Although the mausoleum is a confined space with poor air circulation, if the soil is not tightly sealed, a small amount of oxygen will still enter the mausoleum.

As a result, the body will change when it comes into contact with oxygen, first the body will decompose, and finally the flesh will dissolve into white bones.

The owner of the tomb did not want to be accompanied by loess and white bones after death, so he ordered the craftsman to make the body of the person who accompanied him into an immortal corpse.

First, the craftsman drills a thumb-thin hole in the head of the living people, sucks out the cerebral cord, and pours mercury into it.

Then hollow out its internal organs, fill it with mercury, and suture the wound.

In this way, the corpse can not decay for thousands of years, which is also the reason why many tomb robbers find the corpse in the coffin when they rob the tomb.

To the uninitiated, these corpses may well be spirited creatures, but the tomb robbers know in their hearts that these are just poor people who have been doused with mercury.

The second type of end is sacrifice, which is to give oneself or something of value to achieve a certain wish or demand.

However, this method is rare in Middle-earth, and most of them occur in remote mountainous areas, such as the Miaojiang area.

Miao Jiang is located in the deep mountains of 100,000 yuan, and there is little communication with the outside world, so the cultural level is relatively backward, so this kind of place is more popular such ignorant and superstitious ways to pray for blessings.

Most of the people who were sacrificed were not willing, but were chosen by a tribe or clan, and on the day of the sacrifice, the people of the clan would tie the sacrificers to a wooden frame, burn them in a blazing fire, or drown them in the river.

"As far as I know, Yuyang is a rich land, and Miaojiang is very different, so it is impossible to have a sacrifice, and I learned from Shen Baichuan's mouth that more than a dozen women were arrested from Bailiting Street alone, if you count other streets, I am afraid that the number of people exceeds 100, such a large-scale sacrifice has never appeared in history, so this plan cannot be a sacrifice, in my opinion, these women should be brought into the ancient tomb by soldiers to become burial companions." Su Dingqin said with a solemn face.

Hearing this, I couldn't help but gasp, what is the origin of this tomb owner, and why can he have so much power to let hundreds of people accompany the burial?

"Brother Su, what do you think is the identity of this tomb owner?" Ning Nanxi looked at Su Dingqin and asked.

Su Dingqin shook the folding fan lightly and waved his hand helplessly, saying that at present, he can't tell who the owner of the tomb is, but he must be a high-ranking person, anyway, we are about to go to the tomb tomorrow, and everything should be able to fall through when we reach the main tomb.

If it is dark today, it is the time when the big beasts in the forest come out to feed, we have been in the dense forest for a long time and it is very dangerous, after discussing for a while, we decided to go back to the camp first, after all, we will go to the tomb tomorrow, we must recuperate tonight, otherwise our physical strength may be difficult to support.

After a busy day, we were already hungry, and when we returned to the camp, we had a casual meal and lay down in the open top to rest, and the night was fine, and when we woke up the next day, we did not go to the jungle again, but waited in the camp for the disciples to come.

Time flies, in the blink of an eye, the morning time has passed, just at noon when we were ready to eat, a strange sound came from the dense forest, heard the sound of several of us immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks in our hands and fell into a state of alert, follow the sound, in the dense forest dozens of meters away from us, a black shadow flickered in the meantime, with the pace approaching, this person slowly emerged from the dense forest.

By the dim light, out of the dense forest stepped a young man, who looked to be twenty-five or sixteen years old, with a swarthy hair and a mantle like a farmer who had been working in the fields all year round.

Although his face is not handsome, he is also thick eyebrows and big eyes, especially a pair of eyes are extremely sharp, like eagle eyes, he is wearing a brown camouflage uniform, there are more than a dozen pockets all over his body, each pocket is full, a dagger is pinned to his waist, and he is carrying a backpack behind him, at this time he is expressionless and walking towards us, holding a half-smoked cigarette in his hand, and his mouth is even more swallowing clouds.

According to the man's costume, he should be a disciple of the Sect of Thieves sent to us by the Sundries Department, but according to experience, the age of tomb robbery is about forty years old, but the young man in front of him is only in his twenties, which can't help but make me a little suspicious of his ability.

While we were pondering, the man had already walked in front of a few of us, he threw the remaining half of the cigarette in his hand to the ground, stretched out his foot to extinguish it, and then said in a deep voice: "Which of you is Su Dingqin?" ”

"It's Su Dingqin down there, but my brother was sent by the Miscellaneous Affairs Section?" Su Dingqin stepped forward and stretched out his hand as he spoke, but the young man did not stretch out his hand to respond, and said coldly: "The death on the tomb is too heavy all the year round, it is better for you not to have any contact with me, otherwise it is you who will suffer." ”

Su Dingqin didn't show a displeased look after hearing this, but Shen Nanxiao, who was standing on the side, was furious, he felt that the man looked down on Su Dingqin a little, so he shouted angrily: "What is there to be angry about a mere thief disciple, Brother Dingqin can afford you when he shakes hands with you, don't be ignorant!" ”

After hearing this, a sneer appeared at the corner of the man's mouth, and he did not refute, and directly took off the gloves he was wearing on the palm, I looked down and was suddenly shocked, this man has only four fingers on his left hand, and this finger is a birth defect from the cross-section, but what surprised me the most is that the color of this man's hands is different from that of normal people, and the skin of ordinary people's hands is flesh color, but the young man's hands are dark blue.

The blood vessels on the back of both palms burst out, and the tendons and veins under the skin were like insects wriggling in the flesh, and I couldn't help but look at Su Dingqin and Shen Nanxiao when I saw the scene in front of me, and their faces became a little solemn at this time, but they were more shocked and surprised.

"Nine-fingered green skin! You are Lu Nianqi! Su Dingqin looked at the man in front of him and asked in surprise.

"That's right, in Xia Lu Nianqi, I was entrusted by the Miscellaneous Affairs Department to help you explore the ancient tomb, although I am not an inner disciple of your Miscellaneous Affairs Department, but is it a little inappropriate to be treated like this when I first came?" Lu Nianqi's eyes swept towards Shen Nanxiao when he spoke, as if he wanted to ask for an explanation for what had just happened.

Hearing this, Su Dingqin turned his head and looked at Shen Nanxiao, and said in a deep voice: "Nanxiao, apologize to Brother Lu!" ”

"Apologize? Why do I apologize, it was he who was rude in the first place, and even if he apologized, he should apologize to us! Shen Nanxiao was quite unconvinced.

"Brother Lu didn't shake hands with me just now because he was afraid of hurting me, but you misinterpreted his kindness, who else do you want to apologize if you don't apologize?" Su Dingqin scolded in a deep voice.

"Just because he can hurt you, isn't it just a pair of black and numb hands, how can he hurt you?" Shen Nanxiao asked.

Su Ding Qin just wanted to speak, but then Lu Nianqi snorted coldly: "Since this brother thinks it's okay, then let's try." ”

Lu Nianqi stretched out his palm as he spoke, Shen Nanxiao saw this and felt that Lu Nianqi was provoking him, and just wanted to reach out to shake it, but then Su Dingqin hurriedly stopped him and said in a deep voice: "Nanxiao, I don't blame you for not hearing of the name of the nine-fingered green skin, after all, you have been involved in the rivers and lakes for a short time, but I persuaded you for your own good, don't ......."

"Brother Ding Qin, I know that you are for my good, but I am a straight temper, unless this surnamed Lu can convince me, otherwise I will never apologize!" Shen Nanxiao said with a firm expression.

Seeing that Shen Nanxiao's mind had been decided, Su Dingqin had no choice, so he had to look at Lu Nianqi and said: "Brother Lu, Nanxiao doesn't know the height of the sky, and I hope to accept it." ”

"Don't worry, since I am a member of the miscellaneous department, I will be merciful, and I will keep this hand for him." Lu Nianqi looked at Shen Nanxiao when he spoke, Shen Nanxiao snorted coldly and stretched out his hand, but when Shen Nanxiao's hand just touched Lu Nianqi's palm, he suddenly roared, and quickly retracted his hand like an electric shock, and looked at it fixedly, Shen Nanxiao had a hideous expression on his face, and he couldn't help trembling, and in just a few seconds, sweat was already oozing from his forehead, and from his reaction, he seemed to be injured.

"Brother Shen, what's wrong with you!" I looked at Shen Nanxiao anxiously and asked.

Shen Nanxiao slowly turned his palm up, looked down, everyone present gasped, at this time Shen Nanxiao's palm had turned dark blue, under the skin and flesh, there seemed to be dozens or hundreds of thin insects constantly wriggling, and with the wriggling of the insects, the dark blue color also began to spread, a few seconds ago the discoloration was only in the palm of the hand, but now it is about to reach the wrist.

"Brother Lu, you hurry up and help him, now that the poison has broken through the meridians, if it spreads to the arm, it will be troublesome!" Su Dingqin looked at Lu Nianqi and said eagerly.

"This brother hasn't apologized to me yet, how can you ask me to help him?" Lu Nianqi's expression was calm without the slightest wave, and the corners of his mouth showed a sneer that was not easy to detect.

"Nanxiao, if you don't apologize quickly, if you don't apologize, your arm will be completely useless!" Su Dingqin shouted at Shen Nanxiao.

At this time, Shen Nanxiao knew the power of Lu Nianqi's hands, and he endured the severe pain and trembled and said: "It's me Shen Nanxiao who has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, I'm sorry Brother Lu!" ”

Lu Nianqi nodded his head slightly after hearing this, put on gloves and immediately pulled out a short knife from his waist, and then he clasped Shen Nanxiao's vein with his left hand, and slashed the knife in his right hand in his palm, and the sharp blade cut Shen Nanxiao's palm out of a wound of two or three centimeters, and in an instant, dark green juice flowed out of the wound, and with the juice flowing out of the wound, the original dark blue palm gradually returned to flesh color, and the wriggling insects were also missing.

After a few seconds, the turquoise juice turned into red blood, seeing this, Lu Nianqi withdrew the short knife from his waist, then took out a roll of gauze from his jacket pocket and threw it to Shen Nanxiao, and said in a deep voice: "Now that the poisonous blood has flowed out, your arm can be regarded as saved, but the wound will still need a few days to recover, first use this gauze to bandage it to avoid infection of the wound." ”

Shen Nanxiao thanked him after hearing this, and immediately began to tie gauze to his hands, because one of his hands was not very convenient, Ning Nanxi was helping beside him.

"Brother Lu, Nan Xiao has already apologized to you, we don't know each other, it's bound to be hard all the way, let's go into the camp to rest for a while, and we'll eat later." Su Dingqin looked at Lu Nianqi and said.

Lu Nianqi didn't say anything polite to Su Dingqin, nodded and walked towards the camp alone, and after seeing Lu Nianqi leave, I walked to Su Dingqin's side, and said in a low voice: "Brother Su, what is the origin of this Lu Nianqi, what is the matter with his hands, why is it poisoned after being stained?" ”

Hearing this, Su Dingqin glanced at Lu Nianqi in the camp, and then said in a deep voice: "This person is nicknamed Nine Fingers and Green Skin, and his body is agile and powerful, although he is not as loud as Ni Long'er to Liang Ming, but he is also a leader in the tomb robbery industry. ”