Chapter Forty-Eight: The Girl in Red
The waiting time was undoubtedly torturous, and the sound of the drums that Li Huiyan and I had beaten together could be heard far away in the tombway.
But after a while, there was no movement in the tomb, let alone any Yin soldiers, not even a single mosquito or fly was recruited.
I couldn't help but be a little disappointed, looked at the dragon drum in front of me and sighed, and said in my heart that these ancients were really the ancestors who fooled people, and at the same time laughed at myself for being stupid, even believing this kind of nonsense.
"What do we do now, it doesn't seem to be of any use to call the dragon drum." I turned around and asked Li Huiyan.
If we can't rely on the Yin soldiers to open this bronze door, and we can't find any other way to open the bronze door, I'm afraid there is only one way to go, and that is to walk back the way we came.
However, all three of us also understood that there was no difference between walking back like this and sending us to death.
The ghost-faced spider is still lurking in the graveyard, and we're going to be caught in the trap this time.
"Wait, if it doesn't work, we'll knock again." Li Huiyan hesitated for a moment and said.
Suddenly, my heart moved, and I always felt that I had neglected something, but I couldn't remember it for a while.
After a few more minutes, we saw that there was indeed no movement in the tomb, and we no longer had hope.
"Shall we go back now?" Xiao Yue stood aside and asked me and Li Huiyan.
I didn't speak, and the result was a little hard for me to accept. Originally, the three of us chose this tomb road on the left without hesitation, in order to come to find Qin Dong and them.
Going back before we get to the end is not what we want.
"Let's try again." I thought about it and said.
If I had to give up just once, I would always feel unwilling.
After speaking, I picked up the drumstick, motioned for Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue to cover their ears, and prepared to knock it down again.
"Rice cake, Sister Lizi, why do you try to beat these two drums together?" At this moment, Xiao Yue suddenly said on the side.
Two drums at the same time? As soon as the movements of my hands stopped, I felt a little inexplicably excited.
Xiao Yue's words woke me up completely, I had always felt as if I had ignored something, but I couldn't remember anything. It was only then that it dawned on me that this was what I was thinking.
According to common sense, the drums of war must be beaten at the same time on the battlefield.
Although in ancient times, most armies would use only one war drum in order to prevent too many drums from causing confusion in the transmission of military orders, but there are exceptions to everything.
Li Huiyan's previous words about wild history have made us enter a misunderstanding, and we always feel that since these two dragon drums are divided into yang drums and yin drums, they should be struck separately, and I never thought about what would happen if these two war drums were beaten at the same time.
I looked at Li Huiyan, and she nodded immediately, and understood what I meant in an instant.
After plugging her ears, Li Huiyan walked to the other side of the dragon drum and picked up another pair of drumsticks on the drum stand.
Li Huiyan and I were back to back, each staring at the war drums in front of us.
As if we had a heart in our hearts, without any warning, the two of us raised the drumsticks in our hands at the same time and beat the war drums in front of each other.
A high and low dragon groan came out from the dragon drums on both sides at the same time, converging in the air and heading towards the depths of the dark tomb.
One after another, Li Huiyan and I beat the dragon drum surprisingly consistently, and there is a tacit understanding that can only be achieved after countless trainings.
The dragon chanted continuously, and after we continued ten times, Li Huiyan's drumming stopped, and it seemed that she had no strength.
"Are you alright?" Without Li Huiyan tapping the dragon drum on the other side, I had to stop what I was doing and asked.
"It's okay, it's just a little tired." Li Huiyan gasped and replied.
I nodded, said no more, and turned my gaze to the dark tombway.
It's the last attempt, and if we don't succeed this time, we're afraid we'll have to go back the way we came.
"Wow, rice cake, Sister Lizi, the cooperation between the two of you is simply too tacit, the ten war drums just struck each time fell at the same time. If you hadn't known each other before you got on the train, I might have even suspected that you two had a leg. At this time, Xiao Yue said unabashedly on the side.
"What has a leg, saying it so ugly, this is called having a heart." Xiao Yue's words immediately aroused my dissatisfaction and retorted.
However, I regretted saying this, what a heart, this is completely darker and darker.
After saying this, I couldn't help but sneak a glance at Li Huiyan out of the corner of my eye.
Seeing that the expression on her face was calm, she just lowered her head and panted, and she didn't seem to be angry because of what Xiao Yue and I just said, so I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, the originally silent tomb was filled with footsteps.
The footsteps sound unusually uniform from far to near, but you can't hear how many people are walking at all, and it feels as if there is only one person.
Hearing the sound of footsteps suddenly sounding in the tombway, the three of us were startled and then ecstatic.
At the moment, there should be no other outsiders in this general's tomb except Liu Laoqi and them, but at this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps, which had to be surprising.
Combined with what Li Huiyan and I have done before, the answer is already coming out. Nine times out of ten, the owners of these footsteps are Yin soldiers summoned by the dragon drum.
Listening to the footsteps getting closer and closer, all three of us became a little nervous.
It has nothing to do with being timid or not, can an ordinary person not be nervous and scared when he encounters such a strange thing that he has never encountered?
The three of us stood on the left side of the graveyard at the same time, quietly waiting for the footsteps in the graveyard to get closer and closer.
But after a long time, I didn't see any figures in the tomb, and I couldn't help but get a little anxious.
Eventually, I hesitated, and then dared to look into the depths of the graveyard with a flashlight.
In this photo, a white and bloodless face with a stiff expression appeared in my sight, and it almost scared me out of my heart attack.
I saw that about thirty meters away from us in the depths of the tomb, a group of Yin soldiers holding halberds and wearing armor were slowly walking towards us.
Every time these Yin soldiers fell, there was a dull sound of footsteps in the tomb, and even the entire tomb was trembling slightly.
Due to the distance, I have no way to tell the number of these Yin soldiers, but I guess there should be no more than twenty.
After another two minutes, the group of Yin soldiers finally came up to the three of us.
At this moment, my heart was about to rise to my throat, and I didn't dare to say a word, and I didn't even try to make a sound when I was breathing, only hoping that these Yin soldiers would have no ill will towards us.
When the Yin Soldiers came to me, I began to secretly observe their appearances.
After a few sneaky glances, I think the appearance of these Yin soldiers is a little familiar, but they are very similar to those unearthed terracotta figurines in the Terracotta Warriors of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
The same armor, the same hairstyle, the same height, the only difference is that those terracotta warriors have no weapons in their hands, and these Yin soldiers each hold halberds.
As the Yin Soldier walked past us, I felt that the leader of the Yin Soldier who was leading the way seemed to glance at me slightly, and then continued to walk forward with a blank face.
This glimpse seemed like a year in a short moment, and by the time I came back to my senses, cold sweat was oozing from my forehead and back.
This is the invincible army of the Great Qin Dynasty back then, and this is the invincible soldier who swept through the six countries without encountering an opponent. Even if they are dead, even after more than 2,000 years, the cold and murderous aura that seems to be born on their bodies still makes people feel depressed.
As a modern person, he was fortunate enough to see the Great Qin army with his own eyes at this moment, even if he said it, I am afraid that no one would believe it.
The Great Qin Yin Soldier slowly walked in front of the three of us, every step was sonorous and powerful, making people feel their blood boiling.
Looking at these Yin soldiers, it makes people feel that they were born at an untimely time, fantasizing about how majestic it would be if they were born two thousand years ago and follow them to fight and fight.
The Yin Soldiers quickly walked to the bronze door, and I watched them motionlessly, trying to see how they would open it.
But I was obviously going to be disappointed, because these Yin soldiers walked up to the bronze door and didn't make any moves, and the bronze door had already opened a gap of its own.
A moment later, the bronze door was completely open.
These Yin soldiers did not linger in the slightest, and continued to walk towards the door as soon as the bronze door was completely opened.
One, two, three...... As the Yin soldiers walked into the bronze door one by one, this bronze door actually had a tendency to close slowly.
I was shocked to see this, if the bronze door closed, all our previous efforts would be in vain.
When the last Yin soldier also walked in front of us, and I was about to ask Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue to rush into the bronze gate together, I found a scene that made people feel ridiculous.
At the end of these Yin soldiers, there was a little girl wearing a red ancient robe.
This little girl looked no more than eight or nine years old, and she looked very cute, with a little chubby baby fat on her face.
Unlike these expressionless and dull Great Qin Yin soldiers, this little girl was walking behind with a jump, and it felt as if she was playing and frolicking in the tomb.
What makes people speechless is that when the little girl in red walked in front of me, she even stuck out her tongue at me and made a naughty grimace.
I was not stupid, and it was clear in an instant that this little girl was certainly not a living person.
But where did this little girl come from? My heart was full of doubts, and I wondered if it could be some poor undertaker in this general's tomb, after all, the ancient nobles could do anything to lose their conscience in order to pursue the enjoyment of the afterlife.
"Let's go, Zhang Sansan, what are you looking at?" Li Huiyan pushed me and said in an anxious tone.
"Don't you see?" I asked curiously.
"What do you see?" Li Huiyan also replied strangely.
Immediately, she pulled Xiao Yue, followed behind the little girl in red, and walked in the direction of the bronze gate.
Seeing this, I didn't think much about it anymore and quickly followed.
A question lingered in my mind, but I couldn't get rid of it, why couldn't Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue see this little girl in red who was close at hand?