Chapter 628: Pseudo Underground Palace!

Chapter 628: Pseudo Underground Palace!

Chapter 628: Pseudo Underground Palace!
"Oh my goodness! What on earth did the owner of this tomb do to enrage God and man? After his death, the entire mausoleum was emptied out?" Zhou Hua looked at the empty tomb in front of him with the light of the torches in the hands of the crowd, with a shocked expression on his face, and he couldn't help but sigh.

When Jia Dongming heard Zhou Hua's sigh, he thought of Cao Cao, the ancestor of the tomb raiders. Because he walked many times at night, Cao Cao was afraid that his tomb would be excavated after his death, so he built 72 suspected tombs in the area of ​​Ji Province. Later, many archaeologists confirmed that Cao Cao's suspected tombs were actually a large ancient tomb group from the Northern Dynasties, and pointed out that the exact number was not 72, but 134.

Jia Dongming thought of the suspicious tomb and then the mausoleum under the underground palace. He had a vague feeling that the underground palace in front of him was most likely a suspicious tomb deliberately built by the tomb owner to prevent his mausoleum from being stolen.

As for why the funerary objects in the underground palace were swept away, it is very likely that Li Guo deliberately disguised the place as if it had been visited by tomb robbers in order to conceal the existence of the treasure house, so as to paralyze those who entered.

After this thought came to his mind, Jia Dongming smiled and asked everyone present: "Comrades! Have you heard of the legend of Cao Cao's 72 suspected tombs?"

Yang Kaihua, who was surprised by the scene in the underground palace, was obviously stunned when he heard Jia Dongming's words. He asked Jia Dongming with a surprised face: "Director Jia! From what you said, this is not the real underground palace of the tomb owner? If your judgment is true, the tomb owner should have placed some worthless burial objects in the fake underground palace to paralyze the tomb robbers. Why is there nothing left here except two coffins and some sacrificial supplies?"

Jia Dongming, who had already discovered the entrance to the underground mausoleum, heard Yang Kaihua's question and thought of his inner guess. He smiled and introduced to Yang Kaihua and others: "Deputy Captain Yang! Do you still remember what the Li family did before the founding of the country?"

When Yang Kaihua heard Jia Dongming asking about the Li family's means of livelihood in the early years, he immediately remembered the investigation results on the Li family in the files, and answered seriously: "Director Jia! According to the records in the files, before the founding of the country, there were southern and northern schools of tomb raiders. The southern school was headed by the Li family, and the northern school was headed by Zhang Sanlianzi, the master of Jin Bingwan."

After hearing Yang Kaihua's answer, Jia Dongming smiled and nodded, and replied: "Deputy Captain Yang! Since the Li family is a tomb-robbing lieutenant, then the ancestor of the Li family, Li Guo, should also be a tomb-robbing lieutenant, and a very powerful one at that."

"This fake underground palace can certainly deceive ordinary tomb robbers, but for a tomb-raiding lieutenant like Li Guo, it is not worth mentioning at all. As for why I think so, the fact that we didn't find Zheng Ming here can explain everything."

"And I also suspect that when King Chuang started his career, in order to raise military funds, he must have organized a team of professional tomb robbers like Cao Cao, and Li Guo was the leader of this team. It was for this reason that Li Guo became a general under King Chuang and won his trust, specifically responsible for helping King Chuang bury treasures."

"As for why Li Guo chose to use this mausoleum as a treasure house, in addition to the fact that the location of this mausoleum is secretive enough, the more important reason is that this mausoleum has a tomb within a tomb. So I suspect that after Li Guo led people into this mausoleum, in order to conceal the existence of the real underground palace, he deliberately fabricated the illusion that the mausoleum was robbed."

"Deputy Captain Jia! Where do you think the real entrance to the underground palace is?" A public security officer heard Jia Dongming's analysis and felt that it made a lot of sense, so he asked Jia Dongming impatiently.

Jia Dongming heard the police officer's question and saw the curious eyes of the crowd. He smiled and pointed the torch in his hand at the altar not far away. He answered confidently: "Look at the footprints in front of the altar. If I'm not mistaken, the real entrance to the mausoleum should be under the altar." Yang Kaihua heard Jia Dongming's words and hurriedly walked to the altar with a torch. When he saw the footprints left in front of the altar, he replied with relief: "Fortunately, no one has set foot in this mausoleum for decades. In addition, Zheng Ming's negligence left traces in front of the altar. Otherwise, with our knowledge in this area, I'm afraid we will never find the real entrance to this mausoleum."

After hearing what Yang Kaihua said and seeing the other party's relieved expression, Jia Dongming said to Yang Kaihua: "Deputy Captain Yang! Although we have found the entrance to this mausoleum, we still don't know how to open it. Now everyone should retreat to the entrance of the fake underground palace. I want to find the mechanism to open the entrance to the mausoleum based on the traces left on the ground."

Along the way, everyone had great confidence in Jia Dongming's reconnaissance capabilities. When everyone heard Jia Dongming's words, they immediately followed Jia Dongming's instructions and retreated back to the entrance of the pseudo underground palace along the original route.

After Jia Dongming and the others retreated to the entrance of the underground palace, they activated their Eagle Eye skill and looked at the altar in front of them, hoping to find the switch to open the entrance through the mechanism inside the altar.

According to the structure of the mechanism buried underground, Jia Dongming discovered that there was a chain that was actually connected to the coffin behind the altar. After Jia Dongming determined the location of the mechanism, he hid in the coffin. However, he did not open the mechanism immediately, but carefully checked the four walls of the underground palace and the position above his head. After confirming that there was no mechanism in the underground palace, he walked towards the location of the coffin.

Perhaps because the coffin had been open for too long, Jia Dongming did not smell the unpleasant stench when he approached the coffin. He took a look at the bones in the coffin and soon discovered the mechanism hidden underneath the bones.

After seeing the mechanism hidden under the skeleton, Jia Dongming first deliberately took a torch and searched the coffin for a long time. Then he took out a pair of gloves from his bag. After he put on the gloves, he reached his hand into the coffin in the curious gaze of everyone.

"Crack!"

As the mechanism turned, a crisp sound suddenly came from the altar. The altar, which was originally placed in front of the coffin, began to slowly sink to the ground. Under the faint light of the fire, a staircase appeared in everyone's sight.

"Director Jia is so amazing. He was able to find the mechanism to enter the underground mausoleum based on the footprints left by Zheng Ming and others." When everyone saw the entrance in front of them, they all showed excitement on their faces. One of the police officers said with admiration on his face.

(End of this chapter)