Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Ladder to Immortality?

But the legendary fairyland is in the sky.

These stairs leading underground look like they lead to the underworld.

And Meng Jingye's smile looked too weird.

Even his Maitreya-like smile could not conceal the calculation in his eyes.

Perhaps the ladder to immortality and the road to immortality were deliberately mentioned to lure us.

The Meng family father and son have already walked down the stairs.

Uncle Tuo followed without hesitation.

Because the steps were steep and there were no handrails, they were not moving very fast.

Every step is taken carefully.

Afraid of falling from the suspended steps.

Cui Hao lost his temper and said, "Brother, can't we get down?"

"If there really are rare treasures down there, it would be a shame if we didn't go."

"Aren't you afraid of danger down there?"

Cui Hao scratched his head and smiled innocently: "What kind of danger could there be?"

"That big snake looked so scary, but after biting Uncle Meng, it actually made him stronger. I wish I could be bitten too."

"Besides, didn't Uncle Meng say he could summon a divine snake to bestow a divine object? Wouldn't that be useful to both me and Professor Zhang?"

I nodded slowly.

Of course I want to get the magical object to save Grandpa and Professor Zhang, even if the underworld is hell, I have to go there.

But I don’t want Cui Hao to take risks with me.

"I always feel something is wrong. It's too close to call. It seems like they are deliberately luring us down."

"Why don't you go back first and I'll go down alone."

I want to keep Cui Hao away from danger.

But he shook his head vigorously.

"I don't dare go back alone. I feel safe only when I'm with you."

"We are brothers in this life..."

I covered his mouth and said helplessly, "Follow me closely."

"Yeah, I'll definitely follow closely."

I looked around as I walked down the stairs.

The steps were surrounded by empty space, and the light from the mining lamp could not reach the edge.

It seems like this is an underground void.

I looked up.

Above is a roof built with huge logs, which also serves as the floor of the tomb.

It seems that the entire tomb is built on a huge underground cave.

Back then, this must have been a huge project.

The vassal states in the early Western Zhou Dynasty were not the seven major powers of the Warring States Period, which had a strong population and national strength.

If we want to build such a super project, I am afraid it will be difficult to support it even with the whole country's strength.

Unless...the Zhou royal family gives support.

But it was impossible for the Zhou royal family to help Bi Gong build a tomb.

I can't figure it out.

When he looked away, the mining lamp on his head shone onto the steps he was walking on.

There appear to be carvings along the bottom edge of the steps.

I looked carefully and saw carvings on the bottom of each step.

"Brother, what are you looking at?"

When Cui Hao saw me stop and look back, he also became curious.

I pointed to the bottom of the steps.

"There are carvings on every step. The first step is carved with a sphere, the second step is carved with a giant snake, and the third step is carved with what looks like a ritual vessel?"

The content engraved on each step is different.

I looked at more than ten steps in a row, and most of the carvings on the back were related to sacrificial items.

I thought of the sacrificial picture I had seen on the coffin before.

The pictures carved on the steps are also sacrificial pictures!

The round ball on the top step should be the black ball!

Thinking of this, an idea suddenly came to my mind.

Before, Tuoye vaguely mentioned the word "Heitai".

What is behind the Black Queen?

Could it be Black Tai Sui? !

My heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Suddenly I remembered that my grandfather and my father seemed to have mentioned Black Tai Sui.

But I was too young at the time and my memory is very vague.

I can't remember the specific content at all.

You can only change your thinking.

I don’t know what Black Tai Sui is, but I do know about Tai Sui.

As the saying goes: It's like digging the dirt on Tai Sui's head.

It means that disbelief in taboos will bring disaster.

The Tang Dynasty's "Youyang Zazu" records that a man named Wang Feng did not believe in evil and dug a hole on the head of Tai Sui. After digging out Tai Sui, several of his family members exploded and died within a few days.

It records that the dug out Tai Sui "was like a piece of meat, wriggling and moving."

This kind of Tai Sui that grows underground is scientifically defined as a kind of fungus-like organism.

For example, Ganoderma lucidum also belongs to the fungus family.

Therefore, many people believe that eating Tai Sui meat can prolong life and bring immortality.

As the saying goes: offend Tai Sui.

The Tai Sui here does not refer to the Tai Sui born underground.

It refers to the Tai Sui God.

In Taoism, there is a god on duty every year of the sixty-year cycle. The god on duty that year is Tai Sui, also known as Tai Sui Star Lord.

The annual god of the year will have an impact on different zodiac signs.

If there are any conflicts or influences such as conflict with Tai Sui or punishment of Tai Sui, it is called offending Tai Sui, which usually means bad luck in that year.

So what kind of Tai Sui is the Black Tai Sui?

There are many legends about digging Tai Sui out of the ground.

No matter whether it causes the entire family of the person who dug it out to die suddenly, or it causes immortality after being eaten by someone, there is no content that says Tai Sui can control the snake.

The carvings on the steps and the paintings on the coffin clearly show that the divine snake is a subordinate of Black Tai Sui.

So I speculate that Black Tai Sui should be related to the Star God and is a god from the upper realm.

Only the gods from the upper realm will be revered and worshipped!

"Brother, what are you thinking about? They are almost leaving." Cui Hao urged.

"Let's hurry up, or we won't even get a mouthful of soup."

I quickened my pace and walked down.

He hurried over to catch up with Tuoye and whispered in his ear, "Black Tai Sui."

Grandpa Tuo suddenly turned around, with a sharp light in his eyes.

"How... did you know?"

"I told you, I know as much as you do."

"What else do you know?" asked Grandpa Tuo with a twinkling eye.

It can be seen that he has concealed a lot of things.

I smiled faintly: "I know everything."

"..."

While Grandpa Tuo was silent, the Meng family father and son had already walked down the stairs.

Meng Jingye shone the flashlight around.

A huge bronze standing figure flashed in the light.

The standing man was very tall, at least two meters sixty-seven.

He also held a huge bronze snake in his hand.

The bronze snake raised its head and stuck out its tongue towards the sky, as if it was hissing at the sky, or as if it was waiting to be fed.

We were all shocked by the huge bronze standing man.

Even Tuoye, an experienced tomb robber, had never seen such a huge bronze artifact.

"So big!"

Grandpa Tuo murmured to himself, his eyes filled with shock.

I walked down the steps and looked up at the huge bronze standing man.

The standing figures are very finely crafted, with the gorgeous patterns and accessories on the clothes clearly visible, and a solemn expression on his face.

Holding the snake seems to be performing some kind of ritual.

I speculate that the Nuo master who presented the art of immortality to Bi Gong might not be from the Shang Dynasty, but from ancient Shu.

This is not just speculation.

On the one hand, there are records such as "conquering Shu" and "reaching Shu" in the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty.

This shows that there was communication between Shang and ancient Shu.

On the other hand is the oracle bone script character for Shu, with a huge eye on top and an animal that looks like an insect or snake below.

Ancient characters all evolved from images.

From the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shu character, we can infer that the ancient Shu people had big eyes and worshipped some kind of insect or snake-like animals.

These bronze standing figures holding snakes for sacrifice completely match the image of the oracle bone script Shu character.

As I was thinking, I suddenly felt the bronze snake move.

The large bronze figure holding a snake also seemed to have a strange smile on his face.

I hurried to take a closer look.

But he didn't notice anything unusual.

Could it be that I am dazzled?