Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 283: The Wheel, I'll Call You Master Chen for the Last Time

"Is Ma Si dead or alive?" Old Man Su asked cautiously.

The flashlight moved away from my face.

He moved his focus to Ma Si and took a closer look.

"Dead, completely dead!"

"Dad, look at the blood next to his head. The white brain matter is flowing out."

"Tsk tsk, what a tragic death."

"This Master Chen is really resourceful. He actually tried his best to kill Ma Si."

"But this saves us a lot of trouble, haha!"

Su Meng was extremely proud.

Grab the rope and prepare to come down to get some bargains.

But Old Man Su stopped him.

"Don't worry."

"My eyes are blurry and I can't see clearly what's going on down there, so you have to look more carefully."

"You just said that Ma Si's brains were all spilling out... then where's your uncle?"

"My uncle, he, he..." Su Meng shook the flashlight.

He sighed and said, "My uncle's brains are also flowing out."

"Hiss!" Old Man Su took a deep breath. "Did they both die in the same way?!"

"That's about the same. They were all injured on the head, with blood and brain matter leaking out."

"Mr. Chen was also lying on the ground, motionless. He must be completely dead."

"Let's go down quickly and get all the valuables out."

Old Man Su slowly shook his head and said, "I don't think it's that simple."

"Mr. Chen has a gun!"

"He shot Ma Si's puppet in the head before!"

"Look at the way Ma Si and your uncle died... I'm afraid they were shot!"

"Take another good look to see if Chen is dead."

The flashlight shone on my face again.

This time the pause was longer.

I closed my eyes tightly and held my breath to avoid letting them see my flaws.

They must be led down.

Only when they come down can they control the situation.

If we alert them, they will stay there and trap us to death.

The flashlight moved away from my face and shone carefully over my entire body twice.

"I looked carefully and saw Chen lying there motionless."

"Even if he's not dead, he's in a coma."

Old Man Su's tense nerves relaxed.

He said slowly: "We have to leave someone here to take care of it."

"Dad, you stay here. Lou'er and I will go downstairs."

"No, you must stay."

Su Meng was stunned and said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you let me stay?"

"I saw a lot of bronze artifacts, all of them were huge. Lou'er and I are very strong..."

Boom!

Old Man Su knocked his pipe on the ground.

"Because you have strength."

"Everything down there has to be pulled up by manpower. Do I have that much strength to do it?"

"So Lou'er and I went down."

"Use the things you brought as a support to secure the wheel."

The wheel was used to draw water from the well in the past.

Erect brackets on both sides of the wellhead, install an axle that is rotated by a handle in the middle of the two brackets, and wrap the rope around it to form the simplest wheel.

When needed, throw the bucket tied with a rope into the well.

Just grab the rope and shake it a few times to fill the bucket with water, then crank the wheel to lift the bucket up.

This wheel is equivalent to the current manual winch.

It is very convenient to lift heavy objects from a low place.

In the tomb-robbing business, this thing is used when carrying heavy objects.

For example, large bronze artifacts, stone coffins, stone tomb doors and other particularly heavy items were all lifted out and transported away with this thing.

Later, with the advent of electric winches, it was no longer as tiring to crank by hand.

Later, when there was a big thing in the tomb, they even used a crane.

For example, the stone coffin of Consort Wu Hui, the beloved concubine of Emperor Taizong of Tang.

The sarcophagus weighing 27 tons was cut into 31 pieces and moved to the bottom of the tunnel. Finally, it was lifted out by a crane and loaded onto a truck for transportation.

Let’s talk about Su Meng again.

He said reluctantly, "Okay, then I'll stay upstairs."

"Lou'er, go down and check the situation first."

"You keep this shotgun just in case."

Su Lou took the hunting rifle, held it in his hand and wiped the barrel with his sleeve.

He aimed his gun around and made shooting sounds: "Piu, piu."

"Holding a real gun feels much better than holding a wooden one."

"You hold a gun for self-defense, so don't shoot randomly." Old Man Su warned.

"I know, Grandpa."

"I'll go down and see if they're dead or not."

Su Lou put his gun on his back and slid down grabbing the rope.

Soon after, Old Man Su also slid down.

The grandfather and grandson first walked to Ma Si's body.

Su Lou reached out to search Ma Si's pocket, but was stopped by Old Man Su.

"Don't move, he's full of poisonous insects."

"If you rashly reach in, you might get bitten by a poisonous insect."

"You'll have to pick his pockets with something."

Old Man Su stretched out his pipe.

He poked Ma Si's head first.

After confirming that Ma Si was dead, he used his pipe to search his pockets.

The pipe and the stem are L-shaped, with a bend that is perfect for reaching into pockets.

Jingle bells.

Old Man Su quickly took out a bunch of bottles and jars from Ma Si's pocket.

Bottles and jars vary in height and size.

It is probably used to store various poisonous insects and medicinal powders.

"What kind of crap is this?"

"Why don't you have any gold or silver jewelry? It's just a waste of time." Su Lou grumbled in dissatisfaction.

Old Man Su gathered all the bottles and jars together.

“These are the fun stuff.”

"From now on, if you don't like someone's family, just throw a can at their house and make sure they don't have peace."

While they were talking, I opened my eyes slightly to observe the situation.

There was no flashlight shining down from above, which meant that Su Meng was busy setting up the bracket and installing the wheels.

It’s a pity that Old Man Su left Su Meng up there.

If they all come down, I can shoot them unexpectedly and take the initiative to control the situation.

If Su Meng didn't come down, this plan would not be possible.

At the moment, we can only capture Old Man Su and Su Sheng as bargaining chips, and we cannot kill them to provoke Su Meng.

But Su Lou also has a gun in his hand!

Even though it's just an old hunting rifle.

But the lead bullets in that kind of hunting rifle can cover a large area when fired, and the effect is similar to that of a shotgun.

You don't even have to aim carefully, just pull the trigger in the direction of the person.

With the Type 54 rifle in my hand, I may not be able to deal with Su Lou's old hunting rifle.

We must seize the opportunity to make Su Lou lose his ability to shoot!

Otherwise I'll be turned into a hornet's nest by the old shotgun!

Come closer, wait until they get closer!

I'm going to take a gamble.

Wait until they get closer before shooting.

Try to hit Su Lou's right arm with a bullet so that he can't shoot.

The second shot hit Old Man Su, rendering him unable to move...

Fortunately, the Type 54 can fire continuously, unlike old-fashioned hunting rifles, which require loading bullets and reloading after each shot.

Old Man Su walked towards Su Tiansheng and sighed at the corpse: "Alas!"

"Brother-in-law, I will go and get the real baby back and make your troupe leader and his family mad with anger."

"Have a safe journey."

After saying this, Old Man Su tilted his head and looked at me.

"Lou'er, is there no blood on the body of Mr. Chen?"

Su Lou held up the flashlight and shone it towards me.

After looking at it for a while, he said, "There's no blood, not anywhere on the body."

"Haha." Old man Su laughed softly.

With a fierce gleam in his eyes, he said, "Master Chen, Master Chen, let me call you Master Chen for the last time."

"Don't blame me for not leaving you a complete body. I was just worried that you weren't completely dead."

"Lou'er, shoot him!"