Chapter 85: General's Tomb
The screams under his feet were still continuing. Tan Xuan was somewhat impressed by Xiao Di's lung capacity. Of course, he also felt sorry for her stomach. How much dirt must she have eaten after screaming for so long?
Xiao Di's cry ended with a high note. Tan Xuan knew that Xiao Di should have slid to the bottom. Then his body paused, and he felt something under his feet, and his body stopped sliding down.
It was pitch black all around, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. Tan Xuan reached out and felt around. It was very empty inside, and except for the back which was solid, there was nothing on the other three sides.
"Xiao Di, how are you? Xiao Di..."
Tan Xuan shouted twice, but didn't dare to move. Before Xiao Di answered, he stamped his feet to make sure the ground was firm. Fortunately, although the ground was a little soft, there was no sign of collapse. Tan Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. He took out his cell phone from his pocket, turned on the flashlight function, and shone it around.
It was pitch black all around, and the light of the flashlight was drowned in the darkness. Tan Xuan was shocked, which showed that the underground space here was not small. The key point was that he could feel the evil spirit here. Although it was not particularly strong, it was not what a normal place should have. He thought to himself that this was most likely the lair of the evil spirit. No wonder Old Qiu couldn't find the trace of his talisman bird. It turned out to be underground, not on the ground. He took his phone and shone it upwards. There was a little light at the entrance of the cave, but it was also very weak. It seemed that this place was still some distance away from the entrance of the cave.
"Xiao Di, where are you?"
Tan Xuan summoned again. If this was really the evil ghost's lair, he dared not let Xiao Di out of his sight. When it came to life and death, he dared not be careless in the slightest.
"cough……"
Suddenly there was a cough and a low groan in the darkness.
"Xiao Di, is that you? Where are you?" Hearing the voice, Tan Xuan was immediately overjoyed. At this time, his eyes were no longer working well, so he tilted his head and pricked up his ears to listen to the movements around him.
"Tan Xuan, you bastard, if you don't get down, you'll trample me to death."
Tan Xuan suddenly felt a shock under his feet. Startled, he took out his cell phone and looked down. He saw a human figure under his feet. Upon closer inspection, it was Xiao Di lying on the ground, and he was stepping on Xiao Di's butt.
Tan Xuan quickly jumped off Xiao Di, put the phone on the ground, squatted down and helped Xiao Di sit up.
"Why did you run under my feet?" Tan Xuan asked in confusion, with worry all over his face.
Xiao Di reached out her hands and slapped Tan Xuan, tears streaming down her face. She cried and said, "Nonsense, what do you mean I ran under your feet? I fell and lay on the ground, and before I could turn over and get up, you stepped on me. I was fine after falling, but you almost stepped on me to death."
Seeing Xiao Di covered in dust , Tan Xuan stopped arguing with her and said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to do that. I saw you falling and I quickly jumped down, but I didn't expect to fall directly on you."
It would have been better if she hadn't said it. After Tan Xuan reminded her, Xiao Di felt even more miserable and cried even louder.
Tan Xuan felt helpless as he looked at Xiao Di who was crying bitterly. He meant well, but it didn't work. He wanted to rub the place where Xiao Di had stepped on, but that spot was indecent. If he really touched there, it probably wouldn't have any comforting effect, and might even anger the person in his arms. As for the dirt in front of her, Tan Xuan didn't dare to clean it up. If she didn't mind being dirty, then he had no objection. As for the sandalwood bead that he temporarily gave her, it was not damaged at all after being bumped and banged like that.
"Did you fall seriously? Does it hurt?" Tan Xuan asked weakly. This was the first time he took the initiative to care about others.
Xiao Di's crying gradually stopped. She bit her lip and sobbed, "You have a little conscience and came here as soon as possible. Otherwise, I will never let you go."
Tan Xuan chuckled, "I was also worried that something might happen to you."
Then, Tan Xuan asked again: "How did you find the entrance to this cave?"
"It was already dark, and I was wearing glasses to record the surrounding environment. I didn't expect that the place would collapse as soon as I stepped on it, and then I fell down in a daze."
"You're still wearing glasses in the middle of the night?" Tan Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly and asked, "Where are your glasses?"
Xiao Di touched her head, but it was empty. She had no idea where she had landed when she fell, but she was sure that she had fallen with her glasses on.
"Where are my glasses? The things I recorded..." Xiao Di picked up Tan Xuan's mobile phone and shone it on the ground. After searching for a while, he found that her glasses were some distance away. They must have been thrown out when she fell.
Picking up the glasses, Xiao Di found a white object next to it, so he picked it up, brought it to Tan Xuan, and asked, "What do you think this is? It has a very special shape."
When Tan Xuan saw what was in Xiao Di's hand, his face changed immediately. He snatched it and threw it on the ground.
"What are you doing?" Xiao Di looked at Tan Xuan in confusion. He didn't expect him to be so rude. His face was full of reproach. "You wouldn't throw it away like this even if you don't like it, right?"
As he said this, Xiao Di reached out to pick it up.
"That's a human bone. Why are you picking it up?"
"ah!"
Xiao Di, who had just bent down, was so scared that he jumped up from the spot, but he slipped and fell to the ground.
“Ouch!”
Xiao Di let out a scream.
"You, you..." Tan Xuan shook his head and reached out to pull Xiao Di up.
"ah!"
Xiao Di shouted again.
Seeing her grinning, Tan Xuan couldn't help but asked unhappily, "What's wrong again?"
"My foot...is twisted."
"Aiya!" Tan Xuan was almost speechless. He asked Xiao Di to sit on the ground and helped her take off her shoes. Then he grabbed Xiao Di's ankle, pressed slightly on the joint, and asked, "Is it here? Does it hurt?"
“It hurts, it hurts!”
Xiao Di grimaced in pain and tried to push Tan Xuan hard, but failed.
"Bear with it!" Tan Xuan grabbed Xiao Di's foot and pressed it twice, then let go. "It's okay, it's just a sprain, no bones are hurt, it will be fine in two days."
Xiao Di wanted to say more, but Tan Xuan covered his mouth with his hand.
"Just stay with me now. This place is a bit weird. It's someone's grave. Maybe the guy we're looking for is hiding somewhere in here."
Xiao Di nodded, looking very panicked. Suddenly, a sound came from behind her, and she threw herself into Tan Xuan's arms. Tan Xuan said that she would not leave his side, but now Xiao Di refused to leave his body.
With a "crash" sound, a figure slid down from where they had just fallen, and then a dazzling beam of light shone in.
"Old Qiu, where are you shining the light? Move the flashlight away."
“Hey, hey.”
Hearing Tan Xuan's scolding, Old Qiu quickly moved away the flashlight and also looked away. After all, the scene he just saw was not suitable for him to watch. When Xiao Di heard Old Qiu's voice, he hurriedly sent Tan Xuan away.
"Are you okay?" Old Qiu shuddered and asked in a low voice.
"We are fine, why did you come down too?" Tan Xuan walked up to Old Qiu and asked.
"I was afraid there was danger here and you couldn't handle it alone, so I followed you down."
"But now that you're down, and there's no one to take care of us up there, how are we going to get up? The entrance to the cave is almost at a right angle." Tan Xuan said helplessly.
"It's okay, I'll let the rope down." Old Qiu showed the rope in his hand, "I'll tie it to the rock above, and we can climb up by pulling it."
"Oh, that's good." Tan Xuan was slightly relieved when he saw that Old Qiu was well prepared.
Old Qiu shone a flashlight inside and frowned. "The yin energy here is quite strong. It seems that my talisman bird is ineffective here. Have you found anything?"
Tan Xuan shook his head. "No, it's too dark here. My phone can't see far enough. I haven't even walked inside yet. Do you have another flashlight? Give me one. I'll take a look inside."
"Okay, here you go."
Old Qiu took out two spotlights from his treasure chest-like shoulder bag and gave one to Tan Xuan and Xiao Di each.
When the three flashlights shone at the same time, the entire space became much brighter. It turned out that the place they were in was not a tomb, but at best a corridor. The corridor led to the distance and seemed to be very long, and had a certain slope. The flashlight light could not reach the end of the corridor, and the evil energy turned into cold wind that blew in from inside from time to time.
Tan Xuan smiled, and said with a hint of self-mockery: "It turns out that we fell in through a rat hole. It seems that God is helping us. Judging from the scale of this place, it is not small. Let's go and meet the owner of this place."
This is just an artificially developed entrance, but there is such a strong evil aura, and the situation inside can be imagined. Tan Xuan has determined that this is the place he is looking for, and he took the lead and walked in front, while the limping Xiao Di hurriedly followed. Now there is no place that is safer than Tan Xuan, so Old Qiutou was left behind to cover the rear.
After walking to the end of the corridor and turning a right angle, the view became clear. After turning another corner, we arrived at a spacious space, or more precisely, a front hall. Due to the limited light, it was impossible to determine whether this room was carved out of the mountain or built by humans. It was very grand, like a real house. Opposite the hall of more than 100 square meters was a set of large stone tables and chairs. There were four stone benches on each side, on which sat life-size stone figurines. The stone figurines were slightly incomplete, with some things scattered under them, like the armor they were wearing, which was too old and now has rotted away. Behind each of the stone figurines was a weapon rack carved out of stone, with weapons on the rack. The weapons were also like the armor, rotten to the point that they could hardly be distinguished.
"It looks like this is a general's tomb. This is obviously a dangerous place, why would he be buried here? And I haven't heard of any large tombs near Jiangzhou."
Old Qiu muttered in confusion and walked around the hall with a compass in his hand. The needle on the compass was spinning wildly and his face gradually became ugly.
"Mr. Tan, the environment here is a bit weird. I can't even measure the exact location. If the owner here is the evil ghost you mentioned, I guess this matter is a bit tricky, right?"
Tan Xuan smiled slightly and said nonchalantly: "Whether it's a thorn or not, we are here. Now that we are here, we can just go inside. It would be best if it's him, so I don't have to look around anymore."
After saying that, Tan Xuan walked around to the back of the main seat, where there was an open stone door. Behind the stone door was still a long and narrow corridor, which seemed to lead to the main room.
After walking for about a few dozen meters, a stone door appeared in front of the three people. The stone door was half open, and gusts of cold wind blew out from the door, making the three people feel cold all over, especially Xiao Di, who shivered constantly.
Tan Xuan looked back at Xiao Di, held her hand, letting her feel some warmth again, then paused in front of the door and walked in. Old Qiu also raised the Lu Ban ruler in his hand and followed in with a wary look on his face.
