Chapter 162: Dig graves boldly, fill holes carefully
"Shopkeeper, are you going out again?"
When Zhou Shi told Agui that he was going on a long trip today, Agui, who was usually calm and calm, was also a little confused.
"Ah, yes, because something happened at home, I have to go back quickly." Zhou Shi lied. Fortunately, Agui didn't know that shopkeeper Zhou Da had no living relatives at home, "Please."
After Agui got through with his kind words, he packed up some rations, carried his iron abacus and headed south of the city.
When the pie in his arms was completely cold, he met Yu Heng outside the city gate, who was carrying a burial shovel.
"Did you bring dry food?"
"I brought it, it's about two days' worth, I'm afraid..."
"Very good, give me half."
Zhou Shi looked in surprise at Yu Heng, who had brought nothing except a corpse shovel.
"Hey, actually bringing half a day's worth of dry food is enough."
"You..."
The two of them headed south, and after walking on the main road for about ten miles, they turned into a small road and climbed up the mountain.
The road was bumpy, but Yu Heng, who was carrying a huge corpse burial shovel carrying a man, walked as fast as he could on flat ground. Zhou Shi, who was not carrying much weight, was already a little tired following him.
"This guy's physical fitness is better than mine..."
The sun was setting in the west, and Zhou Shi, who had been silent all this time, spoke:
"How do we identify the location of the tomb? Are there any markings?"
Yu Heng did not stop: "Going up the mountain from the main road, you will encounter a huge boulder rolling down from the top and then go west, between two large locust trees."
This information is really detailed. "Master Mu" personally came and "touched" it?
When the sun was about to no longer illuminate the road, two huge shadows blocked the roadside.
Zhou Shi stopped and saw two huge locust trees standing aside with seven or eight people hugging each other, which was very conspicuous on the bare mountain.
"It's so unexpected. The hillside here is extremely steep and cannot conserve water and soil at all. How could such a huge locust tree grow?" He secretly marveled, and he felt more and more that this tomb was not simple.
"Haha, we're here, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get there before dark." Yu Heng said happily like a primary school student out for an outing, "Eat something quickly, we will go to the tomb soon."
The two of them ate some steamed buns with pickles, and Zhou Shi took out the yellow paper and incense sticks from his arms, and set up a small incense table on the spot, ready to worship.
Mr. Mo had previously told him that before going down to the tomb, he must "greet" the owner of the tomb, explaining that he was just here to get something and had no intention of disturbing the owner. If anything unusual happens while burning incense and paper, he must retreat immediately.
This is all common sense for getting rich, but Yu Heng didn't prepare anything, and this guy wanted to have sex for nothing... Zhou Shi thought, lit the incense, and muttered something.
At this time, he heard a noise coming from beside him. He turned around and found that Yu Heng had raised the corpse shovel high——
"Hey!"
"Drink!"
"Boom!"
The huge shovel blade hit the ground, and half of the corpse-burying shovel was buried in the ground.
"Get up!"
Yu Heng shouted loudly, used his strength to shovel up a huge piece of earth, and threw it backwards.
Zhou Shi watched helplessly as the incense table he had set up was blown away and disappeared into the darkness.
The earth fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust. Yu Heng coughed twice and said, "Shopkeeper Zhou, where are you? Were you not hit by the earth?"
“Ask before you dig!”
"Hey, are you burning paper? Sorry, sorry, I forgot this link."
"..."
Now that ground has been broken, there is no point in burning incense and paper.
"Then shall I continue?"
Zhou Shi made a "please" gesture and watched Yu Heng shovel again, throwing a larger piece of earth behind him.
"The next steps must be carried out strictly in accordance with the process..." When he saw that the hole had been dug two people deep, he immediately stopped.
"What's wrong?" Yu Heng inserted the corpse shovel into the ground, raised his head and asked.
Zhou Shi jumped into the thief's cave and lit a torch - the reason why he didn't light a fire on the ground was to prevent him from attracting passers-by.
"I'll light the candles."
"Why?"
"When people light candles, ghosts blow out lamps." This is an ancient superstitious saying. In fact, it is because the oxygen in the tomb that is closed all year round may not be sufficient, and lighting is to confirm whether the oxygen content can support breathing.
"Dig down slowly, and be careful not to cause landslides," he warned.
"Okay." Yu Heng pulled up the burial shovel and slammed it to the ground. Hearing a "boom", Zhou Shi's feet lightened and he fell with the ground.
"Cough, cough..." The two of them fell to the bottom of the cave that had sunk to an unknown extent. Yu Heng stood up and said with an awkward smile, "It seems that it has been dug through. Can you light the candle?"
With a dark face, Zhou Shi threw the candle to the ground and took out the fire stick.
Although there is yin energy here, it is relatively thin, so the yin fire does not burn vigorously.
Even so, the blue light is enough for them to see where they are——
This is a tunnel made of bricks and stones underground, with no end in sight. It is obvious that they are not at the entrance of the tomb, but have dug directly into the inside of the tomb by mistake.
"Did the robbery cave collapse?" Zhou Shi looked up worriedly. If the robbery cave collapsed, they wouldn't be able to get out.
"Don't worry, this is a hole dug with a burial shovel. If I don't let it collapse, it will never collapse." Yu Heng looked back and forth curiously, "Here is..."
"Tombs built in the mountains often dig a tunnel deep into the mountain and build a tomb chamber inside. After placing the coffin, the workers withdraw from the tunnel and seal the entrance." Zhou Shi said, this is
Mr. Mo gave him the knowledge on assaulting evil pills last night.
"Oh, you know it very well. Then where are we going?"
Didn't you call me to rob the tomb? Why do you look like a dazed young man... Zhou Shi was speechless and began to look at his breath.
Yin Qi is very thin, but flows very regularly, forming a cycle underground.
Well, the Yin Qi flowing from that side is thicker...
"Let's go this way."
"Oh!"
The two of them moved forward. Yu Heng looked at the burning fire fold in Zhou Shi's hand and sighed: "This thing is really useful. I want one too."
To this, Zhou Shi could only shrug his shoulders in response. Letting Yin Fire smolder without Yin Qi is a principle that he has not yet understood.
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Under the guidance of the swaying blue firelight, walking in the dark corridor where only the sound of footsteps echoed, Zhou Shi felt that his five senses had been heightened to the extreme, and he was a little too nervous.
Yu Heng also felt the same. "Hey, let's chat, it's too scary to walk around like this."
"Okay." Zhou Shi happened to ask him something, "Mr. Yu, are you from the government?"
"Huh? Why do you say that?"
"Even if you had enough evidence to exonerate yourself, Zhao Xuan would not let you go easily because of his character. He would have to leave at least two informants to follow you, but he did not do so. I can only think that there are other reasons that forced him to
Zhao Xuan terminated the investigation, for example, you are a government spy hiding in Jiangdu."
If you want to arrange an eyeliner, Zhou Shi himself is of course the best choice, but Zhao Xuan did not entrust him with it, so he speculated like this.
"Oh?"
Yu Heng did not deny it, but from his position it was impossible to give any other answer. Even so, Zhou Shi felt confident.
"Why come to Jiangdu?"
"Hey, hey, why are you interrogating me? Aren't you afraid that I will give you a sap and let you be the companion of the tomb owner?" Yu Heng said with a smile, but there was no hint of threat in his tone.
"You can try." Zhou Shi replied with a smile. This was not a bluff. Now he was confident of dealing with this corpse buryer.
The two of them continued to walk forward in silence, without continuing the topic.
Until Yu Heng put down the burial shovel from his shoulder, rubbed his shoulder uncomfortably, and dragged it forward on the ground.
The blade of the shovel rubbed against the ground, making a harsh sound. Zhou Shi glared at him dissatisfied, and then asked him to pick up the burial shovel.
However, the harsh friction sound did not stop.
"Zi La——Zi La——"
The sound of a sharp weapon scraping against stone bricks came from the depths of the corridor, getting closer and closer, making one's teeth ache.