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

After a moment's thought, Su Chen pointed to two locations on the map and said in a deep voice, "Let's try our luck at Lishan first. If we can't find the tomb there, then we'll go to Ningxiang Mountain. If we still can't find it in two days, we'll come back first."

This world is a world of thieves and thieves, including the Nine Gates and the Tomb Raiders.

In other words, those ancient tombs that once existed also exist in this world.

The closest sites to Changsha City are the Blood Corpse Tomb at Biaozi Ridge and the Qingwuzi Tomb beneath the surrounding mines.

However, these two tombs are both incredibly strange.

Let's start with the ancient tomb at Biaoziling. Wu Laogou's grandfather, father, and second brother all perished in this tomb.

For decades afterward, Wu Laogou remained deeply resentful.

As for the Qingwuzi Tomb beneath the mine, it is even more dangerous.

The Japanese army, along with the older generation of Nine Gates masters and Zhang Qishan's generation of Nine Gates masters, probably lost at least a thousand people in the Qingwuzi Tomb.

It can be said that these two ancient tombs are more dangerous than the last!

The Wu family is at least a century-old family of tomb raiders, what does Su Chen have?

Five hotheads, plus an old bow and a goose-feather saber!

Going off to excavate the Blood Corpse Tomb like that, are you trying to give the Blood Corpse some snacks?

However, after hearing this, Su Renxiu asked in surprise, "Xiao Chen, aren't we going hunting?"

"Hunting? In this state of affairs, where are you going to find prey to hunt?" Su Renzhao shook his head and said.

When a great famine struck, there was nothing to eat, and the game that could be hunted in the mountains had long been hunted to death by hunters.

Those few who weren't caught have long since fled into untouched primeval forests like Shennongjia.

The idea of ​​hunting on the nearby hills is simply wishful thinking.

Su Ling'er and the other two swallowed hard and asked cautiously.

"Brother Chen, where are we going?"

Su Chen laughed and blinked as he explained, "Excavating an ancient tomb, being a tomb raider for a day!"

After saying this, Su Chen's expression turned serious, and his gaze swept over Su Ling'er and the other two.

“As you can see, twenty catties of grain can only last a few days at most, not enough to feed the whole village. If you want to survive in this world, you have to take a different path. This operation may be very dangerous! If you don’t want to do it, or if you’re afraid, say so now, and I’ll find someone else to replace you.”

Young people are most afraid of being provoked. As soon as Su Chen said this, the three people who were originally a little scared immediately straightened their chests.

Even Su Yitian, who had previously been surrounded by disaster victims and terrified, now held his head high like a fighting rooster.

"Brother Chen, I'm not afraid, I'll go with you! A tomb raider is fine, as long as I can get enough to eat, I'll even rebel with you!"

After Su Yitian finished expressing his opinion, the other two hurriedly followed suit.

"Me too."

Seeing that everyone was full of enthusiasm, Su Chen nodded in satisfaction and then instructed, "Then everyone go and prepare. If you have shovels or short-handled shovels at home, bring them too."

"Xiao Tian, ​​you're in charge of finding Fourth Sister and asking her to allocate some grain to make some dry rations for us to take with us. We'll set off at dawn tomorrow! Remember, this must be kept secret. Don't tell anyone. We'll tell everyone after we get the treasures from the tomb and sell them for money."

Su Ling'er and the other two quickly patted their chests, indicating that they would absolutely not tell.

Then, following Su Chen's instructions, they each went to make their preparations.

Looking at their expressions, Su Chen shook his head helplessly.

He was accompanied by a few novices, and even he himself was a novice, just a theoretical strategist like Zhao Kuo.

If possible, he would certainly like to bring muskets and cannons along to ensure everyone's safety to the greatest extent possible.

But who can blame us for being so stingy with the system? We didn't get any money or weapons!

"If I had a Hanyang rifle... I'd be willing to go into the Blood Corpse Tomb and take a gamble!"

Silent all night.

The next morning, it was just dawn.

Su Chen, along with his fourth and sixth uncles, and Su Ling'er, the three young people, quickly gathered at the village entrance.

Su Ling'er carried a bundle containing the steamed buns that Fourth Aunt and several other women had made overnight! Enough for the six of them for two days.

The remaining grain, along with some tree bark and the like, could barely sustain us for three days if we just cooked plain porridge.

Su Ling'er took out steamed buns and distributed them to everyone. The buns were about the size of a palm and contained wheat bran, making them look dark.

Su Chen tried taking a bite, and immediately frowned. This pancake could only be described in three words: incredibly spicy and pungent!

But when they turned around, they found that Su Renzhao and the others were eating with great relish.

It even licked the crumbs off its hands clean.

Su Chen shrugged, realizing that he was being too dramatic and hadn't fully adapted to this era.

He took a deep breath, quickly finished the rough flatbread in his hand, and then waved his hand, saying, "Let's go!"

……

Lishan is more than 50 li away from Sujia Village. If they walk quickly, they will reach the foot of the mountain around noon.

Along this route, there were many refugees fleeing famine.

Without exception, they were all dressed in rags and looked emaciated!

Similarly, without exception, these refugees all had an ambiguous look in their eyes when they saw Su Ling'er, especially the bundle on her back.

Fortunately, most of them were carrying weapons, even the two lads, Su Yihu and Su Yitian, each had a shovel.

Seeing this, the refugees, no matter what thoughts they had, dared not actually go forward.

They simply passed by Su Chen's team in silence!

As they traveled, Su Chen noticed that the closer they got to Lishan, the fewer civilians or refugees they encountered on the road.

Su Renzhao noticed the confusion in Su Chen's eyes and explained with a smile, "The land here is barren, and there aren't many households. Apart from three or five hunting families, very few people come here!"

Su Renxiu, carrying the old bow, chimed in.

“I’ve heard that these hunter families have all fled to escape famine. There’s a hunter family I used to know about a little over a mile ahead.”

Su Chen nodded, then looked up at Lishan Mountain in the distance.

Although Lishan is called a mountain, it is not actually very high, with an altitude of only two or three hundred meters.

Moreover, Lishan is just a satellite peak of the Longhua Mountain Range.

The Longhua Mountain Range stretches for 28 kilometers and has a total of 72 peaks of varying sizes.

Lishan is just one of the most inconspicuous mountains among them.

Because of the locust plague, not only were the people's farmlands desolate, but the surrounding mountains also suffered.

Even before winter arrived, the entire Lishan Mountain was already completely bare.

Su Chen glanced at it twice, then turned and said, "It's getting late, and everyone must be tired from walking all this way. Let's go to that hunter's house to rest for a while, have a good meal, and then head into the mountains!"

"Alright! Just follow me."

Su Renxiu smiled and led the group through a maze of trees until they finally found a wooden house behind a grove of trees.

This house is a typical Miao stilted house, suspended in mid-air above the ground.

Wooden houses are generally divided into three floors: the upper floor is for storing grain, the middle floor is for living, and the lower floor is enclosed by a fence to keep livestock.

Outside the stilted house, many weeds have grown, indicating that it has been uninhabited for a long time.

Changsha City is predominantly Han Chinese, but also has a few scattered ethnic minorities.

People such as the Tujia, Miao, and Bai are among the most common ethnic groups besides the Han.

Su Chen asked with slight surprise, "Sixth Uncle, your friend is from a Miao village?"

"Yes, 'Baodongha' is still the best hunter in the Miao village, but seven or eight years ago he wanted to marry a Han girl, but the village chief disagreed. In a fit of anger, 'Baodongha' took the Han girl and broke away from the village chief, moved to Changsha, and settled here."

Miao women are skilled in singing and dancing, while the men make a living by fishing and hunting.

However, the Miao people have always lived in villages and especially prohibit intermarriage with people of other ethnic groups.

This situation has remained unchanged for thousands of years.

Su Chen nodded and waved for everyone to go upstairs and rest for a while.

But just as Su Ling'er reached the top of the stairs and pushed open the door, she suddenly screamed and took two steps back.

"What's wrong, Ling'er?"

Su Chen's expression changed, and he hurriedly drew the goose feather knife from his back, running upstairs in three steps.

Su Ling'er, still in shock, pointed into the room, her face pale, and said, "Brother Xiao Chen, there's... there's a dead person inside!"