Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 463 Unknown Visitor (4000)

The ice created by Fang Qiong turns out to be fast, and it goes away very quickly.

After a whole night of work like this, the ice field has disappeared, leaving only a slightly humid desert and the slightly muddy yellow land in the Tomb of the Sun.

It was not a good night.

Ice and snow absorb heat when they melt. In addition, the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is not small, so that the temperature at night is colder than when the ice sheet existed. In the early morning, this wet desert and yellow land were actually frozen hard. It wasn't until the sun rose after dawn that the piercing chill gradually dissipated. The desert and the yellow land gradually began to thaw, and then a layer of mist-like water vapor rose up, like a fairyland.

However, Wu Liang and the others had tents to keep out the wind and cold, and they lit several bonfires around the tents to keep warm. Although it was not easy to endure, they survived unharmed.

After dawn.

Under Wu Liang's instruction, everyone gathered all Fang Qiong's corpses together, then piled them into a pile, poured kerosene on it, burned them to ashes, and buried the ashes in the sand.

This move is naturally to prevent future troubles;

Secondly, it can be regarded as respecting the funeral tradition of the Qiang people. Fang Qiong once said that she is a Qiang people.

"Lu's Spring and Autumn" contains: "The captives of Di and Qiang are not worried about their tiredness, but they are worried about their death and not being burned."

Not afraid of death but afraid of not being able to be cremated, this is the most persistent funeral custom of the Qiang people in this era. Since she died, the grievances with Wu Liang and others will naturally go with them, and Wu Liang will naturally not embarrass her corpse .

of course.

Before the cremation, Wu Liang still conducted a careful inspection of these corpses.

Especially Fang Qiong's last "resurrected body", that is, Fang Qiong who has been controlled by him since Chen Liushi. This "resurrected body" is not obviously different from normal people. After death, the body will become incontinent, and after death, the body will gradually become soft and then stiff, and body spots will gradually appear...

Wu Liang did not conduct an autopsy on him for further autopsy.

Because he really doesn't have the relevant knowledge in this area, even if he cut the corpse open, he can only see a bunch of internal organs. He can probably distinguish what is a heart, what is a liver, what is a lung, and what is a heart according to the shape and position. Intestines...and then no more.

And in this era, Wu Liang didn't dare to expect someone to be able to analyze the situation through dissection like the forensic doctors of later generations.

Even if there is such a doctor who is good at performing surgery, such as Hua Tuo who is known as the "surgery master", he does not know when he will see Hua Tuo, and he is not sure whether he can invite Hua Tuo to do this matter, let alone This place is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, and with the current traffic conditions, even the embalming methods of later generations may not be able to bring this corpse back intact...

After completing the preparatory work mentioned above and the environmental conditions permitting, Wu Liang and others finally carefully put the male corpse back into the wooden coffin.

Then wait quietly.

moment.

Two moments.

an hour.

two hours.

Unknowingly, most of the day passed like this, and the humid desert and yellow land have been dried by the sun.

The "resurrected body" of the male corpse that Wu Liang and others were waiting for still did not appear as expected, and there was no movement on the sand dunes around the tomb of the sun.

"This... son, why hasn't there been any movement for so long?"

Rubbing his dry old eyes, Yu Ji asked anxiously.

"Wait for three days."

Wu Liang didn't answer Yu Ji's question directly, but said in a deep voice, "We have limited supplies for this trip, if we can't wait for the resurrection of the male corpse after three days, we will have to set off to return to Jianni first." City to resupply, and then make another plan."

When entering this desert, Wu Liang used the compass to determine the direction of travel every time he walked, and made detailed records.

Therefore, it should not be a big problem to return to Jiani City along the original road.

What Wu Liang is most worried about is that the Jiani City they returned to may not be the Jiani City in the real world, that is to say, they may still be trapped in this strange world after going around. For people in the real world, it is actually no different from being dead.

But now that Fang Qiong is dead, it is naturally impossible to get any more information from her.

But Wu Liang didn't regret killing her.

Because even if Fang Qiong was still alive, Wu Liang didn't dare to believe any word she heard. This woman's thoughts are extremely vicious, and she only wants to kill them, and her methods are extremely cruel. God knows what is going on in her heart. What kind of idea, to believe her words is irresponsible to himself and everyone in the Huan army.

Now Wu Liang only believes in one thing: since Fang Qiong was able to walk out of this strange world and go outside, it means that there is an exit to this strange world, and Fang Qiong can find it, so they should be able to find it if they put in some effort. The opportunity is found.

Also.

In view of the fact about the caravan that Prince Chamu had told him before, and that many residents in Jiani City knew about it.

Wu Liang has reason to believe that the exit of this strange world should not be the exclusive channel of the "resurrected body".

As long as it is not the exclusive channel of the "resurrected body", then there is no need to "sacrifice" someone to become a "resurrected body" in order to escape from this strange world.

The only regret is.

If the "resurrected body" of the male corpse did not appear in the end, even if they left this strange world smoothly, they would leave with many doubts and regrets. This was the most depressing thing for Wu Liang.

"I'm afraid that's the only way..."

Yu Ji looked around unwillingly, finally nodded, and then asked, "But son, what if we are still in this strange world after we return to Jiani City?"

"I don't have a clue now, let's talk about it later."

Wu Liang said truthfully.

"If we are really trapped here and can't get out, young master, can you consider the old man's previous decision to bury the old man in this wooden coffin, maybe when the old man becomes a person like the demon girl, then we will be able to get out of here." If you can learn the secrets of this strange world, you can also point out the way for you to leave this place."

Yu Ji once again petitioned sincerely. It can be seen that if Wu Liang still had many doubts and objections, the boy would have willingly laid down in the wooden coffin as a guinea pig.

For this aspect of things, no one is more persistent and crazy than him.

"Does the old man know why I stopped you?"

Wu Liang's expression also became serious, and he looked into Yu Ji's eyes and asked.

"The old man naturally knows that the young master is a cautious person, and he is also a person who values ​​love and righteousness. Therefore, before he finds out the mystery and consequences of the Sun Tomb, he doesn't want the old man to risk himself."

Yu Ji said seriously.

"This is just one of them, old gentleman, please follow me."

Wu Liang directly brought Yuji to the wooden coffin, pointed to a very fresh dry crack on the side of the coffin and said, "Please look, old man, this crack just appeared last night. This wooden coffin has reached the end of its life." At any time, it may turn into rotten wood dregs like the wooden coffins in other sun tombs. What I am worried about is that the next lifespan of this wooden coffin may not be as long as the old man's next lifespan, and this coffin What will happen after the wooden coffin is damaged is even more unknown."

"..."

Yu Ji suddenly lost his voice.

If a living person lies in the coffin, he will sacrifice his life like Fang Qiong, and the lifespan of this wooden coffin will not be as long as his next life. It is okay to say that the corpse is exposed in the wilderness. It will also be destroyed, which is undoubtedly a thing that is not worth the loss for anyone.

However, there is another detail that contradicts this speculation, which Wu Liang did not mention to Ji.

Until now, he still remembers very clearly:
The first thing Fang Qiong did after waking up was to "encourage" them to destroy the wooden coffin.

It seems that destroying the wooden coffin is beneficial to her "resurrected body"... This is indeed a question worthy of discussion, and Fang Qiong must have her reasons for doing so.

……

three days later.

Wu Liang and the others took turns on duty, and the "stone statues" cooperated, but they never waited for the "resurrected body" of the male corpse.

In the end, although there were still many unwillingness and doubts in their hearts, due to the pressure of supplies, Wu Liang and others were forced to put away their tents and evacuate to Jiani City.

The way to leave was very smooth, and after only two days, they had already arrived at the edge of the camel grave.

Kuani City is close at hand.

It's just that at the gate of the city, there are no merchants entering or leaving the gate or guards standing guard.

"..."

The hearts of the people in the Huan army sank, which is enough to show that they have not yet left this strange world, and the mud city in front of them is not the mud city in the real world.

"I'm tired, let's go into the city, replenish the supplies, rest for a day, and think about the next thing after waking up."

Wu Liang ordered with a calm expression.

This scene was not unexpected to him, nor was it unexpected to everyone in Huan Renjun, it was just that there was a glimmer of hope in everyone's hearts.

And everything has to be viewed from a different angle, Wu Liang doesn't think it's an absolute bad thing.

If they left this strange world without noticing after walking out of the desert, then they will probably never have the chance to enter it again in this life, and then the secrets of this strange world and those sun tombs will never be revealed again. It can't be untied, which will surely become a regret for their whole life.

But now, although they haven't gone out, they can continue to use Jiani City as a base for supplies and cultivation, and they still have a chance to unlock the secret.

So the group returned to the city.

After briefly checking the situation in the city, they went straight to the palace of the city of Jiani.

As a result, when they came to the gate of the palace, everyone suddenly raised their vigilance again.

Because a Bactrian camel was hitched to the gate of the palace at some point, and the camel was not afraid when it saw them, it was still chewing its mouth very calmly, spitting out the undigested forage in its stomach and eating it again Behavior, the scientific name is "rumination".

"Where did this camel come from?"

Everyone hurriedly retreated into the nearby streets, cautiously looking at the camel.

They knew very well that when they came out of the mud city a few days ago, there were no living creatures in the mud city. Otherwise, if there was such a camel that was most suitable for walking in the desert, how could they have left it behind and rode it instead? Riding into the camel grave?

"This camel is tied with a rein, and it is not afraid of us when it sees us. It is definitely a domesticated camel."

Yang Wanli analyzed in a low voice, "Besides, this camel is tied to the horse tethering stone at the entrance of the palace. Camels don't know how to tie a rope. If I guessed correctly, someone must have come to the palace on this camel after we entered the camel grave." , and... the person should not have left, and he is probably in the palace now."

Yu Ji then added following Yang Wanli's words: "I think that if there is only one camel, there should not be many people. Young master, what do you think we should do now?"

"Um……"

Wu Liang thought that both Yang Wanli and Yu Ji's analysis made sense, so he nodded slightly and said, "Take out the 'Warring States Repeating Crossbow', Dian Wei, you take the lead, Yang Wanli, you come to the rear, and the rest of the people follow closely." Follow me, let's go into the palace to investigate together, but it should be noted that since this person can enter this strange world, I am afraid it is not as simple as imagined, no matter how many people there are, we must be more careful, but also Don't be impulsive, if you don't encounter fierce resistance and obvious hostility, don't take his life for the time being."

"promise!"

Everyone responded lightly, and quickly got ready. Almost everyone held a "Warring States Repeating Crossbow" in their hands, and they could fire at any time by pulling the trigger.

Then everyone temporarily parked their horses and carriages in the street, and tiptoed towards the palace.

The furnishings on the first floor of the palace have not changed significantly compared to before, and the torches on both sides of the palace are still burning vigorously. This thing seems to be affected by the strange world, and the fuel is inexhaustible. Exhausted, it has become an eternal lamp that will never go out.

After going up to the second floor, there is a large banquet hall.

The layout of the banquet hall is very similar to that of the Dahan's living room. The main seat and the guest guard are composed of a table and a sitting table, and the arrangement is not too different.

There is a fruit bowl on each of these desks, which contains some melons and fruits unique to the Western Regions - grapes, cantaloupe, and pomegranates.

When Wu Liang and others entered the palace not long ago, they had seen these fruit bowls.

To be on the safe side, Wu Liang didn't let everyone easily touch these fruits of unknown origin.

But when he came in again now, Wu Liang suddenly noticed that the fruit in the fruit bowl on the main seat had obviously been tampered with!
Half of a bunch of grapes had been eaten, and the grape skins and seeds were spit out next to the fruit bowl.

A piece of cantaloupe was also cut off, and the leftover crescent-shaped peel was also thrown on the side of the fruit bowl.

And that pomegranate.

Also, more than half of it was broken off, and the other half disappeared, neither the skin nor the pomegranate seeds were seen.

(End of this chapter)