Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 42 Getting Ready

042 Chapter 42Preparation
The fat man turned around and shone his flashlight into the depths of the hole. The hole was not very long, and something at the bottom could be vaguely seen.

The fat man suddenly frowned, as if he had seen something. He looked very seriously and asked softly: "Hey, look at the innermost part, is there a tree?"

Wu Xie said in disbelief: "How could there be a tree in the ancient tomb? There is no sunshine here and no one watered it. If there was a tree, it would have rotted long ago."

The fat man looked at it for a long time, then pulled Wu Xie and pointed it to him: "Look there, look carefully."

Wu Xie had no choice but to follow his wishes, but Wu Xie really couldn't see clearly. He really wasn't as sharp as the fat man. He vaguely saw something like a branch and said to the fat man: "I can't see clearly, but... , I’m sure it’s not a tree.”

The fat man was very insistent and said stubbornly: "I think it looks like a tree, and you can see it's shining with golden light. If you don't believe it, let's go over and have a look."

Wu Xie smiled and said to him: "Don't think that I don't know what your plans are. Even if it is a golden tree, you can't move it away."

The fat man smiled and said: "Then you have to go and take a look to find out if you can carry it. Maybe there are some small items on the side. You said it would be fine if we didn't come in. Now that we have come in, we see some good things. Why don't you do some sightseeing? Besides, we've been here for a long time. If something happens, it will happen already. What are you afraid of, right? You're dumb." He said and looked at the younger brother.

Wu Xie choked to death, thinking that he couldn't help you anymore.

The little brother made a gesture to break up the noise, and said softly: "Follow me all, don't fall behind." As he said that, he walked straight into the darkness without looking back, and I quickly followed.

The fat man looked at it and seemed to have a big backer. He was pretty and beautiful, so he was about to follow. Wu Xie grabbed him and signaled him to take Aning with him.The fat man didn't want to see An Ning, and he wasn't too willing, but he could only do this. He looked at An Ning and then at Wu Xie's smiling face, and cursed helplessly: "Oh, shit!"

Wu Xie found it strange that the little brother was walking in a hurry, so he had to limp and follow him quickly.

After the fat man finished complaining, he picked up Aning and followed him quickly.

The little brother walked quickly in front. The road here was not long. We soon arrived in front of the so-called tree. This should be the innermost part of the entire brick cave. The little brother raised his flashlight and took a look at that thing. It is a white coral as tall as a person, with twelve diverging branches on it.

The fat man ran quite fast and caught up with him soon. When he got there, he quickly dropped An Ning and came over to take a look.

I glanced at Aning, she was still paralyzed there in confusion, but I saw that she was still somewhat conscious.None of the three of them were guarding her. I always felt unsafe, so I quietly made a gesture to temporarily prevent her from hearing the content of our conversation, so that she wouldn't hear what she shouldn't have heard. After all, we were not fellow travelers, so we had to guard against her.

Wu Xie said: "This coral is well carved and looks like a tree, but its texture is very ordinary and it is not a very expensive thing."

This coral is planted in a large pot with many pebbles and many small golden bells hanging on the branches.

The fat man didn't see the golden tree and was disappointed, but he still didn't give up and asked: "Little comrade, do you think this coral is worth anything?"

Wu Xie deliberately ran against him and said, "I'm not trying to hurt you. For this quality, the market price is only 16 yuan. It's not one gram, but one kilogram. This is pretty good."

The fat man listened half-believed and half-questioned: "Oh, dumb Zhang, is it true?" The little brother looked at him and nodded. He suddenly became depressed and cursed: "Damn it, why is my life so bad?"

Wu Xie chuckled and said, "Fat man, don't be discouraged. Let me tell you, although the coral is not valuable, look at the bells on it. These are good things."

The fat man said to him in disbelief: "I see you have a bad smile on your face, don't fool me. I've paid a lot for this broken bell, it's only a thousand yuan."

Wu Xie squeezed him and said, "Of course you can't tell with your little business acumen. Although bells are not popular among antiques, bells are relatively complex among metal objects, and the parts are small and extremely difficult to preserve. This one is very well preserved. They are very precious. If you look at the patterns on these bells, they are older than the Ming Dynasty. They were considered antiques at that time, do you understand what I mean?"

The fat man was stunned by what Wu Xie said. He thought about it for a while, and wanted to pick one off and have a look. Just as he was about to reach out, the little brother immediately stopped him and said, "Don't move."

The fat man was startled, but stopped.The little brother asked: "Do you still remember where you saw this kind of bell?"

I didn’t know much about these things, but they looked familiar, so I guessed and said, “The kind on the big corpse cricket in the corpse cave on the way to Lu Palace?”

The fat man didn't know much about it, so he asked us, "What is this? Please tell me."

Wu Xie said to him: "At that time, we were preparing to go to Daulu Palace. When we passed by the corpse cave, we caught a big corpse. There was a bell like this hanging on the tail of the corpse. There was a bell inside. The big green centipede would make a sound like a whisper when it crawled and rang the bell. We were almost fascinated by the sound at the time. Fortunately, Mengyoubo was clever and kicked us into the water, so we finally woke up. . At that time, a single bell almost killed a whole boat of us. There were at least forty of them here. If it rang, I really don’t know what would happen.”

The fat man heard this: "Oh, that's still a dangerous object."

Wu Xie recalled this incident and suddenly asked: "Hey, Xiaoxun, you didn't seem to be in the water that day. Are you okay?"

I had no choice but to answer him lightly: "Yeah, it's okay." Then I quickly changed the subject: "But as far as I know, this bell should be from before the Warring States Period."

The little brother said: "There must be something strange in the corpse cave. The corpse place was originally a huge tomb, but I don't know how it got related to Wang Zanghai."

The fat man asked in confusion: "Have you read it wrong? Why does this thing from before the Warring States Period appear here again? It's too coincidental. Is it possible that Wang Zanghai is also a tomb robber?"

The younger brother thought for a while and said, "No one knows what he did in his early years, and he is also proficient in Feng Shui. If he were to rob tombs, he should be able to do it with ease. However, I remember that his family background is relatively prominent. Their family has been Feng Shui masters for several generations. If you have enough food and clothing, you will never do such a menial job."

This little guy talked about being mean without changing his expression. He didn't even realize that he had also scolded Wu Xie and Fatty. Wu Xie and Fatty were stunned after hearing this.I was very happy to hear this, and followed me and said to them: "Don't make random guesses. This Wang Zanghai's professional skills are indeed very good. He is a talented person, but he is not an honest person. This person who comes to the ancient tomb is not It's not all about money." In fact, I got angry when I heard the name... The little brother heard that there was something wrong in my words and looked at me with confusion. I whispered to him: "This is more complicated. I will tell you when I get home. "

Wu Xie thought for a while and said, "But this person who fought upside down will definitely leave some kind of mark in the tomb so that future generations can avoid it. Have you seen such a thing here?"

The younger brother shook his head and said, "I paid attention just now, and there was indeed no sign at all."

The fat man asked: "Could it be that he was fond of antiques and would bury his beloved collection with him? Or there is another possibility. In fact, in addition to those who fight upside down, there is another kind of person who often does this. When he came across the ancient tomb, he dug up these things when he was working on the project. They looked good and moved them here to display them as home decorations. This man was the largest foreman at the time, and he was likely to encounter this. In this case, as long as you go back and check the information, you can know whether he had been to the Guazi Temple in Shandong at that time."

Wu Xie guessed: "Do you think this Aning could have become insane just because he touched this coral tree and had so many bells ringing at the same time? Even Mengyou Ping's amnesia may have been caused by these things. Yes, because I found that the lanyards of these bells are all tied to the coral trees with copper wires very precisely. Corals originally have holes inside, which transmit sound very well. This thing placed here is like a musical instrument, the sound it makes There can be thousands of them, but there’s no guarantee that one of them will make people forget everything.”

I shook my head: "It is true that some people can use these bells to create different hallucinations and confuse others, similar to hypnosis, but my amnesia should have nothing to do with these bells." I thought, if that were the case, maybe Bai Hao would I can cure his amnesia directly, but I have to go through so much trouble to find a solution.

I then added: "Don't forget, they were attracted by Uncle San first, and then they fell down after smelling the fragrance. I think the fragrance is the key point. The only fragrance here is the bone fragrance of the forbidden woman." "

I sighed and said, "As for Aning, I think she may have encountered some little monsters such as the Forbidden Woman or the Drought Demon. She finally got here and had another fight with this monkey. It happened that we appeared at this moment and diverted the monkey's attention. She hid in this hole just now. This person has been in a state of high mental stress and suffered multiple frights. Before he had time to rest, he saw the little brother again. She can kill Sea Monkey instantly. She is no match for her. Don’t forget, she almost killed us as soon as she came in. Now isn’t she afraid that we will kill her? She must also be afraid of us. She is really scared and pretends to be stupid. Look. This is particularly true. In order to save her life, it is not impossible to resort to a cruel trick. However, it is a human life anyway, and she is really fighting for her boss. It is quite heartfelt. She cannot be called a bad person, but after all, they are not from the same camp. Save her to I have no objection, but you must not trust her easily. It’s not like you haven’t been fooled by her before, so you’d better be careful.”

I saw them all nodded.

The fat man said: "Well, that makes sense. It seems that there are only a few flowers at the bottom of the cave. The strange thing is still on these bells. Why don't you tell me?"

Wu Xie said: "Let's not move anything."

Wu Xie still had a lot to figure out, and while he was thinking about it, I suddenly asked him: "Brother Wu Xie, did this third uncle say anything before he disappeared, and did he do anything unusual?"

"Abnormal?" Wu Xie thought for a while and said to me: "He showed me the photos of the archaeological team before he disappeared. When he saw the stuffy oil bottle, he said "I understand" and then disappeared, but What exactly do you understand? Only by finding Third Uncle can we know the answer."

"Oh! He understands..." I smiled slightly, then I seemed to understand, and nodded slightly.

The fat man suddenly said: "What about that? Dumb Zhang, I never asked you. You were in the archaeological team 20 years ago, so you must be the same age as my third uncle. Those little comrades and girls shouldn't call you little brother." , I have to call him Uncle Menyouping." He laughed along with himself.

The little brother ignored him and glanced at him. On the boat, the little brother pretended to be a bald man to tease him and choked him half to death. Now he finally found out what the choking brother said.

Wu Xie looked at his watch and said, "Stop making trouble. The time for low tide is coming soon. There's no point in staying here any longer. Let's go back first."

After a while, we walked out of the short cave. The fat man put Aning on the ground and said, "It's almost time now, we should take action anyway."

After saying that, the three of them acted according to the plan. The fat man had been holding back his energy for a long time. He picked up the tool and cut it open on a pillar. However, he underestimated the texture of the golden nanmu. After several strokes, he was already out of breath. It didn't work, but he chopped off a little bit of the pillar.

The fat man looked at it and felt something was wrong and said: "Xiao Wu, this pillar is too strong. If you follow this method, the ladder won't be able to be erected in a week."

Wu Xie said to him: "Don't worry, as long as you chop off the outermost layer, the inside will be easy to deal with."

The fat man held the guy and worked hard, and finally managed to get some improvement. After a few times, the fat man had already pushed aside the iron-like wooden layer outside, and took out a space that could accommodate a foot.

Wu Xie knew that the hole was a dead end, and sea water could only leak through the cracks in the bricks. There was no need to worry about a vortex, so he picked up the guy and tried to help the fat man. After smashing it twice, he realized that he was really good at this job. Can't do it...

They were busy and I couldn't help. I felt sleepy while waiting. My brother and Wu Xie both told me to take a nap and rest.

Three hours later, they finally fixed the foot holes on a pillar. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw them taking off their pants and clothes, cutting them into strips and tying them into pieces. A rope was circled around the pillar. Three people stretched the rope in three directions and climbed up.

The fat man kept shouting: "What are you two doing here? I can just go up and dig it. Anyway, you can float when the water comes down. Now this leather rope is almost turning me into a piece of Dongpo meat, Xiao Wu, you fucking You'd better get down here, otherwise I won't be able to bear it anymore."

Wu Xie shouted: "You think I want to go up, but I haven't seen the actual situation. I don't want you to die. I don't know if there is an anti-theft mezzanine above. There is often quicksand in this kind of tomb. If there is, you can go down alone." , the quicksand will directly bury the entire room, and if it is strong acid or kerosene, it will be even worse."

The fat man had been defeated in many fights, so he naturally knew that Wu Xie was telling the truth and said quickly: "You can't be so perverted, right?"

Wu Xie said: "Then who can say for sure? The owner of this tomb is doing the opposite in every way. Who knows what he will do."

They gritted their teeth and spent another half an hour before reaching the top. After the fat man stood firm, he was almost exhausted and hugged the pillar without moving and said: "Damn it, if you keep tossing me like this, I won't do it." Returned to his position." I saw him hanging there like a koala.But it was still quite dangerous to hang there. The rope was not strong after all. If it broke, everyone would be seriously injured, so I didn't want to disturb them, so I just watched quietly.

Wu Xie asked him to take a breath, and he would have to rely on him to cut bricks later. He carefully and tentatively tapped the top of the treasure. The younger brother signaled him not to stop, so he pressed his finger on the top, felt it, and said: "Solid of."

Wu Xie and his brother both stretched out their hands and put them on his shoulders, just in case.

The white plaster soil was very brittle. After a few chisels, the fat man peeled off a large piece, revealing the blue bricks inside. The fat man took one look and suddenly shouted: "Not good."

Wu Xie reached out with his hand and touched it. He was distraught and said, "There is iron slurry poured between these bricks."

(End of this chapter)