"You were just misled by the reliefs on the door and lost your true nature."
Su Ya said calmly.
Yan Jingqing said to Su Ya with some guilt, "I'm sorry."
He never expected that his willpower was so weak.
"Is 'sorry' enough? Ya Ya almost got hurt because of you."
Ye Qinchuan roared.
Yan Jingqing knelt down on the ground with a thud and swore an oath to the heavens.
"Young Master Ye, I know saying sorry is useless. This is the second time Su Ya has saved me. I swear I will do everything in my power to protect Su Ya from now on. Even if it costs me my life, from this day forward, my life is..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Ye Qinchuan interrupted him.
"Do you think we're something special? Get up now."
Yan Jingqing had no choice but to get up.
"Ya Ya, have you noticed anything strange about those two tigers?" Ye Qinchuan asked Su Ya. Usually, there are two stone lions standing outside stone gates; stone lions are for guarding the gate, not tigers.
"There are indeed some."
Suya stared at the tiger for a while before answering.
"So what do we do now?"
"Find the mechanism to open the door."
"Could it be the golden ball inside that tiger on the right?"
"No, the mechanism should be somewhere else. The three of us will split up to search. You feel around on both sides of the wall and see if there are any protrusions or anything unusual. I'll look for the stone door. Your concentration is too weak."
"Okay, Ya Ya, be careful."
After saying that, he turned to Yan Jingqing and said, "You on the left, I'll go to the right."
Ye Qinchuan didn't compete with Su Ya either; his composure was indeed much weaker than Su Ya's.
So the three of them divided the work and started searching. Suya also started searching near the stone gate, but apart from the reliefs on the stone gate, there was nothing else special about it.
Ye Qinchuan's side also came up empty-handed.
It remains to be seen whether Yan Jingqing was unlucky or lucky.
As he groped along the left wall, he did indeed touch a protruding stone.
So he excitedly shouted to Suya, "I found it!"
Upon hearing this, Su Ya and Ye Qinchuan walked towards Yan Jingqing's location.
Sure enough, I saw a bulge.
"Press it down."
Suya said.
Yan Jingqing obediently pressed down on the protrusion, and suddenly a rumbling sound came out. The sound was very loud and had an echo.
Then they heard a sound like some kind of mechanism being activated. When they looked towards the stone door again, they found that the door had been opened a crack, and then the crack was getting bigger and bigger.
It stopped when only one person could enter.
Su Ya, Ye Qinchuan, and Yan Jingqing then headed towards the stone gate.
They went in through the crack one after another, expecting it to be pitch black inside, but to their surprise, it was brightly lit.
The interior space is very large, and it is supported by eighteen pillars that stretch as far as the eye can see.
Inside the pillars was something resembling a luminous pearl, illuminating the entire hall brightly, like giant light tubes.
The ground was covered with something that looked like gold, glittering and shining.
There were many boxes on both sides, none of which had been opened.
Moreover, in the very center, there is a high platform, and on top of the platform is a jade coffin. It's obvious that the true owner of this ancient tomb lies inside this jade coffin.
Upon seeing this, Ye Qinchuan and Su Ya exchanged glances and shared their information. This was an ancient tomb. Moreover, judging from its luxurious state, it resembled an imperial tomb, and it had never been discovered before.
Actually, it's very difficult to find this place. This tomb is located very deep underground, and ordinary people wouldn't be able to dig it up.
Suya and her group arrived here by sheer coincidence.
Moreover, the tomb owner seemed quite confident in the location he had chosen, knowing that no one would come here. Therefore, apart from the deceptive reliefs on the stone door and the golden ball in the tiger's mouth, no other switches were installed.
It is well known that those who designed ancient tombs were often killed to prevent the details of their tombs from being revealed to others. Some more benevolent emperors, however, chose to have the tomb builders and designers buried with them.
However, those who design ancient tombs usually keep something in reserve.
Secretly design a place where you can escape.
This ancient tomb is a bit strange; there are no palace maids or eunuchs buried with it.
There were no inscriptions either. These were things that would record the emperor's life.
Therefore, Suya and the others did not know who the owner of this ancient tomb was. They were not interested in gold and silver treasures, nor did they want to open the jade coffin to see who was lying inside.
All they want now is to find a way to escape.
Those who design ancient tombs typically place traps near the main structure. However, those who design ancient tombs may also starve to death next to the coffins of emperors.
Sure enough, after searching around, they found a box with a pile of jewelry and jade scattered around it.
Upon opening the box, a white skeleton was found inside.
Su Ya and Ye Qinchuan were unaffected, after all, they had seen many dead people, but this terrified Yan Jingqing.
His legs went weak.
"Let's find the mechanism to get out."
Yan Jingqing had no idea that in that short time, Su Yaye and Qin Chuan had already communicated with each other through their eyes. He remained oblivious, like an outsider.
"Where is the headquarters?"
Yan Jingqing asked.
Do you remember the skeleton you saw in the box just now?
"Yes, I remember."
"That skeleton must be the designer of this tomb."
"Then why didn't he escape?"
Yan Jingqing was puzzled.
"Escape? Where can he escape to?"
“In the past, all land under heaven belonged to the emperor. Where could someone who had already been buried alive escape to? Even if he did escape, his family and descendants would be implicated.”
"So, those skeletons starved to death here."
"Yes. Guarding the gold and jewels here, guarding a corpse, letting oneself starve to death."
Ye Qinchuan explained to Yan Jingqing.
Yan Jingqing felt a chill run down his spine after hearing this; it was too terrifying.
"Then why do you say there are hidden mechanisms?"
But one question remained in my mind.
"In China, people who design tombs usually leave a mechanism for their descendants, so that their descendants might become rich because of it in the future."
"Oh, there's such a thing."
"I've only seen this in some Chinese history books. Whether it's true or not, we can only find out for ourselves."
Su Ya said in a cold voice.
"Then our only way out is to find that mechanism. If we can't find it, are we going to be trapped here for the rest of our lives?"
"Not necessarily. Maybe in a few days, someone from above will be sent down."
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