Uncle Mei's words suddenly cast a terrifying shadow on this already strange and inexplicable incident, and these stenching corpses on the riverbank are indeed in line with people's imagination of water ghosts, and then think of the screaming and wriggling black shadow that came out of the coffin last night, everything points to the truth of ghosts and gods.

Almost everyone at the scene changed their faces, and their eyes unconsciously showed horror.

Jiang Yongguang, who only called himself "Xiaolingwei", looked as usual, but instead of being frightened by my description, he looked like he suddenly realized, nodded and muttered: "Sure enough, ......"

Lao Li couldn't help but ask, "What is really the case?" Dayong, what did you find? ”

Lao Li's little apprentice also looked at this colleague worriedly, waiting for him to give an explanation.

Jiang Yongguang deliberately sold a pass, did not say it directly, but pointed to some scattered things next to these corpses, and asked us: "These objects were rolled up with the corpses, do you know them?" ”

I looked down at the ground, and saw that the contents of the scroll were the relics of those floating corpses.

There are the most common tops, pants, shoes, etc., as well as some ropes that resemble trekking ropes. In addition to this, there were some less common tools, which I made close to see were rotten wooden ladders, rusty shovels, and modern tools such as wrench hoists.

At this time, Uncle Mei asked confusedly, "What are you going to do with this?" Isn't this a relic of the dead? ”

I also wondered, "Do these relics have any meaning?" ”

Jiang Yongguang smiled, squatted down in front of these relics, picked up a piece of rotten ladder, threw it in front of us, and said: "This is called the centipede ladder, the full name is the centipede hanging mountain ladder, which was used to attack the city during the war in ancient times, and modern people use it to go down to the ......ground."

He picked up a metal tool with a curved shape and rust, and introduced: "This is called a nail key, also called a crutch needle, which is used underground to open doors." ”

A few of us were confused, what "go to the ground", "open the door underground" and so on, and we couldn't understand what Jiang Yongguang was talking about.

At this time, Jiang Yongguang picked up a strangely shaped shovel, shook it in front of our eyes, and asked, "You should all know this thing, right?" This is the famous Luoyang shovel. ”

It's a pity that the two most famous tomb robbery novels that year have not yet been serialized, so everyone doesn't know much about the tomb robbery industry, unlike in recent years, tomb robbery-themed novels, film and television dramas have become popular, and anyone on the street will know what a Luoyang shovel is.

I really hadn't seen a Luoyang shovel at that time, but I thought this tool looked strange, saying that the shovel was not like a shovel, and that the hoe was not like a hoe.

Or is Uncle Mei well-informed, as soon as he saw this thing, he narrowed his eyes and said: "This is a guy who digs graves and robs tombs, so this group of dead people are tomb robbers?" ”

Jiang Yongguang nodded slightly, pointed at the dead bodies on the shore with a Luoyang shovel and said: "There are so many victims in the river, but there is not even a single case of missing people reported nearby, how is this possible?" Could it be that these dead were orphans without relatives and no cause? The only explanation is that their identities are very sensitive, they came to Tuojiang without concealing their identities, and even if there is an accident, no one dares to openly search for their whereabouts. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the upper reaches of the Tuojiang River and said, "Our geographical location is very special, it has always been frequented by tomb robbers, and you are all locals, so I don't need to say more, right?" ”

Uncle Mei and Lao Li nodded one after another.

Although I have only been here for two days, I also know that the upper reaches of the Tuojiang River are Guanghan City, and when it comes to this place name, not many people may know about it, but if you talk about the Sanxingdui ruins located in Guanghan City, then it is a household name.

Now, I finally understand the origin of Jiang Yongguang's name "Xiaolingwei".

"I see, your task force is specifically responsible for chasing down tomb robbers, and it happens to have the same duty as the filial piety guards who guarded Zhu Yuanzhang's mausoleum in the past, that's why they got this nickname, right?" I asked.

Jiang Yongguang nodded and said, "That's right, that's the reason. ”

Uncle Mei pointed to the Tuojiang River and asked, "So, there is an ancient tomb under the river?" ”

Jiang Yongguang nodded again and guessed, "It's likely to be like this." There is a large ancient tomb in the underground area of this area, which is frequented by tomb robbers, because tomb robbing itself is an extremely risky matter, and many tomb robbers die in it, becoming old corpses......"

As he spoke, he pointed to the white bones on the riverbank.

"Although this ancient tomb is very dangerous, the tomb robbers still go forward and break in, the latest group of tomb robbers are either not technical, or they are purely unlucky, digging through the groundwater when digging the robbery hole, the groundwater is poured into the robbery hole, all the way to the Tuojiang River, a large number of tomb robbers were drowned, carrying the tomb robbers who died in the ancient tomb a few years ago also rolled out, which formed the strange scene that Xiao Chen saw last night......

After listening to this explanation, everyone nodded one after another.

I also agree with Jiang Yongguang's analysis, which is indeed the most reasonable inference.

The crack in the ground filled with dead bodies at the bottom of the water yesterday was actually not a ghost door, but a robbery hole after being hit by groundwater, and the corpses were not water ghosts asking for their lives, but tomb robbers who died in the ancient tomb.

At this time, Lao Li's apprentice finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his white face regained some blood, and he was no longer as frightened as he was just now.

She patted her full chest and said: "I know that there are no ghosts in this world at all, what is seven and a half months, and what water ghosts ask for their lives, they are all lies." ”

Uncle Mei seemed to be deliberately against her, and asked Jiang Yongguang coldly: "What happened to the black coffin I saw yesterday?" And the dirty thing in the coffin, the black shadow that screamed and pierced into the river, what is that? ”

This question stumped Jiang Yongguang, he pursed his lips, shook his head and said, "This may need more evidence to give a conclusion, and I can't speculate now." ”

As soon as he heard this, Apprentice Li, who had originally softened his face, turned pale again.

Talking about this, the truth of the matter has gradually surfaced, there are no supernatural events, everything is done by tomb robbers.

I thought my task had been completed, so I asked Jiang Yongguang: "Okay, I've already explained everything that should be explained, can I go home?" ”

As it turned out, I was still naïve.

Jiang Yongguang grabbed my hand and said enthusiastically: "Xiao Chen, you are very watery, you have been in the water again, and you know more about the undercurrent under the river, I still hope that you can assist me in continuing to handle the case." ”

I asked with some trepidation, "Continue to handle the case?" What to do? ”

Jiang Yongguang pointed to the surging river and said, "I am now almost certain that there is a large ancient tomb under this water, and this ancient tomb has been excavated by tomb robbers, and after the groundwater is poured into it, it is very likely to cause unimaginable damage to the ancient tomb." Our duty is to protect ancient cultural relics and national treasures, so our current task is to rescue this ancient tomb as much as possible. ”

I probably understood, and immediately confirmed with him: "What do you mean, do you want me to go to the grave?" ”