Tomb raiding: Intercepting Yin Xinyue and building a family of immortals

Su Chen came to Changsha City for two purposes: first, to purchase various utensils for cooking, and second, to inquire about the situation at Biaozi Ridge!

As mentioned earlier, Biaozi Ridge is larger than Lishan Mountain, stretching for more than 20 miles. If you include some smaller hills, the area is even larger.

Even if Su Chen had the Dragon-Seeking Technique, he still needed to determine the approximate location, otherwise it would take a lot of time just to find the general location of the Blood Corpse Tomb.

Time waits for no one. Zhang Qishan has now risen to prominence and his reputation among the Nine Gates is growing daily.

If he were to nearly unify the Nine Gates and establish rules, it would only become more difficult for the Su family to gain a foothold in Changsha City.

So, Su Chen led the two of them around the city for half a day.

After asking many elderly people in the city, I finally figured out the general situation of Biaoziling.

Biaozi Ridge is also a branch of the Longhua Mountain Range, but it is in a completely different direction from Lishan.

One south and one north.

Moreover, compared to Lishan, the environment of Biaoziling is more severe.

It is said that in earlier years, there were wolves in the mountains that killed traveling merchants.

This caused widespread panic and severely impacted north-south freight transport.

The government had no choice but to organize hunters to hunt and wipe out the wolf pack at Biaozi Ridge several times before they finally managed to kill them all.

But who knew that a few years later, the railway from the north to Changsha would begin construction.

Moreover, with the completion of the railway, few people travel along the mountain road of Biaoziling anymore.

Aside from that, we didn't get any more useful information!

"It seems we still need to conduct several on-site investigations to confirm the approximate location of the Blood Corpse Tomb."

Su Chen thought to himself, just about to speak!

Black-backed Old Six's gaze suddenly darkened, and he lowered his voice, saying, "Someone is following us!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yitian was taken aback and instinctively turned his head.

But then they heard the black-backed old man shout softly, "Don't turn around, you'll alert them. Use your peripheral vision to look around the street corner!"

Suppressing his doubts, Su Chen glanced at the scene out of the corner of his eye, following Black-backed Old Six's instructions.

really!

Not far away at the street corner, two teenagers were staring at them with amusement on their faces.

Upon seeing this, Su Chen was filled with surprise and doubt.

He didn't bring much money with him on this trip to Changsha. He hadn't even bought anything yet, so how could he have been targeted?

Was it the Huo family from last time, or the foreign firm?

After thinking about it, he still rejected the idea.

Whether it's the Huo family or the foreign firms in the city, a few hundred silver dollars wouldn't be enough to make them go to great lengths!

Thinking of this, Su Chen shook his head and said softly, "Whether he's a human or a ghost, he'll eventually slip up!"

After saying this, he touched the handles of two Mauser pistols under his short jacket at his waist, and suddenly felt very confident!

He now possesses master-level marksmanship, probably even surpassing Partridge Whistle's.

With two Mauser pistols in hand, even twenty or thirty ordinary people might not be a match for him.

We're not afraid of these two brats!

Thinking of this, Su Chen waved his hand and said directly, "Let's go, let's go to the blacksmith shop first."

Soon, the three arrived at the blacksmith's shop, gave the iron sword a silver dollar as a deposit, and ordered three pairs of grappling hooks, three special digging shovels, some iron chains, and some steel wire!

The so-called "tent claw" is the iron claw often seen in period dramas, used by thieves.

It is best suited for climbing or hooking items.

As for the custom-made digging shovel, it is actually a Luoyang shovel.

The Luoyang shovel, as the name suggests, is a tomb-robbing shovel that has been passed down from the Luoyang area.

Around the mid-Ming Dynasty, it began to circulate among tomb raiders in the north, and it wasn't until the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties that it spread to tomb raiders in the south.

This type of shovel also has another name: the probe shovel.

The shovel head is only two inches long, concave, and U-shaped semicircle.

When the probe is inserted into the ground, it can stir up soil.

The handle of the Luoyang shovel can be nested together to extend its length, allowing it to penetrate dozens of meters underground.

The best part is that this probe can be used to go deep underground without expending too much effort, and it can bring up the soil layer intact.

Experienced tomb raiders or grave robbers can determine whether there is an ancient tomb underground by looking at the soil layer on their shovels.

Su Chen explained his requirements to the blacksmith and agreed to pick it up in three days.

Then, he and Black-backed Old Six walked out of the blacksmith shop.

"Brother Chen, there are more following behind!"

"Never mind that, let's get out of the city first!"

As Su Yitian left Changsha City, his expression became tense.

However, after observing for a while and not seeing anyone following behind, his tense nerves finally relaxed.

"The person is missing."

"These people must be jealous because they saw we bought a lot of grain last time..."

Su Yitian cursed angrily.

Before he could finish speaking, a dozen or so burly men suddenly emerged from the bushes not far away.

The leader of these people was a dark-skinned man with a full beard.

Standing beside him were the two teenagers who had been secretly following them.

The two boys whispered a few words to the burly man, whose face instantly darkened, and he glared at Su Chen and his companions with eyes that seemed to spit fire.

He took a few steps forward and shouted at Su Chen and the other two, "You lot, don't you know the rules of Changsha? You're trying to get your hands on your grandpa's head!"

Upon hearing this, Su Chen and the other two exchanged bewildered glances, none of them understanding the meaning behind the burly man's words.

Before they could figure it out, the burly man pulled a short knife from his waist and shouted, "All of you, get him! Break one of their arms and teach them a lesson!"

Seeing that a battle was inevitable, Su Chen turned and ordered, "Xiao Tian, ​​step back!"

Su Yitian came to the city without a gun and knew he couldn't be of any help, so he quickly stepped back a few paces.

At this moment, Black-backed Old Six slowly took off the Guanshan knife from his back.

Facing a dozen or so menacing, burly men, he remained expressionless, as if he were facing only a dozen fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered.

The black man was tall, easily over 1.9 meters.

This is indeed extremely rare in the South; just standing there exudes a sense of oppression!

At this moment, he charged forward with a sharp blade, appearing like a small mountain, as if he could destroy everything in his path.

Su Chen took a deep breath, not intending to give Blackback Six a chance to make a move.

He quickly pulled out two Mauser pistols from his waistband and then began a jaw-dropping performance!

Bang bang bang!

More than a dozen gunshots rang out in succession.

The dark-skinned man, along with the dozen or so burly men behind him, were all shot in the arm.

In an instant, all of these people dropped their short knives to the ground, their faces pale as they clutched their arms and screamed in agony.

The burly black man knelt on the ground, his face showing not only pain but also boundless panic!

Further away, the two boys who had tipped them off froze on the spot, wondering if they were hallucinating!

In just a few breaths, more than a dozen shots were fired.

What's even more amazing is that all of those dozen or so shots hit their mark, yet none of them were fatal.

It simply rendered these people incapable of fighting.

The two boys' mouths were agape, and the scene became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

With a cold face, Su Chen slowly stepped forward and pressed the muzzle of the gun against the burly man's forehead.

"Tell me, who do you want to teach a lesson to?"