Chapter 29 Finally said it out
To be honest, this outfit doesn’t seem to be appropriate, let alone in ancient times, even in the modern 21st century...
It’s not that Xu Chuchu is conservative, she just feels that when a woman with wet hair meets the opposite sex, there is a certain ambiguity in it. If she meets the same sex, it is only for close sisters.
Whether they were ambiguous or had a close relationship, the Shao brothers and sisters were not among them.
Wait, Xiao Yu... um, Xiao Yu is an old brother who knows everything about me. She has revealed all my secrets, so I won’t care.
Well, it’s all Xiao Yu’s fault for not telling me in advance.
Sure enough, as soon as Xu Chuchu came in, the three of them had different expressions.
Shao Zhi must have been shocked by Xu Chuchu again. In her traditional thinking, Xu Chuchu coming out with wet hair after taking a shower was no different from running out naked.
Shao Mingjie took a look and immediately turned his head away, scratching his head in frustration.
Only Xiao Yu had a strong mental state. He raised his eyebrows and said something unnaturally.
"Come and sit down."
"Oh." The boss didn't care, and Xu Chuchu didn't care either. Seeing a table full of delicious food, she picked up her chopsticks and started to eat with relish.
It is indeed better to lean against a big tree to enjoy the shade. This is steamed meat, this is roast chicken.
For a moment, the only sound in the private room was Xu Chuchu's clinking of food.
After a while, Xiao Yu coughed lightly and said, "Tell Lord Shao what you told me today about the next steps, so he can make arrangements tomorrow."
Xu Chuchu put down her chopsticks, glanced at Shao Mingjie, and found that he was still deliberately avoiding her.
"Are you sure you want to go down to the tomb?" she asked.
Shao Mingjie lowered his head and turned his wine glass: "Pour it in, of course. We need to arrest people and count the missing burial objects."
"Okay." Xu Chuchu nodded. "Then we can start work tomorrow morning when the sun rises. I'll tell you the specific direction and angle then. Once the tunnel is opened, we can go down to the tomb. But I have one request: After you go down, all your actions must obey me. Whether you can go forward or which direction to go is all decided by me."
Xiao Yu frowned: "You want to go down too?"
Xu Chuchu almost vomited blood: "Don't you want me to go down?"
So they didn't intend to let her do this dirty work from the beginning?
Is it too late for her to retract these words?
"According to what you said, is there any danger under the tomb?" Xiao Yu was determined not to give her a chance to regret. "But as the rumors say, the tomb builders set up several traps to prevent tomb robbers. Or is there a possibility that there are zombies in the tomb?"
He had heard a lot of these rumors, and he didn't believe them before. Now... let's not talk about it. He had no way of distinguishing the truth from the false, so he could only ask Xu Chuchu.
"I don't think there will be zombies." Seeing Xiao Yu's eagerness to learn, Xu Chuchu also explained seriously, "Unless someone intervenes and maliciously disposes of the body, ordinary people will not turn into zombies after death."
"The rumors of corpses resurrecting and hair growing on corpses are all nerve reactions caused by lightning or friction with animal hair in the first few days after death. They don't really turn people into zombie monsters."
"As for the mechanisms..." She thought for a moment, "There might be some simple traps, like piles of rocks and sand, or buried pits. I'll have to go inside and see for myself."
The mechanisms of the mausoleum are actually not too complicated. There will be no flying arrows or wall squeezing.
Because the more complex the mechanism, the more people need to take care of it, just like modern mechanical equipment. The tomb has been unattended for hundreds of years, and even if there were any, they would have long been unusable.
But after all, it is an underground space that has been closed for many years. Anything can happen in it, poisonous insects, poisonous gases, monsters and ghosts, which can be fatal if you are not careful. This is exactly what Xu Chuchu is worried about.
"Brother Shao?" Xiao Yu called Shao Mingjie.
"Hmm..." Shao Mingjie finally raised his nose from the wine glass, "Okay, I'll follow Brother Xiao's arrangements."
Shao Zhi also smiled appropriately: "That's great. I hope Brother and Brother Yu can do it smoothly and catch the tomb robbers as soon as possible."
It was obvious that Miss Shao wanted to use her ability to liven up the atmosphere again, but unfortunately she failed this time.
Her brother, whose emotions were written all over his face, was still in a bad mood. He drank alone, not leaving the table or saying a word.
Xiao Yu was very interested in what was happening in the tomb, and kept asking Xu Chuchu questions.
What kind of traps could be inside the tomb? How did she know? Had she robbed tombs before? If not, how did she know so clearly… What? Could there be poisonous insects? Were they raised when the tomb was built? How could they survive so long without being fed regularly?
Xu Chuchu's head hurt from all the questions, and she could only try to give Xiao Yu a little explanation, and just brush off the questions she didn't want to answer.
"...They're not necessarily raised by humans. However, the dampness underground, with dead objects buried there, makes it easy for poisonous insects like centipedes to breed. A few of them might be fine, but if they come up in droves..."
Xu Chuchu described the disgusting scene to Xiao Yu. Shao Zhi was listening with great boredom. She wondered how a woman could talk about such things all the time. She was still hesitating whether she should pretend to be friends with her in the future. Suddenly, she heard Shao Mingjie slamming the table next to her!
"Damn it! I can't stand it anymore!" Shao Mingjie yelled.
The other three people did not expect Shao Mingjie to suddenly get angry. They were stunned for a moment, and then they saw Shao Mingjie put the empty wine glass heavily in front of Xu Chuchu.
"Come! Drink!"
He poured a full glass for Xu Chuchu, and without waiting for Xu Chuchu to react, he bumped his glass into hers.
He took a huge gulp, his face flushed red, and roared, "Master Xu, I haven't seen your ability before. I am short-sighted!"
"Ah, ah?" Xu Chuchu thought she had misheard.
"You've really opened my eyes today!" Shao Mingjie gave another thumbs-up. "It's no exaggeration to call you a heroine... I really didn't expect it, I never expected it!"
After saying that, he slapped the table again, spilling some of the soup.
"Finally, I got it out! What a relief!" he shouted. "It's really not a good idea to keep it bottled up."
Xu Chuchu: “…”
She looked at Xiao Yu in fear and saw Xiao Yu shaking his head slightly, indicating that it had nothing to do with him.
"Master Xu," Shao Mingjie poured himself another glass and shouted, "Drink this, and you'll forgive me this time, okay? From now on, when it comes to solving cases and arresting people... Master, whatever you say, I'll do it, without questioning a single word, okay?"
"Brother!" Shao Zhi was so frightened that her face turned pale. "You've drunk too much, what are you talking about! I... I, Xiangshi Xu, am a girl, why are you calling me brother?"
What's going on?! The night before, my brother kept accusing Xiao Yu of being gullible and believing in shamans, saying Xu Chuchu wasn't a good person. How come a day later... he admitted his mistake?!
After all, this charlatan is just a country woman. How can she compare to their aristocratic family? Xiao Yu was already honoring her by inviting her to dinner, and her brother even apologized to her?! What the hell is this charlatan up to?
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