Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife

Chapter 889: Chapter 889: There’s a Ghost!

Long Yue initially didn’t want him to go. After all, that place was so dangerous; if anything happened to him, the Jiang Family would be left without a successor.

However, he said some mechanisms required Jiang Family blood to activate, leaving Long Yue without options.

In that case, he simply had to go.

"There will be danger if you go in, so think it over carefully."

Li Qingmu reminded him, urging him to consider it thoroughly before deciding.

Actually, at this point, going or not going wasn’t very important anymore. Li Qingmu and Long Yue just wished to confirm certain matters by entering.

But if the risks were too great, they could also choose not to go.

Jiang Wen shook his head, "I’ve already made up my mind; even with danger, I have to go in and pay respects to my ancestors."

"So, which one to enter?"

The entrance to the East Wing and the entrance to the West Wing - they had to choose one.

"Let’s go to the East Wing. We usually stay there, so it carries a bit of our presence, making it slightly less dangerous to enter."

Huh? Long Yue was stunned for a moment, was that a thing?

But since he said so, they might as well go to the East Wing!

So, they went straight to the East Wing.

Here, there were similarly many two-headed bats. They seemed ready to attack them, but after being disciplined by Li Qingmu, they became obedient.

"These bats are actually quite sensitive to human behavior."

Jiang Wen looked at the bats above and sighed.

"Indeed, these little creatures bully the weak and fear the strong." Li Qingmu chuckled.

After being dealt with, these little creatures became very compliant. As they passed by, the bats quickly moved aside, causing no trouble whatsoever.

The journey went quite smoothly, and soon they arrived at the stone gate. Li Qingmu was about to open it, but Jiang Wen stopped him.

"Prince, look over here, there’s a pattern."

Long Yue and Li Qingmu followed his lead and noticed a pattern near the button. What was it?

Long Yue suddenly said, "Could it require a blood sacrifice?"

She spoke casually, but the other party nodded, "Yes."

Uh...

The couple both looked at Jiang Wen and saw him take out a small dagger, lightly cutting his finger and dropping a drop of blood.

Long Yue watched as the circle around the button lit up, and then, "boom, boom, boom," the door slowly opened.

This time, what they saw was completely different from before. Previously, there was a stone chamber with miscellaneous things, looking like an ordinary tomb, but this time, a passage appeared.

Moreover, this passage was actually illuminated!

"Luminous Pearls?"

Long Yue saw that both sides of the passage were inlaid with fist-sized Luminous Pearls, and it was these pearls that emitted light to illuminate the area.

Wow, this is a true Imperial Mausoleum!

Apparently, the initial setup was just to deter outsiders from intruding.

"Did you hear that clicking sound just now?"

At this moment, Li Qingmu suddenly asked Long Yue.

Long Yue thought carefully and replied, "There was, but it was masked by the sound of the door opening."

"That’s it. The one we opened before was just the surface layer. This time, it was the real mechanism of the mausoleum. It’s truly well hidden."

Even Li Qingmu sighed in admiration, realizing that without Jiang Wen, they would have had no way of opening it.

But does this mean Jiang Wen had hidden something from them before?

Not really.

After all, this was the ancestral mausoleum; it was understood he might have psychological burdens. Now that he led them inside, he was already doing them a great favor.

The passage was long, and there were two-headed bats here too. Li Qingmu felt these little creatures seemed like guardians, watching over the comers and goers for their ancestors.

Because he noticed that the creatures were quite kind to Jiang Wen and didn’t attack him.

Previously, the ones that flew out only attacked Ru’er but did nothing to Jiang Wen.

But in theory, shouldn’t there be a principle that if they favored Jiang Wen, they shouldn’t attack Ru’er?

However, these were animals, after all, and they were beyond their control.

They kept moving forward, onward, until there appeared a stone chamber ahead.

This time, it wasn’t an ordinary stone chamber; it was a tomb with a coffin inside.

The coffin was sturdy, coated with layers of lacquer, almost sealing it entirely.

Li Qingmu and Long Yue approached the coffin, noticing the copper nails on it. Oddly, the copper didn’t rust?

That was peculiar indeed!

"This is for a burial sacrifice."

Jiang Wen was also observing the scene and voiced his thoughts.

"Burial sacrifice?" Long Yue was puzzled, "Shouldn’t burial sacrifices involve many people?"

"Yue’er, the person buried here holds quite a rank. Just look at the inscription on this side of the coffin: ’My beloved concubine, Mingling Princess Consort’s coffin.’ This is the tomb of a Princess Consort; naturally, no others could accompany her in burial."

Li Qingmu led Long Yue to the side, pointing at the tiny script.

Long Yue glanced at it, even more perplexed: "If this is the coffin of our Princess Consort, shouldn’t there be many burial items? Why aren’t there any?"

"It is quite strange."

Li Qingmu nodded; his wife’s question was valid. Why were there no burial items?

This didn’t suit the usual practice of burial sacrifices.

Jiang Wen, also examining from the other side, suddenly experienced a dilation of his pupils and a face of shock as he rapidly backed away.

"What’s the matter?"

Noticing Jiang Wen’s reaction, Li Qingmu and Long Yue hurried over, finding him pale as if he had discovered something terrifying?

"This, this, no!"

His voice trembled, causing Li Qingmu and Long Yue to be puzzled.

"Look, look at this place... there’s a shadow, as if something has been moved!"

Jiang Wen spoke, his voice growing increasingly shaky, extremely frightened.

Li Qingmu and Long Yue went over to see and found some indentations there with a lot of dust and grime, then noticed a clean, horizontal cut as if something heavy had previously sat there and been moved.

Instantly, both Li Qingmu and Long Yue felt a chill run down their backs.

This mark seemed fresh, suggesting that someone had moved it not long before they arrived?

Considering this possibility, the situation turned terrifying. Could there be ghosts here?

"Ghosts! There are ghosts here!"

Jiang Wen shouted in horror, his body trembling constantly.

Li Qingmu and Long Yue exchanged glances, momentarily unsure of what to do.

"Ghosts! Ghosts!"

He continued to shout, retreating constantly until he stumbled against the coffin.

Seeing him so panicked, Long Yue advised, "Be careful, don’t touch anything carelessly; you might trigger a mechanism."

Hearing Long Yue’s reminder, Jiang Wen finally managed to calm himself, wiping the sweat from his forehead, his face full of embarrassment, "I’m sorry to have embarrassed you both."