12. Chapter 12 Exploring the mysterious crypt again
"Forget it, let's not take this risk." Nalanhong said. He knew what this meant. The fire was extinguished. It did not mean that there was no oxygen or toxic gas remaining under the cave. According to the jargon, the air below was dead. If it is too heavy, a living person will lose his life span.
Regardless of what Dongzi and Dayong were saying, this was the first time that they encountered such an evil thing with their master. They stood behind their master and did not dare to speak.
Wushuang squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then put his hand into his collar and pulled out an old pendant on his neck. It was an ancient jade ring. The ring was made of yellow jade and had a goshawk carved on it. Lin Meixi was very familiar with the goshawk. It was exactly the same as the one that woke her up in her dream.
"Xiaolan, have you ever thought about one thing? You didn't even notice this underground ****, but these Zhejiang tomb robbers entered the mountains and went straight to this place. What does this mean? Xiaolan, you also know about Feng Shui. A certain level of attainment, right? They can see things that you can’t even see?”
"Brother Wushuang, you mean that this group of people planned it, and they have old ghost support behind them? To be honest, if you weren't standing in front of me today, I can only think that your people have this ability. Then let's Do you want to go down and take a look?" Nalanhong asked.
Wushuang's hand kept grasping the topaz finger on his neck and stroking it. "Go down, I suspect that the cave here is related to my Hai family."
"But Brother Wushuang, didn't you promise Meihui not to do this again?" Nan Haiyue reminded him. Wushuang was once considered an old ghost. He once went deep into the ancient tombs of the previous dynasty with Meihui, Nalanhong and others several times. I almost lost my life. I once promised my wife that I would never do this again.
"It's okay, this is not a tomb, and it doesn't count as a violation of the oath."
Lin Meixi seemed to understand a little bit. It turned out that these descendants of the Manchu nobles were tomb robbers? Her body retreated little by little. She did not want to get involved in their internal disputes. She was just an ordinary college student. , if they want this quail egg, just leave it to them, there is no need to take risks with them.
"Sister Mei Xi, don't be afraid. They are all good people. Brother Wushuang is the Taishan Beidou of your city A's antique industry, and he is also the president of the Manchu Chamber of Commerce. Don't worry." After all, she is a woman, and she is careful. Nan Haiyue can tell. Lin Meixi’s little thoughts.
Wushuang was not in a hurry to go down the rope ladder. He led everyone, measured the distance with his steps, and headed to the other side. When he walked more than a hundred meters, he saw that the pine forest was dense and the mountain road was blocked. He nodded. .Then I asked Dayong and Dongzi to smooth away the snow on the ground here to reveal the original earth color.
He picked up a handful of soil and brought it to his nose to smell it. "Mr. Launerland told his men to send some shovels."
"Brother Wushuang, you're welcome." Nalanhong greeted his men and sent several shovels half an hour later, and ordered everyone to start digging together.
Lin Meixi had seen it last night. If you want to dig out the permafrost, you must use vinegar to dissolve it. She deliberately didn't say it and stood behind Nan Haiyue with her little shoulders in her arms to watch the fun. Her first impression of Wushuang was bad. It's obvious that this arrogant man is annoying. Girls prefer tall, handsome and rich gentlemen like Na Lanhong. But standing next to Nan Haiyue, regardless of his appearance, figure and family background, he is probably much better than a dwarf. It’s only for yy.
Unexpectedly, this group of people actually dug up the frozen soil with their shovels. Lin Meixi stared at Wushuang with her eyes wide open and her mouth wide open, as if she were a visitor from outside.
"This is the location where the cave was first dug. It is filled with triple soil, and triple soil will not freeze solid." Wushuang explained.
With the crisp sound of a shovel in the hand of one of Nalanhong's followers, everyone stopped what they were doing and took a look at the remaining soil. A smooth texture was revealed in the pit one meter below.
of rock mass.
"Ouch, I didn't expect that there are stone masonry under the seal. It seems that this crypt is not that simple." Nalan Hong nodded to Wushuang.
Wushuang jumped down and knocked with his hands. He found that the time of his search was accurate. If this crypt was an ancient tomb, then there was no doubt that this was the entrance to the tomb. He nodded affirmatively, and then Nalanhong ordered his subordinates to move together.
This rock mass, which was not too thick, was lifted up bit by bit with a rope, and suddenly the dark, gloomy and mysterious space was revealed under the cave.
The little girl was very curious. In the past, the ability to rob graves could only be seen in novels and on TV. She thought it was more or less fictional, but she did not expect that such a strange person really existed in the world. She only relied on Feng Shui and her own experience.
You can find the exact location of the tomb entrance.
She pushed away everyone and rushed to the entrance of the cave, lowering her head to look down. She felt the hood of her down jacket behind her back being pulled hard by a pair of big hands, pulling her back again.
"This crypt has not been opened for hundreds of years, and the gas below is poisonous. Do you want to die?" Wushuang, who did not understand Lianxiangxiyu, shouted loudly at her.
Nalanhong told her that after such a crypt is opened, it must be ventilated for at least half an hour before going down, otherwise people may not survive once they go down. Lin Meixi thought about it, didn't the three tomb robbers yesterday also immediately after digging it?
Did you just go down? Didn't see anything happened?
"This crypt is divided into two sections. The section you entered last night is the real main chamber, and the part we are opening to the outside is the entrance. The lower part is a closed space, and there must be a tomb door. The main chamber is the one that has been through the process for many years.
The ice water seeps into the rock mass, so there is weak air circulation underneath."
For half an hour, everyone had nothing to do, so they just sat together and chatted.
Nalanhong accidentally mentioned a detail.
"Wushuang, do you still remember the auction that you, I, and Mr. Lu went to Sotheby's in the UK last October?"
"Remember, what happened?" Wushuang asked.
"Do you still remember that stone egg called the 'Dragon Egg'?"
That time, the three of them got news that the British Sotheby's auction house would send a treasure that was captured when the Eight-Nation Allied Forces burned the Old Summer Palace. The three of them wanted to take this opportunity to welcome the national treasure back to the motherland, but they did not expect that the treasure was not
How you imagine it in your mind.
When the auctioneer opened the brocade box, the guests from all over the world frowned and shook their heads, and the scene was in an uproar. In the eyes of everyone, it was not a great antique, it was too inconspicuous, just an antique without any luster.
The beads are not made of any special material. They are not even jade. They are polished irregularly and are neither round nor square.
The starting price of the treasure was half a million pounds. At that time, the exchange rate of pounds to renminbi was 1:9.8, which means that this humble stone egg was worth nearly 5 million yuan. Although the three people were rich, they were also in a dilemma. Could it be that
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