Longbei Ancient Village 11

  The lame man and Wei Ye also trembled involuntarily after hearing this.

  They only felt that the pit was gloomy, and it was filled with a foul smell, surrounded by corpses, some sitting and some lying down. The two of them were already feeling guilty, and at this time they were even more pale-faced.

  Wen Baiyu could almost hear the sound of their teeth chattering together.

  The cripple continued in a trembling voice: "At that time... the tools in the village were not advanced either, and we brought some tools with us. The village chief let the villagers come together to dig holes... We ourselves had explosives, but on the one hand, we were afraid of startling the police, and on the other hand, we were also afraid of damaging the Xiang Wang tomb. You know, Sun Xia said that it was probably true, if it really was the Xiang Wang tomb, then not only would we be set for life, but our descendants for eight generations wouldn't have to worry about food and drink either... At the time, we didn't dare use explosives, so we let the villagers dig continuously until the third day, when they finally reached seventeen meters deep. The tunnel was finally opened."

  The cripple paused, saying: "The thief's tunnel was connected to the stone gate of the ear chamber, and we were all very excited. Sun Xia was the first to want to go in, but I stopped her. If it really was a Western Zhou tomb, there must be a lot of toxic gas inside. So... so... I asked a villager to go down and take a look. He went for a long time and didn't come back. Later, someone else went down, and still... still didn't come back. It turned out that the tomb really did have toxic gas, and those villagers who had gone into the ear chamber first were all dead..."

  The cripple's throat moved up and down, stuttering: "At that time, I was scared, and the village chief obviously saw it. We weren't digging for oil, so we pretended to be foolish with the village chief and stopped work temporarily that day. Sun Xia and we planned to give these villagers a sleeping pill to make them sleep. That night, we brought an air pump and first pumped out the toxic gas in the cave, then entered the ear chamber... From the ear chamber, we crawled into the main tomb chamber, opened the coffin, and found it was empty. We discovered this jade plaque inside... Although there were many good things in this ancient tomb, which indeed looked like Western Zhou artifacts, there wasn't a single slave or prisoner buried with the dead, nor was there a corpse in any of the coffins. It seemed that this was also one of Xiang Wang's suspected tombs. Although we didn't find the real tomb of Xiang Wang, our gains were many, and we brought the searched-for antiques to the surface."

  The cripple's face gradually turned pale...

  They were on the ground, just thinking about how to divide the goods, when suddenly a six or seven year old child ran over and snatched the jade pendant while they weren't paying attention.

  To know that the jade pendant is the most valuable among these antiques, how could the three of them let it go? At that time, they thought of deceiving the child to return the jade pendant to them.

  The little kid shouted at them, saying that the jade plate was a divine object of the Dragon's Tomb, a treasure that protected their village and could not be taken away by anyone. The god bird engraved on it would guard the tomb, and if they moved the jade plate, they would suffer retribution!

  At that time, the three people were furious and thought the child was cursing them with evil words. They were afraid that the child would shout loudly and disturb the villagers, so Sun Xia grabbed the child and pressed him against the wellhead, threatening to let go of his hand or throw him down if he didn't let go.

  The child seemed to have made up his mind. Wei Ye heard him shouting loudly, furious beyond measure, and covered the child's mouth with one hand, chopping off the child's hand with a knife.

  The hand that had been chopped off still tightly grasped the jade pendant and fell to the side of the stone well with a "thud".

  At that time, the cripple was frightened by the child's miserable cry. Sun Xiareally didn't hesitate to throw the child into the well. Sun Xiare and Wei Yezi discussed it together, because this child cried too loudly, it would inevitably be discovered by others. If they were really found out, their second half of life would be over.

  The village has only twenty or so people, a very closed and backward small village. It can even be said that apart from the three of them, no one else knows of this village's existence.

  So they decided that in order to avoid exposure, they would kill all the villagers and throw them into the bandit's cave, then bury the entrance.

  Wen Baiyu listened and felt a chill run down his spine, and couldn't help but say: "Is this kind of behavior still human?!"

  The cripple sobbed: "I... I didn't want to either, I was too scared at the time... But, but later, something strange happened!"

  The cripple said that they were certain that Longbeigou Village only had twenty or so people, and it was impossible for there to be any other survivors. However, twenty years later, Longbeigou Village became a famous tourist destination, and the owner of the guesthouse looked exactly like the village head from back then.

  Twenty years ago, the village head was already seventy years old. In these twenty years, the village head's face has not aged at all, it's as if he's a living ghost.

  Wen Baiyu thought of the old man in the inn who was always smiling, and couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. "Could it be the zongzi?"

  The cripple and Wei Ye were both scared out of their wits by Wen Baiyu's words.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou furrowed his brow and said: "It's not zongzi, their corpses are all here, perhaps it's a ghost."

  He said that, the lame man and Wei Ye were even more afraid, crying: "We've said everything we should say, please pull me up! I don't want the jade token either, give it all to you! All of it to you! I don't want a single piece!"

  Wen Baiyu said: "People like this should be buried alive here, it's also a kind of retribution."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou turned his head to look at him, and Wen Bai Yu cleared her throat twice, saying: "Uh... did I say something too vicious?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said, "No, we think alike."

  "No!"

  The lame man and Wei Ye were both shouting loudly. The lame man shouted: "Don't go! Don't leave! I have a treasure here! You can't leave, Sun Xia's map, Sun Xia said it was a treasure, she said it was drawn by her master, there are many tombs on it, and the tombs have treasures that can make people live forever. I borrowed it to take a look at the time, Sun Xia didn't know to guard against me, actually I took the opportunity to copy a copy! You pull me up, I'll give you this map!"

  Wen Baiyu obviously didn't believe him and looked at him skeptically.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou furrowed his brow, seemingly considering something, and then said: "Deal."

  "Hey." Wen Baiyu gently patted Wan Jingshou's back and said, "Why did you agree to them?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou didn't say a word, he just put Wen Bai Yu on the ground and then said: "Wait for a moment."

  He immediately walked to the edge of the pit, took out a rope from his backpack, and threw it down. Wei Ye grabbed the rope first, tied it around his waist, and was pulled up by Wan Kuang Jing Hou. Then, the lame man was also pulled up.

  Two people narrowly escaped death, both lying on the ground unable to move. The cripple hastily pulled out a map from his pocket with trembling hands and handed it to General Wan Jinhong.

  Wan Qi Jinghou unfolded the map, on which were drawn large and small tombs, with dense markings beside them. In the lower left corner was a phoenix totem mark, next to which was written in tiny characters "Phoenix Blood", followed by some blurry writing, apparently due to scribbling.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou immediately furrowed his brow, and Wen Bai Yu looked at him with a change in expression, but didn't know what he was thinking.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou put the map into his backpack and then picked up Wen Bai Yu, taking a step towards the depths of the cave.

  The lame man and Wei Ye saw him leaving, immediately got up from the ground and followed them behind.

  Wen Bai Yu whispered on his back: "Why did you save those kinds of people? That map is very important?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and frowned, saying: "I don't know..."

  Wen Bai's eyebrows twitched a few times. As for Wan Kuang Jing Hou's occasional irrelevant questions, he seemed to have gotten used to it.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou furrowed his brow slightly and added a sentence, saying: "I seem to be looking for something, but I've already forgotten what I'm looking for..."

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but shudder and said: "In such a gloomy tomb, let's not make any more jokes!"

  Two people walked forward, and the thief hole was quickly blocked due to collapse. They could only climb up the stone slope with stones and soil blocks, and when they climbed up, it was a tomb passage.

  The slope wasn't steep, and there were many large boulders that had fallen off, forming a natural stone staircase. The lame man and Wei Ye also stumbled after them.

  The path was very long and quiet all the way, with no forks in the road, no traps, and no zombies or corpses.

  They walked for ten minutes, and suddenly a faint light appeared in the distance.

  "It's light!"

  "It's light! It's the exit! We're out!"

  The lame man and Wei Ye both shouted loudly, rushing forward in a mad dash, and Wen Baiyu's face also showed joy, just about to speak, when suddenly a "crack" sound was heard.

  Wen Baiyu's ears had become extremely sensitive to the sound of mechanisms, and upon hearing this sound, she subconsciously knew it was a mechanism.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, the lame man and Wei Ye ran over, and the stone slab on the grave path suddenly flipped up from the middle. The two people didn't even have time to shout loudly before they fell down along with the slab.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou reacted quickly, immediately stopping in his tracks. The lame man and Wei Ye had already disappeared into the tomb passage. Wen Bai Yu was perched on Wan Kuang Jing Hou's back looking down, seeing that it wasn't too deep below, but there were many metal spikes in the large pit. The lame man and Wei Ye were lying inside, almost pierced by a thousand arrows.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and trembled slightly, Wan Jijinghou said: "Don't look."

  Wen Baiyu hastily shrunk his neck, his voice trembling as he said: "The tomb passage...has collapsed, how are we going to get past?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou did not immediately respond to him, but instead turned his head to look back, Wen Bai Yu found it strange that he was looking at something, and also turned his head to look, only to see a flash of red light in the darkness, after which there was nothing.

  "What are you looking at?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said faintly: "That child."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a chill run down her spine and turned around to look back, but behind her was still empty and dark, with nothing in sight.

  When the white feather turned around, they heard a loud rumbling sound. The ground beneath their feet suddenly shook and then slowly rotated. Wen Baiyu was dizzy and grabbed onto Wan Kuang Jing Hou's shoulder. The tomb passage cracked open from the revolving door and slowly rotated about 45 degrees before connecting to another passageway. Ahead of them, there was still a light, which was the exit.

  "This is really too sinister."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "It's that kid who is showing us the way."

  When Wen Baiyu came out of the tomb passage, it was already bright outside. He was a bit unaccustomed to the sunlight and his eyes hurt from being exposed to it, so he quickly covered them with his hand.

  Wen Baiyu's leg was injured. There were medical personnel in the village, but they weren't very advanced, just temporarily treating him, and he still had to go to a nearby town hospital.

  When Wen Baiyu was about to leave, he suddenly seemed to remember something, pulled open the bedside cabinet in his room, and couldn't help but utter a loud curse.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou turned his head to look over, Wen Bai Yu hastily used her body to block the cabinet, lest Wan Jie Jing Hou see the impure things inside.

  "Indeed, it's a condom..."

  He said, took out a condom, then gently placed the jade plate in the cabinet, pushed the cabinet, and let Wan Qi Jing Hou carry himself out of the room.

  Wan Qi Jinghou carried his luggage and had Wen Baiyu on his back, coming down from the second floor of the inn. He happened to see the boss sitting behind the counter, with a child of seven or eight years old lying on it.

  The child's round apple face, tender and delicate cheek, looks very lovely, the rounded eyes are the color of black onyx.

  The boss smiled and said: "This is Little Sun."

  No bloodshot eyes...

  No broken arms...

  Wen Baiyu also smiled and said to the boss: "Old man, remember to take a look at the bedside table."

  The old man was taken aback, clearly having no idea what Wen Baiyu's riddle meant.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou carried Wen Bai Yu out, saying faintly: "They are not human."

  "But they don't harm good people," said Wen Baiyu with a smile.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "You're right."

  The big bus had been waiting, and Wen Baiyu suddenly felt that having a broken leg also had its advantages. That was Wan Jingshou's full service, treating her like a dragon. Although he always had an icy face, he was actually meticulous in his care.

  Wen Baiyu ate the breakfast that Wan Jingshou brought on the carriage and started to feel drowsy, leaning against Wan Jingshou's shoulder and fell asleep without being polite.

  He was about to fall asleep when he suddenly thought of a question and asked with his mouth full, "You said they were already ghosts, but the living ones are just like us, and there's no difference. How is this possible?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "It is someone who is using spiritual energy to nourish them."

  The white-haired old man was dazed and confused, extremely sleepy, and hadn't thought it through, so he asked: "Who is it?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked out the window, the car had already started, an old man suddenly ran out of the inn, holding a jade plate in his hand, tears streaming down his face as he gazed in the direction the car was heading, then knelt down devoutly...

  Wan Xi Jing Hou withdrew his gaze, turned his head to look at Wen Bai Yu who was already asleep and snoring softly, crossed his arms, leaned back and closed his eyes, but still said in a light tone: "It's a grave, perhaps."

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