty will naturally not allow the tripod to fall into the hands of others.
I continued: "If the Jiuding disappeared during the Xia Dynasty of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the Wu Kingdom may not be able to obtain one or several of the King Yu's tripods."
"The legend about King Helu of Wu being buried with three thousand swords can perhaps be understood as saying that King Wu felt that the Nine Cauldrons were incomplete and could not suppress the fate of the country of Wu, so he simply smelted the tripod into three thousand swords and brought them to the Sword Pond to use them to suppress the fate of the country. .”
"The King of Wu deserves to be killed!" Ye Xun said something out of nowhere, and immediately asked, "You said that the King of Wu melted the cauldron and forged the sword, is it true?"
"It's just my speculation." I didn't expect Ye Xun to have such a big reaction, so I quickly brought the topic to the right track and didn't dare to speculate casually anymore.
"The King of Wu seems to have known for a long time that a fox demon would come to look for the tripod, so he built this tomb of Shengyu while being wary of the fox demon. According to his idea, as long as he can kill the fox demon in the tomb, he can To preserve the peace of Wu. However, he did not expect that the fox demon would be his biological daughter."
"What happened next was just as I guessed. Although King Wu killed Shengyu, he was afraid that Shengyu had accomplices, so he came up with a way to lead the way with a white crane. He would rather kill tens of thousands of people by mistake than to kill the fox. Drive out all the demons and kill them all.”
"Even so, King Wu still felt uneasy, so he left behind all the arrangements."
I pointed to the corner of the wall and said: "There is the Panying sword left by King Wu there. According to his idea, the people who entered the Shengyu Tomb again were either fox demons or came to chase and kill the fox demons. He left Panying behind." I want to use the famous sword as a reward or a thank you gift to eradicate the fox demon."
Tao Xiyu walked in the direction of my finger, and sure enough, he pulled out the famous sword Panying from a hidden box.
The ancient famous sword is still dazzling and powerful even after thousands of years. I held Pan Ying up and looked at it for a while, then I drew my sword and handed it to Xia Qingqing: "You are good at using swords, you can keep this sword!"
"Thank you!" Xia Qingqing couldn't let go of Pan Ying, but Ye Xun frowned slightly.
Tao Xiyu said: "King Wu left the Panying Sword and didn't tell you how to get out of here?"
"The letter left by King Wu said that after the Pan Ying Sword left the secret box, the tomb door should appear here!" While I was wondering, the wall with the letter left by King Wu suddenly collapsed, revealing a straight tomb passage.
Just as I was about to move forward, I was stopped by Ye Xun: "Wait a minute, explain the matter clearly before leaving."
Ye Xun said in a deep voice: "About the fox demon Xun Ding, is it true or false? Is it related to Qiangu Beauty?"
I was silent for a moment and said: "If we look at the time when the beauty of the ages appeared, all the four great beauties were active in the pre-Qin era, which was the period when the legend of Jiuding was most concentrated."
"Nuxi from Xia, Daji from Shang, Baosi from Zhou, and Li Ji from Jin (Spring and Autumn Kingdom) all accompanied the king, especially the first three, who were accompanied by the king of subjugation. At that time, the world was in chaos, Who can take care of Jiuding? That is the best time to transfer Jiuding!"
I paused and said, "As for the four beauties... Wu Guo's matter regarding Jiuding has already been laid before our eyes."
"Wu Zetian once recast the Jiuding in the Tang Dynasty, and Yang Yuhuan appeared in the Tang Dynasty just after Wu Zetian."
"Wang Zhaojun and Diao Chan, one was in the early Han Dynasty and the other was in the late Han Dynasty. Liu Bang destroyed Qin and established the country. The Han Dynasty royal family is the most likely person to prove the location of Jiuding. As for Diao Chan... "
I said solemnly: "Don't forget who created the God-Detecting Hand. Wang Mang died, but the God-Detecting Hand he formed is still there. The Han Dynasty is also the most likely person to get the secret of the God-Detecting Hand during Wang Mang's time. , they even used the Exploring Hand themselves."
I said again: "When we were tracing the beauty of the ages, we mentioned Master Li. The Song Dynasty also recast the Jiuding. Don't you think that every time there is news about the Jiuding, a beauty will be born?"
"It makes sense! It makes sense!" Ye Xun said "It makes sense" twice as if he was talking to himself, and then looked at Xia Qingqing: "Did the Qing Dynasty find Jiuding?"
"Only fakes have been found." Xia Qingqing said, "After all, Jiuding has disappeared for many years. How easy is it to find Jiuding?"