The meat skewers and empty bowls on the table in the tomb in front of us look shabby, not like they were arranged in this way to restore the diet of the tomb owner. On the contrary, it seems to be placed for the sake of placement, just like the hand shape made by the corpse in the coffin without a lid on the chest, which is very ceremonial.

This is completely different from the scene in the tomb of Mrs. Xin Chai unearthed from the Mawangdui Han Tomb. I vividly remember the photographs of our professor showing slides during my study of archaeology.

It was a corner of the tomb of Mrs. Xin Chai, a low lacquer table, on which were placed a full set of cutlery, five dishes, a bowl of soup, and a bowl of wine. It seems to be waiting for the host to dine. The only thing that was the same as the one that appeared in the tomb of Lady Xin Chai in front of me and the fat man was the skewers of meat on several iron skewers placed next to the wine bowl in her tomb, which were roughly the same as those that appeared on the table in front of us.

Before the sound of the water, the tomb was very quiet, except for me and the voice of the fat man lingering in the tombway.

The sound of the water came from the downward staircase we had entered, in the direction of the interior, the depths of the tomb.

Strangely, the sound only appeared for a few breaths, after which the whole world was quiet again.

I thought it was my auditory hallucinations again, and I glanced at the fat man, and asked him in an inquiring tone:

"Fatty, that voice ...... just now"

Because of some nervousness, my voice is not very stable. Before I could make my meaning clear, the fat man understood what I meant.

Seeing that my mood became nervous, he comforted me:

"The sound of water should be a normal phenomenon, this is located at the junction of Guilin and Yongzhou, it is completely karst landform, and there may be a dark river flowing through the ground......"

In fact, his reasoning may not have convinced even himself, and as he spoke, I saw his right hand, which was already holding the sapper shovel, slapping it tightly a few times.

In such a situation, he can still think of comforting his companions, which I admire!

I nodded, calming my nerves a little. I've experienced a lot of unusual, even bizarre, paranormal phenomena during this time. But when the situation deteriorates again, the involuntary, uncontrollable tension still appears.

After waiting for a while, the sound of the water did not appear again, and the fat man and I did not rush to check it again. Perhaps, as the fat man said, there is a dark river somewhere, and in the cavern space where this echo can travel far away, this sound reaches the ears of both of us for an accidental reason.

Giving up the idea of exploring, the fat man and I continued to look at the space in front of us.

In the ear chamber where we were, in addition to the table with iron skewers and empty bowls, there was also a wine jar under the table, which was supposed to be a vessel for wine. The black jar was tightly wrapped, and the lid of the jar seemed to be sealed with glue.

"Damn it, it's so tightly sealed! In case Zhao Tuo is hungry for alcohol, it is estimated that he will not even be able to pry it open! ”

The fat man complained as he struggled to twist the jar of wine.

"Stop fighting, fatty, this wine has been sitting here for thousands of years, and even if there is wine in it, it may have spoiled. There may be parasites or bacteria or something like that! ”

I would like to warn you.

When the fat man heard my suggestion, he tried hard to pry it for a while, but when he saw that the lid of the wine jar was still intact, he had to give up! If it weren't for my advice, I think he would have raised his sapper shovel and smashed the jar!

In fact, I don't have any basis for whether the wine in the jar will produce mutated bacteria or parasites after thousands of years. Just out of sheer caution and caution.

And although the fat man has gone to the tomb countless times, it is also the first move to touch this tomb with wine and meat! Naturally, I don't know what strange things will appear in this wine jar that has gone through thousands of years, and after thousands of years of baptism! If we hadn't encountered the strange phenomenon of the two rows of buildings outside the main hall and under the main hall, we would probably not have been so careful!

"Withdraw, Xiao Su, it seems that our brothers are destined to be blessed with this aged "wine"! When you get out from here, brother, I will invite you to drink "Moutai"! ”。

The fat man quipped. Although he was a little disappointed that he didn't open the wine jar, it was easy for him to adjust to his optimism!

I didn't answer him, just nodded in agreement.

Then he used a flashlight to scan the situation in the tomb again, and after seeing that there were no new discoveries, he followed the footsteps of the fat man who had walked out of the tomb.

Standing in some of the familiar grave roads, there is still a narrow road in front of you, with no end in sight.

During this time, I looked at my watch, and the hands were already pointing at a point of 20 minutes. In a few hours, the space with the chain bridge should have sunlight shining through the countless holes in the top of the space. And in the claustrophobic and dark burial chamber in front of us, there was not even a glimmer of light, except for the yellow glare of the artificial light of the fat man's and my flashlights.

I'm sure that as soon as the fat man and I turn off the flashlight, we'll be plunged into endless darkness, and we won't even be able to see clearly when we put our fingers out of sight. You can only rely on your own senses!

In such an environment, even if you don't have claustrophobia, if you stay for a long time, you will be able to hold back this strange disease!

From 9 o'clock in the morning to almost the early hours of the morning, I have hardly stopped to rest for such a long time. The feeling of exhaustion all over my body starts at the heels and spreads upwards to the neck. And the head protested to me with another indescribable sense of pins.

At this point, as long as there is a bed in front of me, it doesn't have to be too comfortable, or even the type of mattress that I don't like, I don't think I'll fall asleep for more than a second after I fall on it.

However, all kinds of strange experiences in front of me, as well as the space that has not yet been explored, make me have to cheer up and support myself!

On the other hand, the fat man who walked in front of me came here much earlier than me.

Although I didn't ask specifically, it can be inferred that when I entered the space of the underground palace hall, he had been in the first somewhat strange "other side flower" space for a while. From this, you can tell that he arrived at least a few hours before me!

But even after such a long period of consumption, the big fat man of more than 200 pounds in front of me didn't show any fatigue at all, and he still walked "tiger and tiger"! This made me admire him again! secretly praised in his heart: "He is worthy of being the leader of the Tufu Sons, the famous "Captain of the Golden School"! ”

The fat man who was walking in front of me didn't know what I was thinking behind him at this time. While energetic, while walking, he touched the walls of the tomb on both sides from time to time, and raised his head and stretched out his hand to measure the height of the tomb.

"I said Xiao Su, this Zhao Tuo not only likes to eat barbecue, but also likes to walk! Such a long grave road, damn it, he must have good physical strength! ”

The fat man is grumbling as he walks! Indeed, as he said, the grave road we walked through was indeed a little too long.

After we descended the steps into the tomb, it took us a long time to reach the first burial chamber. And from the first burial chamber, which resembled a kitchen, to the present, we have traveled more than twice as long as we reached the first burial chamber. In front of me, except for the narrow tomb road, it is still a narrow tomb road. Occasionally, you can come across a few black "wine jars" seen in the first burial chamber, which are randomly placed under the roots of the walls of the long tomb passage.

When we were all a little discouraged, the road in front of us suddenly became wider.

There are obvious traces of chiseling in front of us, which should have been deliberately chiseled!

"Hey, Xiao Su, there's a feeling of being open-minded!"

Finding that the tomb in front of him suddenly widened, the fat man stopped, used a flashlight to go up and down the walls and the top of his head, and said excitedly.

"Fatty, it seems to be an independent space in front!"

I said to him. As he stopped to look at the carved walls of the tomb around him, I used my flashlight in the direction in front of him, and I noticed that at the end of the suddenly widened tombway, the walls of the tomb on both sides were angular.

The formation of this shape can only illustrate one point, that is, from the edge of the widened tomb passage, a structure that is different from where we are. And at the end of the light of my flashlight, it was not empty, but shining on the real thing.

When the fat man heard my words, he was stunned for a moment, and then he trance the flashlight forward like me! I saw the same scene as me!

"Let's take a look?"

He said.

"Be careful, if there is a change, we will retreat!"

I'll reply.

The fat man nodded.

We walked very slowly step by step, always vigilantly paying attention to the changes around us, and did not tilt our bodies completely forward, so that after encountering changes, we can ensure that we can increase the speed of retreat at the first time!

After about ten minutes or so, we finally got close to the place where there was a separate space.

When we entered this separate space through the tombway, the fat man and I were a little stunned!

What comes before us is a buffer zone, somewhat like the junction between the two carriages of a train.

The wall overhead is about half a meter higher than the tomb where we came, and to the left and right is a square space of five meters by five meters.

The reason why we call it a buffer zone instead of a burial chamber is that on either side of this independent space, there are two deep, endless, narrow burial tunnels. It's still the same structure as the tomb we came from!

And around this independent buffer zone, dozens of black sealed and still tightly sealed "wine jars" have been piled up.

These "wine jars" are placed on both sides of the two tombs that appear on the walls of this space in the form of stacks!