Seeing He Datou holding the gold cake and frowning, Batulu also realized that he had made a mistake and was a little at a loss, "This, this, if I don't kill this mute, he must know where the second and third children are."

He waved his hand and said, "Senior Brother, there is no need to blame yourself. Even if you don't kill him, he won't know where the Second Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother have gone, because the Second Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother will not let them know where the things were taken out from.

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After saying that, Datou nodded and answered, "Yes, the prince is right. If I were the second and third masters, I would not let these mutes know the specific location of the cave entrance. I would only let them wait at the appointed place."

"Then what should we do now?" Batulu was anxious and worried.

While thinking about it, he said, "The capital of the Qin Dynasty was Xianyang, and Xianyang is almost at the same location as Chang'an today. These gold cakes came from the tomb of the Qin Dynasty, so I suspect that the second and third senior brothers are near Chang'an."

After saying that, Datou nodded slowly, then tilted his head and looked at the mute corpse beside him. After a brief pause, he walked over and dragged the mute corpse into the dense forest. .??.

"Hey, little dwarf, what are you doing?" Batulu shouted in confusion.

Being able to guess what Da Tou wanted to do, he raised his hand to stop Batulu from following him, and turned to ask, "Senior Brother, this mute has stolen gold and has a guilty conscience. When he sees you, he will definitely be nervous and panicked. Will you care about it?"

, misunderstood what he meant?"

"No, absolutely not," Batulu shook his head repeatedly. "If he had only stolen gold, he wouldn't have been so frightened when he saw me. He was croaking and gesticulating, which means that the second and third children were not harmed by him.

dead."

Seeing that Batulu was so sure, he said nothing more. Although he hoped that it was just a false alarm, at present, the possibility of a false alarm is not high. The reason is also very simple. These mute grooms all have families.

If nothing happened to Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu, the mute would not dare to steal the gold.

"What does this smell like?" Batulu wrinkled his nose and smelled it.

He didn't answer, but looked down at the gold cakes. The shape and size of these gold cakes were

They are exactly the same, and even the tiny lines on the back are exactly the same. This means that these gold cakes were poured from the same mold. These dozen gold cakes were only stolen by the mute. There should be others that were not stolen by the mute. What?

What kind of princes, generals and ministers can enjoy such rich burial goods?

Just when I was deep in thought, I suddenly discovered a detail on these gold cakes. These gold cakes were shining with golden light and were very dazzling under the sunlight. This was not in line with the characteristics of funerary objects, because funerary objects have been buried underground all year round.

Affected by underground moisture, both gold, silver, copper and iron will gradually lose their original color and eventually become dull.

It has been more than a thousand years since the Qin Dynasty, and these gold cakes have not been eroded by moisture at all, indicating that the inside of the tomb is very dry, with almost no moisture at all.

At this moment, Datou came back from a distance.

"Little dwarf, have you lost your temper?" Batulu twitched his nose.

Datou smiled at Batulu, then put away his smile and said to Zhengse, "He ate before he died. He ate bread and pickles. The bread seemed to be a little moldy. In addition to these gold cakes, he had only one copper coin on his body.

No, the food should not be bought along the way, but the dry food you bring with you. If nothing else, the camp of the convoy will be nearby."

Da Tou finished speaking and nodded slowly. He knew that Da Tou had gone to perform an autopsy before. What he was most worried about was that the mute's stomach was empty. If his stomach was empty, it meant that he had not eaten for a long time, or that he had not eaten for a long time. Either they walked a long way, or Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu disappeared for a long time, and all the dry food prepared for the mutes were eaten. The mutes had eaten not long ago, which means that the time when Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu disappeared was not the same. not long.

Pointing to the gold cakes, Chong Datou said, "Look at these gold cakes, they are so golden that they look like they have been cast from new molds."

Datou casually picked up a few and looked at them carefully.

"That's true. Things in the ground should turn gray. Even gold will turn gray after being buried for a long time."

Said, "Unless the tomb is built extremely solidly and is completely isolated from moisture."

"Yes." Big Head nodded.

Then he said, "Something may have happened to my second and third senior brothers."

Datou was confused and frowned in confusion, "Why did the prince say this?"

Said, "The tombs that my second and third senior brothers know were all entered by my master. As long as you enter the tomb, no matter how well the backfill is done afterwards, the moisture from the outside will slowly invade, and the funerary objects inside will also change color. , but these gold cakes are as bright as new, which means that they have not been exposed to any moisture before."

"You mean that your master has never been to the place where the second and third masters are going this time?" Datou vaguely understood.

"Yes, that's wrong," he said. "My master didn't teach the second and third senior brothers Kanyu Feng Shui back then. They were not good at finding tombs. My master should have visited the place they went to this time, but they didn't find it back then." There is another hidden area inside this mausoleum. During this visit, they accidentally discovered and opened this hidden area, and the gold was moved out of that hidden area."

"That makes sense, that makes sense!" Datou nodded repeatedly.

Batulu was confused by the conversation between the two. He was confused and turned to look at him, "Senior Brother, you have been following Master back then. Do you still remember whether Master ever entered the ancient tomb near Chang'an?"

Baturu tried his best to remember and did not answer immediately.

"This ancient tomb is very big," he reminded me, "and the second and third senior brothers had already followed the master at that time."

To be reminded, Batulu suddenly remembered something, "Yes, there is a big tomb. It's surprisingly big. It doesn't even look like a tomb, it's like a big palace."

"Is it east of Chang'an?" he asked.

Question, the reason why he asked this question was because according to historical records, Qin Shihuang was buried in Lishan, forty miles east of Xianyang.

"It seems not," Batulu shook his head and frowned, "I only remember that the entrance was under a waterfall. After entering, it seemed to be walking north. After walking for a long time, there were dead bones everywhere."

After Batulu finished speaking, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. There are not many waterfalls near Chang'an. With this clue, the next search will be much easier.

Pointing at the gold cakes, he motioned for his big head to be put away, and then he said, "Let's line up in a row and look eastward together, not only to find the waterfall, but also to find the remaining mute driver. I feel that the other driver It should still be where it is."

Datou and Baturu nodded in agreement.

He added, "They need horse-drawn carriages to pull things. Horse-drawn carriages cannot go where there are no roads. When we search, we must pay special attention to hidden areas with trails."

After saying this, the two nodded again.

He casually picked up a piece of dead branch, split it into two, poured spiritual energy into each of them, and handed it to the two of them, "Elder brother, you go east from here, I go east from a hundred miles away from the north, Datou, you go three hundred miles from the north

Go eastward, inside and outside, if you find those mutes or waterfalls, break the branches and let me know. If I find clues, I will create a flame and hover in the air. Remember to look around when you search."

The two took the branches, each drove their mounts, and set off separately.

He got on his horse, extended his spiritual energy to connect with the black master's meridians, traveled north for a hundred miles and then changed his route to the east.

Things went surprisingly smoothly. Not long after heading east, I discovered a few horses grazing at the end of a path. After calming down, I discovered a dozen carriages parked under a tree and a group of bored dumb coachmen.

Seeing it coming, the mute coachmen gathered from all over the place and looked at it with nervous and doubtful eyes.
Chapter completed!