Chapter 87
Chapter 87 – Evil Threat ⑦ (Bug Catcher)
Xi Fang wiped for a long time, and finally finished. He looked at Ai Qian with red and swollen lips, and Ai Qian also looked at her. The two sides looked at each other for a while, and Wang Juan’s head appeared at the entrance of the hole, “Are you two all right? How are you doing?”
Ai Qian raised her head and said: “Call those people back, the entrance is found, by the way, throw down our equipment…”
A group of people searched for the entrance for a long time but couldn’t find it. The two of them hit each other. After Wang Juan threw down the equipment of the two of them, she went to Boss Cheng and the others. After finding them, the people behind would not have to throw them down.
After everyone came down, they found that although it was a vertical hole, there was a huge space under the hole. Shine forward with a flashlight, and there is an open stone door ahead.
Boss Cheng thought about the tents and other supplies up there, and said, “Do you want to leave someone up there to help?”
“Don’t forget that there is a shadow corpse on it.” Ai Qian tied the bag tightly around her body, and said, “Who do you plan to keep on it to die?”
Boss Cheng originally planned to keep either Ai Qian or Wang Juan, but after she said that, he didn’t dare to speak.
Dr. Cui thought for a while and said, “I checked the information before I came here, and I said that there are quite a few people who came here to rob the tomb. What if there is a big commotion and the police hold their guns and lower their heads as soon as they leave the ancient tomb?”
Boss Cheng said: “We are here to save people, so it doesn’t matter if we don’t take things.”
“Why are you talking so much nonsense?” Ai Qian shone a flashlight into their eyes, “If you keep procrastinating, Boss Cheng’s sister will be so hungry that she can eat people.”
Boss Cheng: “…”
Several people stopped talking and started walking towards Shimen.
This is the first time for Wang Juan to go to the ancient tomb. She has read many novels like this before, and she is very excited at this time. Wanting to say something, but didn’t know what to say, she finally said: “Mr. Xi, what’s the matter with your mouth? It looks like you just kissed.”
So Xi Fang, whose complexion had just improved, suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Ai Qian said: “What kind of eyes do you have? Who can kiss a layer of skin off their lips? That’s too cruel.”
“Isn’t it?” Boss Cheng, who was in a much better mood after finding the ancient tomb, said, “Even if the kiss was so cruel, who kissed him? We all have good lips.”
At this time, everyone had already reached the stone gate, and Ai Qian stopped suddenly, using a flashlight to shine on both sides of the stone gate.
“Any questions?”
“No.” Ai Qian said: “Look, the stone gate is open, and the passage in front looks normal. Why didn’t anyone from the archaeological team come out?”
It’s really strange to say that, the number of archaeological team is not small, even if there is any danger inside, not one of them can’t escape, right?
Everyone felt heavy in their hearts. Looking inside from the door, the tomb passage was dark and gloomy, like a monster with its mouth wide open waiting for its prey to throw itself into the net.
“Let’s go.” A veteran said: “We are better prepared than the archaeological team, so there will be no problem.”
So everyone walked in cautiously.
It is not yet clear what dynasty this ancient tomb belongs to, but most of the ancient tombs in the Qinling Mountains are relatively old. Because in the later period, there is really no place suitable for burials here. Most of the most luxurious ancient tombs in China are concentrated in the Han Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
At that time, there were no imperial examinations, and many ways to select officials were through filial piety, that is, to select people with high moral character and filial piety to become officials. In order to show their filial piety, some people tried their best to build luxurious tombs for their ancestors. They were so poor that they couldn’t open the pot, and they had to find ways to put many funeral objects in it.
Tomb robbers love Han tombs the most, because no matter how big or small a Han tomb is, as long as they find it, they will not return empty-handed. It’s just that since Cao Cao began to rob tombs, after more than a thousand years, there are very few Han tombs that have not been discovered.
Ai Qian has experienced so many worlds and has never dealt with history and archaeology, so she walked in the tomb for a long time, and she couldn’t figure out the approximate age of this ancient tomb. Anyway, it is not from the Qing Dynasty, and the reliefs on it are very Chinese. Of course, Mongolia and some minority regimes can be excluded.
In the ancient tomb with a long history, a thick layer of dust accumulated in the tomb passage. People walk on it one step at a time, and the dust floats in the air. When the light shines on it, you can see a layer of floating objects like fog.
As we walked, we reached a corner. Boss Cheng said, “Which way are you going? Or do you want to split up?”
Xi Fang said: “Follow in the footsteps of those who came before.”
Dr. Cui shined his flashlight on the ground and said, “Where are the footprints?”
Only then did Ai Qian know what was wrong. It stands to reason that the dust in this ancient tomb is so heavy that the people who walked there before would definitely leave footprints. But when she looked at the two tomb passages in front, the tomb passages were clean and no one seemed to pass by. And behind them are only the new footprints left by their group, so what about the footprints of the archaeological team?
Liu Da coughed and said, “Could it be that the dust covered the footprints after a long time?”
“It’s only been a month, how could there be no trace left?”
Dr. Cui said: “Could we have found the wrong one? They didn’t enter this tomb at all?”
Wang Juan said: “But the package of ham sausage was found not far from the entrance of the cave. The production date was just one or two months ago. Who else has been here in that world except them?”
Ai Qian thought about it, the reason why she felt that the archaeological team entered this ancient tomb was because they started from here, and secondly, they found the ham sausage wrapping paper that was very close to the entrance of the cave. So everyone preconceived, thinking that as long as it is an ancient tomb nearby, it must be the ancient tomb they entered.
Ai Qian thought of a problem that had been ignored before. The hole was relatively deep, and Xi Fang hadn’t moved very quickly since she fell down. If the archaeological team wants to come in, they will definitely tie a rope at the entrance of the cave. So since they have been trapped in the ancient tomb and have not come out, where did the rope at the entrance of the cave go?
You must know that there were no ropes nearby when the hole was discovered, otherwise Ai Qian and Xi Fang would not have fallen down unprepared.
Then there can only be two reasons for this situation. One is that the archaeological team did not enter the ancient tomb at all, and the other is that they entered and then went out. Then they encountered some danger outside the ancient tomb and all members disappeared.
Or there is a more terrifying possibility, and there is almost no possibility, that is, someone or something outside took the rope away.
Ai Qian’s heart was beating violently, and the blood on her face faded instantly. Xi Fang noticed that she shone a flashlight on her face and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”
“Let’s go out.” Ai Qian said dryly, “I found some problems.”
“what is the problem?”
Ai Qian didn’t answer, she turned to leave, but suddenly froze in place.
Everyone turned around and looked back, only to see the stone gate that had been opened earlier, but it was closed quietly at some point.
“Damn!” Liu Dahe and the two veterans rushed over and reached out to push the stone gate, but the stone gate remained motionless.
Then Boss Cheng and Dr. Cui also went to help, but the stone door was closed tightly, and it was impossible to open it manually.
“How is this going?”
“Who closed the door?”
Everyone gathered in the same place, they came to save people, this stone door can’t be opened, let alone save people, even they themselves will be trapped to death inside.
Ai Qian said: “Don’t worry, since this stone door was opened before, it means that it must be able to be opened. If it can’t be opened from the inside, maybe it can be opened from the outside.”
“But all of us are inside.” Boss Cheng said: “If we had known, we would have left someone outside. If nothing else, at least we could ask for help.”
“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid.” Ai Qian said with a deep breath: “If we lose contact for a few days, my uncle will definitely come to rescue us. The food we brought can still last for a long time, and being rescued is not a problem.”
In this way, everyone was not so panicked, Boss Cheng said: “Could it be that the archaeological team encountered this situation, and that’s why they were trapped here?”
Ai Qian thought about it, and said, “I don’t think so.”
Everyone looked at him, and Ai Qian told her conjectures about the details she had discovered before.
Liu Dao: “As co-authors, did we enter the wrong ancient tomb from the beginning?”
“It’s very possible.” Xi Fang looked at Boss Cheng and said, “Now we have two options, one is to stay here and wait for rescue, the other is to go inside and see if there is another exit. “
These people were all hired by Boss Cheng, so of course they should listen to him.
Boss Cheng looked at the two tomb passages that seemed to be impossible to see to the end. He thought for a while and said, “We don’t know what dangers are in the ancient tomb, but it’s not a problem to just wait here. In my opinion, it’s better than this. Let’s go first.” Choose a tomb path, and if we encounter any danger on the way, we will come back here immediately. In short, personal safety is the most important thing, after all, we are not tomb robbers, right?”
This is indeed a choice, and everyone feels more relaxed and no longer nervous. Liu Da was the first to walk in front and said: “Then I will take the lead, I will stretch out my skills, and I will respond quickly if something happens.”
Liu Dayi immediately walked ahead, and the others lined up behind him.
Everyone chose the tomb passage on the right, and Wang Juan suddenly said as they walked, “What if we find the tomb and find a mountain of gold, silver and jewels inside?”
Boss Cheng said: “What are you thinking? It is very likely that what is waiting for you is a thousand-year-old corpse.”
“The ancient corpse is good.” Dr. Cui said: “In traditional Chinese medicine, the ancient corpse can be used as medicine, and it may have some miraculous effect.”
Everyone chattered, and Ai Qian said: “Maybe there is a handsome man in there, or a living one, so I can solve the problem of being single.”
Wang Juan said: “If you really want a beautiful man, you must give it to me. I think such a beautiful man who has been sleeping for thousands of years needs a mature and attractive life mentor like me.”