Chapter 38 I Don't Know
The two men crawled into the tunnel one after another, and then sealed the entrance with a wooden box to prevent the corpse silkworms from coming back and climbing up through the entrance.
Originally, Xu Chuchu wanted to explore the way ahead, but Xiao Yu refused and insisted on going in first.
He didn't quite understand the difference between the tunnel dug by the tomb robbers and the one dug by Xu Chuchu, and why they said that no one was needed for support.
Xu Chuchu told him that tomb robbers usually start digging from the ground and dig directly into the tomb, which takes three to five days at the fastest and a month at the slowest.
But the place she chose was the highest point in the entire mausoleum except for the main tomb chamber. She could just dig a shallow pit, open the top of the tomb, and then lower the person down with a rope, which saved time and effort.
Xiao Yu nodded in approval after hearing this. "It seems you are really capable. You can find a good location that even tomb robbers can't find."
"That's not the case." Xu Chuchu followed Xiao Yu. The tunnel was very narrow and she had to crawl through many places, but she didn't need to worry about anything. She had nothing to do, so she started chatting.
"There's a tradition in the tomb-robbing business: whatever method doesn't require coordination between companions will be used, even if it's more time-consuming and laborious. So they'd rather spend longer digging a hole than rely on others to pull them up."
"Are you afraid that the people outside will be arrested by the government?" Xiao Yu's voice came back from the front.
"Why? They're afraid of uneven distribution of the spoils and a lack of mutual trust," Xu Chuchu said. "Some people with evil hearts who want a bigger share of the spoils will maliciously leave their companions in the grave to die while they go out and live happily."
"Oh?" Xiao Yu continued, "But I heard that tomb robbing is a business that's been passed down from generation to generation, and it's all done by families. Do we need to be so wary of each other?"
"That's a good question!" Xu Chuchu said quickly, "So they have a tradition. If someone needs to go out first and someone else needs to go out later, the father must go out first, and then the son."
"Why is that?"
"Because a son is likely to abandon his father, but a father will never abandon his son." Xu Chuchu said seriously, "Isn't it very realistic? Many people who work in tomb robbing are desperate criminals who don't care about family ties."
These were insider information known only to those in the circle. Xu Chuchu knew that Xiao Yu was interested in all sorts of things, so she picked out some interesting ones to tell him so as to distract him and prevent his claustrophobia from being stimulated again.
Xiao Yu, however, seemed uninterested in this topic. He only hummed a faint "hmm" and said, "So, even desperadoes have affection for their children."
Xu Chuchu wanted to say, buddy, you’ve missed the point. What I was emphasizing is that children are prone to abandoning their parents.
But in the end, he didn't say anything. He felt that Xiao Yu seemed to be in a strange mood and he didn't know what he was thinking about.
The two of them walked forward silently in the tunnel. After a flat section, they suddenly began to go uphill significantly. After walking for a while, they felt that the air was much fresher and they could even sense a faint light.
The exit is just ahead!
Xu Chuchu breathed a sigh of relief and was about to celebrate when Xiao Yu in front of her suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" She took a breath and then took another breath. "Could it be that the tomb robbers used something to block the entrance to the cave?"
"No, I'll be out soon." Xiao Yu replied, "Xiangshi Xu, before I leave, I have a question for you."
"Ah, asking..." Xu Chuchu was a little stunned by the sudden formality.
Xiao Yu turned around with difficulty in the crowded tunnel to face him, his handsome face showing a solemn and hopeful expression.
He asked her, "Why isn't my illness affected by you? Don't you really know?"
That's the question I was going to ask.
Suddenly thinking of the intimate behavior of the two in the tomb, Xu Chuchu was silent for a while.
She knew that the illness Xiao Yu was talking about was a strange disease that made him easily lustful towards women, so she thought about it seriously for a while and answered him, "I don't know."
Xiao Yu pursed her lips: "For example, you are a physiognomist, have you taken any elixirs, what spells can you chant...really, aren't these the reasons?"
"No." Xu Chuchu answered without hesitation. She guessed that Xiao Yu asked this with a glimmer of hope, so she said bluntly, "I'm sorry, I don't know why, and I don't have the ability to prevent others from affecting you like me."
Logically speaking, the person with the strange fate is Xiao Yu. As far as his symptoms are concerned, Xu Chuchu should be no different from other women.
But Xu Chuchu could also vaguely guess that it might be because she was sent across time by divine punishment and was not a native resident of this world, so she could not have any influence on Xiao Yu.
But this reason is too absurd. Even if Xiao Yu knew it, it would not change anything, so there is no need to say it out.
"I understand." Xiao Yu did not ask any more questions, calmly accepted the result, turned around and pushed away the soil on top.
The moonlight and cool breeze instantly came over, and Xu Chuchu knew that they were finally back on the ground.
The sadness was swept away, and she happily crawled out after him: "I'm out now. I didn't feel anything inside, but I didn't expect it to be dark when I came out."
After saying that, she touched her stomach again and said, "I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten for a whole day."
Xiao Yu looked at the night sky: "It's not just dark, it's almost dawn."
He said to Xu Chuchu, "Brother Shao is probably still looking for us. Let's go back to the inn first and ask the person who found him to come back."
It must have rained heavily at night, and the mountain road was muddy and difficult to walk on. Xu Chuchu, who could usually walk with his eyes closed, almost fell flat on his face.
When the two men came out, they were already in a very miserable state. Their clothes were torn, their faces and hands were scratched, and they were covered in mud. When they went back, they scared the officers and soldiers who stayed behind. They thought the two men were monsters that crawled out from the ground.
When Xiao Yu learned that Shao Mingjie had not returned yet, he sent his men up the mountain to look for him, asking them to tell Shao Mingjie that he and Xu Chuchu had escaped safely, and asked him to come back quickly.
"You should go back and rest first." Xiao Yu said to Xu Chuchu, "I've asked the waiter to prepare food, which will be delivered to your room soon. After you finish eating, have a good sleep."
"What about you?" Xu Chuchu asked.
"I have to wait for Brother Shao to come back first." Xiao Yu said.
"Okay then." Xu Chuchu didn't refuse, "Call me if you need anything."
Xu Chuchu went to rest, but Xiao Yu couldn't sleep. On the one hand, he was sorting out what had happened in the past few days, and on the other hand, he was worried about Shao Mingjie, afraid that he had not been able to bring people out at that time, or that something might happen to him when he came back to save them later.
In fact, according to Xiao Yu's personality, he would not come back directly after leaving the mausoleum, but would go to the previous entrance to meet up with Shao Mingjie. However, seeing that Xu Chuchu was hungry and tired, and afraid that she could not bear it, he brought her back first.
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