Inside the military tent.

"How's that okay?"

Du Bo (deputy) "Zhou Feng" paced back and forth restlessly, and kept chattering, "The envoy ordered the two of us to excavate the tomb of King Liang Xiao within two months, and now the deadline has passed most of the time, not only did we not complete the excavation, but also inexplicably lost more than half of the people last night, how to explain to the envoy when I go back?" ”

"Go back? If you can't do this thing, you might as well die in this wilderness. ”

The military candidate "Cao Yu" looked at the saber next to him with a solemn face and spit out turbidity, but he only felt more depressed in his chest.

"Don't talk about life and death lightly, you and you are uncles and nephews, even if you fail this mission, he will not punish you too much, and then I will ask the military to say a few good words for me."

Zhou Feng finally stopped and hurriedly came up to persuade.

"That's why I'm even more shameless to go back to see my uncle."

Cao Yu sighed and said, "Last month, Xuzhou Tao Qian connived at his subordinates to harm my Taigong's life, and my uncle was angry and conquered Tao Qian, I wanted to be a vanguard and lead the army to slash the enemy, but my uncle had other plans, and he wanted to order me to lead the army of the people to rob the tomb to solve the urgent need for military salaries on the front line......."

Speaking of this, Cao Yu paused violently, as if he had said something that should not be said, and subconsciously changed his words: "...... At that time, I blamed my uncle for being overkill, and now not only have I lost my troops but I have gained nothing, alas-"

Zhou Feng also pretended not to hear the previous words, and quietly proposed: "This...... Why don't you send some more people into the tomb to investigate, maybe you can find something else? ”

"There are only more than 200 people in the Hingren army, and now more than half of the casualties have not yet been found out, and the rest are all panicked. Are you? ”

Cao Yu raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Feng.

"Ahem!"

Zhou Feng coughed twice in embarrassment, and explained again and again, "You know me, I have been weak and sickly since I was a child, and the doctor instructed me not to step into a cold place, otherwise my life will be short...... However, the military does not have to worry too much, as long as you give an order, whoever dares to retreat will be a deserter, and he can be beheaded according to the law. ”

"Huh."

Cao Yu rolled his eyes and sneered, and said in his heart If it weren't for your uncle's strong recommendation in front of my uncle, how could you be able to afford the position of the capital of the army of the people?

However, this is obviously not the time to care about these details, and Cao Yu immediately fell back into distress: what happened last night, could it be that there are really ghosts and monsters in the tomb?

After a long time.

"Bang!"

As if he had made up his mind, Cao Yu suddenly slapped the table, gritted his teeth and said: "If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, and I will personally lead people to the grave tonight!" If he dies in the tomb, he should repay his uncle's trust! ”

"No! Never! If something happens to the army, who will lead the army? ”

Zhou Feng was startled, and hurriedly jumped over and tried to persuade him.

That's when it happened.

"Report ——!"

Suddenly, an order came from outside the tent.

"Come in!"

The topic ended for a while, and Cao Yu sat back in his chair and said expressionlessly.

A soldier ran in quickly, clenched his fists and said, "Report!" The military waiting, there is still a living mouth among the people who entered the tomb last night, and now it has been taken out of the tent, please wait for the military to be released. ”

Hearing this, Cao Yu instantly came to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Living mouth? Bring it in! ”

"Yes!"

The soldier bowed and retreated.

In the blink of an eye, an unkempt young man walked in after the soldier.

"How are you?"

Seeing this young man, Cao Yu hadn't yet spoken, but Zhou Feng was the first to show surprise, as if he had seen someone who shouldn't be here.

This person is none other than Wu Liang.

Wu Liang naturally noticed Zhou Feng's reaction, and while he was puzzled, he suddenly remembered some things:

The reason for this is that the "talented brother" had reported to Cao Yu for the unfair distribution of food, which led to Zhou Feng, who was in charge of the matter, being reprimanded.

Fortunately, Cao Yu is quite fair, and without grasping the handle of the "talented brother", Zhou Feng can't blatantly do anything to him.

But it's hard to say it secretly, such as instructing others to kill him in the tomb without realizing it?

In short, Zhou Feng had every motivation to do so.

It's just that now Wu Liang is only suspicious, and he doesn't have definite evidence, so it's not good to say anything in front of Cao Yu, all he can do is keep an eye on it.

"Meet the Soldiers, Dubo."

Thinking so, Wu Liang lowered his eyebrows and saluted.

"No need to be polite."

Cao Yu waved his hand and asked eagerly, "You were the only one alive last night, and tell me what you saw and heard in the tomb, why our people were all wiped out?" ”

Wu Liang's mind turned, in fact, through the death of those people and some details of what happened last night, he had almost guessed the cause of this accident - "death in the well"!

In the 21st century, both archaeologists and tomb robbers know that the ancient tombs are closed all year round, and the air composition in the tombs has changed, the most common of which are carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide excess, these two gases are very easy to produce and colorless and odorless, the former can poison people, the latter can suffocate, it is simply an invisible super killer.

Faced with this situation, the best thing to do is to pre-ventilate.

However, this recently formed army of the Qiangren seems to have no experience in this area at all, and as soon as the King Kong Wall was demolished, it immediately sent people to investigate, and more than 100 people entered at once, and at the same time carried dozens of lit torches.

This practice will undoubtedly exacerbate oxygen consumption in the tomb, causing a surge in carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.

Even during the investigation, the torches were extinguished and the people in the tomb were not alerted, which led to a tragedy that could have been avoided......

But at the same time, Wu Liang also knew that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no specific concept of air, let alone carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and the like.

Therefore, it may not be useful to force science popularization.

In the case of someone eyeing his life, maybe he may be bitten and end up like Bruno.

Rather than taking this risk, it is better to first bluff it with the most understandable statement of this era, and then solve the problem with a superior attitude, so as to gain the trust and reliance of the military candidates.

In this way, you can take the initiative into your own hands!

After thinking about it, Wu Liang finally lowered his gaze and said in a low voice: "Have you ever heard of 'ghost blowing the lamp'?" ”

"Ghost blowing out the lamp? I haven't heard of it, so what's the point? ”

Cao Yu frowned again, a look of surprise in his eyes.

Zhou Feng also had a strange face, and changed his standing posture very uncomfortably, in order to cover up the uneasiness in his heart.

In fact, don't say that people in this era, even in the 21st century where Wu Liang lives, when people hear the words "ghost" and "tomb" at the same time, they will unconsciously have many associations, not to mention the two people who have no experience in robbing tombs at all and are deeply influenced by feudal superstitious thoughts.

"Legend has it that 'ghosts blow out lanterns' is an agreement between the living and the dead."

Wu Liang's voice became deeper and lower, his eyes looked directly at the two of them, and he said half-truthfully, "If a living person enters the tomb and commits theft, if the open flame is suddenly extinguished, it is the owner of the tomb who has not yet died who has issued an eviction order, warning the tomb robbers not to act recklessly, and the tomb robbers need to retreat quickly, and do not take a thing, otherwise they will be destroyed!" ”