Tomb Raiders

"Sure enough, there is a bloody smell in the water." Shen Liaobai murmured, staring at the calm water.

"What's the matter?" Chu Yuyang's voice sounded from behind, Shen Liaobai was startled, almost fell into the pool again, and was grabbed by Chu Yuyang.

Chu Yuyang looked at his face and said, "Is there something here?"

Shen Liaobai unconsciously dodged Chu Yuyang's gaze, and said in a stuttering voice, "There's nothing..."

"Then why are you blushing?" Chu Yuyang raised his eyebrows, reached out and touched his cheek very naturally.

Shen Liaobai was so embarrassed that he couldn't even speak. He took two steps back, cleared his throat, and finally said: "The water smells like blood. I think if the previous group of people left Then...there must be someone seriously injured."

Chu Yuyang was silent for a moment, and said: "There were five people in the last group, except for my father and Shen Yingqing, I investigated the other three people. During this journey, except for the jade pendant of my father that you picked up outside the tomb, and Nothing related to these five people was found, and if there are no clues in the main tomb, they must have left the tomb."

Shen Liaobai understood what he meant, no matter where the bloody smell came from, as long as he didn't see the bones of his relatives, there was still hope.

Everyone rested for a while, and when the clothes on their bodies were about half dry, they walked forward along the canal.

This tomb is obviously also slightly modified from a natural karst cave. Some stalagmites can be faintly seen hanging from the towering cave roof. The floor of the tomb is very smooth, and there are exquisite lines engraved on the side of the canal. Although the water flow in the canal is very slow, it can be seen that it is running water. This method of leading underground living water into the tomb has indeed created a pattern of gathering energy and accumulating wealth. Thinking about it, even if Zhang Jiao is defeated, he still hopes that his descendants can make achievements.

After walking for dozens of steps, they arrived at the turning point of the canal. As soon as they turned the corner, they saw an opening on the side of the stone platform that only allowed one person to enter and exit. There were still some broken stones scattered under the stone platform. It exploded.

The entrance of this cave is very narrow, and its shape is square. There is also a copper pagoda near the cave entrance, which is in the shape of a beast face ring.The eyes of the animal face are protruding, and the ears are turned outward.The entire animal face is decorated with scaly patterns, triangular patterns, etc., and there are two vertical rectangles on the back.Shen Liaobai picked up the shop head, looked at it and asked, "Is this...used in the coffin door?"

Chu Yuyang stroked the edge of the cave, pondered for a moment and said: "This stone platform should be Zhang Jiao's coffin. The last group of people came here and found the coffin door hidden on the stone platform. After opening it, they entered the coffin. internal."

Song Qiancheng pushed Hanzhang away, took a look at it, and said: "This door is too small, and you can't see anything clearly inside. Who can go in here?"

Hanzhang sneered and said, "Don't worry, I won't ask you to take such a risk. Ask Hao, can you get in through this door?"

Wen Hao stepped forward to compare the size of the cave entrance, frowned and said, "I'm afraid it won't work." He turned his head to look at Shen Liaobai, hesitated, and said, "Master Shen might be able to do it."

Shen Liaobai put down the copper shop head in his hand, went over to have a look, but he could barely get in, and said: "Then I'll try."

Wen Hao pulled out the rope around his waist and tied one end around Shen Liaobai's waist, in case there was an accident inside and it was too late to escape, Shen Liaobai supported the opening of the cave with both hands and slowly crawled in.

The outer layer of the coffin is a square or sub-shaped coffin chamber made of large wooden strips, in the middle of which is placed the coffin of the tomb owner. Between the coffin chamber and the coffin are placed the funeral objects of the tomb owner, which are also the most cherished objects of the tomb owner during his lifetime. .

Although Shen Liaobai had read the description of the inner and outer coffins before, he did not understand what it looked like until he entered. Zhang Jiao could not be regarded as an emperor, but his subordinates obviously did not think so. It was built according to the specifications of the emperor, and you can tell that there are four layers at a glance.

After entering through the door, you can see a narrow corridor in the shape of a mouth. The outer wall of the corridor is made of stone, while the inner side is indeed made of high-quality basswood, which is the third genus. From the opening, facing inwards is the second layer of ground, and after the ground is Zhang Jiao's coffin, also known as the 椑室.

Shen Liaobai held up the canopy to take a picture. The distance from the door to the first coffin was not too far. With Shen Liaobai's current position, he could already vaguely see the shape of the coffin, so Shen Liaobai crawled a few more times inside Step by step, there are no funerary objects in the coffin, presumably the person who went in earlier transported all the things out before entering the innermost chamber.

The air in the coffin was stagnant, and Shen Liaobai felt a little out of breath after lying down for a while. He walked inside through the basswood floor, and just entered the coffin room, he realized something was wrong. The coffin in the coffin room Although it was well placed in the center, the stone wall above it was mostly broken.

Shen Liaobai reluctantly sat up on his knees, holding the bonfire and leaning in front of the coffin, only to see that the coffin lid was also broken, and the outer layer of buffalo skin mixed with gravel was scattered all over the ground. Under the cracked coffin lid, there was no The "General Tiangong" who died for hundreds of years.There were some rare objects in the coffin, and a thick book wrapped in yellow silk. Shen Liaobai picked it up, and it was indeed the Taiping Sutra that King Ding wanted.

Shen Liaobai was holding the Taiping Sutra, and was a little dazed for a while. Ruoyingqing and the others retreated from the coffin, and it is logical that they would not leave the vital Taiping Sutra, but the most important thing right now was thrown into the coffin, and But almost all the funerary objects outside were taken away, so something must have happened in the nasal chamber, so the people who came in had to give up the Taiping Sutra.

Could it be that Zhang Jiao's corpse has changed?It is said that in the place where the qi gathers, the immortal corpse will rise up when it encounters the qi of a living person, turning into a monster as powerful as a cow and unconscious.While guessing wildly, Shen Liaobai inspected the room carefully. On the side of the room, near the top of the coffin, there was a beautifully carved altar.

Shen Liaobai frowned. He saw brown blood stains on the altar, not many, just a few here and there, but he didn't smell any bloody smell. Shen Liaobai reached out and touched the surface of the altar. There were sunken grooves in it, which must have been used to place things, and that thing is now gone.

Shen Liaobai tried his best to get closer to check, and felt more and more that the groove was shaped like a branch. He thought of the branch that Yingqing left for them, so he couldn't help but reach out and touch it. The inside of the groove was smooth and cold, and there were some Wet, when Shen Liaobai touched it, the tattoo on his shoulder suddenly hurt, he immediately withdrew his hand, hesitated for a moment, then stopped staying in the coffin, put the Taiping Sutra in his arms, and slowly crawled out .

Chu Yuyang stood guard by the door, and when he saw Shen Liaobai leaning out in a panic, he put his arms around his waist and carried him out.

Shen Liaobai was concerned with what he saw in the coffin, but he didn't care about Chu Yuyang's movements. He didn't even have time to untie the rope around his waist, so he took out the Taiping Sutra and told about the scene in the coffin.

Chu Yuyang frowned after hearing this, and said: "You said that except for the most important Taiping Sutra, almost all the other funeral objects were taken away?"

Shen Liaobai nodded, and said: "But I didn't see those funerary objects in this tomb, presumably Yingqing and the others have left with their things, but I don't know what happened, and they didn't take the Taiping Jing."

"Those funerary objects will only be placed in the second and third coffin chambers. If the Taiping Sutra cannot be taken away, something must have happened in the coffin chamber..." Chu Yuyang murmured, "If Zhang Jiao's body is gone, we should take it away." related to this."

Wen Hao helped Shen Liaobai untie the rope from his waist, and said, "Then what should we do now?"

Chu Yuyang pondered for a moment, and said to Shen Liaobai: "Suppose they let the smallest person in the team enter the coffin like us, and because of King Ding's order, they will put the funeral objects in the second and third coffin chambers into the coffin." It was transported out first, which is also for the convenience of entering and exiting, and the people outside the coffin sorted out these funerary objects, and at the same time waited for that person to bring out the most important Taiping Sutra."

"But apparently, something happened to that person in the room." Shen Liaobai said, "Although I don't know what happened, but it was enough to make him give up the Taiping Sutra. I also found blood in the room. That person He must have been injured."

"If this person has no way to deal with it and can only escape from the coffin, then the people outside can only give up, because no one else can get into the hole except him, then the father and the others will leave here first with the funeral objects." Chu Yuyang's face was stern, and his expression gradually became gloomy, "But they didn't come back, which means that what happened in the coffin was very troublesome, so troublesome that they couldn't leave smoothly..."

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

After a while, Song Qiancheng suddenly said, "If that's the case, let's find an exit."

Hanzhang sneered and said, "That is, you have completed your master's explanation, so naturally you ran away in a hurry."

Song Qiancheng didn't look at him, his face was very calm, and he looked straight at the hole in the coffin, "According to what Chu Jun said, since there are no traces of the previous group of people in this tomb, and there are no funeral objects, It proves that they did leave the main tomb with the funerary objects, so the only place where something might happen is..."

"On the way out..." Shen Liaobai murmured, "They had an accident on the way out."

Wen Hao looked around for a while, frowned and said: "But this place is empty, and there is no exit, so is it possible to swim back from the entrance?"

"I can't go back there, have you forgotten how we got down?" Hanzhang reminded, he took two steps, and said to Chu Jianyang, "Dalang, why don't we separate and go around in the main tomb?" Go around and see if there is any secret channel."

Chu Yuyang nodded, and said: "Don't stay alone, you and Wenhao are together."

After finishing speaking, he walked to Shen Liaobai's side and said, "Let's go, let's take a look over there."

Before Shen Liaobai could react, he was taken away by Chu Yuyang.

Song Qiancheng took his eyes back from the coffin and said to Hanzhang, "Then shall I stay here alone?"

Han Zhang glared at him, "Of course you are with us, let's go!"

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