Seeing Changsheng and Datou holding gold cakes and frowning, Batulu also realized that he had made a mistake and was a little at a loss, "This, this, if I don't kill this mute, he must know where the second and third children are. "
Chang Sheng waved his hand, "Senior Brother, there is no need to blame yourself. Even if you don't kill him, he won't know where the Second Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother have gone, because the Second Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother will not let them know where the things were taken out from. of."
After Changsheng finished speaking, Datou nodded and answered, "Yes, the prince is right. If I were the second and third masters, I would not let these mutes know the specific location of the cave entrance. I would only let them wait at the appointed place."
"What should we do now?" Batulu was anxious and worried.
While Changsheng was thinking about it, he said, "The capital of the Qin Dynasty was Xianyang, and Xianyang is almost at the same location as Chang'an today. These gold cakes came from the tomb of the Qin Dynasty, so I suspect that the second and third senior brothers are near Chang'an."
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, Datou nodded slowly, then tilted his head to look at the mute corpse beside him. After a brief pause, he walked over and dragged the mute corpse into the dense forest.
"Hey, little dwarf, what are you doing?" Batulu shouted in confusion.
Changsheng could guess what Datou wanted to do, so he raised his hand to stop Batulu from following him, and turned to ask, "Elder brother, this mute stole gold and has a guilty conscience. He will definitely be nervous and panicked when he sees you. Do you care?" Chaos, misunderstood what he meant?"
"No, absolutely not," Batulu shook his head repeatedly. "If he only stole gold, he wouldn't be so frightened when he saw me. He was croaking and gesticulating, which means that the second and third children were not harmed by him. dead."
Seeing that Batulu was so sure, Changsheng said nothing more. Although he hoped that it was just a false alarm, at present, the possibility of a false alarm was not high. The reason was also very simple. These mute grooms all had families. , if nothing happened to Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu, the mute would not dare to steal the gold.
"What does this smell like?" Batulu wrinkled his nose and smelled it.
Changsheng did not answer, but looked down at the gold cakes. The shapes and sizes of these gold cakes were exactly the same, and even the small lines on the backs were exactly the same. This meant that these gold cakes were poured from the same mold. These ten gold cakes were poured out from the same mold. A few of them were only stolen by the mute, but there should be others that were not stolen by the mute. What kind of princes, generals and ministers could enjoy such rich burial objects?
Just when Changsheng was deep in thought, he suddenly found another detail on these gold cakes. These gold cakes were brilliant and dazzling under the sunlight. This was not in line with the characteristics of funerary objects, because funerary objects have been buried underground all year round. , being corroded by underground moisture, whether it is gold, silver, copper or iron, they will gradually lose their original color and eventually become dull.
It has been more than a thousand years since the Qin Dynasty, and these gold cakes have not been eroded by moisture at all, indicating that the inside of the tomb is very dry, with almost no moisture at all.
At this moment, Datou came back from a distance.
"Little dwarf, have you lost your temper?" Batulu twitched his nose.
Datou smiled at Batulu, then put away his smile and said sternly to Changsheng, "He ate before he died. He ate flour cakes and pickled vegetables. The flour cakes seemed to be a little moldy. In addition to these gold cakes, he had a We don’t have any copper coins, so the food we eat should not be bought along the way, but the dry food we bring with us. If nothing else, the camp of the convoy will be nearby.”
After Da Tou finished speaking, Changsheng nodded slowly. He knew that Da Tou had gone to perform an autopsy before. What he was most worried about was that the mute's stomach was empty. If his stomach was empty, it meant that he had not eaten for a long time. Either they have walked a long way, or Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu have been missing for a long time, and all the dry food prepared for the mutes have been eaten. The mute had eaten something not long ago, which meant that Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu had not been missing for a long time.
Changsheng pointed to the gold cakes and said to the big head, "Look at these gold cakes, they are so golden that they look like they have been cast from new molds."
Datou casually picked up a few and looked at them carefully, "That's true. Things in the ground should turn gray. Even gold will turn gray after being buried for a long time."
Changsheng said, "Unless the tomb is built extremely solidly and is completely isolated from moisture."
"Yes." Big Head nodded.
Changsheng added, "Something may have happened to my second and third senior brothers."
Datou was confused and frowned in confusion, "Why did the prince say this?"
Changsheng said, "The tombs that my second and third senior brothers know were all entered by my master. As long as you enter the tomb, no matter how well the backfill is done afterwards, the moisture from the outside will slowly invade, and the burial objects inside will also follow. Although they have changed color, these gold cakes are as bright as new, which means that they have not been exposed to any moisture before."
"You mean that your master has never been to the place where the second and third masters are going this time?" Datou vaguely understood.
"Yes, that's wrong," Changsheng said. "My master didn't teach the second and third senior brothers Kanyu Feng Shui back then. They were not good at finding tombs. My master should have visited the place they went to this time, but they didn't. It was discovered that there was another hidden area inside the tomb, and this time they went there, they accidentally discovered and opened this hidden area, and the gold was moved out of that hidden area.”
"That makes sense, that makes sense!" Big Head nodded repeatedly.
Batulu was confused by the conversation between the two. Just as he was wondering, Changsheng turned to look at him and said, "Senior Brother, you have been following Master back then. Do you still remember whether Master ever entered the ancient tombs near Chang'an?"
Baturu tried to remember and did not answer immediately.
"This ancient tomb is very big," Changsheng reminded, "and the second and third senior brothers had already followed the master at that time."
Being reminded by Changsheng, Batulu suddenly remembered something, "Yes, there is a big tomb. It's surprisingly big. It doesn't even look like a tomb, it's like a big palace."
"Is it east of Chang'an?" Changsheng asked. The reason why he asked this question was because according to historical records, Qin Shihuang was buried in Lishan, forty miles east of Xianyang.
"It seems not," Batulu shook his head and frowned, "I only remember that the entrance was under a waterfall. After entering, it seemed to be walking north. After walking for a long time, there were dead bones everywhere."
After Batulu finished speaking, Changsheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. There were not many waterfalls near Chang'an. With this clue, the next search would be much less difficult.
Changsheng pointed at the golden cakes, motioned for his big head to be put away, and then said, "Let's line up in a row and look east together, not only to find the waterfall, but also to find the remaining mute coachman. I feel that there is another The coachman should still be where he is."
Big Head and Baturu nodded in agreement.
Changsheng added, "They need horse-drawn carriages to pull things. Horse-drawn carriages cannot go where there are no roads. When we search, we must pay special attention to hidden areas with small roads."
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, the two nodded again.
Changsheng casually picked up a piece of dead branch, split it into two parts, poured spiritual energy into each of them, and handed it to the two of them, "Elder brother, you go east from here, I go east from a hundred miles away from the north, Datou, you go three miles from the north A hundred miles away to the east, if you find those mutes or waterfalls, break the branches and let me know. If I find clues, I will create a flame and hover in the sky. Remember to look around when you search."
The two took the branches, each drove their mounts, and set off separately.
Changsheng got on his horse, extended his spiritual energy to connect with the black master's meridians, traveled north for a hundred miles, and then changed his route to the east.
Things went surprisingly smoothly. Shortly after traveling eastward, Chang Sheng discovered a few horses grazing at the end of a path. After calming down, he discovered a dozen carriages parked under a tree and a group of bored mute coachmen.
Seeing Changsheng's arrival, the mute coachman gathered from all over the place and looked at Changsheng with nervous and doubtful eyes.
Chang Sheng counted fourteen coachmen and fifteen carriages, and there was exactly one coachman missing...
