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Chapter 266 Tomb of Concubine Li (11)

Two nights later, Gu Chang and Tian Yu changed into night clothes and prepared to sneak into the imperial tomb.

There is an army near the imperial mausoleum, which is specifically responsible for guarding and supervising the workers of the imperial mausoleum.

It was late at night, and there were only two soldiers on duty at the gate of the Imperial Mausoleum. They seemed to be dozing off.

Seeing this, the two men found the opportunity and took advantage of the two soldiers dozing off to successfully enter the imperial tomb.

Tian Yu had obtained the map of the imperial mausoleum long ago. He knew where Concubine Li's tomb was, so he took Gu Chang and sneaked over from behind the green plants by the wall.

Concubine Li's tomb is very small. From the outside, it looks like a semicircular bowl inverted on the ground, with a tombstone standing in front of it.

Tianyu crouched down, carefully checking the tombstone for any traps. Gu Chang, on the other hand, vigilantly observed the surroundings. Suddenly, Gu Chang noticed a faint light flickering in the distance. He quickly tugged at Tianyu's clothes. Tianyu understood, and the two of them hid in the shadows nearby.

The light was getting closer. It turned out to be an old man holding a lantern, guarding the mausoleum. The old man muttered something strange, like a spell. After the old man passed by, the two men breathed a sigh of relief.

Tian Yu returned to the tombstone and after a moment's searching, he found a loose stone. He gently turned it, and with a faint creak of movement, the tombstone slowly moved away, revealing a downward passage.

The two exchanged glances, then cautiously descended the passage. A foul odor filled the air, and the walls flickered with faint green phosphorescence. At the end, they reached a stone door. Strange runes engraved on the door captivated Tian Yu, who stared at them with a bewildered expression.

Only Gu Chang, who had read ancient books, knew that these runes were used to ward off evil spirits.

Gu Chang felt that this was not the tomb of a concubine. "Tianyu, look for a mechanism to open the door nearby."

"Yes, son."

Not long after, Tianyu found the mechanism on the wall and opened the stone door.

Gu Chang slowly approached the stone door. When the stone door was fully opened, Gu Chang saw a creepy human skin puppet standing inside the stone door. These human skin puppets stood there quietly, staring straight at Gu Chang in the doorway with their empty eye sockets.

On the wall inside the stone door, there are lamps embedded with lamp oil made from mermaid fat, which illuminate the entire room.

"This..." Tian Yu saw this strange scene and didn't know what to say. He opened and closed his mouth again and again, walked in front of Gu Chang, and stepped into the room first.

Gu Chang followed behind him and said in a deep voice, "These human-skin puppets were all made by Ling Xiaosu. I wonder how many people he killed to make so many human-skin puppets."

Behind the rows of human-skin puppets, a woman in red stood out. Her red dress, as vibrant as a blazing flame, formed a stark contrast to the lifeless puppets. The woman lowered her head, her long black hair cascading over her shoulders, obscuring most of her face. Despite this, Gu Chang could still sense the eerie aura emanating from her.

On the wall next to the woman, there was a portrait. The woman in the portrait had soft features, an oval face, and slightly upturned lips, looking very gentle.

Tianyu guessed: "This should be the portrait of Concubine Li."

Gu Chang looked at the woman in red who lowered her head. He extended his hand and said softly, "I'm sorry, but I mean no harm."

He lifted the woman's face, and when he saw her face clearly, Gu Chang was stunned for a moment.

Not Murong Yunming.

"You...what are you doing?!" An old voice suddenly sounded from behind.

Gu Chang recognized that the voice was the old man guarding the tomb who was muttering something before they went down.

Tianyu reacted quickly and turned around to catch the old man guarding the tomb.

After some questioning, the old man guarding the tomb looked at the two masked men and tremblingly explained why he was there.

It turned out that after he left Concubine Li's tomb, he heard some noise and turned back.

After seeing a passage behind the tombstone, I walked in curiously.

Gu Chang asked in a deep voice: "Where is Concubine Li's body?"

The old man who guards the mausoleum nodded rapidly. "I know, I know. It's outside this tomb, beneath a sweet-scented osmanthus tree. His Majesty didn't allow Concubine Li to be buried here, and he even ordered us to burn her body. After we burned her body, we buried her ashes under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree."

"Let's go." Gu Chang whispered. He hadn't expected Tu Yanqing to dislike Murong Yunming so much that he wouldn't even give her a safe place to stay after her death.

Tianyu nodded and sealed the tomb keeper's hole to prevent him from shouting after he got out. Then he led the tomb keeper out of the tomb together.

Neither of them brought anything to dig with, so they could only use daggers to dig.

Fortunately, it was late, so few people were around. The two men moved quickly and accurately, quickly unearthing an urn. Gu Chang handed the urn to Tian Yu and headed towards Concubine Li's tomb.

The human skin doll left by Ling Xiaosu is always a nuisance, so it would be better to take it away and burn it.

After Tianyu untied the acupuncture points of the old man guarding the tomb, the old man asked Tianyu in a trembling voice, "Who...who are you to Concubine Li?"

Tianyu didn't answer his question, but said, "We're just taking her home. I hope you won't tell anyone about what happened tonight."

The old man who guarded the mausoleum nodded and said, "I won't tell anyone. Half of my body is already buried in the ground. I don't care about material possessions. You are the family of Concubine Li, so take her home."

On the other side, Gu Chang had already put those human-skin dolls into his personal space, but when the human-skin doll in red clothes was put into the personal space, her eyes seemed to open a little.

When Gu Chang looked again, her eyes were still closed.

After doing all this, Gu Chang left the tomb and restored the mechanism on the tombstone.

The old man guarding the tomb also pointed out a hidden path for the two of them to use to get out.

This time, the two did not return to the house, but went out of the city.

Outside the city, Gu Chang took out all the human skin puppets and prepared to burn them.

But he found that the red-clothed human-skin doll could not be taken out.

"Is the system malfunctioning?" Gu Chang asked doubtfully.

The system shook its head. "I don't know, host. I haven't found any faults."

In response to this strange phenomenon, Gu Chang decided to ignore it for the time being and burn all the other human skin dolls first.