Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 208 The real tomb

"Captain, come and have a look, everyone, there is a secret passage here!" Cao Yi was surprised and happy, and turned around to shout at Lao Yang and the others.

Lao Yang and the others walked over quickly when they heard the words, and they were all amazed when they saw the square opening under the Kyushu tripod.

However, the team quickly divided into two factions.

The opinion of the radicals is: Anyway, there is nowhere to go now, it is better to enter the secret passage and take a look, maybe there will be unexpected discoveries.

But the opinion of the conservatives is: there may be a more terrifying crisis hidden under the secret passage, we don't need to continue exploring in the tomb, it's better to leave here as soon as possible.

The radicals naturally include me, Cao Yi, and veterans.

Among the conservatives were Fang Weiran, Han Xu, and Lin Wei.

There are three people in the two factions, and it was a tie, and both sides were unable to argue.

Li Tienan did not participate, she let Lao Yang make the decision.

In the end, the heavy responsibility of making the decision still fell on Lao Yang. After all, Lao Yang is the leader of the team and has the crucial decision-making power.

With his hands behind his back, Lao Yang paced back and forth in front of the Jiuzhou Ding.

After a while, he stopped and said only one word: "Get off!"

"Team Yang..." Lin Wei wanted to say something else, but Li Tienan said, "It is our bounden duty to obey orders. Since Team Yang has already made a decision, we just follow the orders. There is so much nonsense!"

Li Tienan is indeed very domineering, saying one is one, and saying the other is two, it's really a heroine.

Presumably, we drank some water and waited until the harmful gas in the secret tunnel was basically discharged, then we got under the Kyushu tripod and climbed into the square hole one by one.

The bottom of the cave is dark, and there is indeed a secret passage under the feet, which spirals down to the bottom.

The darkness swallowed up the entire lower half of the secret passage, and it is unknown how deep and long this secret passage is.

With my wolf eye in my left hand and the evil spear in my right, I took the lead and opened the way ahead.

The secret passage is quiet, only the sound of our footsteps echoing.

I can still hear the heavy breathing of the players, and I can see that everyone is very nervous.

In fact, I was also very nervous, because I didn't know what was waiting for us under the secret passage.

The unknown is what really scares people.

Fear because of the unknown.

I walked down step by step with my little heart hanging, the more I went down, the more strange I felt, because I felt the wet water vapor rushing towards my face.

Generally speaking, ancient tombs are relatively dry, because too much water vapor will accelerate the decay of some objects.For example, wooden coffins are likely to rot after being exposed to moisture, and the ancient corpses inside will also rot soon, and cannot be preserved for a long time.

But the water vapor under this secret passage is very heavy, the air is damp, and it is cold in the lungs.

When we reached the bottom of the secret passage, we discovered that there was actually a tomb below the secret passage!
The area of ​​the tomb is relatively large, more than [-] square meters.

From this point of view, our previous judgment is not completely wrong. There is indeed a tomb in the cave, but the upper part is not the real tomb. The real tomb is hidden under the secret passage of Kyushu Ding.

Being able to come up with such a wonderful architectural structure, I have to admire the designers of the year.

At the same time, I was once again curious about the identity of the owner of the tomb.

To be able to build the tomb so exquisitely, to be able to have the monster guarding the tomb, and to be able to sit on the Kyushu tripod after death, the identity of the owner of the tomb is definitely a certain feudal king in history.Judging from the oracle bone inscriptions in the tomb, I speculate that the owner of the tomb is probably a certain king in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.

But, much to our surprise and regret, this hidden burial chamber has been largely destroyed.

I don't know the reason, but the Yellow River water accumulated more than one meter deep in the tomb.

I finally understood why I felt the damp water vapor just now, because the bottom of the secret passage had turned into a water prison at some point.

We concentrated our eyes and looked around with wolf eyes.

It can be seen that there were originally many painted murals on the four walls of the tomb, but under the erosion of water vapor, many of those exquisite murals have faded and become very blurred.

There are some funerary objects floating in the stagnant water, including many precious gold, silver and jade wares, as well as various bronze vessels with unique shapes.

A black thing slowly drifted past our feet, Cao Yi was startled, let out a low cry, subconsciously took a step back, and just bumped into my arms, I was slightly startled, and suddenly bumped into a little sheep, I don't know where to put my hands.

"Yes... I'm sorry..." Cao Yi glanced back at me, and quickly looked away, his face full of shyness.

I squatted down, stared at the black thing with my wolf eyes, and reached out to pick it up.

It was a rectangular tortoise shell similar in shape to a computer keyboard. There were many cracks on the tortoise shell, and densely carved oracle bone inscriptions were also carved on it.During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, people liked to use tortoise shells for divination, and wrote down the results of the divination on the tortoise shells. This tortoise shell engraved with oracle bone inscriptions is very valuable to the scientific research of oracle bone inscriptions, so I decided to take it back.Although I am no longer in the archaeological team, I can hand it over to relevant archaeological experts and do my part.

As soon as I put the tortoise shell into the backpack, I heard Lao Yang saying: "What is that?"

Several white light circles fell on the water in the center of the tomb, and a large wooden box was vaguely seen floating and sinking in the stagnant water.

I stared at it for a while, and my heart skipped a beat. Judging from the shape and size of the wooden box, it looked like a coffin.

The water of the Yellow River poured into the tomb, and the coffin that was originally placed in the tomb naturally floated up.

"I'll go and have a look!" I couldn't restrain my curiosity, I jumped into the stagnant water, and jumped towards the wooden box.

Who is the owner of the tomb, this is the answer I have been looking for.

The stagnant water in the tomb was quite deep. When I walked to the center of the tomb, the stagnant water was close to my chest, and I almost swam over.Probably because there is no light here, the stagnant water is icy cold, even though I am not afraid of the cold, goose bumps still appear on my body instinctively.

The wooden box was getting closer and closer to me, my little heart was beating the war drum, and the answer I wanted to know was within reach.

Coming up close, I can say with certainty that the wooden box is a real coffin.

The coffin is about two meters long, but its height cannot be seen because it floats and sinks in the water.

Due to being soaked in water for a long time, the surface of the coffin has been eroded and rotted by water vapor, and in the dark and humid environment, a layer of white fungi grew on the surface of the coffin, like a small umbrella.

"I don't know if the inside of the coffin is damaged or not!" I muttered softly, reached out and grabbed the edge of the coffin lid, and lifted it up forcefully.

A rotten stench hit my face, and I immediately held my breath.

My eyes fell on the inside of the coffin, my heart sank immediately, and my face was full of disappointment.

There was no complete body in the coffin, only some white bones and some dry, fragmented flesh.I don't know who the Qiangu emperor in the coffin is, but I have to say that this emperor may not have been a good emperor during his lifetime, or else his corpse would not have been condemned like this.He probably never thought that one day, the imperial coffin where he slept would be occupied by a group of rats.This coffin of an ancient emperor has now become a rat's nest, and there are many small mice in it, squeaking and screaming, and some mice are still chewing on the bones and minced meat in the coffin, chewing and chewing. Voice.

I didn't expect such a horrible scene inside the coffin, so I quickly closed the coffin lid, cut off the disgusting scene, took a few steps back, stood in the chest-deep water, and took a long breath.The picture in the coffin was still swaying in front of my eyes, which made me get goosebumps all over again.

I dragged my wet body back to the shore, and Cao Yi asked, "How is it? Did you find anything? Is that a coffin?"

I nodded: "It is indeed a coffin!"

Lao Yang interjected: "Then do you know which feudal king is the owner of the tomb?"

I shook my head and sighed: "The coffin has been soaked. I don't know where a group of mice came from. Now they live in the coffin, and they regard the coffin as a rat's nest. That king is really unlucky, his body is covered with rats." It was devoured, leaving only some rotten bones and meat, not to mention how disgusting it is!"

While complaining, Li Tienan suddenly heard: "Tuoba Gu, Cao Yi, stand up a little, the water in the tomb seems to be rising!"

Water is rising? !

Hearing what Li Tienan said, I realized that the knee-deep water on the edge of the steps had already reached my waist before I knew it.

The stagnant water is still rising, indicating that the Yellow River water is still pouring into the tomb.

There may have been a heavy rain outside, and the water level in the tomb rose very quickly. Just as we were panicking and preparing to exit the tomb, I heard squeaking rats calling from the dark water.Looking back, the coffin was overturned at some point, and the mice in the coffin rushed out and swam to the other side of the tomb.

Lao Yang turned around and pulled me back: "Xiao Gu, go away, or you will drown here!"

Looking at the group of rats running away in a hurry, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I suddenly shouted: "Don't run! We can't leave here!"

"Why?" Lao Yang looked at me suspiciously, with anxiety written all over his face: "Are you staying here waiting to die?"

I shook my head, with hope shining in my eyes: "If you want to get out of here alive, just listen to me, stay in the water, don't run!"

Lao Yang anxiously said: "You can survive in the water? Xiaogu, are you kidding me?"

While talking, the water had already reached my throat, and I said calmly, "I'm not joking, believe me, I thought of a way to get out of here!"

(End of this chapter)