Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 239 Entrance to the Underground Palace
We climbed to the top of the mountain out of breath, and the soles of our feet were hurt. But the group of mausoleum guards, I don’t know if it was because they often ran in the mountains, they were so energetic that they didn’t even take a breath after climbing up the mound. Even a man as old as Second Uncle Liu only let out a slight sigh of relief.

"Tuobagu, didn't you say you found the entrance to the underground palace? Old Yang asked me.

"Hush!" I signaled Lao Yang not to speak, looked up at the Big Dipper again, and then moved my steps according to the front of the spoon: "Well, the entrance to the underground palace should be nearby, everyone look for it separately!"

The people dispersed, and after a while, they heard Chen Hongzhou shouting: "Come and see, there is a robbery hole here!"

Uncle Liu said: "Countless tomb robbers have flocked here for thousands of years. There are hundreds of robbery holes on this mound. It's nothing unusual!"

"No!" Chen Hongzhou said, "This robbery hole seems to be newly dug?"

A newly dug hole? !

We felt that something was wrong, so we quickly gathered around.

On the ground three meters away, there is really a cave with a square of one person. The inside of the cave is dark, and the sound of the wind passing through the cave can be heard.There was some soil piled up at the entrance of the cave. I walked over carefully and found that the soil was very new, and it was obvious that it had just been dug out.

"It seems that what Chen Hongzhou said is correct, this robbery hole is indeed newly dug!" I turned around and said to everyone.

Second Uncle Liu mused, "Could it be that another group of tomb robbers have come here?"

"Not necessarily!" Xiao Guoguo shook her head and said, "In my opinion, it might be those mercenaries!"

I unscrewed the wolf's eyes, and the white beam shot down into the cave.

The scene below the cave surprised me, and then I jumped up excitedly: "Tomb passage! There is a tomb passage under the cave!"

Under the dark cave, there is a bluestone tomb passage extending down.

The bluestone tomb passage was bottomless, and the light beams from the wolf's eyes could only penetrate more than [-] meters below, and then there was thick darkness, and nothing could be seen.

A tomb passage appeared on the mound of earth, and this tomb passage was in the direction guided by the Big Dipper. It was almost certain that this tomb passage was the entrance to the underground palace.

Everyone cheered when they heard the words, we finally found the entrance to the underground palace!
"Don't be dazed, hurry up and go down!" Lao Yang gave me a push.

"Wait!" I frowned and squatted down at the entrance of the cave again.

"Is there any problem?" Uncle Liu asked.

I stared at the dark cave, and slowly said: "I suddenly thought of a question! If the cave was dug out by the group of mercenaries, it means that the group of mercenaries also successfully found the entrance of the underground palace. They... why did they Will you know where the entrance to the underground palace is?"

The crowd stopped cheering, and my words were like a sharp thorn, piercing people's hearts upside down.

yes!Why do these mercenaries know the location of the entrance to the underground palace?They even entered the underground palace earlier than us!I had previously guessed that this group of mercenaries might find nothing when they came to Fengtudui, because they couldn't find the entrance to the underground palace.But I didn't expect them to find it, and entered the underground palace ahead of time. It seems that this group of mercenaries really has a lot of background!

Uncle Liu and the guards of the mausoleum turned ugly. The imperial mausoleum, which had been guarding for thousands of years, was actually climbed by the enemy first, which made them very indignant.

Suddenly, a figure rushed out, pushed me aside, and jumped into the cave.

"Hey! Don't be impulsive!" I raised my wolf eyes, only to see the figure rushing down with a ghost knife in his hand.

"It's Chen Hongzhou!" Second Uncle Liu stomped his feet.

Ziyun said: "The group of mercenaries are probably below, isn't it dangerous for him to rush down like this?"

Uncle Liu looked at me: "It's not too late, let's go down!"

I nodded: "Everyone enters the tomb passage one by one, you must be extra careful!"

The old bird pulled the bolt of the gun with a bang, jumped down first, and took the lead without hesitation.

I took out the Heavenly Evil Spear and followed closely behind the old bird.

I just jumped down, and Cao Yi was about to follow, but Xiao Guoguo rushed up from the slope, squeezed Cao Yi to the side, and grinned: "I have to follow Brother Xiaogu to feel safe." !” After saying this, he swished into the tomb passage, bouncing and following behind my buttocks.

Cao Yi was so angry that his face turned blue, and he jumped down without saying a word.

Xiao Guoguo wanted to provoke Cao Yi on purpose: "Sister policeman, don't follow too closely! I ate compressed biscuits just now, and my stomach hurts. I really want to fart. If it stinks later, you will I'm sorry!"

I turned around and gave Xiao Guoguo a hand, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Stop messing around, what are you talking about!"

Xiao Guoguo covered her stomach, turned her nostrils and said, "What's wrong? Are you not even allowed to fart?"

"I think you are farting now!" Cao Yi said calmly.

Xiao Guoguo sneered and said, "Sister policeman, you'd better keep your mouth shut. If I push too hard later, I'm afraid a lump of poop will fly into your mouth!"

As soon as Lao Yang came down, he heard the conversation between the two women, and he snorted, "You two beauties, can your conversation not be so heavy?"

"Why don't you let me go to the front, I'll follow Xiao Guoguo, I'm not afraid of bad farts!" Fang Weiran said with a foolish smile.

Lao Yang hit him back with a stir-fried chestnut: "Shut up! What kind of nympho!"

When Uncle Liu and his mausoleum guards entered the tomb passage, our team began to walk slowly down the tomb passage.

I don't know how long we will stay in the mausoleum. In order to save power, we only turned on two wolf eyes.The old bird who leads the battle and Yue Xiaojun who is in charge of the rear hold one in each hand. There are lights on the front and back, which can just illuminate the road under our feet.

As I walked, I raised my head and observed the environment in the tomb passage. This tomb passage was built like a long chimney, with bluestone slabs paved on all sides, on the ground, on both sides, and on the top, as if buried in a mound of soil. of a sewer.The soil inside the mound is very loose, and it must be reinforced on all sides to ensure that the tomb passage will not collapse.

The height of the tomb passage is about five meters, and the width is about three meters. Two people can walk down side by side.However, in order to have space to escape in case of emergencies, we still lined up in a long snake formation. The whole team was like a snake, winding and circling above the winding tomb passage.These bluestone slabs are carved with hidden flowers, adding a lot of decorative feeling.

The tomb passage entered from the top of the mound, then meandered and extended downwards, and there was a bend after a short walk.I speculate that the entire tomb passage should be in an "S" shape.To be precise, it should be composed of many overlapping "S".The entire tomb passage may run through the entire mound vertically, reaching the underground palace below the mound.The mound of sealed earth is hundreds of meters high, that is to say, the vertical height of this tomb passage is also hundreds of meters.It's hard to imagine, just this tomb passage leading to the underground palace is such a huge project!

Although Qin Shihuang left the eighth wonder of the world to future generations, it was really a disaster for the people of the Qin Dynasty!
So while we are amazed by Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, we are also sighing for those dead people, and at the same time strongly condemn Qin Shihuang's behavior.

There is a phrase called "How deep is the courtyard", I think it is quite appropriate to use here: "How deep is the tomb passage!"

Inside the silent tomb passage, there were only the sound of our fragmented footsteps. As we went down, the darkness became thicker, and the surrounding temperature was also slowly dropping.For a moment, I even felt that this tomb passage was not leading to the first emperor's underground palace, but leading to hell on earth!

In this dark and claustrophobic space, people will lose their sense of direction and time.

We don't know how long we have been walking in the tomb passage. According to my own estimation, we may have entered the inside of the sealed mound, which is a place with a vertical height of 60 meters.

Suddenly, the old bird at the front stopped, and the whole team also stopped.

Everyone froze and asked nervously, "What's wrong?"

The old bird held up his wolf eyes and looked at the ground not far ahead: "Here!"

I took a closer look, feeling a little nervous, and saw a pool of blood on the ground not far away.

That pool of blood looks so coquettish and dazzling in the dark tomb passage!
"Don't move, I'll go and have a look!" The old bird raised the wolf's eye in his left hand, pulled out a May [-]th pistol in his right hand, groped carefully against the wall of the tomb passage, squatted in front of the bloodstain and looked carefully, then turned to us and said : "The blood is not dry yet, it should have just been left!"

"Oops! It must have been left by Chen Hongzhou!" Uncle Liu and the others said anxiously.

I sighed silently in my heart, Chen Hongzhou was too impulsive, what I was worried about happened, Chen Hongzhou must have encountered a surprise attack in the tomb passage.

We quickened our pace and continued down the tomb passage.

The more you go down, the more frightened you are, because the blood under the tomb passage is getting thicker and thicker, and the stone ladder along the tomb passage is like a dragging bloodstain.What is even more shocking is that there are still a lot of blood splashed on the wall of the tomb passage, and the blood drips down the wall bit by bit.

Our hearts gradually sank to the bottom of the valley, something must have happened to Chen Hongzhou, and judging from this situation, there was almost no hope.

"Wait!" The old bird suddenly raised his palm and said in a low voice, "There is someone in front!"

I involuntarily clenched the Heavenly Evil Spear. When the halo of wolf eyes fell on the figure in front of me, there was a low exclamation in the team. That figure was none other than Chen Hongzhou.

Chen Hongzhou sat with his back against the wall of the tomb passage in a pool of blood, his chest heaved violently, and he let out heavy breathing.

Our hearts tightened, and we walked quickly to Chen Hongzhou's side.

The old bird leaned over and took a closer look: "There doesn't seem to be any wound on his body!"

No wounds? !
Didn't the blood on the ground belong to Chen Hongzhou? !

Our hanging hearts were finally relieved, I let out a sigh of relief, and patted Chen Hongzhou on the shoulder: "It's great that you're fine..."

Suddenly, I stopped the second half of the conversation abruptly, because I found that Chen Hongzhou seemed to be... not quite right...

(End of this chapter)