Chapter 47 Thousands of Years of Murder

Black Pyramid, I am afraid this is a wonder that even the most experienced adventurers in the world have never seen.

"By the way, who killed you?" Holmes asked, "Was it Anubis, the god of death, son of Set, or Horus, the son of Osiris, the vengeful one?"

"This?" Gold smiled happily, "I heard that you solved the mystery of your classmates and are quite famous in the school. Now you have three thousands of years of murders in front of you, but you want to know the answer directly?"

Mirabeau took a piece of unknown metal from his neck. Holmes recognized the shape, it was an eye of Horus.

"This is my king's key, a totem engraved on the emperor's tomb, guarding all secrets, and also representing renewal and resurrection." Mirabeau said, "You can use it to open the door."

"Remember to give it back to me." He instructed calmly.

Holmes took the Eye of Horus. These gods left more traces in the human world than he thought. He looked at the eerie pyramids in the distance and walked over.

He placed the Eye of Horus in the groove on the gate of the first mausoleum. The heavy stone door made a sound of years of accumulation and slowly opened to both sides. The dark secret passage appeared in front of him, and the Eye of Horus in his hand emitted a faint glow, which could clearly illuminate the road in front of him.

However, behind him was shrouded in a deep shadow.

As expected of the god named Future, he only allowed humans to look forward, not back.

The tomb passage went straight down, with extinguished torches hanging on the walls on both sides. After walking for a while, the first treasure room appeared next to the tomb passage. He pushed open the door and walked in. It was full of gold and gems. The wall opposite the door was covered with exquisite murals.

This mural was a childhood of a pair of brothers.

At least in the mural, the two people looked friendly and friendly, and there was no sign of internal strife.

He noticed that the eldest son's painting was more detailed and larger than the second son's. This tomb was probably for Osiris.

The colors used in this painting and the objects that appeared in it seemed to have some seasonal characteristics, indicating that there were three more such murals, no, two. The ancient Egyptians divided the year into three seasons: flood season, winter and summer, which formed the cycle of life and endless reproduction.

Holmes searched the treasure room and found nothing else useful. He picked up a statue of Horus with gemstones inlaid in his eyes. The gemstones became dim due to some power, including the gold inside.

Maybe it was not that the gold was dim, but because he had just seen the Rhine gold, just like people who have just eaten candy will find fruit tasteless.

The ring on the woman's hand was genuine Rhine gold.

The stairs continued to go down, and soon they came to the second treasure room. As expected, there was also a mural here. The two brothers in the mural seemed to have received a gift from a goddess, while the elder brother was ruthlessly killed and sunk to the bottom of the river.

If nothing unexpected happened, the last mural should describe the resurrection of Osiris, that is, his green skin state.

The murals in the third treasure room were not the scenes described in the myth.

The third treasure room depicted a grand funeral.

Two coffins and two pyramids, it looked like the two brothers were buried together, and they enjoyed the same mourning.

The stairs were still going down, and Holmes heard a sound similar to the rubbing of wings. Although according to any biological point of view, the possibility of falcon activity in such a dark underground was zero, this was the tomb of Osiris after all, and it was natural for Horus to guard it.

The Eye of Horus in his hand shook slightly in silence, and it seemed that his entry had caused dissatisfaction with something.

A large amount of gold and gems shone ominously under the dim light, probably warning the greedy people that if they touched it, they would be cursed by the Pharaoh.

He recalled the legend of the Ring of the Nibelung, which was a divine artifact forged from the magic gold at the bottom of the Rhine River and had the power to rule the world, and the holder would inevitably encounter the darkest and deepest curse in this world.

Holmes left the treasure room. The hugeness of this pyramid was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations. The tomb passage was still going down, but there was no tomb below. Instead

, there was a river.

Holmes looked at the other side of the river. It seemed that there was a group of buildings there, which should be the place where the Pharaoh's coffin was stored. The river was dark and the depth could not be seen. He looked to one side, and there should be a canoe left for future generations to worship.

He found a leaf. The canoe did not make any sound when it was pushed into the water, but he felt that something was lurking under the water, watching him, the visitor.

The light of the Eye of Horus could only illuminate the front, and the back was completely plunged into darkness.

Sherlock Holmes felt as if he were in another world. Not long ago, he was in the library of Cambridge, surrounded by rational and calm top students. Now, he was in the bottomless underground tomb, playing a game with the fear of the original darkness in the deepest part of human heart.

However, he did not feel very scared, because the stranger the underground tomb was, the more excited and excited he felt for no reason. He stepped on the canoe and began to paddle it to the other side of the river.

This is not stagnant water. It will flow to a place, Holmes thought. He had a guess that the two black pyramids were connected by an underground river. If he paddled along the water, he would enter its twin pyramids.

But before that, he had to see the body of Osiris first.

The river bank was close at hand, but he smelled something.

It was a fragrance.

The fragrance of water lilies.

He raised his head and saw a small skylight in the distance, and the stars were shining on it.

This is the light intake, so that the water lilies in the pharaoh's resting place will never wither.

There were two small boats in the water lily pond, and inside were the coffins of Osiris and his wife.

The pure gold coffin of the pharaoh was incredibly heavy, and it was probably impossible for one person to push it open. Holmes took the scepter from its hand and pried it into the gap. With force, the lid finally slid to the other side, and the mummy lay quietly in the golden bed.

Holmes reached out and gently lifted the white cloth.

It was really horrible.

But he felt something strange.

Generally speaking, if a person wants to dismember a body, they will disassemble the limbs from the joints, but Osiris's torso was cut into several sections, which is a very thankless task.

Unless.

Holmes looked at the jar on the side, which was said to contain the pharaoh's internal organs and brain.

He took out the dried organs from it.

It was just as he thought.

The esophagus and intestines were also roughly chopped into several sections, and the stomach was not spared.

The entire digestive system seemed to have been carefully searched.

This was Seth's crime against his own brother.

Many myths describe it as hatred or jealousy, but Holmes held his torn intestines and thought that Set was probably looking for something.

If the two people really had a dispute over Gold's gold, then it was very likely that Osiris swallowed a small ring in order to possess it.

And Set brutally dismembered him in order to find this golden ring.

Set's power is the power of a king. He

rules over everything.

He recalled the description in the book.

So now he has to go to Set's tomb.

When he walked back to the shore, the dark river water was still flowing, as if inviting visitors to embark on a road of no return.

He rowed the boat along the current, carefully keeping a distance from the two banks. There was nothing on the shore except the smooth mined corridor, but he felt that something was looking at him.

It was the Eye of Horus.

The stone walls on both sides of the river were painted with the pattern of the Eye of Horus. It was obviously just a totem, but the pupil was inlaid with dazzling gold. Therefore, under the light, it seemed to have life, examining and gazing at him.

His canoe continued to move forward, and the elements of Horus gradually faded. In front of him, two huge statues stood on both sides of the river. They were black dog heads and human bodies. They were statues of Anubis.

The eyes of the hounds were also made of brilliant gold and gems.

Holmes heard a low wheeze.

In this quiet place, a low wheeze came, as if it was a low wheeze made by a hound when searching for prey, as if it was very far away, and as if it was only in the ear.

Then, Anubis turned his head quietly.

There was no other movement.

It just seemed to be polite to his entry, and his eyes were always tracking him.

He knew that he had entered the underground of another pyramid.

From the surface, the two pyramids were very similar, but the scenery underground was very different.

Set's tomb is not in the symmetrical place of Osiris.

There is also a small skylight in the symmetrical place, but this is not the Pharaoh's bedroom, but something like a temple.

Water lilies are clustered around the offerings.

He walked up to the altar and saw what was on it clearly.