When I first saw the Robbery Cave appearing at the archaeological team's excavation site, I almost wanted to jump down to see what was going on.
Could this be the culprit that caused the excavation progress to be stuck?
But speaking from general logic, when encountering this kind of situation, you should work overtime to investigate the problem clearly, or at least go down the robbery hole and check to make sure whether the tomb has been stolen.
Yes, why did it stop?
But it would be unreasonable to say that no one noticed the traces of these three robbery holes.
I hesitated for a moment as to what was going on down there, but decided to jump down to find out.
At this time, the sky was getting dark, and the visibility in the trapezoidal pothole was not very high.
I habitually dug into my trouser pockets, and then I remembered that I had left the flashlight with the backpack for the fat man.
So I had no choice but to go down to the ground in the dark and use my hands and feet to go down another level of stairs.
By the time I dived to the bottom level, it was completely dark, and I couldn't see my fingers around me.
I groped all the way based on my memory, and finally climbed to the edge of the robbery cave.
I rolled up my sleeves, put my arms into the cave, and touched around the walls of the cave.
I immediately felt something was wrong.
Generally, the section of a hole is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, which is related to the way the human body exerts force.
No matter how straight the shovel is driven, after all, it is not made by a machine, so there will be some uneven parts.
I heard that there are veterans in this industry who can tell the height and age of tomb robbers just by looking at the cross-section of the hole.
Although I don't have this ability, I still have the most basic common sense.
This robbery hole is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.
Judging from the traces left on the cave wall, the direction of excavation should be from the inside out.
In other words, this robbery hole was dug from the bottom of the tomb upwards.
I was frightened by what I discovered.
Breaking out in a cold sweat, he hurriedly pulled his hand out of the robbery hole, wanting to leave this place immediately.
I don’t know why, but all the nerves in my body were tense, and my heart kept shouting that something was going to happen.
So, regardless of what happened, I found a step and climbed up.
I was only halfway up when my feet suddenly felt fluttery, and a cold air blew from behind me from nowhere.
I shivered. , couldn't help but turn around, and saw a black figure crawling on the steps under my feet, and rushed up in the blink of an eye.
I didn't have time to figure out who it was, so I raised my fist and hit it hard, but unexpectedly it was dodged.
There was a huge pain in my abdomen, and he kicked me hard.
I covered my stomach with one hand and grabbed the other person with the other hand, but was held down instead.
I was immediately unable to move, and I heard the other party say in an evil voice: "Where did you come from, this little thief, who dares to do anything to my grandpa?"
As soon as I heard him speak, my heart calmed down.
The one who can speak human language is definitely not a rice dumpling.
The talking rice dumpling has not been born yet.
Since it is a human being, everything can be easily communicated.
When the man saw that I didn't respond, he exerted a strong force in his hand.
I immediately felt pain and cried out.
It felt like the joints in my left arm were about to break.
"Eat potatoes tonight!"
I endured the severe pain and yelled the popular slogan of the archaeological team.
If the other party is from the team, he will definitely understand what I mean.
If not, this sound can also attract the guards standing guard.
Sure enough, the man was stunned for a moment after hearing my slogan, and then his strength increased, almost tearing off my entire arm.
He sneered and said, "Good boy, you do have some tricks.
How dare you pretend to be crazy."
"I fuck you, you don't know the slogan, you dare to pretend to be a boss with me."
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I saw that I couldn't beat him, and immediately started shouting, "Come on, come on, come on, there are tomb robbers breaking in, everyone, hurry up and steal the guy."
To be honest. , I have been working as a gold captain for so many years, and I never thought that I would have the opportunity to catch thieves so openly, and I felt a little different in my heart.
Sure enough, my scream to the sky attracted the attention of the sentry.
The four searchlights surrounding the tomb lit up with a "pop" sound at the same time.
The sound of running was heard constantly above our heads, and soon there were heads.
Appears above the trapezoidal pit.
I stared at the bright light, squinted my eyes and shouted: "Comrades, fire at me quickly and don't let this tomb robber escape."
I saw that several teammates of the archaeological team, who were quick and agile, had already jumped into the pit with shovels and hoes.
The old tomb robber who was pressing me down was wearing a black training suit and high-heeled shoes, and his eyes like an eagle were staring at my face.
The most terrifying thing was his hands, which looked withered and thin, like steel claws that held a person unable to move.
At this time, a middle-aged man rushed up quickly with a pickaxe.
When he saw the situation in front of him, he immediately shouted: "Don't panic, everyone, Master Yu has caught the tomb robber.
The prisoner has been controlled by him."
"Who do you think is a tomb robber?"
I looked at him in disbelief.
"Aren't you going to eat potatoes tonight?
I followed Professor Li up the mountain.
This person is a tomb robber.
He attacked me secretly."
"Wrong, wrong, we are all our own people."
Xiao Qian climbed down from the steps in a panic, pointed at me and said: "Master Yu, he was brought back by Brother Hu and Brother Wei Guo from the expert team. " Master Yu said "Oh", slowly loosened his arm that was holding me, and then shouted to the crowd slowly coming behind him: "Everyone, please go back, this is a false alarm."
Xiao Qian hurriedly helped me up and patted the dust on my clothes: "Didn't you say you wanted to find Captain Jiang?
Why did you start a fight with our Master Yu?
Our Master Yu used to be in the national martial arts team.
Ten ordinary people None of them are his match.”
I secretly looked at Master Yu of this archaeological team.
He was ruthless in his attacks, and his eyes were full of evil spirits.
My intuition told me that he was more than just a martial arts athlete.
The middle-aged man who came to the rescue earlier heard that I was the person brought by Professor Li, and his attitude immediately became much more respectful.
While comforting Master Yu, he apologized to me: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I have wronged the distinguished guest.
Here.
In places where there are wild mountains, everyone is on high alert.
I hope you can understand.
My surname is Zhang.
I am the deputy captain of the archaeological team.
I don’t know what to call this gentleman.”
"You can just call me Xiao Hu."
I rubbed my arm that was so painful from being twisted, and asked: "When did the burglary cave down here be discovered?
How come no one cares about it?"
When Vice Captain Zhang heard the word "robbery hole", his expression immediately changed.
He turned around and said to the onlookers of the archaeological team: "You go back first.
After dinner, we will have a political and ideological report meeting.
Everyone prepares notes and will check the scores later."
He also sent away the small money that was standing aside, and then returned He turned around and asked me meaningfully, "How much do you know about cave theft?"
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I thought about the profound meaning of his words, so I answered in a roundabout way: "The basic situation has been grasped."
Unexpectedly, Master Yu sneered and said to Vice Captain Zhang: "This little bastard is very smart.
Don’t worry, he doesn’t know anything.”
I thought to myself that there was indeed something hidden, and immediately asked what had happened and why the excavation work had to be stopped.
Vice Captain Zhang laughed and said hurriedly that the archaeological team has been undergoing ideological rectification in the past two days and will resume work tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
I knew that his official statement was unreliable, but I had no way to refute it, so I left the scene in despair, preparing to go to Shirey Yang and the others to discuss the matter.
As soon as I climbed out of the trapezoidal pit, I was chased by Master Yu.
I said angrily: "Why, you still want to arrest me?"
The old man didn't say anything.
He raised his right hand and threw something towards me.
I caught it and saw that it was actually a gold charm.
I lowered my head to look at my chest, and it was indeed empty.
I just didn't know when he took it away, but I didn't feel anything at all.
I was still thinking about how to defend this matter, when Master Yu sneered again: "Stop pretending.
I used to be a native, how could I not recognize the gold talisman when I touched it."
I remained silent, not understanding what he was trying to do.
I still want to invite you to tea.
"Look at your sleeves first and think clearly before answering me."
I was baffled by what he said, and I hurriedly lowered my head to look at my rolled-up sleeves, only to find that the cuffs were dyed dark red by something unknown.
I lowered my head to smell it, and was immediately hit by the sour smell.
This smell is so familiar to me that I will never forget it.
"Is there something in the blood hole?"
I took off my coat and asked puzzledly, "Since you know, why are you still here?"
Master Yu waved his hand: "This is not the place to talk.
You come with me.
You will understand everything when you meet Captain Jiang."
After Master Yu finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards Captain Jiang's tent.
I didn't have time to report to Shiry Yang and others, so I was thinking about what to say when I was tortured to extract a confession later.
However, it turned out that I had misjudged the situation.
Master Yu had no intention of exposing me at all.
He knocked on Captain Jiang's big gong hanging at the door, and then led me straight into the tent.
The furnishings inside this marching tent were much simpler than I imagined.
Apart from the camp bed, there was only a rectangular desk.
The desk was scattered, mostly filled with various chemicals and data sheets that laymen could not understand.
As soon as I entered the tent, I was stared at by two burning eyes, making me feel uncomfortable.
Professor Li was sitting in the corner.
He didn't say hello when he saw me coming in.
He still had a stern look on his face.
"Jiang Zi, pour me some saliva."
Master Yu swept the documents on the table and said to himself.
"Master, why are you here?
It was really busy outside just now, and it was you who caused it."
A tall and thick man walked out of the darkness, holding an enamel jar in his hand.
Master Yu took the enamel vat, raised his head and drank, then pointed at me and said: "This guy has some skills, he will leave with us in a while.
You have already explained everything about the team."
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"What's there to say?
It's not like he's not coming back.
Which unit is this comrade from?"
Captain Jiang looked at me with interest.
Seeing that I remained silent, he turned to ask Professor Li, "from your museum?"
Professor Li nodded stiffly and said, "Someone else forced it on me.
If you want to use it, just take it.
I have no objection."
I listened in confusion and kept wondering what kind of show they were acting.
Captain Jiang pulled out a bulging backpack from under the cot, patted the dust and said, "It's better to come early than to come by time.
I'm worried about three things missing.
Come here, grab your things, and we'll leave as soon as night falls."
I took the backpack and shook it in my hand.
Immediately there was the sound of iron colliding.
It was much heavier than I expected.
I unzipped the bag with one hand, and a shovel head with a pointed head and a round body suddenly appeared in front of me.
I reached in and rummaged through it, and found that the bag was filled with steel pipes with spiral patterns.
It is an improved portable exploration shovel.
I closed my backpack, took out my shirt stained with corpse blood, and asked: "There are three obvious robbery holes above the tomb, and they are full of blood.
Can anyone explain what happened?"
The three of them looked at each other.
Finally, Captain Jiang lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and said, "It starts from the day when the sixth layer of soil was unsealed.
At that time, the whole team had high morale and worked hard.
A ground-breaking slogan, everyone worked overtime and got it right The strength was shining in their respective positions.
At about three o'clock in the morning, there were still two excavators in Group A who refused to take a rest, so I had to go and talk to them in person.
As soon as I jumped down, someone yelled at me. , found a robbery hole, I looked at the hole The shape of the mouth makes my heart tremble.
Anyone with some experience knows that most caves follow the ancient principle of round and square.
Generally, square mouths are no more than fifty years old, but the hole in front of me is as round as a fifteen-year-old.
It looked like a moon and was definitely an old thing.
We discovered two adjacent robber caves in the southeast.
I hurriedly went to Master Yu for identification, and finally determined that these three robber caves were from the same period.
In other words, they were created hundreds of years ago.
The site of Zuo Niang Niang’s Tomb has already been visited by tomb robbers.”
Master Yu also lit a cigarette, blew out a smoke ring and said: "I advise them not to be discouraged.
The hole may not be dug to the bottom, otherwise they wouldn't be able to dig out three at once.
But those two melons The kid didn’t listen and insisted on going down to see what happened.”
"I thought it was too dangerous, so I ordered them to go back and rest.
I planned to wait until dawn before organizing relevant personnel to conduct an investigation.
Who knew that someone came to me early the next morning and reported that the two model workers from Group A had not returned home all night, and were everywhere No one could be found.
We stopped work that day and mobilized all our hands to search the entire mountain.
In the end, Master Yu came to me and said that there was a place we hadn't found yet. " My heart skipped a beat when I heard this, and I blurted out without even thinking: "You mean, they went into the tomb?"
"Otherwise, the ghost will catch you."
Master Yu pointed at the bloody clothes and said, "Today I went to check again and found that the three holes were drilled from the inside out.
In jargon, they are called three rings.
Tao Yue is a unique skill of digging that has been almost lost.
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Normally, tomb robbers go straight in and out where they came from.
However, sometimes there are special circumstances and it is impossible to return the same way.
Sometimes, people will use the technique of three rings to escape from the inside of the tomb chamber.
It is not known why three holes are opened at the same time.
The most common theory is to avoid the bad luck in the tomb, just like the three holes of a cunning rabbit. .
But the hole we saw only reached two-thirds of the way, and it didn’t penetrate the surface, so I guess the tomb robber was already rotten inside.”
"Aren't the two staff members on the team?"
"If they really go down, I'm afraid they will come back without their lives."
Master Yu said this and sighed, "You have two lives for doing evil."
Captain Jiang raised his hand and said: "If you are alive, you will see people, and if you are dead, you will see the corpse.
We are all prepared.
We must ask for an explanation tonight."
I didn't know that such strange things happened in the archaeological team.
Now, listening to their words and words, I finally feel confident.
The Queen's Tomb outside the house was much more complicated than I originally thought.
The life and death of the two archaeological team members were uncertain at the moment.
I had no right to question Captain Jiang's night exploration of the ancient tomb, so I immediately expressed my willingness to assist them.
"I have two friends who are also on Professor Li's team.
They both have rich experience in archaeological tomb exploration.
If Master Yu can be trusted, I hope to take them with me."
Although Master Yu is a non-staff member, according to his relationship with Judging from the conversation between Team Jiang, this old man is quite prestigious in the archaeological team.
So I first sought Master Yu’s opinion.
As long as he was willing to nod, it would be difficult for Captain Jiang to refuse.
Master Yu said "Oh", raised his eyebrows and asked: "Is it possible that I am traveling with you?"
"Exactly, exactly," I rushed to answer, fearing that he would expose me if he continued, "but they have already retired early with me."
The old man understood what I meant and didn't say anything more.
He winked at Captain Jiang, and then said to me: "Since you understand the rules, there is no need to be nagging.
You can go back and see you in Tomb No. 1 after nightfall."
As soon as I left Team Jiang's tent, I met Shiry Yang and the others.
The fat man was grabbing Vice Captain Zhang by the neck and yelling at him: "We, Lao Hu, are really lying in this tent."
Vice Captain Zhang was choked to tears.
When he saw me, he immediately shouted: "Comrade Xiao Hu, help me, help me, I'm about to be strangled to death, cough, cough, cough."
I said, "What are you doing?
Are you preparing for a collective rebellion?"
The fat man threw away Lao Zhang, strode forward and said, "Are you okay?
I just heard that you were arrested, and I immediately came with a large army to support you."
Vice Captain Zhang blushed and covered his neck, pointed at the fat man and said: "Xiao Hu, cough cough cough, this, this lawless little fat man is really your friend cough cough cough.
He uses violence openly.
He is going to make a mistake."
While comforting Vice Captain Zhang, I asked Shirey Yang why he didn't stop the fat man.
Wang Qingzheng was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, so he shouted from the side: "Who dares to stop Fat Brother from showing off his power?
Besides, you ran away without saying a word, can we not worry?"
"What the hell, fat brother, ask Dr.
Kelly to beat you to death if you are naughty again."
The fat man stroked his hair that had become a chicken nest, and explained seriously: "We were originally waiting for you to go to dinner together, but we have been waiting for a long time.
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No one in sight.
There was a commotion in the camp.
When I went out to inquire, I was told that a tomb robber had been caught.
When I rushed to the scene, I couldn't even find him.
I happened to run into this guy and asked about it, only to find out, were you raped by that guy?
What's left is taken away."
"It was a false alarm, it's over."
Vice Captain Zhang curiously asked me what we had talked about with Master Yu and whether Professor Li was still in the tent.
I said, "Several leaders are having a meeting inside.
I just went to say hello.
I'm hungry now.
Why don't we all go eat together."
Vice Captain Zhang seemed to have lingering fears about the fat man.
He said he didn't want to eat because he had a bad appetite.
Then he dove into Captain Jiang's tent.
Shiry Yang was very unhappy with my behavior of leaving the team without authorization.
She said that she had just contacted the two sons of the old shopkeeper.
According to them, the archaeological team had worked hard during the early excavation period, but since the incident in the camp one night After a riot, the excavation progress slowed down significantly.
All the local workers have taken a break.
They are planning to elect a representative in two days and discuss with the team about returning home.
"Did they say the specific day it happened?"
"No matter how detailed I ask, it's still in vain if they don't remember."
Shiry Yang shook his head, turned around and said to me, "Just like you, you agreed to keep a low profile, but why were you arrested again?"
Lin Fang fanned the flames and said, "Regarding the matter of being captured, you must write a detailed description of the inspection after you return."
I said, "There are important things to discuss with everyone at the moment, so let's put the inspection at a later date."
Shiry Yang asked if it was It’s not about the Empress’s Tomb.
I nodded, then gathered everyone back to the camp and explained what I had just witnessed.
The fat man exclaimed: "I didn't expect that our seniors had already set their sights on this piece of land.
As the saying goes, flies don't bite eggs that are flawless.
There must be a lot of things under the empress's grave."
Shiry Yang analyzed: "I have never heard of the technique of three-ring moon trapping.
Master Yu is very skilled and is so familiar with the art of digging graves.
I estimate that nine out of ten he also touched the golden mound." generation."
"Why, he also sneaked in."
The fat man picked up a piece of baked potato and said dissatisfied, "This old man is so unkind.
He is so old that he wants to steal business from us."
I said: "Don't judge a gentleman with a villain's heart.
Master Yu is a civilian consultant on the team.
After liberation, many locals like him quit their jobs and became museum technicians, contributing to our country's archaeological work."
The cause has provided a lot of experience and help.
Besides, Captain Jiang is very respectful to him.
It’s better not to offend him casually.
We all want to save people, so we can’t be greedy for this money.”
"I object."
Wang Qingzheng said, "It's just about saving people.
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It would be too shabby to refuse even the slightest benefit.
Master, my trip here was in vain.
How can I explain to grandpa when I get back?"
I said: "Young Master Wang, what time of year is it now?
You can't even see through this little detail that the gap between the plan and the reality is too big.
Don't worry about anything in the tomb.
We can help Lin Fang complete it."
Even if the revolutionary mission is not in vain.”
Lin Fang was silent all the way.
Now that she heard us mention her, she came back to her senses and said: "It's my fault for not being well prepared for this trip.
Bai will cause everyone a lot of trouble.
Young Master Wang, don't worry, favors are favors, and business is business." .
As long as the matter is done, all losses will be borne by me after returning.”
Wang Qingzheng glanced at her suspiciously: "Some things can't be spent with money."
Not to be outdone, Lin Fang said: "Of course the resources I can provide are more than these."
When the fat man saw the two of them arguing, he couldn't help but interjected: "That boy named Wang, can't you learn how to make money and change your temperament?
If you don't fight for three days, you can go to the house and uncover the tiles.
You haven't even written this character yet, so you start shouting I'm not ashamed to ask for sweets."
Wang Qingzheng was not convinced, and the two of them pretended to quarrel.
I said: "At critical moments, our guns should be aimed at the outside world in unison, and all the strength should be reserved.
We don't know how many things we have to deal with when we get to the ground."
"Old Hu is right.
We have lost the opportunity.
If we don't seize this opportunity, we may completely miss the excavation of the Queen's Tomb.
The archaeological team does not lack experience, let alone manpower.
If it were not for the team members There will never be an exception for us to enter the tomb due to mysterious disappearances."
Shiry Yang's words were obviously more convincing than mine, and everyone realized the seriousness of the problem.
Lin Fang asked: "We only have three people, how to allocate them?"
"No need to ask," the fat man rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile, "Of course it's the top of our three majors."
Lin Fang's face darkened after hearing this: "I have no doubts about your professionalism.
But the matter is important, and I must follow you."
"We don't know much about the situation down there, and Captain Jiang is the person in charge of this operation.
Even if I intend to add you, I don't necessarily think they will agree immediately."
I explained to Lin Fang, "What's more, we Young Master Wang doesn’t care about the importance of things, so I’m afraid it’s not appropriate to leave him alone.
You should be cautious in your work, and at least you’ll have someone to take care of you if you stay up there, so we can rest assured underground.”
"Since you're not at ease, just go down together," Wang Qing was blowing next to Lin Fang.
"We are the ones holding this head together.
We have to leave you and me behind when doing things.
Don't you worry that they are behind your back?"
He swallowed up all the benefits."
Lin Fang glanced at Shiry Yang in embarrassment, and then suggested: "I'll go to Professor Li to discuss it.
He can't take no one with him.
If possible, Wang Qingzheng and I will follow his team."
I said, "This is a way to get the best of both worlds, but I don't know if that zombie-faced Professor Li is willing to nod."
Lin Fang confidently said that she had her own way, and it seemed that she probably had a lot of Lao Li's little things in her hand. braid.
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At nightfall, Fatty, Shiry Yang and I carried various prepared tool bags and came to the entrance of Tomb No. 1 of the Empress’s Tomb.
As expected, we saw Lin Fang following Professor Li with a smile on her face.
Captain Jiang and Master Yu had already Waiting at the edge of the seal.
"Let's go when everyone is here."
Captain Jiang greeted and took the lead in climbing down the trapezoidal pit.
I took a deep breath and followed Captain Jiang to take the first step in the rescue operation from the ancient tomb.
When I descended into the trapezoidal pit again, the memory of blood and water still flashed through my mind.
Captain Jiang lay down next to the robbery hole, took out the spiral tube from his backpack, spat, and whispered: "Everyone, copy it.
This is not an archaeological operation.
There is no need to be meticulous.
Remember, everyone, you have to live to see people." , If you want to see the corpse, if it is broken inside, it will be regarded as death in the line of duty. " Master Yu made a sound of "poof" and hit the entrance of the cave with a shovel: "Stop talking nonsense, open the entrance of the cave for me first.
If you say these unfavorable words again, I will be the first to bury you with you."
While digging, the fat man asked me why I was wasting my time digging holes.
There was a ready-made robbery hole in front of me, so why not just climb down and be done with it.
I analyzed: "It should be for safety reasons to expand the hole to make it easier for everyone to enter and exit.
The life and death of the two who went in first are unknown.
It has been more than forty-eight hours since they disappeared.
Even if they are really alive, I am afraid they are already in a state of collapse.
Now The purpose of opening the cave entrance is to not waste the opportunity for later rescue. " We were divided into two teams and took turns digging.
Because we were all skilled workers and had ready-made tunnels as a foundation, the entrance of the tunnel soon expanded to more than double its original size.
While we were changing hands, Master Yu pulled me aside, unscrewed the miner's hat on his head, used a shovel to mark on the dirt, and said: "The team has made plans for the underground palace before.
The base area of the tomb chamber is surprisingly large, which is in line with the rumors.
Ming in the middle The specifications of the tomb do not match.
Based on my personal experience, it should be the size of the front hall and the back chamber.
It doesn’t look like a woman’s tomb.
The person who dug the hole is an expert, and the position of the hole is absolutely perpendicular to the coffin. ” The layout of "front hall and back bedroom" is the traditional Qin Dynasty standard.
Only the owner of the tomb must be at least a prince-level figure to be able to set up an underground court after his death.
Naturally, what is buried in the court are "office items" related to the owner of the tomb during his lifetime. , such as the approved briefs, the spies recording the meritorious service, and even the treasure horses and ministers who were buried.
In the information provided by Lin Fang, the description of the Empress's Tomb has never departed from the hypothesis of the Second Tomb.
Master Yu has deduced that there is a Qin Tomb underground just based on the plan of the underground palace.
People really have to admire his skill. experience.
I didn’t understand why he suddenly mentioned the structure of the underground palace to me.
He didn’t say much and waited patiently for his next words.
At this time, Shiry Yang waved the flashlight in his hand and motioned for me to come over.
I walked forward quickly and found several other people whispering around the burglar's cave.
I immediately felt something was wrong.
Shiry Yang raised his flashlight, pointed at the hole and said, "There's something stuck down there, and the shovel can't get in."
I pushed aside the crowd and found that Captain Jiang had already led the troops down the hole.
He was squatting in the dirt.
It took him a long time to raise his head and say, "Something's wrong.
Where did the sealing stone come from?"
I was shocked when I heard that the sealing stone is usually placed at the entrance of the tomb.
We are now directly above the tomb.
How could we dig out a sealing stone?
Not to mention that this hole was dug from the inside out.
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Yes, if there really was a sealing stone, how did the tomb robbers do it?
We used the reins to pull Captain Jiang out of the cave.
He was covered in mud and kept spitting: "What a ghost, the bottom is sealed tightly.
I see Those two boys probably escaped and couldn't possibly be in the tomb."
I was afraid that he might be dazzled and saw something wrong, so I decided to go down and find out for myself.
Shiry Yang fastened the rope for me, and then slowly put me down together with the fat man.
There was insufficient light underground, and the range that the miner's lamp could illuminate was limited.
When I got down to about seven or eight meters, I could clearly feel something under my feet.
I held the rope with one hand and knocked down the shovel with the other to test.
The sound of "bang" and "bang" came immediately.
It seemed that as Captain Jiang said, we had encountered a hard guy.
I let go of my right hand holding the rope and landed directly on the sealing stone blocking the road.
After landing, I spread my arms to roughly measure the space under the ground, and then squatted down to study the door-sealing stone that suddenly appeared.
This boulder is 90 degrees perpendicular to the Thief's Cave.
The soil around the stone has long since become as hard as iron due to long-term accumulation.
It is impossible to start, let alone find a gap to find another way.
I knocked on the sealing stone with my knuckles, and only a faint dull sound came from it.
I knew in my heart that this was not a good sign.
The thicker the stone layer, the smaller the echo.
This almost inaudible sound is enough to show how terrible the thickness of this sealing stone is.
I just want to dig through it with a few shovels.
I don’t know.
We have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
At this time, the rope around my waist suddenly tightened.
This was the code we had agreed upon to ensure each other's safety.
I pulled it twice symbolically to indicate that I was fine, and then continued to explore this smooth, hard piece.
The sealing stone, hoping to find some clues.
I still can't figure out how the tomb robbers dug through this huge stone to the surface, let alone how the two members of the archaeological team penetrated the huge stone and disappeared into the tomb chamber.
Could it be that, as Captain Jiang said, they did not enter the tomb but slipped down the mountain?
Just when I was anxious, the light above my head dimmed suddenly.
When I looked carefully, I saw another figure slowly descending down the robbery hole.
I turned to the side, and the man hunched over quietly landed next to me.
I took a closer look and saw that it was Shiry Yang.
"Why did you come down here?"
Although the Thief's Cave has undergone secondary development, it is only spacious enough for two people to pass sideways.
Shiry Yang pressed the sealing stone on the sole of his foot and said: "Fat Man and Master Yu went to check another robbery cave.
I came to take a look at the situation here.
The surface of the rock is so smooth.
It has obviously been polished manually.
You have checked the surrounding area."
There is no agency” I shook my head and said, "It's just a big place like this.
You can touch it all with your hands.
Look at the dirt around it.
Where can you hide the traps?"
Shiry Yang didn't believe it, so she half-knelt on the sealing stone and groped along the seams between the stone and the soil bit by bit.
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I had no choice but to follow her instructions and check again from the other side.
"Lao Hu, look here!"
Shiry Yang pulled my arm fiercely.
I turned my head, and a dazzling light spot shone on the burnt black soil.
A green object was exposed in the center of the aperture.
If I didn't look up, I wouldn't be able to see it.
Not noticed.
I reached out and pinched the thing and pulled it out hard.
I looked at it under the flashlight and found that it was actually a rubber-soled liberation shoe.
The two of us looked at each other in confusion.
Shiry Yang was the first to react: "Could it be the archaeological team member who came down before?"
I said: "It's broken.
The shoes are pressed into the soil.
That person is probably in danger."
Shiry Yang unscrewed the spiral shovel, took out a part that could be swung flexibly in the hole, and struggled towards the place where the Jiefang shoes were dug out just now.
After digging in, I saw that the hole that was only half a foot wide quickly collapsed.
I stepped forward and opened the hole in the wall, and found that the soil here was a single burnt black color, which was different from the layers of sedimentary soil accumulated in the previous robbery hole. .
Shiry Yang also soon discovered the flaw.
She said excitedly: "The entrance to this cave was blocked by someone later.
The robbery hole we found was not straight up and down.
The tomb robbers dug it deliberately to avoid the sealing stone.
A zigzag.
When we expanded the cave, we dug all the way down based on our past experience, and missed the zigzag intersection that was deliberately hidden, so we encountered the sealing stone that we should not have encountered. " "Go up first and see what others find."
After unlocking the secret of the door sealing stone, both of us couldn't help but let out a long breath.
After returning to the ground, Captain Jiang and Master Yu identified the Jiefang shoes we dug out.
Captain Jiang said with certainty: "These are the shoes of our team.
Look at the numbers on the heels.
The ones we wear all start with 0101.
But shoes of size 48 are rare, and the two lost bastards are There is no such thing.”
Master Yu glanced at the Jiefang Shoes and said in confusion: "Who else among them could not be embarrassed if they didn't roll their names during the meeting at night?"
"I can't control that much anymore."
The fat man slapped his Jiefang shoes on the ground, "Someone deliberately blocked the entrance of the cave.
This is to embezzle national property.
Don't stop any of you.
Today, I, Wang Kaixuan, will do justice for heaven. , destroy those daring lawbreakers under the hammer of socialism.”
I asked the fat man what they found in the other two robber caves.
He sighed and said, "It's a shame.
You said how big the door sealing stone must be.
There is no gap at all."
Master Yu said: "That's right.
From this point of view, what we excavated is not a sealing stone at all, but a partition laid on the upper level of the tomb, wrapping the entire tomb in it for protection, just like an eggshell. " "The entire tomb is covered."
Lin Fang's eyes widened.
"There was no such advanced cutting technology in ancient times.
It was impossible to cut off a perfect spherical body based on the original stone in that era."
I agree with Master Yu's inference.
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It is precisely because the plates cannot be perfectly integrated and there are certain gaps between the plates, without forming a complete isolation layer, that gives opportunities for future generations of tomb robbers.
This also explains why the thief hole in the empress's tomb has a zigzag shape.
"Then what are you waiting for?
Go down and dig."
The fat man picked up the engineer's shovel, tied the cable around his waist, turned up the miner's lamp above his head and said, "You guys stole the limelight just now.
This time I will take the lead.
Let's fight for an early victory."
Win the fruits of victory for the country.”
I thought to myself that this guy must be so anxious because he was afraid that someone else would get there first and empty out the funerary objects in the tomb, so I comforted him and said, "The filling on the wall is soft and sparse and can be easily dug out.
There is no need to be so serious."
"The fat man couldn't hear it, and he entered the cave in the blink of an eye.
The space in the thief's cave is not big, and the fat man's back can only support two people.
We can only choose the thinnest Lin Fang to go down and attack him.
On the one hand, we must clean up the excavated soil in time to avoid burying ourselves alive. ; On the one hand, in order to prevent emergencies, arrange a cover for him.
Soon the fat man cleared the blocked tomb passage.
We numbered each group according to the order of action in groups of three, and then climbed into the underground passage that led to an unknown direction one by one.
Since Fatty and Lin Fang had already climbed in first, the people behind us consciously distanced ourselves in groups of two, which not only made it easier to take care of each other, but also ensured that we could move forward and retreat freely at critical moments without squeezing into a group.
Wang Qingzheng followed me all the way and was surprisingly quiet.
He neither challenged anyone nor acted without permission, which I was not used to.
I asked him why he was so weak, and he said with some embarrassment: "It's the first time I entered the tomb seriously, so I was a little panicked."
I said, "This is not your style, Mr.
Wang.
Are you afraid of the dark?
He said "poof" and then asked me why I let the fat man hit his head.
"From a strategic point of view, we have to let him go ahead," I explained as I climbed.
Young Master Wang still didn't understand and asked why.
I had no choice but to lower my voice and continue to explain: "Kuan, understand Kuan."
He was silent for a while, then suddenly realized: "Aren't you just afraid that he will be too fat and get stuck in the middle of the road?
Why are you speaking so obscurely?"
I hurriedly turned my head and gave him a kick: "Keep your voice down, believe it or not, I will turn around and sit you to death."
"I fucked Hu Bayi, I heard it from the front, so you can go ahead and slander your fat grandpa, then turn around and sit on your ass to death."
The fat man's angry voice came out from the depths of the dark corridor, making him I wanted to slap that little bastard behind me.
"Be serious," Master Yu's voice came from behind, "There are no force pillars in the cave.
If it collapses, no one can escape."
We crawled in the narrow, dark corridor for about ten minutes.
The road ahead slowly became wider, and there were constant "click-click click" sounds.
The fat man shouted to us: "I saw the tomb passage.
There is a brick road ahead.
Don't move around.
I'll go down and take a look first."
This is undoubtedly exciting news, and at least it proves that we have entered the interior of the tomb.
Lin Fang followed the fat man and disappeared in front of the corridor, and my vision suddenly became clear.
About twenty meters away from us, there was a more conspicuous set of ladder-shaped fortifications extending into the depths of the tomb.
Fatty and the others walked down this ladder.
I observed the environment around the stone staircase, and there were unfilled pits and gullies everywhere.
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Shiry Yang squeezed up from behind Young Master Wang.
She unscrewed a flash bomb and threw it down the stone steps.
In an instant, the world under our feet became extremely clear.
"It's broken.
There are rows of burial pits down there."
Captain Jiang rushed to the edge of the steps and leaned out with most of his body.
"You see, the pits at the bottom are dense and narrow, and how neatly they are arranged.
The ancients classified the levels of burial pits.
With persistence that we can’t understand, the presence of so many pits per unit area is enough to prove that this is not the main tomb.”
He said so excitedly, but I couldn’t see what he was worried about, and I didn’t know what he meant by “broken.”
"What exactly does it mean?
I followed the direction of his finger and looked underground, and couldn't help but be shocked by the sight in front of me.
Although I have never heard of any burial pits, I can clearly see the bones that are exposed outside the pits and have not been completely buried.
The large number and neat arrangement were all beyond my expectation.
It was like an army composed of dead people.
The first flash bomb went out quickly.
Shiry Yang asked me why I didn't see Fatty.
Then I remembered that Fatty and Lin Fang had already beaten us to the burial pit.
Master Yu pushed us aside, took out a small brown glass bottle from his pocket and said, "Put it all on and rub it under your nose."
I opened the bottle cap and brought it to my face to smell it, and I was immediately hit by a spicy smell.
The smell made me choke to tears: "Ahem, cough, cough, what the hell, it smells so bad."
Captain Jiang took the glass bottle from my hand, frowned, poured out the liquid from the bottle, and quickly wiped it on the human center.
While sneezing, he explained: "Master Yu's unique recipe, you Just think of it as a neutralizer.”
Mr.
Wang covered his nose and pushed the bottle aside.
He said dissatisfiedly: "Zhonghe is a piece of shit.
People are almost being smoked to death.
Where is the bottle cap?
It smells really disgusting."
"Corpse poison."
Master Yu made a fierce face, held down Young Master Wang, and applied the neutralizing agent on his face, and then said to the few of us: "I am most afraid of taking you half-boiled poison in my life.
How many hardships have you endured under the ground?
Each one of you saw the benefits and ran faster than a rabbit.
Take that little fat guy for example.
He has no discipline at all and deserves to be stuck in the back."
I hurriedly said: "The fat man has a thick skin, and it will be good for him to have some hardships.
Master Yu, you are disgusting and kind-hearted, and we all see it.
Don't be angry.
Let's go down and find someone."
Just as we were applying the medicine, Captain Jiang had already run down the stone stairs silently.
He waved his flashlight and shouted at us: "Master, come and see if there is something wrong with these corpses."
As soon as I heard that there was something strange about the body, I immediately rushed to the front of the team and jumped down the stone staircase in three steps and two steps at a time.
At this time, Captain Jiang was squatting in front of a group of burial pits, his face glowing red, and sweat dripping from his forehead.
Looking over his shoulder, I immediately understood what he meant by the "abnormality": dozens of bones lay scattered in a pit less than a full meter wide, all with their hands and feet bent.
Straight back, he was buried in an extremely twisted posture.
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I wanted to go up and look through it, but Captain Jiang stopped me.
He took out a pair of gloves from his bag and said, "Put it on, put it on, these are national property and are sacred and inviolable."
I thought to myself that it was a white bone, so I couldn't stiffen it and hurt anyone.
Otherwise, if I got strangled, Captain Jiang would blame me for the thick neck and damaging the public property.
Several other people also came to the edge of the burial cave.
Master Yu took a look and said, "It's useless to ask me.
I have no research on dead people.
Let him take a look at your professor from the Forbidden City."
After he told us, we remembered that there was Professor Li.
He was silent all the way, even when he discovered the burial pit, he didn't say a word, which made me almost forget that there was such a person.
I turned around and found that Professor Li had already put on rubber gloves, carried archaeological equipment on his back, and stepped forward in a dignified manner.
Young Master Wang was speechless and said: "How long has the old man been playing?
He still has time to bring the toolbox down."
Shiry Yang and I looked at each other in confusion.
Although we had known for a long time that the character Lin Fang found was extraordinary, we never expected that Professor Li would behave so unconventionally.
He even went to the grave to save people and did not forget to take the guy with him to eat.
I really had to admire him.
His professionalism.
Professor Li's eyes suddenly gleamed when he saw the bones.
He dug up the soil with a shovel, carefully raised a section of bones and brought it to his face to smell it, and then observed it repeatedly for a long time.
I looked disgusting and turned to Shirey Yang and said, "Let's go to the front to find Fatty and the others.
After he finishes his research, the sun will shine on our butts."
"We came down here to save people.
The bodies can't escape anyway, so the research work can be postponed.
Everyone should search forward."
After Shiry Yang said this, no one responded.
The remaining people seemed to be infected by Professor Li's emotions, staring directly at the bones in his hands.
It was inconvenient for Shiry Yang and I to leave the team, so we had to stay where we were and wait for Professor Li to speak.
"These are not human beings."
Professor Li put down the bones in his hand and said this for no reason.
My scalp suddenly became numb, and everyone else also showed surprised expressions.
"What is it not a human being?"
"I'm talking about their social status."
Professor Li took off his gloves and pointed at the twisted bones.
"In the pre-Qin period, the custom of burying humans and animals in sacrifice was very common.
The ancients valued life and treated the dead with a particularly pious attitude.
During family and national funerals, human sacrifices are often used.
The bones in front of us are all human sacrifices."
I looked at the entire burial pit and could hardly see the end.
Could it be that all the slaves buried here were slaves buried with them?
Captain Jiang nodded: "A burial pit of this size should not be a simple family sacrificial pit, but a sacrificial pit shared by several families.
This should be a public tomb in ancient times, just like when we go to the cemetery to sweep and burn Yuanbao paper money, but they use the blood of living people to comfort the souls of their ancestors.
When they were killed, their hands and feet were damaged.
The people were tied behind their backs and hung like pigs to be slaughtered at the end of the stone staircase we just passed.
You see, most of the corpses did not have fatal injuries caused by cutting or smashing.
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I think their throats were cut and bled. " Shiry Yang couldn't help but shout "Amen" when he heard this.
I don’t know why, but when I think about the corpses everywhere here being slaughtered like chickens and ducks as sacrifices, I break out in a cold sweat, and I feel like something is wrong with the atmosphere around me.
Captain Jiang kept wiping his sweat and said excitedly: "So, what we found is not a simple tomb of the dead, but it is most likely a public family tomb or even an unprecedented mass burial tomb."
I interrupted their conversation impatiently: "Everyone, we have two members of the archaeological team who are still alive and dead.
Should we discuss the issue of the tomb chamber after we get out?"
Captain Jiang calmed down a little and said with a smile: "Occupational diseases, occupational diseases, we can't stop talking about them.
Since we don't see anyone here, let's continue looking forward."
He suddenly stopped here and then became anxious.
He glanced at us and asked: "Where is Master Yu?
Why is he missing?"
I suddenly looked back and saw that there was no one where Master Yu was squatting, leaving only a brown glass bottle lying alone in the darkness.
"Where's the person?"
Wang Qingzheng walked to the glass bottle with a flashlight.
He squatted down and picked up the bottle.
He turned around and asked me: "Aren't you always standing behind you?
It's unscientific for such a big living person to throw it away at will."
I had just been listening to Professor Li explain the origin of the burial pits, and I didn't notice the movement behind me at all.
I tried my best to recall, but I only remember that when I last saw Master Yu, everyone was gathered in front of the burial pit, and he was the only one squatting in the corner, not knowing what he was studying.
Shiry Yang analyzed: "Master Yu is not bad at skills.
If it was an accident, he should at least make some noise.
Now that he disappeared silently, it should be out of subjective will."
"Fart!"
Captain Jiang's face flushed with anxiety, "If you need to leave for something, you should always say hello.
Something must have happened to Master Yu."
I said, "Why do you always like to think negatively?
With Lao Yu's stature, even ten rice dumplings can't do anything to him.
What could happen?"
"Then what should we do now?"
Captain Jiang wiped his sweat and looked around: "I've lost two already, and then I'll add Master Yu."
"I lost it and went to look for it.
Why are you panicking?"
Professor Li shouted, then pointed at Captain Jiang and said, "The mental quality is too poor.
How did you lead the team back?
I have to write a report to the province."
I said, "Don't rush to find out the responsibility.
Let's search nearby first."
Captain Jiang was afraid that something would happen again, so he repeatedly emphasized that he was not allowed to go too far, that he must avoid acting alone, and that he would have to come back to regroup later.
Wang Qingzheng was following behind Shiry Yang and I, and said in a sneaky way: "It's such a good opportunity, let's not leave yet."
"Where are we going?"
I took a look to make sure no one was following us, and whispered, "Master Yu hasn't been found yet.
If we disappear again, the two remaining academics won't be scared to death.
No, we can't leave."
Shiry Yang also agreed with me.
She looked around the entire burial pit and said seriously: "We are not here for the sake of publicity, and there is no conflict of interest with the archaeological team.
There is no need to act alone.
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What do you think?
You better save your brain."
Wang Qingzheng said disdainfully: "Don't think that I don't understand your little tricks.
Fatty has run away with Lin Fang a long time ago.
This is not called a divorced young master.
How do I know if you have done any shady deals behind my back?"
" When he said this, I remembered that Fatty had not uttered a sound since he had just stepped down from the burial pit.
He and Lin Fang had gone too far to explore the road.
I stood up and shouted a few times, hoping he would respond, but except for Captain Jiang and Professor Li who turned on their flashlights at me one after another, I didn't even see the fat man at all.
I thought it was not good.
Could it be that the second junior brother was really seduced by a female goblin?
"Well, I have nothing more to say."
Young Master Wang smugly waved the flashlight, "Then old man Yu might have been unjust and abandoned the archaeological team for his own pocket.
I advise you to listen to me. , plan for yourself early, after all, we are in the same boat, and you must share in the benefits. " Shiry Yang said: "Lin Fang and the others have been down for a while.
Why haven't they shown up yet?
Could it be that they have gone ahead?"
"That's hard to say."
Although I don't know Lin Fang very well, I am still very confident about Fatty.
He is as friendly as Chairman Mao when he sees Mingqi, and he can't control him even if he wants to.
But even if I really gained something, at least I should have left some mark, so that I wouldn't disappear so completely, as if I had eloped.
"This burial pit is not big, but it is small.
It takes a lot of effort to find people.
The longer it takes, the more dangerous it becomes.
I think it is better to send the two leaders up first, and don't let them stay in the hole blindly.
Guess."
"It may not be easy to get them to regress," Shiry Yang said.
"For them, the grave itself is a priceless treasure.
Now that they have come down, they will not leave easily without finding something."
"Isn't it easy to trick them out?"
Mr.
Wang said to Shiry Yang, "Later, you just pretend to be faint and let them carry them out."
"What kind of bad idea did you come up with?"
I criticized him severely.
"shirey Yang is not related to them.
If we are really stunned, we will definitely be blamed.
When the time comes, we will be kicked back by others.
That would be really embarrassing."
If you have time, you might as well use your brain to find someone."
"If you don't do it first and then knock Professor Li unconscious, you can't just ignore Jiang."
I was too lazy to talk to the little bastard anymore and turned to look at the burial pits on both sides, hoping to find Master Yu and others.
Shiry Yang suddenly pulled me.
She dimmed the flashlight, pointed at the mound of soil not far away and said, "Listen carefully, there is movement
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