Chapter 202: Waiting and Watching
By the time the four people finally came out of the tomb, it was already evening. Counting the time, they found that they had been down there for more than three days without realizing it.
When he thought of the time, the wretched man became hungry. He asked, "Liu Wei, do you have anything to eat?"
Liu Wei sat on the ground and fumbled around in his backpack for a while, then took out a bag of dry food. The white man hurriedly grabbed it and wolfed down a few mouthfuls.
When they were almost done eating, Bai Shisan and Liu Wei lifted up the wretched man and walked towards the tricycle.
After putting the wretched man into the tricycle compartment, Bai Chi sat next to the wretched man and wiped the blood stains off his face while Liu Wei rode in front.
The high vigilance in the mausoleum relaxed at this time. Baichi felt that his whole body was extremely soft. Baichi slowly fell asleep under the bumps of the tricycle.
When they woke up, it was already the next morning. Bai Chi and the wretched man were still lying in the carriage. Bai Shisan was a vigilant guard on the side, but Liu Wei was nowhere to be seen.
Bai Chi knew what Liu Wei meant by leaving without saying goodbye. He didn't want to get involved with Bai Chi and others anymore, so he chose to leave alone. After waking up the wretched man, he looked around and saw that Liu Wei's
Leaving was as expected.
Seeing that it was getting late, the wretched man had to find a place to treat his injuries. If he stayed like this, he might get infected.
Bai Shisan walked slowly with a tricycle in front of him. After walking in this wilderness for an unknown amount of time, a middle-aged man dressed as a villager suddenly walked over from a distance. Seeing the wretched man covered in blood, he was frightened at first.
He jumped a lot, and ran over as soon as he regained his composure.
The middle-aged man took Bai Chi and the wretched man to the village health center for simple treatment. Because the wretched man's injuries were too serious, the facilities in the village were of little use. The kind-hearted villagers did not ask why they were injured like this.
, found a tractor and sent Baichi and the other three to a hospital in Xi'an City.
Because the wretched man's injuries were too serious, he was sent to the emergency room as soon as he entered the hospital. Bai Chi and Bai Shisan sat outside blankly with the villagers who sent several people over.
It was already three days after the first aid was completed. Bai Chi walked into the wretched man's ward and saw the guy staring at him with his big eyes.
Bai Chi glanced at the wretched man and was about to speak, when the wretched man suddenly shouted:
"Boss, I forgot something important. Where is my bronze mirror?"
When Bai Chi heard this, he took out a bronze mirror from his luggage bag and threw it next to the wretched man and said:
"I really admire you. After you passed out, you held it desperately, and it took me a long time to grab it from your hand."
The wretched man didn't say a word and let Bai Chi lift him up, half lying on the bed, and then touched the bronze mirror like his own son.
At this time, Bai Chi began to look at it. This bronze mirror was at least two thousand years old, but there was not even a trace of rust on it.
The pattern on the back that was the same as the stone carving was vividly carved. At that time, I casually glanced at the palace and didn't notice anything. Now when I look at it again, I see that the phoenix pattern on the back is exactly the same as the stone carving behind the palace. It is a condensed version in terms of expression and appearance.
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Bai Chi was surprised at first, and then a little puzzled.
The wretched man touched it for a while and turned to look at Bai Chi, smiling: "Why does this feel like it's not the original one?"
Bai Chi didn't realize what the wretched man meant. The wretched man continued: "This bronze mirror has been replaced!"
Bai Chi was horrified. Bai Chi had been keeping him since he came out of the mausoleum. Could it be that the wretched man is now suspicious...
Before Bai Chi could refute, the wretched man threw the bronze mirror over and said to Bai Chi: "Boss, I didn't doubt you! Think about who else went in before we entered the palace?"
When Bai Chi heard this, his jaw almost dropped and he exclaimed, "You mean Liu Wei?"
The wretched man nodded and said: "This person's background is a bit complicated. Boss, you should have discovered it by now. He is very familiar with everything in that mausoleum!"
Bai Chi knew how to answer the wretched man's words. After all, Lao Qian and Liu Wei were both people brought by the wretched man. Judging from Liu Wei's performance, he was indeed very familiar with any furnishings in the mausoleum, which made sense.
The layout of the tomb is also repeated, but if according to what the wretched man said, this bronze mirror was replaced by Liu Wei, does that mean that Liu Wei already knew about the existence of the stone carving, and he knew it very clearly.
The wretched man went on to say: "Liu Wei has played a very mysterious role since the beginning, especially in the palace, his eyes look extremely uneasy!"
Bai Chi looked at the wretched man, who continued: "In order to open the wooden box at Zhao Gao's feet, he asked us to leave. Do you remember?"
Bai Chi frowned and said: "I definitely know, I thought we would hang in that place!"
The wretched man smiled slightly and said:
"Not only are you worried, boss, Lao Qian and I are also worried! But we are not worried about hidden weapons, but we are worried that Liu Wei will suddenly take action against us! Even though I know that boss, you and Bai Shisan's kung fu is extremely difficult, but in
There is still no chance of victory in that dark tomb."
Bai Chi was shocked and thought: I can't believe that the wretched man's thoughts are so meticulous!
But the wretched man's expression was not what Bai Chi had imagined. What exactly did Liu Wei do at that time to make the wretched man so taboo on him?
Bai Chi blinked, not knowing what to say. The wretched man took an apple and asked Bai Chi to peel it for him, and said: "At that time, I paid attention to Lao Qian, who looked very panicked.
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Suddenly, Bai Chi remembered Lao Qian's expression when Liu Wei asked a few people to go out, and Liu Wei's expression when he knew the wooden box existed. Lao Qian's face seemed to flash a little uneasiness.
Bai Chi's face turned pale. He had always thought that it was normal for Liu Qi to open the wooden box, but he didn't expect that there was such a deep mystery hidden inside.
The wretched man noticed Bai Chi's expression, took the half-peeled apple from Bai Chi's hand, took a bite, and said vaguely:
"At the time, I was worried that he was going to kill us, but later I realized that I was overly worried!"
Bai Chi didn't say anything, subconsciously telling Bai Chi that the wretched man hadn't spoken yet. Sure enough, he took a bite of the apple and said, "Maybe Liu Wei is looking for something, I think so. But after Lao Qian chopped up Zhao Gao's body
Finally, those red ants were brought out, which allowed me to see things thoroughly! If I think about it, what Liu Wei is looking for is probably what you are looking for, boss."
Bai Chi looked at the wretched man. Is this the same wretched man he knew before? Why is he so scheming?
The wretched man continued: "Liu Wei's fall was all faked by himself. Boss, think about it, how could he fall to the ground so easily with such skill?"
Bai Chi thought for a while, nodded and asked, "Then why did he fall?"
The wretched man narrowed his eyes, looked out the window, and said, "That's because he has something evil in his heart!"
Bai Chi was startled. Although it was broad daylight, when the word "ghost" came out of the mouth of the wretched man, he suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and cold sweat started to flow all over his body.
An Zhao said that Liu Wei has a ghost in his heart. So what does this 'ghost' refer to? Is there really some shocking secret that he doesn't know about?
The wretched man pointed to the door of the room and said: "Boss, I want to smoke a cigarette. Please take a look for me. Be careful the nurse is coming!"
Bai Chi was too lazy to pay attention to him, but when he said this, he actually did something. Bai Chi walked to the door helplessly and saw that the wretched man finished smoking his cigarette, slapped him for a while, and then said:
"Liu Wei ran over regardless of the danger not to kill the ants, but to get something!"
Bai Chi subconsciously asked: "What do you want to get?"
The wretched man looked at Bai Chi with a smile and said:
"What he wants to get is a bamboo slip! Or something else, maybe a bronze mirror, or maybe it's what you're looking for, boss."
The wretched man mentioned the bronze mirror on the second floor of the palace again, picked up his bronze mirror and said:
"I still can't understand this question. I don't know how Liu Wei learned about the pattern on the bronze mirror and how he replaced it!"
When Bai Chi saw the wretched man talking to himself alone, he reached out and patted his shoulder. The wretched man bared his teeth and opened his mouth.
Seeing that the wretched man was fine, Bai Chi felt relieved and scolded him: "Is there something wrong with you? You just scared me!"
The wretched man smiled and said: "Boss, what were you thinking just now?"
Bai Chi didn't mean to be wary of the wretched man, and laughed casually: "I thought I just irritated your wound!"
Just when Bai Chi was about to scold the wretched man, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. The wretched man's behavior just now seemed to be hinting at something.
Liu Wei said at the time that Zongzi knocked him down, but why did Zongzi attack him? He must have provoked Zongzi first, and then Zongzi woke up and the scene of going downstairs occurred.
Bai Chi shook his head and hurriedly stopped this suspicion. Bai Chi didn't know the specific intention of the wretched man, but if he continued to induce him like this, Bai Chi would definitely have a bad impression on Liu Wei.
And when he was in the mausoleum, Baichi had already forced himself not to doubt anyone, because just like Liu Wei said, Baichi's joining itself was a mistake, and the beginning of this mistake must have an end. Baichi didn't want to end up becoming a
At the end of the tragedy, what he was thinking about was what the phantom of the ancestor of the Bai family told him...
Bai Chi's mind was in a mess now, and there was no limit to what he could think about. He didn't know how long it had passed before his phone suddenly rang.
Picking up the phone and seeing that it was an unfamiliar number, he immediately thought of the villager from this morning. He sighed that things might have gone wrong, otherwise he would not have called Bai Chi. After sending the wretched man to the hospital
, Bai Chi gave the middle-aged man five thousand yuan and asked him to stare at the entrance of the mausoleum...
The wretched man saw that Bai Chi's face was a bit ugly, so he said half-jokingly: "What's wrong, boss? Was it the one from Zhonghai who hit you? If you're afraid, let me pick him up!"
Bai Chi made a silent gesture to the wretched man, took a deep breath, and pressed the answer button.
As soon as the call was connected, it turned out to be the kind villager. He hurriedly said on the phone: "Boss, there is something going on here!"
Before Bai Chi could speak, the other end of the phone continued: "There are people coming, a lot of people!"
Bai Chi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, cleared his throat and asked, "How many people are coming over there?"
"More than ten people came. I heard they were from some kind of archaeological team!"
After hearing this, Bai Chi calmed down and thought, how come the archaeological team came here just a few days after they came out? Did someone leak the news?
When the wretched man saw that Bai Chi looked wrong when he called, he also became anxious. Bai Chi waved his hand to the wretched man to indicate that it was okay, but the wretched man was still a little impatient.
The wretched man couldn't help but ask at this time:
"What's wrong, boss?"
Bai Chi chuckled and said, "It's okay. I just rescued a villager who called and said that an archaeological team went to the place where we entered the tomb!"
The wretched man was shocked, clicked his tongue twice and sighed: "Who is so capable that the archaeological team knows about what happened just now?"
Bai Chi comforted the wretched man and said, "Don't worry so much. It's safe now. They can do whatever they like! Besides, I found what I was looking for."
The wretched man looked at Bai Chi worriedly and said:
"You can't say that. It's still a tomb robbery after all. Although this archaeological team is just doing archaeology, they will definitely find traces of the dead after entering. Then notify the police. After such an investigation, won't we be in trouble?"
Seeing that the wretched man started to talk nonsense again, Bai Chi hurriedly interrupted the wretched man's words, thought for a moment and said:
"Now we can only wait and see what happens. If there is any news over there, let's go back to Zhonghai as soon as your injury gets better! Wait for you to rest for a while. I will also deal with Zhonghai's affairs first and go back to see
Look at Luo Danting.”
Chapter completed!