Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 420: I Can Only Rely on You, Standard Burglary Hole

Just a little mucus was sprayed on my ankle, but it hurt so much that my legs were shaking.

If you were sprayed all over your body, you would be in so much pain that you would pass out.

I finally understood Huang Ziran's pain.

I also understand why he lost his ability to move so quickly.

I pulled my legs into the kang hole as quickly as possible, then pulled the fire door closed with my backhand.

Bang!

The fire door is closed.

The light also disappeared.

It was so dark in the kang that you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

Bang! Bang!

The fire door made of thin iron sheets kept making crisp sounds of being hit.

I guess the corpse beetle was unwilling to let the food slip away after it was in its mouth.

They banged on the fire door like crazy, trying to bury us.

The clanging sounds became more and more frequent.

Like a violent storm.

My heart was also lifted up.

I don’t know how long that thin iron door can last.

And corpse beetles are so good at digging.

If they find another way to chase us through underground, Huang Ziran and I will have no way to escape.

"Yellow Team!"

"are you OK?"

I asked as I took out a match and struck it.

I thought that if the secret passage I guessed really existed, there would still be a glimmer of hope.

laugh!

The match burned.

The bean-sized orange flame illuminated the kang hole.

I hurriedly looked around the kang hole carefully.

Sure enough, there was a secret passage in the deepest corner of the kang.

The secret passage is rectangular.

It can hold two earthen dustpans at the same time.

It is a standard Guanzhong tomb-stealing hole shape!

This is the first time I've seen someone digging a hole in a kang.

However, in the following decades, as the crackdown on tomb robbing became increasingly severe and cultural heritage protection work became more and more meticulous, tomb robbers used all kinds of magical powers to steal tombs.

A hole can be dug anywhere.

Later, I robbed an imperial tomb that was listed as a national cultural relic protection unit.

First, he rented a house from an old bachelor in a village 300 meters away from the mausoleum.

After renting his house for half a month and getting to know him, I invited him to drink every night.

And put sleeping pills in his wine to make him fall asleep.

He then led his men down into the cellar of his house and dug a hole towards the imperial tomb.

The reason why it is so troublesome is that the imperial tomb is heavily protected.

There are patrols every two hours every night.

In order to avoid being discovered by patrols and ruining the opportunity to rob the tomb, they chose a very difficult long-distance excavation mode.

Many people think digging a tunnel is easy.

Isn't it just digging down with a shovel?

Actually it is not.

Especially when digging a deep and long hole, the most difficult part is how to avoid deflection.

If the tunnel is too deep or too long, people's sense of direction will be affected.

It's like walking in a straight line with your eyes closed.

When you walk about twenty meters and open your eyes, you will find that you have actually walked in an arc.

Another thing is that digging a tunnel that is too deep or too long can easily lead to landslides.

Especially in areas with soft soil.

So digging a hole is a big science...

Let’s get back to the present.

When I saw the standard Guanzhong-style tomb-robbing hole in the corner, questions arose in my mind.

The height of the kang hole is limited, so people can only lie down inside.

I can't even squat.

Let alone digging such a standard tunnel while lying down, even digging a small hole is difficult.

When did Zheng Erbo dig this tunnel?

Could it be that this thief's hole was dug before the kang was built?!

At this time, the match has burned to the end.

I quickly threw away the matchstick I was holding.

Huang Ziran said in the darkness: "For now, I won't die."

"It just hurts. It hurts so much that I can't move."

"I can only rely on you."

I didn't strike another match.

After all, the number of matches is limited.

If you scratch one less, it’s better to save it for the critical moment.

Huang Ziran continued, “These corpse beetles are artificially cultivated.”

"Much more powerful than ordinary corpse beetles."

"Uncle Zheng Er is not simple."

"Be more careful."

I was slightly stunned.

Artificially cultivating corpse beetles?

Is it the same as raising a Gu?

But this is Guanzhong Road, not Xiangxi!

Why did Uncle Zheng Er raise this thing?

As I was pondering this, I felt the ground shaking slightly.

It seemed as if something was about to burst out of the ground.

broken!

The corpse beetle really dug the ground and chased after me!

I didn't dare to waste any more time and dragged Huang Ziran towards the hole in the corner.

When I got to the cave, I was in trouble.

Huang Ziran’s mobility hadn’t recovered yet, so he couldn’t go down the cave at all!

hum!

The sound of corpse beetles flapping their wings came from behind my ears!

The corpse beetles have already crawled in!

Huang Ziran smiled bitterly as if accepting his fate and said, "I don't have the energy to go down."

"You go."

"Leaving me here can buy you some more time."

"Remember to be careful of Uncle Zheng!"

"If you manage to escape, don't forget to report everything that happened to the bureau."

I bit my lip hard.

But I was torn between conscience and desire.

Do you really want to give up Huang Ziran?

For a moment, a little person in my heart shouted: "Leave him alone, run away! Leave him here as cannon fodder!"

But I quickly suppressed the evil voice in my heart.

You can’t just ignore death!

What's more, this is not a desperate situation with no way out!

I pulled Huang Ziran onto my body with force.

Then he put his arms around my neck.

I also took out a rope from my bag and tied his hands together.

This way I could use his arms to hang his body on me.

"What are you doing?" Huang Ziran asked in confusion.

"I'll take you with me."

"Get down into the hole and hold on to me as hard as you can!"

After saying that, I supported my upper body with my hands.

Push your legs hard into the hole.

My legs slowly dropped into the cave, and I used my feet to search for the footrests carved out of the cave wall.

Well, footrest is a standard feature of Guanzhong-style tunnel digging.

The holes are drilled to such a standard, so there must be no shortage of pedals.

Feel the recessed footrests with your toes.

Push your right foot into the pedals to support your body, and then use your left foot to find a pedal further down.

Once you get used to the spacing between the pedals, it will feel like walking down stairs.

Huang Ziran tried his best to clamp his legs around my waist.

Hang your body on me as much as you can.

Buzz!

When I was completely down in the cave, the sound of corpse beetles flapping their wings was everywhere above my head.

Mucus drips down from time to time.

Fortunately, only a few drops landed on my arm.

The pain made me grit my teeth and hold on.

Five steps, six steps, seven steps...

I silently counted the steps down.

It is estimated that the distance between the pedals is about 25 centimeters.

Four steps down is one meter in depth.

I counted thirty-two steps in a row, but still hadn't reached the bottom of the cave.

This means the hole is more than eight meters deep!

How could a blind man like Zheng Erbo dig such a deep hole?!

Who dug this hole?

After another twelve steps down, my feet finally touched solid ground.

The cold and chilly air underground was mixed with a stale smell.

Smells very unpleasant.

I untied the rope tied around Huang Ziran's hands and let him lean against the wall of the cave.

Then he took out a match and struck it.

laugh!

The fire lit up.

Directly ahead is a cave with no end in sight.

The walls of the cave are all marked with traces of ramming.

This is done by tamping the excavated soil into the cave wall while digging.

It can not only ensure that the hole is not dug out of the ground, but also avoid landslides caused by loose soil.

This is a typical Guanzhong style of tunnel digging.

As standard as a textbook!

It is not easy to drill a vertical hole so deep.

More than ten meters underground, a horizontal hole was dug that stretched as far as the eye could see.

It is definitely not something that one person can do!

Could it be that the Zheng brothers also participated in digging the hole?

The match in my hand suddenly went out.

Matches are not embers.

But it was blown out by the cold wind.

There seemed to be screams mixed in with the whistling cold wind.

Just as I was about to listen carefully, Huang Ziran began to tremble like a sieve.

He said nervously, "I know!"

"This leads to the Western Zhou tomb outside the village!"