Rebirth of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chen Wen looked at the blue-green flames that could be seen everywhere among the tombs, and asked doubtfully, "My lord, don't ghosts light the lamps? Just relying on the ghost fires, how can we be sure which one is the tomb where King Yue's sword is buried?"

Liu Qi smiled mysteriously: "Wild-o'-the-wisps are not ghosts lighting up lamps, nor are they ghost lanterns lit by the king of Yama in folklore. However, there must be tombs under every ghost-fire. Brother Wen, have you noticed that all the tombs that have been emptied Will-o'-the-wisp."

Chen Wen looked at the empty tomb beside him, and replied: "It is true, as you said, there are no will-o'-the-wisps above the empty tomb, but where there are will-o'-the-wisps, must there be tombs?"

Liu Qi still knows a little bit of scientific knowledge. He knows that ghost fire is actually a superstition among the people. How can there be ghosts in the world?

The will-o'-the-wisps said by the folks are actually caused by phosphorus. It is because the bodies of humans and animals contain phosphorus. When the corpses are buried in the ground and rot, the phosphorus compounds contained in the bones will gradually fade after being exposed to the sun and rain for a long time. It seeps into the soil and decomposes to form phosphine gas, which has a very low ignition point. If it leaks out of the ground, it will spontaneously ignite in the air when it comes into contact with oxygen in the air. See "wild-o'-the-wisps."

Superstition is easy to prevail in the era when science is not popularized. Liu Qi and Chen Wen couldn't explain the cause of will-o'-the-wisps. He pointed to the blue-green flames 50 meters ahead and said: "Where there are will-o'-the-wisps, there must be tombs. We can go to the place where there is a will-o'-the-wisp ahead."

"Okay, I'll do it." E Huan took a long, slender iron braze shaped like a spear from the hand of the bronze guard, and strode towards the raised earth bag with blue-green flames. Liu Qi and others Also followed.

E Huan found a spot on the head of the grave, and inserted the iron drill down with force. When the top of the iron drill was almost exhausted, he could feel that the iron drill had been inserted into a hard place, and he could not insert it, so he pulled the iron drill up and down again After inserting it a few times, I could vaguely hear the buzzing sound of the cave coming from the soil. There is no doubt that the iron rod was inserted into a tomb.

Chen Wen basically guessed the result from E Huan's action of pulling and inserting the iron rod, and asked, "General E, did you insert it into the cave?"

E Huan clapped his hands, with an excited face, and said, "Yes, it's still my master's fortune telling, there really is a tomb under the will-o'-the-wisp."

"Really." Chen Wen looked at Liu Qi with admiration, stepped forward to pick up the iron rod and thrust it hard a few times, after a little thought, he said, "It should be an undiscovered Chu tomb."

E Huan looked down at Liu Qi, and asked for instructions: "My lord, do you want to dig?"

Liu Qi waved his hand, looked over several mountains, looked at the cliffs behind the mountains, and said: "General E, don't worry, there are many ancient tombs here, and we can't finish digging them, we need to detect the one where King Yue's sword is buried. "

Looking at the will-o'-the-wisps all over the mountains and plains, E Huan looked bewildered, and sighed: "Young master is right, but there are will-o'-the-wisps everywhere, so there is no way to find the tomb of King Yue?"

Chen Wen stroked his short beard, patted E Huan on the shoulder, and said with a confident smile: "The tomb of King Yue is not in Jiangling, but the tomb of King Chu. Don't worry, General E, there is a way to make sure there is a tomb under the will-o'-the-wisp."

E Huan rubbed his hands and shouted, "Brother Wen, tell me, what can I do?"

Chen Wendao: "We have to climb over this mountain, go to the cliff to find a pool and hanging coffins, and then determine which tomb to excavate from the will-o'-the-wisps that appear near the pool, isn't it?"

E Huan laughed and said, "It makes sense, Brother Wen is smart, haha."

Chen Wen looked down at Liu Qi, and said again: "Young Master, go over the mountain, it must be dawn, and there is no ghost fire in the daytime, even if we find it at night, I'm afraid it will take some time to dig the grave. Shall we go back now? Make some preparations, get your tent ready, how about crossing this mountain tomorrow afternoon?"

Knowing that what Chen Wen said was reasonable, Liu Qi nodded and said, "Brother Yiwen, go back to the inn for a while and climb the mountain in the afternoon."

"Let's go." Hearing this, E Huan heard that the hope of stealing the sword meant that he could go out of the mountain to visit Hua Tuo as soon as possible to save his penis.

Liu Qi and his group headed back to the town. When they returned to the Longmen Inn, Liu Qi didn't see Sun Erniang and felt a little disappointed. The waiter told Sun Erniang that she went out to buy after Liu Qi left.

After resting all morning, at noon, the four carriages came to the open space on the mountainside of Wangshan Mountain again. Because they had to climb the mountain, two bronze guards were left behind to bring the carriages back to the Longmen Inn, and then prepare dry food for seven days. Chen Wen, E Huan, and the Eight Great Bronze Guards carried tents, iron brazing, shovels and other necessary tomb robbery materials on their shoulders, and crossed mountains and mountains.

At dusk, Liu Qi and his party crossed several peaks, came to the cliff, and found an open place to set up camp. E Huan and the bronze guards sorted out the tomb robbery supplies, and Liu Qi and Chen Wendeng stepped on the spot. There were hanging coffins everywhere on the stretching cliff. There are indeed several natural pools below the cliffs.

Liu Qi was very surprised that such a high hanging coffin did not know how the ancients got it up.

Chen Wen pointed to the cliff ahead and said, "Young Master, you see, from the perspective of the terrain, it is similar to what Sun Erniang described, except that there are several pools. Which pool should we explore from?"

Liu Qi said without hesitation: "It's not difficult, just observe the will-o'-the-wisps by the pool tonight, and then make sure based on the situation at the hanging coffin above the pool, the cliff is too high, too smooth and steep, even a boa constrictor can't climb it of."

"Young master is right. We can also look around to see if there are pythons' shed skins to determine where pythons may appear."

"Haha, brother Wen is a good idea. If you're lucky, you might see the python come out of the hole at night." Liu Qi and Chen Wen talked and laughed, thinking that hunting for pythons and tombs is more interesting than stealing swords themselves. Before, the most memorable thing was the process of exploring.

Back at the camp, Liu Qi, Chen Wen, and E Huan carefully studied the surrounding terrain, and determined that the observation points at night should be placed near several pools. Integrating all kinds of situations and then stepping on the spot to infer the correct location of the Chu King's Mausoleum.

After discussing the best plan for exploring the tomb, two guards were left to guard the camp when the night tomb fell. Liu Qi, Chen Wen, and E Huan were divided into three groups and each took two bronze guards to go around several natural pools. Observe the will-o'-the-wisp quietly, and watch the hanging coffin from a distance.

After a night of observation, the information from the three groups was gathered together. The result of the observation was that there were ghost fires around the two pools. The location of the tomb of King Chu's tomb that Xun found was roughly determined, and it was at the place where there were two will-o'-the-wisps. As for whether there were more or less will-o'-the-wisps, it was more likely to be the location of the tomb of King Chu. Liu Qi and Chen Wen had a debate.

Chen Wen said: "Young master, I think today we will probe from the will-o'-the-wisp, how about it?"

Liu Qi smiled and said, "Brother Wen, what's your opinion?"

Chen Wendao: "The tomb of the king of Chu has been around for hundreds of years. I'm afraid there will be no bones left, and naturally there will be fewer will-o'-the-wisps."

But Liu Qi said: "Not necessarily, I think it should be probed from many places of will-o'-the-wisp."

Chen Wen asked, "What's your opinion, Young Master?"

Liu Qi said: "Although the tombs are very old, there are still will-o'-the-wisps. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the king was the most supreme, and accompanying burials were popular, so there are many will-o'-the-wisps that should be the location of the tomb of the king of Chu."

"Young master's analysis is still reasonable, I think we will start to explore from many places of will-o'-the-wisp." E Huan was obviously impatient.

Chen Wen stroked his short beard, pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Young Master's words are speculatively reasonable, so let's follow what you said, and probe from many places of ghost fire."

"Okay, that's it." Liu Qi made a final decision on the location of the tomb of King Chu, and the three of them went to many places of the ghost fire to check on the spot again to determine which hanging coffin the giant python might live in. It must have been more than a month. The giant python injured by Huang Zhongjian may have already healed up, and even after seeing the tomb robber, he will become even more vicious for revenge.

When he came to the pool, Liu Qi was surprised to find that there were countless snake heads raised high in the natural pool, staring with terrified eyes, spit out snake letters all over the place, it was very frightening, it was another pit of ten thousand snakes.

Liu Qi took a deep breath: "Brother Wen, this is troublesome. These are not water snakes in the ancient forest road. These water snakes are cobras, which cooperate with giant pythons to protect the tomb. I am afraid that as soon as we move the ground, these snakes will jump up and bite. people."

Chen Wen was also extremely frightened, and said, "What's even more frightening is that there may be tens of thousands of cobras in the surrounding puddles."

Liu Qi frowned and said, "General E, go and check some pools, are they the same as here?"

"Yes." E Huan responded quickly and ran to several other natural pools, and came back to report that there were no snake pits.

Liu Qi pointed to the natural pool with thousands of cobra heads, and said: "This must be the Tomb of the King of Chu, and the other pools are just suspicious pits. It seems that the cobras in this pool must be dealt with before using the drill. "

"Should I throw a few pieces of crocodile meat down? I wonder if it will help?" Chen Wen's scalp felt numb seeing so many cobras, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

"It's useless. I'm afraid crocodile meat won't work. It can only be used for a while. It will take time for us to dig the grave."

"Then what should we do? Shoot them to death with arrows?" E Huan was also scratching his head anxiously.

"No, you can move your whole body with one hair. We must find a way to kill all the cobras in the pool at once." Liu Qi vetoed E Huan's proposal and kept pacing away from the pool. Chen Wen also broke down in a hurry A few whiskers.

After wandering around for a while, Liu Qi suddenly had an epiphany that he had to kill the cobra, and he had to try Mr. Hua Tuo's red bottle of medicine.

Liu Qi nervously ordered: "Brother Wen, General E, you two aim at the snake pit and prepare to shoot quickly."

"Yes." Seeing that Liu Qi had made a decision, Chen Wen and E Huan hurriedly brought a large bundle of bamboo arrows, adjusted their shooting posture, and prepared for rapid shooting without asking why.

Liu Qi also ordered the eight bronze guards to stand guard with spears and spears in order to prevent the cobra from counterattacking if the poisonous cobra survives.

"Are you ready?" Liu Qi asked loudly, taking out the red medicine bottle.

"Ready." Chen Wen and E Huan replied loudly.

Liu Qi took a few steps forward and opened the red medicine bottle. Fearing that the potion would not be enough, he carefully took out two red pills, aimed at the place where there were many cobras, threw it vigorously, and shouted, "Shoot."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, there was a sound of arrow rain, Chen Wen and E Huanduan's good arrow skills almost pierced the cobra's throat, and several quick-responsive cobras jumped onto the pond at the same time Liu Qi threw the red pill , quickly crossing to attack Liu Qi, all of them were beheaded by the bronze guards waiting by the pool.

Hua Tuo's lore super poisonous pill took effect, coupled with Chen Wen and E Huan's rapid arrow rain, the cobra pit was quiet in just an instant, a snake corpse floated up, and everyone cheered.

When everyone was immersed in the joy of successfully shooting hundreds of cobras, a sudden gust of wind blew up, and Chen Wen shouted, "Be careful." Liu Qi immediately choked, drew out his sword, and looked up to see a giant python with a long tail coming from it. Leaping down from the [-]-meter-high Hanging Coffin Cave, he spit out a blood-red snake letter, opened his bloody mouth and angrily charged at Liu Qi.