Chapter 407: Guarding the Cottage
Xiao Twelve picked up the sledgehammer and smashed it up, but after smashing it more than a dozen times in one go, the stone gate was just smashed and the debris flew sideways, but it didn't move at all.
Xiao Laodao actually smiled at this time and said, "The more difficult it is to open the tomb door, the more valuable the objects inside." Then, he asked Xiao Twelve to get out of the way, walked to the stone door, knocked with a whisk, and said, "There is a latch behind this stone door. Turning his face, he instructed Xiao Twelve, "You don't have to open all the stone doors, smash them into the corners of the doors below, and smash the doors into a gap, just be able to get into people." ”
Xiao Twelve spat at his hand, picked up the sledgehammer, first smashed the threshold in front of the door, and then smashed it towards the corner of the door.
After all, the stone gate is made of stone, and no matter how hard it is, it can't be harder than an iron hammer. After Xiao Twelve smashed it, cracked fine lines appeared at the corner of the lower door, and then, Xiao Thirteen was replaced, and after Xiao Thirteen smashed it, the fine lines became larger, and the lower corner of the door was obviously cracked.
The master took the sledgehammer from Xiao Shisan's hand again, and after more than a dozen strokes, there was a "poof", and the corner of the door was smashed off a piece the size of a basin, and an old turbidity mixed with flying stone chips rushed out of it.
Everyone hurriedly retreated, and after a while, the entire cave was filled with an old atmosphere, Xiao Laodao sniffed it lightly with his nose, "Very good, no poison." ”
However, a gap in the size of the basin could not drill people, and several people took turns to continue to smash, and finally, the lower corner of the door was smashed out of a hole in the size of the mouth of the water tank.
Cleaning up the gravel at the mouth of the hole, Xiao Laodao held a torch, got into half of his body, looked inside, and said to everyone: "It's okay, there is no mechanism, let's all come in." With that, he himself got into it first. Xiao Shiyi followed closely and also got in, followed by Xiao Twelve and Xiao Thirteen, and finally Taiye.
Behind the stone gate is still a cave, but the space is much larger, with a torch, you can see that there are obvious traces of excavation on the cave wall.
On both sides of the cave, there are two ear chambers, and a main burial chamber in the middle, which is very similar to the tomb format of the Han people, but there are only two door frames in the two ear chambers, and there is no stone door.
Xiao Laodao took a few people into the left ear room first, and saw that there were all jars inside, there could be twenty or thirty of them, and the mouth of the jar was still muddy.
Scraping off the mud, a layer of animal skin was underneath, and when the animal skin was cut, a smell of wine wafted out of the jar.
Xiao Laodao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I feel that this feudal official is good wine, and the jar in this ear room is only afraid that all that is sealed is fine wine." ”
When Xiao Shisan heard this, he put his hand into the jar and dipped his finger in it, wanting to taste it, Xiao Laodao knocked the back of his hand with a whisk, "Be careful of poison." Xiao Shisan's face turned pale suddenly, and he quickly wiped the wine off his hand.
A few people came to the right ear room again, and saw that the right ear room was full of rusty weapons, Xiao Laodao frowned suddenly, and said: "A feudal official, it won't be a martial artist who likes wine and martial arts." ”
A few people came to the main tomb again, the two stone doors of the main tomb were closed tightly, Xiao Laodao pushed it with his hand, beckoned the grandfather and a few people, and pushed the stone door together.
Several people all pressed their hands on the door, but they pushed it up, there seemed to be no latch behind the two stone doors, and after a while, the stone door moved slightly, followed by a heavy friction sound, and the stone door opened.
There was another old breath, rushing out of the door, and when the breath dissipated, Xiao Laodao held the fire, and was the first to walk in, and the master followed in.
In the tomb, there were no extra items, only a coffin, Xiao Laodao immediately pointed out Xiao 12 and Xiao 13, how to break the coffin.
After three strokes and five divisions, the coffin was opened, and several people looked inside with torches, and saw that there was no burial goods in the coffin except for a dry bone and a sword with a sheath.
Xiao Laodao was unwilling, and gave Xiao Shiyi a look, Xiao Shiyi put his hand into the coffin, touched the clothes on the dry bones, and finally shook his head, finding nothing.
Xiao Laodao was suddenly a little dumbfounded, and muttered: "The dignified feudal official, how can there be nothing in the tomb?" ”
Xiao 13 said: "Master, what should we do, you also said that you want to give half of the treasure to the barbarians outside." ”
Xiao Laodao glanced at Xiao Shisan, "There are no treasures, how can I give them them." ”
The grandfather said: "Could it be mistaken, this is not an official's tomb at all." ”
Xiao Laodao shook his head, "There will be no mistake, maybe this feudal official is really a martial artist who only likes wine and weapons." As he spoke, Xiao Laodao reached out and took out the sword in the coffin, the sword was quite well preserved, Xiao Laodao held the hilt of the sword, pulled out the sword, and a cold light suddenly flashed in the tomb.
"The sword is not bad." As he spoke, Xiao Laodao returned the sword to the sheath and threw it to the master, "You can keep it." ”
The master took the sword, pulled out half of the sword, looked at it, the sharp blade, and the sword body did not show any rust, it was indeed a sword, and then pulled it out, came out and danced a few times in his hand, it was quite handy, but the hilt and scabbard were a little rotten.
Xiao Laodao instructed everyone to look in the tomb to see if there was a dark room or a secret door or something. Everyone immediately dispersed and searched the entire tomb, but to their dismay, they did not find any secret doors in the dark room.
Xiao Laodao sighed in disappointment and beckoned everyone, "Let's go, there are no treasures in the tomb, and it is also a common thing." Then he said to Xiao 13: "After you get outside, you go to their elders and say that there is no treasure in the tomb, see if they want the wine in the tomb." ”
Xiao 13 asked, "Didn't you say that wine is poisonous?" ”
Xiao Laodao said: "No, there is no poison, let them find a livestock first." ”
Everyone worked in vain, which was nothing in Xiao Laodao's tomb robbery career, many times, Fei Lao worked hard to open the tomb, but the things inside were not enough for a few people to dig pits.
Many tomb robbers will take out their anger at the remains of the deceased when they encounter this kind of empty tomb, but Xiao Laodao does not have such bad behavior.
When everyone came out of the cave, the three elders led a few people to wait outside the shrine, Xiao Laodao suddenly showed a trace of shame, and arched his hand to the three elders, "Let everyone wait for a long time." ”
The man who understood the official language hurriedly asked, "Did the Taoist find the treasure inside?" ”
Xiao Laodao shook his head, and Xiao Shisan hurriedly said: "Inside is an empty coffin, there are only dozens of jars of old wine, if you want, you can send someone to move it out." ”
The person who knew the official language translated it for the three elders, and the great elder muttered a few words, and several young people standing beside him quickly walked into the shrine.
Then, the Great Elder muttered a few more words, and the person who knew the official language hurriedly translated, "You have also seen the cave, next, is it time to fulfill your promise?" ”
Xiao Laodao nodded, "Don't worry, although we haven't found the treasure inside, the promise will still be fulfilled, what the three elders want us to do, just tell us." ”
Xiao Laodao's words made the three elders quite satisfied, and the people who knew the official language brought a few people back to the previous bamboo house again, and handed over all the matters of guarding the cottage to the grandfather.
Xiao Laodao was very helpless at this time, the baby was not fished, and he had to act as a guard, Xiao Laodao comforted everyone a few words, but, in the eyes of the master, he was not comforting others, but comforting himself.
In the next, the grandfather and a few people were well entertained by the people in the village, eating and drinking, but a few people needed to patrol outside during the day and keep vigil at night.
The wine in the tomb was removed by the people in the stockade, and the entrance to the cave was sealed again. There is no poison in the wine, it is all fine wine, but it has been put for a long time and has become a sauce color, and these people are very happy to get the fine wine, and it seems that they are more happy than letting them get gold and silver.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and this day, perhaps a good day for these barbarians, the stockade was full of wine and meat, and under the auspices of the three elders, a new patriarch was elected.
The patriarch looked like he was in his forties, tall, and honest, giving people a very stable feeling, but just as everyone was drinking and celebrating, the group of people who had attacked the cottage before came to provoke again.
Seeing this, the grandfather and a few people just wanted to make a move, but they were stopped by the three elders, and then, the newly elected patriarch, with the people in the clan, fought with the people who came, and this time there were no casualties, it seems that the other party is just to test the ability of the new patriarch.
At this time, Xiao Laodao felt strange and said to the three elders, the other party knows so much about your movements, I am afraid that there is their internal response in your clan.
Xiao Lao Dao didn't say that it was okay, but as soon as he said this, the three elders suddenly fell into their hearts. After the feast, their three elders took his son and quietly came to Xiao Laodao, the son of the three elders also knew the official language, the three elders said to Xiao Laodao that they had discussed, and the clan might really have internal responses, otherwise the other party would not be able to grasp the movements of the clan every time. The three elders asked Xiao Laodao for help to find out the internal response.
Xiao Laodao smiled bitterly when he heard this, he knew that he wouldn't talk much.
After the patriarch was elected, the cottage began to rebuild the fence, fence and house. More than ten days later, the cottage returned to its former appearance.
At this time, Xiao Laodao proposed his resignation to the patriarch and the three elders, and the patriarch was good, so he set down the banquet and entertained the grandfather.
There were not many people at the banquet, a few grandfathers, the patriarch, the three elders, and the person who knew the official language before.
After three rounds of wine, everyone drank a lot, and what they drank was the wine that was brought out of the tomb, at this time, the second elder drunkenly asked Xiao Laodao a few words, and the person who knew the official language hurriedly translated: "Our second elder said, did you really not find the treasure in the tomb?" ”
Xiao Laodao nodded and said, "Only one sword was found." As he spoke, he pointed to my grandfather's waist and said, "You have taken the wine inside, and we will keep this sword." ”
The second elder muttered a few words, meaning to say, "I see that your baggage is all bulging, it can't be that you have taken the treasure and don't want to share it with us, right?" ”
Xiao Laodao said: "The conscience of heaven and earth, if there is really a treasure in the tomb, how can the poor Dao not give it to you?" ”
The second elder actually sneered, maybe he drank too much, and muttered a few words, which meant to say: "Have you taken the treasure, let us search your baggage and prove your innocence." ”
When Xiao Laodao heard this, he was immediately annoyed, and shouted: "Poor Dao has always been a good word, these days, we help you protect the cottage, there is no merit and hard work, how can you humiliate us so much!" ”