Chapter 19 Mural after Mural

Everyone returned to the ancient tomb. Hu Bayi took a shovel and poked a few times on the tomb wall. Several shovel marks were instantly cut out like cutting tofu. The tomb wall fell into pieces and a big hole was exposed.

Hu Bayi took a photo with his flashlight, and several people followed him to look. They found that the interior of the tomb was quite empty. The dim light of the flashlight swept across it, and the outlines of bottles and cans could be vaguely seen.

The angle of this hole was also chosen very well, and it was only more than one meter away from the ground of the tomb. It was much more reasonable than the previous robbery hole in the barren tomb in Xigouzi Village.

Thinking of that hole, Xiao Ran couldn't help but have a flash of doubt. Why did the person who robbed the hole there not commit any crime against Coffin Qiu? What was his purpose in going there?

Forget it, it's useless to think too much about the past. Compared with that matter, there is something more urgent to do now.

The fat man rubbed his hands, like a gangster who saw a big girl, he chuckled and was about to crawl into the hole, but Hu Bayi and Xiao Ran quickly stopped him.

"You don't want to die? There are hundreds of years of corpse gas accumulated in this tomb, and we didn't buy gas masks. Do you want to pave a way for us and clear out the corpse gas inside first?" Hu Bayi said

"Ah? What should we do? Can't go down anymore? I don't think it's that mysterious..." the fat man asked.

"Didn't you see that I brought a bird cage? Just grab a sparrow and put it in and try it."

As soon as Hu Ba finished speaking, he asked the fat man to make a trap to catch sparrows. The fat man followed behind and muttered: "I thought you brought the bird cage because you wanted to catch a bird for fun..."

The two made a simple trap using a rice pot, rice grains, rope and wooden sticks, and caught three sparrows in one go. Hu Ba packed up a sparrow and threw it into the tomb. Several people chatted and waited outside.

After 20 minutes of pulling up the cage, the sparrow was almost hard.

"Okay, let's go rest first and wait until the poisonous gas dissipates." Hu Bayi greeted everyone.

Last night, they were both corpse slaves and digging holes, so everyone was very tired. After returning to the hillside to eat dry food and drink water, they felt a little tired again. But everyone was afraid of oversleeping, Hu Ba

As soon as he started to tell the fat man some common knowledge about ancient tombs.

Xiao Ran listened to the two of them chatting, and suddenly felt a little itchy on his neck. He stretched out his hand to scratch, and there was something like a blood scab between his nails.

"What the hell is this?" he thought to himself.

"What could it be, Blood Bodhi? Yesterday you took a blood bath next to the corpse slave, and now those things have almost entered your body." Bei Jiuguo answered.

"Can it be absorbed without eating?! Isn't this thing poisonous?"

"It's not meant to be eaten or used externally. You're just making a mistake. Don't worry about it. I'll cleanse your blood and make sure you live ten years longer..."

Ten years? It seems to be a lot. No matter how much you need, it is too much. But Xiao Ran still curled his lips: "It's only been ten years, I thought you could handle it..."

Bai Jiukuo made a long "hiss" sound and said: "I found that you have a big misunderstanding of me, which makes me very confused..."

"Comrades, I think it's almost time. Let's set off! Don't run into those burrowing monsters if you're late." Hu Bayi suddenly said.

Everyone got up and returned to the tomb in the valley, and threw another sparrow down. This time, after more than ten or twenty minutes, the sparrow was still alive and kicking, so the three men drank a bowl of courageous wine and were equipped with masks, gloves and other equipment.

When the two of them were hanging up the golden amulet, they looked at Xiao Ran a little embarrassed. Xiao Ran took out the pendant from his chest with a smile: "I also have an amulet, and no evildoer can be as evil as this."

"Take me with you! I also want to see what it's like in the ancient tomb!"

Seeing that the three of them had no intention of taking her with them, Yingzi became a little anxious.

Hu Bayi was a little embarrassed. After all, the tomb was not like the forest, where Yingzi could basically walk sideways with a gun and a dog. He himself was an older girl who had only been on the sedan chair for the first time, and he was not sure about protecting Yingzi.

Xiao Ran knew in his heart that Yingzi had to go down, so he advised Hu Bayi: "No matter how dangerous it is in the tomb, at least with the three of us, it will be even more troublesome if Yingzi encounters the unknown monster last night. Anyway, the wilderness is deserted.

There is no need for someone to guard Ling, so let’s take Yingzi with us. After all, if you want to know the taste of pears, you have to taste them with your own mouth. If that doesn’t work, I will be responsible for protecting her!"

Yingzi nodded happily: "Yes, I want to taste it...I want to go to the grave!"

Hu Bayi didn't say anything more. He also found a mask and gloves for Yingzi and gave some instructions.

The fat man next to him couldn't hold himself any longer and was anxious to go to the tomb by himself. Hu Bayi quarreled with him for a while, but finally carried forward the captain's style and entered the tomb first.

The hole was drilled into an auricle, and a few people walked around the entire tomb first. The entire tomb was just the main chamber, the left and right auricles, and a back room at the back, which was about thirty square meters in size.

Xiao Ran paused with his ears pricked up. Except for a few porcelain pots from the Song Dynasty, the other pots, rusty armors and weapons, human and horse bones, clothing and saddles, etc., all had archaeological value.

Yingzi looked around with a flashlight, and suddenly saw a mural on the wall, and asked everyone to take a look.

Hu Bayi pointed to the colorful mural and explained it to everyone. The painting depicts an exotic general wearing a fox fur. His activities in different periods, such as hunting, banquets, expeditions, ennoblements, etc., are basically

The life of the tomb owner.

Finally, Hu Bayi said: "The tomb of this Jin general contains 80% of the treasures plundered from the Song Dynasty. We don't need to be polite to him today. It can be considered that the things have returned to their original owners."

Yingzi was still looking at the painting carefully, and saw that the colors of the painting were gradually fading from the original bright color, and she exclaimed: "This painting has changed! There is a ghost!"

Everyone was startled, and Xiao Ran quickly explained: "This is because air entered the tomb and the paint was oxidized. There are also many ancient paintings in the museum. In order to prevent the paintings from fading, they have to be installed in special glass cabinets, which can be used all year round.

The temperature and humidity remain unchanged. It is said that foreigners recruit more people, stipulate a fixed number of tourists every day, and some store genuine products underground, and all those on display are fakes. This is normal..."

It was the first time Yingzi heard this, and she looked at Xiao Ran with a little admiration. Hu Bayi and Fatty hurriedly touched the baby, and hurriedly lit candles and other preparations.

It was also the first time for Xiao Ran to go to the tomb. It was very novel. He walked around again and saw the long-handled mace on the weapons rack in the back room. He couldn't help but pick it up and swung it twice. It did have some weight. According to the plot,

It's time for it to appear later...

At this time, Yingzi came over in a hurry and said to him: "Brother Xiao, I always look at that painting and it's not quite right. I don't have the nerve to tell Brother Hu and Fat Brother, come and take a look..."

This is novel, and there is another branch line? Xiao Ran and Yingzi went to see those murals again with great interest.

The original color of the mural has faded at an unexpected speed. However, under the outline of the original mural, there seem to be some lines that form a different picture, as if there is another layer under the original mural.

.

Xiao Ran took out another candle and lit it, and looked at the murals carefully. Sure enough, under the candlelight, each mural revealed a different scene.

For example, in the first painting, five animals are painted. Judging from their characteristics, they can be identified as gray, white, fox, willow, and yellow. Among them, the yellow fairy is in the middle.

The second painting was of an immortal-looking man wearing clothes and meditating, but the look of honor and respect was all too familiar to Xiao Ran.

It has a long mouth, red eyes, fangs, long letters, snake scales, fox tail, and spikes on its head...it's the Rabbit!

Why does this thing's portrait appear here? Why does it still linger?

The third painting shows a group of people kneeling before the pig. In front of the pig, there is a piece of yellow paper with a bunch of red hair on it, and there seems to be a drop of blood in the middle.

The fourth picture shows the golden man with fox fur lying in the coffin, and some strangely dressed people next to him are putting something into his mouth.

There seems to be only a part of the latter one, with the golden figure standing in the center without a face, and there are some vague outlines of human figures around it, but they can't be seen clearly.

Further on, there are only fainter lines, and it is completely unclear what is being drawn.

"With or without dates, it's a matter of opinion! Boss Xiao! Come and help me!" Hu Bayi next to him interrupted Xiao Ran who was admiring the mural.

Xiao Ran pondered the content of the painting and walked to the coffin, but a hint of doubt arose in his heart...
Chapter completed!