Chapter 141 Conspiracy and Calculation

In the blink of an eye, three more days passed.

Li Chen searched through most of Yiling, but still found nothing.

Think about it, after all, this place was looted and burned once by the Qin army. Even if there were any clues on the surface, it would have been destroyed long ago.

Li Chen planned to search for another night, and if there was no result, he would go back to Zaiying.

Not far from the inn where Li Chen lived, there was a butcher shop, and the owner was a fat and strong man.

At this time, a man in his 40s who looked like a woodcutter stopped in front of the meat stall.

The man looked around, and after finding no one there, he whispered: "Li Chen, the target of the trap, appears here. Do we need to take action?"

The butcher shop owner cut a piece of meat with a knife and asked: "Are you sure? Where have you seen him?"

The woodcutter nodded and said, "Sure! He seems to be looking for something in the forbidden area of ​​Yiling. I have seen him coming out of there two mornings in a row. He is now staying in an inn not far away."

The butcher shop owner shook his head and said: "There is news from above that the mission of Li Chen and others has been suspended. With the few people we have now, it will be difficult for us to accomplish anything."

Yiling is the tomb of the ancestors of the Chu Kingdom, and Luowang's surveillance here has never been relaxed.

But it was only under surveillance, so not enough manpower was invested.

It is enough to deal with ordinary people and collect intelligence information, but it is not enough to deal with a master as powerful as Li Chen who can kill Luo Wangtianzi's first-class killer.

The man who looked like a woodcutter sighed and asked a little unwillingly: "Is this the end of it? This is an opportunity that I only came across with great difficulty."

The butcher shop owner sneered: "Of course it's impossible to just let it go like this, we are not strong enough. But don't forget, Yiling is the tomb of the late king of Chu. If an outsider enters at will, what will happen if he is discovered?"

The woodcutter was stunned for a moment and then came back to his senses: "You mean, borrow the power of the soldiers guarding the tomb?"

The butcher shop owner smiled: "You know, there are more than ten thousand soldiers guarding the tomb here. With such power, why do we need to do it ourselves?"

The woodcutter also laughed when he heard this: "It's true. With the help of the soldiers guarding the tomb, even if we fail, Li Chen won't be able to find us.

The only question is, how do we bring in the officers and soldiers guarding the mausoleum?"

"You don't have to worry about this matter. I have a way to solve it." The butcher shop owner waved his hand and said calmly.

Then, he threw a piece of meat over and shouted: "Five coins."

The woodcutter nodded, felt in his arms, took out five cloth coins, put them on the table, then picked up the meat thrown by the butcher shop owner, turned around and walked towards the end of the street.

To outsiders, this is a simple transaction, there is nothing strange about it, except that it took a little longer.

Li Chen didn't know that someone was plotting against him at this time. After returning to the inn, he simply ate something and then lay down to sleep.

In fact, with Li Chen's current strength, even if he doesn't sleep for a few nights, he can avoid fatigue as long as he meditates a little bit.

But Li Chen still likes to eat and sleep on time. In Li Chen's opinion, eating and sleeping are necessary for a person's life. If one day he no longer needs to eat and sleep, he may not be called a human being.

I slept until dusk, got up, had a quick bite, and then started walking around the streets again.

Most of the people here are descendants of people who were sent to Yiling to guard the tombs of the royal family, and they gradually took root here.

As the population slowly grew, some merchants also came here, and a market gradually formed.

I walked around the market and took a look at the local customs.

It wasn't until the sky gradually darkened and the shops in the market gradually closed that Li Chen wandered back to the inn.

In the early hours of the morning, Li Chen put on his night clothes again and left the inn.

Tonight is Li Chen's last night here, and Li Chen doesn't plan to search randomly anymore.

Instead, I plan to carefully explore the more famous emperors of the Chu Kingdom throughout the ages, such as King Chu Zhuang, the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, King Chu Zhao, the leader of the ZTE, and King Chu Huai who died in a foreign country.

After spending half a night, Li Chen finally discovered something.

An unnamed tombstone not far from the mausoleum of King Chuzhuang records some conjectures about King Chuzhuang's bid for the throne and about King Yu's Jiuding.

But that's it, no more information.

Li Chen shook his head and sighed: "It seems that King Yu's Jiuding also has some secrets. Unfortunately, King Yu's Jiuding has disappeared now. It is rumored that the First Emperor Yingzheng also sent people to salvage it after the unification, but in the end there was no result."

Li Chen shook his head again and put his thoughts back. This time there was still no result.

He simply stopped exploring and turned around to walk outside, planning to go back to the inn first and then return to Zaiying after checking out at dawn.

As soon as he arrived at the perimeter, Li Chen noticed something was wrong.

After a few days, Li Chen had figured out the rules of these soldiers guarding the tomb.

Although the patrols are not very careful, there will be patrols throughout the night.

But now, the entire Yiling Mountain is peaceful, without a trace of light or sound.

Li Chen thought for a while, blended his figure into the darkness, and slowly moved outside.

When approaching the exit, Li Chen stopped. Although it seemed very quiet here, Li Chen still heard many suppressed breathing sounds.

There is an ambush!

Li Chen understood his situation instantly, but he was not very panicked.

It was easy for Li Chen to break through such an encirclement.

But Li Chen still wanted to find out who was plotting against him. You must know that he didn't tell anyone about coming here.

After thinking about it, Li Chen turned around and walked deeper. After a while, he came to a place about a mile away from where he discovered the ambush.

He took out a bucket of kerosene from the storage ring and sprinkled it around. He secretly confessed to himself and ignited the kerosene.

In just a matter of seconds, the fire spread and Li Chen's figure disappeared into the darkness again.

Outside, the general in charge of guarding the mausoleum and a man in black stood on a high ground outside the encirclement, looking quietly at the exit.

Suddenly, a commander on the side pointed forward and shouted with some stuttering: "General... General, there is a fire."

Hearing this, General Shou Ling looked up and was stunned for a moment, then shouted loudly: "Everyone, go immediately to put out the fire. We must not let the fire spread."

There was a commotion below, and then everyone in the encirclement and ambush ran towards the place where the fire started.

General Shou Ling was breaking out in a cold sweat at this time. If the entire Yiling was burned again, then he and his people would probably be wiped out from all nine tribes.
Chapter completed!