Chapter (28): Discovery of the Thief Cave

In addition, according to the muffled snort of the Mengshan turtle just now, it can be speculated that there should be more than one turn and fall under this strange cave that looks like a thief hole. One explanation for Mengshan Turtle's continuous muffled snort was that he reacted naturally when he fell. Another explanation should be that he deliberately sent a certain message to the people above during the sudden fall, so that everyone could understand a certain situation below.

After a brief discussion, they initially planned to have the lone wolf and the mute take the doll, the laughing Maitreya, and the wounded prodigal son to the vegetable garden below, where they thought it should be safe. But the prodigal son didn't leave, insisted on following everyone into the cave to search for and rescue the Mengshan turtle, and also released a bold vowed not to catch the white shadow and not give up.

In addition, the doll and the laughing Maitreya were not willing to leave everyone at risk, but went to hide by themselves, shouting that they had to advance and retreat together, and even live and die together. Seeing their resolute attitude, Xiao Qingfeng did not insist on his decision anymore, and agreed to go down to the cave to carry out a search and rescue operation together. However, before officially entering the cave, several disciplines were re-announced to everyone, especially the prodigal son must stop talking nonsense.

After a little preparation to check the equipment, everyone officially began to arrange the search and rescue operation in the hole. In order to prevent the presence of some poisonous gases and insects and snakes in the cave, Xiao Qingfeng arranged for the mute to open the way in front, and quietly prepared the shadowless divine needle to follow the mute to deal with emergencies; he and the little Taoist priest responded in the middle, while taking into account the safety of the prodigal son and the doll; finally, the lone wolf and the laughing Maitreya were in charge of the safety rope, and after entering, they were ready to mark and prepare for emergency retreat at any time.

Everything was ready, and everyone started to enter as planned. Sure enough, when the vertical hole was sixteen or seventeen meters down, a horizontal hole about 30 degrees down about 30 degrees long appeared to the left. After everyone bent down and climbed carefully, they found a vertical hole of seven or eight meters. After five or six repetitions, about forty or fifty meters deeper, he finally felt a relatively parallel passage. It's just that this passage is still very narrow, and everyone can only barely crawl through.

When the narrow vertical and horizontal holes passed, the prodigal son couldn't hold it back, and muttered to himself, saying how it felt a bit like the taste of tomb robbery in film and television dramas. With his reminder, everyone remembered the Han tomb that they had mentioned during the meal. Everyone's intuition tells everyone that today's white shadow must be directly related to that hidden ancient tomb. Now, perhaps, everyone is slowly approaching this hidden ancient tomb of the Han Dynasty, and these narrow passages should be the robbery holes left by the Tufuzi back then.

At this time, the prodigal son seemed to have forgotten Xiao Qingfeng's harsh reprimand, and also forgot his own pain, and began to talk nonsense again with his leaky mouth. The prodigal son said vaguely: "My young master of Nangong, I think we should not call that old white man from your family over to help." Anyway, this place is not far from Longshan, so it should be your family's territory. Let that old buddy come over and directly find out this white-clothed thing, and also give my brother and me out of anger. ”

Jing Xin listened, just smiled slightly, and did not answer. It's just the words of the prodigal son, but it makes her even more convinced that the white shadow is a real woman. It's just that this woman doesn't know how by chance, she has practiced this amazing light body kung fu. Because in the bottomless pit of Longshan, Lao Bai once clearly told her that there were absolutely no other immortal ghosts in this area except for its Longshan clan. In addition, through careful observation after entering the robbery cave, Jing Xin had already determined that not far from the inside should be the mysterious cliff tomb of King Lu of the Han Dynasty.

Because the mysterious letter gate has its own strict and strange rules, the person who accepts the mission can only resolutely carry out his mission for generations, and must not interfere in other affairs. And the Nangong Gate, where the meditation is located, has received the mission of guarding the tombs of the Ming Dynasty kings in Longshan since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and other unrelated tombs that are not even a foot away are not allowed to interfere in the slightest. As for Lao Bai, after he was willing to carry out the mission of guarding the royal tomb for Nangong Yimen, he also took into account the fact that other ancient tombs in the vicinity were not disturbed and excavated in his spare time. But that's just Lao Bai's own business with the Longshan clan, and it has nothing to do with the mission of the Nangong Sect. It was not until the 70s after liberation that the state carried out protective excavations on the tomb of the Ming King in Longshan, and the tomb of the Ming King was re-managed by the relevant departments. At this point, the mission of Nangong Gate was automatically lifted. Otherwise, until now, Jingxin still didn't dare to inquire about the Guishan Han Tomb. In addition, with the return of the blood spirit rune, the Nangong Sect can no longer exercise any command and drive to the Longshan clan, and they will be like passers-by from then on. Of course, these ordinary people like the prodigal son will not know and will not understand.

When he arrived here, Xiao Qingfeng also found that the passage that everyone entered should be a thief hole. Coupled with the twists and turns of the cave robbery, he basically had the same idea as meditation, and everyone was about to enter the mysterious Han tomb. Considering the degree of secrecy of this Han tomb, it is estimated that there should be some dangerous information inside. He immediately asked everyone to cheer up and prepare for the danger that would appear at any time. At the same time, everyone should turn on their headlights to the fullest, pay attention to the route they are traveling, and be prepared to evacuate safely in the event of an unforeseen accident.

In this way, he slowly crawled forward for more than 20 meters, and really found the tomb door in front of him. In the upper right corner of the tomb door, there is a robbery hole with a diameter of only more than 30 centimeters. First of all, Xiao Qingfeng asked the dumb man to determine if there was any poisonous gas in it. Immediately afterwards, he took out a pair of special deerskin gloves from his arms and put them on his hands. At the same time, let the little Taoist priest sacrifice the Pure Yang Mixed Yuan Banner to protect the people behind the person tightly, ready to deal with all kinds of sudden dangers at any time.

After everyone was ready, Xiao Qingfeng stepped forward alone, and the Secret Luck Xuangong more than doubled the size of the robbery hole. Then he jumped in first, followed by Meditation and Dumb. After making sure that there was no danger in the tomb, the little Taoist priest led everyone to follow quickly.

Under the illumination of the strong flashlight, it was found that the tomb passage was very spacious. The height of the tomb is almost two meters, and the width is close to two meters, and everyone can finally stand up straight with ease. The four walls of the tomb are all neat lines that are dug by hand, which is atmospheric and regular. On both sides of the ground of the cemetery, there is even a deep concave stone ditch that looks like a drainage channel, and there are faint water marks in it.

When entering the tomb five or six meters, an ear chamber was found on each side, and some chariot and horse accessories that had long been decayed were still left in it. But most of these accessories are scattered in the underground mud, which is caused by water droplets seeping into the rock texture over thousands of years. Based on some simple artifacts remaining inside and its location, it can be determined that this should be the carriage room of this Han tomb.

Less than ten meters away from the carriage room, there were two heavy stone doors, but these two stone doors were slightly open. The space is open just enough for people to pass through easily. After everyone passed carefully, they walked seven or eight meters inside, and found a spacious cave hall. On either side of the cave hall, there are two relatively small connected cave halls. I saw that the cave hall in the middle was more than three meters high, about the same length and width, and it was about seven or eight meters long. and the connected cave hall on both sides, the whole looks like the big living room and the side halls on both sides of the house.

With a strong flashlight, there is a so-called "special-shaped roof" on the top of the cave hall that is similar to the modern decoration style. At the top of the cave hall, the lines carved out with steel drills are raised from the top to the middle, layer by layer according to the standard square. Finally, a square size of the treasure top style was formed at the top, and around the top of the treasure top, there were some strange patterns carved around. These patterns look a bit like pictographic descriptions of the stars in the sky by ancient people.

The hall in the middle is very dry, but the side halls on both sides are relatively damp. In the area near the inside, there is a lot of silt, as in the carriage room, and it is estimated that the cause is also caused by water seepage from the rock formation. In the mud on the ground of the side halls on both sides, there are also some small utensils that cannot be seen clearly. But everyone is now worried about the safety of the mountain turtle, and no one cares about these residual utensils.

At the back of the Great Cave Hall, there is still a tomb road that continues to go deeper. After walking another seven or eight meters, after passing through another heavy stone door that opened slightly, I found a relatively short cave hall. The specifications of this cave hall are similar to the front hall, but the overall size is much smaller, and there are no side halls on both sides. In the second cave hall in the past, the tomb road continued to extend inside.

It stands to reason that this second cave hall should be where the tomb owner is located, and this big tomb is at the end of the world. According to the general regulations of the cliff tombs of the Han Dynasty, it should be a strict front hall and back room. That is to say, the large cave hall in front is where the so-called tomb hall is located, and the small cave hall in the back is where the tomb chamber is located, which is the place where the coffin of the tomb owner is stored, and it is also the center of the whole tomb. However, not the slightest trace of the burial chamber has been found here. There is even a tomb road that continues to extend behind, and there is a strange right-angle bend in the tomb road that extends inside, which is extremely rare in the cliff tombs of the Han Dynasty that have been unearthed.

Everyone rested for a while, checked the equipment and retreat again, and began to go deeper. At this moment, the mute seemed to smell a strange smell that was getting heavier and heavier, in fact, this smell he had noticed not long after he officially entered the tomb. But he couldn't be sure exactly what it smelled for a moment, so he didn't squeak. After turning the 90-degree tomb road, I advanced more than 20 meters forward, and once again arrived at another heavy stone gate. It's just that the gap in this stone gate is very narrow, and it is difficult for normal people to pass through.

I saw the dumb man take a breath of true air, and slowly pushed open a slightly open stone door with force, almost allowing everyone to enter and exit freely, and then he Jingxin was still cautious and took the lead in entering. However, just as the two of them entered the stone gate, suddenly a black thing leaped in front of Jing Xin.

"Cat!" Jing Xin screamed, and immediately stopped, and the shadowless flying needle in his hand shot out. Hearing only a "squeak", a "cat"-like animal fell into the grave three or four meters in front of the mute, and rolled on the ground in pain.