Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 68
After a few hours, it got dark.

Wu Liang and others finally searched the foot of the mountain and the mountainside, but they still found nothing.

"If there is no error in my brother's technique of 'dividing gold and fixing acupoints', we may have to turn back and look for it in the dense forest we passed through when we entered the valley."

Cao Ting yawned and said in disappointment.

Except for the Ba Tombs and the tombs of King Liang in Dangshan that were robbed before, most of the Han tombs are piled earthen tombs.

As a native of the Han Dynasty, Cao Ting inevitably had a fixed thinking about the form of the tomb. In addition, he didn't have much experience in tomb robbery. After exploring the mountain, he naturally thought that there was no need to go any further.

However, this kind of thinking is not completely unreasonable. Under normal circumstances, even if the stone tombs are surrounded by mountains, the entrances are set at the foot of the mountain or on the mountainside. Not only is the construction difficulty relatively low, but it is also more convenient for future generations to worship.

But there are no absolutes, everyone has different ideas, so there will always be some exceptions...

"Brother An Min, be safe and don't be impatient."

Wu Liang raised his head and looked at the entire foothills, and thought of a very special tomb case of later generations - the tomb of Zhao Yu, king of Nanyue in the Western Han Dynasty!
This tomb is neither an overturned bucket-shaped tomb nor a mausoleum built on the mountain, but an extremely rare "tomb made by splitting the mountain".

The so-called "splitting the mountain into a mausoleum" means splitting the rocks from the top of the mountain, digging out a vertical hole with a "convex" shape on the plane, and then opening horizontal holes from the east and west sides of the front end to form ear chambers, and opening a slope tomb passage in the south, so Chengling.

Because of its particularity, the entrance of such a tomb is set on the top of the mountain.

Therefore, it is impossible to find any traces if you only search at the bottom of the mountain. When you look up, you will only think that this is just an ordinary foothill.

So this mausoleum has been preserved for more than 2000 years.

It was not until June 1983 that it was unintentionally dug out by the construction team during the local infrastructure construction.

It was the first time that the Nanyue King’s tomb was seen in light after its burial, and everything in the tomb was well preserved. It can be seen that even in the era when tomb robbers were the most rampant in later generations, no one had found this tomb.

Hao Meng's men had been digging for so many days in the Valley of No Return despite the plague, but they had found nothing. Now they have checked the bottom of the mountain, leaving only a dense forest unexplored.

Could it be that very little remains of the area containing the tomb, perhaps because this one too was built in an unusual location?
"what happened?"

Cao Ting looked at Wu Liang strangely, but when he saw Wu Liang looking up the mountain, he laughed again, "Your talented brother, you don't doubt that the entrance of the tomb is on the mountain, do you? Someone would build a tomb on the mountain."

"I've heard of it. Anyway, it's not bad for a while. You might as well go up and have a look. Even if you don't, you may find new discoveries by climbing high and looking far."

Wu Liang patted Cao Tien on the shoulder, and led him to climb up the mountain where there was no path.

The soldiers also had good eyesight, so they rushed to the front and used their engineering shovels to cut off the thorn bushes to open the way for the two of them.

"go!"

Dian Wei followed behind, staring at Bai Jingjing blankly and urged.

"oh oh!"

I don't know why the girl was a little lost at this moment, she suddenly came back to her senses when she heard Dian Wei's urging, and trotted to follow.

at the same time.

Her gaze secretly looking at Wu Liang's back was much more complicated, with fear, surprise, doubt, worry, and some bewilderment.

As if in that body that was neither tall nor strong.

There lives a monster who can read people's hearts and all things, and nothing can escape his eyes...

at this time.

Wu Liang suddenly looked back at her.

!

Bai Jingjing was startled, she quickly lowered her head to avoid it, but her heart was beating non-stop.

But Wu Liang didn't say anything to her, he just raised the corners of his mouth to show a weird smile, and then turned back to continue climbing... You haven't seen the crooked God of War, have you?
……

When we reached the top of the mountain, it was completely dark.

"Woo-oo-oh-oh-oh-"

The biting cool wind blows through the valley in late autumn, and the "women's cry" that sounds in the valley every night comes, and everyone who hears it feels a little bit numb.

But it was precisely because the wind came first that the "women's cries" appeared, and Wu Liang felt much more at ease.

There is no doubt that this sound is the unique sound produced by the combination of special terrain and wind, a very normal natural phenomenon, and there is no need to take it seriously.

Cao Ting had already called in more troops ahead of time, and brought together torches for lighting.

It is said to prevent wild animals from appearing in the mountains, but the meaning of finding people to strengthen their courage is actually more obvious.

However, Wu Liang also agrees with Cao Ting's approach. It doesn't matter what the wild beasts are. The main ones are the tomb guards, whose vision is not good at night, so it is necessary to guard against possible sneak attacks by other grave guards.

The top of this foothill is fairly flat, not all rocky, with some land near the middle.

Moreover, some thicker cypress trees grew on the land, forming a small forest, which shows that the thickness of the soil layer here is quite considerable, otherwise such a forest would not grow.

Under the command of Wu Liang, several soldiers have already used Luoyang shovels to drill holes, and they dug to a depth of about 5 meters in a short time.

"My dear brother, come and see if there is a tomb down here?"

Cao Ting hurriedly came over and asked, according to the previous habits, Wu Liang could already "divide the gold and fix the acupoint" when he dug to this depth.

Several soldiers also stopped habitually, waiting for Wu Liang to make a judgment.

"It's hard to say now, let's continue to dig deeper."

Wu Liang said uncharacteristically.

In fact, when he said this, there was already a lot of waves in his heart.

Because the soil excavated here is different from the soil below, since the dug to a depth of 2 meters, the raised soil has become a big flower soil.

The so-called large flower soil refers to the natural soil that has been excavated and backfilled for a second time, disrupting the original layers and color boundaries, and turning it into a flower soil that combines various soil layers. Fusion is one of the important clues to find the tomb.

Moreover, it is still in this kind of place where it is almost impossible for humans to cultivate and live...

In other words, someone must have touched the ground below.

However, adhering to the spirit of scientific rigor, Wu Liang would not come to a conclusion in advance until he saw other soil properties that could prove that there was a tomb below.

So the soldiers continued to punch down.

When it was drilled to a depth of more than ten meters in this way, the soil brought up by this shovel finally changed again!

It was a kind of pure black gray matter powder, although it was pressed relatively tightly and was a little damp, but it would scatter like sand when it was lightly touched.

This is - charcoal powder!

"Congratulations, Brother An Min, I found it! This is the place, I dare to say that there must be a tomb under this place, and the brothers can dig it!"

Wu Liang finally bumped Cao Tin's shoulder hard, and grinned loudly.

　Thanks to the bosses of [Under the Red Clothes] and [Goodness] for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)