Chapter 311 Main Tomb Chamber

Crack!

The crisp sound of breaking echoed in the empty tomb passage. Brother Yaozi cut the chain wrapped around the rusty iron door with a knife. When we just came in, the chain was still faintly shining with metallic luster. Just when we were observing the sheepskin scroll for a while, thick rust swelled on it. At first glance, it looked like a piece of rust clinging to the bolt. Brother Yaozi's knife didn't spark when he cut it. It was like cutting tofu in half, and it was completely rotten from the inside out.

With a "squeak", Brother Yaozi pushed open the heavy iron door with all his strength, and behind it was the dark tomb.

We had suffered too much loss before, so Brother Yaozi was very cautious at this time. He did not rush in, but lit a fire stick and threw it into the tomb. The halo seemed small and fragile in the endless darkness, like a small boat in the storm, which could go out at any time. The illuminated place was empty, and there was no particularly eye-catching object or furnishing. It was difficult to judge what kind of tomb this was.

Brother Yaozi looked back and forth at the door of the tomb, staring at the fire stick eagerly.

I looked at a leather barrel in my hand with a smile and tears, and I could smell a faint leather smell on it. This smell was naturally not emitted by the leather barrel, but the spiritual incense inside! !

The purpose of this incense is only one-to communicate with the underworld and invite the gods to come!

Brother Yaozi originally suggested using the incense to invite the gods, but Lao Bai was afraid that it was not domineering enough and could not invite the big guys below, so he simply chose a good smell for me!

I was naturally resistant. Last time, in order to save Zhang Xinya, I invited Hei Ba Ye from the underworld to persuade Wan Niang'er to leave. Who knew that Hei Ba Ye actually had a master-disciple relationship with Wan Niang'er, and he almost didn't send her away in the end, which left me with a huge psychological shadow, but what can I say? No matter how hard I try, I can't get past the four words - Master's orders are hard to disobey!

My master's explanation is very simple. With that mysterious wind chime whose origin is unknown, those ghost kings and ghost commanders below should not be able to do anything to me. The incident with Hei Ba Ye last time has proved this point. This matter is something that only I can do. No one else can be safe. Even if Wan Niang'er comes to ask her master Hei Ba Ye, it may not be so safe. It is not a joke that it is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away! !

This time I don't have my master's extermination book. That thing has no magic power. It is just a favor, no different from a letter. Only with that thing can I invite the master I want to invite. Unfortunately, the last time it was not pleasant and all the favors were ruined. This time when I invite the gods, it is completely random. I can't guarantee that I will invite some evil spirit. I can only pray silently in my heart. Even if I invite the unlucky god, I will be unlucky for three consecutive months. I must not invite the Black Eight Lord. That master and I have a grudge. If he really comes, I will be skinned alive.

"Hey, don't be stunned. You are not a young lady getting married. This is your first time. What are you afraid of? With those ruthless characters in the wind chimes, who dares to occupy the magpie's nest?"

Lao Bai pushed me, and when I came back to my senses, he raised his chin towards the tomb and said, "Which part of this tomb do you think this place belongs to?"

"I'm just guessing, just listen to it."

I smacked my lips and said, "We Chinese people believe that death is like life, that is, the appearance after death cannot be worse than before life, so the underground palaces of the Yin house are built based on the houses and palaces of the living, but there are some changes in Feng Shui. After all, what is suitable for the living may not be suitable for the dead.

These are the rules of our ancestors. The Di people do not belong to the Central Plains. I was a little hesitant before, afraid that the rules of the two sides would be different, and I dared not draw a conclusion. But after reading Guo Xun's parchment book, I understood. Since the Di people knew how to cultivate jade bones, it means that they understood the things between yin and yang. As for things like tombs, they are in line with the way of heaven and yin and yang, and the rules are not too different. Since they are planning such an important thing, they will not be careless about tombs, so their rules are not too different from those of our ancestors.

In a normal house, the main entrance and main hall are used to welcome guests, and the host family uses the backyard.

The road we are taking is a way to escape left by the craftsmen. The craftsmen are also slaves in the eyes of the host family. Slaves cannot go to the hall and can only work in the backyard. Therefore, this road is likely to go directly to the backyard of the tomb. The place where the host family sleeps is most likely the main tomb chamber! "

Lao Bai's eyes lit up: "Then do you think it is possible for Yang Yuhuan to sleep in here?"

"It's hard to say."

I shook my head: "Such a tomb holds the last hope of an ancient country. Except for their last leader, no one else can afford to live here!

Therefore, there can only be two people sleeping here, either the man named Samael. Guo Xun's parchment book clearly states that this man eventually founded the Divine Grace Society and took control of the Elders' Council of the Di People's Country in one fell swoop, becoming a de facto dictator. He is qualified to sleep in the main tomb!

Another one is Yang Yuhuan.

Yang Yuhuan... After all, she is a guest. It is possible for her to sleep in the front hall for entertaining guests, but she is the big boss in this tomb. All things are done around her, so it is not wrong for her to sleep in the main tomb.

That's the thing. I can't tell the reason just by slapping my head."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and cheer up!"

Brother Yaozi looked back at me and Lao Bai, reminded us, and quietly entered the tomb with a short knife in hand.

I looked at the fire starter, and the flame was still jumping tenaciously. At least it wouldn't suffocate people, so I followed closely.

Because the air was polluted, a layer of light fog was floating in the tomb. Even with a flashlight, the visibility was very low. It was difficult to judge the size of the tomb at a glance. The position opposite the tomb door was empty. There were many broken funerary objects scattered on the ground in the north. Most of them were made of metal. Because the tomb door was not sealed, these things immediately rotted and had no value when we broke into the tomb.

Lao Bai was sharp-eyed and actually took out a few coins from under a shabby cabinet. They were about the same size as Yuan Datou coins, with some strange patterns on them. They should be the currency of the Di people. They were mottled, with some places having red spots the size of pinholes, and some places showing green rust. The red spots and green rust clearly showed that they were gold coins.

This business requires that whoever sees it gets a share, and brothers should settle accounts clearly. I immediately prepared to grab two coins to play with. Lao Bai secretly glanced at Zhang Xinya, and his lips moved and said the word "arrange". I knew what Zhang Xinya meant, and immediately stepped back and kept silent.

"The coffin is here."

Brother Yaozi suddenly spoke.

When I looked up, I could no longer see him. I could only follow the sound and finally found him at the end of the south side of the tomb. There was a pool of filth on the ground, mixed with some lime. It was obviously the place where the coffin was placed. However, the coffin had completely rotted away, leaving only a piece of black scum. Brother Yaozi said that this was a coffin, but in fact, I saw the rotten remains, at most it was a thin coffin, not an inner coffin and an outer coffin. Brother Yaozi is indeed an expert in this, but he studies how to break the tomb mechanism to take money and goods. He may not be as good as me in other things. If the coffin in the tomb rots into remains, the coffin and the outer coffin will collapse in different ways. The coffin collapses inwards and the outer coffin collapses outwards. Therefore, the remains left on the ground after the coffin collapses are in the shape of flowers, while the simple coffin is relatively concentrated.

Whether to use a coffin or not is just a detail, but in a way, it is also a proof of the identity of the deceased.

Zhang Xinya came over at some point and suddenly asked, "Jingzhe, didn't you just tell Lao Bai that the main tomb chamber is most likely behind the tomb door? This specification doesn't look like the main tomb chamber..."

"You don't understand this."

I laughed and said, "The main tomb chamber is not necessarily just one room. Some main tomb chambers are like suites. A single main tomb chamber is divided into several parts. It's normal that you don't know since you don't go to tombs often. If you don't believe me, ask Brother Yaozi. He must have seen this kind of main tomb chamber. In my opinion, this is definitely the main tomb chamber, but looking at the place where the dead sleep, there is only a coffin, not a coffin, so it should be a side room."

Brother Yaozi squatted down with his nose covered, and used a short knife to poke the rotten coffin. This kind of rotten coffin is actually quite dangerous. There may be some relatively closed places underneath, which accumulate bad air. It's best to hold your breath when provoking such a place.

Pieces of debris were picked open, and soon, the bones pressed underneath appeared in front of us.

This is just a dry skeleton without skin and flesh, with the hand bones falling on the sternum. It looks like the hands should have been placed on the chest when he died.

"It's a side chamber."

Brother Yaozi finally responded, stood up and put down his hand covering his nose, and said: "Second girl, look, this is a female corpse. Men and women are easy to identify when they are alive, but it is not easy to identify them when they are really a pile of rotten bones. I don't know much, I can only look at the body shape. Normally, the male corpse is wider on the top than the bottom, and the female corpse is wider on the bottom than the top..."

"So..."

Zhang Xinya hesitated for a moment and asked: "Is this the wife of the tomb owner?"

"Not really a wife!"

I said: "For a courtyard-type tomb like this, there are not only front halls and backyards, but also side chambers. The people buried in the side chambers may be descendants, or other people who are very important to the tomb owner. The wife and concubine should be in the side chamber, and the main tomb chamber is divided into a side chamber, which is for the close-fitting maid, who sleeps next to the tomb owner, and is allocated a small room with a small coffin, ready to be used at any time."

Zhang Xinya nodded, then shook her head, probably because she felt that these things were too complicated and gave her a headache, so she went straight to the point: "But... there is no door in this tomb. I just explored it, and it was all black steel around. I couldn't break it. Could it be that we encountered the invisible door again? This time we don't have another key..."

As soon as this was said, Brother Yaozi also responded. They all noticed this. Although the mist blocked their vision and they couldn't see the whole picture of the tomb at a glance, they could still get a rough estimate by actually walking around. This tomb is square. Except for a tomb door, it is surrounded by a copper wall made of black steel. There is no door leading to the main tomb at all! !

I thought about it and said, "It's unlikely. These funeral rules are not very particular. They are reasonable. The main tomb and the side chamber will not be locked. If they are locked, it means that the master and the servant are not in harmony. The master is guarding against the servant. In such a gloomy place, the master and the servant will have a big problem. The corpse of the woman in front of us would not be just a pile of dry bones. I'm afraid she has already resurrected and will find ways to climb into the main tomb to eat the owner."

After saying that, I looked at the remains of the coffin. One end is wide and the other end is narrow. The wide one is the head. The place facing the head should be the position of the tomb owner, so I stepped forward and gently tapped the wall, and gently groped around.

Soon, a smile appeared on my face.

As I expected, this place is not locked, nor is it a solid fortress. There is a hole in the wall that is just big enough for a finger to fit in. I tried to put my index finger in, but it was empty. There was a slightly raised area at the bottom. I pressed it down, and with a "click", the area completely sank in.

Boom! !

A deafening roar came from the surrounding black steel walls!

Zhang Xinya was immediately shocked: "This... How do you know there is a mechanism here? The dark hole on the wall is very hidden, and there is fog all around, so I can't see it clearly."

"Experience!"

I patted my head: "Master said, although I don't know the Di people, I still have thousands of years of experience as a ritual officer. Look at the shape of this tomb and the specifications of the coffin of the deceased, and you can roughly know her identity. She is the maid of the tomb owner. Generally speaking, in a tomb like this with a side room for maids, there must be a small hole in the wall where the maid's head faces the tomb owner. This is for them to whisper. In order to facilitate the use of the maid, there is no tomb door here, only such a small hole for talking. The mechanism of the door must be inside!"

As I spoke, the wall in front moved.

A square tomb door emerged from the wall and moved towards us little by little. It stopped after a while, revealing a gap that only one person could pass through!

Brother Yaozi was quick-witted and threw a fire stick into the tomb. With a puff, the fire stick went out.

"A completely sealed tomb!"

His face darkened and he sighed, "It seems that we can only wait for the air to pass through..."

At this time, everyone had gathered and watched Brother Yaozi throw fire sticks into the tomb one after another. After waiting for nearly an hour, the fire sticks finally stopped going out.

"It's almost done."

I stood up, twisted my shoulders, and said, "Let's go and meet the tomb owner to see if this person is the imperial concubine or the deformed freak!"