The feeling inside this tomb passage is very depressing, and it is filled with a rotten and moldy smell.
Although Wang Shaoyang had already entered from the front, I was still very worried. If I stepped on a mechanism or something like this in a place like this, it could kill someone in minutes.
So after chasing for a while, I had to slow down my pace and try to look carefully to avoid triggering the traps set here.
Ma Huaiping feels more cautious than me. After all, this is not his area of expertise, and it can be seen that he has no confidence in his heart.
After walking for a while, the tomb passage in front of us finally reached the end. What appeared in front of us at this time was a half-open stone door.
A gloomy aura was emanating from behind the stone door, and it seemed that they had arrived at the tomb.
I quickly stepped forward with a flashlight and looked inside through the half-open stone door.
It feels like it's very empty inside. I imagine the space should be quite large, but due to the limited light of the flashlight, I can't see the entire tomb.
"Brother Li, why don't you...don't go in?"
Just as I was about to step into the stone gate, Ma Huaiping suddenly called me from behind.
"Why?"
I looked back at him and asked with some confusion.
"We are not here to rob tombs. I feel really unsure if we rush into an ancient tomb like this."
Ma Huaiping said and shook his head.
"Then... how about you wait for me here? I haven't figured out this matter yet, and I don't know how Mr. Ma died. I just retreat like this, and I feel really uncomfortable."
I pondered for a moment and said.
We have come to this point, and I am really unwilling to give up like this.
Of course, this does not rule out curiosity. This kind of ancient mausoleum has always been full of curiosity and mystery. If you say you don't want to go in and take a look, you would definitely be lying.
Besides, there are naturally a lot of burial items in such a large tomb. If I can find just one or two, I think the mortgage issue should be completely solved.
This can be regarded as a motive for making money, but I don't insist on this. Of course it would be great if you can pick up a treasure. Even if you can't pick it up, it doesn't hurt to see it, right?
"You don't want to touch two things at the same time, do you?"
Ma Huaiping obviously saw what I was thinking and asked with a frown.
"If you encounter it, it's not a bad idea."
I nodded and didn't deny it.
"You guys really can't get rid of the smell of copper all over your body."
Ma Huaiping shook his head helplessly and said.
"No, it's mainly because I really need money now."
I touched my forehead slightly embarrassed.
I thought that at the beginning I looked down on the Ma family team's insistence on money, but I didn't expect that I would be reduced to this situation now.
"Then let's go. If you can touch something, I will cash it in for you."
Ma Huaiping sighed helplessly and said.
From this point of view, he is quite reasonable.
I nodded, then held up my flashlight and stepped directly into the stone door.
Judging by the distance, we are probably deep into the foothills behind the town at this time, so we probably won’t be too far from the main tomb.
But the tomb in front of me is obviously not the main tomb.
I held up a flashlight and looked around carefully, and found that this place was really big. It looked like an underground palace.
The surrounding walls are all made of stone bricks, which look very strong. There are also some carved murals, totems, etc. on the walls. They are exquisitely crafted, lifelike, and full of craftsman spirit.
Just looking at the craftsmanship, you can tell that it must have been matured for a long time, and it is probably a rare historical and cultural heritage.
Ma Huaiping and I walked around the wall and saw many carved murals with dragons, phoenixes, ferocious beasts and other patterns on them.
But other than that, the underground palace was empty. There were no burial items, and no coffin was seen.
It seems that this is not a tomb, but a mausoleum and a palace, which is equivalent to the main hall of a Yangzhai.
Of course, it is also possible that the funerary objects inside have been looted.
There are passages on all sides of the underground palace leading to other places. Except for the entrance where we came in, the remaining three passages should all lead to different tombs. One of them is probably the main tomb of the tomb owner.
I roughly determined the direction, and then guessed where I was, as well as the location of the main tomb that was determined during the day, so I quickly had a concept in my mind.
So Ma Huaiping and I chose the north passage and walked all the way in.
This time it didn't take long before we arrived at one of the tombs.
I took a look with my flashlight and found that the tomb was not big, but it was full of coffins, and they were very heavy stone coffins.
It is estimated that there must be at least hundreds of coffins placed here.
It looks like this should be a burial chamber.
After the death of ancient emperors, many people were usually buried with them, such as concubines, palace maids, attendants, etc. Usually, there were thousands of people buried with them in an emperor's tomb.
Although this kind of thing sounds ridiculous in today's society, after all, when a person dies, thousands of people have to be buried with him, which is very inhumane.
But in that era, the emperor was heaven, and a mere few thousand people were buried with the emperor, which was nothing at all.
There are hundreds of coffins buried in this tomb. It is expected that the person buried is not a person of noble status, otherwise even the burial companions will have their own separate tomb.
For example, a royal concubine or something like that must have a mausoleum built.
"Are there any funerary objects in these coffins? How about you touch two of them?"
Ma Huaiping looked at the coffins in front of him and asked me back.
"Probably not. These people are probably just buried with them. There are usually no funeral items in the coffin."
Although I said this, I still opened one of the coffins and took a look.
This kind of sarcophagus is very thick, and it is not easy to open the coffin. Ma Huaiping and I almost spent a lot of effort to finally push open the coffin lid of one of the coffins.
As soon as the coffin was opened, an extremely pungent and unpleasant smell rushed out.
I quickly covered my mouth and nose, then held up a flashlight and looked inside.
There was a layer of green slime-like stuff inside the coffin, which looked slimy and disgusting.
The corpse inside was also wrapped in this green mucus, with no signs of decay. The corpse was lifelike, like a person who had just died.
This seems to be a way to store the body and make it immortal.
I don’t know what the ingredients of this green slime are? How can a corpse be preserved for such a long time without deterioration?
The ancients indeed had their own unique methods.
"What kind of burial technique is this? Doesn't the deceased even wear clothes?"
Ma Huaiping looked at the body in the coffin and frowned.
"It must be to keep the body immortal, so it was soaked naked in this slime."
I said and quickly pushed the coffin lid. The smell was really unpleasant.
Judging from this situation, these coffins in front of us will definitely not have any burial objects, so Ma Huaiping and I didn't waste much time and hurriedly passed through these hundreds of coffins and walked deeper into the tomb.
But not long after the two of us had walked over, the coffin behind us suddenly made a sound.
