The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 825 Search
On the night they arrived in Lushun, Qi Meng, Shen Lian and Zhu Youjian stayed overnight in an inn in the east of the city. The owner was a native of Shaanxi who had come to Lushun through the Northeast ten years ago. Seeing that Boss Qi was generous, he was very enthusiastic.

The next morning, after eating pork and leek buns and drinking mutton soup to restore their strength, the three of them began to plan what to do next.

"If you ask me, don't go robbing tombs. Go straight to Liutiao Lake and throw an energy block at the Xiaori Military Camp. Who knows, there might be a colonel there, right, Mr. Qi!"

"By the way, which colonel planned the September 18th Incident? I've completely forgotten."

Zhu Youjian lacked confidence in tomb robbing. After all, he was old and didn't know which tomb he was going to rob.

Go to Liutiaohu and try your luck, maybe you can kill one or two colonels, which is better than running to this corner in the snow and ice to dig the soil.

"We are here to make money, not to risk our lives. You are living a simple life here with thousands of soldiers and horses. Do you think you are Yan Shuangying?"

Qi Meng corrected him, "Captain Shen, it's not about seeking wealth, nor about risking your life, it's about completing the mission."

The trio's current situation is not good.

It was already August 1931, 0001. No. had been in the Republic of China for three years, and he had not yet completed any of the three tasks assigned to him by the Senate.

We are getting closer and closer to the event that shocked the world.

As a time traveler, Qi Meng doesn't care about the living conditions in this plane. He is isolated from the world and only cares about a few people around him.

Zhu Youjian pulled aside a corner of the curtain and looked down from the third floor. Two drunk Japanese soldiers were staggering along the street, shouting and shoving the Chinese who were blocking their way.

"The Japanese are so arrogant, right? Do they think this place is their home?"

Qi Meng said coldly: "The Russians are gone, but this is their home!"

Shen Lian looked up at Qi Meng, carefully wiped the mirror box with silk, and dripped a drop of oil into the gun barrel.

"Don't you, Marshal Zhang, have any preparation?"

Qi Meng said nonchalantly, "The Marshal is busy enjoying life and talking about love, and has no time to pay attention to this."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Then why didn't you remind me?"

"remind?"

Qi Meng was a little displeased. "Ever since his father was killed in the bombing, this guy has been useless. How much can my words mean? Besides, Dai Laoban's men are everywhere now. If they show their heads, they will be put into sacks and thrown into the Huangpu River to feed the fish."

Shen Lian took a deep breath and said, "Shanghai is really scary."

"Without Marshal Zhang's support, sneaking into Beidaying and Liutiaohu would be as difficult as robbing the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang in Shaanxi."

Shen Lian's eyes lit up. "Master Qi, are you saying you know something? About the Mausoleum of the Qin Emperor?"

Qi Meng said impatiently, "Go away, don't ask me about tomb robbing. Uncle Huai knows a lot."

As Marshal Zhang's white glove, after being used, his only fate was to be abandoned.

The young marshal now wants to use Qi Meng as a token of his allegiance to the bald man in the south. There are at least three forces chasing them.

After traveling through time and space for so many years, he has seen the joys and sorrows of life, tasted all the bitterness of life, and forged a heart of stone in No. 00001.

The three tomb raiders fell silent.

Shen Lian picked up a Shanghai newspaper, opened a page, and read word by word: "The Chairman's promotion of the New Life has yielded initial results. We must establish..."

Qi Meng said with disdain: "What about the people, the new life, shame, honor? If you believe them, your good days are behind you."

Shen Lian said: "Dealing with living people is too tiring, so I like to go to the tombs."

The inn floor was littered with pistols, grenades, ropes, shovels, Luoyang spades, and more unnamed equipment. Seeing several of them still nagging, Zhu Youjian said weakly, "I'm different from you two. This is my first time in the Republic of China. My previous time travels were either to the Ming or Song dynasties... Enough of the nonsense. Whatever you two want to do, do it as soon as possible. Also, don't discuss state affairs."

Shen Lian said sarcastically: "Without a family, there is no country. Don't talk about national affairs."

It was rather absurd that such anarchist remarks came from the mouths of a group of tomb robbers.

"Uncle Huai, you worked so hard to pay taxes to the warlord government and raise several sons. Your eldest son went off to fight in the war, your second son became a rickshaw driver, and your youngest son stayed in the interior. Now, two of your three sons have died. Who should you blame?"

Shen Lian smoked the cigar Qi Meng gave him and rolled his eyes at Mr. Huai:
"Life is hard because the warlords shit and piss on you. Marshal Zhang collected taxes for seventy years. What's the point of having so many children? They'll just be treated like cattle and horses."

"Didn't the Marshal say that strength lies in numbers, and only then can we defeat the Bald Army? The Marshal also said that the people of the Forty-Nine City are not living well, and it's all the fault of the South..."

Seeing that Zhu Youjian's face was getting worse and worse, Qi Meng grabbed Shen Lian and punched him in the chest:
"Shen Lian! Are you fucking done yet?"

"Think about how to steal the gold! If you keep talking, I'll pull out your tongue!"

No. 000011 is not interested in the survival status of individuals, just like a lion will not take the initiative to care about the feud between the wireworm and the mantis.

Zhu Youjian suddenly exploded, as if he had eaten gunpowder, and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Master Qi, give me some energy blocks. I want to gather these warlords together, and then..."

"Bang! Blow them all up. The survivors will be sent in batches to Mars, the Moon, and Venus... The Senate says those are the only suitable places for human habitation."

Qi Meng clapped his hands and laughed. "Okay, your idea is the best. I agree that we should solve the problem from the root. We should destroy the soil where these scum grows, once and for all. But before that, we have to get down to business."

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"I heard that the Great Ancestor once fought Cthulhu, a giant octopus, right here..."

"That's impossible, absolutely impossible!" Shen Lian interrupted with a wave of his hand, "Giant octopuses simply can't survive in the Bohai Sea."

"Didn't I say it was Cthulhu? The ecological laws of the Earth have no binding force on the ancient giants, just like..."

Qi Meng thought for a moment and offered a rather inappropriate analogy: "It's like historical documents have no binding force on reality."

Although he has all of Liu Zhaosun's memories, the young butler set up a jammer, and Qi Meng's understanding of the immortal emperor's fantastic experiences became increasingly vague.

Zhu Youjian said leisurely: "Master Qi has 300 units of energy blocks, enough to destroy the earth a hundred times. No matter whether it is Cthulhu or Crusoe, they will all be blown to death."

Qi Meng patted Zhu Youjian on the shoulder and comforted him:
"Understand that the past cannot be changed, but know that the future can be pursued. Uncle Huai, stop dwelling on the past and look forward. Killing is not the goal, but the means."

"I hereby declare that Uncle Huai will stay in Lushun to review the ancient county annals, Captain Shen will go out to buy equipment, and I will go to Yingkou to investigate first."

Neither of them objected. Qi Meng took out two small yellow croakers, gave the mink coat and the box gun to Shen Lian, and patted him on the shoulder:

"Brother, I'm going first. See you in three days."

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The snow fell very early in the mountains, the northwest wind suddenly strengthened, and the weather turned cold all of a sudden. Seeing that the mountain was about to be closed due to heavy snow, Qi Meng, wearing a bearskin cloak, deerskin boots, and a double-barreled hunting rifle on his back, walked on the barren mountain, alternating deep and shallow water that submerged his ankles.

This autumn in Yingkou is particularly cold. It started snowing heavily before the middle of the season and the northwest wind made it impossible to open one's eyes.

The snow-capped mountain that Qi Meng climbed was called Silong Mountain. It belonged to a continuous mountain range that was covered with snow all year round and was surrounded by mountains on all sides.

Before leaving, according to the tomb raider Shen Lian, this stretch of mountains is a feng shui pattern with hidden dragons in the four corners, and is most likely the imperial tomb they are looking for.

The four mountains all have dragon heads, and the four dragons carry the coffin, which is very suitable for group burial. I guess the emperor's tomb is in the valley right in the middle of the four dragons.

The tomb raider also said that the pattern of four dragons is very peculiar and is generally seen in the ancient period before the Qin and Han Dynasties, such as the Xia and Shang Dynasties, when the number four was highly revered.

The Book of Documents states: "Do not be lazy or wasteful, and the four barbarians will come to you as kings." The Book of Mencius states: "He ruled China and pacified the four barbarians." The Book of Rites states: "The people of the east are called Yi, the people of the west are called Rong, the people of the south are called Man, and the people of the north are called Di." Unearthed bronze tripods from the Xia and Shang dynasties also primarily had square bellies and four legs.

Qi Meng didn't understand Feng Shui and knew nothing about the history of the pre-Qin period. He was confused and felt it was a bit mysterious. However, Zhu Youjian didn't immediately object to what Shen Lian said, so he thought it was credible. He finally believed it and went straight to Silong Mountain and arrived here.

(End of this chapter)