Tomb Raider: I Can Hear Antiques Talk

Chapter 13 Cang Temple

The three of them were crawling in the dark burglary hole. This burglary hole first sloped down less than ten meters along the entrance of the hole, and then turned to be parallel to the ground.

Xiao Ran is both excited and puzzled now, what is exciting is that he did not expect to enter the stage of fighting so soon.

But if this becomes Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan's first experience of fighting against each other, does that count as rewriting the original story line?Will there be new changes later?

Things have come to this point, we can only take one step at a time.The big deal is that as before, I have to spend a little more time to drag them back to the "right path".

Thinking of these two words, Xiao Ran himself felt dumbfounded...

"Here we are!" Hu Bayi suddenly shouted after climbing another 20 meters.

In order to save electricity, neither Xiao Ran nor Fatty turned on the flashlight, only Hu Bayi who was leading the charge turned on the flashlight to lead the way.

Xiao Ran tilted his head and saw the outline of a hole in front of Hu Bayi, and the damaged tomb bricks on the edge of the hole were faintly visible.

Hu Bayi looked around, turned over and jumped down.Fatty turned over and jumped down like Hu Bayi, only to hear a "plop", and a burst of dust rose from the hole instantly.

Xiao Ran followed closely behind, looking with his head, it turned out that the hole was less than two meters from the ground.He saw the fat man getting up and rubbing his butt, then he jumped down easily with a suppressed smile.

All three of them turned on their flashlights, and the not-so-bright light revealed the outline of the tomb.Just as Hu Bayi said, this is definitely not the tomb of a wealthy family, let alone a prince or noble.

In the square and simple tomb, a simple wooden coffin in the middle was covered with dust.

Fatty looked at the unopened coffin, and was delighted to use the shovel to pry the lid off.

"Fatty stop! What are you doing?" Hu Bayi hurriedly stopped him.

The fat man was taken aback for a moment, then he suddenly realized a candle and ran to the southeast corner to light it.

Hu Bayi hurried over, snatched the candle and said, "Your uncle, do I mean that?"

The fat man was a little confused: "Did I get the wrong direction?"

Hu Bayi was about to be laughed at by him, and took out the Mojin Talisman on his chest and waved it in front of his eyes: "We are the Captain Mojin, not a grave robber! We agreed before not to touch the coffins of ordinary people You can see that the wooden wedge on the coffin lid is still intact, which means that the tomb robbers who dug the hole before did not touch it, so how can we be less enlightened than him?"

Only then did the fat man understand what Hu Bayi meant, and he said with a sneer, "I'm just practicing my hands. Let's go through a process. We have to learn to fight while fighting..."

Xiao Ran suddenly thought of something, and asked Hu Bayi: "Master Hu, there is a distance of more than 20 meters from the entrance of the robbery cave to the entrance of this tomb. The robbery cave is also so noisy? From a tomb, the last To another tomb?"

Hu Bayi said: "I was wondering just now how the hole was stolen and made like this. And from the coffin of the owner of the tomb, I can only guess that the purpose of the person who made the hole is not here. I don't know if he is Is it intentional, or is it just a wrong hole..."

Just as he was talking, the fat man not far away shouted again: "Come and see! That bastard must have gotten into it!"

They quickly ran to the side of the fat man. Behind a screen wall, there was a hole half the height of a person, and there were fresh blood stains around the hole.There is a gust of wind blowing in the cave, exuding a faint fishy smell.

"This time, we are just passing by, and the purpose is to catch that scourge. Don't blame me for disturbing you..."

Xiao Ran clasped his hands together and murmured silently. He didn't know whether he was really speaking to the tomb owner, or to the other two, or to some unknown power, telling it that this would not count , just by accident.

Hu Bayi took a picture of the cave and said, "There is still a bend in front of this cave, so we can only continue to drill in."

The three of them didn't say much, and got into the hole again.

After climbing a certain distance further, and after several turns, they came to an empty cave again.This is larger than the previous tomb, but it is not like man-made excavation. There are many small scratches on some walls of the cave, like the claw marks of some animals.

In the center of the hole, there is also a mound of fine gravel and soil, on which a lot of hay is spread.

Xiao Ran took a photo with a flashlight and found some blood stains on it. He thought this might be the old lair of the scorpion. It just rested here, but now there is no trace of it in this cave.

The three of them searched around the wall of the cave with flashlights, and they found three more small openings. It seemed that this was a fork in the road. They didn't know which one the beast went through, so they had to split up one by one.

Xiao Ran crawled forward along one of the small holes, observing the wall of the hole along the way, there were all those tiny claw marks.When he thought of the hundreds of yellow skins just now, he inevitably panicked.

At this time, his vision is not enough, so his hearing is coming in. He can always hear some rustling sounds, as if something is running with him in the surrounding walls.

"Master Xiao..."

A sound came from far and near, and Xiao Ran's scalp suddenly went numb, wondering if it was a hallucination.

"Boss Xiao..."

There was another call, and at the same time, some rare earths fell from his ears.

He felt the sound coming from the top of his head, and quickly turned to look upwards, only to see a hole above, and on the other side of the hole, a big face was staring at him.

He was so frightened that his heart shook, and after seeing the face clearly, he let out a long sigh of relief, and said with a wry smile: "Fatty Master, why are you up there, you scared me to death..."

"I don't know, I came up here after a lot of turning and turning." The fat man chuckled, "I just climbed to the end of this side, and there is a big cesspit inside, and the smell of feces and urine makes my eyes hurt!"

"The cesspit?" Xiao Ran was puzzled, "What cesspit? Is there someone digging the cesspit underground?"

"It's not human, it looks like a mouse or a rabbit, but some of them are very big... Oh, I'm so disgusted, I'll go find you first." The fat man crawled in the opposite direction after speaking.

Xiao Ran slowed down and crawled forward, and after a while, he found a faint light approaching from the right front, and there was another small hole there.

He crawled to the side of the small hole and waited quietly, and soon Hu Bayi's face appeared on the other side of the hole.

"Old Hu, Master Hu! Did you see the big dung pile?" Xiao Ran hurriedly greeted.

Hu Bayi was also taken aback, and then shouted to Xiao Ran: "Boss Xiao, there are two forks in front of me, one side looks like a nest, full of mounds and hay, and the other side looks like a granary, with a lot of grain piled up. "

Xiao Ran was puzzled, and asked: "The fat man passed over my head just now, and he said that there is a big dung heap over there. Master Hu, what kind of place is this? Why are you eating, drinking, and drinking?"

Hu Bayao: "It's either a yellow-skinned nest or a rat nest. But this rat nest is a bit too big for anyone to get into. I'll meet you first..."

After Hu Bayi finished speaking, he also hurriedly crawled towards the entrance.

Not long after, Fatty and Hu Bayi arrived behind Xiao Ran.The three of them summed up what they had seen and heard just now, and they all seemed to hear faint rustling sounds, as if there was something in the cave wall.Moreover, there are many large and small holes on the cave wall along the way, most of which are impossible for people to pass through.

It seems that there is only the road in front of him now, so Xiao Ran took the lead and continued to climb forward.

After turning a few more turns, he saw from a distance that the end of the cave was a dead end, and he was suddenly discouraged.It seems that the half-lived Xie Jie no longer knew which hole to escape through, so they had to go back the same way.

The fat man behind him also took a picture inside with a flashlight, and said, "Boss Xiao, look inside, is there a painting?"

Xiao Ran looked carefully, it seemed that the cave wall at the end was indeed colorful and colorful.

It's here, let's see it.The three of Xiao Ran climbed to the end and took a closer look, only to see a person dressed like a God of Wealth painted on the mural, holding Ruyi in his right hand, ingots in his left hand, and grains and copper coins under the seat.

If you want to say that it is the God of Wealth, it is not as kind-eyed and long-bearded as the usual five-way God of Wealth, but has a sharp mouth and long ears and fine eyes.

Xiao Ran was about to get closer to have a closer look, when he suddenly felt his feet loosen, and accompanied by a "crash" sound of earth and rocks, his whole body suddenly lost weight and fell.

Fortunately, the fat man behind him was quick, and immediately grabbed his arm.When the pile of earth and rocks was gone, he found a platform less than two meters below his feet, which was close to the vertical wall behind him.On the other side of the platform, there are man-made stone steps.

"Masters, there is a way down!" Xiao Ran hurriedly shouted.

The three of them went down to the platform along the stone wall, walked up the stairs for tens of meters, and a slightly opened stone gate stood in front of them.

Xiao Ran illuminated the surroundings of the stone gate with a flashlight, and found that there were also large and small holes on the walls around the stone gate.One of the holes was covered with blood stains, and the blood stains went all the way down to the stone gate.

"It seems that the animal is here, let's close the door and beat the dog... beat the skin!" The fat man was full of enthusiasm.

The three hurriedly pried open the stone door, and found that there was a spacious stone hall inside. In the middle of the stone hall, against the wall, was enshrined a statue, which was exactly the same as the portrait just now.

"This is Cangshen Temple." Hu Bayi looked around and said, "It's also the temple dedicated to gray immortals..."

"There is also a temple for mice?" Xiao Ran was surprised.

"Hey, you don't know that. People here believe in the Five Immortals, and there are temples for the Five Immortals. When Lao Hu and I joined the queue, we even burned down a temple for the Yellow Immortals!" said the fat man.

"Good man, something is coming!" Yin Yang Jing said suddenly.

The rustling sound became louder and closer, rushing over like a stream of water.

The three of them raised their flashlights to look around, and saw rats, big and small, coming out of the holes in the stone wall one after another, and surrounded them.

And behind them, a large mound of soil is constantly rising, and it seems that something is about to drill out of it.

(End of this chapter)