This is a large tomb with dark-colored murals on the walls.
There were some things scattered around in the tomb, including various strange-looking bronze tripods and bronze vessels that I couldn't name, as well as jade, gold and silver wares, all of which were old and young.
There was even an object similar to a cornucopia, filled with ingots of gold.
There was a layer of fine dust on those ingots. I wiped it gently with my sleeve. Suddenly, those big golden ingots emitted a golden color under the candlelight.
Next to it, there is a decayed pottery jar with a lot of pearls and jadeite inside. Any pearl you touch is the size of a longan, very beautiful. But beauty is not the key, the key is value.
There were a lot of cloth and bamboo slips scattered in one corner. However, both the cloth and bamboo slips were already old and rotten, and would break at the slightest touch, not even as hard as a piece of paper.
"Oh my God, there are so many treasures here, how much are they worth!"
When Uncle Sun spoke, his mouth trembled and his voice was a little stuttering with excitement. In addition to excitement, there was also a greedy look on his face.
That’s right. After all, with so many treasures placed here, anyone with a little desire for money would be interested.
Without thinking too much, Uncle Sun grabbed a handful of pearls and put them into his pocket.
While pretending, he muttered: "I'm rich, really rich! With these things, I won't have to worry about food and clothing. I can also start a company and be a boss..."
On the contrary, Xiaoli, Liu Deshui and I don't have such strong desire.
Liu Deshui looked at Uncle Sun with a helpless smile, shook his head, and said nothing. He went to the side and checked and looked at the scroll paintings.
Uncle Sun is Xiaoli's father, and I am Xiaoli's boyfriend. What can I say? I will keep silent.
Xiao Li stood next to me. Although there was not much desire for money in her eyes, she was still surprised to see such a treasure.
I casually grabbed two jade pendants from a stone.
The two jade pendants were a pair. They were painted with green fish patterns, vivid and lifelike. They were obviously priceless.
I took one of the pieces and handed the other to Xiao Li, smiling and saying, "Take it. We don't need the other things. It's useless to have so many, and it's inconvenient to carry them with you. This piece of jade is nice. It's my gift to you."
Under the candlelight, Xiaoli's pretty face blushed slightly, and she gently raised her hand to take the jade from my hand.
After looking at the jade, Xiao Li said with joy: "Brother Tianyi, I like this jade you gave me very much."
Xiaoli’s words warmed my heart. I walked over, gently put my arms around her shoulders and hugged her.
Uncle Sun, on the other hand, was like a wealthy man, with his pockets filled with priceless treasures, and the dozen or so strings of silver beads around his neck were almost bending his neck.
He was holding a few gold ingots in his hands.
"Uncle, it's okay. These are not our things, we can't take so much. You can take a few, and leave the rest."
I finally couldn't help it and started to persuade him.
Unexpectedly, Sun Yaowen suddenly changed his face and said coldly: "Why not take it! There are so many treasures. No one will want them if we don't take them. Besides, this is what we found, so it should belong to us."
Sun Yaowen's words made me a little angry. I thought to myself, he is really greedy. He was a good person before, but now he can't control his desires when he sees these gold and silver utensils and ancient treasures.
I frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "Uncle, these things belong to the country. If you take them out and someone finds out, it won't be good. Also,
Ah, you already have a lot of treasures on you. If you carry so many more things, it will be inconvenient for us to walk."
Xiao Li also complained a little. Standing there, he said to Sun Yaowen, "Dad, please don't take any more. Look at you. Everything you have on you is a treasure. It's enough for you to live on. It's useless to take so much."
Sun Yaowen felt he was right and retorted, "Silly girl, I know I can't spend all the treasures, but it would be a pity to leave them here. Besides, daddy can take some more and leave them for you as a dowry in the future, wouldn't that be better?"
Sometimes, that's just human nature.
He had vowed to come to find his father Jiang Jiuzhen before, but now he hasn't found Jiang Jiuzhen yet, and he can't walk anymore after encountering the treasure. This is really ridiculous and ironic.
However, Sun Yaowen is just an ordinary person, so it is understandable that he has greedy desires in his heart.
I can also understand Sun Yaowen. If I were just an ordinary person now, and had not experienced so many things, and accidentally came across such a great treasure, I would probably also be filled with desire and want to take it for myself.
Seeing that it was useless to say anything, I simply stopped talking.
At this time, Liu Deshui pulled out a painting from a pile of calligraphy and paintings, stuffed it into his cloth bag, turned around and said to us: "Let's go, we still need to find Master Jiang, let's go find him quickly before the Zombie King arrives."
I nodded and was about to call Sun Yaowen.
Unexpectedly, Sun Yaowen took some gold ingots and wanted to stuff them into my cloth bag.
I shouted coldly, "What are you doing?"
Sun Yaowen flattered him and said, "Son-in-law, come and pack some gold to take out. Once you are outside, you and Xiaoli will not have to worry about food and clothing."
I shook off Sun Yaowen's hand and angrily said, "Uncle Sun, you can't do this. We are not here to rob tombs. We are here to find my master Jiang Jiuzhen. What are you going to do with so much gold and silver? Are these treasures more important than finding someone?!"
Sun Yaowen was unhappy when he heard me say that. His face was long and he muttered unhappily: "What's the matter? It's just taking some treasures. This kind of thing will only happen once in a lifetime. If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again."
Damn it, what can I say.
Who knew that Xiaoli spoke again at this time.
She swung her arms, turned to Sun Yaowen, and said angrily: "Dad, put those things back and just take a few. If you take them all, I will ignore you. If you want to get rich, you have to rely on your own hands. The things here are all ill-gotten gains. Even if you get them, you may not be able to keep them. It may even bring trouble."
He saw that the three of us were staring at him with unhappiness.
Sun Yaowen laughed and said reluctantly: "Okay, okay, you three are all good people, not greedy for money, and you all have few desires."
But in the end, Sun Yaowen finally listened to Xiaoli's words and threw all the gold, silver and treasures on his body on the ground.
But when he threw these things away, he looked very unhappy, as if someone had thrown shit and urine on him.
Soon, only a few treasures were left on Sun Yaowen's body.
I ignored Sun Yaowen and waved my hand, saying, "Let's go. It's more important to find someone. I don't know if my master Jiang Jiuzhen is still alive."
After that, we walked along a path in the tomb towards a stone door.
After going outside the stone gate, I found that we were standing in a corridor running north and south.
The corridor should be several meters wide so that four people can walk side by side without any problem.
On the south side of the corridor, there were scattered rotten corpses of dead zombies.
The corpses of those dead zombies were mostly in pieces, with bite marks and diced meat all over their bodies.
On the floor of the corridor, one could even see some short, tufts of red hair.
Needless to say, that hair must have been left by the cadaver rats. In other words, the cadaver rats that had come here before were likely to have visited.
But under normal circumstances, ghoul rats are no match for dead zombies.
Then what are the things going on with so many corpses of dead zombies here
Suddenly, an idea came to my mind.
Could it be that these dead zombies were all killed by my master Jiang Jiuzhen? It was because the dead zombies were killed by Jiang Jiuzhen that the corpse-eating rats had the opportunity to come and take away the bones and meat.
This idea became stronger and stronger.
Liu Deshui held his chin up, looked at the bone fragments on the corridor, then looked at the tomb behind him, and said to me in a deep voice: "Tianyi, if I am not mistaken, we have now arrived at the main tomb of the Zhao King's Tomb. And this corridor is the path inside the main tomb. The road to our south should lead to the exit of the tomb."
I think Liu Deshui’s speculation is correct.
I nodded and said, "Master Liu, I think so too."
Liu Deshui said, "In that case, let's follow this path. There are so many corpses of dead zombies here, it can't be for no reason. Maybe these are the zombies killed by Master Jiang."
A few people had no objection, so we quickly walked through the corridor and headed towards the south side of the corridor.
However, after walking for just over ten minutes, there were not many corpses of the dead zombies left in the corridor.
Under a bone, I actually found a talisman.
I stopped, picked up the talisman from the ground and looked at it.
The lines on the immobilization talisman were not seriously aged, and could even be said to be still very clear. In my opinion, this thing was not from the tomb of King Zhao, but from the ghost-catching Taoist priest.
Xiao Li took the immobilization talisman and looked at it, then exclaimed, "This talisman, yes, yes... is exactly my grandfather's talisman. I recognize his handwriting. This must be his thing."
As he spoke, an excited look appeared on Xiao Li's face, and a few tears appeared in his eyes for no reason.
Xiao Li held the immobilization talisman in one hand and held my arm tightly with the other hand, saying, "Brother Tianyi, this is my grandfather's thing, it's real. My grandfather might really be alive. I must find him."
Liu Deshui and I looked at each other and nodded slightly, and then I said, "Let's go quickly and try to find your grandfather as soon as possible."
Then we sped up and moved through the corridor.
At this point, we have basically confirmed that the tomb chamber we just visited is the ear chamber where the treasures are piled up in the tomb of King Zhao.
Soon, we arrived at the end of the corridor, which is the real entrance to the Tomb of King Zhao.
However, the corridor at the entrance of the tomb had collapsed, and it was filled with thick stone slabs and pieces of gray soil.
The road was blocked and there was no way to get through.
It seems that this is the place that Hong Qingzong mentioned, where the passage collapsed and Jiang Jiuzhen was trapped.
Looking at the heavy stone slabs and large pieces of dust, Xiaoli could no longer hold back the tears in her eyes and they rolled down.
"Grandpa, Grandpa... where are you?"
Xiao Li screamed at the top of his lungs.
But there was no other sound in the empty, grey corridor except her own echo.
"Isn't my grandpa here? Is he really dead? Woohoo... Why is this happening? He has always been in good health, but he is trapped here. Woohoo, this damn tomb."
Sun Yaowen also wiped the tears from his face, lit the incense and candles he had asked for from me, and placed them in a corner next to the stone slab.
(to be continued)
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