Tomb Raiders

There is no difference between this corridor and the one just entered, except that the walls on both sides are inlaid with lamp holders. Because there is no ventilation here, the outer cover of the lamp holders still remains bright golden yellow, and the scorched black wicks inside will burst out from time to time due to burning. A wisp of black smoke, and the occasional jumping lights twisted the figure projected on the wall.

The brightness of the lights is not as bright as that of the underworld grass. Looking in from the entrance of the corridor, you can only vaguely see the roots of some plants protruding from the soil above and below the chandelier, winding and climbing on the wall. Chu Yuyang stopped the crowd. the door.

"Why did you change it to an oil lamp?" Shen Liaobai wondered, since the cave ahead was used in the tunnel ahead, it should be the same here as well.

Qin Zhaonan waved his fan and said with a smile, "Can the oil lamp burn for hundreds of years?"

Shen Liaobai was taken aback for a moment, looked at the gently burning lights, and asked, "Then this is?"

"It's shark fat. An oil lamp made of shark fat can last for thousands of years. This is the first time I've seen it, but what?" Qin Zhaonan changed the subject and said, "And usually the tomb passage The merman lamp in the tomb is not just a decoration, the craftsman who made the tomb will add something to the merman grease, which will make people hallucinate and lose their way."

"Then what should we do?" Shen Liaobai asked.

The corners of Qin Zhaonan's eyes that were always upturned dropped down uncommonly, he closed his fan and tapped the corner of his forehead in distress, a pair of long and narrow phoenix eyes looked back and forth on Shen Liaobai's body, but he didn't look directly at Shen Liaobai's eyes.

Shen Liaobai was made full of doubts by him, and said: "Mr. Qin just speak up if you have something to say."

"Hey, it's really nothing." Qin Zhaonan coughed twice, scratched his hair with the handle of a fan, and said, "It will take a while for the hallucinogen to work, which means we will be tricked unconsciously. However, Master Shen's sense is several times more sensitive than ours, you enter first, if there is hallucinogen, you should be able to detect it immediately."

This is a method that cannot be called a method. If necessary, Shen Liaobai can definitely try it, although he still does not know how the hallucinogen works.

Chu Yuyang glanced at Qin Zhaonan coldly, and when he lowered his head to look at Shen Liaobai, his amber eyes had already softened, he smiled slightly, and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense, he didn't reach this point At this point, I don't need to put you in danger."

The suddenly gentle voice and soft gaze made Shen Liaobai a little uncomfortable, he frowned slightly, turned his face away to avoid Chu Qianyang's sight.

Chu Yuyang didn't go straight into the corridor, he nodded slightly to Hanzhang, and saw Hanzhang took out a small bamboo basket from his waist pocket, and there was a palm-sized mouse locked in the bamboo basket, Hanzhang covered his mouth and nose, The mouse was held up to the oil lamp.

"Psychedelics may only produce hallucinations for humans, but for small animals, excessive inhalation can be fatal." Chu Yuyang explained Hanzhang's current actions.

Hanzhang held it for a long time, then returned to the entrance of the corridor, opened the bamboo basket, the mouse in the bamboo basket squeaked twice, and fled away from the bamboo basket like a fly.

"There is no hallucinogen, you can go in." Hanzhang said.

When everyone entered the corridor, they were all silent, the long corridor only echoed with rustling footsteps, Shen Liaobai gathered his clothes, raised his head and looked around, and saw that the inside of the corridor was tightly sealed by bluestone bricks , the exposed part of the soil is also covered with tiny plant roots. It stands to reason that there is no wind in an almost airtight tomb, but he always feels chilly.

In order not to let himself pay too much attention to this strange feeling, Shen Liaobai asked: "Shouldn't the soil for building the tomb be specially treated? Why are there plant roots?"

"This should be the root of the cave grass," Chu Yuyang said: "The cave grass is not the same as other plants. It is said that it only grows in the fairyland. Probably sufficient vitality is more important to them than other factors. .”

This corridor seemed to be very long for no reason, and they didn't see anything except the dim oil lamp. This kind of closed and endless space and the cold feeling around him from time to time made Shen Liaobai feel inexplicably anxious, but waiting He turned his head, but he could still clearly see the entrance when he entered the corridor.

"There seems to be something on the front wall." Wen Hao said suddenly, pointing to the front wall.

The further you go in, the roots of the cave grass have become much thinner, and now you can clearly see the imprints outlined with cinnabar on the large area of ​​polished and smooth bluestone tiles that are bare and exposed in the gaps between the roots.

"It's a mural..." Shen Liaobai murmured, he remembered the mural he saw in Zhang Jiao's tomb, but unfortunately it was broken at the most critical moment.

Wenhao got permission, and together with Hanzhang, combed the roots aside to reveal the murals below.Different from the murals in Zhangjiao's tomb, the murals here do not depict the great achievements of the owner of the tomb, but a group of young girls who are weaving and embroidering in the room.

Shen Liaobai's eyes jumped to the second mural. The cinnabar outlined a bloody moon. The girls put on light makeup and bright clothes, walking in groups in the corridor, with childish and shy expressions on their faces. Smiling, Shen Liaobai stared blankly at one of the girls who was holding a fan and half covered her lotus face, and seemed to hear her crisp laughter in a trance.

"Is this gentleman also here to enjoy the lantern?" The girl in front of her had charming eyes, and her gestures seemed to be breathtaking.

The branches around him were decorated with lights and festoons, and the reflection of the blood moon cast on the stream became a few afterimages due to the water waves. Shen Liaobai smelled the cold breath of the deep winter air and the scent of makeup powder from the girl.

"Lang Jun, what's wrong with you?" The girl took down the fan, revealing a pretty face, the cinnabar mole on the center of her eyebrows added a bit of charm, she reached out and touched Shen Liaobai.

Her fingers had the temperature of a normal person, but Shen Liaobai took several steps back in fright. He turned his head to look at the scene here, the houses, trees, streams, everything seemed real.

The girl was probably frightened by Shen Liaobai's actions. She froze for a while, then pursed her lips, suppressing the tears that burst into her eyes, and said in a crying voice: "Mr. Is it?"

"No, no, no," Shen Liaobai waved his hands hastily. Although he didn't know what happened and why he came to this inexplicable place suddenly, he was not a hard-hearted person, so he couldn't helplessly watch a woman in front of her. Crying in the cold wind, let alone because of him, "I was, I was just thinking about something, if there is something abrupt, please forgive me, little lady."

The girl who called Xi'er took out a piece of plain silk to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, twisted the plain shawl on her body, stared at Shen Liaobai with tender almond eyes, and said, "What is Mr. Lang thinking about? "

Many women in palace attire passed by Shen Liaobai, and Shen Liaobai could clearly hear them talking about the lively festival, "Where is this?" Shen Liaobai asked.

"This is the embroidery room of King Yue Palace." Xi'er looked at Shen Liaobai puzzled, and said, "Isn't Mr. Lang the chief of the embroidery room?"

Only then did Shen Liaobai see that he had changed into an official robe at some point, while he was still in a daze, Xi'er had already run over, grabbed the corner of his robe and said, "Hurry up, sir, go up today On the Lantern Festival, the Lord specially held a banquet for us embroidered women, and if we arrive late, we will be punished."

Shen Liaobai originally didn't want to go with Xi'er, but the smell of powder on Xi'er's body made him a little dizzy, and he didn't know the situation yet, and he was a little dazed, so he was easily dragged away by a woman.

The banquet was held in the courtyard of the embroidery house. There were a few low wooden tables in the courtyard, and there were many fruits and vegetables on the wooden tables. They were all rare foods on weekdays. girl, chatting about something.Xi'er smiled at Shen Liaobai, then left him and took his seat.

However, Shen Liaobai's goosebumps were aroused by such a small smile. He clearly saw two shallow dimples when the corners of Xi'er's mouth pulled up. He just remembered that Xi'er was with him in the tomb hall When I saw the female corpse with dimples, it looked exactly the same.

"Master Shen...Master Shen..." Wen Hao's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Shen Liaobai raised his head, and saw Wen Hao wearing the same official robe, standing beside him, "Wen Hao, what's going on?" He asked anxiously.

Wen Hao showed distress and said: "I don't know the reason until now, it seems to have appeared here suddenly, but since Master Shen is here, Da Lang and the others must be here as well, but I haven't met them yet."

Shen Liaobai nodded and said, "Then let's go find them."

Wen Hao obviously had the same idea as Shen Liaobai, and was about to go to the door, but there was the sound of teacups breaking behind him. Already lying on the ground in a mess.

Shen Liaobai and Wen Hao looked at each other, took a deep breath, walked up to one of the women to test their breath, but she died already.

"What... what's going on?" Shen Liaobai couldn't express how shocked he was who was talking and laughing just now, but suddenly died without a sound.

Wen Hao pointed to the food on the wooden table, and said, "Someone must have poisoned the food, let's go."

Shen Liaobai stood up and saw Xi'er, who was lying on her side on the wooden table with a calm face, as if she was just asleep.He followed Wen Hao towards the door, and suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the door.

"Hide first." Wen Hao said.

However, the courtyard was unobstructed and there was only a screen in the corner to hide people from. Shen Liaobai and Wen Hao hid behind the screen.

A group of people dressed as guards came in. Through the gap in the screen, Shen Liaobai saw them carry out the girl's body lying on the ground. He saw Xi'er's arms hanging down, and then the guards saw Angle, facing Shen Liaobai, opened his eyes, showing a deep smile.

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