Chapter 322: Offering Moxa Sticks
Shi Jiaojiao first stored all the food in the three tombs into the space, and the empty tomb could be used as a place for everyone to stay.
The next step is to look for burial objects.
However, for safety reasons, the four of them did not act separately. They stayed together so that if anything unexpected happened, they could hide in the space in time.
Mu Ci took the lead, followed by Shi Jiaojiao and Wang Jiatangwei.
In ancient tombs like this, each chamber has a different function and is divided into different rooms, but they only entered through a small cave excavated by later archaeologists, and it is impossible to tell the direction from which they came in.
In addition, both the tomb chamber where the beasts had stayed and the three tomb chambers where grain was stored had been cleaned and there was nothing inside, so it was impossible to distinguish them.
Mu Ci said as he walked: "The burial objects in the ancient tombs are usually placed in the side chambers on both sides of the main tomb chamber, and some are placed in the coffin. We can just go directly to the main tomb chamber."
Shi Jiaojiao nodded. She knew nothing about ancient tombs. If Mu Ci hadn't asked her to do so, she might have searched every room one by one.
As she followed Mu Ci's footsteps, she looked at the murals on the walls of the corridor which had already fallen off and become dilapidated.
The corridor was dimly lit, and except for the flashlights in their hands, it was pitch black everywhere.
Wang Jia, who had been following behind Shi Jiaojiao, quickly came up and held her sister's arm, looking around in panic: "Do you think there are zombies here?"
Tang Wei also came over: "It shouldn't be possible, the zombies all seem to be from the Qing Dynasty."
Wang Jia looked puzzled: "Is there any explanation for this?"
Tang Wei smiled and said, "Didn't you see that the zombies in the movie were all dressed in the clothes of Qing Dynasty officials? When I was a child, I was curious about why civilians had no chance of becoming zombies."
Wang Jia simply rolled her eyes.
She even thought there was some scientific basis for this.
She looked at Shi Jiaojiao: "Jiaojiao, aren't you afraid that zombies will suddenly jump out?"
Shi Jiaojiao smiled and said, "It's the end of the world now. It's a terrible time. If zombies come out, we probably won't have a good life. We might as well lie down and sleep peacefully."
The three of them were chatting with each other. There was nothing they could do because the atmosphere in the ancient tomb was too eerie. They came here specifically to take other people's burial objects. Who wouldn't feel guilty?
But after a few words, Mu Ci, who was walking in front, stopped.
Shi Jiaojiao was talking to Wang Jia and bumped into Mu Ci's back without seeing clearly. She was stunned for a moment, then poked her head out from behind Mu Ci and said, "Brother, are we here?"
Mu Ci nodded and shone the flashlight on the tomb in front of him: "This should be it. The main tomb chamber in an ancient tomb is usually built near the center, surrounded by other tomb chambers."
Now Wang Jia and Tang Wei also rushed out immediately, looking at the tomb in front of them with shining eyes.
In order to see the road clearly in the corridor, everyone held a flashlight.
At this moment, four beams of light were flying everywhere in the tomb, so dazzling that at first glance it seemed as if one had returned to the bar before the end of the world. Of course, it would have been even better if there was a DJ song.
Mu Ci first went forward to check the two small side chambers next to the main tomb chamber. There were funerary objects inside, but they were all bottles and jars, and some things had been deposited for years and their appearance could not be recognized.
Shi Jiaojiao was looking at the main tomb chamber. When she saw Mu Ci coming out of the side chamber, she hurried forward to ask, "How is it?"
Mu Ci shook his head: "The burial objects should be placed in the coffin."
Shi Jiaojiao followed Mu Ci's gaze and looked towards the coffin.
It has been more than three years since the discovery of this ancient tomb. Although it was not developed at that time, a passage leading to the tomb was dug out.
After such a long period of time, the air has been fully circulated in the ancient tomb, and all the objects inside have begun to undergo oxidation reactions after coming into contact with the air.
The coffin placed in the main tomb chamber at this time was originally made of wood, and its appearance was even more dilapidated after oxidation reaction.
Shi Jiaojiao sighed: "Then open the coffin."
If possible, she didn't want to disturb the rest of her ancestors. After all, if her body was dug out for no reason, she would be angry too.
But they had come this far, and gold was too important for space.
This concerns the lives of four of them.
She really couldn't bear not to open the coffin and take a look.
Tang Wei and Wang Jia stood beside the coffin, waiting for Shi Jiaojiao to take out the tools from the space.
After all, we can't just start working on it. To be disrespectful, we don't know how long this coffin has been there, and who knows if there are any viruses on it.
In the end, the two of them watched helplessly as Shi Jiaojiao took out three moxa sticks from the space.
Or the kind that is bold and elongated.
Tang Wei and Wang Jia were all puzzled, not understanding what Shi Jiaojiao was doing.
Mu Ci didn't understand at first, but when he saw Jiaojiao light the three moxa sticks, she bowed three times to the coffin in a mysterious voice, with a look of helplessness and amusement on her face.
Shi Jiaojiao held up three moxa sticks solemnly, and said devoutly in her heart, "Although I don't know you and you don't know me, it's fate that we met. We were forced to disturb your rest. Don't worry, we will take the gold and leave. The other burial objects will definitely not be touched."
Jiaojiao didn’t know whether the corpse lying in the coffin could hear her, but as long as she felt at peace, that was enough.
She didn't believe these things at first, but since she could be reborn, what else could not happen?
After she finished muttering, Shi Jiaojiao took out a washbasin from the space, which was filled with soft soil that had just been shoveled in. She inserted three moxa sticks into it, and the job was done.
She wasn't kidding, there really was no incense burner prepared in the space, and even if there was, it wouldn't be enough to hold these three thickened and lengthened moxa sticks.
Who could have predicted that she would become a tomb robber in the end times?
Wang Jia stared at the three smoking moxa sticks in astonishment, "Will this work?"
Shi Jiaojiao smelled the smell of moxibustion and rubbed her nose: "I don't know either, but it's better than nothing."
Anyway, she felt that as long as the intention was there, she thought that being able to generously offer three moxa sticks as an offering in the apocalypse had already demonstrated her sincerity.
After the moxa sticks burned out, Shi Jiaojiao took out an engineering shovel from the space, and took out four sets of protective clothing for everyone to put on. Masks and gloves also had to be fully equipped.
After everything is ready, start opening the coffin.
I don’t know if Shi Jiaojiao’s metaphysical ritual worked, but the subsequent opening of the coffin went quite smoothly.
After prying open the coffin, no zombie suddenly jumped out, nor was there any imagined mechanism, only a skeleton lying quietly.
Apart from being able to roughly determine through the pelvis that the corpse was a female, Shi Jiaojiao knew nothing else.
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