Within the military tent.

"What should I do?"

Du Bo (deputy) "Zhou Feng" paced back and forth restlessly, mumbling, "The emperor ordered me and me to excavate the tomb of King Liang Xiao within two months. Now that the deadline has passed more than half, not only did we fail to complete the excavation, last night

We also lost more than a centaur inexplicably, how should we explain to the envoy when we return?"

"Go back? You can't handle this. It's better to die in the wilderness."

Military Marquis "Cao Zhen" looked at the sword beside him with a solemn expression and exhaled, but he felt even more depressed in his chest.

"The Marquis should not talk about life and death lightly. You and I are uncles and nephews. I think even if this mission fails, he will not punish you too much. I will ask the Marquis to say a few kind words for me.

"

Zhou Feng finally stopped and hurriedly came up to persuade him.

"Because of this, I am even more embarrassed to go back and meet my uncle."

Cao Xun sighed and said, "Last month, Tao Qian of Xuzhou allowed his subordinates to harm my grandfather. My uncle was angry and attacked Tao Qian. I originally wanted to be a vanguard and lead the army to kill the enemy, but my uncle had other plans and ordered me to lead the Hu people."

The army came to rob the tomb to relieve the frontline army’s urgent need for pay..."

At this point, Cao Zhen suddenly paused, as if he had said something he shouldn't have said, and subconsciously changed his words: "...At that time, I blamed my uncle for being overqualified, but now he has lost his troops and gained nothing, alas -"

Zhou Feng also pretended not to hear the previous words, and suggested calmly: "Well... why not send some more people into the tomb to investigate, maybe we can find something else?"

"There are only about two hundred people in the Hu army. Now the cause of more than half of the casualties has not been found out. The rest are in panic. There have been rumors among the soldiers that ghosts are harming people. Who is willing to take risks? You?

"

Cao Chen raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Feng.

"Ahem!"

Zhou Feng coughed twice in embarrassment and explained repeatedly, "Marquis, you know me well. I have been weak and sick since I was a child. The doctor told me not to step into cold places, otherwise my life will be short... But Marquis, you don't have to worry too much.

As long as you give the order, anyone who dares to retreat is a deserter and can be killed according to law."

"hehe."

Cao Zhen rolled his eyes and sneered, thinking that if your uncle hadn't recommended him in front of my uncle, how could you have been able to take up the position of the commander-in-chief of the Hu army?

However, this was obviously not the time to worry about these minutiae. Cao Zhen immediately fell into distress again: What happened last night? Is there really a ghost at work in the tomb?

After a long time.

"boom!"

As if he had made up his mind, Cao Chun suddenly slapped his hand on the table and said through gritted teeth: "If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent. I will personally lead the people to the tomb tonight! If you die in the tomb, it will be regarded as repaying your uncle's trust!"

"No! You absolutely must not! If something unexpected happens to the military commander, who will lead the army?"

Zhou Feng was startled and jumped over to persuade him hard.

Just then.

"Report——!"

Suddenly, an order was heard outside the tent.

"Come in!"

The topic ended for the time being, Cao Chen sat back on the chair and said expressionlessly.

A soldier ran in quickly, clasped his fists and said, "Report! Marquis, one of the people who entered the tomb last night is still alive. Now he has been taken outside the tent. Please tell me, Marquis."

Hearing this, Cao Chen became energetic instantly and said quickly: "A living person? Bring him in quickly!"

"yes!"

The soldiers bowed and retreated.

In the blink of an eye, an unkempt young man walked in behind the soldier.

"why you?"

Seeing this young man, Cao Zhen had not yet spoken. Instead, Zhou Feng was the first to show surprise, as if he had seen someone who should not be here.

This person is none other than Wu Liang.

Wu Liang naturally noticed Zhou Feng's reaction. While he was confused, he suddenly remembered something:

"Brother Youcai" and Zhou Feng had a feud. The reason was that "Brother Youcai" reported to Cao Chen about unfair food distribution, which led to Zhou Feng who was responsible for the matter being reprimanded. From that time on, the man held a grudge.

In my heart, I am always in trouble with my "talented brother".

Fortunately, Cao Zhen was fairly fair, and Zhou Feng couldn't blatantly do anything to him without catching the "talented brother".

But it's hard to say secretly, such as instructing others to kill him in the tomb without anyone noticing?

In short, Zhou Feng has every motive to do this.

But now Wu Liang is just suspicious and has no definite evidence, so he can't say anything in front of Cao Zhen. All he can do is to be more cautious.

"Meet the military lord, Uncle Du."

With this in mind, Wu Liang lowered his eyebrows and saluted.

"No need to be polite."

Cao Zhen waved his hand and asked urgently, "You were the only survivor last night. Tell me what you saw and heard in the tomb. Why were all our troops wiped out?"

Wu Liang's thoughts turned. In fact, through the death conditions of those people and some details of what happened last night, he had almost guessed the cause of the accident - "death in a well"!

In the 21st century, both archaeologists and tomb robbers know that ancient tombs have been closed all year round, and the air composition in the tomb has changed. The most common ones are excessive carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. These two gases are easily produced and are colorless and odorless.

, the former can poison people, and the latter can make people suffocate. They are simply invisible super killers.

Faced with this situation, the best way is to ventilate it in advance.

However, this recently formed Hu army seemed to have no experience in this area at all. They immediately sent people to investigate as soon as the King Kong Wall was demolished, and more than a hundred people entered at once, and they also carried dozens of lit torches.

This approach will undoubtedly increase the oxygen consumption in the tomb and cause carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide to surge.

Even during the investigation, the torch was extinguished and the people in the tomb were not alert at all, which led to this avoidable tragedy...

But at the same time, Wu Liang also knew that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there was still no specific concept of air, let alone carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, etc.

Therefore, forced science popularization may not be useful.

With someone watching his life covetously, he might even be bitten by someone and end up like Bruno.

Rather than taking this risk, it is better to scare him with the most understandable statement for people of this era, and then solve the problem with a superior attitude, thereby gaining the trust and reliance of the military commander.

Only in this way can you take the initiative into your own hands!

After thinking about it, Wu Liang finally lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Has the military commander ever heard of 'ghost blowing out a lamp'?"

"A ghost blowing out a lamp? I've never heard of it, so what's the explanation?"

Cao Chen frowned again, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Zhou Feng also had a strange look on his face and changed his stance uncomfortably to cover up his uneasiness.

In fact, not to mention people of this era, even in the 21st century where Wu Liang lives, when people hear the words "ghost" and "tomb" at the same time, they will unconsciously have many associations, not to mention that there is no tomb robbing at all.

They were both experienced and deeply influenced by feudal superstition.

"According to legend, 'ghost blowing out the lamp' is an agreement between the living and the dead."

Wu Liang's voice became deeper and deeper, and he looked directly at the two of them, and said half-truthfully, "A living person enters the tomb and underground palace to steal. If the open flame suddenly goes out, it means that the owner of the tomb who has not yet passed away has descended."
Chapter completed!