Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 243

Chapter 243 Go Deep into an Ancient Tomb
A few days later, after burying Niu Wuzhi and making careful preparations, Qin Mubai and Li Ke brought Big Lightning, Second Lightning and Third Lightning along with more than a dozen trusted soldiers of the royal palace to the stone slope of the West River Cavern once again.

“Mubai, can these three old men do it?” Li Ke whispered.

“No problem.” Qin Mubai nodded with certainty.

Li Ke curled his lips, clearly still a little unconvinced. He said, “I’m afraid that hundreds of soldiers are not confident that they can make a big hole in the ground within a month. These three old men are on the verge of death …”

“I only know after reading it.” Qin Mubai smiled.

“By the way, I might have to dig deeper into the cave and dig a mausoleum later. My men are fine with hard work, but they aren’t capable enough. Why didn’t you bring a hundred cavalry here?” Li Ke asked.

Qin Mubai rolled her eyes a few times and smiled strangely without saying anything. Li Ke was stunned for a moment, then he smiled comprehensively and said, “Alright, I won’t ask anymore.”

After all, the Hundred Cavalry was the emperor’s personal bodyguard, so bringing them to dig graves was somewhat indecent. Furthermore … if there were some secrets that they were unwilling to let the Emperor know, it would be better to do less than one thing. It would be better not to bring a hundred cavalry with them.

For a moment, Li Ke clearly felt that Qin Mubai and him seemed to be closer to each other than to the Emperor, and he felt quite happy in his heart.

“General, we’re all ready.” The three old men tossed around for a while, buried the explosives, and came to report. The noise was so loud that Li Ke covered his ears.

Qin Mubai laughed heartily, “Your Highness, don’t mind. They’ve been studying gunpowder all their lives, and their ears have been broken, so they can’t hear and speak loudly-three old masters, let’s begin!”

“General, His Highness and the others, please retreat a little further.” The three old men said, “The power of the Five Finger Divine Lightning is too great. The stone debris that exploded can fly a hundred feet away and injure people. Why don’t we just avoid the ship?”

“Is it this exaggerated?” Li Ke blinked his eyes suspiciously.

“It’s better to listen to them. Let’s go!” Qin Mubai said.

“Alright.”

The group of people walked towards the boat, leaving behind a very long fuse for Great Thunder to take care of, and directly pulled it to the shore. After everyone boarded the ship, Big Lightning Flaming Fire Yizi shouted and jumped onto the ship.

The lead burned like a spirit snake. The three old men exaggeratedly laid on the deck of the ship, covering their ears tightly. Seeing how exaggerated their actions were, Qin Mubai, Li Ke and the others also crouched down and covered their ears tightly.

After a while, there was still no movement. Li Ke could not help but let go of his hand suspiciously and stood up to look. Suddenly, there was a fierce explosion in front of him, and the deafening explosion rushed out with waves of air, causing Li Ke’s entire body to tremble and almost fall to the ground.

The entire stone hill began to tremble violently. A wave of violent waves rose up near the shore, and the ship started to shake and jump up the slope. Li Ke stood unsteadily and almost fell off the boat. Fortunately, Qin Mubai quickly grabbed him.

“Boom-boom!”

A mushroom-like black-and-white aura surged into the sky. Other than Qin Mubai and the three old men, this was the first time in their lives that they had seen such a terrifying explosion. Many people on the scene were so scared that their faces turned pale. Others cried out in alarm, “This, this can’t be the appearance of the Demon King in the ancient tomb, right?”

“Shut up!” Qin Mubai shouted loudly and said, “It’s fine now. Let’s hurry up and take a look!”

After saying that, he jumped off the boat first.

Li Ke’s face turned pale and his legs trembled slightly. He jumped off the boat with fear and murmured, “This is too terrifying! This is truly the power to move mountains and seas!”-Mubai, if this five-fingered divine lightning was used to destroy the city and uproot the stronghold … ”

Qin Mubai smiled mysteriously, “We’ll talk about that later. Now, adventure is what we want!”

“Alright!” Li Ke smiled and happily rubbed his hands, “Too exciting! I’ve grown so big, today is the most exciting day! Wait for Xu, hurry up and leave!”

“Wait! I almost forgot to put on my heavy armor.” Qin Mubai hurriedly stopped Li Ke.

“Is it necessary?”

“There should be.” Qin Mubai said, “Zhao Chong’s grandfather must have entered the ancient tomb. Among his relics, there is a Radiant Armor. Obviously, he did not treasure such a thing from the previous Sui Dynasty just for commemoration. Otherwise, why did he only have battle armor, no sabers, and no seals? That’s why I miss the fact that there are mechanisms in the ancient tomb that require heavy armor to be used for defense.”

Li Ke nodded deeply, “Alright, I’ll listen to you-everyone listen to me, cloak!”

Apart from the three old men and two sailors who stayed behind to watch the boat, the rest of them were all wearing high-grade bright light armor, carrying sharp blades, bows, arrows, realgar, torches, and other items. They were well prepared and headed towards the explosion site.

When they arrived at that place, everyone’s eyes widened in error–

“There really is a huge deep hole!”

A huge hole thirty to forty feet in diameter appeared before everyone’s eyes. The edge of the cave entrance was charred black, and there were still some sparks of vegetation and charred rock and soil left behind. The cave was pitch-black and his fingers were not visible. It was obvious that it was extremely deep and secluded. However, ten to twenty feet after entering the cave, one could indeed see the stairs extending downwards. However, the first part was destroyed by the tremendous power of the Five Finger Divine Lightning.

“Mubai, facts have proved that your deduction is correct.” Li Ke said happily, “You can change your profession to be Mr. Feng Shui.”

“Haha!” Qin Mubai laughed loudly, “Actually, I’m only half-guessing-what are you waiting for? Let’s go down!”

“Alright!” Li Ke laughed heartily. He held his hands together and took a deep breath to summon his courage. He waved his hand and said, “You guys-go!”

“Yes!”

Even though they were very scared, the soldiers of the royal palace all loudly agreed. The few of them lined up, lit the fire and carefully pulled their hands into the steep cave. He slid down a few steps, stepped on the stairs, and then went down one by one. “Your Highness, General, everything is fine! This is an extremely deep tunnel!”

“Alright, let’s go down as well!” Li Ke jumped down happily, and the people below hurriedly reached out to catch him.

Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled. He also jumped down.

The cave had been sealed for many years, and the air was very turbid. After entering for a while, everyone felt a little stuffy in their chests. Someone whispered, “Is there a curse? I feel dizzy and uncomfortable.”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Qin Mubai shouted, “Everyone, back off and wait for a while. Wait for me to deal with it, and then come in later.”

Everyone listened to the order and crawled out first. Qin Mubai picked up a few torches and threw them into the cave. When the flames caused the air to convect, it could also expel the poisonous miasma. After waiting for a few moments, Qin Mubai said, “Alright, we can go in now!”

Everyone entered the cave again, feeling much better this time. Although the air smelled somewhat unpleasant, it was fortunate that the air was much more comfortable, and there was no longer the feeling of tightness and dizziness in one’s chest.

“Looks like this tunnel isn’t as deep as usual.” Everyone said as they lit the torch and saw the road ahead.

“Let me go ahead!” Qin Mubai said.

“No, it’s too dangerous.” Li Ke hurriedly pulled him back.

“Don’t worry, it’s fine.” Qin Mubai smiled confidently and patted Li Ke’s hand.

Li Ke understood what he meant, so he no longer insisted. Perhaps if Qin Mubai didn’t walk in front and observe carefully, everyone would be in danger.

“Alright, then be careful.”

Thus, Qin Mubai took a torch and walked at the front.

After carefully walking several zhang deeper, everything was safe and sound. In the beginning, it was a small and crude tunnel. The traces of an axe shovel could be clearly seen on the wall of the tunnel, and green moss grew in some places. After walking for several zhang, Suidong appeared much wider. The ground was actually smooth and flat with torches inserted on both sides. Occasionally, one or two murals could be seen.

“Your Highness, it seems that the tunnel in front of us was built by Zhao Chong’s grandfather and the others after the Han River diverted to fill the West River Channel and flooded the tomb. It seems that we are now close to the real tomb.” Qin Mubai said, “You see, this is obviously a massive construction project. Even the walls of Suidong are made of high-grade stone. There are also exquisite murals on it.”

“It’s a palace painting from the former Sui Dynasty.” Li Ke said, “I know him.”

Of course, Qin Mubai would not doubt it. Li Ke’s mother was the princess of the former Sui Dynasty.

“In that case, is this really the tomb of a former Sui royal family?”

“It shouldn’t be wrong.” Li Ke’s expression became much more solemn.

If that was the case, then wouldn’t the owner of the tomb be Li Ke’s mother’s relative, his uncle’s relative?

Everyone continued to move forward carefully. Suddenly, the cave opened up and a huge abdominal cavity that was several zhang tall like a theater hall appeared in front of them. Although there had been no one here for many years, this place still looked very neat and tidy. Apart from a lot of old dust, there was nothing else.

In front of him was a very flat “mountain wall”, so the cave had reached its end. There were a number of torches on the mountain wall. Everyone carefully observed the surroundings and found that there was no other way out.

At this time, Qin Mubai saw that there was actually a huge relief on the mountain wall. It was covered by a lot of dust and could not be seen clearly. After careful identification, it turned out to be a heroic man who was riding a horse and waving a whip forward. He wore a familiar bright armor, but he wore a precious crown of yu curtains on his head.

“That’s …!” Li Ke was stunned when he saw the picture!

“Former Emperor Sui Yang, your grandfather?” Qin Mubai said in a low voice.

Li Ke widened his eyes, took a deep breath, and nodded his head. “I saw my mother painting my grandfather’s appearance before. It’s not much different from that. I didn’t expect that there would be an image of him here!”

“Your Highness, General, look!” At this time, a attentive soldier noticed something strange on the mountain wall and shouted loudly.

Everyone walked over and saw that it was on this mountain wall. There was a special frame the size of a door. There were many different Chinese characters carved inside. These words were the same size of a fist. There were hundreds of them carved here in relief.

Li Ke walked forward curiously and carefully wiped the dust off the handwriting with his sleeve. After carefully identifying it, it turned out that it was all messy handwriting. It was neither a sentence nor a writing. He stroked his forehead curiously and said, “This can be pressed!”

“Your Highness, wait a moment!” Qin Mubai hurriedly shouted.

But it’s slow!

Li Ke had already pressed down one word.

Suddenly, a loud rumble came from behind him. A huge stone door suddenly descended from somewhere. It descended in an instant with a rumble. The tunnel in the future was completely blocked!

“Ah!” Everyone cried out in panic.

Li Ke’s face turned pale as he stared at Qin Mubai and muttered, “I didn’t expect this to be a mechanism!”

Qin Mubai knitted his brows and said, “This is the end of the matter. Find another way out. Everyone, don’t panic! There must be a way out!”

Under Qin Mubai’s comfort, everyone finally settled down and began to carefully search for a way out. Li Ke was filled with worry, indignation and self-blame. He was dumbfounded at the relief tablet and stared at it without moving his feet.

“Mubai, come here!” Suddenly, Li Ke shouted.

“What’s the matter?” Qin Mubai walked over.

Li Ke took a deep breath and said, “This stone slab may be the starting gate of the mechanism, but it is also the way out!”

“What do you mean?” Qin Mubai asked.

Li Ke gritted his teeth and said, “Although the words on this page are misarranged, many of them make me feel like I have never met them before.” Thus, I believe that they are not random words, but a poem has been disorganized, and then scattered here. If you want to find the entrance to the tomb, you have to press down word by word according to the order of the poems. If he was wrong, he would activate the path blocked by the large stone slab. I’m afraid this is used to deal with grave robbers. ”

Qin Mubai was immediately pleasantly surprised, “Then do you know what kind of poem this is?”

“I know.” Li Ke said indifferently, “It’s a poem by my grandfather, The Great Wall Cave of Drinking Horses!”

“Then what are you waiting for? Quickly try! Even if it’s wrong, the situation will not be worse than it is now!” Qin Mubai hurriedly said.

Li Ke’s expression became solemn, and some sweat spilled out from the corners of his forehead. He stretched out his finger, but it trembled slightly. Under everyone’s gaze, he pressed one of the words-“Su”!

While pressing, Li Ke chanted in a deep voice–

“Su su autumn wind, leisurely walk ten thousand miles.

Wanli He did, horizontal desert building the Great Wall.

Qitai brat wisdom, the camp of the first saints.

Shu Zi’s Myriad World Policy, An Zhao Sheng’s trillion lives.

Ju dare to fear Jiao Si, pillow high in the capital.

North River Bingwu festival, thousands of miles roll Rong Jing.

Mountains and rivers intermingled, and the wilderness was overwhelmed.

Golden stop array, drum xing soldiers.

Thousands upon thousands of riding, drinking horses Great Wall Cave.

Autumn evening was cloudy outside the fortress, and the fog was dark.

Yuan Yan Yi immediately flew into the sky.

May I ask the Great Wall, khan into the film.

Turbid Qi calmed the Heavenly Mountain, and the morning light illuminated the mountain

ShiBing still vibrate brigade, to desolate matter.

Drink to the whirlpool of words and return the merit to the front of the Qing Temple. ”

…

With the last word “front” pressed down, Li Ke was already panting with sweat and his eyes were wide open as he looked around without any movement.

He shook his head in disappointment, “Looks like I guessed wrongly.”

BOOM!

Suddenly, a loud explosion sounded from within the empty cave, causing everyone to be shocked.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the middle of the large stone wall in front of him, and it moved to the two sides.

With a loud rumble, dust and sand fell!

“Your Highness, be careful!”

The soldiers hurriedly pulled Li Ke back and dodged.

At this moment, the huge stone gate behind him slowly rose, producing a loud and heavy smacking sound.

The opening on the stone wall grew larger and larger, and a howling dark wind came from inside, stirring up the sand and dust that fell from the stone wall, causing it to fly all over the sky without a line of sight.

“Your Highness, you’ve succeeded!”

“Is that so?” Li Ke happily replied, but he was choked by Sha Chen and couldn’t stop coughing.

Everyone hurriedly covered their mouths and noses with their robes to avoid the countless sand dust.

After a long time, the loud noise stopped, the wind stopped, and the sand dust gradually subsided. Everyone opened their eyes again, and they were instantly shocked!

After the huge mountain wall was opened, a scene similar to a palace actually appeared inside!

Carved beam eaves, golden brick jade tile; White Stone Pavilion said, Dragon Coiling Pillar!

It was actually a Golden Jade Treasure Hall!

Countless priceless luminous pearls were embedded on the large stone pillars in the hall, illuminating the interior as bright as day. Coupled with the brilliant reflections of the artifacts, they were able to adapt to the darkness of Qin Mubai and the others, causing them to be somewhat dazzling.

“Heavens! Is this the Heavenly Court Palace?!” Everyone cried out in shock. Instantly, a few soldiers who were so excited that they forgot themselves were about to charge inside.

“We’re rich, we’re rich!”

“Stop!” Li Ke shouted loudly. The soldiers seemed to wake up from their shock and hurriedly knelt on the ground to apologize.

“Get lost!” Li Ke shouted, his expression exceptionally serious.