Chapter 6

LaoDa surnamed was Jin, about the age of forty, was about mid-height, usually carrying Big Brother’s style, a leader’s appearance, and now they broke all credits. He was excitingly waited for the guys to do it now. The hands were shaking. There was a cigarette in his hand, and he did not smoke. It was so quiet

He was quiet himself, but the four men could not bear it. LaoSan was the first to ask, even the notoriously slick LaoNi also lost patience.

“Big Brother, did you say that the tomb was just under the spider?” LaoNi thought about that the dark- painted spider his scalp numbed, but when he thought of something in the tomb, he had no numbness.

Next to him, LaoSan hurriedly said: “Big Brother, what are you waiting for!”

Jin LaoDa didn’t speak. When the smoke was over, he stood up and looked at Zhang Qiu and Li Shu .

LaoNi knew that Big Brother did not want to say more in front of outsiders, he gave the brothers a wink, and pressed down on the issue of export, but the joy of his face was uncontrollable.

Zhang Qiu stood in the distance and saw several people who were all smart and calm. He asked Li Shu, "They regarded us as a fool! Their faces were all brightly, I’m quite excited about these few words. Still, nothing was found here.”

Li Shu did not speak.

After the meeting, Jin LaoDa came with his younger brothers. The result of the consultation was to set fire to the spiders.

Zhang Qiu would like to say that now in this weather, it would not work well, it will easily set fire to the entire mountain forest.

But those few people must be able to get it. He knew that no one wanted to hear what he says. How could possibly a flabby person like him said something?

Although he did not know who Pixian Hui Wang was, he looked at the appearance of these people. This tomb was also a big tomb.

They returned from their original path. This time, Jin LaoDa’s attitude was so tough that he and Li Shu were walking in front of him. Li Shu had a cold attitude but said nothing.

“Don’t be afraid.” Li Shu’s voice was low and a bit cold, but Zhang Qiu’s heart suddenly stopped.

After ten minutes of walking, there was a burning smell of roasting meat in the air. Zhang Qiu retched and Li Shu looked at him. Zhang Qiu waved his hand to indicate that he was alright. He often vomited that he was used to it.

The ground was messy and spider bodies were everywhere.

Zhang Qiu looked alertly at the ground. If a spider emerged from above his head, he would quickly pulled Li Shu to walk around and say something. (T/N: ZQ want to act tough)

It was quiet all around, and no squeaking sound, it was like the wind was still, and the silence was a little strange.

After a moment, Zhang Qiu heard someone whispered in the back, meaning that the group of spiders ran away. If they were not in control, they would find the tomb first and they would be burned to death. Jin LaoDa also agreed that he would become the first one again. LaoDa, who acted like a schoolboy, smiled so softly and said that Li Shu could go to take a break, said this kind of energy was good for their brothers.

It was not that Jin LaoDa did not want Li Shu to work hard. Instead, he couldn’t see through the other person, fearing bad things, even if he was digging the grave. (T/N: Jin LaoDa is paranoid)

As for Zhang Qiu, Jin LaoDa did not care.

Zhang Qiu and Li Shu stationed a bit far away, he was hungry, his belly noisily ‘gugu’. Li Shu pulled out biscuits and water from his bag and handed them to him.

“I’m not really…” ‘gugu’ – Like his stomach, Zhang Qiu was red and “hungry!”

Did not know whether he was too hungry, but still hungry.

Li Shu stuffed them into Zhang Qiu’s arms, lightly said: “I will not be hungry.”

Zhang Qiu thought that Li Shu was still not being courteous. He sat on the grass with a small mouth biting the biscuits. It’s not that he was selling meng* squirrel, it was really not worth mentioning three nibbles of cookies, it did not even taste. It was very dry, drink up more water and it upset the uncomfortable stomach.

*selling meng = showing cuteness

Teeth grinding with biscuits, Zhang Qiu stared at Jin LaoDa and the five people in the distance. LaoSi pulled out the Luoyang shovel that was inserted in the ground and pinched the mud on the shovel and said something to Jin LaoDa excitedly. Soon the few people surrounded the spot. It would seemed that was the spot they seek.

Zhang Qiu knows that LaoSi must had carry out the Wuhua soil from the Luoyang shovel. When the grave was dug, the mature soil and the raw soil of each color in the pit will be taken out, and finally the landfill will form a wuhua soil. It was used to distinguish whether there was a tomb under the ground.

*五花土 Wuhua soil is an archaeological term. It refers to the excavation of the soil and the soil of different colors in the pit when the earthen pit is excavated. After the burial, the mixed soil is backfilled into the pit. In general, "Five Flowers" is a clue to the discovery of tombs. The natural soil is excavated and backfilled twice, disturbing the original level and color boundary, and becomes a flower soil (five flowers and large flowers) that blends various soil layers. Even if the flower soil is old, It can’t be combined.

Lao Ni was kneeling on the ground and didn’t know what to do. His eyes were blocked, and people who had been around retreated. Zhang Qiu had just drank and heard a buzzing noise. The ground on which he was on was shaking and quivering; like it came from under the land.

The water spilled onto Zhang Qiu’s neck, and all was wasted on him.

Zhang Qiu felt distressed, quickly screwed the bottle lid and gave it back to Li Shu. Li Shu took a look at Zhang Qiu and his gaze moved from Zhang Qiu’s lips to his neck.

Because of the spilled water, the wet Zhang Qiu’s skin under the sun shined pale gold. The collar was wet, Zhang Qiu pulled his crewneck T-shirt and flapping it. Not knowing how to avoid it, Li Shu inadvertently swept his eyes, as if looked a bit thirsty, he opened Zhang Qiu’s screwed water bottle and drinking a few mouthfuls.

Zhang Qiu saw Li Shu drinking the bottle he had just used. He did not know that he was going red when he turned his face. The weather was really hot.

The atmosphere was a little bizarre. Zhang Qiu quietly put down his shaking hand. He looked at the distance, there was nothing to look for, "They are bombing with ground explosives. This kind of blasting is used by tomb raiders for the tomb. The range of blasting will only be in the ground, there will not be too much noise.”

Originally, he was freely talked about it. Zhang Qiu did not think that Li Shu would listen very carefully, as if he did not know the common sense about tombs.

He was studying archaeology, and the teacher in his first class had introduced the essential difference between archaeology and the tomb. This method was only used by the tomb raiders, they were not afraid of damaging the artifacts, and the speed was also fast.

When Zhang Qiu saw Li Shu listened carefully, he said two more things, "You see that there is not a bit of soil on the ground they blasted. The soil is inside. I heard that when some habitual criminals dug a hole, the soil would not brought out.”

It didn’t take a few minutes, there was a muffled sound. This time, the shock under Zhang Qiu’s buttocks was not as strong, it was estimated to be very deeper.

It was not until nine in the evening that the tunnel was opened.

In the beginning, explosives were used, and the speed was faster. When Jin LaoDa was afraid it would collapse the tomb, he wouldn't dare to use it again. The men took turns to dig the tunnel, but they did not expect that the tomb was deep and dug for more than three hours before digging through.

Surrounded by quiet, only a camp light was shining. The dim light shone the ghosts shadow of the grass, like jumping out from the inside and outside. Zhang Qiu didn't know why he thought of it. He always felt something was behind the grass, staring at them.

Slowly moved over there to Li Shu, Zhang Qiu sitting next to Li Shu, felt the feeling suddenly gone.

The four people were spread out on the ground like a clay figurine, but all their faces were full of exhilaration and laughter. The dug hole was less than a meter in diameter. Jin LaoDa coughed and ordered: "First clean up and eat something hot, then will go down.”

It stands to reason to dig for one whole afternoon, it should be a day off during the day to hang the pits, and the pit would not run anyway, but Jin LaoDa could not wait.

Several other brothers thought that he had found a tomb after a year. In fact, this tomb took him exactly eight years to find it.

Zhang Qiu was assigned to heating cans and boiling hot water. Among the group of people, he and Li Shu were the most free people. They sat chatting under the trees one whole afternoon. However, Jin LaoDa obviously could not order Li Shu. It was only to him.

Li Shu watched him cooked next to him and occasionally lending a hand. Zhang Qiu was a little flattered. It was Li Shu who looked so good.

The group of tomb raiders apparently did not eat at home, stuffed two mouthful, changed the equipment, and just wore the one-piece clothes when they dig holes, and now they are replaced with a new one.. Jin LaoDa changed his clothes, smiled and leaned over. He stared at Li Shu and saying, “Brother, you are good with hands. How do you like to be head at the opening today?”

What like!

Zhang Qiu’s abdominal muscle convulsed. This Jin LaoDa did not give Li Shu another choice at all, are those five people coming up to fight?!

Wait! Five people?

Zhang Qiu glanced behind Jin LaoDa and he was so scared that he took a shaky breath with trembling lips, “Be– behind.”

Jin LaoDa’s face changed, with his skill quickly rolled to the left, and the back of the thing swept away empty. By dim light, Zhang Qiu could only see clearly. “This fucking is not a person, this is a jiangshi!”

The eyes of the two black holes stared blankly at his eyes. Zhang Qiu was scared shitless and his legs shook like a sieve. He couldn’t move at all. The throat seemed to be blocking the owner. It was actually the jiangshi was too close to him.

It seemed like a million years, but from outsider’s view, it only took a few seconds.

The jiangshi was clearly in front of Zhang Qiu, but he turned to Jin LaoDa. LaoSan at the back reacted with several actions. He grabbed the gun in his hand and aimed it on the back of the jiangshi. The jiangshi was shot, it directly fell on the ground.

LaoNi hit the head with a stick and with enough strenght, the jiangshi’s head rolled like a watermelon and rolled ‘gulululu’ onto the grass. The body was separated from it’s head, the body was still twitching on the ground before it completely quite down.

“Fucking zongzi*.” LaoNi snorted, but also a cold sweating on his head was reflected, “Is the zongzi crawling out of the hole?”

*Zongzi literally means wrapped rice dumpling. In this story sense, zongzi means mummy and the likes. tell me if i’m wrong

LaoSan took a flashlight, shone it towards the hole and shook his head. The other four people sighed with relief.

Now the issue was difficult to dwell.

A zongzi climbing out of a hole, there might be something else at the bottom, so it was impossible for this group to give up. How could a treasure that was within an easy reach to be given up easily?

“It’s all right. It’s just a zongzi. We have a lot of people.” Jin LaoDa comfortably said, but the effect wasn’t very good. He himself was shocked just now, but he was going to go down this pit and he’s not going to talk nonsense. Looking at Li Shu, who has been standing still: “Brother, please do something!”

Zhang Qiu’s face turned white at Jin LaoDa’s words, he subconsciously pulled Li Shu’s sleeve.

This group of tomb raider were all crazy, and this kind of dangerous was against the three-views matters had made Li Shu to go head-to-head. Who like to dig and go digging.

Zhang Qiu had not yet open his mouth, a gun with a black hole was put on his head. Without restraint Zhang Qiu curses again choked back, really his mother’s fucking.

LaoNi put a gun against Zhang Qiu and looked at Li Shu.

Li Shu coldly glanced LaoNi’s hand holding the gun, said: “Let go.”

LaoNi inexplicably loosening his hand, and felt something wrong. How did it happened in just a split second, he was not aware of it? He could see Li Shu pulled Zhang Qiu toward the hole. Then the words in his heart were thrown aside, controlled what consciousness.

Jin LaoDa would also be particularly considerate and smile. He handed the flashlight by hand, “Brother, don’t worry, I’ll follow you and help you with anything behind you.”

The fool would believed Jin LaoDa’s words. It was estimated that he was the first to run.

Zhang Qiu thought about it and listened to Li Shu said, “Zhang Qiu will be behind me.”

Li Shu didn’t ask this question. It was determined by the decision.

Jin LaoDa smiled awkwardly, but did not refute it. He merely measured the yin looked at the feeble like a chicken, Zhang Qiu, and thought that he would go down for a moment, and then he would block the zongzi at the front. Then he smiled and agreed.

“Don’t talk nonsense, hurry down.” LaoSan said impatiently.

Li Shu went to the hole and glanced at LaoSan, spoke nothing, only directed Zhang Qiu behind him and said, “Follow me.”

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