Chapter 24: The Cave in the Tomb
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Today is the last day of the senior final assessment competition, and along the way, more and more people are walking towards the senior assessment field.
The cemetery was about eight kilometers away on the outskirts of the imperial capital, and the three of them got into a horse-drawn carriage.
Vera and Teese both had dark circles in their eyes and looked dazed, and their bodies swayed as the carriage swayed, and they almost fell down, which showed that they hadn't slept much all night.
Chris wanted to be comforted, and opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to speak, so he could only sigh.
When the two sisters fell asleep, they finally arrived.
The cemetery is very large, surrounded by a three-meter-high wall, almost invisible, and outward are two tall iron fence gates with the words "Land of the Dead", from which you can see that the cemetery is neatly planted with tall and straight green trees, and a wide stone path flows through them.
Chris looked at the two sisters and reached out and patted the chains of the iron door.
There was a choking sound from the chains, and there was silence around them, and after a while, Chris patted again.
After a while, a man walked out of the room, and he didn't look at who was knocking on the door outside, but bent his waist and opened the door with his head bowed without saying a word.
Grave keeper.
He wore a dark gray blouse, which was not dirty or torn, but it was full of wrinkles, his eyebrows drooped, his eyelids drooped, his skin was yellow and black, and his hair was half brown and half white, which was casually tied behind his head. Probably too old, the fingers like chicken claws trembled, and it took a long time to open the door.
When the door opened, he still didn't speak, didn't pull the door open, didn't even look up, and staggered away.
The two sisters, apparently startled by the horrific image of the grave keeper, pressed their bodies together, clasped their hands together, and watched in horror as the grave keeper slowly disappeared into it.
Chris smiled, pushed open the door, and said, "Let's go!"
The three of them walked together along the wide stone path towards the cemetery.
The morning air is cold, but in a place full of tombstones, it's not just the body that gets cold.
The tombstones stand neatly, surrounded by the sound of birds on the green trees, and the stone paths criss-crossed by green vegetation and low grass on the ground, and some of the tombstones are already overgrown with wild grass, and it is almost impossible to see the engravings on them.
Two sisters led the way, and three stopped in front of a tombstone.
The tombstone is square, made of green stone, the stele is one meter high, sixty centimeters wide, eight centimeters thick, symbolizing purity, elegance, endless mourning, engraved with the name of the Vera sister's mother, the year of birth and death, the person who erected the monument, and the civilians do not write biographies and epitaphs.
Chris bowed in front of the tomb, walked to the side of the tomb, and gently uncovered the grass above the tomb according to Vera's instructions, sure enough, it was a cave, Chris looked up at the two sisters, Vera held Tice's hand tightly, her face was pale, and she nodded slightly.
Chris looked down and looked closely.
The burial soil beneath the cave had been hollowed out a lot, and Chris reached down until it touched the burial soil, and then with little care, he broke all the turf on it.
Soon, a larger cave was revealed.
Looking at the cave, Chris pondered.
The cave is not yet large enough for an adult to drill through.
What kind of hole did an unknown beast drill?
Chris stood still for a moment, then walked to a nearby tomb and looked around it for a moment.
No!
Then I went to another tomb to check, and it still didn't work!
As he walked all the way to the fourth tomb, Chris was shocked and appeared!
An inconspicuous cave under the long grass behind the tombstones.
Then, on the second tomb in the front row, a cave was also discovered.
Chris stood there in contemplation for a moment, then walked back to the tomb where the second cave appeared, and without looking at the cave covered with long grass, he crouched down in front of the tombstone and reached out to remove the blades of grass that covered the tombstone.
"Eagle Dalyon" is the name of the deceased.
This is followed by a line of small letters engraved directly below the name:
"On December 22, 986 Tianlan, his wife wept blood and accepted stones".
Then come to the third tombstone where the cave was discovered.
"Tianlan 985 September 13 day pivot stone".
Chris stood up, returned to Vera's mother's tombstone, and looked down:
"On May 8, 986 Tianlan, the husband wept blood and accepted stones. ā
He frowned, turned to the two Vera sisters, and said, "Help me find the tomb between nine hundred and eighty-three and nine hundred and eighty-eight." ā
The two sisters nodded inexplicably and looked separately.
Fortunately, there is no such thing as feng shui in this world, and the dead buried in the cemetery are neatly arranged one by one in order of priority. Therefore, the tomb that Chris is looking for is also in the front and back five rows.
After inspection, a total of twenty-four tombs in these five rows appeared inexplicable caves.
Chris pondered for a long time, and then he went to the outer civilian burial area, and looked down at one tombstone after another.
Caves did not appear in the tombs after Tianlan 991 years.
The burials where caves appear are concentrated between 980 and 989 years ago.
Exactly ten years!
Is there any special connection between this?
To be on the safe side, Chris went to the burial area of the nobles, found the tombs between 980 and 989, and took a cursory inspection.
As he stood up straight, a smile tugged at the corner of Cris's mouth.
He took the two Vera sisters out of the cemetery, but did not meet anyone else on the way, and walked out of the cemetery with a cold and gloomy atmosphere, Vera said, "Let's go now? Mother's cave..."
Chris made a gesture, looked back into the cemetery, and whispered, "No hurry, we'll come back in the evening." ā
Vera's eyes widened, and she reached out to cover her mouth.
Tiess also turned pale with fright.
Chris didn't elaborate.