A few minutes later, the three of them stopped in front of a large tree.
There was a dark, gaping hole beside the tree. You could vaguely make out a passage below, which was undoubtedly the side passage.
Xu Lang took a look and said, "This should be the tomb passage left by the group of grave robbers earlier. Lao Hu, are we going down?"
胖子 didn't speak, but his eager eyes said it all. This guy was never a peaceful soul. He was a hothead, and if he wasn't allowed to go down, he could start cursing.
Xu Lang deliberately asked Lao Hu. This guy had spoken so grandly in the capital a few days ago, telling 胖子 not to have any crooked ideas. Now that they had found an ancient tomb, he didn't believe this guy could resist. This was a slap in the face.
Lao Hu hesitated for a moment, then told everyone to put on gloves and bring various tools, reminding them of some rules in the tomb.
胖子 listened to Lao Hu's rambling, and immediately said, "Lao Hu, when did you become so long-winded? If you're scared to go down, let Fat Ye go down first. You can just stay here and count your money!"
Lao Hu glared at 胖子 and said, "There might be danger below. Let Ying Zi stay on top, let her watch over the supplies. With these hunting dogs by her side, she should be fine."
Ying Zi immediately said, "Take me down to have a look. I've never seen what an ancient tomb looks like in my whole life."
Finally, under Ying Zi's insistence, the three big men had to agree. This girl was very curious.
They put on masks and gloves. The tomb passage wasn't sealed, so the air inside wouldn't be a problem. Lao Hu didn't bother testing it with a sparrow.
Taking their entrenching tools and black donkey hooves, Lao Hu and 胖子 put their "Mo Jin Fu" around their necks. They knew they were fakes, but they still wore them for psychological comfort.
Xu Lang looked at the black donkey hoof in 胖子's hand and couldn't help but say, "I remember that the toolkit we found yesterday didn't seem to have a black donkey hoof. Where did you get it? Did you get it on the way back from the capital?"
胖子 chuckled and explained, "It's better to be safe than sorry. Lao Hu knows about this..."
Well, look at this guy Lao Hu with his thick eyebrows and big eyes. He spoke beautifully, but it turned out he was building a bridge across a river.
胖子 tied the rope to the tree, and they went down one by one. The distance to the passage below wasn't that high, so even without the rope, it wouldn't be a problem. Using a rope to enter and exit would be more convenient. This guy 胖子 looked rough, but he was actually very meticulous.
"My god, this is incredible."
After 胖子 went down, he shone his flashlight everywhere. "This is a tomb! It's completely different from what I imagined. Back then, when we went to the Yellow Fox Grave and the Hundred-Eyed Cave, it was totally different from the passage here!"
胖子, who had never seen a tomb, naturally couldn't imagine that there would be such a structure underground. It was no exaggeration to say that it was another world.
Xu Lang explained, "The tombs of ordinary people and nobles are definitely different. Back then it was a feudal society, different classes had different treatments. If it was the tomb of an emperor, it wouldn't be strange for them to build an underground palace."
Lao Hu looked around at the environment and said, "The tomb passage forms are completely different for tombs from different periods. Be careful, we need to be safe. It's better to be safe than sorry, but it looks like someone has already explored the way."
胖子 handed the black donkey hoof to Ying Zi and said, "Hold this for protection, a big treasure for warding off evil spirits. This is what your Fat Brother painstakingly obtained."
Ying Zi silently held the black donkey hoof in her hand. This girl was a typical example of someone who was very curious. In simpler terms, she was both naive and loved to play.
胖子 took out another rope and swung it back and forth, left and right.
"Fat Brother, what are you doing?"
胖子 chuckled and said, "Your Fat Brother is checking for any mechanisms. Don't let there be a sudden volley of arrows, turning us into candied haws."
"Fat Brother, you know so much."
Ying Zi gave him a thumbs up. She sincerely admired him. After all, she was completely clueless about tomb robbery.
With 胖子's current skills, he could only fool a naive girl.
Lao Hu laughed and said, "Your Fat Brother has been learning and researching along the way. This is just him showing off his skills. Let's move forward. There shouldn't be any mechanisms here."
The passage wasn't long. They passed through a stone gate and continued walking forward. After about ten meters, they entered the tomb chamber.
The tomb chamber was very spacious. There were some murals painted on the walls, and a stone platform in the center. There was no coffin on the platform, and there was a side chamber next to it.
Ying Zi had been following behind Xu Lang. She jumped when she saw the murals.
Xu Lang put his arm around Ying Zi's slender waist and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, it's just some murals."
Ying Zi was originally bold, she was just afraid of the dead. Seeing the lifelike murals suddenly made her jump. Feeling the large hand around her waist, she blushed and nodded.
At this time, 胖子 rushed to say, "There's nothing here. Was the tomb owner a painter in his lifetime?"
Xu Lang explained, "Generally, the murals in a tomb chamber are used to record the tomb owner's life story. Those few murals are scenes of battlefield battles, and then there are scenes of being ambushed and killed, and being granted official titles. It seems like the tomb owner was a general with a high official rank and title in his lifetime."
The group took a look around, then came to a side chamber. There were many weapons in the side chamber.
Swords, axes, halberds, and everything in between. There were also some broken shields and other scrap metal. After years of corrosion, these weapons had already become dilapidated and unusable.
How could they be sold? What kind of fool would buy these things?
胖子 asked, "Xu Kid, do you think the spiked club is worth anything? There are also some broken pots over there."
Xu Lang replied, "These weapons aren't top-quality. The collection value of weapons depends on craftsmanship. This scrap metal probably isn't worth much. I don't know the value of those pottery jars, but I heard Da Jin Ya mention it once, ordinary pottery probably isn't worth much."
"Someone has already been here. Put yourself in their shoes. If you saw a lot of treasures, would you leave them for the next person?"
"So just take a look. Maybe you'll get lucky and find something, or you can pick out a few pottery jars you like and take them back to get them appraised."
Ying Zi pointed at an animal skeleton at her feet and asked, "What is this?"
"Dinosaur!"
胖子 answered casually. At this point, he was already very depressed looking at all this junk.
Xu Lang said, "Dinosaur my ass, this is the general's war horse for burial. Don't listen to this dead fat man talking nonsense."
Lao Hu patted 胖子 on the shoulder and laughed, "I've been thinking since we came in. We haven't seen a coffin at all. Even that passageway, the coffin couldn't be taken out. Do you think there's a possibility that the coffin is actually still here, but those people just haven't found it?"
"I've already looked. There are two square stones in the main tomb chamber that can be pressed in. Once you press them in, some mechanisms should be triggered."
"Pressing them in might reveal the coffin, but it's more likely to cause danger. It's up to you to decide."
胖子 said directly, "What are you thinking about? All of you get out. Fat Ye will open the mechanism. We've come all this way, we can't just leave empty-handed. I wouldn't be happy just going back like this."
Xu Lang continued, "I wouldn't be happy either. Leaving empty-handed isn't my style, but I'll open the mechanism. With 胖子's fat body, if something dangerous happens, he won't have anywhere to hide."
While speaking, Xu Lang had already walked to the entrance. He took out two daggers. He wouldn't touch the mechanism with his hands, of course. He wasn't that stupid. He saw him suddenly throw a dagger.
In an instant, the dagger was nailed to a square stone. The huge force instantly pushed the stone in.
However, there was no movement. Xu Lang threw the other dagger in the same way. Next, the stone on the other side was also pushed in by the enormous force.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Suddenly, countless arrows with blue flames shot out from all directions, fast and dense, crisscrossing each other.
Less than ten seconds later, all the hundreds of arrows were shot.
Xu Lang couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat. He couldn't imagine how Lao Hu and the others could have remained unscathed, even without injuries, under such a dense barrage of arrows if he hadn't come.
After a brief look, Xu Lang discovered the key. All the arrows shot out from positions far away from the stone platform.
It was clear that the tomb owner didn't want these arrows to harm his coffin. Lao Hu and the others may have avoided these arrows by using this trick.