Handbook of Nonhuman Research

Hearing the words of the third watch, Yan Jun finally circled a few strokes on the paper, closed the document, and planned to go down with them.

"Do you want... to rest for a while?" Zhao Wugou asked hesitantly.In his impression, the minister seems to be always working, eating and drinking, and has no time to rest.

Yan Jun shook his head, put on the black camel hair coat handed over by Si Geng, and said, "I'll accompany you."

Wu Yi on the other side unceremoniously reached out and pinched Bai Ze's nose, "Hey, get up, take us to find your companion."

companion?Bai Ze and the cat?The intern looked at Wu Yi.

"He said he was a cat clan and thought he was 'yes'." Wu Yi shrugged.

Zhao Wugou: ……………

Everyone excitedly came to the well surrounded by ghosts.The mouth of the filled dry well is not big, about [-] to [-] centimeters wide. If it had the shape of a huge beast with a bull's head and a horse's face, it might still be in danger of getting stuck.

Dan Ke and San Geng waved to them excitedly below.

The intern looked down. The hidden door was about twelve or thirteen meters away from the mouth of the well, a little... high.He searched and found that there was not even a rope at the mouth of the well.The work is all ghosts, no ropes are needed.

He was hesitating, but Wu Yi jumped off first, followed closely by Bai Ze.

Zhao Zhanwuwugou Wugou: …………………

There was a faint smile in Yan Jun's eyes, and he handed his right hand to someone in a timely manner.

The intern pursed the corners of his lips and had no choice but to hold it.With one breath and one breath, their clothes fluttered and they fell to the bottom of the well.

The well wall is conical, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and wider as it goes down.Compared with the wellhead, the three people at the bottom of the well are still more than enough.Letting go of Yan Jun, Zhao Wugou looked around, the soil under his feet felt a bit soft, and there was a damp earthy smell all around.

There was a half-arched hole in the wall of the well on their right-hand side, the so-called secret door.There should have been a door, but it has long since disappeared, leaving only a wide open passage.

Bai Ze and Wu Yi couldn't wait to go in, Zhao Wugou could only follow behind, and Yan Jun walked last.

The height of the passage is only about 1.7 meters, and they have to bend over to walk in it.

Zhao Wugou looked while walking, and the stone bricks on the wall looked very ordinary, without any obvious characteristics of the times, but they were laid very neatly.He stretched out his hand to feel it, and found that the joints were so tight that he could hardly feel the joints between the bricks.It suddenly occurred to me that this might be the advanced craftsmanship used in the palace walls of the Ming Dynasty, grinding bricks to seam.

If the bricks were really rubbed against each other, then the story told by the old ghosts would be much more believable.

"By the way, who invented the well?" Wu Yi's voice echoed in the passage.

"Bo Yi." Bai Ze and Zhao Wugou who were walking behind him replied like an echo.

"Can't he design this alley higher?" Wu Yi complained, clutching his neck.Bending to walk, too uncomfortable!

The alley in the well?Zhao Wugou silently supported his forehead.

The movement of bending over made the intern's waistline extremely tight, and when he raised his hand again, his sweater was completely taken up, revealing a large area of ​​skin on his back waist, which was dazzling like white jade in the dimly lit passageway.Yan Jun, who was walking behind him, had dim eyes, and immediately turned back to shoot the third watch who followed him more than ten feet away.

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It was even more difficult to stand still after almost falling three times, scratching my head for some unknown reason, Your Majesty thinks it is too close?

Zhao Wugou was oblivious to the situation behind him, and listened to the interaction between the two in front with great interest.Bai Zezheng quoted scriptures and carefully explained to Wu Yi, "According to the rules of the Yuan Dynasty, an alley is six steps wide, a small street is twelve steps wide, and a street is 24 steps wide. This place is only two steps wide, so it cannot be called an alley."

Nine-Tailed Fox: ……………

After walking for a few more minutes, Wu Yi finally couldn't hold on any longer, and simply changed back to his original form.Bai Ze also changed into a white-haired lion with golden horns on his head.

The animal-shaped Bai Ze immediately became more lively, and rolled on the ground twice like a merry-go-round, with a lot of dark green moss stuck to its beautiful silver-white long hair.

It flapped its four paws, and leaned over to rub against the Nine-Tailed Fox in front of it.After being flicked by the tail, he continued on his way honestly.

Zhao Wugou looked at Bai Ze, who had liberated his nature. Whether a lion is a canine or a cat is still debated in the biological world.But a cat with long horns?No matter how you think about it, it's a bit hard to accept.

"Human beings are so pitiful." Wu Yi swung his fluffy tail and swaggered forward, looking at Zhao Wugou who was bending forward with 'sympathy' at the top of the evolutionary chain.

Zhao Wugou: ……………

They walked for about ten minutes, and there was a fork in the shape of a Y character in front of them.The channel on the right is noticeably shorter than the one on the left.

"You are on the left and we are on the right?" Wu Yi wrinkled the tip of his pink nose, and looked back at Zhao Wugou and the others.

Zhao Wugou nodded, and the white lion and the nine-tailed fox spread their paws and ran towards the road on the right.

The Danke at the front walked to the left and continued to clear the way for Zhao Wugou and the others.

It didn't take long before carved patterns of copper coins appeared on the ground under their feet, and colorful murals with patterns of vases and fairy deer appeared on the walls.At the same time, there was an inexplicable smell in the air.

Zhao Wugou frowned.

Turning the corner, a straight passage appeared in front of you, facing a miniature palace with stone pillars. Although it was small, it was extremely exquisitely built.There are also [-] scaled-down white marble stone beasts lined up on both sides of the passage. If you look closely, they are all animals such as lions, elephants, and camels.

"This should be the cat mound, right?" Zhao Wugou, who was finally able to stand upright, breathed out, rubbing his neck and looking around.

Yan Jun nodded, looking at the size and specifications of this hall, apart from cats, probably only babies can fit in it.

The hall, which was used as a tomb, was in a mess. The high platform where the coffin should have been placed in the middle of the hall was empty. The legendary golden coffin was nowhere to be seen, only a piece of red brocade was scattered.Zhao Wugou walked over, although the color had faded, but the words 'Turn into a Lion into a Dragon' on it were still clearly recognizable.

"When this cat became a demon, it robbed its own tomb?" Tan Ke ran to both sides to look at it in three shifts. There were more than a dozen lipstick boxes piled up in the ear chambers on the left and right sides, all of which were strangely exposed. The sky is empty.Only a few dusty shards of porcelain remained in the corners.

"I'm afraid it's not a cat." Zhao Wugou, who was looking at it with a piece of porcelain, shook his head.It seems that the legend is true, the emperor really loved the black cat, not to mention casting a golden coffin, even the best Jun porcelain would be willing to bury it with him.

"Not a cat?" Tan Ke and San Geng looked at each other.

"This cat has not become a demon." Yan Jun pointed to the piece of brocade, and when the wind picked it up, the cloth broke and flew away, revealing the crooked cat corpse on the stone steps. "It went very peacefully."

Zhao Wugou looked at the thing exuding an unknown smell, and really didn't know how to explain the minister's peace, but at least he could confirm that the cat mound was stolen, and it had nothing to do with the cat.Transforming a lion into a dragon can only become a fantasy in the end.

"Those people are probably not missing. They ran away." The intern handed the porcelain in his hand to Yan Jun. After blowing off the dust, there was a clear fingerprint on it, and there was an extra finger on the place of the little finger .

"Run?" Midnight scratched his head in doubt.

Yan Jun raised his eyebrows slightly, "You mean, they took the cat's golden coffin and other things in the tomb and ran away?"

Zhao Wugou nodded, and walked over to pick up a piece of porcelain with a honeysuckle pattern, and looked at it, "Although I'm not sure whether they already knew about the legend or just found it inadvertently, but they've obviously been there before. Here. This tomb was a windfall for them at that time. According to the situation back then, even if they honestly worked hard for a few months and repaired the house, the money they got was probably not a tenth of that of the coffin. Yiduo. Instead of this, it is better to take the things here and run away. After selling it, take a lot of money to find a place to live and enjoy the rest of your life.”

No body was ever found, because no one died at all.They had sneaked away by themselves, perhaps along the other side of the tunnel.

"It must be the big pawnshops that can swallow this money. I think we can check the files left by the shopkeepers of those big pawnshops to see if anyone has handled things like golden coffins. This kind of thing can only be bought in a lifetime. They will come across one, and they will definitely remember those who sell things." Zhao Wugou winked at the minister slyly.

Yan Jun's jaw moved lightly, and he waved his hand vigorously, "Third watch, send a letter back to ask them to check the big pawnshop near the Beijing Lizhai in 37 and 38."

"Yes." Midnight bowed in response.

"However, I still don't understand something." The intern frowned and turned to look at the aisle. In order to make the cat "use" comfortably, all the objects in the tomb were obviously shrunk down according to the size of the cat. The miniature version of the channel, but from this point of view, the proportion of the channel is extremely uncoordinated.

Rumors have also mentioned the passage, saying that it is for black cats to enter and exit, but such a high passage is obviously for things much larger than cats, such as people.

It was impossible for the emperor to specially leave a passage for the tomb robbers back then, right?

Is it the escape route left by the craftsmen who built the tomb?But the cat mound is not an imperial mausoleum, so craftsmen should not be buried there. Moreover, it is impossible to make the escape route so fine, and use the craftsmanship of grinding bricks to seam each other.

So, who is this passage built for?Was it really built together with the original cat mound?Or was it connected to the original cat mound when the tunnel was built?

"Do you think there is a problem with the passage?" Yan Jun followed his gaze and looked over.

"Hmm." The intern nodded.Outlined what I thought of just now.

Yan Jun was about to speak, when suddenly a hasty shout came from the corridor, "Your Majesty, Judge, it's not good!"

"What's the matter?" Yan Jun's face sank like water, and he glanced at the fourth watch displeased, so flustered that he even forgot the rules?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty Judge." Before the figure of the fourth watch arrived, the voice came first, "It's not good, news came from the ghost attendant that His Highness has disappeared."

"You hit it again?" The intern stared at his amber eyes, and reflexively turned his head to look at Yan Jun.The last time he stayed in the human world, the little guy secretly complained to it, and his father beat him, so he missed himself so much and sneaked into the human world.

"...Of course not." Yan Jun paused in Zhao Wugou's questioning gaze, and silently argued, "I haven't been back to the underworld for three days, and I didn't beat him before."

"Let's go! Find someone first." Zhao Wugou grabbed Yan Jun's hand and rushed out of the passage in a hurry.This case has been suspended for almost a hundred years, and it will take a few more days, and the little bun is still important.