Chapter 145: Strike “people” first

Author: Reading hurts the eyes

Chapter 145: Strike “people” first

In fact, based on his current situation and the development of the original plot, even if Luo Zihang gets something valuable from the ancient tomb, there is a high probability that he will not be able to save Liu Ye.

But for Luo Zihang to do nothing and watch Liu Ye die of illness at home, even with a player's mentality, he really couldn't do it. After all, the dungeon is not really like the game. He can continuously save and load files to create various endings.

So Luo Zihang naturally wants to "play" in the way that best allows him to understand his thoughts.

So when Acheng and Da Jinya came to the door, Luo Zihang agreed without much hesitation.

After that, just like in the novel, Da Jinya gave each of Luo Zihang and Acheng a gold-touching talisman made from the claws of a pangolin.

In the novel, this gold-touching talisman should be a hook-like gadget more than an inch long. It is all black and shiny, with the word "touching gold" engraved on it in seal script. It is then threaded with a red rope. Generally speaking, it is

It's just an inconspicuous pendant.

But the gold-touching talisman that Luo Zihang and the others got was the shape in the movie version. It was also in the shape of an inch-long curved hook, but the color was off-white. It looked like a shrunken ivory. The gold-touching talisman was

The end is covered with a piece of silver-white metal. In addition to the word "touch gold" printed on it, there are also many beautiful patterns. It looks much more grand than what is described in the novel...

Because the movie has to sell peripherals, it’s understandable that the design should look good.

After arranging Liu Ye, Luo Zihang and Acheng purchased a complete set of equipment and then began to select targets.

Regarding this point, Luo Zihang, who had already decided to follow the plot, did not intend to change it, and chose the tomb of the ancient Jin Kingdom in the novel...

Although there weren't many good things in that tomb, and they were big rice dumplings, ground otters, vampire bats and ghost dolls, at least Luo Zihang already knew what was in there, so it would be easier to deal with it.

If they were in another place, who knows what they would encounter. The aura of the protagonist "Zhou Shijie" can not only ensure that he will not die so easily, but the biggest function is that as long as he goes to the tomb, he will inevitably encounter strange events.

After deciding on the goal, Luo Zihang and Acheng packed their bags and boarded the train heading north.

It is different from the geographical location in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". The tombs of the Kingdom of Jin that Luo Zihang and the others went to this time were not in China, but at the junction of Outer Mongolia and Mao Xiong. There were no fellow villagers to lead the way. It was all up to Luo Zihang and Acheng.

With my professional knowledge, I wandered around the border for a long time before finally finding the place called "Crescent Groove".

"Brother Jie, the next step is up to you." Acheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and patted Luo Zihang on the shoulder.

In terms of positioning the ancient tomb, we have to rely on the ancestral methods of "Zhou Shijie".

Thanks to Luo Zihang, he would look through that unknown ancient book when he had nothing to do these years. With the blessing of the talent of the "Golden Captain", his skill in reverse fighting was not inferior to that of Zhou Shijie at the same period...

…

Although they are actually the same person now.

Luo Zihang opened the compass and quickly located an excellent Feng Shui treasure according to the method of Kanyu in ancient books.

Because they were in the deep mountains and old forests abroad, Luo Zihang and the others didn't have to choose any time. After resting on the spot for a while, the two of them took out the engineer shovels that had been prepared long ago and started digging.

They took a break when they were tired from digging, and ate a few mouthfuls of dry food when they were hungry. The two of them dug like this for a long time. When the moon rose, they finally dug a hole for people to pass through.

After digging the tomb, they did not go down immediately. Instead, they set up a tent outside the tomb and planned to rest for the night.

This is not only to restore physical strength, but also to allow the air in the tomb to circulate.

On the morning of the next day, after Luo Zihang and Acheng simply ate some dry food and tested the oxygen content in the tomb with a candlelight, they fully equipped themselves and got in through the hole dug yesterday.

The area of ​​the tomb chamber is not large, at most thirty square meters. It seems to be designed according to the residence of a living person. It has a main room, a back room, and two side rooms. The side room where Luo Zihang and Acheng came in happened to be, and the tomb owner

The coffin is parked in the center of the main room.

There is no tomb bed, and a shallow pit was dug in the middle of the main chamber. The dark coffin was placed in the pit, with half of it exposed above. This is a tomb within a tomb.

There are several skeletons piled in the corner of the main room. The skulls are dented and cracked, and there are obvious marks of being struck by blunt instruments. They should be prisoners used for burial or wives, concubines, and servants.

Compared with the large tombs in the country, this tomb of a noble of the Jin Kingdom seems a bit simple.

But there is nothing we can do about it. In fact, there were no burial customs in the ancient Jin Kingdom. These nomadic peoples were more accustomed to sky burials, water burials and other methods. It was only after absorbing the culture of the Central Plains that they began to imitate the Han people.

funeral style.

Luo Zihang and Acheng did not rush to find valuable burial objects, but raised the flashlights in their hands and looked around.

On the walls of the tomb chamber, there are murals depicting the life of the tomb owner. Judging from the content of the murals, the tomb owner should have been a general during his lifetime.

Apart from the murals, there are nothing valuable in the two ear rooms and the back room, only some earthen jars that are obviously daily utensils and weapons covered with rust.

In fact, these things are worth some money, but the earthen jars are fragile and the weapons are too heavy. In comparison, the jade bis found in the original work are more valuable and easier to take back.

After walking around the tomb, Luo Zihang and Acheng came to the main room where the coffins were placed.

The two of them first lit a candle in the southeast corner of the tomb in accordance with the custom of touching the gold captain, then inserted an engineer shovel into the gap in the coffin board and pried it hard.

With the concerted efforts of the two of them, the coffin made a "creak" sound, and soon all the nails in the coffin were pried open.

After prying open the coffin, Luo Zihang subconsciously glanced at the candle in the corner and saw that the flames on it seemed to flicker for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

Luo Zihang withdrew his gaze, and then worked together with Acheng to push the coffin lid aside, revealing the body inside.

It was a tall male corpse. The water in his corpse had evaporated, leaving only the dry purple skin covering the bones. After nearly a thousand years, it was relatively well preserved.

The male corpse was wearing the same clothes as the protagonist in the mural, with his hands on his chest, looking harmless.

However, Luo Zihang already knew that after a while, it would turn into a big red-haired rice dumpling, so he took out the black donkey's hoof that he had prepared without hesitation, and then looked at Acheng's surprised eyes.

, forcefully thrust it into the mouth of the corpse.

I don't know whether it was the bonus brought by the talent of "Touching the Golden Captain" or because he knew the plot in advance, but Luo Zihang felt calm when doing these things, not at all as scared as he expected.

"Brother Jie, what are you doing?"

Although he already knew from Luo Zihang that black donkey hooves were used by ancient tomb robbers to deal with zombies, his early experiences also made him realize that there are indeed some things in this world that science cannot explain.

Can……

Isn’t it true that people haven’t transformed into corpses yet?

"Just in case." Luo Zihang clapped his hands and replied calmly: "Since we may encounter the big zongzi, and we have the means to deal with the big zongzi, why not use this method to avoid the danger in advance?

Nipped in the bud?”

Acheng was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh suddenly.

"That makes sense! Why didn't those tomb robbers think of this method in the past?"

"Then who knows?" Luo Zihang shrugged and glanced at the candle in the corner. Seeing that the candle was still burning firmly, he greeted: "Stop talking nonsense, let's look for something valuable first.

.”

Acheng thought so, so he leaned down and started rummaging with Luo Zihang.

The funerary objects in the coffin are much more exquisite than those outside, but most of them are still mainly made of porcelain.

In addition, there are many silks that look very high-end, but they have become very fragile and will break when touched.

This is easy to understand. In ancient times, porcelain and silk from the Central Plains were great luxuries to surrounding and even overseas countries.

Luo Zihang and Acheng picked out a few small pieces of porcelain that were easy to carry, stuffed them with cotton and foam, wrapped them tightly in canvas, and then put them into their backpacks.

Then, just like in the original work, Luo Zihang found the two butterfly-shaped jade pieces in the hands of the corpse.

I don’t know if it was his illusion, but when he pulled out these two pieces of jade from the corpse, I could vaguely feel that he was clenching his hands...

Luo Zihang turned his head and looked at the candle in the corner again, and saw a flash of green light from the fire above, but disappeared in the blink of an eye. If Luo Zihang had not been confident enough in his eyes, and the flame of the candle did turn green in the original work,

He almost thought that the flash of green just now was his imagination.

so……

Did my just-in-case behavior really work?

He looked at the black donkey's hooves in the corpse's mouth again. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but there seemed to be a look of grievance on the withered face.

"Let's go."

Regardless of whether the other party really felt wronged, Luo Zihang would not feel any guilt. He patted Acheng who was still picking out the burial objects and reminded him: "Don't forget that we have to find a way when we go back."

We have to deal with the customs inspection. If we take too much, we won’t be able to take it back. At worst, we will just have to come back later.”

"Forget it then," Acheng straightened up, shook his head and said, "The owner of this tomb is an arty old man. The quality of these porcelain is not very good, and it is not worth another trip."

Unlike Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan at the beginning of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", Luo Zihang and Acheng not only studied related majors in college, but also worked in antique shops for a period of time. They did not say what they were in the antique appraisal field.

I'm an expert, but it's not a big problem to basically estimate the price range.

Of course, the remaining antiques in the tomb are not really worth another trip as Acheng said, but the most valuable ones have indeed been taken away by them, and the rest,

Rather than going to the trouble of making another trip, it would be better to dig other graves.

Therefore, the two of them did not linger any longer. They bowed to the tomb owner according to the steps, and then put the lid of the coffin back on. As for the black donkey's hooves, of course they still stayed in each other's mouths.

Just when Luo Zihang and Acheng were about to leave the tomb, a muffled sound suddenly came from behind the wall of the back room of the tomb.

"Isn't it? Here we go again?!" Acheng looked nervously towards the direction of the sound, moaning incessantly.

This sudden sound never appeared in the original work, but Luo Zihang just thought about it briefly and guessed the truth——

This should be the noise caused by the two ghost dolls who wanted to be laid to rest.

Originally, Luo Zihang planned to leave after robbing the Jin Kingdom noble's tomb, but he had no idea about the underground base next door.
To be continued...