Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 67 Tracking
Guangtou Wei brought three people with him on this trip. The wielder's surname is Feng, and the Taoists call him 'Feng Guishou'. His pair of wielder hands are superb;

This steel knife is said to be an ancient relic to ward off evil spirits, whether it is used to cut people or zongzi, it is handy.

The third person is Luo Ren, who has no special skills, but this person is very sensitive and resourceful. With his intelligence, he has been in the Tao for more than ten years and has a great reputation.

At that time, Guangtou Wei received the news that this operation was being followed by a group of scouts. The original plan was to take me and Tofu to go together, but the four of us had to leave temporarily. It was inevitable that the mobile phone would be monitored, so even the mobile phone was blocked afterwards. Useless.

Several people disguised themselves and changed their appearances. Baldy Wei led the three of them all the way to Fengzui Village relying on the information in the Ghost King Yulong Cup. Needless to say, the hardships along the way.

The three of them arrived at Fengzui Village during the day. It was an ancient village that was already dilapidated, with few decent houses left.Rather than calling it a village, it would be better to call it a relic.

Naturally, these four people don't know what tombs are like, so if they want to find the exact location of the tomb, they have to explore with shovels.Of course, the mountain is so big, so it's not like groping around, otherwise, if you dig holes and shovel everywhere, you'll have to fight until the year of the monkey?

To search for a tomb with a shovel is not to dig holes everywhere to try your luck, but to judge the general location of the shovel in combination with the burial customs of the past dynasties.

Since the Han Dynasty, there has been a burial custom of burying mountains but not tops, and burying slopes but not ridges, and it has been used even now.

China's burial customs are complicated and involve a wide range of aspects, which cannot be described in one word, but in summary, there are also a set of rules. These rules have been summed up by tomb robbers for thousands of years, forming an iron-like law.

There is a saying in the industry: in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, look for it on the top of the mountain, and search for it in the mountains of the imperial tombs of the Qin and Han Dynasties;

This formula is widely circulated, and the meaning is very clear: the tombs of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States were buried high on the top of the mountain, while those in the Qin and Han Dynasties were buried in the mountains, and they paid attention to opening mountains as mausoleums.Most of the tombs in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Wei and Jin Dynasties were buried on the mountainside; from the Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty to Song Dynasty, they were generally buried below the mountainside slope.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the form of burial was more extensive, and the specific location was not so rigid, and burials were buried when they found a good hole, but generally speaking, the principle of "buried on the mountain but not on the top" was still followed.

These few formulas summed up by tomb robbers for thousands of years were introduced to the archaeological team immediately after the first "recruitment", and were widely used. Tried and tested, the angry tomb robbers gritted their teeth one by one.

It was daytime when the four of them arrived at Fengzui Village. Tomb robbers and mushroom diggers usually worked at night to avoid people.But in this deep mountain, there is no human habitation, and there is no need to be taboo, and the few people immediately started looking for the tomb.

Following the burial custom of not burying the top of the mountain, and not burying the slope, the few people locked the location of the princess's tomb below the foot of the mountain.

In the Ghost King Yulong Cup, Wei Guangtou got a piece of information, that is, there is a divine spring in front of the tomb, that is to say, there is a water hole or a lake. It should be easy to find out.

After packing up their food, they went down the mountain with their tools, looking for a place with water holes, and soon found a lake.

The lake is not big, surrounded by reeds, the surface of the water is misty, and the sound of waterfowl can be faintly heard, just like a fairyland.

Wei Guangtou has a lot of experience, he combined the location of the lake, then measured the height and the mountain, estimated two locations, and let everyone play the 'Plum Blossom Cave' at these two locations.

The Plum Blossom Cave is a group of five holes, which are used to detect the location of the tomb. Wei Guangtou and others drilled the Plum Blossom Cave all afternoon, thoroughly felt the two locations, and drilled hundreds of holes.Guangtou Wei squatted down, and put the soil brought out by the probe shovel one by one in front of his eyes to watch.

Looking at the Tubian acupoints is Wei Guangtou's forte. Unfortunately, he watched it all afternoon, and his brows kept frowning until it was almost night, and the two places were also full of caves. Wei Guangtou sighed: "There are no such places. It seems that we miscalculated. It is too late now, go back to the village for the night, and continue tomorrow."

Although the efforts of the few people fell short in the afternoon, they were not too disappointed. After all, the general location has been determined. The rest of the tomb exploration requires patience. Tomb robbery requires not only technology and courage, but also the ability to endure hardships and endure hardships. Live alone.

Several people carried their tools back to Fengzui Village. After entering the village, they set up a bonfire to sleep. For the sake of safety, to prevent any snakes, insects and beasts in the mountains, several people took turns to arrange a vigil.

Lu Su was on the first shift of the night watch.

This person is tall and straight, with strong muscles, always smiling, and looks gentle and refined, but the steel knife behind his back is extremely powerful. He sits in front of the campfire, with the steel knife on the side, arms folded around his chest, eyes closed and rested.

The night was dark, and it was time to change shifts in a blink of an eye. Feng Guishou was in the second shift. He was woken up by Lu Su, and he yawned and stood up to watch the night.At this moment, he just woke up, still sleepy, his eyes were cloudy, and in a haze, he suddenly saw a few sneaky figures appearing at the end of the village.

In fact, this village has long since left only the remnants of stone foundations, and the rest are a few crooked, half-broken wooden houses. The rest of the place is empty, occupied by trees and various plants, and the view is very limited.

In the middle of the night, when he suddenly saw a few figures, Feng Guishou woke up from his drowsiness, but he was a vigilant person, wondering if Tiao Zi had caught up with him?If that was the case, I couldn't deal with it alone, so I immediately woke up Guangtou Wei and the others.

Of all the people, only Wei Guangtou was carrying a pistol. Grave robbers generally don't carry hot weapons, because when they go to the tomb, the dangers they are likely to encounter are mostly from snakes, insects, rats and ants, or zongzi, no matter what it is Even guns can't deal with it, so when digging mushrooms, they tend to use cold weapons, such as Lu Su's steel knife.

The pistol that Wei Guangtou was carrying was probably used to guard against the police. After they woke up, Feng Gui hand motioned them to look towards the end of the village. They immediately saw the sneaky figures, and their drowsiness disappeared. The four of them were veterans, no one spoke, Baldy Wei made a gesture, and then he made a detour, quietly, and leaned towards those figures.

In the darkness, those figures seemed to have discovered the purpose of Wei Guangtou and the other four, and immediately turned around and walked down the mountain, and the four hurriedly chased after them.In the darkness, I could only see a figure in the darkness in front of me. The figure was indistinct, and men and women could not be distinguished.Several people chased after them fiercely, and Luo Ren, who was quick-witted, waved his hand suddenly and said, "No, those people in front don't have torches or flashlights in their hands. How do they see the road? How do they walk in the dark?" Speeding all the way? We can’t even catch up?”

When Luo Ren said this, the other three reacted abruptly, breaking out in a cold sweat.

That's right, we were holding flashlights, and it was still difficult to walk in the dark. The figures in front of us had no light source at all. How did they identify the path?Could it be that they are not human at all?

This thought came to the minds of the four of them, and at this moment, the blurry figure in front of them also stopped abruptly, as if they were waiting for Baldy Wei and his party to catch up.

Now, who dares to chase?
These people are veterans of digging mushrooms upside down. Naturally, they are quite courageous, but they are not reckless. They knew that there was a problem, so naturally it was impossible to catch up at this time. For a while, in the dark, the two groups of people rushed together Stand up.

In front, is it a human or a ghost?

Wei Guangtou is the 'investor' this time, and the eye of the team will naturally not sit still.He was silent for a moment, raised his pistol, and fired three shots into the darkness ahead.Although it is difficult to aim in the dark, the people in front are very close. With this chance, a blind cat can run into a dead mouse.

Unexpectedly, after three shots, the figures in front remained unmoved, as if the bullets hadn't hit them at all, but this is impossible!
Baldy Wei is also well-informed, thinking: Could it be that the things in front are really not human?

He couldn't help turning his head, and said to Lu Su: "Master Lu, it's your turn." The steel knife in Lu Su's hand was handed down from his ancestors. For hundreds of years, the knife has been stained with blood. A murderous knife, it is said that the murderous knife can ward off evil spirits, the biggest use of this knife is to chop zongzi, with one knife, no matter how hard the zongzi is, it can split the head.

(End of this chapter)