"Perhaps this will be helpful to you..."
A woman's voice was heard. It was the tomb robber who had quarreled with Xu Laoba before.
The woman was in her early thirties, with a slim figure. She weakly took something out of her backpack and threw it to Zhu Qingyan.
Zhu Qingyan opened it and found that it was a somewhat tattered sheepskin scroll, on which was painted a figure in a wide robe with big sleeves standing on a high platform, holding a bamboo scroll and looking up at the starry sky. There were nine stars painted in the starry sky, arranged in a special pattern.
Zhu Qingyan couldn't help but be surprised and asked her where she found it.
The woman said unhappily that they had gone down to the tomb before and had gone around several other tombs, but apart from this parchment scroll, they had not found any valuable items.
Since it was also found in this tomb, it is very likely a star map for comparison, a way to escape!
"Hey, Sister Qing, you took this thing secretly, why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Xu Laoba shouted excitedly and urged Zhu Qingyan:
"Hurry up, try it, we can get out once we find the order!"
Murong Jing looked at Zhu Qingyan happily, but found that she did not move, but looked confused.
"What's wrong?" Murong Jing asked.
Zhu Qingyan frowned, looking a little strange. She looked at Xu Laoba, slowly raised the scroll and said:
"This is a parchment scroll. Don't you find it strange to be here?"
Xu Laoba was so anxious that he wanted to slap his thigh, "Hey, what's the big deal——"
He stopped talking halfway.
Xu Laoba's smile froze for a moment, then turned ugly.
Yes, although he has little education, he still has some common sense after fighting for half his life.
Something like parchment can only be preserved for a few hundred years at most.
But this tomb is at least a thousand years old. With ancient technology, it is impossible for parchment to be preserved for that long!
Could it be that someone put it here on purpose?
Xu Laoba immediately rejected this idea - when they came down, there was no sign that anyone else had been here, otherwise they wouldn't have left so many treasures in this stone chamber untouched.
It is even more impossible that Sister Qing drew it herself.
Well... this doesn't make sense at all.
Murong Jing's lung capacity is larger than that of ordinary people, and at this moment she vaguely feels that her breathing is not as smooth as before.
Facing the fear of death, she was much calmer than ordinary people.
She said to Zhu Qingyan, "There is no other way. No matter whether it is true or not, let's try it first."
Zhu Qingyan was still a little hesitant, and Xu Laoba said:
"Girl, just try it right away. We checked this stone chamber thoroughly when we came down, and there are no other hidden weapons or traps.
Don't look at me like that, we are in the same boat now, if I harm you and me, wouldn't that be the same as harming myself?"
Zhu Qingyan felt a strong hand on his shoulder and looked up to see Murong Jing's trusting gaze.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll try."
Zhu Qingyan sat cross-legged on the ground, carefully comparing the parchment scroll with the star map on the stone wall, and rearranged the nine stars in the order of Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, Yaoguang, Zuofu and Youbi.
She plucked up her courage, walked up to the stone wall, and pressed the mechanisms one by one in order.
However, the mechanism was designed to be located some distance from the ground, and she had to stand on tiptoe to reach most of it.
Murong Jing is only 1.7 meters tall, and there are some things that even she cannot reach.
Zhu Qingyan had an idea in his mind, but he was too embarrassed to say it out loud for a long time.
Murong Jing suddenly looked at her: "I'll hold you, you go and press it."
Zhu Qingyan nodded nervously, but was a little worried whether Murong Jing could hold him.
But she soon realized that she was worrying too much.
Murong Jing squatted down, put his arms around her waist, and lifted her up easily without even breathing.
Zhu Qingyan was once again surprised at her physical fitness.
But the situation was urgent, so she first carefully checked the star map mechanism to make sure she didn't press the wrong button.
"There's only one left, it'll be ready soon..."
The last star position is "You Bi". Zhu Qingyan tried his best to stretch his arm upwards, but still couldn't touch the raised bead.
She asked Murong Jing to put her down first, and then she took the flashlight to look around, and she found that the bead was nearly four meters above the ground.
I can't even touch it when I jump!
Zhu Qingyan was at a loss for a moment and could only look for some nearby objects to place under his feet.
Just as she was considering whether she could move the stone table over, Murong Jing stuffed a flashlight into her hands and moved her joints.
Then, she took a few steps back, ran towards the stone wall, and suddenly jumped up, using her long legs to gain leverage from the stone wall, and her body rose another half a meter.
As swift as a leopard!
Before Zhu Qingyan could react, Murong Jing's right hand had already pressed the last mechanism.
As Murong Jing's body landed lightly on the ground, a rumbling sound was heard in the stone chamber.
The loud noise made Zhu Qingyan subconsciously feel a sense of fear, and his heart began to beat violently.
The next moment, someone protected her in a corner of the stone room, and Murong Jing's extremely reassuring voice came:
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Zhu Qingyan nervously grabbed her sports jacket. After a moment, the stone doors actually slowly lifted up, and light came in from the bottom.
The star map drawn on the parchment scroll is real!
Zhu Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, a deep sense of confusion arose in his heart again.
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