One day later, the archaeological team arrived at Tailing.
I took a general glance at the team. There were twenty people in the team. Except for three people who looked like scholars, the rest were all students. They didn't look like they had any skills. There was an acquaintance of mine in the team—Lu Xinyao.
I waved to Lu Xinyao from a distance and said, "Why are you here?"
"Responsible for coordination." Lu Xinyao stretched out his hand and said, "This is Professor Zhang from the Department of Archeology of XX University."
Professor Zhang, who was probably in his fifties, saw me and the first thing he said was: "Second Lieutenant Wang, right? Organize people to enter the tomb immediately. Don't touch anything without our permission. And... "
I didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking before one word burst out of my mouth: "Get out!"
Dr. Zhang didn’t seem to understand: “What did you just say?”
I stared at the other party and said word by word: "I said, get out!"
Dr. Zhang suddenly became furious and said, "How did you say that? Who is your commander? Let him come out to see me!"
I said coldly: "Here, I am the supreme commander. Get out of here right away. You don't need to dictate anything here."
When Lu Xinyao saw that we had turned against each other, he quickly tried to smooth things over: "Wang Huan, don't be like this. Is there any misunderstanding here? We are all doing it for the mission, so why don't we just talk things out?"
I said coldly: "Okay, I'll only say it once, it's up to you to listen or not."
I pointed to the Shinto stele pavilion and said, "See for yourselves. Where is the place below? This is not an ordinary imperial mausoleum, but... it is a forbidden area full of murderous intent. If you are not careful, you will die without a burial place."
I pointed at Professor Zhang again: "He wants to make the decision when he comes up. What the hell does he know? If you go down and point fingers in a while, someone will die in less than an hour. I'm not in the mood to wipe the butt of a bunch of old kids."
When people are angry, sometimes they are really angry, and sometimes they are fake. Fake anger must have a purpose. Angry people just want to express their attitude or position by roaring. I am just pretending to be angry now.
Lu Xinyao quickly saw my purpose, turned around and said, "Professor Zhang, Wang Huan has been in the army for too long and speaks straightforwardly. Don't mind. Although there is a problem with his attitude, But what he said makes sense.”
"Tailing's automatic opening of the entrance is something worthy of consideration. No one would open the door to welcome the enemy unless he has set a trap. There is probably a huge trap under the Shinto stele pavilion."
"Wang Huan does not doubt your knowledge and professionalism, but some things in the tomb cannot be measured by common sense. If..."
Lu Xinyao was trying to persuade Professor Zhang, but someone among his students said: "Ms. Lu, are you telling us the story of tomb robbing? If you want to say that there is a mechanism under the tomb, our professional knowledge is enough to handle it. And …”
The man pointed at me and said, "What do they do? Their job is to protect our safety, not to order us to do anything."
The man talked more and more enthusiastically: "What else can Mr. Wang Huan do besides fighting and killing? Does he know the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties? Can he understand ancient books and cultural relics? If he acts recklessly, once the tomb is destroyed A treasure, and every one of us here will be a sinner for the ages.”
After the other party made a concise speech, Professor Zhang, who was already a little moved, immediately expressed his attitude: "If they don't obey the command, then we will report it directly to the superiors and re-seal the tomb passage. We..."
I waved my hand before the other party finished speaking and said, "Catch them all. No one can be let go until we come out."
The soldiers standing in the distance immediately surrounded Professor Zhang, who was shaking with anger: "What do you want to do? It's lawless, isn't it? You..."
I turned a deaf ear to Professor Zhang’s roar: “Let’s go.”
"Stop! Stop..." Professor Zhang jumped angrily, "Xiao Lu, stop them quickly, don't let them destroy the tomb!"
"Wang Huan..." Lu Xinyao followed closely, "Wang Huan, don't be impulsive. Let's go to the tomb first. If there is an emergency, we can discuss it later."
Just as I was about to speak, I was lightly touched by Lu Xinyao. I nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give you face. But if they cause trouble for me, don't blame me for being rude then."
I walked near the secret door and waved to a platoon leader: "In a moment, after we go down, the secret door will probably close automatically. If that happens, you don't have to rush to open the door and wait for us for 72 hours. After 72 hours We have no news yet, you organize rescue, do you understand?"
"Understood!" the platoon leader asked, "Chief, do you need me to take a few soldiers down to protect your safety?"
"No need." I thought for a while and said, "Prepare a self-defense dagger for each of them. Doudu, go and give them daggers."
When Doudu went over to prepare, I asked Ye Xun in a low voice: "Do you see anything?"
"No." Ye Xun looked at the steps of the secret passage, "Those people don't have any skills, so they don't look like detectives."
When Ye Xunzheng and I were talking, Professor Zhang had already led people up from behind: "Follow me."
Lu Xinyao was about to stop, but I stopped him and said, "They want to die, so let them go! They will stop after two people die."
Professor Zhang pretended not to hear what I said and angrily led the students down the steps. The man who challenged me at the beginning stood at the end of the steps before turning back and saying, "Second Lieutenant Wang, you seem to have misunderstood! The tomb door did not close by itself, and there was no mechanism where I was standing. Are you being alarmist?"
Just as I was about to speak, Ye Xun said first, "Try taking a few steps forward."
The man's face suddenly turned pale, and Ye Xun followed up and said, "Are you scared? Didn't you say there is no mechanism? There is no mechanism, why don't you leave?"
I looked at Ye Xun in shock - why does this guy sound more and more like me
Ye Xun and I were still standing on the steps before we walked down. From the position of the man, he could only look up at us. Even if we didn't say anything, the condescending and contemptuous eyes were enough to hurt each other's self-esteem. .
The man's face changed from red to white several times before roaring angrily: "Who dares not to leave? I will leave now to show you!"
"Wait a minute..." Before Professor Zhang could stop him, the man took three steps forward: "How is it? Do I have anything to do? Are you too obsessed with tomb robbing novels and your brains are broken? You still want to look for us here. A sense of presence?”
Ye Xun looked at the other party sideways and said, "Can you try moving half a step to the left?"
The man took three steps in a row and naturally felt confident: "So what if I move a little? After I move one step, if there is still no mechanism, will you apologize?"
Professor Zhang not only did not stop his students this time, but instead looked at us with a gloomy expression. Perhaps, in his heart, he was just as dissatisfied with the "tomb institution" thing as that student, and he even planned to give us a slap in the face.
Ye Xun sneered: "If you move a step, nothing will happen. Don't apologize. We will listen to you."
"Okay, I will let you lose now and be convinced!" The man raised his foot and stomped it hard on the ground. The moment the green bricks on the ground shattered, the secret door behind us closed suddenly, and the light could still be seen. The tomb suddenly became invisible.
"Ah -" I don't know who screamed in the dark, and the archaeological team was immediately in chaos. As the sound of someone falling to the ground continued to be heard, Professor Zhang shouted desperately: "Don't mess around, don't run around! Turn on the flashlight, turn on the flashlight quickly!"
Before the archaeological team's flashlight started, a fire suddenly lit up in the tomb. Countless torches automatically lit up one after another from both sides of the tomb passage, illuminating the entire tomb as bright as day.
I don't know when a two-meter-high stone monument rose up on the ground opposite the stairs. The student who stepped on the mechanism was wrapped around the neck by the iron ring hanging from the stone monument and hung to the ground. He was holding the iron ring with both hands. He kicked his toes as hard as he could.
The man's heels were not too high from the ground, so he would be able to breathe easier by kicking his feet a few more times. If he ran out of strength, he would have no choice but to be hanged on the stone monument.
Professor Zhang pointed at the student and said tremblingly: "Save people, hurry up and save people!"
The four of us here stood still and didn't move at all. The students on the archaeological team wanted to save people but couldn't do anything, so they were running around in panic. Professor Zhang was so angry that his whole body was shaking: "Wang Huan, what are you doing? Are you refusing to save me?"
I rubbed my forehead and said, "I've read too many tomb-robbing novels, and my brain is damaged. I don't know how to save people."
"Wang Huan! How long has this been, and you still care about this?" The person who spoke this time was Lu Xinyao, "Everyone in the archaeological team is important..."
I raised my voice and said, "Are they all so stupid? Don't they know how to pick them up first?"
All the students on the archeology team turned red when I scolded them. They couldn't understand such a simple truth. It couldn't be said that they were too stupid, but that they had never experienced the test of life and death, and they immediately panicked when something happened.
The two boys reacted only after I scolded them. They quickly hugged each other's legs and lifted them up in the air. When someone wanted to pick off the iron ring around the man's neck, Suixin said in time: "Don't move! There is a mechanism hidden in the iron ring. If you move, he will die immediately."
The student who wanted to pick off the hoop immediately retracted his hand in fear: "Then... what should we do now?"
Doudulu and I walked to the stone monument at the same time and picked up the man. Ye Xun tapped his fingers around the iron ring a few times before pulling out a steel wire and holding it in his hand: "That Professor Zhang , can you decide this person’s life and death?”
Professor Zhang suddenly broke out in cold sweat on his forehead: "You... what do you mean? You mean... "