Liu Shiba, Cao Xiong, Li Ergou and his wife stood in silence in the cave for a long time...
"Lao Cao, go out. The merits and demerits of your ancestors will be judged by future generations."
Liu Shiba patted Cao Xiong on the shoulder.
Cao Xiong hesitated for a moment, then his eyes flashed and he looked at Liu Shiba and said:
"Are you really willing to leave?"
"What's the meaning?"
Liu Shiba asked doubtfully.
"Since this mass grave was built here, there must be some other special reasons.
The Liu family has guarded this place for thousands of years. Apart from the corpses in the mountain stream, perhaps the biggest reason is that they hope someone will come down here and light these human oil lamps.
If you take a closer look at Cao Cao's sentence, "Human-shaped oil lamp," do you find anything wrong?"
Cao Xiong explained calmly.
After Cao Xiong said this, Liu Shiba woke up from his dream and immediately looked around the human oil lamp that Cao Cao had transformed.
"No, why is one finger standing up? The other hand is placed on the leg. This posture is also quite weird?"
Looking at Cao Cao's corpse, Liu Shiba frowned slightly.
All that was seen was that the palm of the corpse shrank into a ball, and was covered with a layer of dark stuff on the outside, making it impossible to see the inside.
However, the vaguely discernible index finger of this human-shaped oil lamp points in a direction in the cave...
Liu Shiba couldn't help but look in the direction of his finger, and saw that there seemed to be a slight reflection on the stone wall in an inconspicuous corner of the cave.
Seeing this, Liu Shiba's heart moved and he glanced at Li Ergou and his wife and Cao Xiong.
Then, Liu Shiba quickly turned there with a flashlight. After careful observation, he discovered that a very small bronze mirror was inlaid on the stone wall at a height of about one person.
The bronze mirror was only the size of an egg and was covered with dust, making it look dull.
Liu Shiba stretched out his hand and gently groped on the bronze mirror. He bent his middle finger and turned his palm to tap a few times.
"Dong dong dong!"
Hearing a hollow crisp sound coming from behind the bronze mirror, Liu Shiba was delighted!
Could it be that there is some mystery behind this mountain wall?
Cao Cao's corpse standing here not only turns into a green lantern, but also has a meaning?
There must be a reason for doing this, and there must be something important behind it.
After frowning and thinking for a while, Liu Shiba turned around and took the exquisite bronze sword in Li Ergou's hand.
Although it has been eroded by the ages, the bronze blade still has a slight chill on it.
Stroking the sharp edge of the blade, Liu Shiba had no doubt that this thing could easily cut a person's throat.
Using a bronze sword, he carefully dug around the sides of the bronze mirror for a while before digging out a very small gap.
Liu Shiba gently dug open the four sides of the bronze mirror. He didn't want to use brute force. This bronze mirror, which was as small as an egg, was also an old thing.
Even a urinal from the Three Kingdoms period can be sold for a sky-high price in modern times.
Thinking that he now has so much wealth, Liu Shiba's heart boils with excitement. After all, he still has the mentality of a young man, and wealth touches people's hearts...
"Wow."
As the stone wall around the bronze mirror was pried open, the bronze mirror finally became somewhat loose.
Liu Shiba gently took off the bronze mirror, and a hole larger than a soap box appeared on the stone wall.
Inside, there was an ancient black wooden box placed neatly.
After rubbing it for a while, Liu Shiba didn't know what the wooden box was made of. The box gave off a faint fragrance, which lasted for thousands of years.
The entire box surface is carved with fine lines, and if you look closely, it turns out to be a tiger.
Liu Shiba took the wooden box in his hand and took two steps back. Under the curious eyes of Cao Xiong and Li Ergou, he studied it carefully with the flashlight he brought.
"What is this?"
Liu Shiba stared at the wooden box strangely, feeling somewhat at a loss as to what to do.
"There are so many valuables on it, but this wooden box is hidden in the cave below with Cao Cao's bones, making it extremely difficult to find.
This shows that the value of this box may be more valuable than everything in this connected tomb."
Cao Xiong also stared at the wooden box, frowned and analyzed softly.
Liu Shiba turned over and over, carefully observing the surface of the wooden box.
"Papa..."
I looked around and found no gaps, but when I turned the wooden box over, I heard the sound of something rolling inside the box.
"Is there a show?"
Liu Shiba was delighted. It looked like it was really a box, with a hollow inside.
Thinking of this, Liu Shiba asked Li Ergou to hold up the flashlight and get closer, observing inch by inch under the light.
Not to mention, just taking a closer look, Liu Shiba really found something different.
In the place where the tiger pattern is carved on the wooden box, where the tiger's eyes are, there are actually two small holes the size of pinholes.
If you didn't have very good and careful eyesight, you wouldn't be able to see it at all.
"What is this? Two small holes?"
Liu Shiba muttered something.
At this time, Li Ergou stared at the wooden box strangely and whispered softly:
"Eighteen, let me see if this wooden box has a lock. Are these two keyholes?"
Hearing what Li Ergou said, Cuihua immediately said:
"Hmph! Neither your grandfather nor you are good people. Back then, your grandfather was very good at prying open doors and twisting locks, sneaking around, and robbing people from the eaves of their houses."
Li Ergou patted his head, turned around and said:
"Didn't your grandfather teach you to pick the door and twist the lock? I don't believe it!"
"Haha! Uncle Ergou, Aunt Cuihua, I really don't know how."
Liu Shiba spread his hands and smiled bitterly.
"Cough cough cough!"
When Cao Xiong heard the conversation between several people, he couldn't help but cough violently.
Liu Shiba and Li Ergou looked back.
"Old Cao, what's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Li Ergou looked at Cao Xiong with wide eyes.
"No, nothing! I'm not that, then his grandfather's apprentice?
Hehe! Actually, the skill of prying the door and twisting the lock was taught to me."
Cao Xiong looked embarrassed and wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
"ah?"
"Is it any wonder that the chickens in my locked chicken coop always disappear?
And those piglets, chickens and ducks in the village, it turns out that you, an old evil creature, did a good deed...?"
Cuihua screamed loudly, as if someone had dug up her ancestral grave.
"Cao Xiong, the bastard, are you returning my chickens? Let me ask you, have you stolen my wife's bath?"
Evil beast?
When Liu Shiba heard this, he was shocked and dumbfounded...
Cao Xiong frowned and looked livid. How do you want him to answer this question?
If the yellow mud falls into the crotch, it is either feces or feces...
"Old Cao, open it!"
Liu Shiba rolled his eyes and threw the wooden box to Cao Xiong.
Cao Xiong looked embarrassed, took the wooden box slowly, and held it in one hand.
On his other hand, two silver needles for acupuncture appeared like butterflies on flowers.
After thinking carefully, Cao Xiong slowly inserted the two silver needles into the two small holes.
At this moment, Cao Xiong's face showed a trace of solemnity...
It seems that at this moment, Cao Xiong is not picking the lock, but performing a lost skill, an art...
How does that intoxicated and cautious demeanor resemble that of a wretched old man?
That disgusting look with her eyes closed and intoxicated is similar to that of a young daughter-in-law who has just had her first baby...
