Episode 7 (The Lost Tomb)

**Episode 7 (The Lost Tomb)** is the seventh episode of the television series The Lost Tomb.

## Synopsis

The group learns the truth of the Seven Star Palace and the Iron-Masked Scholar.

## Story

Wu Xie continued reading the record. King Lu Shang eventually started getting sick and had another dream where the serpent told him that everyone was waiting for him in hell. When he woke up, he was concerned and sent for his advisor, Iron-Masked Scholar. He told him of the Jade Burial Armor which could rejuvenate the old and bring the dead back to life. King Lu Shang ordered more than 3,000 men to chisel the mountains and bore tunnels for half a year. He eventually found the imperial tomb of the Western Zhou dynasty where the jade burial armor was. The Iron-Masked Scholar used a special method to remove the body that was in the armor and placed it in a stone coffin in a side chamber. The one they had encountered previously. Thus, with the iron-masked scholar, King Lu Shang secretly built on top of the Western Zhou tomb and used traps like the Seven Deceptive Coffins.

In a flashback, King Lu Shang spoke with the Iron-Masked Scholar. King Lu Shang trusted only the Iron-Masked Scholar. Yao Guang and King Lu Shang had planned to run away together but King Lu Shang received orders from the Duke of Lu to head out. King Lu Shang rushed his plans with the Iron-Masked Scholar. The Iron-Masked Scholar in turn called upon the Green-Eyed Fox. The Duke of Lu eventually found out about Yao Guang and King Lu Shang's plan, so he locked Yao Guang away in her room. At one point, Yao Guang tried to get a secret message out to King Lu Shang, but it was found by the Duke of Lu. The Duke became angry and pushed her. She fell over a rail and into a pond where she hit her head on the bottom and died from her injuries. Ru Yue, a servant of hers, reported her death to King Lu Shang. The Iron-Masked Scholar gave King Lu Shang the idea to use the jade burial armor to save Yao Guang. They could store food and supplies in the Western Zhou dynasty tomb and stay there for the rest of their lives. The Duke of Lu received a report that King Lu Shang had died in a mountain. The Duke was happy his problem was solved and ordered that the mountain be considered a tomb for King Lu Shang. While at the Western Zhou tomb, Yao Guang was placed in the jade burial armor while King Lu Shang killed everyone that had accompanied him to the tomb beside the Iron-Masked Scholar. Except the Iron-Masked Scholar had other plans and killed King Lu Shang taking the jade burial armor for himself. He had the green-eyed fox accompany him in death so that he too could rise again.

Zhang Qiling knew about the switch because he found a complete Warring States Period silk manual in a Song dynasty tomb. It described the life of the Iron-Masked Scholar. To cover his disappearance he killed his family in a fire and put a beggar's corpse to fill in his identity. But the body of King Lu Shang's whereabouts was still unknown.

The group wanted to leave the tomb, but Pangzi didn't want to leave without the Ghost Seal. He was worried Ning's group would take it for themselves, but she was there for something else. After some time, the head of the green-eyed fox corpse started moving. Inside the head was the king corpse-eater. It is the most dangerous corpse-eater because its poison kills just upon touching it. It starts following them and in a panic, Wu Xie kills it. Killing the king summoned the surrounding corpse-eaters and the group hurriedly climbed up the tree to escape. To kill some of the corpse-eaters, Ning shot the bag of explosives her team had that was still on the floor of the tomb. It does not stop them and more replaced the ones that were killed. A corpse-eater managed to reach Wu Xie and bit him in the leg which caused him to lose his balance. He was caught by Ning but she couldn't hold on to him and he fell.

## Characters

* Wu Xie
* Zhang Qiling
* Wang Pangzi
* Wu Sanxing
* Pan Zi
* Ning
* King Lu Shang (flashback)
* Iron-Masked Scholar (flashback)
* Yao Guang
* Duke of Lu
* Ru Yue
* Green-Eyed Fox
* Chen Chengcheng
* High Shao
* Liu Tai

## Artifacts

* Jade Burial Armor
* Ghost Seal (mentioned)

## Locations

* Seven Star Palace
* State of Lu, China (flashback)