Chapter 518

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been forging iron in this mountain valley for sixty or seventy years!

So everyone was even more eager for the moment they would enter the imperial tomb!

Zhang Lin didn't pause, continuing to narrate: "When everyone heard Chale Gai tell them to rest and that they would start digging this high ground next, they all cheered in unison and began to set up pots and cook."

"Everyone had been walking all day, exhausted and starving, yet they were still like they'd been injected with chicken blood, their spirits not quite normal."

"Half-Section Li noticed that while everyone was busy, Chale Gai and the guide Old Mi had walked to the other side of the high ground, no one knew what they went to inspect, while Second Senior Brother happened to be alone starting a fire!"

"The chance was too good to miss. Half-Section Li darted over to Second Senior Brother's side in a flash."

"He said to Second Senior Brother, who was striking flint: Second Senior Brother, don't you think there's something wrong with this high ground?"

"Hearing this, Second Senior Brother turned his head to glance at Half-Section Li, but at this moment Half-Section Li, afraid Chale Gai would return, didn't meet Second Senior Brother's eyes."

"So he also didn't notice that Second Senior Brother's gaze was bewitching, and the expression looking at him was extremely unfamiliar!"

"By the time Half-Section Li turned his head back, Second Senior Brother's expression had already returned to normal."

"Second Senior Brother's hands didn't stop moving, and he asked: Where's the problem?"

"Without hesitation, Half-Section Li said: This is a high ground rising not far from the valley. According to the burial classics Master taught us, the tombs of great figures generally wouldn't choose a place like this. No shelter in front, no mountain to lean on behind—it's simply a place that cuts off all descendants. How could this possibly look like a place to bury an emperor?"

"Half-Section Li had thought that after he said all this, Second Senior Brother would agree. He didn't expect the other to show no reaction at all, and say in a flat tone: Tiemuzhen was a Mongol, his burial customs are different from us Central Plains people, it's possible, this shouldn't be considered a big problem!"

"Half-Section Li saw that Second Senior Brother hadn't understood his meaning at all, didn't grasp the current situation, and could only choose to tell the secret he'd overheard at Chale Gai's place last night!"

"As Half-Section Li said more and more, faster and faster, Second Senior Brother's hands starting the fire slowed down more and more, a strange light flickering in his eyes, looking all the more eerie in the firelight's reflection!"

"But Half-Section Li still hadn't noticed, and kept saying: So, this guy clearly still has a lot of things he hasn't told us. He brought so many people with him before—where did those people go? Most likely he killed them all off! This guy is vicious, and the high ground he's pointing to doesn't even look like an imperial tomb! Second Senior Brother, we must alert the other martial brothers so we don't die here for no reason!"

"At this moment, the footsteps of Chale Gai and Old Mi came over, and just after Half-Section Li had barely finished speaking, they had already returned to the group."

"Half-Section Li couldn't continue, so he could only reach out and squeeze Second Senior Brother's shoulder."

"And Second Senior Brother also gave Half-Section Li a reassuring look in return."

"Seeing this, Half-Section Li instantly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that with the help of his martial brothers, even if Chale Gai tried anything fishy, they had the strength to fight back!"

"After Chale Gai returned to the group, he said to everyone: Move faster, we need to dig down to the tomb wall before sunset!"

"This high ground isn't peaceful, we can only dig, we can't set up camp!"

"Before midnight, we must leave the high ground and camp down below!"

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