Chapter 1 The Ancient Shu Jade Tablet

So far, I've descended into three ancient Shu tombs. Based on my experience, the jade tablets in each tomb are hidden within the mechanism of the ribcage on the chest of the giant guardian dragon.

It's just that the guardian dragon in this ancient Shu tomb is already destroyed. Maybe the ancient Shu jade tablet inside has also fallen out. If this dragon skeleton was destroyed before Yao Guangxiao repaired the tomb for the imperial grandson, then Yao Guangxiao probably took the ancient Shu jade tablet.

After listening to my question, Xiao Liang judged, "I think the ancient Shu jade tablet should still be there. This guardian dragon must have been damaged after the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, Yao Guangxiao would have repaired it when he repaired the tomb back then."

I thought about it and realized that Xiao Liang was right.

Since Yao Guangxiao repaired the bronze gate and the bronze standing figures of the ancient tomb, there was no reason not to repair this dragon skeleton.

With the smelting technology of the Ming Dynasty, it was entirely possible to do so.

"In that case, the jade tablet is still in the dragon skeleton," I said excitedly.

Hearing our words, Huang Mao Xiaoming immediately asked with shining eyes, "You also know about the ancient Shu jade tablet?"

Hearing this, Jiang Yongguang immediately asked, "Oh? Do you know about it too?"

"Of course," Huang Mao Xiaoming answered straightforwardly. "Before my boss went into the tomb, he specifically told us to look for a jade tablet engraved with symbols, saying that this thing is called the ancient Shu jade tablet and is the reward that the expert who identified the tomb for us wanted."

Hearing this, we were even more certain that it was Master Gao who had identified the tomb for Yang Guo and his group.

Jiang Yongguang asked again, "Did your boss say what the ancient Shu jade tablet is for, what its significance is?"

Huang Mao Xiaoming thought for a while and said, "He seemed to vaguely mention that the jade tablet was a sacrificial item from the ancient Shu Kingdom."

"Then did you find the jade tablet later?" Jiang Yongguang asked again.

Huang Mao Xiaoming shook his head and said, "We didn't find it. At first, we all thought it was an ancient Shu tomb, but when we came down, we found it was a Ming tomb. The boss also said that the expert who identified the tomb for us this time made a mistake and mistakenly identified the Ming tomb as an ancient Shu tomb. Who would have thought that the third layer below the Ming tomb would actually be an ancient Shu tomb? It seems that the expert who identified the tomb is really an expert!"

I complained in my heart, "If he wasn't good, would he be called Master Gao?"

Jiang Yongguang also said with a wry smile, "This Ming tomb connected to an ancient Shu tomb, indeed no one could have predicted it."

After chatting for a while, I walked towards the pile of dragon skeleton fragments, and Xiao Liang, Uncle Mei, and the others followed behind.

The Xiaoling Guards also gathered around, but Huang Mao Xiaoming remained unmoved, instead sitting down cross-legged on the spot.

Jiang Yongguang glanced back at him and asked, "Aren't you coming over to take a look?"

Huang Mao Xiaoming said with a sad face, shaking his head, "Officer, I'm not going over. I've been walking for a long time, and my feet hurt. I still have injuries on my feet. I want to sit down and rest for a while."

Jiang Yongguang narrowed his eyes and looked at him, sternly questioning, "You kid, you wouldn't be thinking of taking the opportunity to steal treasures, would you? Stay away from the little imperial grandson's coffin. I advise you not to have any crooked thoughts, understand?"

Xiaoming quickly said, "Officer, you're thinking too much. How dare I! My legs are lame, and I'm wearing silver handcuffs. With this appearance, how dare I be dishonest?"

Jiang Yongguang felt that what he said made some sense, so he didn't stare at him anymore. Anyway, the Xiaoling Guards were all equipped with guns. If this Huang Mao Xiaoming dared to disobey, they would just take out a gun and shoot him.

After warning Xiaoming a few times, he came over to find the ancient Shu jade tablet with us.

I took the lead to walk to the bottom of the dead tree, looking down at the ground. I saw that the ground was full of fragments of the bronze dragon skeleton, which looked quite eerie.

I carefully picked up the fragments to check, looking for traces of the jade tablet.

Just then, I suddenly saw a white thing among a pile of bronze fragments. I instantly became alert, thinking that white thing must be jade, right?

But when I picked it up, I found that the white thing was a bit light and didn't look like jade. Instead, it looked a bit like bone.

Taking a closer look, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!

This thing wasn't jade at all, it was a bone!

Judging from the size of this bone, it was probably a skeleton from the pelvic area of a human.

"Good家伙, there's a skeleton here! A human skeleton," I said loudly.

But before I could finish speaking, I heard Xiao Liang's scream.

"Ah!"

"What's wrong?" I quickly turned around and asked.

I saw Xiao Liang squatting under the tree, and not far in front of her, there was a skull!

No, two of them!

The two skulls were put together, which was very scary!

Uncle Mei walked over and took a look, and couldn't help frowning and asking, "What is this place? Why are there so many dead people's bones?"

Jiang Yongguang and Lao Wei weren't afraid of this kind of thing. Lao Wei even picked up a skull and looked at it, then said disdainfully, "The ancient Shu Kingdom was probably in the Xia and Shang dynasties. That period was popular for human sacrifice. The so-called human sacrifice is to cut off people's heads and use them to worship the gods, so there's nothing great about some skeletons appearing."

Lao Wei's words made me recall the murals on the stone coffin I had seen before. The murals recorded that the Boguan Dynasty would indeed put people on trees for sacrifice at that time. It seemed that these skeletons were all sacrifices used for sacrifice.

At this time, Uncle Mei suddenly kicked a pile of scrap copper and iron under his feet, and picked up a smaller skull from it, saying, "Huh? What kind of thing is this skull? Does the ancient Shu Kingdom not only use people for sacrifice, but also use animals for sacrifice?"

"Of course," Lao Wei nodded and said, "The word 'sacrifice' originally refers to animals used to worship the gods, so in ancient times, animals were used for sacrifices to heaven and gods."

After saying that, he glanced at the small skull in Uncle Mei's hand and said doubtfully, "But the skull in your hand looks like a rat's skull? This is not necessarily an animal used for sacrifice, it may just be a small animal that died here by accident..."

Just as he was talking, Xiao Liang beside me suddenly said in a low voice, "Chen Rongsheng, you're annoying!"

I was confused. Why was I annoying for no reason?

I quickly turned around and asked, "Xiao Liang, what's wrong with you? Why do you say I'm annoying?"

I saw Xiao Liang's pretty face flushed, and she said shyly in a low voice, "You... why are you touching my waist? There are so many people here. It would be bad if someone saw it!"

I was speechless and asked suspiciously, "Xiao Liang, what are you talking about? When did I touch your waist?"

Xiao Liang frowned slightly, her beautiful willow leaf eyebrows furrowed, and said in a low voice, "Chen Rongsheng, how can you dare to do something and not admit it? You're the only one next to me. If you didn't touch my waist, could it be..."

As a result, before she could finish speaking, I saw Xiao Liang's face turn pale instantly!

She suddenly looked down, and I quickly looked towards her waist as well. I saw that on her slender snake waist, there was actually a oily green vine hanging!

This was exactly the vine coiled on the dead old tree!

Now this vine, like it was alive, actively wrapped itself around Xiao Liang's waist.

"Something's wrong, Xiao Liang, run!"

I quickly grabbed Xiao Liang's hand and pulled her into my arms, but as soon as I pulled, the vine around her waist tightened even more.

"Ouch! It hurts!" She shouted miserably.

"Wait, I'll get a knife!" I said quickly, and immediately reached into my backpack to take out a knife to cut the vine.

But just then, I suddenly felt an itch on my calf. Looking down, I saw a vine wrapped around my calf at some point!