Chapter 237 [Old Slicker] (1)
I couldn't help but remember what Song Changjin said before. Song Changjin lurked in Xinman Camp for many years, under the guise of the immortal residence. His real purpose was to dig out the ancient Xixia Palace. Is there an ancient Xixia city hidden under the Xinman Camp? With Song Changjin's cunning, all the trump cards would never be revealed to them.
There was a lot of water at the bottom of the cave. Although it was raining in the sky, the water should have nothing to do with this rainfall. They did not spend much effort to find a hole above the water surface. Judging from the size and regulations, the hole should be part of the city gate. The city gate was arched. Luo Lie asked Yan Tianxin to look at the wind for him. He directly carried it into the water and used the light of his watch to illuminate the water. He swam a distance away from the city gate. From here, he could see the original appearance of the city gate more clearly. The city gate was open, and there was a structure similar to a suspension bridge below him. It is not difficult to infer that there was a moat below his location in the past. This moat surrounded the ancient city. The moat and the ancient city blocked the wind and sand of the desert while also acting as a blocking foreign enemies.
Many white bones were scattered under the water. Such a large number of white bones were concentrated in front of the city gate. Many weapons could be seen near the cut of the white bones. Luo Lie inferred that a large-scale war had occurred here.
After surfaced, Luo Lie briefly told Yan Tianxin about the underwater scene. The two decided to enter through the city gate to see if there were any other discoveries inside.
After entering the water, the two swam towards the city gate and entered the open city gate. About fifty meters before entering the city gate, they saw land. The terrain was the lowest at the city gate, and then gradually went up. Luo Lie first got on the shore and then reached out to drag Yan Tianxin up.
Yan Tianxin took out the flashlight from the waterproof leather bag. They had a flat granite pavement under their feet. The street was very wide, even wider than the North and South Street in Xinmanying. This was also a north and south road. It should be the main street of this underground ancient city. However, this street did not last long. It was filled with yellow sand and soil layers in front. Yan Tianxin found a hole in the soil layer. The hole seemed a little abrupt. There were multiple mounds of soil not far from the hole entrance. The hole entrance was obviously dug by manpower.
Yan Tianxin guessed that it was a thief hole, and she whispered: "Your uncle must know this place, maybe this thief hole was dug out by him."
Luo Lie showed a helpless smile on his face. Song Changjin was indeed very cunning. It was no accident that he opened a tobacco shop in Xinmanying, but he wanted to use the tobacco shop to hide his main purpose. Luo Lie said: "Eight out of ten."
Yan Tianxin said: "This place used to be the ancient capital of Xixia. He may have been trying to excavate the treasures in the palace."
Luo Lie said: "It seems that he should succeed." He bent down and picked up a yellow thing from the ground, but it was a vivid golden leaf. He made a corresponding inference in his heart that Song Changjin should have discovered the palace buried underground, and might have found the palace treasure house. The tunnel leading to Laoyingpan was actually a path he dug out for transportation. Song Changjin hid it deep enough to not mention the matter of the underground imperial city from beginning to end. If this explosion hadn't happened to explode below, the secret would still be hidden underground.
Yan Tianxin shone the earth hole with a flashlight. Looking through the light, she found that the earth hole was wide enough to accommodate a person to pass through freely. She took the lead in entering the earth hole.
Luo Lie also crawled in with her back and crawled in the thief hole for about three meters. The hole became wider and allowed two people to walk upright side by side. From time to time, scattered golden leaves could be seen on the ground. After walking about one mile, a wall appeared in front of it. The wall was made of white marble. About one meter away from the ground, several marbles were pulled out, revealing a hole for entry and exit.
Luo Liedao: "This may be the palace wall."
Yan Tianxin said, "It's not like!" He looked inside with the light of the flashlight. He walked into it and found that they were already in a pipe. Every distance he saw the seams of the pipe. From the structure, it looked more like he had walked into an underground drainage pipe.
Yan Tianxin praised: "Your uncle is very powerful. He can actually find the underground drainage pipes of the Xixia Palace."
Luo Lie also agreed with this. The world has changed and the times have changed. The former Xixia royal city has been buried by yellow sand and soil. The buildings on the surface are basically in the loess, but the parts of the underground buildings should not be damaged much. For example, the underground pipeline they are currently in is moving forward along this pipeline. As long as they pay attention to the scattered things in the pipeline, it is not difficult to find the footprints of the former thieves.
The detector in Luo Lie's hands reflected their trajectory on the screen of the watch. After they penetrated it for more than ten minutes, a stolen hole was found above their heads.
Luo Lie asked Yan Tianxin to climb up on his shoulders. Yan Tianxin used their belts to tie the knots and hanged them down, pulling Luo Lie up. They were already inside the palace somewhere in the Xixia Palace. The room was very large, with many pockets. The two of them checked the linen bags, which were filled with gold, silver and jewelry. It was obvious that the robbers had not had time to transport them away.
Luo Lie even suspected that the excavation project here was completed by Song Changjin alone, or that he would silence other assistants after completing the project here. He should have not considered that the situation in Xinmanying would undergo such a drastic change, so there were too many treasures that had not had time to transport them out from here.
Luo Lie sniffed. He smelled a tobacco smell in the air. Although the smell was not strong, he still couldn't escape the smell of his old smoker. Luo Lie lowered his body and found a cigarette butt on the ground not long after. Yan Tianxin blinked his eyes. Luo Lie's discovery proved that the thief hole was excavated by man-made excavation, but why did there still have a faint smell of tobacco? Is it because the underground air is not circulating?
Luo Lie whispered: "He should be still inside."
Yan Tianxin was stunned and immediately understood that what Luo Lie said was Song Changjin. After leaving Tianmiao, Song Changjin chose to break up with them and headed north alone. Could it be that the old fox was just setting up a suspicion array? Instead of leaving, he went around in a circle and returned to Xinman Camp from the secret passage. But it was not surprising that there were so many treasures here that were not transported away by him, so how could he be willing?
Luo Lie said: "It seems we have to wait for the rabbit for a while." Instead of blindly following the situation, it is better to wait for the rabbit. Judging from what we see in front of us, Song Changjin will come here in less than long. His ultimate goal is to transport the most valuable treasures here.
Yan Tianxin whispered: "How many people do you think he will have?"
Luo Lie stretched out a finger, and Yan Tianxin looked at him suspiciously. In her opinion, Song Changjin alone should not be able to complete so much work. Luo Lie saw her doubts and whispered: "Why not let's bet."
Yan Tianxin nodded and said, "What is the bet?"
Luo Lie's eyes fell on her delicate cherry lips. Yan Tianxin's pretty face heated up slightly. He already knew what he was going to bet. He was about to ask what if Luo Lie lost? There was already a ding-bang sound outside.
Luo Lie and Yan Tianxin hurriedly turned off the lights. Not long after, they saw a fire coming through the door, but a figure pushing a cart walked in from the door. There was a flagpole inserted into the cart, and a lantern hung on the flagpole. As the vehicle moved, the lanterns were swinging back and forth, illuminating the face of the cartman's face was lit and dark.
Luo Lie and Yan Tianxin looked at each other in the dark, but the man was Tan Zicong! Luo Lie and Yan Tianxin looked at each other in the dark. Although they couldn't see each other's expressions clearly, they knew that the other party must have looked extremely surprised. Even if they knocked their heads, they couldn't figure out why Tan Zicong appeared here?
Tan Zicong parked the car, then moved the gold, silver and jewelry filled with sacks of the car. At this time, another small cart arrived, and the person who pushed the cart this time was Song Changjin.
Yan Tianxin quietly shook Luo Lie's arm in the dark, meaning to tell him that he had lost. Luo Lie smiled slightly and understood why Tan Zicong came here. It must be that Tan Zicong met Song Changjin when he left. Song Changjin happened to be short of manpower, so he found a way to trick Tan Zicong over.
Tan Zicong complained: "I'm so tired. Could it be that you want to empty all the things inside?"
Song Changjin cursed: "What a waste. I asked you to come and help, but I didn't want you to be the eldest master."
Tan Zicong was quite afraid of Song Changjin and sighed, "Master Song, money is something outside of your body. You will not bring it to life or death. Just because we can't spend these things in our lifetime, it's enough!" He has been arrogant and domineering in the past, but he has suffered the biggest blow since his birth. If it weren't for him, he would never say such words from his mouth in the past.
Song Changjin snorted coldly and said, "You know what's wrong! God gave gold, silver and treasures to you to give you a chance. If you don't want to go against God's will, you will be punished by God. If I had known that you were such a fool, I would rather call Luo Lie to join me. Why would you give you the opportunity to make a fortune?"
Suddenly, a crisp applause came from the darkness. The applause sounded like a bolt from the blue to Song Changjin and Tan Zicong. The two hurried to get the weapons, but Luo Lie said with a clear voice: "Uncle San, Uncle San, you are too unrighteous. You don't call me such a good thing, but you actually called an outsider."
Luo Lie and Yan Tianxin both walked out of the darkness, and Yan Tianxin held two guns in his hand and aimed at the other two.
Chapter completed!