Chapter 20: Tomb Robbery and Blowing the Lantern (20)
As soon as Shao Gong's words came out, most of the people in the team changed their faces, and they were affected by the eerie atmosphere around them, and everyone only felt that their scalps were numb, and cold sweat instantly covered their backs.
Yan Sixian quietly moved to Wu Duan's side, put his hand on his shoulder, and said, "Could it be that the people who came in with you took away the child's body?" ”
Shao Gong shook his head again and again, "No, when I left the ear chamber, I broke it off, and no one dared to touch the child's body, and when we left, it was in the coffin intact, besides...... What's the use of taking it...... It can't be, it can't be taken by people......"
The Hong Kong and Taiwan dialects had collapsed, looking around nervously, and the flashlight was shaking.
Like a child sleeping alone for the first time, he always felt that there were ghosts hidden in places where the flashlight could not shine.
He dragged the criminal police officer on the side and kept chattering: "There are ghosts, there are ghosts...... I'll just say evil, that child is the same as the living one, you don't take it seriously...... How about now? Something happened...... Come on...... Let's go! Do you want to die here? ……”
The detective was agitated, and the splitter dodged his flashlight, warning him to be honest.
"Alive, the same as the burial child who died of mercury?" Wu Duan asked.
"It should be, in those days, it was nothing more than those means." Shao Gongdao hesitated and said: "This tomb is very evil, and the little ghost is the most difficult......
Yan Sixian sneered, revealing ruthlessness, "If there were really ghosts in the world, the tomb robbers would have died a long time ago." Keep leading the way. ”
Xiao Shao took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and looked at Shao Gong, Shao Gong's face was very bad, but he didn't refute Yan Sixian.
Xiao Shao gritted his teeth and walked into the passage on the other side of the ear chamber in the thief cave.
It's another corridor, this time it's much narrower, and it can only accommodate everyone in order.
The corridor was slightly inclined upward, and after walking more than ten meters, when entering the burial chamber in front, there was no water on the ground.
This is not so much a burial chamber as a burial pit.
The grave caved into a corner, and the masonry, mud, and sand were scattered on the ground.
As a result, most of the contents of the burial pit on the ground were buried.
Even so, after seeing the real funeral goods, everyone was still stunned.
"This ...... This is...... Bird? Some criminal police officers couldn't help but ask.
A skeleton on the ground was so large that it was larger than a cow or a horse in its exposed parts, and its bones covered the entire burial pit. If you look closely, you'll see that it has a pointed beak, sharp claws, wings, and feathers that haven't completely corrupted.
Although the feathers have gone through thousands of years, they are red like fire, and when the flashlight shines, it reflects the brilliant brilliance of the brilliant color, and it is long and soft.
Wu Duan didn't know much about birds, but he had seen peacocks open the screen at the zoo, and he only felt that the feathers on the peacock's tail were also pale in comparison.
Several wall tiles of the burial pit were engraved with words, Yan Sixian asked Shao Gong if he could understand it, Shao Gong said: "It is said to be a divine bird, after the princess of Zhongshan Kingdom sat down, it was this divine bird that came to pick up her soul."
It turns out that her fairy husband is a divine bird.
The divine bird left a will, saying that his body was buried with his beloved wife, and then he rushed to the ground more than ten times next to the body of the princess of Zhongshan Kingdom, until he died, and he also got rid of the shackles of his body, and soared with the soul of his beloved wife......"
Wu Duan snorted, "I married a birdman with the princess of Zhongshan Kingdom." ”
Shao Gong shook his head greatly, "Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense, don't respect the tomb owner, you will suffer......"
Wu Duan made a teachable look on his face, but he was complaining frantically in his heart: You tomb robber talk to me about respecting the dead? When you go to prison, do you want to give a lecture on law popularization?
Yan Sixian questioned: "The divine bird said that it would be buried together, but looking at this pit, it is obviously a burial, and the difference is very big. ”
Shao Gong pointed to the place where the tomb collapsed and said: "It was a joint burial, the coffin was complete, but it was all buried, and the bird corpse was also dragged out of the coffin." ”
Yan Sixian was stunned for a moment, pointed to the collapse and asked, "Then Chen Shui Huo ...... them?"
Shao Gong nodded, "It's also buried." ”
Yan Sixian immediately stepped forward to observe the situation at the collapsed place, and saw a large amount of fine sand, so he asked again: "Is this a quicksand mechanism?" ”
Shao Gong nodded and said: "The sides and the top of the tomb are full of fine sand, and soon after the opening of the museum, the wall collapsed, the quicksand poured in, and everyone was buried.
What you see is only the tip of the iceberg of this burial chamber, a little bit of a place for the corpses of birds, and all the things that accompany the burial are in it, and they are buried. ”
Shao Gong obviously had reservations about this, at least, it was possible that he did what touched the organ.
Yan Sixian looked at Huang Sha and lost his mind for a moment, and said, "You have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death", and the criminal policemen untied the ropes on their bodies and began to dig sand.
The criminal police took out the folding shovels they carried with them and divided them into two groups to dig in turn, one group of people digging sand, and the other group of people was responsible for guarding Shao Gong and others.
The sand was soft, and soon a large area was dug up, and three bodies were found.
The three of them were suffocated to death, their mouths and noses filled with sand, their eyes bulging out, and their faces full of fear and unwillingness.
Yan Sixian asked, "Do you know them?" ”
When Shao Gong saw such a corpse, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, looked at it a few times, and replied, "It's Chen Shuihuo's person." ”
They waited for a while, and seeing that everyone had no intention of stopping digging, Xiao Shao asked tentatively, "The place has been found for you, can you let us go?" ”
"What's the hurry?" Yan Sixian said: "You don't want to see if Chen Shuihuo is dead?" ”
"We don't care about this, friend, let's see you again."
Yan Sixian: "It's better to go to the grave together, or go out together, so that I don't have to worry about you doing things behind your back." ”
Xiao Shao looked at Shao Gong, Shao Gong seemed to have expected this result, and did not speak, Xiao Shao had to shut up.
The excavation lasted nearly three hours, during which the criminal policemen who stayed on the ground came down to two people, and they followed the rope to find them, and when they saw that the companions who went down to the tomb were all right, they were relieved and went back to ventilate and report the news.
Taking advantage of the excavation, Wu Duan said to Yan Sixian worriedly: "I don't know where Master Wenjia went, you say, he won't really have an accident, right?" ”
Yan Sixian: "If you can't find him, what are you going to do?" ”
"Report to the top, send someone to search the mountain."
"What about yourself?"
Wu Duan was silent for a moment, "Probably...... Lose your job. ”
Yan Sixian patted him on the shoulder, "Do you want to consider working for me?" Five insurances and one housing fund, including food and accommodation, five days off and two ......"
Wu Duan was really worried, he didn't have the heart to joke, and he didn't answer, so Yan Sixian continued: "I don't think that Wen Jia is very clean. ”
"You mean ......?"
"He's probably a grave robber too...... Or have done it for a living. ”
Wu Duan thought about the details of his contact with Master Wen Jia, from his intention to woo Sherlock as soon as he entered the mountain, to the fact that he found out the general location of the tomb of the princess of Zhongshan Kingdom at a good time, and then to his sneaking away from the team, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was like that, and he thought it was true.
Yan Sixian continued: "So you don't have to worry too much, that guy should be a veteran, and he even has a set of methods to prevent poisonous insects, so it's not so easy to get hit." Even if he really hangs here, he can't blame you and me, who made him greedy enough. ”
Wu Duan sighed, "That being said, after all, we invited someone by ourselves, if we don't look for him......"
"It's hard to say," Yan Sixian said: "I asked a friend to ask about this, I originally thought it would be good to find a master to give me some advice, but I didn't expect someone to go into the mountain with us."
After all, the risk is high, the money is small, and the matter of going to the grave is always a bit unlucky. Who knows if we really know who is willing to come with us, who knows if Wen Jia will be recommended by Mao Sui?
Besides, do you remember the night you entered the mountain? There were two people following us. ”
Wu Duan was stunned, "You ...... you mean?"
Yan Sixian pressed Wu Duan's shoulder, "Shhh Whisper. ”
He glanced at Shao Gong and the others not far away, and saw that they didn't pay attention to the conversation here, so he spread his hand and continued: "Have you forgotten the story of Grandpa Chen Shuihuo?" If tomb robbers can blend into the national archaeological team, and the praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches behind, why can't they blend into our police team? It was my negligence.
The two people who followed us are probably Wen Jia's accomplices, after he and his accomplices meet, if they go down the mountain and leave, it shouldn't be a problem to save their lives along the way, I'm afraid that they will be extremely vicious and fight our idea, then it will be ......."
Wu Duan hesitated: "Probably not, he saved our lives." ”
"It's just profit, save us, because we need to continue to give him thunder. Believe it or not, if it wasn't Chen Shuihuo and his party who advanced the ancient tomb, then I'm afraid it would be us who are now buried under the sand. ”
Looking at the deceased with yellow sand and despair, Wu Duan was deeply afraid, thought about it and said: "But if it is calculated like this, Wen Jia is likely to have already gone to the tomb, and the time for him to go to the tomb is in the gap between Chen Shuihuo and us...... That's right! Kid corpse! ”
Yan Sixian directly covered Wu Duan's mouth this time, "Be quiet!" ”
Wu Duan took his hand away, shrunk his neck apologetically, and continued: "The body of the child who accompanied the burial couldn't be taken by Wen Jia, right?" But if he's here to rob the tomb, what is he doing with it? Corpses cannot be sold for money. ”
Yan Sixian shook his head, "I can't figure this out either." ”
Wu Duan only felt that the people related to this matter were very evil, and his retreat rose again, so he discussed with Yan Sixian: "Otherwise, Chen Shuihuo and their bodies are found, and the matter of the ancient tomb will be told for a while, let's fill in the robbery hole, divide half of the people to escort Shao Gong and them out, and the remaining half of them continue to look for Wen Jia." ”
Yan Sixian: "Still looking for him?" ”
Wu Duan: "You can't just leave it alone. ”
Yan Sixian paused for a moment and said: "I'll say it bluntly, stay and find him, at most to seek some self-comfort, lest he really have an accident and have a disturbed conscience - look, you are leaving the team yourself, and after you leave the team, Lao Tzu will not leave and look for you for most of the day."
But there is no operability to find people, where to find such a large forest. ”
"Then you take someone out, and I'll stay and look for it."
"Impossible."
……
The two disagreed, and neither could convince anyone, so the final plan could only be put on hold for the time being, and the excavation work would be completely completed.
The yellow sand was turned over entirely, and a total of six corpses were found, but there was no Chen Shuihuo.
Some criminal policemen wanted to rummage through it again, but Yan Sixian stopped him, Yan Sixian pointed to the coffin that was picked up and said: "This coffin is not right, the innermost layer of coffin is still covered with a lid." ”
Just now, everyone was busy counting the corpses, and even if they noticed this unusual feature, they didn't think about it.
At this moment, Yan Sixian pointed out that everyone immediately understood, since the big bird in the coffin had been dragged out, the coffin lid must have been opened, how could it still be covered?
There is only one possibility: Chen Shuihuo hid in the coffin at the moment when the quicksand poured down, covered the coffin lid, and won a small living space for himself.
Yan Sixian had already reached out to push the lid of the coffin, and immediately a criminal police officer stepped forward to help.
The oxygen in the coffin is limited, at most it can be used for a person to breathe for an hour or two, and at this moment, a day and a night have passed since the collapse of the tomb wall, even if there is a temporary hiding place, Chen Shuihuo will not be able to survive until now.
Even though he knew that he was likely to see a dead person after the coffin was opened, Yan Sixian still reminded the criminal police who helped open the museum to be careful.
Corpse!
There was indeed a corpse in the coffin!
The corpse is in a prone position with its back facing up. There were obvious blood stains on the neck, blood stains on the bottom of the entire coffin, and splattered blood on the inner walls of the coffin.
"Dead with a throat?" Wu Duan was puzzled: "Could it be that there is no way to escape, and the oxygen is about to run out, and he commits suicide in despair?" ”
Yan Sixian walked around to the other end of the coffin and looked at the dead man's face.
He didn't speak, but just looking at his expression, Wu Duan guessed the result: The person in the coffin was not Chen Shuihuo. Yan Sixian began to examine the body in disbelief.
He had just flipped it over and made a discovery.
"There's a hole in the bottom of the coffin!" Yan Sixian gritted his teeth and said, "Ruthless! Chen Shuihuo, you are ruthless enough!
When the quicksand poured down, this person hid in the coffin with Chen Shuihuo, but there was little oxygen in the coffin, even if there was only one person, it couldn't last long, Chen Shuihuo simply killed his accomplice who was competing for oxygen with him.
Then he dug a hole in his own robbery, and now he is afraid that he has escaped. ”
While speaking, Yan Sixian beckoned the criminal police to carry the man's body out of the coffin, revealing the hole under the coffin.
Shao Gong shook his head again and again: "Impossible, this is impossible......"
He touched the stone coffin and said: "The stone used in this stone coffin is extremely hard, Luoyang shovel digging on it, at most leaving a white mark, don't believe you try, don't want to dig it through for a while, not to mention that there are two layers of wooden coffins." "Reading a book and finding the latest chapters by yourself? You're out, WeChat attention Beauty editor helps you find books! It's really a good book to flirt with girls!