Chapter 8 Chapter 7 The Living Man in the Coffin

After the villager left, the village chief sat down again.He lit a cigarette, and then said to us: "I'm afraid that the tomb of the King of Yue will be opened in our generation, and the things inside will have to sell for 10 million yuan!" Looking up at the beams of the house, the village chief seems to have imagined a prosperous life in the future. We were taken aback by the attitude of the village head. We didn't expect the village head to be a greedy person. He actually wanted to open the tomb that his ancestors had guarded for thousands of years. Obviously, he had been dazzled by money.

But the village head is not wrong. If the villagers knew that there was a mausoleum near their village, maybe they would have done it long ago.The current villagers have long lost their sense of mission and responsibility for the tomb of King Yue. If they knew about this tomb, they would not hesitate to do so.The reason why the news about King Yue's tomb is so closely guarded is also related to this reason. The village chief tapped the table rhythmically with his left hand. Suddenly, he dropped the cigarette butt in his hand, stomped his feet and said, "Guys, let's go to the mountains to have a look. If there are really valuable things, you can sell them for me."

Shu Shan was the first to agree, because she still had to wait to go back to work!Next is Wu Zheng, after all his four generations have been staring at this tomb.Of course, Qiu Han and I have no objection. We are used to the tomb robbery, and we also need to look for the fourth uncle.In this way, it hit it off, and everyone quickly agreed. Knowing that this might be a robbery cave, the villagers were very happy. They quickly gathered around the robbery cave, pointing fingers, and seemed to be very interested in the robbery cave.When we arrived, the villagers exploded. These villagers did not know that they were descendants of Shouling Village, and they had no awareness of protecting the tomb. They were all waiting for the village chief's order to prepare to go down.

Just as he was talking, a brave villager came out of the robbery hole. He patted the broken stones on his body and said loudly: "Oh my god, what a big hole. There is also a hole that goes down two or three meters. Wide and bottomless." "Oh, so is this a robbery cave?" The villagers couldn't help questioning. While everyone was arguing, there was another low bang on the ground, and everyone felt that the sky was shaking, like an earthquake. Everyone was shocked by the suddenness. He didn't expect that the people inside were still working selflessly, and he certainly didn't expect that the villagers in a village outside were all watching.If he had known, he would not have opened the mountain so heartily.

"Who wants to go in with me?" said the village chief. Hearing that the village chief was about to go in, several brave villagers raised their hands enthusiastically. After the village chief picked out three tall young men, he walked up to me and Qiu Han and said, "Both of you seem to have great abilities. Yes, you take the lead. We will follow, and if there is anything, we will share with you!" Obviously, the village chief wanted to use us as cannon fodder. However, Qiu Han didn't see through the village chief's plan. Seeing that this was an opportunity to express himself, he said enthusiastically, "Village chief, don't worry, we will definitely be able to complete the task."

Hearing Qiu Han take the initiative to rush forward, I pinched his thigh fiercely, but I don't know if it's because the alcohol hasn't gone down yet, but this kid didn't move at all. "Village Chief, prepare a thick rope for us, the longer the better." Qiu Han looked confident. The village chief said: "I have already brought the rope. It is the thickest and longest in our village." After speaking, a thin villager handed the rope to Qiu Han. Qiu Han took the rope, turned around, and said to the village chief: "Village chief, you have to tell the villagers not to let this matter go out, no matter how close relatives are. Otherwise, we won't get anything and don't talk about it. Everyone will go to jail."

"I know this." The village chief turned around and shouted to the villagers, "Everyone is quiet, everyone must keep the secret, otherwise we will be clicked together." "Village chief, don't worry." A group of villagers said.At the same time, these villagers also turned their heads and gave intensified advice to their mother-in-law, never to go to their natal home or their daughter's home. Originally, someone in the robbery cave is robbing tombs, and it is the best choice to squat at the entrance of the robbery cave, because once we enter the robbery cave, we will all face unpredictable dangers.But thinking that it might be my fourth uncle, I still couldn't help but worry.In case the villagers met the fourth uncle, the fourth uncle could not explain clearly and had conflicts with the villagers, the consequences would be serious.

At that moment, the village head led three young men into the robbery cave together with Wu Zheng, Qiu Han, and me.Yan Yuwei and Shu Shan were not allowed to enter the cave because they were women. The village head prepared several flashlights for us in advance, but these flashlights were not as well equipped as Tang Yong’s, not to mention weak power storage, and poor light-gathering capabilities.However, through this weak light, we can clearly see the blasted wall.This is a folded mountain, and the rocks are extruded and scattered in layers. Therefore, there are many gravels in the robbery caves here.

I don't know how the hole was blown up, but the hole turned out to be flat.After walking inward for more than 20 meters, we saw a robbery hole going down.The diameter of this robbery hole is more than two meters wide, and it is also very deep. Looking down, it is at least 10 meters.Human vision has illusions. When visually measuring 10 meters, the actual depth is likely to be more than 15 meters.We took a photo with our flashlight and saw that it was pitch black below. Inside the cave is the rope used by the tomb robbers before. The rope is tied to an iron stake, hangs at the entrance of the cave, and goes deep into the cave.It seems that the rope that Qiu Han asked the village chief to prepare before is no longer needed.

Qiu Han turned around and said to the village chief: "Leave a villager with a rope to guard the cave entrance, and there is also a caretaker. If there is a need down there, throw the rope down." The village chief listened and left one of the villagers behind. Standing at the entrance of the cave, the rest of the people went down the robbery cave one after another. It is indeed strange to say that this robbery hole was blown up.In order not to be discovered by others, tomb robbers usually dig holes at night, not during the day.But this person is strange, insisting on doing it during the day.With fourth uncle's IQ, it's impossible for him not to know.Through this point, I felt a lot more at ease, thinking, this should not be done by my fourth uncle.

I was the third to go down, and the burrow was indeed more than 15 meters long, and the ground was loose, mostly blasted gravel.After I established my foothold, I found it very strange here.Why, because this hole contains a lot of gravel. Where did all this rubble go? If there is an explanation, it can only be that our feet are a tomb itself, and it has enough space to accommodate a lot of gravel.Thinking of this, I told Qiu Han this idea. After Qiu Han vomited once in the toilet, he sobered up a lot, and when he came to the mountain, most of the drunkenness disappeared. Hearing what I said, he also noticed this problem.Sure enough, he saw a small hole in the lower corner of the tomb, which was oval in shape and could just accommodate one person.Qiu Han pulled away a large rock, took a photo with a flashlight, and then burrowed in with his feet down and his head up. Seeing Qiu Han go in, the other two villagers followed suit. When I went in, I realized that there was a corridor outside.Due to the heightening of the tomb by the stone, the entrance we came out of was located at the top of the corridor, and we could just go out with our feet down and our heads up. There are also many stones under the corridor. After climbing out of the cave, you can just step on the stones. When I landed, Qiu Han was already observing the entire underground environment.The location we are in is a corner of a tomb. According to the orientation, we should be in the southeast corner of the tomb.Due to the bomb explosion, the tomb was pushed out of a huge crack by the stone, and the tomb faced the danger of collapsing at any time. "It's so big!" Looking at this huge corridor, the villagers sighed with emotion. "Don't make any noise, there are still people in here." Qiu Han said, "Shine the lamp at your feet, let's go inside first and listen to the movement inside." After hearing what he said, several villagers immediately shut their mouths, then threw away their slippers, and walked to the left along the corridor with bare feet.Everyone shone their flashlights on the ground, not daring to look far away, for fear of alarming the tomb robbers inside. But let alone, we walked for a while and entered many tombs, but we didn't find the grave robber. Most of the tombs here have a size of 10 square meters and are rectangular. The passage of this tomb is very long. It seems that this place may really be a tomb of King Yue. Our understanding of the King of Yue basically stops at the understanding of Goujian, the King of Yue.Goujian was the last overlord in the late Spring and Autumn Period. He was successful in his youth, but he was defeated by Wu Wang Fuchai.Later, he tasted his courage and finally destroyed the state of Wu. But at that time, the country's manpower, financial resources, and productivity were very limited, and it was extremely difficult to excavate such a mausoleum, and it took the whole country's efforts.Seeing that this tomb is so majestic, it is not impossible if it is really the tomb of King Yue. The direction we were going was the apse of the tomb. After walking about 50 meters along the passage of the tomb, we came to an open space.There are some reliefs drawn on the walls of the apse, most of which depict some gods.The gods have different shapes, but they also have various postures.After visiting some ancient tombs, we were not surprised by the scene before us.However, what is surprising is that the golden curtains on both sides of the apse are very complete.Could it be that productivity in the Spring and Autumn Period reached such a level of development? I couldn't help but marvel at the scene in front of me. Seeing such a scene, the village chief sighed in a low voice: "It's really magnificent, but I didn't see anything valuable." We went around to the other side along the apse, but saw the terracotta warriors in the tomb on the other side.These terracotta warriors are not made of mud, but carved with stone.There are not many terracotta warriors, but they are very exquisite. I think these terracotta warriors came to guard the mausoleum.When I arrived at the second tomb, there were some coffin-shaped boxes inside. If I guessed correctly, there should be important funerary objects inside. Of course, we can't open this thing yet, our current priority is to find the grave robber in the tomb.If this man is not found, we are in great danger. However, the village chief looked very excited when he saw these boxes.He pushed aside the crowd and rushed over immediately, trying to open these boxes. In order to stop the village chief, I said: "Village chief, we can't touch these things yet. We can open these boxes after we find the tomb robbers inside." Qiu Han also echoed, "Yes, village chief, we need to find the tomb robber first." "No, I don't want to leave when I see this thing. I have to open this thing first, otherwise I will always miss this thing." The village chief said.The other two youths also went to help the village head when they saw that the village head was like this. They didn't have any tools in their hands, so they could only open these boxes with bare hands.However, they couldn't open the boxes with all their strength.I, Wu Zheng and Qiu Han stood in the corridor, quietly watching the actions of the three of them.I saw the village chief and the two young men lift the lid of the box for a while, and pick out the board for a while, but there was no effect. After more than ten minutes of tossing, the three finally knew that the box could not be opened.The faces of the three people were blank. Just as they were restless, the village chief turned his attention to other boxes.None of these boxes were locked or sealed with nails, but they were extraordinarily tight. The actions of the village chief's diversion of attention must have been fruitless. However, just as the three of them were about to leave, the lid of a box at the corner opened by itself.The faces of the village chief and the three people immediately showed joy, and they turned their heads quickly, but when they rushed to the box, the faces of the three people showed a gray color, they kept backing away, even A young villager fell to the ground because of a box blocking it. The three of us knew that there must be a situation ahead, so we ran forward quickly.When we got to the box, we were also taken aback, only to see a ragged man lying in the box.Although the man's clothes are ragged, we can still recognize this man from the blood and dirt on his clothes. There are a lot of gravel and dust on this person's hair, and there are many bloodstains on his face. Most importantly, he is still alive.His bloodshot eyes were bigger than a bull's, and he looked mad when he saw us.He tried to get up, but he lay back on the box that belonged to him.The boxes were a little small, but the man was smaller enough to fit him. He stretched out his two hands, trying to catch us, but because he couldn't stand up, he had to put his hands on the box.I clearly saw that wherever his fingers passed, the box was scratched with marks as thick as chopsticks.After a few minutes, he grabbed more and more fiercely, and finally his nostrils began to bleed slowly, and he finally died when he also vomited blood from his mouth. This scene was a huge blow to the village chief and others, even Wu Zheng was no exception.They had never seen such a horrible scene, and they didn't know why this person lay in this box and why he died. A young man stammered: "Village chief, I'm going back, I don't want anything anymore." After finishing speaking, he ran out.Obviously, this person has been frightened by the scene in front of him. The village head was also overwhelmed by the scene in front of him, he didn't even say a word to stop the young man. By the time we realized it, the young man had already run away. We slowly retreated to the corridor, intending to further investigate the situation of the tomb.But the village chief was also frightened by the scene in front of him, and already had the intention of retreating. Seeing the village chief like this, and seeing that the fourth uncle was not in the tomb, I let out a sigh of relief, and thought: just go, after all, there is no treasure in it. At the moment, we accelerated and walked along the corridor, then bypassed the main hall, and came to the southeast corner of the tomb, which is where we entered the tomb. "Let's find Qiangzi." The village head said. "Who is Qiangzi?" I asked. "It's the one who ran away just now." Wu Zheng said. The man just now walked from the direction of the back hall, while we walked from the front hall.Now we're on the wrong track, we just need to go in the direction of the apse to find the hadron. "Crack! Crack! Crack!" None of us spoke, but we could clearly hear the sound of our own feet. But when we walked around the corridor, we didn't see Qiangzi's shadow.Within three minutes, we were back at the southeast corner of the tomb. "Has this kid gone out?" Another young man said. "Probably." At this time, everyone thought Qiangzi had gone out. Now that Qiangzi has left, let's leave here early to avoid further incidents. The young man left here first, followed by the village head. But just as Wu Zheng was about to go up, I heard a booming sound in the tomb. The voice was very clear, and it came from the front hall. Could it be that Qiangzi didn't leave? Could it be that there are still people in this tomb? Could it be that the tomb is haunted during the day? My strong curiosity tells me that I can't go, the good show is here. Qiu Han grabbed Wu Zheng and held him back. After all, there are many people and he is at ease. Wu Zheng also heard this voice, and he was unwilling to leave.At this moment, we are not worried about the village chief and that young man at all, because based on Wu Zheng's understanding of them, they will climb up to the entrance of the cave and leave the robbery cave without hesitation. We have put on our shoes now, since there is movement ahead, we must prepare for battle. However, we do not have combat weapons, which cannot be compared with hanging coffins in Bo people. After all, Tang Yong provided us with good guns, which can deal with all difficulties. But that doesn't stop us from being creative. Each of us carried nearly a hundred catties of boulders and walked towards the direction of the sound. After walking 10 meters for 10 minutes, we finally found the place where the thud was coming from. This is an ordinary wall, with only one difference from the walls of tombs in other places, and that is the sound of thumping from time to time. "Boom!" Every time this sound is made, our heart beats. "There's something wrong with this wall!" After Qiu Han finished speaking, he raised a hundred-jin stone and threw it at the wall. Qiu Han's smashing reminded me of the elementary school text "Sima Guang smashed the vat". What's a little different is that Qiu Han didn't smash the vat.Seeing Qiu Han smashing the wall, I also smashed it.Sure enough, in less than 5 minutes, the wall was smashed by us.There was a hole in the wall, and I shone it with a flashlight, and I saw a pair of eyes. As a result of looking at each other, I retreated to the side of the corridor. "What's inside?" Qiu Han called. "There is a ghost." I said in horror. "Look, if you are not allowed to smash it, you must smash it. Did something happen this time?" Wu Zheng asked anxiously. The old boy Wu Zheng didn't say a word just now, but now that something happened, he started to put the responsibility on us. Just when we were about to escape, there was another "boom" behind us, and a figure came out of the hole.We ran to the entrance of the robbery cave, and each of us picked up the hundred-jin stone again and pointed it at the person in front. "Don't smash it, I'm a human, not a ghost!" The voice was so familiar, it turned out to be the dialect of our hometown. Could it be the fourth uncle? "Fourth Uncle?" I tried to ask. "Is it water?" "It's me." I replied in astonishment. Unexpectedly, we found the fourth uncle here.How could the fourth uncle blow up the robbery cave during the day, and why was he trapped in the ancient tomb? "It turns out that this person is your fourth uncle. It's amazing!" Wu Zheng said teasingly. Thinking that this is not a place to talk, we left the tomb together with my fourth uncle. It was a very smooth thing to leave the tomb, but it was a little difficult to explain when we got outside the cave. All the villagers felt very strange when they saw us bring out a stranger.It's hard for me to explain the current strange scene, so I said it was a person rescued from the tomb.When everyone heard that the fourth uncle was trapped in the ancient tomb, they quickly forgot that the fourth uncle was a tomb robber, and felt sympathy instead. I told the village chief that there were no funeral objects in this tomb, and told him to seal up the robbery hole quickly so that no one would find out, otherwise everyone in the village would be arrested.The village head had just been frightened in the tomb, so he asked everyone to seal the tomb if he wanted to go down to the ancient tomb.