Chapter 320: The Underground Palace

In the next two days, the Drunken Spring Building was restored to peace, but in private, the guys still changed color about the stammering experience, and they had to go to the toilet together at night.

Li Tao temporarily relaxed, drank every day, watched singing and dancing, and of course, the most was accompanied by Cheng Jiao. At Cheng Jiao's suggestion, they had a rare trip to the temple market and had a great time.

In the evening, the two returned with a full load, and Li Tao seemed to be her follower, carrying a pocket in each hand, which was full of some gadgets that Cheng Jiao bought in the temple market. The two talked and laughed, and when they arrived at the door, Li Tao looked up violently, only to see Wang Qi squatting at the bottom of the steps, squeezing his eyebrows at him.

Li Tao pulled him to a secluded place and couldn't wait to ask, "Have you dug through the thief hole?" ”

Wang Qidao: "The last section has been dug, Xiaoshan and Ah Gou are working, it is estimated that it will take two more hours to get through." ”

Xiaoshan and Ah Gou are his two apprentices.

Li Tao was overjoyed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work." ”

returned to Cheng Jiao's side, handed her the two pockets, and said that he was going to leave for the imperial tomb.

Cheng Jiao took out a string of Tianlu made of black agate from her pocket, tied it around Li Tao's neck, and said: "This string of Tianlu was originally bought for you, and it is just right to wear it, which can be used to ward off evil spirits." I know I can't stop you, so remember, if you can't do it, don't force it. ”

Li Tao was grateful in his heart and pondered: "It turns out that she is so good to me, but she is thin-skinned and doesn't want to show it." ”

After Cheng Jiao tied it, she took a step back, looked at him and said, "I'm tired, I want to go back to the attic to sleep, I hope that when I wake up." You can appear before me safely. ”

Li Tao nodded and smiled: "A word is a certainty." ”

Li Tao quietly called Li Bai, hired a carriage, and hurried to the imperial tomb at a gallop.

"The King of the County. Either we call Master up, or I always feel like I have no bottom! Li Bai said uneasily.

Li Tao stared at Li Bai: "Do you know why I didn't let Uncle Yue follow these days, but the two of us acted?" It's just to give you an experience. Uncle Yue is not too young to rely on him for everything, as his disciple, you should rise to the challenge! ”

Li Bai nodded: "I understand, County King!" ”

The three got off at a distance of five or six miles from the mausoleum area. After a few more miles, climb the Loess Mountain. Wang Qi led Li Tao and Pei Yue to a stop in a treacherous area. The two looked left and right. Overgrown with weeds, there are no thieves in sight. Just as he was wondering, he saw Wang Qi grab a tuft of weeds and lift it up together with the loess below. A black hole was revealed.

Li Tao was amazed. Obviously, these grasslands are born here, and they dig up the whole piece and put it back to cover the hole, so that even if someone passes by in broad daylight, they will never find it. Sure enough, each industry has its own skills, and it is not easy to dig a thief hole more than two miles long in four days. It is really impressive to be able to do it so covertly and thoughtfully.

Wang Qi pointed to a piece of light under the mountain. He said in a low voice: "That is the garrison of the mausoleum guard, and the robbery cave is from below, and after entering the robbery cave for a while, no matter what the situation is, you must not make a loud noise." ”

When Li Tao and Li Bai heard what he said, they seemed to have a creepy feeling, could it be that they would encounter any abnormal situation in the thief cave?

Wang Qi was the last to burrow into the cave and seal the entrance of the cave, and it was pitch black in an instant, and the rest was to keep crawling forward. Li Tao felt that the thief cave had been going down, climbed for about a mile, and gradually became gentle, presumably at the foot of the mountain, and began to extend into the mausoleum. After climbing another mile, it became uphill again, Li Tao thought it was interesting at first, but at this time, he felt that his back was sore and his legs were weak, and he was not as comfortable as outside. was secretly complaining, suddenly the bottom of his hand was empty, and his side was open, but it was pitch black, and he couldn't see his five fingers, and he didn't know where he was.

Wang Qi lit the torch, the surroundings lit up, you can see that this is a downward inclined tunnel, the top is a stone arch coupon, the ground is paved with blue bricks, there is a tunnel door leading to the Ming Tower up, and at the end of the tunnel down, it is the main gate of Xuanguan. Now this stone door is half opened, and the thousand catties of stone are rolling aside, and at a glance, you can see that it is artificially opened.

"These two kings and eight lambs, seeing that the money was open-eyed, said that they would wait for us at the door after digging through, but they hurriedly went in, and they were not afraid of being ambushed by the organs?" Wang Qi scolded and scolded.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he looked at it, he let out an "ouch" and froze in place.

The place where the dead were buried was already full of mystery and horror, and as soon as he called this, Li Tao and Li Bai were shocked into a cold sweat, and they both rushed to the front and looked inward. I saw shovels, hammers, steel drills and other things scattered on the ground, and Wang Qi recognized that they were used by his two apprentices. Judging from his experience, the only possibility that the tomb robbers had abandoned the eating guys was that they had encountered an anomaly here.

The atmosphere suddenly became depressed, and the faces of the three of them turned blue, and they were in a dilemma for a while.

"It's theirs!" Wang Qi's teeth trembled, and he looked at Li Tao and said, "Let's run for our lives, right?" ”

Li Tao snatched his torch and shone it inside, but because the light was limited, he could only see a distance within five zhang. First of all, the front hall of the Xuanguan is empty and without any furnishings.

Li Tao wiped a handful of sweat and asked, "What happened to them?" ”

Wang Qi shook his head again and again, and said with a bitter face: "I only know that except for Xiaoshan and Ah Gou, there are only dead people here." ”

Li Tao pondered for a long time, and said in his heart: "If you are ambushed by the organ, why is there no corpse in this vicinity, and there is no bloodstain in sight?" ”

Thinking of this, Li Tao comforted the two, "Don't think nonsense, maybe as you said, they saw the money, threw down the tools, and went in to grab the baby." ”

"Impossible!" Wang Qi said categorically, "Ordinary tomb robbers like us have never seen the emperor's tomb, and we don't know what the situation inside is, so we must bring our tools with us, and in case we are trapped, we can also make a hole and escape." ”

Li Tao knew that he didn't know as much about this trip as Wang Qi, but he must not echo it at this time, otherwise Li Bai and Wang Qi would be even more timid. After a lot of effort, he finally entered the mausoleum, and if he stopped outside the door, he would really be unwilling.

"If you don't see the corpses, it's better to conclude that they're dead, right?" Li Tao stepped into the stone gate and called, "Xiaoshan, a dog ......" echoed in bursts, but there was no answer. He took a few more steps forward, seemingly indifferent, but in fact a hundred times more careful.

Li Bai and Wang Qi were still standing in front of the door, their faces were pale, panicked, and every time Li Tao took a step, their hearts jumped "suddenly". Suddenly, Li Tao stopped in the middle of the front hall and leaned over to pick up an object. It was a soft-soled cloth shoe, undamaged except for the dirt. Li Tao raised his hand, threw the cloth shoes at Wang Qi, and asked, "Is it theirs?" ”

"Yes...... It's a dog's ......" Wang Qi caught the cloth shoes and replied in a trembling voice. (To be continued......)