The next excavation project seemed to be a familiar one. Fatty was responsible for picking locks and moving bricks, while Chen Wenjin was responsible for carrying the big tripod.
Chen Ze is responsible for chiseling the wall.
The soil here is very strange. It is not difficult to dig, and it is not deep. It is only about two meters at most.
Soon, Chen Ze and others dug a hole for two people to get into.
"Chen Ze, why don't you go in and take a look first?" Zhang Qiling encouraged.
Chen Ze hesitated for a while: "Okay!"
Chen Ze thought to himself, I am not afraid of death anyway, and my superpower is still there. Even if I encounter danger, escaping will definitely not be a problem with my superpower.
Chen Ze took the lead in getting into the pothole, followed closely by Fatty and Chen Wenjin. This is a very narrow space, with a height difference of about 10 meters and a width of about 2 meters.
The air here was a bit humid and smelled a bit rotten, and Chen Ze couldn't help but wrinkle his nose.
"I'll go! Look, what is this?" The fat man suddenly shouted excitedly.
Chen Ze and others looked around and saw a lot of bones.
The fat man pointed at a skull-like skull and shouted to Chen Ze and others.
“Damn, so many dead bodies?” The fat man was so frightened that he hid behind Chen Ze.
Chen Wenjin: "Don't yell, these dead people are not wearing clothes, they are not alive!"
Chen Wenjin explained.
Chen Ze: "What happened? Who killed it?"
Chen Ze looked at the skull and skeleton. The dead bodies inside were basically humanoid, except for this skeleton.
Chen Wenjin: "This is not a tomb, and it cannot be a burial place."
Fat Man: "You mean an outsider broke into this ancient tomb?"
" Hmm!" Chen Wenjin said firmly. In this case, she did not dare to make random guesses.
Fatty: "Then what should we do now? Continue digging?"
Chen Wenjin: "Wait a minute for daybreak. At daybreak, the environment here is suitable for archaeological exploration."
"That's the only way. Fatty, my calves are shaking. There are so many bones. I don't know if a centipede or something crawls out one night and bites Fatty." The fat man patted his chest and said, as if he was really hurt. As if scared.
“Fat man, don’t worry, this is the tomb of the emperor, there are no poisonous insects or beasts, it’s just a little bit infiltrative.” Zhang Qiling comforted.
"Oh, I hope so." The fat man sighed.
When Chen Ze saw that everyone was silent, he walked to the skeleton and picked up a small metal piece that fell on the ground.
This metal piece is no different from ordinary copperware, except that it is dark red in color, much like the color of blood, and looks quite evil.
“This should be a jade pendant!” Zhang Qiling said. Judging from the appearance, it is likely to be a pendant used by some nobles in ancient times.
Chen Ze put away the jade pendant and prepared to take it away. After all, there are so many things in here that need this jade pendant.
“Eh!”
Suddenly Chen Ze felt something.
"What did Mr. Chen find?" Zhang Qiling quickly gathered around.
Chen Ze squatted down and fumbled with his trousers for a while.
“Look what this is.” Chen Ze lifted up his trousers, and there was a small totem mark on the waistband.
“Doctor Chen, what are you hiding in your trouser pocket?” The fat man also came over. Zhang Qiling saw clearly, "This is..."
When the fat man heard that Zhang Qiling knew the characters, he eagerly came forward to take a look: "What the hell is this?"
Chen Ze pointed at the totem and said: "I don't know very well, this is A symbol, but this symbol is very special. There is a word engraved in the center of it. I don’t know this word!”
“What word? Can I read it to you?” Chen Wenjin asked curiously.
Chen Ze waved his hand: "I know this character, it is the character for 'mountain'."
"Which mountain is this mountain?" The fat man scratched his head, and for a moment he couldn't figure out why Chen Ze said this was the word "mountain".
“I don’t know!” Chen Ze shook his head.
“I know!”
At this moment, Zhang Qiling, who was silent on the side, suddenly said.
"Oh! Tell me, how do you know this is the character for mountain?" Chen Wenjin looked at Zhang Qiling curiously.
"I have read a book with descriptions of mountains and rivers." Zhang Qiling replied.
“The Classic of Mountains and Seas?” Fatty exclaimed.
Chen Wenjin: "Yes!"
Zhang Qiling: ""The Classic of Mountains and Seas. The Great Wilderness East Classic? The West Classic""
Chen Wenjin: "This is an ancient book!"
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The fat man swallowed. He was just browsing online and never thought that ancient books could be purchased.
Chen Ze: "Brother Zhang, you still read ancient books, why didn't I know?" Zhang Qiling smiled slightly, "A scholar must have some hobbies!"
Everyone: "... "
"Brother Zhang, you are awesome!" The fat man gave a thumbs up and praised. Zhang Qiling actually knew ancient books, which made the fat man respect Zhang Qiling.
Chen Ze ignored Zhang Qiling because Chen Ze had just scanned the entire space.
Except for the skull that Zhang Qiling and Fatty just talked about, there were only three pillars and nothing else.
"What is going on? Could it be that the owner of this ancient tomb was a martial arts master and died here?" Chen Lili guessed.
Chen Ze: "It's possible, but isn't it too simple, just a skeleton?"
Chen Lili: "Look at this skeleton, there is a jade pendant on his palm. , it should be this person’s token, but there are words engraved on the jade pendant, what words are they?”
Chen Lili stretched out her hand in front of the jade pendant and studied it carefully for a long time, but did not find any words.
"There is no text!" Chen Lili gave up after saying this and changed the subject: "Have you noticed the pen inserted on this person's head? The end of the pen is round, which means the tip of the pen is pointed downward. That is to say, this person should have been kneeling or lying on his back, and there was something on his knees. If it were a pillow, the pillow would have become hard after such a long time. "
Chen Lili. After the analysis, Zhang Qiling said: "And there are many clay pots, porcelain bowls and other debris scattered around this person's body, indicating that this person was a chef during his lifetime."
Chen Ze: "These clay pots and porcelain The bowls are used to hold meat. Do you think these pottery pots and porcelain bowls blocked the poisonous snakes and spiders?"
Chen Lili: "This is not ruled out, but since there are poisonous snakes here. and spiders, which proves that the tomb owner died of poison. I can't figure out the reason yet, but I have a hunch that we are one step closer to our goal."
Fat Man: "Haha, I think we are close. We found a clue, but how did Master Mu die?"
Chen Lili: "This tomb is not big, and there are no mechanisms on the walls or top. It is a closed tomb. According to the pattern of the tomb, the layout of the tomb should extend in all directions. This is where the difficulty of our treasure hunt lies, because there are obstacles in every direction. There is danger, we must conduct a survey to make sure everything is safe!"
Fat Man: "Look at the patterns on this coffin. Although they are irregular, they are obviously carved manually, and there are also some traces in the coffin. The remaining candles and the flames on the candles have not been extinguished, which means that the owner of the tomb is still alive." (End of Chapter)