Chapter 771: The Gate of Life and the Gate of Death

Next, it was not just Liu Zheng who was shocked.

Everyone who came had the exact same expression as Liu Zheng: stunned, shocked, and incredulous.

"My god..."

"This..."

Liu Zheng did not even know how long he had stood there in a daze, until the exclamations of the Prince of Yong, the Prince of Wei, and the others rang out beside him.

Breathtaking!

They had imagined what the situation beneath the ground would be like before, but they had absolutely never thought that this place would be far more magnificent than they had imagined.

Being an underground structure, it should have been damp, gloomy, and dark, yet the scene before their eyes was not like that at all.

The cave walls of these structures, the Stone Pillars, and the doors and side doors of the palace were all decorated with gold, and there were even enormous night-luminescent pearls, making the entire space bright; it did not give one the slightest feeling of gloom or darkness, and even made one feel that it was brighter and warmer than the weather outside.

"My god..."

This kind of exclamation had already happened more than once.

The group that followed closely behind was the same, those wealthy men and those soldiers.

"This..."

Liu Zheng finally gave a bitter smile.

It was truly too shocking. He knew that in the long river of history in Zhongguo, such miraculous existences were not rare, and real existences that could surpass the technology of that time were also not rare. Everything before his eyes had truly exceeded the technology of this era. Tuolei Kehan must have been a man who stirred up the winds and clouds five hundred years ago.

At that time, according to normal historical development, it was only the Song Dynasty...

They were actually able to complete such a feat that was difficult for human power to accomplish at the time. It was truly shocking.

"This Tuolei, how much wealth did he plunder from Longyan back then!"

The Prince of Wei's eyes lit up.

Just the few night-luminescent pearls in this grotto were priceless treasures, let alone the gold on these cave walls and Stone Pillars? Wealth rivaling a nation; using "wealth rivaling a nation" to describe this Tuolei was not an exaggeration at all! At a glance, everything was golden and brilliant.

"I don't know either..."

Liu Zheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

This was only one grotto, and according to Wu Zhen, there were a total of over a dozen such grottoes, large and small!

My god...

How much gold would it take to build this?

"Personnel management must be strengthened to prevent them from..."

The Prince of Yong reminded him.

Liu Zheng was just about to nod.

Who would have thought it was already too late.

"Ahhh, the night-luminescent pearl, my night-luminescent pearl!"

Among the crowd, there were already those who could not hold back, running down the slope under their feet like madmen.

"Don't!"

"Careful!"

"Come back!"

The complexions of Liu Zheng and the others changed drastically.

Sure enough.

This fellow, whose mind had been bewitched by the night-luminescent pearl, had only just descended the slope when suddenly, with two *bang* sounds, two cold arrows were suddenly shot from the direction of the side Stone Pillars. The two flying cold arrows struck this person right in the forehead. The excitement and madness on his face froze at that very moment.

Another *bang* sound.

He fell straight down.

The entire scene went silent in an instant.

A mechanism!

This incident made these people calm down quite a bit.

"No one is allowed to move, follow orders!"

The Prince of Wei took the opportunity to shout loudly.

Only then did this group of people look at each other.

Only then did they realize that this was the tomb of Tuolei! For the tomb of such a person, how could it be easily looted? It must have been set with all kinds of mechanisms and traps.

As mentioned earlier, this grotto, whether it was the cave walls, the Stone Pillars, or the ground, had all kinds of patterns that people could not understand; the content of the patterns was rich and colorful, with all kinds of strange totems, fairies dancing gracefully, all kinds of wild beasts, and their fierce eyes. They were lifelike and awe-inspiring.

The Tomb Cluster was all arranged according to the positions of the Big Dipper.

It was certain that there were hidden mysteries.

"This must be the living quarters for the soldiers and guards!"

People were still lost in shock and fear when Wu Zhen suddenly said.

Once these words were spoken, people looked carefully.

This grotto indeed clearly had the appearance of soldiers' living quarters, because on those Stone Pillars, there were many images of weapons and fierce implements, as well as portraits of soldiers heroically killing the enemy. The overall design was also more inclined toward an orderly arrangement like "dormitories." There were even some stone beds over there, but other than these night-luminescent pearls, there were no other burial objects here.

"It seems this is indeed the tomb of Tuolei Kehan without a doubt..."

Tiemu Cheng said: "The style of these weapons is from our Grassland."

Everyone nodded.

If there were living quarters for soldiers and guards, there should be living quarters for concubines, the emperor's living quarters, as well as the court for officials to pay homage, and so on and so forth.

Tuolei yearned for the culture of Zhongyuan all his life, so the architectural style of this mausoleum and palace was naturally built according to the style of Longyan.

"How should we go down?"

The Prince of Yong was a bit anxious.

Judging by that display just now, there must be many mechanisms and traps in this grotto palace.

Liu Zheng also looked toward Wu Zhen.

Wu Zhen shook his head: "This tomb is too complex. I can simply deduce the formations arranged here, but I cannot connect them to the entire Tomb Cluster to make a deduction. I can only give it a try..."

Liu Zheng could not help but exchange a glance with the Prince of Yong.

This is a talent.

Under these circumstances, he is actually still able to make deductions.

This young man has some skill.

This grotto has seven slopes, and at this moment, all seven slopes are already packed with people. As for the others, they went to other grottoes through different passages... There is no need to say what happened to them over there; it is the same situation as here.

"Of the seven slopes, I fear only one is the gate of life!"

Wu Zhen studied it for a while before saying this.

Only one?

Many people's expressions changed drastically; suddenly, standing on the slopes, they all felt surrounded by crisis.

The slope where the wealthy man who was shot to death just now was standing must be a gate of death!

Then what about the others?

There are still six left.

If people were made to try them one by one, wouldn't that be using human lives to test it?

The Prince of Wei was about to give the order immediately; to an ancient feudal monarch, the lives of soldiers were simply worthless, so this matter was very simple.

Liu Zheng, however, hurriedly stopped him and shook his head.

First, he could not truly force the soldiers to go to their deaths to test it; although this was the most effective method, he could not accept it emotionally.

Second, in such an extremely enclosed situation filled with all kinds of uncertainties, doing this was not a good thing. The soldiers could easily harbor resentment, and if a mutiny occurred later, the losses would outweigh the gains. Because no one knew what would happen next.

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

The Prince of Wei frowned.

"I will go and try!"

Liu Zheng suddenly said.

"What?"

Everyone was startled.

"Absolutely not!"

"Vice Minister Liu..."

"Vice Minister Liu, you must not put yourself in danger!"

Everyone tried to dissuade him one after another.

The Prince of Yong, however, gave a wry smile from the side.

Since when did Vice Minister Liu also become so daring?

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