Xiao Ran looked carefully at the six-sided copper pillar on the shovel. Although the shape did not conform to the aesthetic style of the Central Plains culture, it was difficult to combine it with some ancient copper decorations. But it was difficult to combine it with some ancient copper decorations.

It seems a bit far-fetched to say what kind of key it is. This thing is already covered with a layer of patina. If it is really related to the incredible Xia Xu that Tianling Sanren said, is it too casual?

"Where did you get this?"

While Xiao Ran asked Xu Er, he glanced into the coffin inadvertently. But he immediately turned his gaze back and stared at the stone coffin with wide eyes.

"I just... touched it once, and it broke..." Xu Erguo muttered.

In the stone coffin, the stone slab with the words "boy" written all over it by Tianling Sanren has been broken into several pieces. This hexagonal prism fell out from the center of the stone slab, and the hexagonal outline is still maintained at the fractures.

"Xiao Gang, is this... a valuable treasure?"

Seeing Xiao Ran's serious face, Xu Er thought that he was angry with himself and blamed himself for breaking the slate, so he quickly inquired about the value of this thing and wanted to make up for it.

Xiao Ran turned over the broken pieces and said: "It turns out to be a gypsum board... This thing is worthless, it's just a copper lump, not even a treasure. But whether it's valuable or not depends on what this Tianling Sanren said.

It’s not true anymore.”

He took the shovel from Xu's hand, pulled away the pieces of gypsum board, and carefully looked at the stone coffin. There was indeed nothing else.

He gritted his teeth, picked up the shovel, and slammed it hard on another stone tablet where the bones of an immortal had been removed.

With a "dang" sound, an echo instantly resounded in the small tomb. Xiao Ran's mouth felt numb, and the shovel head trembled, but the stone tablet remained motionless without even a crack.

It seems that this stele is made of real good stone. It is indeed made before the arrival of Tianling Sanren. It belongs to the immortal mentioned on the stele. It is naturally impossible to hide anything related to Xia Xu or Tianling Sanren.

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There was no sound in the tomb, not even the sound of an ordinary Yuan Dynasty porcelain. Xiao Ran was unwilling to give in. He was always afraid that he was too weak to hear any sounds, so he led the two of them to remove the stone inside and outside.

I rummaged through the coffin and the tomb. But apart from the six-sided copper pillar I accidentally discovered just now, I couldn't find any burial objects.

He could only comfort himself and said that this situation was understandable. Tianling Sanren said that he had the support of a prince at that time and found this sacred site. It is estimated that the funerary objects inside may have been filled with military pay and wages. After all, there are so many

Private soldiers and civilians need to be raised. It is also possible that they were all handed over to the prince to accept the certificate of surrender.

In short, this time the inversion basically ended in failure. I didn’t find the bright weapon, and I didn’t find the way out. It was really a waste of time.

Xiao Ran looked at the tired faces of Liu Shengli and Xu Er, thought about it carefully, and said in a cheery tone: "Men, don't be so discouraged. The business of cheating is just like doing business. If you make a profit, you will lose.

It's normal to have peers giving you trouble. We just came a step late and were beaten to the punch by that old guy from Tianling Sanren, but the key is that this time we have trained the team and honed our tacit understanding. Next time, I promise to bring you a big victory.

Dou'er!"

"Hey, manager, I came here with you to have a look and learn a lot. Now I just want to go out early, how can I dare to think about the next time..."

Liu Shengli smiled bitterly, and Xu Er also answered carefully: "I... I just want to see if there is any medicine for my brother in here. If not, I'll ask for it. Next time... let's talk about it..."

Xu Er didn't say anything to death, but after all, he suffered a lot during this trip and almost lost his life several times, so he was still somewhat discouraged.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran had no choice but to nod and say, "Then let's go out first, and I'll tell you our alternative plan later."

In the current atmosphere, his alternative escape plan might damage morale even more, so he might as well wait a while to find a suitable opportunity.

The three of them were speechless all the way, spiraling around the zigzag corridors one after another, and finally returned to the two small doors.

"Xu Er, open the door." Xiao Ran walked in front with a flashlight.

Xu Er, who was at the back, pulled the ring, and the two small doors behind him slowly closed. Xiao Ran felt very emotional, wondering if this tomb would be opened in the future, and when.

Xiao Ran looked around boredly with his flashlight, and the flashlight swept across the statue of Empress Xia on the inner wall of the stone gate. Liu Shengli was staring in front of him in confusion when he suddenly said "Hey...".

Xiao Ran heard Liu Shengli's sudden voice and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, maybe I saw it wrong...his, it's not right..."

Xiao Ran was worried about the arrangements ahead, and said impatiently: "If you have something to do, just talk about it. Why is Luo Li so fussy?"

Liu Shengli had no choice but to timidly reply: "Manager, haven't you noticed that the posture of the woman in front of and behind the stone gate seems to be a little different?"

Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment when he heard what he said. He quickly turned around and said to Xu Er, "Xu Er! Pull the door open again and let me take a look at the portrait inside."

Xu Er was almost walking to the two of them. After listening to Xiao Ran's instructions, he had to go back and pull the door knocker. Seeing the two small doors slowly opening again, Xiao Ran felt that he was so sentimental in vain. He didn't expect that next time

The door opened so quickly.

The stone door in front of him rose again, Xiao Ran's flashlight shone on the portrait of Empress Xia, and he could see the difference between the two portraits at a glance.

The portrait of Lady Xia on this side still has her eyes wide open and a very uncomfortable smile, but all six arms are stretched out, but they are bent to varying degrees, doing dance movements. Her four legs

, also like the Shiva statue, either straighten or bend the knees, but none of them are in a cross-legged meditating posture like the carved statue on the other side.

On her chest, the circular pattern representing the boulder was also divided into two halves.

"Can it be said that if all the wax corpse oil lamps are lit, the broken stone in the middle can still be opened?" Liu Shengli asked.

Xiao Ran nodded and said: "Anyway, I haven't stopped all the way, so I might as well give it a try! Xu Er, open the door!"

The stone door opened again. Xiao Ran briefly explained what he and Liu Shengli had discovered to Xu Er, and the three of them split up to step on the starting mechanisms of the oil pits.

After a while, the remaining four wax corpses also rose from the bottom of the pit. They lit the lamps on the abdomens of the wax corpses, walked to the boulder, and waited quietly for the mechanism to turn on.

But more than ten long seconds passed, and the boulder was still motionless. Xiao Ran held up a flashlight and shined a light on the boulder. Before, he thought that the stone was a totem worship that represented some unknown meaning, but now that he got closer, he realized that

There is indeed a gap in the middle of the boulder, which was covered with clay and rammed earth. The outside of the gap was also sealed with a yellow cloth strip filled with unknown scriptures.

Under the boulder, there were four stone pedestals that acted as fixed supports. Xiao Ran felt that the stone pedestals did not seem to be placed perfectly on the ground, so he lay on the ground and took a photo with a flashlight, and found that there were vaguely visible stone pedestals under the stone pedestal.

Slide rail.

It seems that the boulder is indeed connected to the mechanism. If all eleven oil pits are activated according to the previous routine, it stands to reason that the boulder should be able to be separated immediately.

"Listen! What's the sound?"

Liu Shengli suddenly pulled the two of them and raised his ears in the direction of the dragon head stone. Immediately afterwards, a series of machine sounds came from a distance, the entire ground began to shake slightly, and the liquid in the eleven oil pits became restless.

The ground shook.
Chapter completed!