Chapter 16 Hourglass Horror
The original design of this stone chamber should be an hourglass that has been magnified tens of thousands of times. The quicksand slowly sank into the ground, slowly revealing the hidden world under the original golden sand.
A strange building appeared before my eyes as the golden sand passed - this was a golden head, which almost occupied the entire conical space. It was originally covered by golden sand, but could not see the original appearance clearly. At this moment, the exposed terrifying head was carved with neat hair accessories, and its eyes were bulging strangely. After careful reading, I found that the pair of bulging strange eyes were wandering into this place. The snake pattern carved on the stone wall seemed thrilling at first glance.
On this head, a golden spear was stabbed from bottom to top. On the spear, there were strange golden snake accessories hanging on the left and right. Looking at the body of the spear, the undulating snake carving inscriptions were carved with terrifying pressure, as if it had flowed into the blood of everyone, making people tense up and breathing a little difficult.
At this moment, the spear seemed to be subjected to external force and tilted towards the rear. With this pull, the lips of the head opened and the forehead protruded upwards. All the golden sand quickly flowed into the open mouth of the head, and under the gap of the neck exposed when the neck was raised. Everyone was sweating coldly. Facing this ingenious design, they were confused and ignorant, and did not know what kind of danger would be hidden.
The golden sands kept disappearing, and there was an infinite space below. As I watched all the broken golden sand jade swallow, the golden avatar seemed to have life. The corpse buried in the golden sand was missing, but it can be guessed that it must have been sucked into the mouth of the endless statue. This might be a dead sea of golden sands.
Gao Liangjun's face became very ugly, and he kept trembling. The things that were sticking to his legs tightly shaking with his trembling. He rubbed his legs desperately on the ground, but the round thing stuck to his pants tightly. No matter how he struggled, it was useless. As his legs trembled back and forth, the other side of the sticker finally appeared. After the soldiers gradually saw it clearly, they did not dare to breathe, and their eyes showed fear.
This round thing turned out to be a head. After identifying it, it was the head left by Xu Hui who was blown up by blood. For some reason, it was stuck to Gao Liangjun's pants at this moment, as if he had killed him. His resentful eyes seemed to be coming to take revenge and seeking life. Gao Liangjun had just had his life and death on the verge of life and death, but he did not find Xu Hui's head in a hurry. After seeing it clearly, his heart was broken and he couldn't breathe in one breath, and he almost fainted.
"There are ghosts here, come and save me." Gao Liangjun's face was ashamed, his voice was hoarse, and he kept shouting to his head and explaining, "There is a wrongdoer and a debtor. It's not me who let you blow you to death. Besides, your key is not in my hands." He vaguely felt that the surroundings were very strange. Maybe Xu Hui's hatred was really hard to eliminate, so he came to take his life.
On Xu Hui's head, those eyes were dying with eyes closed, looking at Gao Liangjun tightly. The head was tightly pressed against Gao Liangjun's calves, and the dark blood kept oozing out, emitting a disgusting fishy smell. Especially the terrifying and hideous eyes. At a rough look, it was very similar to the carved head gradually appeared in the center of the golden sand. I don't know if it was a coincidence.
Fujiwara San was not much better. He was condescending and saw the strange situation clearly. He felt a trembling heart and sighed secretly, "Is it a retribution?" He pinched the short spear in his hand, plucked up his courage to walk forward, and knew everything in his heart. Looking at Gao Liangjun who had no power, he couldn't help but feel compassion in his heart, and said sympathy, "I think you designed to let Zhuo Bujian fall into a trap back then, but today I am so clueless. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really don't believe it. This was the arrogant Gao Liangjun back then, ah! This is really surprising!"
Who can tell the things in the world clearly? Who can face the fear of death calmly?
After slowly seeing the situation clearly, Fujiwara San felt relieved and stepped forward and kicked Xu Hui's head away. With a sound of hissing, Gao Liangjun's trouser legs tore off. The head was half of his trouser legs, and it rolled a few times, then it didn't move. However, the protruding eyes oozed out red blood, which was very scary.
At this time, Gao Liangjun saw clearly that it was Xu Hui's teeth that were biting his trouser legs tightly. It was not really a ghost following him. After taking a look at his fierce and angry face, it was so breathtaking that he did not dare to look at him.
Gao Liangjun got up from the ground in a mess, looking at his swollen legs, driven by all the shame and anger that was fooled, and roared at Fujiwara San, "Give me the key back? Otherwise, I will fight with you."
"If I hadn't been afraid of Governor Zhang's pursuit, I agreed to put the batch of things into Qinfeng Bank, how could I have these three keys?" Fujiwara Mitsu said sadly, still regretting the hasty decision that year, and sighed, "When I was arrested, you were hiding your identity and living a free life. But don't think I didn't know. You leaked my whereabouts to separate Governor Zhang's attention from you, and then you had time to hide and whitewash your identity." He had already made some guesses since Cheng Geng saved himself and walked out of the prison of crime and was beaten out of doubt.
In fact, all of this was arranged in advance by Gao Liangjun. With Gao Liangjun's understanding of Fujiwara San, he speculated that Fujiwara San must have known that the reason why he was arrested was inseparable from him, but after all, the secret was irresistible temptation for him. In the last situation and experience, he knew the importance of Fujiwara San, but he was unwilling to take risks. If he met in a hurry and broke up with Fujiwara, it would be more of a loss. After all, Fujiwara San knew more than he did in the secret place, and he still had some support. After thinking about it again and again, he carefully arranged everything and asked Cheng Geng to rescue Fujiwara San, and then cleverly designed it, throwing bricks and attracting jade, and wanted to follow Fujiwara San. After all, he knew Fujiwara San. Fujiwara San cared more about the things under him back then. He wanted to make a fortune, and even more wanted to find the thing that Governor Zhang said.
However, as soon as he arrived in Mingcheng, he was targeted by Governor Yang. After being invited to the mansion by Governor Yang, he realized that Mitsu Fujiwara seemed to have no idea about the inside story, so he staged a scene of an old friend meeting in Governor Yang's mansion with a lucky heart. However, he knew that this was just a stopgap plan that Mitsu Fujiwara was unwilling to let more people participate, but he could not understand why Mr. Yang was so dependent on Mitsu Fujiwara. (Please see the second part, Flying Stones from the Outland.)
Now that everything has been exposed, Gao Liangjun trembled and defended himself, "I didn't say anything at that time. It was Governor Zhang who focused on you."
"Don't argue, don't think I don't know. The night you asked Xuhui to steal my keys, only you knew that I was drunk too much. But you, don't know, I was just pretending. I sneaked into the study of the governor Zhang that night and found records about the altar, but it happened to let me hear your conversation. You are very smart. Tell Governor Zhang that I colluded with Zhuo Bujian and others and swept away all the treasures."
Gao Liangjun's face became even more ugly, no better than Xu Hui's head lying on the ground at this moment.
Fujiwara San shook off the golden sand on the mask on his forehead and then said, "You didn't expect that Governor Zhang did not care about the treasures you mentioned, but instead asked indirectly what you saw and heard below, as if there was something else."
"Why?" Gao Liangjun lost his calmness and asked casually, but changed his direction to admit all this. Fujiwara San didn't care. He smiled softly and fell into Gao Liangjun's eyes. He quickly became alert and secretly called himself stupid, but he could not save it. He could only admit it. But he was always very frustrated. Why was his reputation for being famous for his lifetime like a child in front of Fujiwara San? He originally thought that everything was in his plan, but who would have thought that it was all his wishful speculation. Fujiwara San was just watching coldly and taking advantage of the trick. Instead, he was complacent and his face turned pale.
Fujiwara Mian's eyes slowly calmed down, "I've told you so much, but you still don't understand? He began to ask us to come here to explore on the grounds of finding that bronze drum, but his purpose was definitely not that bronze drum, nor the treasure you and I care about. If there is really the legendary bronze drum below, it's best, but what he cares about is probably the legendary thing that can prolong life."
Gao Liangjun suddenly realized that he recalled the appearance of Governor Zhang back then, but then he became confused again, "What is it to prolong life? What is that?" But he did not understand what it meant. However, he thought about Governor Zhang, a high-powered person, and he understood that it seemed that he was more afraid of death than anyone else. He understood sadly and recalled, "He held the most powerful new army in his hand, and Mr. Sun could not compete with him. If he could prolong life and his long-term vision, perhaps his long-cherished wish would be achieved."
"I can tell you that if he hadn't been between the Qing court and Mr. Sun at that time, maybe he would have brought people to this remote barbarian land in Mingcheng to find what he wanted." Fujiwara Mian thought of the battle between Liu Qingyu and Zhang Xiaolin, and even thought of the news published in the newspaper: Mr. Sun intends to win over Zhang Xiaolin, and Ning Guoyuan and Liu Qingyu are in harmony. When he thinks about it, he can't help but sigh in a daze, "Do you think he is a good person? He became famous in the Qing government, and no one knows better than him how charming the pleasure that power can bring, let alone he has reached an agreement with Mr. Sun's Republic of China government, and he will never put aside everything because of rights."
"No wonder he did not send someone to search me after I hid it, but blocked this matter." Gao Liangjun smiled. The reason why he was able to hide and change his identity was that the other party did not want the matter to be exposed, but he didn't understand. Is this matter that important? As the Governor Zhang, he would not be afraid of anything being leaked. If he wanted to let someone disappear, it would be a matter of every minute, but why did he swallow his anger? For a moment, he became suspicious. He looked at Fujiwara Mi, and even forgot about the embarrassment he had just now.
But Mi Fujiwara did not continue to explain, and sneered, "I said this, just tell you, don't think I owe you anything. I can tell you that Xuhui is dead at this moment, and his key is in my hands. Then, I will redistribute the proportion of those things, at least the one from Xuhui, now mine, and it is the compensation you deserve to sell it."
As soon as these words were said, they were reasonable and concise, which left Gao Liangjun speechless and even unable to refute. After all, he really did something that was sorry for Fujiwara Mi.
The four surviving soldiers sat on the ground, gasping for breath, and preparing guns. In a mess, some people found that their spears were rushing to escape, and they were already lost in the sea of sand. Fortunately, they were equipped with short guns when they came, so they breathed a sigh of relief. In this unknown danger, only guns could give them unparalleled courage.
Gao Liangjun was very unhappy when he heard Fujiwara San's words. He looked at Fujiwara San with hatred. Facing money, he would not give in at all. He wanted to ensure that his own interests were maximized. The shame in his heart suddenly disappeared and said angrily, "You dream, I can tell you that although you have two keys in your hand now, Humph, if you don't have this one, you can't open the private warehouse of Qinfeng Bank and take out that batch of things. So, don't talk about whether you are rewarded or not. I admit that it is me.
I'm sorry for you at first, but have you tried it over the years? A person knows that he is rich enough to rival a country, but when facing that batch of wealth, he can only think that this is a torture, an inhuman torture! "Gao Liangjun seemed very painful. He was trembling all over. It took him a long time to calm down. He looked at Fujiwara Mitsu and smiled, "However, I agree with the suggestion of redistribution, but the portion of Xuhui must be divided into two, and you and I will share half of each, otherwise there will be no talks." This is his biggest concession.
Fujiwara Mi smiled strangely, without expressing her opinion. Under the light, her eyes hidden in the mask seemed very gloomy. He didn't want to get entangled, but he didn't agree. Compared with this batch of treasures, he had something more important. He weighed the pros and cons and knew what was important and what was not.
At this moment, after the golden sand disappeared, the ground that appeared as a whole was a conical space, centered on the head of the statue and suspended in the lower part. As for what was hidden inside, it was impossible to distinguish for a moment. The inner rock walls and the bottom surface of the golden vessel building were carved with exaggerated techniques.
In the picture, in the crowded sacrificial hall, a round object hangs above the vessel building. Below the vessel building, golden fine sand is constantly exposed. As the fine sand enters the vessel building, it quickly merges and gathers over the golden sphere like floating dust. The suspended sphere becomes larger and larger and more round.
In the center of the altar, he was wearing a strange sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial silhouetted mask, and the feathers of birds on his head were constantly swaying in the wind. He held a golden spear and looked down at the four directions. Wherever he looked, all the subjects leaned over and bowed down. The sacrificial sang aloud and muttered to the floating sphere.
Fujiwara San was stunned and suddenly thought, and said in a trembling voice, "Is this the sun?" But he felt it was impossible, who could control the sun.
Gao Liangjun looked over and completely forgot the quarrel just now. He actually agreed with Fujiwara Mi's statement, "It seems to be the sun? But I think it's fake. Look, it's clearly made of golden sand? Are they making the sun?"
"The golden sand is made into the sun?" Fujiwara San was secretly amused and said contemptuously, "Do you think you can do it?" This is a completely beyond the realm that humans can recognize at present. Unless all this is attached to the gods mentioned in the myth, it seems more reasonable. But Fujiwara Sany shook and secretly guessed, "Is this priest's fate a god?" He trembled, and he thought of that legend and trembled secretly. Could it be that this is the witch god? But no one can prove everything.
Gao Liangjun also felt that what he said was a fantasy, so he shook his head helplessly, but he was reluctant to be denied by Fujiwara Mi, and defended him, "As it has been so long, who knows what kind of golden sand they gathered with? Maybe they are really like the legendary ones. They have unexpected divine power. You are not from that era. What happened is that? No one can tell."
"Divine Power?" Mi Fujiwara looked at the carved picture again, took off his cover, rubbed his eyes. At this time, he heard the sound of footsteps and looked sideways. The only four soldiers left behind him were trembling in dementia, looking at the conical utensil building in a daze.
A terrifying thing happened! The four soldiers with some dementia suddenly walked forward. When they were about to approach the conical vessel building, they suddenly knelt on the ground, supported the sky with their hands, and couldn't help but bow to the carving. The forehead hit the ground, making a sound of dong, dong, dong dong.... Fujiwara San's face suddenly changed and his whole body became numb.
Gao Liangjun took a few steps back in panic, and was shocked, not knowing what was going on, but he found that the worshiping soldiers were very consistent with the carved scene. There was a strange atmosphere invisibly surrounding him, which made people feel uneasy.
Chapter completed!