Chapter 171 [All Will Die] (1)
The liquid reacted immediately when it fell on the gold engraving board. What made them even more happy was that the liquid was more corrosive to gold than steel.
The two carefully controlled the range of liquid corrosion of gold. After using half of the bottle of liquid, they had dissolved an irregular round hole with a diameter of about 80 cm by the golden engraving plate below. Seeing that there was still liquid inside, Lu Weilin decided to expand the hole a little longer. When he poured the mouth of the bottle, a transparent object with a longan-sized yellow color rolled out with the liquid. The small ball fell on the metal plate and slid down at an inclined angle.
Luo Lie was quick-eyed and his hands were quick. He held down the ball with his hands. He was wearing gloves, which proved that the liquid in the bottle would not corrode the gloves.
Luo Lie's first reaction was that the small ball in the celadon bottle was probably the treasure collected by Prince Rui Yixun. Prince Rui Yixun's scheming can be described as unfathomable. Before he returned from overseas, he realized that something was wrong with the people around him, so he made preparations in advance and even considered the worst result.
The four keys carved with the Seven Treasures of Wind-Habiting Talisman were handed over to the four confidants. On the surface, it was trusting them, but in fact it was to prevent accidents. Even if they were killed, these people would inevitably become suspicious and infighting. The facts proved that Yixun's layout was ultimately fulfilled.
Luo Lie took the small ball into his pocket, but fortunately the person around him was Lu Weilin. He and Luo Lie trust each other, and even a rare treasure would not covet it.
"I think it should be enough!" Lu Weilin looked at the hole that dissolved out of them and said.
Luo Lie nodded, and the two of them illuminated the lower part with flashlights. They saw that there was an extremely empty space below. From their location, they should be about twenty meters away from the bottom. The air below was humid but nothing unusual, and it was even much fresher than the air in the Mercury Cave. The mercury that had flowed from the Mercury Cave did not flow into the space below. I don’t know where the gold coins they threw had gone. It seems that the excretion port at the bottom of the Mercury Cave is not connected to this place.
The two fixed the rope to the sarcophagus. Luo Lie slid down the rope first, and his feet landed on the ground. The ground was covered with dark square bricks. Luo Lie first looked around and found no danger. Then he flashed upwards twice to send signals to his companions above.
Lu Weilin conveyed the message to Bai Yunfei and Fukuyama Uji. The four of them slid down from above one after another. They thought they had little hope of life and were waiting to die in the narrow space in the Mercury Cave. Now they suddenly came to such a large space. Although they could not get out of trouble for the time being, they already felt like they were in a dark and bright future.
Lu Weilin took off the mask and sucked the fresh air hard, and said with relief: "I finally escaped."
Bai Yunfei couldn't help but remind him not to be too optimistic: "We just changed to a bigger place and haven't escaped yet."
Lu Weilin said: "People must be more optimistic. According to my experience, Luo Lie has always had good luck." His words expressed his optimism and expressed his trust in Luo Lie.
Bai Yunfei and Luo Lie have known each other for the shortest time. Uji Fukuyama deeply agrees with Lu Weilin's words. Luo Lie was able to escape from the crisis-ridden Paleo Mountain, which had fully proved this point. This guy is indeed lucky and has a great life. Perhaps this time he can turn misfortune into good fortune like in the past. Uji Fukuyama did not expect that Luo Lie was lucky enough to pick up the hidden treasure in the celadon bottle from under his nose. If he knew, he would inevitably sigh again in life.
Although the tone of the few people was relaxed, no one dared to really relax. Maybe they could find a way out, maybe they just went from one cage to another.
They used the flashlight beam to find a possible way to leave. Without much effort, they found a corridor in front of their right. After walking along the corridor for more than ten meters, they saw traces of water seepage. The ground was very clean and almost spotless. If they were not in the underground palace, they would even suspect that someone was cleaning here.
Luo Lie was the first to smell the aroma of barbecue. He sniffed and confirmed that he had not smelled it wrong. The other three also smelled it one after another. They were all very surprised. How could the barbecue smell in this dark underground? But the more we moved forward, the stronger the smell of meat was.
They were first surprised. Since there was barbecue, it proved that someone was living here, but soon they felt nervous. After encountering all kinds of underground monsters, how could they know if the barbecue was a strange creature?
As they moved forward, the aroma of the barbecue became more and more intense. Luo Lie made a gesture, and everyone turned off the flashlight at the same time and took out their respective weapons.
There was a faint light coming out in front, and they walked in the direction of the light. It was not difficult to infer from the fluctuations in the light and darkness that a bonfire must have been lit in front of them. Walking out of the corridor, the front was suddenly cheerful. This should be a site for storing stones, filled with all kinds of stones. In the middle of the site was an exquisite bronze tripod, and there was a pile of firewood piled under the tripod. Such a priceless bronze tripod was just used here as an ordinary pot.
The top cover with a diameter of one meter was thrown aside casually, with heat emitting from the cauldron, and the water inside should have been opened, and they could all hear the boiling sound inside.
A man was wearing a tattered Qing Dynasty official uniform and sat next to the bronze tripod with his back, holding his knees with his hands. Because his body was too thin, a pair of shoulder blades were raised high, like an eagle about to flap his wings and fly.
There was a snow-white braid behind his head, neatly and meticulously.
Luo Lie and his men stopped at the same time. Although the man sat next to the cauldron and did not move, they were all able to confirm that this person must be alive.
Bai Yunfei always maintained the style of a gangster, clasping his fists and said, "Senior, we have been in the treasure land, so I hope you won't be surprised if you are bothering me."
The man raised his right hand, and his wide sleeves slid down, revealing a dark, skinny arm. His five fingers were as thin as bird's claws, with sharp nails, and slowly waved his hand.
Luo Lie thought to himself that this person had lived underground for no reason. A long claustrophobia career would greatly damage a person's language ability. Perhaps he could no longer speak.
Fukuyama Uji whispered: "This person is weird."
Lu Weilin picked up his pistol and aimed at the man's head. As long as the weirdo made any abnormal movements, he would blow the man's head without hesitation.
Bai Yunfei lowered his voice and said, "Look at his clothes, they are the official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty."
Luo Lie suddenly remembered something that Ye Qinghong once told him. When the British and French allied forces broke into the Old Summer Palace to burn, kill and loot, Wen Feng, the Minister of Guanyuan in charge of the Old Summer Palace, committed suicide. There are many statements about Wen Feng's death. Some people say that Wen Feng was afraid of being guilty and committed suicide afterwards. Some people say that Wen Feng was loyal and brave, and chose to commit suicide in order to protect the secrets in the garden. After so many years of the incident, the truth has become unimportant. Anyway, Wen Feng's death has not allowed the Old Summer Palace to escape the successive disasters, and now it has become a ruin.
Could this person be Wen Feng? This thought quietly appeared in Luo Lie's mind.
Luo Lie walked forward two steps and carefully looked at the man's official uniform. Although it was so ragged that it was severely faded, some clues could still be seen. Luo Lie said: "Do you dare to ask, Lord Wen?"
The man slowly turned his head, but his body had not moved, but his head was rotating. The four of them were extremely courageous, but they were also frightened when they saw the scene in front of them. The face presented to them was more like a skeleton than a human.
Not only does this person have no flesh on his arms, but his face is also skinny and bone-like. His skin is absolutely abnormal. He is densely covered with black bumps the size of mung beans, with seven parts ghost appearance and three parts human form.
Luo Lie was not scared by this strange description, but still said politely: "Are you Lord Wen?"
The weird man looked at Luo Lie, then turned his neck back little by little. After a while, he heard a strange voice saying, "Which Lord Wen?"
The four of them also heard that the strange sound was not made through their throats. Bai Yunfei pointed to the stomach. The other party used ventral words and took effect by adjusting the air pressure in the abdomen. This is also one of the secret techniques in the martial arts world. Few people can master it. This martial art is often only practiced by some people with diseases in the throat. Ordinary people have no practical significance in practicing this martial arts, but it is extremely difficult to practice, and the practitioner needs to have extremely strong internal strength.
Luo Lie said: "Minister of the Yuanmingyuan Guanyuan, Lord Wen Fengwen!" He approached the strange man while speaking, paying attention to the person's breathing and heartbeat in both ears. With Luo Lie's recent rapid hearing and ear strength, he believed that he could grasp the subtle changes in the other party's breathing and heartbeat rhythm. However, what surprised Luo Lie was that the other party's breathing and heartbeat rhythm did not change at all. Even if he pointed out Wen Feng's name, the other party's emotions did not rise at all.
The other party said in a ventral voice: "I thought no one in this world remembers me anymore." He slowly stood up from the ground and turned around. Because his knees were too bent, he looked a little short, so his arms were extremely long, his hands were hanging to touch his knees, and his spine was bent very strongly. He looked like a large shrimp, staring at Luo Lie with a lifeless look: "You will all die!"
Lu Weilin said coldly: "Then let's see who will die first."
Chapter completed!