I still can't figure it out, since we haven't excavated the tomb under Chengfu thoroughly, and the Buddha who injured Nanya was dug up from the tomb under Chengfu.

It stands to reason that he should go to the bottom of the Cheng Mansion first, but Nan Ya came to the pier first.

I remember his answer that night very clearly, "But I did ask some clues, the Buddha in the broken temple was dug up from the ground of Chengfu." ”

Then as soon as the wind in Nanyakou changed, it was about changing the dragon vein.

I guess he shouldn't have explained the clues he asked, otherwise why would he spend so much effort to rob the tomb on the pier.

After Wataru left, we began to go down the cave.

According to the plan set before, only Nan Ya, me, Niu Meng, and Yao mocked us in the tomb. Nan Ya said that if Mu Qingchen wanted to go, he could also follow.

But Mu Qingchen said that she was not interested, and we did not force her.

When he entered the cave, he brought Wind Chasing, Shadow Hunting, and more than a dozen guards.

By this time the hole had been almost dug up, and the steps spiraled down the wall of the cave, with a brazier at intervals.

As I descended the steps, I realized that the hole was very large, deeper than I had previously thought.

Fortunately, it has basically been dealt with now, and it is not a hassle to walk.

Soon we descended to the bottom of the cave, and the temperature around us instantly cooled down, and it felt like early winter.

Not far ahead, there is an underground river, and a wooden bridge has been built over the river. On the other side of the wooden bridge is a road, and there are braziers on both sides, which looks like a fire dragon.

However, the fire dragon only extended a distance of less than a mile before disappearing from sight. It should have been a bend or into another cave.

When I crossed the wooden bridge, I took a look at the river, and the current speed was not fast, the river looked muddy, and I didn't know how deep it was.

There were quite a few guards guarding the way, and occasionally there were some blood stains on the ground, probably insects in the burrow.

I walked some distance further, and as I expected, it was a cave facing downward. It looks like it was freshly dug and the walls of the cave have been roasted with fire.

The size of the cave is not small, one person high, three people wide.

I estimated in my heart that according to the manpower mobilized by Nanya, and the number of days of digging, this robbery hole is at least a mile long.

If the middle slope does not change, but spirals downward, the depth is about 20 zhang.

There is also a brazier in the cave, which can be used to detect whether people can breathe underground, in addition to lighting.

This practice is widely spread among the people, before going down to the cellar after a winter, a lit candle will be placed in a basket, and then the basket will be tied down, if the candle is not extinguished, you can go down to the cellar.

If the candle goes out, only open the cellar and let the air circulate for a few days.

However, there is a saying in the world of tomb robbers that candles are not lit to test whether the tomb can breathe. It's to test if you can take the contents of the tomb away.

This is also the rule left by the Touching Gold Sect, after entering the main tomb, before opening the coffin, a candle should be lit in the southeast of the tomb, and then three prostrations.

If the candle is not extinguished, the coffin can be opened to collect the treasure, and if the candle is extinguished, the coffin cannot even be touched, and the tomb is immediately exited.

Otherwise, you will be cursed by the owner of the tomb and die with no place to bury.

Nan Ya has also told me about this before, and he said that most of the rules set by the Touching Gold Sect are to scare people, in order to reduce competitors. People who really know how to do it, how can there be so many rules, even if they are cursed, there is a way to lift them.

If you don't understand the way to do it, it means that you don't know how to do it at all.

We continued to go down, unobstructed along the way, nothing special happened.

In the end, there is no way.

At the bottom of the cave is a slightly larger cave with eight braziers in it, illuminating the entire cave.

Before coming down, Nan Ya had stopped letting the guards follow, and only the four of us walked down.

It's getting colder around, about the same as in the depths of winter. We all wore thick cotton clothes in advance, and it wasn't too cold.

Although Yao Xiaomei is still dressed in single clothes, she is a monster and should be quite frost-resistant.

Nan Ya walked to the cave wall in front of us and said, "You guys are standing over there now, don't come here." ”

Then he covered his mouth and nose with a black cloth.

Then he put his right hand on the wall of the cave and poked down hard, and five fingers poked into the wall of the cave.

I saw Nan Ya pull hard, and a whole stone brick was dragged out. Four other stone bricks were dragged out, and an irregular square opening appeared on the top of the cave wall.

Nan Ya took a mouse from his baggage, and this mouse was tied with a thin rope.

He threw the rat through the hole and held the rope in his other hand.

About half a pillar of incense time, Nan Ya dragged the mouse out again.

The rat was jumping around on the ground. It seems that there is no poisonous gas in it. But it's hard to say about hidden weapons and the like.

Nan Ya asked us to come over, and I picked up the wall tiles on the ground and looked at them carefully. The wall tiles are made of bluestone, and one side is covered with dark green moss. This indicates that the environment inside the tomb is relatively humid.

But I can't tell what age the tiles are.

These ancient tombs built with bluestone are difficult to judge the age based on bluestone. Because bluestone is not like those clay bricks, it will change color over time.

These bluestone bricks are cut very neatly, even if they are cut with modern technology, such a huge amount is also very labor-intensive.

I looked into the square opening, but I couldn't see anything, only that the yin qi inside was very heavy, and there was a faint chill.

"Nanya, can you see inside?" I asked Nanya.

Nan Ya shook his head, "I can't see it, this ancient tomb is not ordinary, after entering, we try to stick to it as much as possible to prevent the torch from being accidentally extinguished." ”

It seems that it is not my eye problem, but the tomb problem.

The four of us put on the leather gloves of Nan Yana, and pulled out the wall bricks one by one, and pulled out a hole one person high.

The gloves were sewn from cowhide and embroidered with silver thread, which Nan Ya said was used by Jinyiwei for autopsy. Because some people who die of poisoning will have toxins left in their bodies, and direct contact with their hands may cause them to become poisonous, so this kind of glove was invented.

Although it is a little thick, the fingers are not flexible after wearing it, but the protection is really good, and it is no problem to be able to cut it normally.

Next, the four of us dipped a black cloth in water, covered our faces, and each of us carried a torch and followed Nan Ya into the tomb.

Nan Ya walked in the front, Niu Meng was second, I was third, and Yao was at the end.

Nan Ya repeatedly told us to stay close to each other, and it was better to squeeze in.

Therefore, I felt very uncomfortable when Yao mocked me and squeezed me.

After entering the tomb, there is a square passage. The passage is not very high, only one head higher than the south ya, and the width is about four people. Torches can only illuminate the surroundings, so we don't know how long the passage is or where the front and back are.

The walls and ceilings are not carved with any patterns and are bare, indicating that this passage is the outermost part of the tomb.

Typically, the closer you get to the main burial chamber, the more patterns are carved on the tomb walls.

The air in the tomb is a little dirty, and it is slightly difficult to breathe, so the impact is not great.

I noticed a very strange phenomenon, in this passage, only the wall we dug had moss growing on it, and there was no top or ground or the rest of the wall.

This indicates that the inside of the tomb is not damp, and the outer walls may have been soaked in water and it took a long time for moss to grow.

I tried to sniff my nose and couldn't smell anything special.

Nan Ya looked back and forth at the front and back of the passage, and led us towards the east.

Judging the direction is the entry skill of a tomb robber, because the burial is extremely particular about the direction, including the setting of the mechanism and the location of the main tomb, all of which will be strictly in accordance with the orientation of Feng Shui.

Therefore, before going down to the tomb, the tomb robbers should remember the direction outside, starting from entering the robbery hole, every corner, what direction they have changed, they must remember it clearly.

If you go in the wrong direction, you may not even be able to find the way you went in, and you will be trapped in the tomb. After all, something like Sinan doesn't work in a large tomb.

Walking slowly for some distance, I saw stone lamps built on both sides of the wall.

The stone lamp is directly embedded in the wall, and it looks like a nine-tailed fox, with a small round pit on its head, and there is a black thing in the pit, I don't know what it is.

Nan Ya dipped his hand in it, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, and said, "It's like animal fat, it should still be able to ignite." ”

After speaking, he took a torch and lit the stone lamps on both sides.

Lamps need to be lit in the ancient tombs, and generally you don't pay attention to lighting a candle at will, just the meaning.

Connoisseurs light oil lamps, which are made from animal carcasses and mixed with other ingredients to burn for a long time.

Legend has it that there is an ever-bright lantern in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, which is made from the brain oil of Kun. Kun is salamander, it used to be called kun in the Han Dynasty, and it was called salamander in the Han Dynasty. It is written that salamanders are very large and live in the sea, and I have never seen what they look like.

Some people also say that the lantern in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is made of ambergris, and ambergris is also obtained from Kun.

The lights in the passage are not particularly bright, but they are visible on both sides.

Nan Ya said that there should be the same stone lamp in front of him, running through the entire passage. Let's put out the torch first, after all, this thing is gone when it runs out, we have to save a little use, we can't run out of torches halfway, and then go back the way we came to get it, right?

After walking less than two zhang away, he saw two stone lamps, and Nan Ya lit the stone lamps with a fire fold.

In this way, after walking a distance of twenty stone lamps, the passage turned to the right and became a little wider.

It was pitch black ahead, and nothing could be seen. It was as if I saw a pair of red eyes in the darkness, rubbed my eyes, and disappeared again.

Nan Ya suddenly whispered, "Shh...... Listen. ”

I pricked up my ears and listened carefully, and heard a rustling sound in front of me, like a large group of things crawling.