Daomu Biji

Snake Swamp Ghost Town Chapter 4 Blood Corpse Tomb

Relying on instinct, the third uncle kept scratching the soil around him, trying to put his head out to breathe or grab something around him. However, this was in vain. It only took about two or three seconds for him to feel His body was empty and he slipped into some space. Then he felt a chill all over his body and fell into the water together with the mud that wrapped him. Reading artifact

The cold water washed away the mud on his face. He coughed and struggled to get up. He was surrounded by darkness. He didn't know where he fell. He could only feel that the area below his waist was full of water, and the surrounding area was full of water. There was a peculiar rancid smell.

The flashlight was still on, but now that it had fallen into the water, only a small amount of light was exposed. The third uncle reached over and touched the flashlight. Because it was soaked in water, it became dim when he touched it. He shook it twice, and the flashlight turned on again. It's bright, but the light is obviously a bit dim.

He looked around with a flashlight and found that he had fallen into a brick room, surrounded by green walls. When he looked behind him, he saw a large hole that seemed to be artificially made in the green brick wall behind him. It was obvious that he had slipped in through this hole just now.

The third uncle looked around and understood what was going on. There was something wrong with the place he just dug. It seemed to be a hole covered with soil. His weight was on it, and there was no support below, so the entire hole below was The soil collapsed and rolled into the tomb below along with the mud.

Who opened the hole in the tomb wall? Did he accidentally dig the same hole that the old man and the others used when they entered the tomb? Is it such a coincidence?

The third uncle thought for a while. I think it’s really possible that this is the case. My skills were taught by the old man. The old man’s skills were taught by the previous generation. Because tombs have begun to degenerate since the Qing Dynasty, tomb robbing technology has always been about resting on one’s laurels. Without further development in essence, there are strict rules on where and how to dig holes. Apprentices taught by the same master will almost 100% hit the hole in the same position.

Don't think about it for now. He looked around carefully and saw that the entrance behind was filled with mud pouring down. I don’t know where the shovel is wrapped in the mud. It may be difficult to go back the same way. But he wasn’t worried. He had explosives on him and couldn’t get out. Just open a skylight for him.

The tomb is a regular square shape with a vaulted ceiling and simple reliefs all around. The tomb is not big and not too high. The water in the tomb was up to his waist, so the burial objects should be under the water. But in a pool of black water, you can’t see what’s underneath.

On the left wall,

There is a door open, which seems to be the corridor of this ancient tomb.

It is impossible to judge the dynasty and owner status of the ancient tomb based on these alone. But looking at the height of the tomb, it is obvious that the owner of the tomb here is not a prince-level figure.

The standard of ordinary ancient tombs with tomb chambers is not low. Because in ancient times there were not many people who could afford to live in houses made of bricks. If bricks were to be used to build a tomb, the tomb owner would need to be a member of the official class. But even for the official class, most of the ancient tombs will not have Taixie sect agencies, because their abilities are limited, and they have been in the past dynasties. The top craftsmen, especially those who mastered the construction knowledge of the mausoleum, only served the emperor, and they could only serve once in their lifetime. A large number of top craftsmen died in the imperial mausoleum when it was closed. This is why The reason why so many things are lost in China.

The third uncle calmed down and walked through the water into the dark corridor. The water was cold and had great resistance. It made ripples as he walked, making a very unpleasant sound.

The floor of the underwater tomb is not flat. Several times he stepped on something and almost fell. At this time, he couldn't think about what he had stepped on, if this was the ancient tomb recorded in his notes back then. "Then what he stepped on, in addition to the funerary objects here, may also be the remains of the elders. This kind of thing is too exciting, and the best way to solve it is not to think about it.

The corridor was about twenty meters long. I quickly walked over. Behind the corridor was another larger tomb chamber. There were no other corridors around it. The third uncle knew that this was already the apse. He took a few steps closer and saw that there was a tomb in the middle. A coffin bed is raised above the water.

The third uncle's flashlight shone on it, and he couldn't help but swallowed, and his feet became a little weak.

He saw a stone coffin placed on the coffin bed. The lid of the coffin had been flipped to an unknown place. This was not uncommon. But what frightened him a little was that there were two other rotten bones leaning against it. On the lidless coffin, the clothes on the body were in tatters, the two corpses were completely rotted, and the skin and flesh were stuck to the sarcophagus. From a distance, it was not clear which dynasty they were from, but they were definitely not slaves who were buried.

The third uncle was stunned for a while, feeling cold all over and not daring to go over. He thought to himself, could these two bodies be his relatives who died in the ancient tomb at that time?

This is not the first time he has entered an ancient tomb. He has long been accustomed to ignore the corpses in the ancient tomb. To him, these corpses are just objects, but this time he may encounter the corpses of his own relatives. , there was an inexplicable fear in his heart, and his heart beat violently.

He slowly walked up to the stone platform in the middle of the tomb. Everyone was shaking and couldn't hold the flashlight steady. He looked at the sarcophagus first and saw a dried blood clot condensing on the bottom of the coffin. It seemed to be wrapped in silk, but there was no body. When he got closer to the two corpses, he saw that the corpses were all yankuai, and the heads were already skeletons. It was impossible to tell whether they were his relatives, but the third uncle saw that one of the corpses had a box cannon in his hand, with the words " A few vague words - Wu Dagui, is my great-grandfather's name.

The third uncle's knees softened, he knelt down and kowtowed twice. The third uncle was not a person with very delicate emotions, so his behavior at this time should be an instinct.

After kowtowing, the third uncle looked at the cannon box and saw that it was no longer usable, so he threw it aside and looked at the contents of the sarcophagus. He put on his gloves and reached into the coffin, pressing the silk at the bottom of the coffin.

After the third uncle pressed it, he knew that the body was not under the rotten silk. Instead, he felt that there was a ring-shaped thing under the mess of filth on the ground of the coffin. He reached in and touched it, and his heart skipped a beat. It turned out to be an iron ring, covering the bottom of the coffin.

He put the flashlight on the edge of the sarcophagus, then clasped the iron ring with both hands, and pulled hard. He heard a "pop" sound. Suddenly, the bottom of the coffin tilted to one side, and a secret door was exposed under the coffin.

The third uncle's head jumped. He didn't expect that the tomb had more than one level. He then took out a fire seal and was about to throw it into the secret door below to see what was underneath. Unexpectedly, as soon as his hand reached over, he caught a picture. A strange, wrinkled face poked out from the secret door. . ..