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Chapter three hundred and eighty fourth: the tomb within the tomb

The tomb is really large, with a size of more than 200 square meters. It is a typical Tang tomb style. The surrounding murals are carved with many plump palace maids.

Everyone watched it around in the tomb chamber and could be sure that this tomb chamber should be the Nether Hall.

The Palace of the Underworld is the main tomb chamber. Since ancient times, it has been the place where the tomb owner's coffin is placed. However, everyone looked around and never found a coffin, and there was not even a single burial object.

The fat man was a little furious: "I finally came in, but I didn't expect that I didn't catch anything. Where did this dead ghost's coffin go?"

Hu Bayi said: "There are two possibilities. First, the coffin may be hidden in a dark room and it must be opened by finding the mechanism. Another possibility is that the coffin was destroyed by someone. The tomb chamber is relatively complete. Only this thief hole can such a large coffin be dragged out of the thief hole."

Dajinya said: "It's not just that there is no coffin. Look, there is not even a burial object in this hall, and there is not even a single extra stone. It seems that the project was terminated halfway through the process."

Everyone noticed this, and after hearing his words, they nodded and said yes, with a look of confusion on their faces.

There are several doubts about this ancient tomb. Where did the tomb owner's coffin go? Why did the tomb end halfway through construction? And what happened to the stone walls encountered in the thieves?

Chen Hao understood what was going on all this, but he couldn't tell everyone directly, just revealing clues to them little by little, letting them think about it themselves.

Chen Hao pointed to the passage ahead: "Let's go to the back hall first."

Soon, everyone came to the back hall, which was much smaller than the main tomb chamber, and it was also empty and there was nothing, which was simply too empty.

Once he came, he didn't even catch a slight weapon. The fat man was unwilling to accept it. He searched several times in several tombs, but still didn't find anything. He was so angry that he stomped his feet and scolded the owner of the tomb as an iron rooster.

Chen Hao said, "Okay, fat man, stop looking for it, this is an empty tomb."

Hu Bayi said: "The strange thing is here. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible for a tomb of a royal noble like this tomb to be given up when it is halfway through, which is very unlucky for the tomb owners. What kind of changes did they encounter that they would give up when it is halfway through the tomb?"

The fat man said contemptuously: "Bah! What a royal noble, I think he is just a pauper and can't even afford to build a tomb. I guess it was when the tomb was halfway through, and the treasury had no money to support it, so he gave up this project."

Hu Bayi explained: "This is absolutely impossible. With the national strength of the Tang Dynasty at that time, how could it be that even a tomb could not be built? Besides, this tomb was obviously built for members of the royal family, and only half of it was given up. This was to be punished by nine clans at that time. Who could afford such a crime?"

"Can it be that there was a war or other incident that caused the tomb to give up halfway through the cultivation of the tomb?" said Big Jinya.

Seeing that they were suspicious, Chen Hao didn't want to waste time here. He didn't have a single weapon here, so he might as well go back early to wash and go to bed.

"Don't worry about that, let's leave here early."

Chen Hao took the lead in walking towards the thief hole before coming, and everyone had to go back with him.

After crawling forward for a few minutes, something strange happened again. When I came in, the hole was tilted downward. As a result, the hole was now extending upwards.

After crawling into the thief hole for a few minutes, the front suddenly became wider. The thief hole was connected to a corridor, which was neatly built.

On both sides of the corridor, there are many reliefs of human faces, with different expressions, and joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

"Damn, what's going on with this? Why does a thief hole change over and over again? It won't lead directly to the ground, right?" asked the fat man.

Everyone looked at the carvings of human faces curiously in the corridor, but after looking at them for a while, they couldn't tell what was going on.

Because they are not familiar with the style characteristics of each dynasty, the only person here who is likely to understand what these human face reliefs are, is Big Gold Teeth.

Hu Bayi asked: "Mr. Jin, you are a big expert in studying these things. Please see if these carvings are from the Tang Dynasty. Why do I look at them with a little eyes?"

Da Jinya also looked at it for a while, and frowned and said, "Dear Master, I have just looked at it carefully. These reliefs are obviously from the Western Zhou Dynasty. If you look at these faces, regardless of gender, your ears are much larger than normal. This is the characteristic of the reliefs of the Western Zhou Dynasty faces, and it is easy to identify them."

The fat man said astonished: "I heard it right, the relief of the Western Zhou Dynasty? Then, this corridor is from the Western Zhou Dynasty, this... this is too outrageous. We just saw the tomb of the Tang Dynasty, why did it suddenly become from the Western Zhou Dynasty?"

Hu Bayi also found it outrageous: "Yes, if this corridor is really from the Western Zhou Dynasty, it is very likely that it will lead directly to the tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The two dynasties are separated by one or two thousand years, how is this possible?"

"Don't worry about so many, we'll just go all the way to the dark!" Chen Hao said.

They climbed up the thief hole, and after more than ten minutes, they appeared in another tomb.

Unlike before, although the size of this tomb is similar to that of the previous one, the decoration and layout inside are completely different. Not only does it contain a coffin, but there are also many burial objects.

As Hu Bayi said, this is indeed a tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty, with many things inside carved with reliefs of human faces.

"As I expected, this is indeed a tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty. This is so bizarre. The previous floor is still a tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but the next floor has become the Tang Dynasty? Could it be that two tombs were built together, one by the other? This - it is difficult to explain..."

The fat man felt much better when he saw the underworld weapon. He waved his hand and said, "I have Lao Hu, no matter whether he is from the Western Zhou Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, the underworld weapon is obvious. Let's put the underworld weapon in your waist first, so that this trip will be worth it!"

Hu Bayi said angrily: "Xiaopang, can you have some excitement? When is this time? You are thinking about the underworld weapon in your mind. If we can't get out, what's the use of holding these underworld weapons?"

Da Jinya also said, "Yes, Fatty. Let's find a way out first and then think about the underworld."

Chen Hao walked around and saw a stone staircase leading up to the top behind the sarcophagus. He immediately realized that it was the soul hanging ladder in the original work.
Chapter completed!
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