Leng Ranbing immediately climbed on a tall rock after hearing the sound, picked up the night vision binoculars, and observed the forest in the distance.

And Li Xiaodong didn't need to use equipment such as a telescope at all, he focused on his luck a little, his eyes became extraordinarily bright, and his eyes could also see the night forest far away.

In the night forest, two wild wolves are being besieged by a pack of wild dogs, and they are fighting for a corpse, a human corpse.

Li Xiaodong and Leng Ranbing rushed to this forest, coldly scraped a flame, raised it above their heads, and then held the dagger in one hand, slowly forcing towards the corpse.

A group of wild dogs had already fled in fright when they saw the bright and dazzling fire, and the two wild wolves stared fiercely, baring their teeth and barking reluctantly back, and finally did not dare to fight, and the two wolves had to abandon the corpses on the ground and turn around and flee into the jungle.

Li Xiaodong squatted down and carefully observed the male corpse.

The clothes were field clothes that were convenient for moving in the mountains and forests, and there was a rope for climbing around his waist, and the neck of the corpse had been bitten open by wild beasts, and large pieces of flesh had been bitten off his shoulders and face, and the blood was quite terrifying.

"The blood has not coagulated, the body has not stiffened, this person has not been dead for a long time, but I don't know, how could this person be bitten to death by a wild beast?" Leng Ranbing said as he groped for the corpse, but did not find anything that could prove his identity, such as ID cards, cards, and wallets.

"This man must have snuck into the mountains, either to rob tombs or to poach, and not to carry any documents, which is their usual method. Leng Ranbing stopped groping and added.

"It's not so much that he was killed by a beast as he was doomed. For some unknown reason, he broke his ribs, and then ran for a long time, and when he ran here, he no longer had the strength to escape, and just happened to meet the wolf again. ”

Li Xiaodong untied the clothes on the corpse that had been scratched by the beast, and in the abdomen, there was indeed a large swollen bruise, and it was obvious that this person had been seriously injured before he died.

Leng Ranbing stared at the bruise suspiciously, touched it with his hand and said, "This kind of injury can only come from a fight with someone, could it be that you met another tomb robber and there was a fire?"

"Whether it's fire or not, it has nothing to do with us, all we can do is to be kind, collect his corpse, and don't let the wolves eat it. ”

Li Xiaodong stood up, found many stones around, and then piled up a stone pile, barely a grave bag.

After staying in this place for a while, still led by Leng Ranbing, the two of them headed towards the mountain.

Along the way, from time to time, I saw broken branches and leaves of grass and trees, and pieces of clothing and cloth that were torn off by thorns, and Leng Ranbing knew in his heart that Li Xiaodong's judgment was correct, the male corpse just now should have escaped from the mountain, and then died of a wolf's kiss due to serious injuries and fatigue.

Li Xiaodong was silent, just followed behind her and walked all the way.

When he came to the mountainside, Leng Ranbing stopped, pointed to a few piles of dilapidated and blackened blue bricks and stones in the forest, and said, "This should be an ancient tomb, let's see if there are any robbery caves nearby." ”

With that, the two of them peeled open the thick thorns and slowly stepped into this mausoleum building, which may have been extremely spectacular in the past.

On a small hill overgrown with weeds, on the sunny side, the two found a diagonal earthen hole, squatted down coldly, and shone a flashlight into the dark hole for a while, and then said: "This is the robbery hole, which leads diagonally from the surface to the mausoleum, and the tomb robbers can get into it and search for treasure in it." ”

She touched the soil at the entrance of the cave and continued: "I don't know how long this thief hole has been open, but I can be sure that the time will not be too long, it should be the last two years." ”

"Would you like to go in and have a look?" she asked, getting up.

"Of course, I'll go down and take a look, and you'll be on guard outside. ”

Since he came here, he naturally had to go into the tomb to explore, although there were many ancient tombs here, and there would be a lot of holes to drill, but in order to find his mother's traces, even if he couldn't find any clues, he would definitely not miss it.

Leng Ranbing handed him an air filter mask, asked him to put it on, and then tied it to his body with a rope and fixed it to the tree, so that Li Xiaodong began to crawl in this deep and narrow thief hole.

The air is gradually becoming less fresh.

Even through the filter mask, you can smell the chill in the air.

The long oblique thief hole led directly to the ear chamber of the underground mausoleum, and Li Xiaodong jumped off the ground and swept around with a flashlight, only mossy blue brick walls, dilapidated porcelain pots, and dense cobwebs came into view.

Peeling off the cobwebs above his head, he came to the main burial chamber, where the valuable things had already been swept away, even the stone coffin board had been overturned, and there were only a few black bones in the empty sarcophagus coffin.

A cool air flow poured in from the mouth of the thief cave, and the turbulent current rotated, like a yin wind born in the flat ground, and the closed tomb made a whining sound, such a strange sound, which made people feel cold all over the body, even if Li Xiaodong was far more bold than ordinary people, but alone in this underground mausoleum, he also felt that the environment here was a little terrible.

At this time, a cold voice came: "Xiaodong ......"

"Is it dangerous to be in the mausoleum?"

The female voice came from the thief hole in the direction of the ear chamber, faintly, as if it was far away in the sky.

Li Xiaodong walked back to the ear chamber, took off his mask, and shouted to the thief hole on the top: "Don't worry, the situation is fine." ”

"Do you want me to come down too?"

"No, I'll be around and I'll be back soon. ”

Li Xiaodong turned around and continued to investigate in the corridor of the mausoleum, the ear chambers on both sides, and the main burial chamber.

What he needs to find is the clues left by outsiders after entering the tomb, but if there is a trace of clues, he can use the "tracing technique" to trace the source, find out who came before and what they did here.

He searched the entire burial chamber, but did not find much, except in the dark burial chamber due south, he found half a gray and yellowish candle under the stone wall, standing alone on the ground.

Li Xiaodong squatted down, stared at the half of the candle, and thought: This half of the candle could only be left behind by outsiders entering the tomb.

Lighting a candle due south may be a way to determine if there is enough air in the burial chamber, or it may be a traditional practice for tomb robbers.

If the candle is not extinguished, you can touch the gold, and if the candle is suddenly extinguished, even if you touch the gold and silver jewelry, you should put it back in its place and then quickly evacuate. In order to avoid murderous corpses, the captain on the rivers and lakes has always followed this tradition.

As he thought so, he suddenly heard a slight sound in the direction of the burial chamber far behind his head, as if something was quietly approaching, and he accidentally touched the broken porcelain on the ground.

Li Xiaodong looked back, frowned slightly, then extinguished the flashlight, and quickly hid in the corner of the cave wall, merging with the endless darkness.

(End of chapter)