The car drove out of the village and drove on the national highway.
"Lin Kun, you really misunderstood me." Xu Duobao paused, with a hint of mystery on his face, and said in a more serious tone: "I'm here to do business this time!"
"Doing business? Just you?"
"Lin Kun, I'm not stupid either. Of course I know the potential danger behind this, so I just wanted to find you to join the gang before, just to prevent that fat man from doing evil things." Xu Duobao came over with a shy face and continued,
"I, Lao Xu, am not stupid either. I know who I can trust and who I can't."
"You are still blinded by greed." I took out the cigarette case and glanced sideways at Xu Duobao. Seeing him looking at me with a sneer, I handed him one too.
"Old Xu, there are risks involved in cooperating with this kind of person." I blew out a smoke ring and continued, "Does he think there is too much money and too few people to share it with, or is your personality charming enough?"
"This, this..." Xu Duobao hesitated, speechless.
I glanced at him and saw that his face was a little pale and he didn't speak anymore. The car fell into silence for a while, except for the sound of the two of us smoking.
After a while, Xu Duobao seemed to have made up his mind. He raised his head, looked at me and said, "Lin Kun, don't blame me for keeping it secret from you. In fact, this matter has something to do with you."
"What does it have to do with me?" I raised my eyebrows.
Xu Duobao extinguished the cigarette butt, threw it out of the window, turned around and said, "You still remember what happened with the soul-suppressing mirror last time?"
"Of course I remember. Last time I sold you a 'sick' piece of earthenware. What happened this time? I found out and compensated you?" I said sarcastically.
"That's not the case," Xu Duobao shook his head, "After what happened last time, the more I thought about it, the angrier I became, so I came all the way to talk to them about it. In fact, I didn't expect anything to happen.
, I just wanted to vent my anger, I didn’t expect..."
"What didn't you expect?"
Xu Duobao took a breath and continued: "When they heard that I had solved the ghosts in the soul-suppressing mirror, they apologized to me one after another, and... and he also told me
I, the soul-suppressing mirror, got it from that ancient tomb." Xu Duobao said.
This is interesting. I rubbed my chin. In my eyes, the soul-suppressing mirror is a Horcrux, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is a well-preserved and high-quality pre-Han antiquities.
, to say the least, it’s worth 1.8 million.
Normally, not to mention tomb robbers, even an old boy like Xu Duobao would not give away such an object to anyone for no reason.
However, it seems not incomprehensible if there is a priceless treasure hidden in that tomb.
The corpse of the black dog I saw last time was probably the big rice dumpling buried in the ancient tomb. This group of people couldn't chew it down, so they gritted their teeth and threw the soul-killing mirror out, hoping to see what was happening in Xi'an.
Is there anyone capable?
I pondered for a while, then raised my head and said, "So, by selling you the soul-suppressing mirror, they are throwing stones at you?"
"Yes." Xu Duobao nodded.
"That's not right." I came back to my senses and looked at Xu Duobao thoughtfully and said: "Old Xu, since they all know that there are hard bones in that tomb that he can't chew off, how come you three dare to go in again?
?”
Xu Duobao avoided my gaze, his face turned a little red, and he whispered with embarrassment: "I, I didn't tell him that you were the one who got rid of this ghost. I was anxious to investigate clearly. I really wanted to, and my head got hot.
I just...I just said it was me."
When I heard this, Xu Duobao almost laughed angrily. Is this kind of thing something you can recognize when your brain is hot? When you really meet the big zongzi, do you three plan to hug each other until death?
No wonder Xu Duobao came to me every day during that time and tried hard to get me to join him. It turned out that the root of the problem was here. Otherwise, no matter how familiar this old boy was with me, there would be no reason to reveal such a big thing to me.
Xu Duobao glanced at me secretly. Seeing that there was no expression on my face, he said uneasily: "Lin Kun, I didn't hide this on purpose."
"Forget it, this is a pretty important clue, so I won't argue with you."
"There were originally five people in that group
, far and near, all have some kind of relationship, but the last time they took out the soul-suppressing mirror, they broke three people in it."
"Hey, this is quite new. What does it have to do with you?"
Three people died inside, which further illustrates the danger of this tomb. But what does this have to do with Xu Duobao?
Xu Duobao didn't pay attention to my teasing. He waved his hand and continued: "The dead person has nothing to do with me, but this tomb is somewhat famous. It is a nine-gong tomb. As for me, I happen to be familiar with the structure of these tombs.
A little research."
When Xu Duobao said this, I understood that if it was a Jiugong Tomb, then Xu Duobao did have value in this gang.
What is Jiugong Tomb?
As we all know, no matter whether they are feudal emperors, powerful nobles, ordinary people, or wealthy businessmen and scholars, what they always worry about most is that their homes after death will be dug up and robbed, not only desecrating their bodies, but also taking away all the objects they liked during their lifetime.
stolen.
Therefore, since ancient times, everyone from emperors to common people has attached great importance to the prevention of tomb theft, and various anti-theft methods have emerged in endlessly.
Common people generally work hard on sealing tombs, digging deep tombs, sealing them with huge rocks, etc., while feudal emperors have many more methods. Multiple coffins are the most basic, and many emperors choose to build them in various secret locations.
Build your own tomb, and find no place for tomb robbers.
Or, a fake tomb is created outside the real tomb to confuse the tomb robbers.
This Nine-Gong Tomb, as the name suggests, is a structural pattern with multiple layers of fake tombs. Of course, the number of fake tombs is not necessarily certain. Nine represents the plural concept, rather than a total of nine tombs.
So what does this have to do with Xu Duobao? Xu Duobao has a special liking for the structure of tombs and has been studying various strange tombs of all dynasties for many years. In other words, he can be regarded as an expert in this field.? Tomb robbing is not
Digging a hole is as simple as that. First, you have to find the tomb, and secondly, you have to know where to dig the hole into the main tomb. These are the most basic situations, and they mostly only correspond to the rich and powerful people in a single tomb.
Tombs, and imperial-level mausoleums, have even more details inside. A person who has studied the structure of tombs can at least save everyone from a lot of unnecessary mistakes.
Especially for mausoleums like the Jiugong Tomb, which have several fake tombs. An ordinary tomb robber might dig up a fake tomb and go home carrying some funerary objects. Little does he know that somewhere nearby, there is a real tomb with a priceless treasure.
The tomb was just missed by me.
That's why Xu Duobao was so confident, but he missed a more crucial point.
I threw away the cigarette butt in my hand and said to Xu Duobao: "Old Xu, have you ever thought about how this group of people knew about that ancient tomb?"
Xu Duobao was stunned and a little confused: "Isn't that what they do? He accidentally discovered this ancient tomb. What's so strange about it? There are so many ancient tombs in Xi'an. Even if you build a subway, you can dig out several of them.
Shouldn’t locals like them know the ancient tombs best?”
"You are also a knowledgeable person. In order to confuse the graves with the real ones, the owner of the Jiugong Tomb will place many grave objects in the fake tomb to confuse the tomb robbers." I paused and then said, "But you
Recently, I heard that there are any artifacts found on the ground in Xi'an? From the beginning to the end, there is only the soul-suppressing mirror, don't you think it's strange?"
"What's so strange about this?" Xu Duobao was a little confused.
"Huh." I snorted softly, "I told you about the origin of the soul-suppressing mirror and the Yin spirit hidden in it. This thing cannot be in the fake tomb. It must be placed in the real tomb."
"Since it has appeared, it means that someone has entered the real tomb. Do you think that with the ability of that group of people, they can enter the real tomb?"
Hearing this, Xu Duobao also frowned. He was not an idiot, he was just blinded by desire. "You mean, they were not the ones who entered the real tomb, but there were actually people behind them?"
"That's right, don't forget that in that tomb, there is an existence that is a hundred times more terrifying than the Yin Spirit." I nodded and said, "Taking a step back, with the greed of this group of people,
Even if he didn't get any benefits from the real tomb, he wouldn't let go of the funerary objects in the fake tomb. He would definitely get some out of them. You've been with them these days.
Come on, have you seen any other artifacts?"
Xu Duobao shook his head and said in a daze: "No, from beginning to end, I have only seen such a soul-suppressing mirror."
"So I think this group of people is just a chess piece thrown on the table. There must be other people hidden behind him." I concluded.
"Then...then what are they looking for me for? Since they can enter the real tomb themselves, why do they want to leak the news and find someone to rob the tomb?" Xu Duobao was a little anxious. He finally noticed this.
Something is wrong.
I spread my hands and said, "I don't know about this, but do you think it has something to do with the owner of the tomb inside?"
After saying that, I was too lazy to pay attention to Xu Duobao anymore and turned to look out the window. After talking so much to Xu Duobao, about an hour had passed and we had entered the city of Xi'an.
Xu Duobao seemed to have thought of some possibilities and stared ahead in despair.
There is clearly a treasure in front of me, but I am just a pawn being used to explore the way. This feeling is probably not pleasant.
The rest of the journey was silent. After Xu Duobao was delivered to his house, I didn't even go up to say hello to Lu Ping, so I went straight back to Qiu Louyan's house.
"Lin Kun?" Seeing my sudden return, Qiu Louyan asked in surprise.
"Sorry, I didn't inform you in advance."
"Don't come here, and you told me in advance, you are afraid that I will raise a man behind your back!" Qiu Louyan rolled her eyes at me and took off my clothes that were full of dust.
"Haha, I was just kidding."
"What have you been doing these days? How come there's no news from you at all?"
"I went back to Hengduan Mountain, and Ren Yonghai came to see me for something."
"It's him again." Qiu Louyan was very indifferent to Ren Yonghai, "You stay away from the police in the future. I don't want to have too much to do with him."
"Don't worry, this is just a matter between me and him."
"Okay, why is he looking for you?"
"There's a strange case there."
"Isn't it just that the body was lost? What's the big deal?" Qiu Louyan said disapprovingly.
"It's not about throwing corpses." I shook my head and pressed my temples in distress. "Not long ago, the local cultural relics department excavated an ancient tomb. As a result, several people were poisoned and sent to the hospital. They are still unconscious."
"You're not a doctor, why are you here?"
"I suspect it's corpse poison."
When Qiu Louyan heard this, her expression changed and she said nothing.
"So, we went to the ancient tomb and encountered an ancient corpse from the year before in the ancient tomb. We finally averted the danger. After we came out, we were attacked by monsters. These strange things aggravated my doubts," I said as I recalled.
, "The boundary where the ancient tomb is located is a place called Heiyun Village. The land and water support the people. Since the incident happened in Heiyun Village, I started to investigate from Heiyun Village. I won't know until I check.
We were shocked. We encountered strange things one after another along the way. Monsters were intruding along the way, and many people were trapped."
"Then you're not hurt, are you?" Qiu Louyan asked with concern.
I waved my hand and said, "I'm fine."
"That's good, what happens next?"
"Heiyun Village is indeed a place with a story. This village is a clan that migrated from the Central Plains. After thousands of years of collision and blending, it has become extremely mysterious. The most mysterious thing is that all their clan members have a certain
'Hereditary disease' will attack as long as you are over fifty years old, and the symptom of the attack is to become a 'zombie'. There are also five artifacts in Heiyun Village, which are said to be able to restrain the 'curse', but the strange thing is
, For thousands of years, the five great artifacts have been lost. Decades ago, one of the 'soul-suppressing pagodas' was mysteriously stolen, which also laid the foundation for a disaster."
"Is there such a thing?" Qiu Louyan also expressed her disbelief upon hearing this.
"Yes, the merits of this are even more complicated and bizarre." I continued, "In order to avoid disaster, the owner of Heiyun Village completely cut off the village where the elderly live in the village from the outside world, which led to a human tragedy. Because, Heiyun Village
Chapter completed!