Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 554 Mandrill (4000)

"What is this again?!"

Seeing this scene, everyone's faces became even more astonished.

Thinking of Wu Liang's bewitched and weird behavior just now, some people suddenly understood something: Could it be that Wu Liang had noticed something hidden under the female corpse just now?

If not, he would have absolutely no reason to do so.

But so many people are staring at the female corpse here, no one has seen the thing hidden under the female corpse, why can Wu Liang see it?

at the same time.

More people were still guarding against the female corpse dragged out from under the wooden platform by Wu Liang, preventing it from mutating and injuring others.

"Fourth brother, you are..."

Guan Yu had already led his soldiers to block between Wu Liang and the female corpse, so he turned his head to ask Wu Liang.

This is not the first time since he entered the tomb that he was unable to accurately ask the question he wanted to ask, because he had never seen such a scene before, and had never been in contact with these things, so he didn't know how to ask. Therefore, he could only start with a vague questioning tone such as "This is...", and then wait for Wu Liang to understand the question he wants to ask, and then answer his doubts.

"Second Brother, please take a closer look at this female corpse now."

Wu Liang smiled, pointed at the female corpse and said.

Guan Yu turned his head and looked at the female corpse carefully for a long time before saying, still puzzled: "This female corpse is still the same, and no obvious changes have taken place."

"Second brother is right."

Wu Liang nodded and said, "This female corpse was so curled up before, but now I have dragged it out from under the wooden platform. After it has no support, it still maintains such a curled up shape without any change, which shows that it It was completely stiff and solidified. When the female corpse shook just now, although I couldn't see it clearly, but this time when she moved again, I could see it very clearly. At that time, all the joints in its whole body did not change , but just moved stiffly like a whole piece of wood, that is to say, the force may not come from the corpse itself, but from some kind of external force, so I suspect that something is acting on it, Therefore, acting like this... Facts have proved that my judgment is indeed correct."

"The fourth brother is not only courageous, but also so meticulous, Guan admires it!"

After hearing Wu Liang's explanation, Guan Yu suddenly showed insight and admiration, and immediately saluted Wu Liang.

"Second brother is overrated."

Wu Liang dragged Guan Yu to help him up, then looked at the crowd, and asked, "Did any of you see clearly what the thing that got into the hole was just now?"

"..."

Everyone shook their heads.

When I looked at it, I didn't see it clearly, or I saw it clearly but couldn't recognize what it was.

Only Yu Ji stood up and said: "I think it may be a dace carp (pangolin). When I was traveling in the south, I saw mountain people capture this thing. It looks similar in appearance to the one that escaped, but just now. The size of that thing is slightly smaller, so I don't dare to say for sure."

It is true that there are more pangolins in the south, but they are relatively rare in the north, and most people will never see them once in their lifetime.

"The old man is still well-informed..."

Wu Liang nodded, just about to say something.

Zhen Mi, who is more knowledgeable, has already interrupted him, and said quite firmly: "Don't guess, it is a dace carp, but for some reason some changes have taken place, and now it is no longer an ordinary carp. The dace carp, the accurate name, we should call it 'Mandrill (Xiao)'."

"Mandrill?"

Wu Liang was stunned.

According to the legend of the Celestial Dynasty, this is a kind of mountain spirit, but the description of the appearance in the legend is: it is shaped like a child, with a big head and a small body, and one foot. It looks like a bean sprout or a tadpole.

Obviously, the thing I saw just now is very different from the legendary "mandrill", and it's not even the same thing at all.

In addition, as far as Wu Liang knows, the earliest records about "Mandrill" in the Celestial Dynasty should have appeared in the Jin Dynasty, that is, the dynasty established after the Sima family usurped the Wei Dynasty, and then it was recorded in the Tang Dynasty... Could it be that before that? There are already relevant records, but haven't those earlier books and legends been passed down to later generations?

When Wu Liang was thinking so.

Yu Ji has already raised this question: "Although the old man has never seen the 'mandrill', he has heard of it. It seems to be different from the thing just now. Could it be that the old man is ignorant?"

In fact, Yu Ji is a person who cares about status very much, and he has a kind of aloofness like Kong Yiji in his heart.

Careful people must have discovered very early that he only called himself "Old Man" when talking to Wu Liang, and he would definitely call himself "Old Man" when talking to people other than Wu Liang, and he has always been very clear.

"Humph."

Zhen Mi glanced at Yu Ji disdainfully, and snorted coldly in that iconic arrogant tone, "You are indeed ignorant, everything in the world can be turned into a mandrill, this creature was born in the mountain and is loyal to the mountain, and will never leave it forever , so there is no specific appearance, what you have heard is just rumors."

Where did Yu Ji feel this kind of anger? He immediately blew his beard and stared at his tears, and scolded angrily: "You are a young girl, but your tone is not small. No matter how ignorant and ignorant this old man is, can't he compare to you, a childish child?" child?"

"good."

Zhen Mi pursed her lips and nodded.

"you!"

Such an understatement response can be said to be less lethal and extremely insulting. Yu Ji trembled in anger, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Okay, okay, calm down, old man, your knowledge is obvious to all of us, so you don't have to argue with her."

Wu Liang came out in time to be a peacemaker, so that Yu Ji wouldn't get too angry at his age, and by the way, he gave Zhen Mi a wink, telling her not to argue with Yu Ji any longer.

Tell me about you, an old monster who has lived for thousands of years, how can you still be so naive, arguing with a child who has only lived for more than 90 years, is it a bit disrespectful?

Shameless!
After Yu Ji calmed down a little, and stopped talking with a dark face, Wu Liang pulled Zhen Mi aside, and whispered in his ear: "I also heard that as long as you can call out the name of the mandrill, you can subdue it. Is this a rumor? Is it real?"

"Yo! You know there are quite a few."

Zhen Mi glanced at Wu Liang quite unexpectedly, but curled her lips and said, "However, the name of the mandrill came from a feeling in the mountains after possessing spiritual wisdom. If it refuses to tell, how can others know, so this rumor It is useless if you listen to it, not to mention that if you have no malice towards the mountains it has guarded all its life, it will not take the initiative to provoke you, or even show up in front of strangers, so don't pay too much attention to it. "

"I see."

Wu Liang nodded slightly. Hearing Zhen Mi's description, didn't the mandrill become the prototype of the more common land father in "Journey to the West"?
After pondering for a while, he looked at the small hole hidden under the female corpse before, and then asked Zhen Mi: "Then the hole in the wall of the tomb should also be made by a mandrill? As far as I know, if Ordinary dace should definitely not be able to dig through this wall."

"Since a mandrill has been born on this mountain, it has also entrusted itself to the mandrill, and the mandrill can take whatever it wants."

Zhen Mi was speaking, pointing to the crack on the top of the tomb, and said, "If my guess is correct, the crack that suddenly appeared may also be made by a mandrill. It should be warning you to leave quickly. If you act recklessly, you will come and go."

"Oh."

Wu Liang couldn't help feeling a little scared.

If the mandrill really has the ability that Zhen Mi said, then they really have to thank the mandrill for being merciful, because it can completely collapse the mountain without any warning, and they might not even have the chance to escape.

As for why it didn't act like this, it's hard to say.

Is it because he really has kind thoughts in his heart to show mercy, or is there some other reason?
"By the way, my big cock..."

Wu Liang asked again.

"There's no need to look any further."

Zhen Mi said seriously, "If the mandrill wants to accept it, you should treat it as a sacrifice to the mandrill. You guys are merciful; and if the mandrill doesn't accept it, it's no wonder if you are polite, it will accept your kindness and send it back, this is no longer something you should think about."

"In that case, I'm still on the right track."

Wu Liang smiled.

"This is also your destiny."

Zhen Mi nodded and said.

At this point, Wu Liang suddenly thought of Liu Bei again.

Now he is not sure whether he is Liu Bei's villain or Liu Bei's nobleman.

Although Liu Bei's fate was ill-fated before, he failed to find the tomb this time, and finally had to turn to Wu Liang for help, and even went through many adventures because of this, but it was precisely because he did not find the tomb that he gave himself the opportunity to insert it. Opportunity to come in.

Thinking about it another way, assuming that Liu Bei successfully found the tomb this time and entered the tomb without bringing Wu Liang with him, is it possible that the mandrill directly attacked Liu Bei and others because he did not get the sacrifice? Let them all be buried in this mausoleum?

If you think about it this way, wouldn't Wu Liang also be regarded as saving Liu Bei's life?
Therefore, Wu Liang thinks that villains and nobles may not be singled out for comment, and fate may not always be the same, everything will undergo some subtle changes according to people's choices.

As I said so.

"Wu Youcai, people outside are calling us, maybe we have encountered some special circumstances."

Bai Jingjing suddenly walked up to the two of them, then leaned sideways between them, and then said to Wu Liang with a suppressed voice.

This "call" was actually a secret code agreed between Wu Liang and the others and the Tuan army stationed outside.

Different from the amateur tomb-robbing team under Liu Bei, the Huren Army has more rules, one of which is: No matter what happens in the tomb, unless Wu Liang’s permission is obtained, or Bai Jingjing’s agreed whistle Otherwise, no one is allowed to enter the mausoleum without authorization.

And if the people stationed outside need to report to Wu Liang in time if they encounter any situation, they can't break into the mausoleum. They need to use a group of bamboo whistles specially made for them by Wu Liang to teach Thyme to blow at the wooden door. The sound transmission effect of the tomb passage Generally good, most of the time it can reach Wu Liang's ears, even if they can't hear it, Bai Jingjing can definitely hear it.

"Yang Wanli, go out and see what's going on."

Wu Liang immediately turned around and came to Yang Wanli, and nodded to him.

If this happens in normal times, Wu Liang will lead all the Tuan army out of the mausoleum together, but this mausoleum is not big, and Guan Yu and some soldiers of Liu Bei's troops are in the tomb, and there are also Tuan army and Liu Bei's troops outside the tomb It should not be a particularly serious problem to be stationed, and Yang Wanli's action alone is not a problem.

"promise."

Yang Wanli responded and ran directly outside the tomb.

After Wu Liang and the others inspected the tomb, they went to the burial pit outside to check the progress of making the coffin, and then took a look at how to deal with the "sweaty corpse".

Wu Liang feels that there may be one more thing to pay attention to now:

Does the mandrill care about this "sweat corpse", and is it willing to teach them to take this "sweat corpse" away?
I'm afraid we can only wait until the time of encoffining the "sweat corpse" to see if the mandrill will react to warn them...

However, this does not prevent Wu Liang from taking away some "history".

He carried some small empty jars with him, just to deal with such a situation, after all, there would inevitably be some things in the tomb that needed to be filled before they could be taken away.

The soldiers under Liu Bei also moved very quickly.

In just a short while, they had created the prototype of two coffins. Of course, they were definitely not the kind of well-made coffins, but just two simple coffins connected by wooden planks and nails.

Wu Liang glanced at it briefly, then asked Zhen Mi if there were any precautions for collecting "history". After receiving a negative answer, he decided to enter the burial pit himself.

Naturally, Liu Bei's people would not stop them, they hoped that Wu Liang would dispose of this disgusting corpse, so that they could safely and boldly carry the gold.

Also at this time.

Yang Wanli had already galloped back, and when he saw Wu Liang, he immediately panted and reported: "My lord, good news! Our big rooster has come back by itself, and it has been put into the cage by us now."

"Oh? But it came out of the tomb?"

Wu Liang turned around and asked.

"No, our people have been guarding outside the tomb door, and we haven't seen it go out from the tomb door. It should have run out from some unknown place."

Yang Wanli said.

"It seems that the small hole in this mausoleum should be directly connected to the outside..."

Wu Liang nodded slightly. After seeing the mandrill, this matter did not surprise him. Fortunately, the mandrill had no interest in his big rooster.

"In addition, Liu Bei didn't hurt his vitals, he has now woken up."

Yang Wanli continued.

From this point of view, my "villain" is not as powerful as I imagined... Wu Liang thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)