Chapter 108: Unknown Toxin
There was no imaginary horror, and even walked out of the secret passage smoothly, and what I saw was still a yin house. Unlike the previous miniature palaces, there are actually habitable mansions in front of you, with pools, flower beds, and pavilions. Due to the passage of time, the pool has dried up, and the flowers and plants in the flower bed have long since withered and turned into a pile of black soil, and only the shadows of the past can be felt from the faint traces.
The scenery of the mansion in front of you is more beautiful than the palace, not so magnificent, but it gives people a kind of elegance and nobility, and they tremble slightly in the center, even if they want to control it, they can't completely calm their hearts, and it seems that there is an inexplicable coercion in the air, which is always shrouded in everyone. Han Wei, Lao Zheng, Li Hua, Liu Shi, Tuxingsun, no matter which one of them, has wandered between life and death many times, and they have encountered countless dangers, which can make their hearts tremble, this Yin Mansion is absolutely unusual.
There was no time to study the house carefully, a few people ran straight towards the pavilion, not because it was more attractive, but there was a person lying on the stone table of the pavilion, the whole person was hanging in the air, and still motionless, in this case, most of them were dead. I've been trying to find clues, and now I finally see a person, even if it's a dead person, and I can find many problems.
When I came to the pavilion, out of caution, I didn't approach immediately, I first observed the surroundings, there was no trace of a fight, and there was no trace of a hidden weapon, so I stepped forward to check. Liu Shi first shouted a few times, but there was no response, and then he shook the other party to make sure that he was dead. Judging from the back of the deceased, there were no injuries, so he turned him over and startled Liu Shi. The deceased's eyes were open, and his face was very peaceful, but the corners of his mouth, eyes, mouth, nose, and ears were all covered with blood, and the black blood had already coagulated, and the whole person looked extremely terrifying, like a demon coming out of hell.
When you look into the eyes of the dead, all you can see is the void, the endless void that seems to swallow everything. Liu Shi is a very strong-minded person, and for a moment, he almost lost himself, and hurriedly bit his tongue, and a sharp pain came, before he came out of his trance.
"You stand back first." Liu Shi immediately shouted, then put the body down, and took a few steps back. Liu Shi smelled blood just now, and there was a particularly unpleasant smell in it, and he could analyze that it was not the smell of a corpse, and it was not clear what it was, but instinct told him to stay away from the corpse. Liu Shi felt uneasy in his heart, and simply took off the gloves he was wearing in his hands and threw them away, as if he had been infected with some deadly virus.
"Did you die of poisoning?" Li Hua stared at the corpse's face for a long time, and suddenly asked. Li Hua was not sure, if he died of poisoning, then it was likely to be infected in the tomb, and the invisible poison was more frightening than the trap. Li Hua and other experts from the Institute of Archaeology have been to many ancient tombs, one of them, three people from the Institute of Archaeology were poisoned to death, from infection to death, only a few minutes of time, there was no time to react, and then the body was sent to the hospital, and I didn't even know what the poison was.
Lao Zheng had already taken out the antidote pill, which could not cure all kinds of poisons, but it could inhibit toxicity and resist the invasion of ordinary poisonous gases. One of them took a pill in his mouth and took a few steps back, just observing the deceased from a distance. Outwardly, at most twenty years old, with no panic on his face, it shows that the process of death is not painful, or that the death is so rapid that there is no time to show the pain. In the first case, the murder is invisible, and in the second case, the same is the killing invisible, either way, it is a fatal situation.
The costume of the corpse can be determined to be that of a modern man, not because of the peculiarity of toxicity, which has existed for a long time. Could this man be one of another group of grave robbers? If so, why is he alone? Is he the only one infected by the poison? I couldn't find the answer for the time being, Han Wei and the others left the attic first, the yin house was relatively large, and I don't know if it was already where the main tomb was located. This time they didn't go separately, and several people walked together.
After only a few steps, Han Wei casually shone the light on the passage he had just entered, and it was pitch black, as if the secret passage door had been closed. The secret passage is a way out, Han Wei hurriedly stepped forward to check, the secret door was indeed closed, and the handle of the knife that was stuck in the door just now was crushed into thin pieces. This situation is again, it may have been taken for granted, Han Wei and the others didn't have too much to worry about, since the retreat route was closed, they simply didn't think about it and walked towards the Yin Mansion.
These houses, like a beautiful work of art, are carved with various patterns on the pillars, doors and windows, and eaves, all of which are lifelike, and most of them are crane patterns. It was previously inferred that the mausoleum was the tomb of Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty, but the strange thing is that many things along the way in are reflected in the royal tombs of the Song Dynasty, but I have not seen any dragon and phoenix patterns, if it is an imperial tomb, this is obviously too abnormal. Moreover, if Song Lizong commemorates the land of the hidden dragon, the concept of "dragon" should be embodied.
Isn't this the mausoleum built by Emperor Song Lizong? However, if it is not an emperor, who can have such a big penance? The palaces we have seen before are no longer just things that money can do. The deeper they went, the more doubts they had, suppressing the thoughts in their hearts, and Han Wei and the others had already come to the second room. The second room is like a study, but there are no books, just some empty shelves and desks, and the room is not too decorated, compared to other places, it seems simple.
Every time I go to a room, I will carefully search and find traces of human activity, but I can't find a human figure, let alone some records about the ancient tomb, or something that can analyze the background of the ancient tomb. Soon, all the rooms had been walked through, and there was still no discovery, as if the tomb robbers had disappeared out of thin air. Thinking that there was a secret passage in the secret room before, I can't help but wonder, is there a secret passage in the Yin House?
It is not uncommon to cultivate secret passages like this, especially large ancient tombs, this situation is very common, but the designs one after another, not to mention that Han Wei is the first time to see them, Lao Zheng and Tuxingsun have not seen them before, and they have not heard of them.
"Now it's just the dead man, I'll go see what clues I can find." Seeing that there was no progress, Tuxing Sun put his hope on the dead man, and now he is a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and whether he can find something useful or not depends entirely on luck. But looking at the corpse, it is likely to be contaminated with unknown poison, and Tuxingsun knows the danger of poison, so he took the initiative to bring it up.
"I'd better look for it again, I really can't find it and touch the corpse again." Among the people, Lao Zheng is the main thing, and only he can suppress Tuxingsun, Tuxingsun at this time is anxious, without the calmness of the past, Lao Zheng is even more afraid to let him take risks.
Tuxingsun didn't force it, he knew that Lao Zheng was not a cowardly person, otherwise he wouldn't have asked him to help. Everyone was about to search the Yin Mansion again, and when they were discussing, suddenly Liu Shi's face turned black, and the whole person fell to the ground like a fallen leaf. Everything happened too suddenly, Li Hua and Han Wei stood aside, and by the time they reacted, they had already fallen to the ground. Seeing that Liu Shi's body twitched slightly, as if he was feeling very cold, something must have happened in such a situation, Han Wei and Li Hua didn't think too much, and immediately stepped forward to help Liu Shi up.
"Don't move Liu Shi yet." Lao Zheng's anxious voice sounded, and while speaking, he had already pulled Han Wei and Li Hua, and when the two of them were about to touch Liu Shi, their bodies stopped.
Han Wei and Li Hua wondered why Lao Zheng didn't let him go to the rescue, but he lost his mind for a short time, and immediately reacted, only Liu Shi touched the corpse just now, and now he suddenly fell to the ground, his face was still black, it was very likely that when the moving corpse was contaminated, maybe it was the antidote pill in his mouth, so he lasted for a while. Li Hua immediately opened the bag, took out gloves and put them on, and stepped forward to check Liu Shi's condition. shouted a few times in succession, and Liu Shi made a slight voice, as if he was responding.
If it is really a response, then Liu Shizhong's poison is not particularly serious, Li Hua hurriedly poured water for him, whether he drank it or not, he forcibly poured two bottles, and now he hopes to dilute the toxicity, as for how much effect, no one dares to guarantee. Immediately fed a few more antidote pills, this is not the legendary antidote to all poisons, I can only hope to delay some time.
"Li Hua, you stay and take care of Liu Shi, let's go find the exit." Lao Zheng is also anxious, poisoning in the ancient tomb is an extremely dangerous thing, because often the location of the ancient tomb is far away from the hospital, even if he can leave the ancient tomb and wait for him to be sent to the hospital, most of them will not be able to last.
Everything can only hope to find the exit quickly, Han Wei, Lao Zheng, and Tuxing Sun all wore gloves, if the poisonous gas is transmitted by the air, it cannot be avoided, but only Liu Shi is poisoned, which means that it is likely that he will only be infected through contact.
Han Wei came to the secret passage he had entered before, wanting to see if he could find the exit, but in his heart, he also knew that it was difficult to find, and the pillar mechanism outside, like the clockwork on a clock, only rotated in one direction before the clock would move. This is also the most sinister part of the ancient tomb, what you want is to trap people to death, but the owner of the tomb is not afraid that the tomb will be smashed? When people are driven crazy, they can do anything.
After carefully searching for a few laps, Han Wei didn't find the location of the organ, and looked at Lao Zheng and Tuxingsun not far away, and the two of them also returned in vain. Entering the ancient tomb, there are several tomb robbers, plus Sun Hui and Huang Wenwei, there are at least six or seven people, and now there is one dead in the pavilion, and there are still several people, and there are no people in the house, it is likely that there is a secret passage, everyone thought of this, but they couldn't find the secret passage mechanism, and they were a little irritable in their hearts, plus the original eagerness, they were confused, and they couldn't calm down to find it.
About an hour passed, but he still didn't find the location of the secret passage, and Liu Shi not only didn't wake up, but also fell into a coma halfway. Liu Shi's face became darker and darker, and at first glance, he thought he was a stranger. Li Hua probed Liu Shi's pulse, and gradually became weak, the water and the antidote pill had no effect, and it was unknown how long it would last.