Chapter 3 Shadow
There is a black gap between the two stone doors, which can only accommodate one hand.
Mu Xiaowu put his eyes on the gap and tried hard to see clearly what was in the tomb, but no matter how she shook her eyes, there was only a cloud of blackness in front of her, and there was nothing else.
"What did you see?" Mu Clepton anxiously urged her beside him.
"I can't see anything," Mu Xiaowu turned around and glanced at Mu Clee, "This tomb may have been thieves, otherwise why would the tomb door be pried open."
Mu Clee's eyes rolled and he whispered, "Why don't we go in and take a look? Maybe one or two gold, silver and jewelry will be left behind..."
"I don't dare to do something that damages my destiny. Do you still remember the two gold-touching people I saw in Jiangxi before? I died so miserably, my head was so swollen that it was as big as three, my eyes burst out, and I rolled all over the ground, scaring people."
Her words seemed to pour cold water on Mu Crook, completely extinguishing his newly ignited enthusiasm.
"Tsk tsk, forget it," he waved his hand and turned his body around, "It's too late to hide, how dare you bump into these things."
Seeing him in this way, Mu Xiaowu felt unhappy, so he said, "You are becoming less and less courageous. According to me, we should not do such unethical things. There is nothing wrong with going to this tomb chamber to see. Are you still curious about why there is no monument in front of the tomb?"
Mu Crook thought for a while and whispered, "It's better... forget it, it's midnight, why bother with that effort..."
"Anyway, I can't sleep, so I'll find something to do."
Mu Xiaowu said as he reached into the crack of the door and pulled hard to the right. With a "slam" sound, the dust above the door fell down, covering both of them with their faces. The seemingly stable stone door was actually opened by her.
Mu Xiaowu covered his nose and looked into the tomb. With the light outside, the black inside was finally diluted. She could see a straight and narrow tomb passage leading to the deepest part of the tomb passage. Something seemed to be at the end of the tomb passage, reflecting several silver-toned spots of light.
"Is it... a coffin?" Mu Cleizi held her shoulder, looked in tiptoe, then quickly closed his palms and bowed around a few times. "The tomb owner is offended so much, don't mind. The little people just come in and take a look. They will never steal a gold and silver, and leave in a while."
Mu Xiaowu sighed and said to him, "Stop worshiping, I don't think it looks like a coffin. How many coffins are inlaid with gold and silver? In my opinion, there may be really burials, flutes, paintings, etc., let's go in and take a look."
As she said that, she walked into the narrow tomb passage. Mu Crooked hesitated for a moment, thinking that it would be better to be with her than to stand here, so she quickly followed her and walked towards the depths of the tomb passage with her.
After walking for halfway, the light became completely dark. Mu Xiaowu lit a fire note and waved it inside, and said "Huh" in his mouth, and then stood still.
"It's a big box."
After a moment, she murmured and walked inside with a fire note. Mu Crook looked inside and saw a large wooden box placed at the bottom of the tomb, which was nearly ten feet long and wide. It had a plate-shaped structure, with a lid on the top, a brass ornament on the front, and a pull ring on both sides of the box, and the nail nose button was not locked.
The wooden box is covered with red painted gold patterns, but over time, most of these golden patterns have fallen off, and I can’t see what is painted clearly. I can only see the falling patterns, and the stars scattered, and the fire flashed, like countless golden ants crawling over the box.
Mu Xiaowu wandered for a moment and walked to the wooden box. She held the fire stick and took a photo on the box. She reached out to touch it, then said, "What a weird thing, ordinary boxes are either camphor or nanmu, but this box is made of peach wood."
"Peach wood wards off evil spirits..." Mu Clep reminded carefully, and saw that Mu Xiaowu seemed to have no reaction, so he quickly added, "And, this box is not locked, don't get any evil thing out of it in a while..."
Mu Xiaowu was stunned for a moment and sneered, "Are you scared? The copper needle has no movement at all, proving that there is no evil spirit here, otherwise I would not dare to come in."
"Yes, too, I'm even less courageous than mustard seeds now, and I forgot this." Mu Clepton gently took a breath while stroking his chest.
But even so, the two of them were still a little scared, especially when a gust of cold wind blew in from the entrance of the tomb. The wind was very fast, and there were rain stars inside, which pounced on them, causing them to tremble at the same time.
Mu Crook shrank his neck and stared at the nailed nose button of the wooden box. After a while, hesitated and asked, "Then...will you really want to open it?"
Mu Xiaowu had just laughed at Mu Laizi for being timid, and now he doesn't want to show his timidity in front of him, so he could only force it, "It's time to get to this point, don't you just leave without looking?"
As she said that, she handed the fire note in her hand to Mu Cuzi, grabbed the lid of the box and lifted it up hard.
The box cover was so heavy that it exceeded her expectations. She used all the power of a tiger, but it did not move at all, as if it had been nailed to death. So Mu Clee put the fire broker on the ground and grabbed the box cover. The two of them reached three, and at the same time exerted force. Finally, they lifted the box cover a little.
"Woo."
The moment the box lid was raised, a faint whimper seemed to float out of it. Mu Crooked and quickly let out his hands. Mu Xiaowu couldn't hold on alone, so he could only let out his hands. The box lid fell heavily, making a dull "bang".
"You...you...you...you heard?" Mu Clepton staggered and took two steps back, pointing at the box's hand trembling slightly.
Mu Xiaowu also heard that, not only that, but at the moment when she let go, she also saw a shadow passing by the tomb door. The shadow passed by the tomb door, which was very fast and disappeared in an instant. However, its smell remained, it was a fishy and sweet breath, with blood.
"Let's go."
Mu Xiaowu made a decisive decision, and then pulled Mu Crook, who was still standing, and walked quickly towards the tomb door. However, as soon as he turned around, a cold wind covered the surface and blew out the fire broke out.
The tomb chamber fell into darkness again, and the wind and rain outside seemed to stop in an instant. The entire tomb chamber was nothing but darkness, as if it was about to suck people in.
"Finish...I'm done, I'm afraid I'll get involved in these things again." Mu Clepton said despicable words, shrank his body and hid in the afternoon of Mu Xiaowu.
"After all, I'm just a stake in this bowl of rice. I'll know that I'll panic when I encounter problems. I even forgot about my ability to keep my family."
Mu Xiaowu was a little annoyed by his words. He stretched his hand forward, and the bag at the tomb door shook a few times. Then, a copper needle dragging white thread flew towards the two of them.
Chapter completed!