Chapter 40: Days in the Tomb
We have 21 hours and 46 minutes left.
There was a dead silence in the tent, and the occasional "gurgling" sound of the lake could be heard.
I noticed a problem, since Monsoon said this bad news, Wu Min stopped muttering.
Meng Xiaoshuai grabbed my arm and shook it, and said in despair: "Boss Zhou, what do you say?" ”
I said, "I want to think about it, everybody thinks about it......"
Meng Xiaoshuai looked at Bai Xinxin in a hurry: "Bai Xinxin, you have an idea!" Come on! ”
Bai Xinxin said: "No one listened to what I said. ”
Meng Xiaoshuai said: "I'll listen! ”
Bai Xinxin said: "Monsoon, how far is the ancient tomb where you live from here?" ”
Monsoon said, "I escaped as soon as it was dark, and I have only come to you now." I think I'm lost, so Linghu Mountain took me through, and the straight-line distance was only seven or eight kilometers. ”
Bai Xinxin said: "You take us and take their old nest." ”
Monsoon said, "There are only 4 humanoids there. ”
Bai Xinxin said: "We have a place to live from now on." ”
Monsoon said: "The condition of the ancient tomb is not as good as our tent. ”
Bai Xinxin said: "They at least have something to eat. ”
Monsoon said: "Their supplies have also been cut off, and they will not last long." ”
Zhang Hui asked me in a low voice: "Boss Zhou, are we going to leave at dawn?" ”
I said, "Let's go." ”
Zhang Hui said: "Wouldn't it be better to wait for work?" ”
I said, "They should come out of the ground and we're relatively safe in the car." In addition, we do not have weapons, and the car is our weapon. ”
Zhang Hui said, "Understood." ”
I regret it, I've read a lot of miscellaneous books, mostly literary, and I should have read more military books.
Meng Xiaoshuai said: "When to leave?" ”
I said, "Dawn." ”
Tomorrow night is the most dangerous time, I will let everyone sleep and recuperate. I continue to stand guard for everyone.
Monsoon didn't sleep, and she stood guard with me.
We walked slowly by the lake, unable to remember what to say.
The moon in the sky was thin and slightly red. The lake seemed to freeze, like a huge *, and the babies should all be asleep in it.
I spoke first: "Monsoon, you and Linghu Mountain...... Married? ”
Ji Feng smiled: "Do you want to ask, did I sleep with him?" ”
I said, "Well, I just wanted to ask if you were spoiled by him." ”
Monsoon said: "Linghu Mountain is very good to me and has always taken care of me. I told him that I would marry him, but give me a little time...... I really think so, if I live alone in Lop Nur, I can only choose him, I just need time to accept him. ”
I said, "Where's the juice?" ”
Ji Feng lowered his head, and said for a long time: "She's quite aggrieved......"
I said, "Be specific." ”
Monsoon said, "That kind of person is called Baozhu." ”
I was speechless.
There are many ancient tombs in Lop Nur.
There is no hierarchy of humanoids, the only hierarchy is age.
Therefore, the oldest humanoids, who live in the largest "houses", are suspected to be the tombs of the kings of small countries in the Western Regions. Half-aged humanoids, living in medium-sized "houses", suspected of being the tombs of dignitaries. Young humanoids, all living in the smallest "houses", are suspected to be the tombs of low-ranking officials or scholars.
Monsoon told me that she lived in an earthen cave tomb, suspected to be from the Han Dynasty, and that the surrounding tomb walls were made of white plaster mud and charcoal. It is divided into the anterior chamber, the middle chamber, the back chamber and the coffin seat, with a total of 10 side chambers on both sides.
One humanoid lives in the Frontrooms, the other lives in the middle room, Pulp and Orb live in a side room on the left side of the Backrooms, and Monsoon and Linghushan live in two side rooms on the right side of the Backrooms.
The people of the class remodeled the ancient tomb, and the ventilation was good.
They also like and need oxygen, they just can stay breathless for long periods of time and be in a state of tension.
Linghushan and the other humanoids slept in a poplar coffin, which was covered with intact cowhide and covered with gravel.
Monsoon lived on a bed made of stone piers. Linghushan specially got her a sheepskin mattress and a very modern silk quilt.
When Monsoon returned to the tomb, the juice was already in the tomb.
When they saw each other, they were surprised and happy, and they chatted for a few hours, each telling each other about their experiences. They finally had a companion.
Since then, the monsoon has remained in that dark tomb that has not seen the light of day.
She left Wucheng and human society, only bringing a very small backpack with some change of clothes, a few simple cosmetics, two packs of sanitary napkins, and a mobile phone without a signal.
She placed the backpack beside her bed, then lay down in the bare earth cave tomb, tears finally welling up in her eyes.
The two humanoids lived in the Frontrooms and the Middle Room, no doubt to prevent the two girls from escaping.
The other day, Juice heard from Baozhu that we were back at the lake, and she was very excited, but she pretended to be very calm. That night, she escaped.
Pulp and Orb live together, and of course the Orb was discovered first.
Monsoon was woken up in her sleep, she got up, got dressed and went out, and saw the torches lit in the middle room. Orb and a short humanoid and a tall human.
Linghushan then came over.
Baozhu said to Linghu Mountain, "She ran away. ”
Linghushan said, "When?" ”
Baozhu said, "Just now." ”
The short man looked at the monsoon and said very hostilely: "They break bones and tendons, and they will always be a family." ”
Ling Hushan looked at Monsoon, who held his hand and said calmly, "You and I are a family." ”
Ling Hushan also clenched her hand.
The tall man said, "Go after it." ”
The short-man said, "No, she won't live for three days anyway." ”
Baozhu said, "I can't wait! "I'm going to rush out.
The short humanoid was quick enough to stop him: "Act in unison." ”
Baozhu looked at Linghu Mountain, and suddenly said, "You sleep with her tonight." ”
Monsoon was stunned: "Why?" ”
Orb said, "You'll run away too." ”
Ling Hushan said: "I promise." ”
Baozhu said coldly, "Young man, don't vouch for any human being. ”
Ling Hushan thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll sleep with her." ”
After Ling Hushan finished speaking, he pulled Monsoon back to Monsoon's side room, and then left, and after a while, he walked in with a long poplar coffin, put the coffin under the tomb wall, smiled and said, "We are not the relationship between the guard and the prisoner, but the relationship between the princess and the servant. Whatever you need, you tell me. ”
Monsoon said, "I need you to sleep and not snore." ”
In this way, Linghushan lived in the "room" of the monsoon.
After extinguishing the torches, the burial chamber was as dark as hell.
Monsoon suddenly asked, "What does it mean that the juice doesn't live for three days?" ”
Linghushan said: "It's none of our business, let's sleep." ”
Monsoon said, "We? Linghushan, you never regarded me as your person. ”
Ling Hushan thought for a moment before saying, "I just don't want you to be sad!" ”
Monsoon said, "I'm sad that you keep me out of you." ”
Ling Hushan said slowly: "Three days later, at midnight, we will kill them all." ”
Monsoon said, "Why? ”
Linghushan said: "That's not something I can change. You can rest assured, I will always be there for you and protect you. ”
Monsoon stopped talking.
Linghushan said: "I knew I shouldn't tell you ......"
Monsoon took half a day to utter two words: "Beast." ”
……
Monsoon thought the juice would never come back.
Unexpectedly, just after dawn on the third day, the juice unexpectedly appeared in the ancient tomb!
The short man living in the Frontrooms was so nervous when he saw Pulp that he ignored Pulp and quickly crawled out of the tomb to check, and after making sure that Pulp had not brought his companion back, he breathed a sigh of relief and retreated back into the tomb.
Baozhu saw the juice and was speechless for a while.
At this time, Monsoon and Linghu Mountain both came over.
Baozhu asked, "Pulp, where have you been these two days?" ”
Pulp didn't lie, she said, "I'm going to see our companions." ”
Baozhu asked again, "Why did you come back again?" ”
"This is my home." I'm just going back to my parents' house to have a look, can't I? ”
Baozhu suddenly became very happy, and he picked up the juice by the waist: "Haha, yes, go back to your parents' house!" Go back to your mother-in-law's house! ”
Monsoon discovers that the return of Pulp has changed the atmosphere between them and the humanoids, and the humanoids have clearly relaxed their vigilance against the two of them.
This creates an opportunity for the monsoon to escape.
On this morning, Linghushan went out with the short and tall humanoids. They have a "job", which is to find new tombs every day. Monsoon knew from the mouth of Linghu Mountain that less than one-tenth of the tombs excavated by humans in Lop Nur were completed. The humanoids are going to get ahead of the curve and turn the burial goods into their wealth, and the tombs into their houses.
All that remains of the tomb are monsoons, syrup, and orbs.
In the afternoon, while Pulp was talking to Baozhu, Monsoon stole some food from the side room that served as a storage room and put it in her backpack.
When it was almost dark, Linghushan came back alone.
Monsoon asked him, "What are you doing?" ”
Linghushan said: "Meeting." ”
Monsoon said, "Meeting? It's so cute for you to say this word......"
Ling Hushan took out a very beautiful comb from his pocket and held it to Monsoon: "It's for you." ”
Ji Feng said lightly: "I bought it on Taobao? ”
Linghushan whispered: "This is for the queen." ”
That night, Linghushan was still sleeping in the side room of the monsoon, snoring loudly. Monsoon couldn't sleep, blinking in the dark. In the middle of the night, she was about to act.
She got up quietly, didn't have a backpack, and walked out of the side room lightly.
In the darkness, Linghu Mountain's snoring suddenly stopped: "Monsoon, where are you going?" ”
Monsoon said: "Toilet." ”
Ling Hushan stopped talking.
Monsoon circled the gloomy tomb and honestly returned to the place where she slept.
After lying down, she listened attentively to Ling Hushan's snort, and he was silent.
After a long time, Monsoon got up again, still without taking his backpack, and tiptoed out. Let the fox mountain be quiet. After walking out of the side room, she leaned against the wall of the tomb, stifling her wheezing and listening.
Ling Hushan did not speak.
She gently walked back to the side room, picked up her backpack, and walked out again.
Linghu Mountain really fell asleep.
Monsoon slowly crawled towards the exit of the tomb, and finally saw a piece of the night sky, and she quickened her pace......
Suddenly, a figure stood in front of her, startling her and stopping abruptly to confront the man. The monsoon was low, and the other party was high, blocking the night sky, making the passage of the tomb narrower and more oppressive.
After a while, the other party finally spoke: "You want to escape?" ”
It's slurry!
Monsoon hurriedly said: "Shh......h
Pulp suddenly shouted: "Linghu Mountain! ——”