Qin Official

When he walked out of Huyang Pavilion, Heifu felt that his current appearance must be very similar to the "infantry warriors" in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the First Emperor's Mausoleum in later generations.

The pavilion is a basic security unit, so it has armaments and stores five soldiers.

In the small warehouse in the front yard of Huyang Pavilion, two pairs of armors were prepared. Considering that Gongshi Quji said that those tomb robbers all had weapons, there were at least four of them, and they might even have bows and arrows. Mr. Hei The decision is to be on the safe side and wear armor.

When he put on the leather armor with the help of Dongmen Leopard and Li Xian, Heifu finally understood why this thing was so expensive.

The set of armor that Hei Fu and the others have in the pavilion is just the simplest front body armor, worth a few hundred dollars at most. It can only protect the chest and abdomen. It has to be hung on the shoulders and waist with ties like a waistcoat for cooking in the previous life.

He lowered his head and discovered that this armor was made from a whole piece of cowhide cut into large and small pieces of armor. Small holes were drilled into each piece of armor. Strong and thin silk ropes connected them together. In some places, there were also armor pieces. Nail... Although the defense is limited, it is not very heavy and does not affect activities.

As for Heifu's weapon, it also changed from the small nine-inch dagger that had been with him for several months to a two-foot sword. Pu Zhang said that it was left by the former pavilion chief and now belongs to Hei Fu. The wooden handle is wrapped with copper wire to prevent it from slipping. The bronze blade has a small chip, but it is harmless and is enough to penetrate the human body.

Dongmen Bao, who wanted to steal, picked two hand halberds, one and a half feet long. He liked to engage in close combat with people, and he also liked to throw a halberd at people from a few steps away, wounding people's lives - although he had never killed anyone. But I always like to practice against the tree stumps on weekdays, and tonight is the time to show off my skills.

As for the remaining piece of armor, Dongmen Bao rejected it. He muttered, "A man should be injured and leave scars", and pushed the armor to Li Xian with disgust on his face.

Li Xian was very cautious, put on his armor well, and picked up a spear about nine feet long. He felt that when capturing a thief, everyone should not be short-handed, but should support each other with both strengths and weaknesses.

Needless to say, Xiao Tao carried a small bow with a strength of only eight buckets, and a quiver on his back, which contained seven or eight arrows...

Heifu put the sword on his back and asked, "Can the bow and arrow be used at night?"

Xiao Tao responded that those people who dug graves all night must have lit torches. As long as there was a light spot, he could shoot it at night within twenty steps!

"Okay, let's balance the long and short, and with the bow and arrow behind us, we are well prepared."

Heifu picked up a small wooden shield covered with leather and led everyone out of Huyang Pavilion. He asked Pu Zhang to take a good look at the pavilion. Then he looked at the completely dark night sky, pointed to the southwest and said: "Let's go!"

In the cold wind, Hei Fu seemed to have returned to his previous life as an intern, when he followed his seniors on work at night...

But this time, he is no longer a dazed young man who just graduated from the police academy, but a captain of his own.

In the distance, the undulating hills beside Yunmengze resemble the back of a crocodile. The leaves of the trees in the mountain forest have long fallen off, and the bare trees are trembling in the wind. In the large rice fields, the snow has melted a lot, and there is no one there, not even a wild beast is seen. The Tudao in front of him was also empty, with not a single person in sight.

Only the four people from Huyang Pavilion came wearing armor and carrying sharp weapons.

Heifu walked in the front, the wind blowing the top of his head.

Xiao Tao was at the end, holding his bow and lowering his head. He was worried that with the speed of the wind, his arrows would be of no use and he would not be able to help the pavilion chief.

This place is still far away from the point where the grave was stolen. Dongmen Bao and Li Xian were in the middle, one on the left and one on the right. They each lit a firewood as a torch for lighting, which looked particularly dazzling in the dark night sky.

Looking from a distance, the pair of torches look like a pair of night-bright eyes of a ferocious beast, dangling...

The four of them walked quickly, as if the jealous Tengu smelled the thief's breath, let out a long howl at the bright moon in the sky, and then ran towards the southwest under the moonlight...

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The period from 23 o'clock to 1 o'clock, one of the twelve hours in the Qin State, is called "Ren Ding". As the name suggests, almost everyone has slept to death at this time and is unaware of external objects.

But ten miles southwest of Huyang Pavilion, on a piece of wasteland between Xiaoqingli and Chaoyangli, at the right time, a few torches lit up...

Under the light of the fire, a total of six people appeared in the dark night. The group of people were old and young, the oldest looked to be fifty years old, with gray hair. The youngest is only thirteen or fourteen years old, with skinny arms.

In this cold weather, they all wrapped themselves in thick good clothes to cover up their ragged clothes. However, these clothes are all covered with mud and dirt, and one can tell at a glance that they were probably dug out of the ground...

Only the youngest boy was afraid of things worn by dead people, so he would rather wear short clothes and sleeves and shiver in the cold wind.

The leader of these six people was the man who had just handed over to the prison gate in Chaoyangli. He had a red face and a short beard.

Chang was still wearing the dark clothes dug out from the tomb. Although hundreds of years had passed and the clothes had shrunk a lot, they could still be worn to keep out the cold. But when he saw him inserting the three iron shovels into the ground, he said with a smile:

"I've eaten, I've drank, I've prepared all the tools, second and third son, it's time to work!"

As a habitual tomb robber, Chang looked down upon the timidity of Chaoyangli Prison Gate, but he also knew in his heart that Li Prison Gate's warning was not false. He did not have much time left for him. The big tomb under the mound must be destroyed tonight. Dig it up! And took out the burial objects overnight.

He raised his head and looked at the cloudless night sky, judging the position of the moon.

"It's just after Rending, when the rooster crows (1 to 3 o'clock), the coffin of this tomb must be dug, and at the end of the day (3 to 5 o'clock), the burial objects must be taken out! How much can you take away? ,how many!"

He made an agreement with Chaoyang Lili Prison Gate. During the weekdays, the Li Prison Gate would drive his own ox cart to pick him up and help move the stolen goods...

Under Chang's orders, the other five people picked up tools one after another, whether they were iron shovels to shovel the soil or copper shovels to penetrate deeply into the soil to test the depth of the coffin.

When he opened himself up, he opened the wine he bought at a high price, took a sip, and looked after everyone's weapons.

In fact, those weapons are also burial objects dug out from various tombs. However, some bronze swords and bronze swords have passed hundreds of years. Although the wooden parts have decayed, the sword blades and bronze swords are still as good as new after wiping off the patina on them. of general.

Not to mention, there was actually a crossbow in his open hand! He also bought this from the State of Chu at a high price with the money he used to sell stolen goods, because in the State of Qin, crossbows are not allowed to flow in the market at all...

Time passed little by little, and after testing in the past few days, they had found the location of the tomb.

The tombs of these Chu nobles all have something in common. On top of the tombs, high mounds of earth will be built, which are called seals. The locals call them "big mounds" as the local saying goes.

Depending on the status of the nobility, the higher the title, the higher the rank. However, due to the passage of time and changes in the land, many tombs are covered with withered grass and trees, and they look no different from naturally formed mounds.

Only tomb robbers who have mastered the tomb-seeing skills in "Rishu" can judge whether it is a tomb by relying on their understanding of the location and testing the soil.

Chang is a person with this kind of ability. Regarding the large tomb in front of him, he estimated that the tomb was the tallest among the noble tombs he had seen in Anlu! It is dozens of paces long and wide. This size is at least the size of a county magistrate from Chu State!

Since this month, they first dug the small burial tombs that were easy to dig, and got a lot of clothes and weapons, but not many of the most valuable bronzes.

But Chang knew that there must be something better in this tomb.

However, the higher the level of the tomb, the farther the coffin was from the surface. It took many days and even two shovels were used up before they could barely dig out the entire mound. After finding the location for the opening of the tomb, everyone began to slowly dig the hole on the exposed surface. Finally, the hole was opened. When the steps of the tomb were exposed, it snowed heavily, so they had to stop temporarily.

The compacted soil was originally difficult to dig, but tonight most of the snow has melted, and the soil has become more moist and loose. Every time you shovel it, you can bring out some water. Gradually, the steps of the tomb were revealed step by step. I went over with a torch and counted carefully. There were actually fifteen levels!

"The largest county cemetery I have ever dug in Xinshi County only has twelve steps..."

Chang heard that there was the tomb of King Chu on the Yidao side of Nanjun. It had twenty steps, eighteen levels for the Ling Yin level, and twelve levels for the county magistrate level.

He was stunned for a moment. The tomb in front of him had a lower standard than that of Ling Yin, but higher than that of a county official or a lord. Who could it be?

Before Chang could figure it out, the people digging in the soil suddenly let out a burst of exclamations! They threw away their tools and retreated.

At the end of the stairs, a stone beast statue with two dragon-shaped heads and double antlers was crouching at the entrance of the tomb chamber, bulging eyes and bared teeth, staring at the tomb robbers with a fierce look on its face!