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Just as several people were checking the tomb-robbing equipment scattered on the ground, the opera singing sound just now rang out again, accompanied by a burst of babbling crying, constantly echoing in the tomb.
"No way, that sound comes again. Could there really be something going on?" Mr. Qi was so frightened that the equipment in his hand slipped to the ground. He hid behind Zhang Qihai in fear.
At this time, the faces of Master Fo and Adjutant Zhang were a little ugly. They had walked along the way and did not find any trace of people. Logically, the sound of opera singing should not appear here, but the sound of opera singing followed them here, which made them think more.
Compared with other people's reactions, Zhang Qihai looked calm and composed, with even a hint of a smile on his face.
When Master Qi Ba saw Zhang Qihai's expression, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Master Xiao Fo, aren't you afraid of the singing?"
"Afraid? What's so scary about that?" Zhang Qihai replied.
"Of course it's the sound of opera singing! Just imagine, in an ancient tomb from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there is actually the sound of opera singing. Doesn't it make people feel strange and scary?" Mr. Qi said, tightening his neck.
"It's just the sound of opera singing. What's there to be afraid of? Besides, don't you think this voice sounds familiar?" Zhang Qihai reminded everyone.
"Sound familiar?" After hearing what Zhang Qihai said, the Buddha also looked puzzled.
"Brother, when I first came to Changsha City, didn't you take me to Erye's theater to listen to a play? Don't you think the singing voice is very similar to Erye's voice?" Zhang Qihai said with a smile.
"This voice is indeed somewhat similar to Er Yuehong's voice. Qihai, do you mean that the singing voice is from Er Yuehong? This is not very realistic. This place is very far away from Changsha City. How could Er Yuehong come here to sing?" The Buddha was a little confused.
"Brother, it is impossible for the Second Master to be singing here, but this voice is indeed the Second Master's voice. That means there are no ghosts here. Which ghost would be bored enough to imitate the Second Master's singing voice?" Zhang Qihai continued to remind him.
"So according to you, this singing is man-made? Someone is deliberately using the singing to scare us away?"
As the head of the Nine Gates Admirals, Lord Buddha naturally not only possesses absolute martial power, but also a smart brain. After Zhang Qihai's repeated reminders, he instantly understood what Zhang Qihai meant.
"That's right, I would boldly guess that the singing sound should be caused by the Japanese!" Zhang Qihai replied.
"These Japanese are damnable. They actually dared to scare us. If it weren't for Little Master Buddha, I would have been scared to death by them! Master Buddha, let's quickly find out these Japanese who are causing trouble!" After seeing that it was not ghosts causing trouble, Master Qi Ba started to talk behind the scenes again.
Knowing that he might have been fooled by the Japanese, Adjutant Zhang was filled with anger. He had the same idea as Mr. Ba and was ready to find out these Japanese who were causing trouble.
Zhang Qihai hurriedly stopped their reckless behavior and said, "Master Ba, Adjutant Zhang, wait a minute! We are in the open and the enemy is in the dark. We did not bring any weapons with us this time. It is unwise to have a head-on conflict with the Japanese. Our first goal is to find out what the other party's intentions are. After we find out, we will find a way to get rid of them!"
"Qi Hai is right. We are outnumbered and it will be disadvantageous for us to confront the enemy head-on. We should first find out what happened in the tomb and then deal with these Japanese people."
After thinking about it, the Buddha agreed with Zhang Qihai's opinion. Seeing that the Buddha had spoken, Adjutant Zhang and the Eighth Master also calmed down.
Chapter 28 Changsha City
"Master Buddha, come and have a look! There is a hidden stone door here. This should be the tomb where the tomb owner is. Should we go in and check it out?"
Adjutant Zhang, who had been inspecting the burial chamber nearby, suddenly called out to them to come over.
"Of course we have to go in. We came all the way here just to find out the truth behind this stone door!" Buddha stepped forward and observed, then changed the subject: "However, behind this stone door is the tomb owner's tomb chamber. I'm afraid it is full of dangers. It's enough for me to go in and investigate alone. Adjutant, you stay outside to protect Qi Hai and Master Ba."
"But, Master Buddha..." Adjutant Zhang also looked reluctant. He didn't want Master Buddha to go in and take risks alone.
Just when Zhang Rishan wanted to say something, the Buddha interrupted him and said without question: "I told you to protect them both. This is my order!"
Hearing this, Adjutant Zhang opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he swallowed them back again.
Having followed Master Buddha for so many years, he also knew Master Buddha's temper very well. Once he made a decision, he would not look back. Besides, military orders were as firm as mountains. No matter how reluctant Zhang Rishan was, he had to stay where he was and protect the safety of Little Master Buddha and Master Qi Baye.
Seeing that Adjutant Zhang agreed, Zhang Qishan nodded with relief, then pushed the stone door open and walked in.
Just as Master Buddha entered, Zhang Qihai was about to walk into the stone gate. Adjutant Zhang saw this and quickly stepped forward to stop him, saying, "Little Master Buddha, you heard Master Buddha's order just now. He asked me to protect you and not let you go behind the stone gate."
"Brother Rishan, my elder brother will be in great danger this time. I, as a younger brother, cannot bear to see my elder brother taking risks. So I must go through this stone gate. Besides, I want to go in, and you can't stop me with your strength!" Zhang Qihai glanced at Adjutant Zhang indifferently.
Adjutant Zhang and Zhang Qihai looked into each other's eyes, and a few drops of cold sweat flowed down their foreheads. The little Buddha's eyes were even more oppressive than those of the Buddha.
Adjutant Zhang knew his own strength and knew that he was no match for Zhang Qihai. Even if Zhang Qihai wanted to force his way in, he would find it difficult to stop him. He simply said, "Little Buddha, although I am not your opponent and cannot stop you, the Buddha has given an order. If you insist on going in, then I must stay by your side to protect your safety!"
"what ever......"
Zhang Qihai replied casually, then walked behind the stone gate holding the black gold ancient knife.
Seeing this, Zhang Rishan hurriedly followed Zhang Qihai's footsteps. As for Mr. Qi Baye, he could only follow behind the two of them. He knew his own weight. He was just a scholar who was not even capable of tying a chicken. Without the protection of the two of them, he would be doomed, not to mention that there were the Japanese following him.
After a few people entered the tomb, they saw Master Buddha looking around. After seeing a few people coming in, the latter did not say much. One's own family knows one's own business. Master Buddha knew that even if his own younger brother wanted to come in, no matter how much Adjutant Zhang tried to stop him, he could not.
"You guys be careful, don't touch anything in this tomb! This is not the same tomb as before, but the place where the owner of this tomb once slept. The protective measures must not have completely failed!" Seeing this, the Buddha had no choice but to give a warning.
Hearing this, several people nodded.
These Japanese people were really fast. They moved away everything in the tomb, whether useful or not, as long as it was moveable. Therefore, there were not many clues left for them.
At this time, Master Qi Ba looked at the spider web on the wall in front of him and was suddenly overjoyed. He hurriedly shouted, "Look, there is a token here. I'll take it out and show it to you!"
After saying that, he reached into the spider web to take it.
Seeing this, Zhang Qihai subconsciously spoke up to stop him, "Don't move!"
But it was too late. Master Qi had already reached into the spider web and took out the token.
As the token was taken away, a large group of colorful butterflies suddenly swarmed out of the tomb. Zhang Qihai saw this and shouted, "Quickly retreat! These colorful butterflies are poisonous! Brother Rishan, take Master Ba out first! I'll go help my eldest brother!"
"Yes! Little Buddha!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Rishan grabbed Mr. Qi and rushed out of the stone gate.
The Buddha was located deeper in the tomb and was surrounded by countless colorful butterflies, unable to escape in time.
Faced with so many colorful butterflies, the Buddha was also unable to cope and was seriously injured. Seeing this, Zhang Qihai drew out the black gold ancient knife behind him and killed towards the group of colorful butterflies.
With the support of Diamond Sutra rewarded by the system, Zhang Qihai was unable to get close to these colorful butterflies. He waved the black gold ancient sword in his hand, slashing down countless colorful butterflies and creating a gap.
Zhang Qihai hurriedly carried the injured and unconscious Buddha on his back and quickly ran out of the main tomb chamber.
Upon seeing this, Adjutant Zhang and Master Qi Ba quickly closed the stone door, blocking the colorful butterfly that wanted to rush out of the tomb.
Seeing that the colorful butterfly did not fly out of the tomb, Adjutant Zhang and Master Qi Ba hurried over and asked anxiously, "What happened to Master Buddha?"
Zhang Qihai pulled out the needle bag he carried with him, and quickly injected needles into Master Fo with both hands, saying, "Brother has been poisoned by the colorful butterfly. I just injected needles to temporarily seal the poison. I can't remove this poison. Now I can only go back to Changsha City and see if Second Master has a way to remove this poison!"
"Yes, let's go back to Changsha City first. Second Master is the one among our Nine Sects who knows the most about the ancient tombs of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. He must have a way to help Master Buddha detoxify!"
Adjutant Zhang was also extremely anxious at this time. He carried the Buddha lying on the ground on his back, and everyone returned in the direction they came from.
At this time, Mr. Qi Ba was silent, his face full of guilt. This time it was he who caused the Buddha to be poisoned and injured. If he had not listened to the Buddha's advice and taken the token without permission, this would not have happened.
Seeing that Master Qi Ba was blaming himself and feeling depressed, Zhang Qihai spoke to comfort him, "Master Ba, you don't have to blame yourself for this. Tombs are full of dangers and accidents will always happen. Just be careful next time you go to a tomb."
"Ugh……"
Mr. Qi sighed but said nothing, obviously still feeling deeply guilty.
Seeing this, Zhang Qihai didn't say much, and the group walked out of the tomb.
It took a long time to get in, but it was very quick to get out. It took an hour for everyone to finally walk out of the tomb.
There was a person lying outside the tomb. Master Qi Ba looked at him and asked in confusion: "Isn't this the old man who just brought us in? Why is he lying there?"
"Don't go over there! There's an ambush!"
Chapter 29 Ambush
"Don't go over there! That old man is already dead. There must be Japanese pirates lying in ambush outside!"
Zhang Qihai was the first to notice something was wrong, and quickly grabbed Mr. Qi who was about to leave.
"What!" Mr. Qi was also a little surprised. He obviously couldn't believe that these Japanese people were so bold as to commit a crime in Changsha City.
The group of Japanese pirates had already discovered that Zhang Qihai was deliberately hiding. Seeing that the fish was not taking the bait, the Japanese pirates hiding in the surrounding jungles came out one after another, set up their submachine guns and started firing crazily. The bullets were fired towards the place where the few people were hiding as if they were free.
Looking at the bullets flying over, Zhang Qihai ordered Adjutant Zhang: "Brother Rishan, protect my eldest brother and Master Qi Ba! I'll be back soon."
After saying that, he rolled sideways into the cave, drew out the black gold ancient sword on his back, and swung the sword to block all the bullets. Then he quickly rushed towards the Japanese pirate closest to him and chopped him down with the sword.
The Japanese pirate didn't have time to react before he was chopped into two by Zhang Qihai's sword. Blood and internal organs were all over the ground. Seeing their companion dead, several Japanese pirates dropped their submachine guns and drew out the ninja swords hidden at their waists.
In a battle at this distance, using firearms will only cause accidental injuries to one's own people, while cold weapons will show their advantages.
This group of Japanese pirates formed a circle and surrounded Zhang Qihai in the middle, trying to encircle and annihilate Zhang Qihai. However, they underestimated Zhang Qihai's true strength. Zhang Qihai quickly drew his sword, and in less than half a quarter of an hour, all the Japanese were killed by Zhang Qihai.
After getting rid of the Japanese ninjas, Zhang Qihai shouted towards the cave: "You can come out now. I have killed all these Japanese pirates!"
Seeing that the danger was over, Adjutant Zhang carried Master Fo and Master Qi Baye out of the cave.
Looking at the corpses and bullet shells all over the ground, and several submachine guns lying around, Adjutant Zhang was also shocked. As a soldier, he naturally knew that the advantages of firearms were far beyond the reach of cold weapons, but Little Buddha blocked so many gun attacks and killed all those people.
"Okay, now that I have removed the stumbling block, let's hurry back to Changsha City! Otherwise, it will cause more trouble!" Zhang Qihai said lightly, as if getting rid of these Japanese was insignificant to him.
"Little Buddha, you are too strong! You have killed so many devils. Even Buddha may not be able to do it!"
Mr. Qi Ba was amazed all the way. They found the horses they rode and quickly headed towards Changsha City.
The crowd did not realize that their every move was being monitored by people on a mountain not far away.
On the mountain road in the distance, a car was parked, and a white foreigner was standing next to the car. This man was the leader of the foreign tomb-robbing forces, the famous Jude Kao.
There were quite a few Japanese standing around him at this moment. It was obvious that the plan to ambush Zhang Qihai and others was arranged by him.
"Mr. Jude Kao, do you think we should send more people to take them down?" asked a Japanese standing next to Jude Kao.
At this time, the leader of the Japanese spies was a little embarrassed and wanted to send more people to deal with Zhang Qihai and his group. After all, the younger brothers he sent out to ambush were easily dealt with by Zhang Qihai, so he volunteered to save some face.
"No need for that. These people are able to find this place, so they are obviously quite capable. We can still use them. We have been investigating this mine for many years, but there has been no progress. Perhaps the intervention of this group of people can help our operation get some improvement."
Jude Kao waved his hand and spoke in broken Chinese, signaling the spy chief not to interfere too much.
"Mr. Jude Kao is wise! Let them live for a while longer, and wait until the matter at the mine is clarified, and then get rid of them all at once." The spy chief flattered Jude Kao.
"Oh, by the way, who was that young man just now? He was able to kill dozens of our elite-trained agents in such a short time. Why is there no record of him in our files? It would be great if I could use such a talent!"
Jude Kao looked at the direction Zhang Qihai left with deep eyes and spoke.
You have to know that these people have been active near Changsha City for a long time, so they are naturally very concerned about the situation around them, especially the people from the Nine Gates who are traveling with them, who are the focus of their attention. But their intelligence department actually has no information about this young man.
"Mr. Qiu Dekao, this young man should be the Little Buddha who has become famous recently. It is said that he is the younger brother of Buddha and he is very skilled. Some time ago, Er Yuehong's apprentice Chen Pi had one arm broken by him." The spy chief reported respectfully.
"Little Master Buddha? Zhang Qishan's younger brother? The situation in Changsha City is becoming more and more interesting. It seems that this Little Master Buddha will stir up some storm in Changsha City. Let the intelligence department below keep an eye on him." Jude Kao said with a smile, as if he had received some news in advance.
"Hi, I'll arrange it right away!"
The spy chief stepped back and prepared to arrange things.
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By the time Zhang Qihai and his party arrived at the Hong Mansion, it had already darkened.
Several people broke into the Hong Mansion directly. The servants at the door also knew Zhang Qihai's identity and did not stop them. Instead, they hurried to report to Er Yuehong.