Chapter 623: 3 Forks in the Road!

Chapter 623: 3 Forks in the Road!

Chapter 623: Three-way intersection!

When everyone heard what Jia Dongming said, they all looked in the direction of Jia Dongming's flashlight with curiosity, and saw a black object lying horizontally at the end of the light.

"Hey! That looks like a corpse. Could it be that Zheng Ming and his group of people touched the mechanism in the tomb passage?" Zhou Hua saw the thing lying on the ground and immediately recognized it as a corpse, and asked immediately.

When Jia Dongming heard Zhou Hua's words, he smiled and reminded Zhou Hua: "Zhou Hua! Take another good look. Is that a corpse? Or a skeleton?"

When Zhou Hua heard Jia Dongming's reminder, he immediately shone the flashlight in his hand in the direction Jia Dongming pointed. When he saw the skeletons on the ground, he asked Jia Dongming curiously: "Director Jia! Weren't the soldiers who carried the treasure poisoned to death by Li Jin at the entrance of the cave? Why is there a body here? And the presence of a body in this passage means that there is a mechanism in this passage, doesn't it? Why do you think Zheng Ming took people through this passage?"

When Jia Dongming heard Zhou Hua's words and saw the puzzled expressions on everyone's faces, he recalled the plots in the tomb-robbing TV series he had watched in his previous life. He introduced them in a serious manner: "Deputy Captain Yang! Comrades, according to what I know, seeing dead bodies in the passage of the mausoleum does not mean that this passage is dangerous. Instead, it means that this passage is the correct passage to the main tomb chamber."

When Yang Kaihua heard what Jia Dongming said, his brows knitted together and he asked Jia Dongming solemnly, "Director Jia! There is a dead body in this passage. Doesn't this mean that this passage is full of traps? It also allows us to eliminate a wrong option. We can just choose one of the remaining two passages. Why do you think this passage is the correct passage to the main secret room?"

"Director Jia! Captain Yang is right. Since someone in this passage touched the mechanism and died, it proves that there is something wrong with this passage. Why do you think this passage is the correct one?" Zhou Hua was also puzzled after hearing what Jia Dongming said, and asked Jia Dongming with a puzzled look on his face.

When Jia Dongming heard the questions raised by Yang Kaihua and Zhou Hua, he thought of the plot in the tomb-robbing TV series he watched in his previous life, and explained to everyone with a smile: "Deputy Captain Yang! Zhou Hua! The questions you raised do make sense, but for the ancients, the place that leads to death is actually the entrance to the mausoleum."

"The reason is very simple. In ancient times, tomb robbers traveled in groups, with the number of people ranging from dozens to hundreds or even thousands. These tomb robbers did not know the art of touching gold. When they encountered similar situations during their tomb robbing, they would arrange for their dead soldiers to enter the tomb passage and explore the way."

"For a mausoleum like this that was built by hollowing out a mountain, two of the three passages normally lead to deep underground caves. Once someone enters, there is probably no way to get out, so there is no need to set up traps. On the other hand, in order to prevent tomb robbers from entering the main tomb chamber, the craftsmen would set up various traps and mechanisms in the passage when building the mausoleum. The corpse in front of me is a perfect example of this."

"In addition, Zheng Ming has inherited the skills of a tomb-raiding lieutenant. For ordinary tomb robbers, this design is equivalent to three dead ends, but for Zheng Ming, it is nothing. In addition, look at the footprints left at the entrances of the three passages. The footprints of the other two are clearly visible, while the footprints of this passage are disorderly. It is obvious that Zheng Ming did this deliberately to lure the Li family members." "The last and most crucial point is that the bodies in this passage, if I am not mistaken, are the people who were shot and killed by the mechanism in the passage when the Li family entered to explore the treasure. Zheng Ming believed that if the Li family members came here again, they would not choose this passage, so he deliberately set up a trap."

"Director Jia! The treasure in here was buried by Li Jin, the ancestor of the Li family. Since Li Jin left a treasure map, why didn't he record the actual situation in this tomb in detail in the treasure map? Isn't what Li Jin did harming the Li family?" A public security officer heard Jia Dongming's analysis and thought of the fact that Li Jin was the ancestor of the Li family, and asked Jia Dongming with a puzzled look on his face.

The reason why Jia Dongming was so sure that this passage was the one Zheng Ming and his team took, in addition to the knowledge he gained from watching tomb-robbing TV series in his previous life, the key was his Eagle Eye skill, which made him very sure that this was the passage Zheng Ming and his team took.

When Jia Dongming heard the question raised by the police officer, he realized that he had overlooked this question because he had been watching first. He pondered for a while before answering, "Wang Chong! The fact that King Chuang let Li Jin bury the treasures shows that Li Jin was trusted by King Chuang. A general who was trusted by King Chuang, who even poisoned all the soldiers responsible for burying the treasures after burying them, shows how loyal he was to King Chuang."

"Also, I guess Li Jin at the time just thought that King Chuang was a temporary failure. With King Chuang's ability, he would be able to make a comeback sooner or later, so he left behind a treasure map, but did not mark the mechanism in the tomb passage on the treasure map. In other words, there should be two copies of the so-called treasure map, one of which is the exact location of the standard treasure, and the other is the one that marks the mechanism in the tomb. The treasure map with the standard mechanism is not in the hands of the Li family, or it has been lost."

After hearing Jia Dongming's analysis, Yang Kaihua took a flashlight and came to the passage that Jia Dongming mentioned. He used the flashlight to carefully observe the footprints at the entrance of the passage. As a result, he soon discovered that these footprints were very messy at first, but after entering the passage, the footprints almost overlapped. This means that when Zheng Ming led people into this passage, he had them step on the footprints and move forward.

After this thought came to his mind, Yang Kaihua took a flashlight and came to another passage. He used the flashlight to look at the footprints on the ground. Although there were many footprints, they gradually became sparse after extending into the passage. This meant that the footprints in this passage were deliberately arranged by Zheng Ming in order to lure the Li family.

After Yang Kaihua looked at the footprints in the passage in front of him, he went to look at the footprints in another passage and finally concluded that Jia Dongming's judgment was correct. So he said to everyone present: "Comrades! I just checked the footprints in several passages and finally confirmed that Director Jia's analysis was correct. Let's continue to move forward according to Director Jia's judgment!"

(End of this chapter)