Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 66
It was early morning at this moment, everything was quiet, and various unknown bird calls came from the dark night.It was very cold at night, and the Tofu boy estimated that the fire would be more vigorous during the night watch, so there is not enough firewood now.

I thought that there was no accident in the first half of the night, so I was going to find some firewood nearby, so as not to suffer if the fire broke in the middle of the fire.

This is the top of the mountain, there are no tall trees, mostly shrubs, and there are shrubs not far from the cave. It is very convenient to collect firewood. The only thing that makes people feel uncomfortable is that there are many snakes here.

I used to go to the mountains often, and I am no stranger to all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants, but I have never seen so many snakes in any mountain. Just collecting firewood, I saw a small snake for two days. Under the bushes, when the bushes moved, they crawled away without a trace.

This situation is a bit abnormal, and I couldn't help thinking about the tomb of the ghost king Yulong.

According to the woman surnamed Ren, the one who owned the Eight Carp Doujiao Zhenhai Stone was a foreign dowry princess named Ge Geer in the Ming Dynasty.And why is this princess tomb called Yulong's tomb?
Snakes are also called small dragons among the people. Could it be that the person who made the Ghost King Yulong Cup did not refer to real dragons, but snakes here?

Is there any connection between these snakes and the princess tomb?

It seems that only Guangtou Wei knows the truth of the matter, after all, he was the only one who understood the information in the Ghost King Yulong Cup at that time.Although the woman surnamed Ren killed Fatty Lin, judging from their conversation in Jinmai at that time, there should be someone under her, and maybe she is rushing towards this place. After all, I am the same as Second Master Zhao now Together, this tomb of Princess Gegeer is about curses, if it is destroyed by that woman, things will be bad.

These thoughts turned in my mind, and my brain became more sober.The more it was like this, the more I felt my ears and eyes were clear. Suddenly, in the darkness, I seemed to hear a sound of footsteps approaching me.

The sound was far away, and at first I even thought it was a hallucination, but as the footsteps continued to approach, I couldn't help but clearly realized that someone was really coming.But if it is someone, in such a dark circle, he must have a light source, such as a flashlight, or even a torch.However, in front of me, from the direction the voice came from, was pitch black.

However, I am sure that the sound of footsteps is not my auditory hallucination. The situation is unknown at the moment, and I can't help being vigilant, so I immediately extinguished the flashlight.The moment the light disappeared, I heard a voice in front of me, it seemed very painful, I took a breath, and there was no sound after a muffled groan, and then there was a bang, which seemed to be the sound of someone falling to the ground, and then, again There was no movement either.

I waited for a while, but I didn't wake up. I knew something must have happened to that person. I immediately turned on the flashlight, moved forward, and looked along the light of the flashlight. I saw a place about ten meters away in front of me. people.

Walking into one, the man was not Bald Wei, but a man I had never seen before.

I turned him over, and saw that this man was thin, with a yellow complexion, about 40 years old, the most peculiar thing was his hands, the palms were also thin, but the ten fingers were very long, and each finger could be Easily see yellow calluses.

Although I don't know this man, I can guess his identity with just these hands.

Grave robbery is a technical job.The site selection, structure, and mechanism of the tomb require a lot of hard work. Tomb robbers want to obtain the treasures in the tomb, they must know the secrets of the site selection of the tomb, the architectural structure, and even be able to make and crack the mechanism.The cracking of this mechanism is a technique, and those who are familiar with this technique call it 'hands-on' in jargon.

The palm hand is different from the palm eye. The palm eye understands more and more complicated things, while the palm hand only needs to understand one thing, and that is the mechanism.

The most famous master in modern times is Sun Caishen in Luoyang. My grandfather once mentioned an interesting story about Sun Caishen in his notes.Sun Caishen has a pair of hands called "half cents".

Some people may find it strange that even if a person has a nickname, why do they still have a nickname?This story is very interesting.This God of Wealth is also a tomb robber who digs mushrooms, but he usually does not work alone, he always finds someone to work with him. In the team, he is mainly responsible for cracking the mechanism. His hands are very dexterous, and it is said that he has touched any mechanism. Things will never be forgotten.

If you touch a bowl, you can know the size, size, weight, and even the patterns painted on the surface of the bowl, and you will never forget it.He is a man who is strict with his wife and is afraid of his wife, but he does not change his lust and always goes shopping in brothels behind his back.

His wife didn't know his character, and she always wanted to teach him a lesson, but she suffered from no evidence. As the old saying goes, catch the thief and take the stolen goods, and catch the adulterer and catch the double.His wife thought of an idea and went to Cuiyun Tower to keep an eye on him.

Soon, Sun Caishen swayed and went to talk to his favorite Xiao Taohua. His wife bought Xiao Taohua and got into bed by herself.Sun Caishen came in and took a look, smiled obscenely, and said, "Little beauty, you are really anxious. I just came, and you were waiting for me on the bed." Didn't see the other person's face clearly.

However, when he grasped it, something was definitely wrong, and he shouted: "No! It's a little small, and it's half a millimeter away. It's not a little peach blossom, it's my wife!" His wife lifted the quilt, grabbed his ear and scolded: "Good job! An old grave-digger, who runs around outside behind my back all day long, and dares to think I'm young. If I don't hit you today, you'll be full of smiles, and you won't know why the flowers are so red." His wife is big and thick, With all his strength, he beat Sun Caishen until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. From then on, he got the nickname of "half cent".

This pair of mechanical hands that know the size at the touch is a skill passed down from father to son, master to apprentice, and it will not take a day to practice it.It is said that when practicing finger strength, a piece of heavy iron lead is dropped on each finger, and these fingers are used to play the guqin after finishing.

The iron and lead are heavy, and the fingers are stiff and trembling. Playing the piano will definitely go out of tune. You have to practice until your fingers are wrapped around the iron and lead, and the sound is like flowing water.

The man in front of me had a pair of "mechanical hands" very clearly, and I immediately realized in my heart that this man must be one of the helpers hired by Bald Wei, why did he fall here?Could it be that something happened to Baldy Wei and the others?
I quickly stretched out my hand to check for his breath, but fortunately he was still breathing, and there was no obvious trauma on his body, and I don't know how he passed out. Immediately, I could only take him back to the cave.

When I entered the cave, I woke up Tofu, and without bothering to explain to him, I asked him to turn on the kettle and pour some water into the hand of the mechanism. I pinched people and knocked on the vest. It took me a long time to get over my breath and cough. After a few beeps, Yoyo woke up and said in a weak tone, "Ouch... Where am I?"

Tofu leaned his head over and said, "I'm Niutou, he's Horse Noodles, we two will take you back to your hometown."

The organ hand blinked his eyes, how could he be fooled by tofu, moaned a few times, and said: "I see, the two of you must be Brother Chen and Brother Dou, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Tofu wanted to scare people, but in the end, people were not fooled at all. He was a little frustrated and asked, "How do you know us?"

The organ hand said: "Brother Wei said that if you meet two men, one with a cold face, one with a hot face, one with a calm and wise face, and one with an unreliable mischief, it must be you two." After finishing speaking, looking at the tofu, he said: "Brother Dou, you are too unreliable. Even if you look like a bull's head, this Brother Chen doesn't look like a horse face."

After listening to this, I became more fond of this person, and said: "This old man is a man of understanding. You hurried up the mountain in the middle of the night, and then suddenly fainted. What happened?"

The organ slapped his forehead fiercely, and said: "Something went wrong, Brother Wei and the three of them are trapped. Didn't I escape to rescue the soldiers?" Trapped?I was startled, and thought to myself, could it be that Bald Wei and the others have already entered the ancient tomb?How can I be trapped?Thinking about it this way, I couldn't help saying: "Even if there is an agency, there should be nothing wrong with you. How did they get trapped?"

The organ hand became anxious, and immediately told the two of us what happened. Tofu and I were dumbfounded after hearing this, because we didn't expect such weird things to happen in the mountains.

(End of this chapter)