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Mo Ming instructed the others to quickly clean up the scene while he, along with Poisonous Madness, Liufeng, and Crocodile, entered the house. Su Yu also followed, likely curious about what secrets the house held.
All the little brothers who had helped dig the cave were killed, their throats crushed by someone's hand.
Inside the house, most of the furniture was covered with white cloth. There was a lot of dirt and some digging tools. However, it seemed that Wen Bao had been living here for a while, as the sofa and television had been uncovered, along with several empty instant noodle boxes.
The decorations inside the house were quite luxurious, indicating that the original owner was certainly wealthy, though it was unclear who owned the house now.
A large hole had been dug in the floor of the hall, at least thirty meters deep—almost matching the depth of the Mawangdui tomb. It appeared that Yin Jiu had put in considerable effort.
"My goodness, thirty meters isn't too deep, but relying solely on manpower without making a big fuss must have taken a lot of work. Tsk tsk, I bet Yin Jiu never expected that the duck he had in hand would fly away!" Crocodile chuckled.
"Boss, should we go down and take a look?" Liufeng asked.
"Yeah." Mo Ming nodded slightly. "Since we're here, we definitely need to check it out. You all wait here and stay alert; I'm worried Lord might come back unexpectedly. This place isn't safe either; I just want to see if there’s anything else down in this hole."
"Then hurry down, Boss; I'll help you with the lighting," Poisonous Madness said as he held up a flashlight.
Mo Ming wasted no time and quickly climbed down using the rope that Wen Bao and others had already lowered. Soon he reached the bottom, and to his surprise, it wasn’t the end of Wen Bao's excavation!
Upon reaching the bottom, Mo Ming noticed another hole nearby. It was pitch black inside, making it impossible to see clearly. However, based on his instincts, he could tell that this side tunnel was definitely not shallow; otherwise, he wouldn't feel such a cold sensation!
"Boss, what are you doing?" Poisonous Madness asked from above as he saw Mo Ming staring intently at the side hole.
"Toxic Jar! There's another hole inside! Throw me the flashlight; I want to see what good things are in there! I can smell Bronze; there must be something!" Mo Ming planned to explore further. His keen nose detected a scent of Bronze wafting from within the tunnel.
This indicated that Bronze definitely existed in there!
Initially puzzled about how the Dark Order knew there were stones beneath the house, Mo Ming recalled that Miyu had mentioned records of meteorites under Rider Castle.
With this connection in mind, Mo Ming speculated that Yin Jiu and others must have found this location from some ancient book. If there was an ancient text to refer to, it was highly likely that these stones were buried by ancient people!
There is an ancient tomb beneath the house!
"The scent of Bronze? That means there might be an ancient tomb down there. Boss, I want to go down and take a look. I've always wanted to explore an ancient tomb, and now I finally have the chance!" Poisonous Madness quickly reacted, grabbing another lantern nearby and climbing down the rope.
"Damn, I want to check it out too!" The Crocodile immediately decided to follow suit. After Poisonous Madness descended, he also climbed down the rope.
Mo Ming took the lantern from Poisonous Madness's hand and shone it into a side tunnel, only to discover that this tunnel was not horizontal but sloped at a certain angle. However, it wasn't very deep, only about two meters.
"It looks like there must be an ancient tomb here," Poisonous Madness said excitedly.
Mo Ming didn't respond and was the first to slide down the slope. The Crocodile and Poisonous Madness followed him down, arriving at a spacious path below.
"Wow, this is impressive!" Poisonous Madness chuckled. "This path must have been created for transporting items into the tomb. It's usually well concealed; I didn't expect Yin Jiu and the others to find this path."
"How do you know this path is for transporting burial goods? I remember you're just a poison user, not a grave robber!" The Crocodile cursed.
"Come on, just because I haven't eaten pork doesn't mean I haven't seen pigs run! When I have time, I watch archaeological documentaries. There was an episode that mentioned this; I figured this path must be for transporting things," Poisonous Madness rolled his eyes.
"Watching archaeological shows! Is that even relevant? There won't be any crossbows or traps here, right? Why don't you go ahead and test if it's safe?" The Crocodile sneered.
"I remember the host of that show said that whether there are crossbows or traps in an ancient tomb is uncertain. You're tough-skinned; why don't you give it a try?" Poisonous Madness joked.
"Get lost!" The Crocodile shouted.
"Alright, stop wasting time. If there are traps here, even if Yin Jiu's people don't die, those traps would have lost their effectiveness by now!"
Mo Ming carefully examined the path and turned to the two bickering behind him. He said something before taking the lantern and walking forward step by step; the path remained silent!
"Oh my god!" The Crocodile screamed as he immediately shone his lantern behind him to touch whoever was there. It turned out to be Su Yu.
The Crocodile probably thought it was one of the mummies from the tomb!
"Come on, you're a big man, what are you afraid of! Hurry up and move your flashlight, my eyes are about to be blinded by you!" Su Yu was also startled by the crocodile and covered his eyes with his delicate hand.
"Damn it, this is an ancient tomb. Who knows if there are any thousand-year-old zongzi here? It's your fault for suddenly tapping me on the back; you almost scared me to death!" The crocodile said angrily, thinking about how his image would be ruined.
"Hahaha, Sister, your shot was perfect! I finally caught the crocodile in a scandal. Once we get out, I'm going to blackmail him for sure!" Poisonous Madness laughed heartily at the crocodile.
"You bastard, is there anyone who betrays their brother like this?" The crocodile widened his eyes, feeling an impulse to punch Poisonous Madness in the face. However, he remembered that Poisonous Madness was someone who used poison; if there was poison on his face, that would be disastrous.
"Just because we're brothers, I only plan to blackmail you a little." A shameless smile crept onto Poisonous Madness's lips.
Su Yu was completely speechless at these two. He rolled his eyes and ignored their conversation, continuing down the narrow path. The deeper he went, the stronger the smell of bronze became in the air.
The narrow path was about seven meters long and led to a tomb chamber with a closed door. At the end of the path, there was an open tomb chamber. As Su Yu stepped inside, his eyes lit up.
The tomb chamber was large, with numerous stone murals on the walls. In the center of the chamber stood a jade coffin, exquisitely carved. On either side of the coffin were two female stone sculptures that looked incredibly lifelike.
Inside the tomb chamber were many bronze artifacts and some gold and silver jewelry. It seemed that the tomb owner had been quite wealthy during their lifetime; otherwise, they wouldn't have such treatment.
Mo Ming stood beside the coffin, staring intently at the already opened jade coffin with a serious expression.
"What are you looking at? Your expression is so unnatural. I believe in science; don't tell me any ghost stories." Seeing Mo Ming's strange behavior, Su Yu raised an eyebrow and walked over to look inside the coffin, his pupils dilating in surprise.
Inside the coffin lay the tomb owner with a peaceful expression. His features were vaguely visible; he was a middle-aged man dressed in armor, with a bronze sword lying beside him.
"Oh my god, I can't believe we accidentally found this ancient tomb! The preservation of this tomb owner is terrifying! He looks just like he died recently. If it weren't for all these bronze artifacts around him, I would really think this person was buried not long ago!" Su Yu exclaimed in shock.
"It is indeed terrifying. The preservation level of this body is far superior to other archaeological discoveries; it can actually prevent decay. I've already checked—there's no mercury!" Mo Ming said as he relaxed his serious expression and spoke calmly.
"I need to report this to higher authorities; everything here is national heritage. Don't even think about getting your hands on these items!" Su Yu said excitedly at such a significant discovery.
"Sigh, I should have known better than to bring you along. Having someone who eats from the national treasury around is just not good." Mo Ming sighed.
"Hmph, anyway, nothing here can be missing. You can take that stone, but you'd better not touch anything else here, including this corpse! Otherwise, it might delay the archaeologists' research!" Su Yu said coldly.
"Alright, Su Beauty, I won't touch the country's property. Even though I'm a rogue now, at least I'm a patriotic rogue. Everything I do is for the country!" Mo Ming was just teasing Su Yu. The artifacts here were indeed worth a lot, but he wasn't in need of money at the moment!
"That's more like it." Su Yu nodded in satisfaction, her cold expression softening slightly.
At that moment, Poisonous Madness and Crocodile also entered, along with Liufeng, who couldn't suppress his curiosity and followed them in.
"This person really was wealthy; even in death, he lived so luxuriously!" Crocodile remarked as he looked at the items in the tomb.
"If he were still alive now, he'd probably be a billionaire. If all the treasures here were auctioned off, they would fetch several hundred million!" Poisonous Madness exclaimed.
Liufeng surveyed the tomb and said nothing at first. He used his flashlight to examine the surrounding murals and frowned slightly before speaking: "Boss, these murals should record this person's life; he was already a general."
The murals depicted a person from practicing martial arts to riding a fine horse and wielding a sword to slay enemies, almost narrating a person's entire life, even including images of his burial!
Each mural was intricately carved and could rival those of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, though there were simply too few of them.
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