Laogong's attitude towards Ding Ruipo has changed, then changed again, and now it's the third change.
At the beginning, he wanted to try the depth and then said that Ding Ruipo is good at playing, but now it's hard to control.
I think of Song Fang, who controls ghosts by dispersing her own spirit as a medium, and was betrayed by old Liu.
Controlling ghosts carries risks.
For ghostly beings, this risk becomes smaller and smaller.
And ghostly beings, naturally born and grown, do not require people to commit large-scale evil...
At this thought, I became even more cautious, fortunately without going directly to Ding Ruipo. Although I haven't received any substantial rewards from this journey yet, I now have some understanding of Ding Ruipo.
"Turn in this direction, don't waste time, and mark the way with the two corpses killed by He Shai. They have already shown us the way," Laogong spoke again, urging everyone to take action.
We walk over the arch bridge, past He Shai's body, and then walk to the entrance of the tomb passage with bloodstains.
After about ten to fifteen meters, we reach the entrance to a new mausoleum.
The doorway is quite small and we have to stoop to enter.
A few people in front of us crouched down and looked inside, with their flashlights illuminating the area at the same time.
Two extremely fast shadows burst out, carrying a stronger smell of blood and decay.
Xu Jin waved his large hand and grabbed the neck of one of the shadows, while with the other hand he snapped it.
There was a dull thud, and it was revealed to be a decapitated corpse lying heavily on the ground, with its head held tightly by Xu Jin.
The other fierce corpse, under the attack of the remaining three coffin ghosts, was dispatched instantly and dismembered into pieces.
In fact, none of the Liang family's people have been used up yet.
Chang Xin is really eager to try, but still fails.
The flashlight light illuminates the tomb once again. As we peer inside, the scene we see is very gruesome.
The mausoleum isn't large, but it's filled with corpses. The ground and walls are covered with thick and thin crossbows, the bodies pierced through like sieves, some nailed to the wall and others lying on the ground.
Another corpse is pinned to a coffin, and it appears to be in great pain, never decomposing.
The person's clothing is similar to that of Fei Fang!
Fei Fang became excited immediately, saying, "Over there!"
In fact, Fei Fang had already become discouraged and dejected earlier.
Because of Laogong's series of words, it means that Ding Ruipo has succeeded, and whether she will plunder the bodies is unknown, or even whether she took the previous Ju Yang Ju Shiro with her is an unknown.
"Old Gong, take a look at the mechanism here. What's the problem? Set up a defense first, and then go in to drag out the bodies," Fei Fang suppressed his excitement and said solemnly.
"Where is the problem?" Laogong rolled his eyes at him and said, "The problem is definitely with the traitor. Look at their posture, haven't they already made preparations to open the coffins? They have no idea that something will happen."
"Hmm?" Fei Fang's expression changed slightly again.
"Ding Ruipo must have told them to open the coffins, no problem, and then it's all over for us. She took advantage of the opportunity to trigger the mechanism and kill everyone."
"Yes, these two unlucky ghosts were lucky not to die at that time and didn't even know that Ding Ruipo was responsible. Of course, it may be that Ding Ruipo still needs people to help her, so she left them behind and went to the outer tomb passage to kill them."
Laogong explained again.
Of course, while saying so, Laogong still observed the inside situation meticulously.
"Drag a person in, follow the direction I said, it should be fine," Laogong whispered.
"I will," Xu Jin said in a muffled voice.
"Malü, you go," Fei Fang said, pointing to another person.
It's obvious that he doesn't want Xu Jin to take the risk.
"Let me do it. These mechanisms, even if triggered, should not kill me. On this journey, I haven't played a big role and haven't helped Lu Daozhang." The speaker is Chang Xin, who is very serious.
Liang Jieshi nodded slightly.
So I didn't say anything else.
The person called Malü from the mausoleum, had a slight sweat on his forehead, and he relaxed.
Not having to send his own people to take the risk, Fei Fang naturally had no objections.
Under Laogong's guidance, Chang Xin followed the orientation to crawl into the tomb room door. After standing up inside, we all had to stoop our backs to see clearly what was inside.
The people killed by the mechanism are not fierce ghosts. They are dead and motionless, just like dried meat.
Chang Xin moved slowly and walked all the way to the side of the Yu Yang Junshi, grabbed the body, and then stepped back.
According to Laogong's guidance, he stepped out of the tomb room and walked to our side.
Fei Fang couldn't wait, so he laid the Ju Yang Ju Shiro body flat on the ground and quickly searched through it.
He searched through it repeatedly but found nothing.
Fei Fang's face turned red like liver, making it unrecognizable.
"The old woman does not leave empty-handed. She killed people and stole treasures. Hehe, I wonder if she had already planned to take advantage of your old master's treasure and use him, and then eat and drink it all up, or it was just by chance." Laogong spoke again, causing Fei Fang to groan softly.
"Sir, let's go take a look inside," Laogong said again.
He shook his body and crouched down to crawl inside.
As for me, my purpose was simply to deal with Ding Ruipo. What's in the tomb room doesn't matter to me.
First, I'll help Fei Fang, and in return, Fei Fang will help me.
Now that Fei Fang can't get what he wants, he has to rely on Ding Ruipo, and their goals become consistent. As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing wrong with this.
But since we're here, Laogong is interested, and he's been busy for so long. I don't want to oppose him.
Between my thoughts, I followed Laogong into the mausoleum, while the others did not enter.
Laogong walked unsteadily on the bricks, I remembered the position where Chang Xin had walked earlier, and followed along to reach the coffin.
Subconsciously, I can feel that the surrounding corpses are all looking at the coffin.
They had been ready to open the coffin, but were suddenly killed without being able to react.
Laogong was muttering something in his mouth, and I finally paid attention to what he was saying. He said that this place used the funeral shadow observation mountain technique, but the methods seem quite weak, and it's too strange that they can easily find the main mausoleum so quickly.
Of course, Laogong was just talking to himself and not consulting me.
He looked at the coffin, and I followed his gaze. Only then did I realize that the lid was slightly shifted, and there was nothing inside. The corpse had vanished without a trace!
Laogong lifted his thin arms and tried to push the lid of the coffin.
I raised my hand and helped him push, causing the lid to fall with a loud thud, kicking up a lot of dust.
When I looked inside, there were silks and brocades spread at the bottom of the coffin, and a jade pillow.
After so many years, the fabric had not deteriorated and still showed vivid colors.
"The body is gone... was it taken out?"
"This doesn't seem right..." Laogong looked deeply thoughtful.
Suddenly, he turned his head to look at me and said, "Sir, is it possible that both of these are true mausoleums? Is Ding Ruipo really here for the control techniques of ghostly beings?"
My eyelids twitched slightly, and my eyes showed even more confusion.
However, Laogong's face showed great excitement, even shaking a little.
"Sir, I'm hungry, I want to bet, will you help me out?" Laogong asked me seriously.
