Chapter 80: Nanke's Dream 3

  Guan Nan looked very exhausted, his hands were still shaking a bit, and his emotions seemed unstable, as if he was overcome with fear.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the swollen corpse on the ground, and if Guan Nan suddenly said that this was his body, Wen Baiyu would have believed it at that moment.

  Guannan kept her face buried in her palms, her wet clothes clinging to her body as she shivered with fear.

  Wen Baiyu saw it and stretched out his hand to nudge Wang Juexuan, indicating that he should pass the cookies to Guan Nan.

  Their bread, canned meat and compressed biscuits were all eaten by Guan Yang, leaving only some that needed to be cooked or heated, such as noodles, and also the cow's milk biscuits specially prepared for Wen Baiyu by Wan Qi Jinghou.

  Actually, this cookie is not much different from other cookies, it's just that the head is particularly large. Compared to the 10cm Wen Baiyu, Wen Baiyu needs to hold it with both hands to eat, or directly lie on the cookie and gnaw.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at his appearance and felt like laughing, also a bit of bad taste, so he prepared several more boxes of milk biscuits for him.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took a look at Wen Bai Yu, it seemed like there were still two boxes left. Wen Bai Yu could eat one box for a long time, so he picked up a box of cookies and handed it to Guan Shan.

  Guan Nan took it over, said "thank you", and then ripped open the packaging. Suddenly, there was a rapid succession of crunching sounds: "crunch, crunch, crunch". Guan Nan's speed at eating crackers was astonishing, and he had an infectious aura about him. Even though the crackers themselves weren't particularly special, watching him eat made them seem especially delicious.

  Wen Baiyu touched her belly again, because she didn't dare to eat much while facing the swollen corpse earlier, and now she was a bit hungry. Wen Baiyu pulled out a huge cow's milk biscuit and hugged it in her arms, crunching on it with a "crunch" sound.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou saw his appearance and couldn't help but laugh.

  Guan Nan quietly ate for a while, Tang Zi and Yu Wei Yang were still waiting for him to say something, but Guan Nan just sat there silently munching on crackers, constantly making "crunch crunch" sounds, quite rhythmic, and then didn't speak again.

  After Guan Nan ate a whole box of cookies, he patted his hands and brushed off his clothes, saying: "I know who this corpse is, my recognition..."

  Wen Baiyu nibbled on a circle of cookies, the milk cookies shrunk, hearing Guan Nan was about to continue, she stopped, with a mouthful of cookie crumbs.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stretched out his hand to wipe it off for him, Wen Bai Yu's face turned a bit red, all because of this cookie being too big, finishing the meal and still needing someone to wipe his mouth...

  Guan Nan's voice trembled even more, seemingly extremely afraid. Guan Nan said again: "If I tell you who he is, can you pretend you didn't hear?"

  His statement is quite strange, why pretend not to have heard it?

  Just as Wen Bai was stunned, Guan Nan dropped a bombshell and said: "I killed him."

  Wen Baiyu was almost choked to death by a cookie that got stuck in her throat, and she looked up at Guan Nan in shock.

  Guan Nan was seventeen or eighteen years old, not short in stature but quite thin. He usually looked very innocent, but he wasn't rebellious or violent. Could Guan Nan really be a murderer?

  Guannan's hand trembled, saying: "This recorder is mine... You asked me before if I was in this team, and I couldn't remember at that time. Now thinking about it, I should have been too scared to remember..."

  Wen Bai looked at Guan Nan with suspicion, and Guan Nan continued slowly: "The person in the photo is indeed me. At that time, I was also on the team, you all saw it, the team was full of professional personnel, or doctoral professors. I was only 17 years old then, not yet an adult, still in school, about to take exams... but my father insisted on bringing me along."

  "What's wrong? Is there something special about you?"

  Guannan nodded and said, "I don't know why either. I seem to be able to feel things that others can't, some dangers, and some deaths... It's hard to describe. My father knows about my ability, he said this expedition is very dangerous but also very important, so he insisted on bringing me along."

  It's very dangerous, so bring your own son along.

  Wen Baiyu finally knew why Guan Nan was so disgusted when others mentioned his father.

  Guan Nang paused for a moment, rubbed his face with his hand, and continued: "After that, we successfully found the tomb of Huai An Guo. They obtained a corpse wax inside, which was said to be the king of Huai An Guo. They were overjoyed, and the three people who had never gotten along before almost hugged each other in tears. Then they decided to return immediately... While we were resting here, I saw two people whispering to each other, and those two people were not good guys at all. As soon as I saw them discussing something in a low voice, I felt very uneasy. I sneaked over to listen to what they were saying, and the result was that these two people were indeed not good guys. They were discussing how to divide the spoils..."

  "Hmph", Guan Nan sneered, continuing to say: "Do you know the impact of this wax figure on history and archaeology? Once we return, it will definitely be registered in the records, and at that time, this wax figure will no longer belong to our team. At that time, those two people were discussing this issue, they were too greedy, planning to get rid of the rest of the team members in the deep mountains and old forests, then the two of them would escape with the wax figure alone. Once they returned, they would say that they didn't find Huai An Guo, and the team members had all died, also dead without evidence, so the wax figure could be claimed as their own..."

  Guannan looked at them, her body trembling slightly as if she was very scared. Her hands were clasped together, constantly rubbing her fingers as she said: "At the time, I heard everything... They wanted to poison the food, one of them knew a lot about medicine, he thought it would be easy to poison."

  "Wong Doctor? One of them is Wong Doctor?"

  Guan Nan nodded and said, "Right. Dr. Wang said that poison can be put in the food, after all, they have achieved great results, everyone is happy, and their vigilance will be lowered. Adding to that, it's on the way back, and they're all tired, so they're even less vigilant. The poisoning would definitely not be discovered. But what they didn't think of was that I overheard them..."

  Guannan said, shaking the recorder in his hand, "I recorded it all at the time, but this recorder got wet and nothing can be heard..."

  Wen Baiyu's heart was filled with a sense of foreboding, this feeling was too strange, he really didn't know how to describe it. Wen Baiyu longed for Guan Nan to reveal the truth immediately, and anxiously asked: "Who is the other person? Who did you kill?"

  Guan Nan calmed down a lot and was no longer as scared, slowly closing his eyes and saying: "Although I recorded it with a recorder, I didn't expect to be discovered by those two people. We ended up fighting on the riverbank. They were afraid of alarming others and didn't dare use guns, so they threatened me with knives. At that time, I was too young and didn't have a gun or even anything for self-defense. Everyone's eyes turned red in the heat of the moment, and they couldn't let me escape. I also didn't want to be killed by them, so I ended up killing him. We both fell into the water. Dr. Wang was scared out of his wits, with the wax still on the dead person's body. He wanted to jump in to find the wax but failed because someone came over soon after hearing the noise from this side. Dr. Wang escaped, and I never saw him again. All I heard was that such a loser could actually do quite well for himself."

  Wen Bai's lips trembled slightly as she looked at the corpse on the ground, muttering: "None of them are good people..."

  "He is Professor Fang."

  A loud "boom" sound, Guan Nan's words were like a giant thunderclap, striking the top of everyone's head, just like being struck by five thunders.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Impossible, he can't be Professor Fang."

  Guannan looked at him strangely and said, "How is it impossible? I...I killed him with my own hands. He was trying to kill me then. We were in close combat. How could I not see who he was?"

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Then do you know, among the people we have in our hands, who was the first to make a move?'"

  Guannan shook his head and said: "I don't know what happened later. It's just that the people in our group got human wax and wanted to sell it for a good price."

  Wen Baiyu also shook his head and said: "No, the one who made the move is Professor Fang."

  Guannan was immediately startled, a hint of fear on his face, and then firmly said: "This is impossible, Professor Fang's body is right here."

  He said, picking up the bunch of keys on the ground: "The Hummer was his preparation, and this key has been with him all the time. Although the body is already rotten, I dare to confirm that it must be Professor Fang."

  Wen Baiyu's mind was also in a mess, Guan Nan was so sure that this was Professor Fang, but they had also seen Professor Fang before, and it was also the body of Professor Fang. Professor Fang died on a deserted island, and the bodies were all buried by them. How is this possible? Moreover, the corpse was well preserved, and the facial features of the corpse were exactly the same as those in the photo of Professor Fang.

  How could Professor Fang have died twice and left behind two corpses?

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took a glance at Guan Nan and said, "If this set of keys belongs to Professor Fang, and the car also belongs to Professor Fang, how did you get your hands on the car and the keys?"

  Although cars also use spare keys, generally people will put the spare key at home. According to Guan Nai's statement, he killed Professor Fang, so how could he possibly get Professor Fang's car and spare key? These things should be left to Professor Fang's family, absolutely impossible for Guan Nai.

  Guan Nan was taken aback by his question, staring at the key on the ground in surprise, then looking at the Hummer key in his hand. Suddenly, a wave of fatigue washed over him, making him feel so tired that he could hardly keep his eyes open. His stomach was empty, and he felt hungry to the point where his front and back were about to stick together.

  A look of irrepressible bewilderment appeared on Guan Nan's face. After a pause, she indeed said: "I don't know."

  He said, still very excited: "But I didn't lie, this is absolutely Professor Fang, he was holding a coffin made of human wax in his hand, I always thought that someone took the coffin away and sold it..."

  Wen Baiyu also felt that he was not lying, but when asking Guan Nan for details, he couldn't remember clearly. Wen Baiyu asked him about the details of killing Professor Fang, and Guan Nan remembered very clearly, but was extremely terrified, guessing that this matter had a great impact on Guan Nan.

  And if Guan Nan didn't lie, then Guan Nan is not a murderer, it's justifiable self-defense.

  But Wan Qi Jinghou asked Guan Nan, after Fang's death, where did Dr. Wang run to? Guan Nan and Fang fell into the water together, was it himself who climbed up or someone else saved them? Also, did Guan Nan tell others about Fang and Dr. Wang's secret plan, Guan Nan's face became even more bewildered.

  He didn't remember anything about what happened after that...

  Everyone sat by the bonfire, feeling a chill run down their spines. Professor Fang's mystery was too great. According to Xu Wei's words, this wax figure was given by Professor Fang to his father, and then not long after, Professor Fang took Di Liang and some students out to sea. So it must be that this expedition came before going out to sea, and Wen Baiyu and others saw two corpses of Professor Fang one after another, which was too strange...

  Moreover, from Guan Nan's mouth, they learned that Professor Fang was completely different from what Di Liang had told them. When Di Liang mentioned the teacher, he showed respect and gratitude, while Professor Fang seemed to be an old scholar obsessed with research. However, when Guan Nan talked about Professor Fang, it was all about shamelessness, and surprisingly, Professor Fang even colluded with Dr. Wang, letting him take the blame for his mistakes.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Could it be two people? He impersonated Professor Fang, and after Professor Fang died, he found Professor Fang's body and took away the wax figure?"

  Wan Kuang couldn't figure out this problem either, but Wen Baiyu's idea was the most reliable one.

  Wan Qi Jinghou said, "However, you must not forget that Professor Fang's daughter, Fang Xiner, was also in the group at that time. It is impossible for Fang Xiner to be unaware of her own father. If someone wanted to impersonate Professor Fang, how could they escape Fang Xiner's notice? And this impersonation lasted for many years."

  It's not just Professor Fang who has a problem, Guan Nan's problem is also not small. Now Guan Nan has remembered that at the time he was in the team, but another question arises: Guan Nan's face at the time was like a 17 or 18-year-old, and Professor Fang went missing at sea seven years ago. Adding this expedition time, it should be over □□ years ago. In simple terms, the photo was taken about ten years ago, but Guan Nan's face hasn't changed at all!

  Wen Baiyu's brain was all big, and he really couldn't think of anything. Guan Nan's attitude was very "uncooperative", and when asked questions, he couldn't think of any answers. It seemed that Guan Nan was also thinking seriously, but his expression was too painful, making Wen Baiyu feel that they were all Huang Shiren, bullying a poor Yang Bailao...

  Wen Baiyu said: "Forget it, take your time to think about it. Whenever you remember, we can talk again. Anyway, we haven't found the tomb of Huai An Guo yet."

  Guan Nan nodded and said: "I'm too hungry."

  He said, rummaging through his backpack and pulling out a can of beef, "Pop!" He opened it with a can opener, took out a pair of disposable chopsticks, and began eating the beef inside.

  Wen Baiyu looked at it with some envy, and unexpectedly they had canned beef.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou furrowed his brow and suddenly looked a bit solemn, saying: "Where did your canned goods come from?"

  Wen Baiyu was startled by Wan Kuangjing Hou's tone, but it was just a can of beef, although eating meat in the wilderness was a luxury, Guan Nan looked particularly hungry and ate it anyway, after all, he had eaten all the canned goods.

  Wen Baiyu thought of this, suddenly a flash in his mind, with a strange gaze staring at Guan Nan, said: "Guan Nan, didn't we finish eating the canned food long ago?"

  He said, looking at the backpack next to Guan Nan's side, a black double-shoulder backpack, while all their backpacks were placed against the tent, and just now Guan Nan's hand was clearly without a backpack.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stood up, his face gloomy as he walked over and kicked the backpack beside Guan Nan. "Rustle..." The backpack fell over, and a can of beef rolled out from inside...

  Yu Wei Yang was also shocked, they didn't bring so many cans together, who would carry a backpack of canned beef, wouldn't that be too heavy? And when Guan Nan set out, he didn't bring any equipment, not even a backpack.

  These canned goods and this backpack are like they appeared out of thin air.

  Guan Nan also looked at the cans of beef on the ground in surprise and said: "Did you bring these?"

  "Hey, it's not like that," Wen Baiyu said helplessly. "We've already eaten ours. Just now, you didn't even have a backpack by your side, it was empty. Think carefully."

  Guannan seemed to be lost in thought, staring blankly at the backpack beside him and the scattered cans on the ground. Suddenly, he let out a loud "ah" and jumped up, taking a step back as if he had just remembered something terrifying.

  Guan Nan took another step back, tripped over her backpack and fell to the ground. She opened her eyes wide, quickly scrambled up from the ground, suddenly turned around and ran towards the depths of the forest.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and said: "What does he want to do?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's face sank, and he immediately grabbed Wen Bai Yu, putting him in his own pocket. Then, he quickly picked up several backpacks on the ground and said, "Pursue."

  Tang Zi immediately also carried his luggage on his back, didn't have time to dismantle the tent, grabbed Rui Yang and quickly followed him running forward.

  The crowd chased after him, Guan Nan's running speed was particularly fast, and Wan Qi Jing Hou couldn't catch up with him no matter how hard he tried.

  "What's gotten into him all of a sudden?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head.

  Guan Nan kept running forward, a sense of extreme fear rose up from his body, he almost vomited, feeling a wave of nausea in his stomach, some strange fragments flashed through his mind...

  "Ah..."

  Just as Guan Nan was running forward, his foot suddenly felt empty, and his body sank into a pit. Who knew that this pit was incredibly deep? As soon as Guan Nan fell in, he immediately dropped down, making a "rumbling" sound, and the dust and rocks followed, instantly burying the pit.

  Wen Baiyu said: "No, isn't Guan Nan buried?"

  The crowd ran to the front of the buried pit, and Wan Qi Jing Hou squatted down, stretched out his hand to touch the land, saying: "This is a thief cave, but it has been for some years, just now there was a slight collapse."

  "What? The thief is in Huai'an Country?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, if there's a Huai An country near our campsite, it's so close, Guan Nan has no reason to not remember."

  Tang Zi put down his backpack and said, "Let's dig up the soil first."

  He said, took a folding shovel and started digging soil on the ground.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded, also took out the shovel, and everyone quickly dug soil together in the collapsed place. Unexpectedly, this collapsed theft cave was quite deep, they dug for a long time.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly said "Huh?", and then said: "There's something under the ground!"

  He said, jumping out of Wan Qi Jing Hou's pocket and falling to the ground. Then he drilled in and stretched his hand to a place where he dug open the soil, quickly revealing the edge of a stone.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou reached out and helped him remove the soil, then used a shovel to lift it up, and suddenly saw that it was a stone tablet.

  The stone tablet is not large and is hidden in the soil. On it are three characters, only in traditional script, not oracle bones or seal script.

  Panlonggang

  "Wen Baiyu muttered: "Panlong Gang? What does it mean?"

  Yu Wei Yang said: "Pan Long Gang? Nan Ke Tai Shou Zhuan also has Pan Long Gang, many people only know the general idea of Nan Ke's dream, but have not read the original text of Nan Ke Tai Shou Zhuan. Pan Long Gang is where Chun Yu Fen buried his wife, whose name was Yao Fang, the second daughter of Huai An Guo Wang, Jin Zhi Gong Zhu."

  Wen Baiyu said: "So this is Panlonggang? So this is the tomb of Princess Jinchizhuan?"

  Yu Wei Yang shook his head and said: "It's possible, but this name is a bit ordinary, or maybe not. Let's dig it open first and rescue Guan Nan before talking."

  Wen Baiyu nodded, and the crowd continued to dig. It was deeper than they had thought, and after a long time, although the soil had collapsed, the space below was surprisingly large and not completely blocked.

  Wan Qi Jinghou tied the rope to the tree, stuffed Wen Baiyu into his pocket, and then slid down from the cave entrance with the rope. The others followed suit.

  As people came down from the entrance of the cave, they saw that there was another cave heaven below, and the tomb passage was extremely wide, all built with stone bricks, round top and square bottom, very grand.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou took out his flashlight and tied it to his arm, lifting his arm to shine it around.

  Wen Baiyu said strangely: "No shadow of Guan? This kid ran away again? What is he doing?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou frowned and said, "If Panlong Gang is the burial place of Princess Jinchui, then this tomb is very strange. According to the legend of Nanke Yimeng, Princess Jinchui was also from Huai'an State, so her body should be only three inches long. How can there be such a large tomb?"

  Wen Baiyu looked up and saw that the tomb was extremely high and large, almost the same as ordinary tombs. For a three-inch person, it was indeed too big.

  Yu Wei Yang said: "Actually, there's a question that has puzzled me for a long time. The records of Nanke Taishou are very detailed, Chun Yu Fen is from Dongping, living in the east of Guangling County, ten miles away, with a pagoda tree in his courtyard, and the ant hole under the pagoda tree is Huian Country, but this is Yunnan, Yunnan and Yangzhou are so far apart. Why do people all think that Panlonggang shouldn't be here?"

  Yu Wei Yang said that, everyone fell silent, indeed the analysis is very reasonable. Why would Huai An Guo's people move their old nest from Yangzhou to Yunnan, which is too far away? They had to trek mountains and cross rivers, but they couldn't take planes or trains either.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou glanced at everyone and said: "Go in or go out?"

  Wen Baiyu said, "Since we're here, let's go in. Who knows, it might really be the tomb of Princess Jinzhi? Besides, we still haven't found Guan Nan, he's our guide."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou nodded and said: "Let's go."

  He said, and was the first to walk in.

  Everyone walked along the tomb path, but no one saw Guan Nan's shadow. Wen Baiyu said: "It's really strange, falling from such a high place and being buried in the soil, where can this kid Guan Nan run to?"

  Yu Wei Yang said: "What's he running for? We won't push him to the police station, if what he says is true, even if he goes to the police station, nothing will happen."

  Everyone was somewhat puzzled, and Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Perhaps what happened earlier reminded him of something."

  But whatever it was they had thought of, they really couldn't guess what it was.

  The crowd walked forward for ten minutes, the path to the tomb was magnificent, all the way to the front, Wen Baiyu suddenly exclaimed: "Ah", said: "There is a large stone gate in front, wait... there is another person!"

  As he spoke, the crowd ran forward and saw in front of them a huge stone gate with two doors, on which were carved many patterns. On top of it was a stone plaque with three large traditional Chinese characters - Xiū Yí Gōng.

  Next to the two large stone gates, a person was leaning against them. The person's face was somewhat pale and their breathing was weak. Their head and face were covered in dirt, and they were slumped against the gate as if they had fainted.

  "Is it Guan Nan?!"

  Everyone rushed over, and Wan Qi Jing Hou checked Guan Nan's nasal breathing, which seemed stable. He then reached out to grab his pulse, which was also very strong. However, Guan Nan appeared to be in a lot of discomfort, half dazed and half awake.

  Tang Zishan pressed his joints and shook his head, saying: "No fractures."

  It's strange that Guan Nan fell from such a high place and didn't have any wounds, except for being covered in dust, everything was fine.

  Yu Wei Yang said: "That's not right, he didn't get hurt, how did he faint?"

  Wen Baiyu rubbed his face and said, "Is he starving?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at him with a kind of admiring gaze, as if they thought that Wen Baiyu had actually come up with all this?

  However, Wan Xi Jing Hou still took out a piece of biscuit from his backpack and placed it under Guan Nan's nose, gently fanning it to let the aroma spread.

  Guan Nan's stomach suddenly "gurgled" and then he opened his eyes with a start!

  Wen Baiyu was startled, looking at Guan Nan's two big eyes shining with a thieving light, staring at the cookies in Wan Qi Jinghou's hand. It seemed that if Wan Qi Jinghou didn't withdraw his hand quickly, even his fingers would be grabbed by Guan Nan to eat together.

  Guan Nan snatched a cookie and crunched on it, saying "Is there any more?" after finishing one piece.

  Everyone quietly watched Guan Nan eating cookies, while others stood up to examine the gate of Xiuyi Palace.

  Yu Wei Yang said: "Before I was still uncertain whether this is the tomb of Princess Jinchizhuan, but now it's a bit certain."

  "What's wrong?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Yu Wei Yang pointed at the three words "Xiū Yí Gōng" and said: “This was where Princess Jin Zhi lived before her death. The wedding between Chun Yu Fen and Princess Jin Zhi also took place in Xiū Yí Gōng.”

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is this really the tomb of Princess Jinchizhuan? Is Princess Jinchizhuan really a person from Huai'an? Why is her tomb so big?"

  At this time, Guan Nai raised his head and said with a crunching sound while biting on a cookie: "Perhaps it was Xun Yu who built the tomb for his wife after he came out of Huainan."

  Guannan said, finishing the last cookie, patted his hands and stood up from the ground.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Have you finished eating?'"

  Guan Nan nodded and rubbed her own belly, as if there was still a lingering feeling.

  Everyone's eyelids twitched, and Wen Baiyu said: "What did you just run?"

  Guannan said: "I seem to have remembered something terrible just now... I won't run away now."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is it because there's nowhere to run?"

  Guannan shook her head and said: "No, because I've already forgotten what I just remembered."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu really wanted to rush over and shake his head to see what was inside, a pile of hay?!

  "Wen Baiyu suddenly said: 'When you were looking for Huai An Guo, did you find this grave? There is a thief hole on top of it, did you dig it?'"

  Guannan shook his head and said, "No, I remember this very clearly. We didn't find any Xiuyi Palace, and we didn't dig this thief cave either."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou stretched out his hand and touched the stone gate, saying: "The mechanism of this stone gate has been broken."

  "Broken?" Wen Baiyu said: "Those grave robbers went in?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "It should be, but the mechanism of this stone gate is poisonous powder. I estimate that those grave robbers will lose some men even if they don't get wiped out."

  He said, stretching out his hand and pushing the two stone gates open with a loud "rumble", the two stone gates were pushed open by Wan Jie Jing Hou, and the sound of the stone gate opening seemed extremely heavy, but Wan Jie Jing Hou actually opened the stone gate with one hand.

  As soon as the stone gate was pushed open, everyone took a deep breath of cold air and saw several corpses lying not far behind the gate. The corpses were somewhat desiccated, their clothes still intact but looking particularly old-fashioned, suggesting they had been there for quite some time.

  The crowd walked over, and Wan Qi Jing Hou squatted down to take a look, saying: "It's death from poisoning."

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Are those grave robbers?'"

  He nodded and said, "It should be, but this is only a part of it. They died here, but there's no equipment on them, which means someone took their gear and continued further in."

  They continued along the tomb passage, this mausoleum had only one tomb passage, although it was built very grandly, but not complicated.

  Not far away, a tomb was seen, and everyone walked in. The tomb was in disarray, as if everything that could be taken away had been swept away. Large items that were not easy to take away were thrown down, and they were also smashed.

  Wen Baiyu looked at this tomb, on the ground were a few ceramic servant women lying in disorder, and couldn't help but sigh.

  Everyone walked in, and there were murals on the walls of the tomb chamber.

  Yu Wenyang took a look and said: "Indeed, it is the tomb of Princess Jinchizhuan. These murals depict the scene where Chunyu Fen first met the princess."

  He said, pointing to one of the murals, which was painted in bright colors and looked very festive. A huge palace, exceptionally grand, with many maids standing beside it, surrounding a beautiful young girl, and a man wearing a wedding dress making a bow to the girl.

  Yu Wenyang said: "This should be Chunyu Fen, this girl is Princess Jinchizhuan."

  Wen Baiyu clicked her tongue and said, "This young master and mistress look too small."

  Yu Wei Yang said, "In ancient times, getting married was a big deal. According to the records, Princess Jinzhi got married at around 14 or 15 years old. And in ancient times, people's ages were counted differently, so you can imagine how young this princess was."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is this princess still a little loli? Too heavy taste."

  At this time, Guan Nan took out a box of milk biscuits from their backpack and knocked it on the edge of his mouth, saying: "I don't think it's particularly heavy, you are the ones who are heavy."

  He said, looking at Wen Baiyu and Wan Kui Jinghou.

  Wen Baiyu was suddenly choked with one breath and said: "I've said it before, I just touched the peach wood sword and became smaller. My normal physique is very majestic, I'm a head taller than Wan Qi Jing Hou!"

  He smiled, saying that Yu Wei Yang was very dismissive, while Guan Nan looked at him with a suspicious gaze, then looked at Wan Qi Jing Hou, seemingly trying to gauge if he was more than two meters tall.

  Wen Baiyu glared at Yu Wangyang, thinking that Old Yu was really unfair and always undermining himself.

  As soon as the peach wood sword was mentioned, Wen Baiyu said: "You have been to Huai'an Guo's tomb, have you seen a peach wood sword?"

  Guan Nan nodded and said: "I've seen it before, isn't it just a human wax figure holding something in its hand?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "It's not this one, it's another one. Aren't the peach wood swords a pair of yin and yang? Is there another one in the tomb?"

  Guan Nan thought for a moment and said: "There was, it was enshrined, but it was very dangerous, we didn't get it in the end."

  Wen Baiyu patted his chest and said, "It's all right if I have it. I don't want to be so small for the rest of my life."

  Everyone walked out of the tomb chamber and continued forward. The burial site was surprisingly large, simple yet unexpectedly grand.

  Everyone continued walking inwards when they suddenly heard a "Woo Woo" sound.

  "What's that noise?" said Wen Baiyu, tightening her neck.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "It's a cry."

  Guan Nan also felt a chill on the back of his neck and cautiously looked around, saying: "Why is there crying in the tomb?"

  Yu Wei Yang said: "Is it zongzi?"

  "Zongzi?!" Guan Nan exclaimed in surprise.

  Wen Baiyu said: "You have all been to Huai'an State's tomb, haven't you seen the zongzi that rises from the dead?"

  Guannan said: "It's not... I just didn't think there would be zongzi here either. What should we do?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou put his hand on his lips and made a gesture, everyone immediately tacitly fell silent, Guan Nan saw his action and also closed her mouth.

  All I could hear was the sound of "Wooo", faintly transmitted from a distance, as if it were the sound of wind coming from a cave. However, the tomb passage is sealed, and the ancient people's burial is so particular about Feng Shui, how can there be a through tunnel in the tomb passage? If there really was wind, it would be the ghost breathing.

  "Wooo..."

  "Wooo..."

  The sobbing continued, faintly, as if a woman was whimpering.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly thought, could it be that Princess Golden Branch was crying? This is the tomb of Princess Golden Branch, so the largest zongzi must be her.

  Was it because the tomb raiders who came in earlier disrupted the feng shui of the grave, causing Princess Golden Branch to rise from the dead?

  Wan Xi Jinghou covered the flashlight with his hand, making the light not too dazzling, and then slowly moved forward. In front of him was a tomb chamber. Just as everyone walked to the side of the tomb chamber, the "wailing" cry suddenly stopped.

  Wan Xi Jinghou suddenly turned on the flashlight and rushed into the tomb, which was also in a mess. In the center of the room, there was a small coffin, about ten centimeters long, but it was a slightly square-shaped coffin.

  Everyone looked at each other and saw that there was a door. It turned out to be a small coffin, perhaps it really was Princess Golden Branch's.

  This coffin is made of jade and looks very delicate, with a carving of a blooming flower on it that looks extremely seductive and has an eerie feeling to it.

  And in this tomb, apart from a coffin, there was something astonishing.

  That's beside the coffin, and there are several corpses lying down!

  Wen Baiyu said: "Are you also a grave robber?"

  This time, there was actually luggage next to the corpse. Wan Xi Jing Hou walked over, put on his gloves, and started rummaging through the backpack.

  There is food in the backpack, which has gone moldy, and surprisingly, there is still water.

  Tangzi was also searching through other backpacks, frowning and saying: "There are guns, and the tools are all complete."

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "There is enough water and food, their ammunition is also sufficient, how can they die here?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou checked the backpack and then turned to look at the few corpses. The bodies had already rotted, emitting a foul odor accompanied by a pungent and irritating smell that was extremely unpleasant.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou took a few glances at the corpse and frowned, saying: "There are no external injuries, nor is it poisoning."

  Wen Baiyu was even more puzzled and said: "There are no wounds, food is sufficient, there are bullets, but they all died here, is it a ghost hitting the wall?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Nan suddenly shook and Wen Baiyu thought it was because Guan Nan was scared. Following that, she saw Guan Nan suddenly sit on the ground, then his hand moved, and a black backpack suddenly appeared beside him. The backpack was exactly the same as theirs. Guan Nan opened the zipper, and inside the backpack were cans of beef packed tightly together.

  Guan Nan took one out from the middle, opened the can, and then grabbed it with his hand and stuffed it into his mouth. As he was stuffing, he suddenly started crying silently, two lines of tears falling like broken threads.

  Staring blankly at the corpses, crying silently and soundlessly, tears gushing out more and more, still stuffing canned beef into mouth.

  Everyone was shocked, they saw with their own eyes that Guan Nan's side had actually changed into a backpack full of canned beef, and Guan Nan didn't know what stimulation he received, but he actually started crying like this.

  Could it be that he knew these corpses?

  It shouldn't be, thought Wen Baiyu, these corpses' clothes look particularly old, and Guan Nan has never been here before, how could he possibly know these grave robbers.

  But Guan Nan cried even more sorrowfully, her eyes were red, and her tears seemed to never dry up. In a little while, the can of beef in her hand had accumulated a lot of tears. Guan Nan was like a possessed person, still grabbing the meat from the can and stuffing it into her mouth.

  Moreover, Guan Nan's crying and eating are both extremely infectious. Watching Guan Nan silently shed tears nonstop, Wen Baiyu also felt her eyes sting, her heart choked with emotion, and many old grievances that had long been let go of suddenly resurfaced, things that she thought she had already made peace with but couldn't help but surge up again.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes also started to sour, and two lines of tears fell from her eye sockets for no reason, like a broken thread, unable to stop.

  "White feather?"

  Wan Jie Jing Hou saw Wen Bai Yu and also cried, his eyes were straight, his eyes were full of sorrow and grief, that kind of almost desperate expression made Wan Jie Jing Hou's heart tighten, he couldn't help but shake Wen Bai Yu.

  I've been had...

  Wen Baiyu suddenly realized the problem and woke up immediately, hurriedly stretching out her hand to wipe away her tears, but the tears were like a dam breaking, and no matter what she did, they couldn't be stopped.

  Wen Baiyu looked around in a circle, Yu Wei Yang was also crying, his eyes had already turned red, and in the darkness, they revealed a blood color. Soon, Yu Wei Yang's tears changed from transparent to blood-red, and two streams of bloody tears flowed out.

  Tang Zi looked at Yu Wei Yang and suddenly cried for no reason, with a very sad expression. He didn't know what had happened. Tang Zi called out to Yu Boss twice, but Yu Wei Yang didn't hear him, silently crying with tears of blood.

  Tang Zi hastily went to touch his hand, Yu Lao Ban's hand was icy cold, his eyes were made of blood jade, normally calm and normal like ordinary people, now already streaming with bloody tears.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's eyes were also slightly red, with bloodshot eyes that looked somewhat ferocious and frightening. He immediately covered his mouth and nose, saying: "The pungent smell is problematic, cover your mouth and nose, try not to breathe."

  Tang Zi immediately covered Yu Wei Yang's mouth and nose. Yu Wei Yang was very obedient, just sitting on the ground crying, and didn't struggle even when Tang Zi covered her.

  Wen Bai's heart was racing, her eyes scanned the room and widened in shock as she shouted: "The coffin! The coffin is open!"

  The coffin suddenly opened a slit, and a faint red glow emanated from inside the jade coffin. From the edge of the coffin, it could be seen that there was no corpse inside, but a flower slowly blooming open.

  Red flowers, white stamens, slowly unfolding, petals are large and expansive, extremely beautiful and elegant, revealing a hint of nobility and coldness, while at the same time emitting a hint of mysterious and seductive aura, the glossy luster on the petals is like blood!

  That pungent and irritating smell was slowly emanating from the coffins, and those corpses also had a pungent smell.

  This strange flavor can actually make people cry, and unknowingly tireless, Wen Baiyu wiped away the tears from her eyes, still constantly flowing out, suddenly feeling that those people were actually entangled by illusions, crying to death?

  Yu Wei Yang's physical condition was the worst, and the Blood Jade was a cold thing. As soon as the blood tears flowed out, Yu Wei Yang's face turned pale, his body tilted to one side, and he fell into Tang Zihui's arms, losing consciousness. Even in his daze, there were still continuous blood tears flowing from the corners of his eyes.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou and Tang Zi exchanged a glance, the two of them immediately rushed over, one on the left and one on the right, sandwiching the jade coffin, at the same time, the jade coffin "clicked" shut.

  That pungent and spicy smell suddenly disappeared, Guan Nan was still eating canned beef while crying, after the smell disappeared, Guan Nan was stunned, couldn't help but touch her own tears, feeling a little inexplicable, then saw the canned beef in her hand again, a fear slowly rising in her eyes...

  Just then, Wen Baiyu shouted "Be careful."

  The jade coffin suddenly opened again, and two vines with thorns shot out from the coffin and wrapped around Yu Rongyang's body. Tangzi reacted quickly, pounced forward, and slashed his military knife. Just as the knife was about to cut the vines, they suddenly changed direction, as if they had grown eyes, and wrapped around Guan Nan instead.

  "Ah......" Guan Nan let out a pained cry, the thorns on the vine pierced into his flesh, wrapping tighter and tighter. He opened his eyes wide, and that spicy flavor stimulated him to silently shed tears again.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Fire, burn it!"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stretched out his hand and suddenly a flame appeared at the tip of his five fingers. He struck it forward, immediately hitting the vines, which instantly caught fire. The flames spread along the vines upwards, about to burn Guan Shan.

  The wisteria vines persisted for a while, seemingly unable to withstand the flames of the dragon candle, and with a "whoosh" sound, they suddenly released Guan Nan and rolled back into the jade coffin. With a "thud", the lid closed again.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "This flower should be poisonous, let's leave here quickly."

  He said that, but Wen Baiyu suddenly said: "Wait a minute, this flower looks like the one painted on the dragon scales, it's also one of the medicinal materials."

  When he said this, everyone was in a dilemma. This flower was really too evil and could affect people's minds, causing hallucinations, making it difficult to deal with. However, if this flower was indeed one of the medicinal materials on the dragon scale, they couldn't not take it either.

  Guan Nan's body was covered with many reverse thorns, and Yu Wei Yang was still unconscious. Wan Qi Jing Hou thought for a few seconds and said, "Let's get out first."

  He said, leading the crowd out of the tomb chamber, they retreated backwards and returned to a previous tomb chamber, putting Rainsford Yang inside and setting fire.

  Just now, Wan Xi Jing Hou said that the flower is poisonous, but Guan Nan was pricked by many reverse thorns, and only the place where he was pricked slightly turned green, with a small blood spot, and there was no adverse reaction.

  Guan Nan sat on the ground, rummaged through her backpack for tweezers, and carefully plucked out the thorns from her body one by one, then disinfected with alcohol.

  Wen Baiyu watched his movements, seemingly quite skilled and also not afraid of pain, only slightly furrowing his brow.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Is your wound okay?'"

  "Nothing's wrong, it shouldn't be poisonous, just a bit greenish, but there's no reaction."

  Wen Baiyu didn't mention the matter of Guan Nan suddenly grabbing the backpack and canned goods in the tomb earlier. After all, Guan Nan's eyes were filled with fear at that time, and if he was asked about it suddenly, who knows, he might run away again. This Guan Nan doesn't seem to be a bad person, when he thinks clearly, he will definitely speak up on his own initiative, just like the previous few times.

  Wen Baiyu didn't rush him either, nor did she force him.

  Everyone helped him to correct it, and Yu Wei Yang soon woke up. He didn't know what had happened to himself. Tang Zi used a paper towel to wipe away the bloodstains on his face and said: "Boss Yu, you almost scared me to death."

  Yu Wei Yang thought back carefully, and suddenly realized that he had cried, and it was a very sad cry. He didn't know why he burst into tears at the time, but many memories from his childhood came flooding back. Born in a remote and isolated place, many people called him a monster. Yu Wei Yang didn't have much of a childhood; whenever he thought about it, all that came to mind was bitterness. As soon as he grew up and could support himself, he left his hometown immediately, never wanting to return again.

  Yu Wei Yang felt a bit embarrassed and wiped his face, but Tang Zi had already cleaned it for him.

  Everyone sat down to rest, and Wen Baiyu discovered that there was a wound on the tip of Wan Kuangjing's finger, probably from rubbing against something earlier. It had cracked open a small mouth and was still bleeding. To Wen Baiyu, this very small wound didn't seem like a minor injury at all.

  Wen Baiyu wrapped up his injured finger and said, "Bandage your finger, it hasn't healed yet."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou lowered his head and took a glance, there was a small wound on his index finger, which he had scratched earlier. Wan Xi Jing Hou's blood had the function of automatic healing, so he didn't mind it and said: "It's nothing, it'll be fine in a while."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Even if it's a minor injury, we should still bandage it up. If it gets infected, it'll be bad. That flower is poisonous, who knows whether its pollen will cause any problems."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly laughed, looking down at Wen Bai Yu with an inscrutable gaze that made the latter's back feel numb and sent a chill running down his spine, as if it was an ominous premonition...

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly stretched out his index finger and placed it at the corner of Wen Bai Yu's mouth, saying: "Help me lick."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu almost choked to death, staring at Wan Jijinghou. Given his physique, Wan Jijinghou's fingers were too big, and looking at Wan Jijinghou's profound and mysterious smile, he knew he was thinking of something obscene.

  Wen Baiyu smiled and said in her heart, "You think you can deceive me?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou saw that he didn't lick his wound, suddenly frowned, and then made a "hiss" sound with his mouth, as if it hurt especially.

  Wen Baiyu heard Wan Jie Jinghou's gasping sound and thought he was really poisoned, but when she looked up, she saw that Wan Jie Jinghou still had a smile on his face, so it must be fake!

  Wen Baiyu stretched out his hand and forcefully pushed away his index finger, saying: "Don't pretend, I'm not fooled."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and moved his index finger back, placing it on Wen Bai Yu's lips to silence him, lowering his voice, saying: "You know I'm pretending, yet you still care about me?"

  Wen Baiyu's old face suddenly turned red, and he said, "As long as I feel so good, who cares?"

  "Never mind, I'll find someone else to lick."

  Wen Baiyu's expression changed as soon as he heard it, and he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. "Who are you looking for?!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou thought for a moment and said, "There are too many people who can find it."

  Wen Baiyu was about to be choked to death by his words again, but thinking carefully, it really was the case. Wan Kuang Jing Hou's face was a rotten peach blossom that left love wherever he went.

  The white feathered creature's body wasn't light, it suddenly jumped up, its entire body pounced onto his fingertips, and fiercely bit down on his wound.

  "Hiss——"

  This time, Wan Jie Jing Hou was really taken aback, Wen Bai Yu's words were not joking around, biting Wan Jie Jing Hou a shock, stinging pain for a moment and then quickly, after the needle-like stinging pain, Wen Bai Yu really opened his mouth, sticking out the tip of his tongue to lick the wound on his finger.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou himself had a healing function, and the healing speed was very fast. With Wen Bai Yu's saliva, the wound healed quickly.

  Wen Baiyu carefully licked his wound, although it wasn't deep, but a long gash had been cut. Wan Kuang saw Wen Baiyu holding his own finger, opening his mouth and sticking out his red tongue, with a fierce expression on his face.

  Numbness and tingling on fingers, accompanied by a sense of dampness, and high temperature in the mouth.

  Wan Kuang Jinghou suddenly felt a surge of excitement, his breathing became heavy.

  Wen Baiyu heard his uncontrolled heavy breathing and suddenly lifted her head, staring with wide eyes: "What's going on in your brain?!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou picked him up, leaned in close to his ear and whispered, "The way you're holding me and licking me is making me very excited."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu suddenly crouched in the palm of Wan Kuang Jing Hou's hand, covering his head and wailing. What's going on? Please don't casually omit the two words "hand fingers", okay? It was just a lick of the fingertips, not licking anywhere else.

  Tang Zi and Yu Wei Yang had seen them like this many times before, so they were no longer surprised. Tang Zi was completely immune to it, and even planned to learn from Wan Qi Jing Hou. Yu Wei Yang's face turned bright red, but he pretended not to have heard anything.

  Guan Nan had just met them, and in Guan Nan's ears, Wan Xi Jing Hou was a very cold existence. Whenever someone mentioned Master Jing on the road, they were both respectful and fearful, but more fearful than anything else. Who would have thought that Wan Xi Jing Hou could also speak sweet words...

  And yet you're talking about romantic feelings so calmly...

  Guannan coughed and said: "Let's continue on our way, after we get out of here, we still need to find Huai An Guo's tomb."

  Wen Baiyu was the first to agree, he didn't want to compete with Wan Jiahao to see who had a thicker skin.

  Just as everyone stood up and was about to extinguish the bonfire, they suddenly heard a "Woo Woo Woo" sound coming over, which was again the woman's crying voice.

  Yu Wei Yang said in surprise: "Has that flower come after us?"

  Tang Zi shook his head and said, "There's no pungent or nose-stinging smell, perhaps the crying sound and that flower are not the same thing."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Isn't it even more miserable? There are still quite a few things in this tomb."

  As they spoke, a figure flashed by with a "whoosh".

  It really floated past, flashing by the entrance of the tomb, and a gust of cold wind suddenly swept over, blowing the fire in the tomb to shake violently.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou frowned and said: "The corpse energy is very strong, it's a zongzi."

  As soon as he said that, everyone became vigilant, but the shadow did not come in from the tomb, it floated directly past and went inside.

  "Wooo..."

  "Wooo..."

  "Wooo..."

  The sound of continuous crying echoed faintly, and the cry was really too mournful, making people feel extra heart-wrenching.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Wan Jijinghou and said, "What should we do?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Go take a look."

  As they spoke, they followed the sound of crying and soon saw a huge tomb. On top of the tomb were written several characters, two of which had faded beyond recognition, while the other two read "Shun Yi".

  Yu Wei Yang said: "Shun Yi is the posthumous title of Princess Jinzhi after her death."

  A faint cry came out, which was exactly from this tomb. The door of the tomb was closed, but the stone gate was not sealed, just ajar.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is this the main tomb? The crying sound inside, could it be the voice of Princess Jinchizhuan?"

  Yu Wei Yang listened and suddenly felt a chill on his back, Guan Nan said: "Open the door and take a look."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou and Tang Zi each pushed one side with their hands, and instantly the two stone gates opened at once.

  "Wooo..."

  The crying sound came from inside and became much clearer, but still faint and somewhat stifled.

  There are four long-lasting lamps in the tomb, and the four stone maidens holding the lamps are carved vividly. They stand on the four sides of the coffin in the center, making a wooden coffin as big as a palm shine exceptionally brightly.

  In the tomb, except for that wooden coffin, all other decorations were of normal size. The four walls of the tomb still had murals, but the colors of these murals in this tomb were not bright.

  One of the murals depicts Chunyu Yi supporting a coffin, with many people kneeling beside him, all crying.

  Yu Wei Yang said: "This is the scene of Princess Bing's death, Chun Yu Fen carrying her coffin back to the capital."

  The other three walls, with three murals, depict Xun Yu's son being imprisoned, Xun Yu being dismissed from office, and the three murals of being sent back to his hometown, where the colors are extremely dull, a sense of desolation hits you in the face.

  The last time he returned to his hometown, the painting was of Xun Yu's pale and sorrowful face leaning against a giant pagoda tree, silently weeping.

  Under the pagoda tree, it turned out to be an ant hole...

  A mournful wail came faintly from the coffin, but it was very quiet, except for the crying, there was no other sound.

  In front of the coffin there is an altar with some burial objects on it, including a brocade box.

  Wen Baiyu jumped onto the altar and looked at the brocade box, saying: "What's inside?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou stretched out his hand and lightly touched the brocade box, making sure there was no mechanism, then picked it up and examined it repeatedly, saying: "There is no mechanism inside."

  He said, stretching out his hand and pulling it off, the lock on top snapped "click" and everyone else was also unfazed, but Guan Nan looked at him in surprise, clearly unbelievable.

  The brocade box was opened, and inside there was only a golden silk, on which dense small characters were written.

  Wan Xi Jinghou handed the golden silk to Yu Wei Yang, and Yu Wei Yang immediately looked at it like a treasure, saying: "This is... this is Shunyu's handwritten South Ke Taishou..."

  He said excitedly: "I always thought it was just that, I didn't expect it to be true, and exactly the same as what I saw before..."

  He quickly scanned through it and when he reached the bottom, he let out a "hmm?" as if something was off.

  "What's wrong?" asked Wen Baiyu curiously at once.

  Yu Wei Yang said: "I have always wondered why Chun Yu Fen discovered the ant hole in Guangling County, but Princess Jinzhi was buried here. Now I finally understand, it's also mentioned above."

  Yu Wei Yang pointed to the words on the golden banner and said: "After Princess Jinzhi passed away, Chunyu Fu supported her coffin back to the capital. At that time, the king of Huai An had already lost his favor with him. There was a minister who petitioned saying 'The mysterious sign is visible, the country has great fear. The city moved, the ancestral temple collapsed. Disaster arose from another tribe, and the matter was in the imperial court.'"

  Yu Wei Yang explained: "It means that there is an abnormal phenomenon in the sky, Huai An country may have a great disaster, and the capital will be moved. Although it was provoked by foreign tribes, it will happen domestically."

  "What does this mean?"

  Sun Yang continued: "Later, Chunyu Fen was sent back to his hometown. He woke up from his dream and found that everything was just a dream. However, he also discovered an ant hole under the pagoda tree. He called his friends over, and they thought it was the work of evil spirits. Together, they dug open the hole to see what was inside. The great calamity mentioned in the memorial was precisely this. When they opened up the ant hole, they found a palace inside, which was the Huai'an Country that Chunyu Fen had previously visited. There were many ants inside, but it was already too late. Later, those ants migrated away overnight because their burrow was destroyed."

  He pointed to the golden silk and said, "It is said that Chunyu Fen once buried his beloved wife on Panlong Ridge. However, due to the migration of Huainan, he was left alone with his wife's tomb. Chunyu Fen couldn't bear it, so he dug up his wife's coffin and eventually found the place where Huainan had migrated. He rebuilt his wife's grave there. At that time, such a story would have been considered absurd, and people would have thought it was the work of evil spirits. So Chunyu Fen just had a ordinary tomb built for his wife, and buried her coffin not far from the capital of Huainan.

  "Wen Baiyu listened and immediately exclaimed excitedly: 'So, the tomb is not far from here, it's Huai An Guo's tomb! We're almost there?'"

  Yu Wei Yang said: "Don't be in a hurry yet, there's still something that will make you happy."

  "What is it?"

  Yu Wei Yang lifted the golden silk in his hand and smiled, saying: "It's also mentioned here that a sword was buried with Princess Jinzhi, and that sword is inside Princess Jinzhi's coffin."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Tao Mu Yue? But didn't Guan Nan say that he saw Tao Mu Yue in the tomb of Huai An Guo? Are there several?"

  Yu Wei Yang shook his head and said, "It's not clear now."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou said: "We have to open the coffin and take a look."

  Wen Baiyu said: "But there's a crying sound in the coffin. I reckon it must have already risen from the dead, so we can't open it rashly."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou furrowed his brow, beckoned with a wave of his hand, indicating for Tang Zi to come over. The two people took off their backpacks and then pulled out a crowbar from inside.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou pulled out the dragon scale dagger from its sheath and inserted it into the coffin, making a light slash. The coffin made a "crack" sound, and a seam was instantly cut around it.

  Wan Qi Jinghou made a gesture, indicating that Tangzi should be careful. Tangzi inserted the crowbar into the coffin and exerted force simultaneously with Wan Qi Jinghou. Suddenly, they heard a "crack" sound, and the coffin lid was pried open, revealing a corner of it.

  "Creak..." The coffin lid was finally pried open, and Wan Xi Jing Hou placed it to the side. Everyone saw the scene inside and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

  Everyone has seen some corpses, Guan Nan obviously saw fewer, he still thought that as soon as he opened it, it would be a dry and ugly mummy, or a pair of white bones, at worst it would be a rotten corpse that was not recognizable.

  As soon as he opened the coffin lid, he found a woman about 10 centimeters tall lying inside!

  The young woman's body was exceptionally well-preserved, with a pale and beautiful complexion, not very old, her hair was tied up, even her eyelashes were clearly visible, her delicate features were exceptionally well-preserved, and even her skin still had some moisture left, looking as if she was in a deep sleep, nothing like a corpse.

  In the hands of a young woman, holding a wooden mallet with floral patterns carved on it, similar to those held by people made of wax.

  Wen Baiyu was suddenly excited and said: "Tao Mu Jian?"

  Yu Wei coughed and said, "This is not peach wood."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Isn't it?"

  Guannan said: "I have seen another peach wood sword, dark red in color, with carved flower patterns. Although the pattern is similar to this one, peach wood is suitable for carving and the patterns are all very delicate. However, the huai wood is hard and has toughness, not suitable for carving. Look at the patterns on top, they are a bit rough, I'm afraid this one is made of huai wood."

  Wen Baiyu was slightly disappointed again and said: "Fake goods?"

  Yu Wei Yang said: "It should be said that it is a replica, the peach wood sword should be a sacred object of Huai An Guo, in short, it is a very high-end existence, so Chun Yu Fen made this wooden sword and accompanied his wife to bury it. I think we should consider that the ant hole is under the huai tree, also called Huai An Guo, so they used the huai tree to carve a wooden sword."

  "Wooo..."

  The crying sound suddenly rang out again, the corpse lying in the coffin "sleeping" suddenly opened its eyes, and the dark black pupils stared at them fixedly.

  Everyone felt a chill down their spine as the female corpse was about to sit up.

  Guan Nan was startled and took a step back, while Wen Baiyu immediately shouted: "Close the lid!"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou quickly picked up the lid, and with a swift turn of the dragon-scale dagger, he went to scrape off the face of the female corpse. The female corpse reacted very quickly, her posture suddenly interrupted as she sat up, only to lie back down again.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou didn't really want to cut her face, he just forced the female corpse to lie down, then immediately pressed his hand, "Bang" and the lid closed with a thud.

  "Crash!"

  "Bang! Bang!"

  "Ah!!"

  The female corpse inside the coffin seemed to be struggling, constantly pushing upwards. Wan Kuang Jing Hou stretched out his hand to press down on the coffin lid, and with a swift slash of his dragon-scale dagger, he cut open his own palm, then quickly dripped a drop of blood onto it. With a burst of strength, he pressed downwards, and suddenly there was a loud "crack!" The lid seemed to close in an instant, as if it had never been opened before.

  The "clang" sound stopped, and the "wuuu" crying sound also disappeared.

  Everyone let out a sigh of relief, Guan Nan looked at Wan Qi Jing Hou in surprise. Wan Qi Jing Hou saw the dagger being put back into its sheath and said: "It's not a big deal, fortunately there's no grudge either."

  Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, she died immediately, otherwise if we had opened her coffin, wouldn't that have been a sin?"

  Yu Wenyang said: "Now it's fine, the peach wood sword is fake, but fortunately we also got reliable information, Huai An Guo's tomb should be nearby."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Let's go and settle that flower first, then we'll head up."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded, they exited the main tomb chamber and walked backwards to the entrance of that chamber. Tang Zi let everyone hold their breath as much as possible, that pungent smell was a toxic gas emitted by the flowers to confuse people's minds.

  He finished speaking, and suddenly Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "No need to bother, the jade coffin is gone."

  Everyone was shocked and immediately walked into the tomb chamber to see.

  There was a draft in the tomb, to be precise, there was a huge hole on top of the tomb, with only a few corpses left inside. The jade coffin in the middle had disappeared, and the flower had also vanished. The air, due to the wind blowing through the hole, no longer smelled of rot and pungency.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'That flower can actually open a mouth on the tomb?' "

  Yu Wei Yang said: "And in such a short period of time, what is this flower after all?"

  Mo Jie Jing Hou said: "I have seen similar flowers before, this kind of flower grows on corpses, but at that time it was not in bloom, so I didn't smell any pungent smell and wouldn't make people cry."

  "What's it called?" asked Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "The local Tufu Zi calls this flower 'Xue Sui', but it is extremely rare and almost extinct."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Let's go up first and talk later."

  Everyone had to exit from the entrance of the tomb, but there was a ready-made one here, and they climbed up along the wall of the grave and quickly reached the ground.

  The tomb was just a short distance from their tent, and everyone quickly found it. The tent was still there, the old Hummer was also there, and the luggage they didn't have time to carry was all there too.

  The corpse that had been swelling on the ground was gone...

  Wen Baiyu had a strange idea that suddenly came up, and he always felt that the corpse was very strange, maybe it was because he crawled up and ran away?

  But this idea was too bizarre, he shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

  "Where's the body?" Guan Nan asked in surprise.

  Everyone shook their heads. Guan Nan said: "Nothing was lost, why did the body disappear? Can he run away by himself?"

  Everyone was speechless, the corpse had already rotted and was covered in soft, mushy corpse wax, as disgusting as could be. In the time it took them to lower the coffin into the grave, it had vanished.

  Unbelievable things have been happening more and more often lately.

  Everyone sat down and tidied themselves up. Wan Xi Jing Hou glanced at his watch and said, "Let's rest first. We'll set off tomorrow morning. The main goal is to find the tomb of Huai An Guo."

  Everyone nodded, and Guan Nan's face turned slightly red as she said, "Uh... is there still food? I'm a bit hungry."

  Everyone was speechless for a moment, but after going through all this trouble, they indeed consumed physical strength. Guan Nang was a big eater and said he was hungry, which didn't surprise them at all.

  Yu Wei Yang dug into his backpack, they had brought a lot of dry rations, absolutely enough to eat, only the good ones had been eaten up in the early stage, leaving only some that could fill their stomachs.

  Yu Wei Yang cooked a bowl of noodles for him, thought about it, and added another handful of noodles to make a big bowl.

  Guan Nan looked at them with gratitude, hugging a large bowl and starting to eat the noodles, savoring every bite.

  Guan Nan ate while thinking of something, took out a piece of cloth from his pocket, and studied it while slurping down the noodles.

  Wen Baiyu watched as he pulled out a piece of cloth, his heart racing with excitement. Could it be the cloth wrapped around the wax coffin, wasn't that the map they were looking for?

  Wen Baiyu immediately jumped out of Wan Qi Jinghou's pocket, climbed up along Guan Shan's arm, and then jumped onto the cloth in Guan Shan's hand.

  But that piece of cloth is just a piece of cloth after all...

  There is nothing above, no words, no pictures, nor a map, not even a pattern.

  It's just a piece of old grey cloth, not even an antique.

  Everyone looked at Guan Nan in surprise, and Wen Baiyu said: "What is this?"

  Guannan said: "Map, you've always wanted it, let me take a look. After all, I came here a long time ago and I'm a bit fuzzy on the details... We're already here, indeed correct. Tonight we'll rest and recharge, and tomorrow morning we'll set off. By noon we should arrive at the tomb..."

  Guan Nan's face revealed a hint of a smile as she spoke, accompanied by a slight relaxation.

  But the crowd was amazed, looking at Guan Nan, his fingers slid on the cloth, but the broken cloth was all gray, there was nothing at all, as if only Guan Nan could see it, and Guan Nan's eyes didn't seem to be deceiving people.

  This is too weird...

  Wen Baiyu rubbed his eyes, his spiritual power was sealed, and it was inconvenient to use, but Wan Kuang Jing Hou's spiritual power wasn't sealed, and there was also Tang Zi. Although Tang Zi was a grave bird, he had eaten the elixir of immortality, so his divine power had recovered, and it was impossible for him to be affected by any obstacle-inducing technique.

  At this time, everyone looked at Guan Nan with a slightly surprised and inquiring gaze.

  Guan Nan ate the noodles, carefully looked at the so-called map for a while, then put the map back in his pocket. After finishing eating, he wiped his mouth and said: "I'm going to sleep."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly stopped him and said: "I want to ask you, what are you looking for in the tomb of Huai'an country?"

  Guan Nan was taken aback for a moment, and then his pupils suddenly contracted. He said: "I don't know... I don't remember clearly, maybe I can think of it when I get inside..."

  He finished speaking and crawled into the tent, lay down in the outermost place, pulled over the sleeping bag, and closed his eyes.

  Wen Baiyu waved his hand and asked if he had seen anything earlier. Wan Zijinghou also shook his head, as did Tangzi. Yu Wenyang's back was covered in a cold sweat as he said, "What's going on here?"

  Wen Baiyu also didn't know what was going on, and said: "But I feel that Guan Nan is not a bad person, and compared to before, after this trip to the tomb, Guan Nan obviously trusts us more."

  Everyone also felt that Guan Nan's prickly exterior and arrogant tone were mostly a demonstration of his own mask, they had been out for so many days, it seemed that Guan Nan had already fully trusted them.

  "Corpse disappeared, those strange flowers are also gone. Tonight someone needs to keep watch, you all go in and rest, I'll call you when it's dawn."

  Others were worried about keeping watch, but when Wan Gui Jing Hou suggested he would keep watch, everyone felt at ease. Yu Wei Yang was extremely exhausted and Tang Zi led him into the tent.

  Wen Baiyu said: "I'll accompany you."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Anyway, you're still young now, it's okay if you don't enter the account tent."

  He said, pulling open his clothes, then grabbed Wen Baiyu and put Wen Baiyu inside his clothes, before zipping them back up.

  In this way, Wen Baiyu was wrapped in Wan Kui Jinghou's clothes, his body temperature was very high, plus the warmth of the clothes, it was actually quite comfortable.

  Wen Baiyu poked her head out a bit and said, "It's quite comfortable."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou then poked Wen Bai Yu's cheek and said, "Don't."

  Wen Baiyu smiled with ill intent and said, "I just touched him," as she paused her hands in front of Wan Qi Jing Hou's chest.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou smiled and said: "You don't want me to shout your name in the wilderness, do you? Come yourself!"

  Wen Baiyu suddenly fell silent, and he felt a threat with intense malice...

  Wen Bai wrapped her legs around his waist and lay in his arms, saying: "I'm going to sleep, don't disturb me."

  He said: "You're also tired today, go to sleep."

  Wen Baiyu listened to Wan Jingshou's gentle voice, and couldn't help but feel a little numb in her heart, she shifted her position, pressed her ear against Wan Jingshou's chest, listening to the "thumping" heartbeat, her ear tips slowly becoming hot.

  Wen Baiyu soon fell asleep, and all around was quiet.

  "Roar——"

  Wen Baiyu was fast asleep when suddenly a loud roar came from the woods, and everyone woke up. Wen Baiyu immediately crawled out of Wan Kuanghou's clothes and asked, "What happened?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "It is the sound of a wild beast."

  As he spoke, he picked up the dagger and stood up. Suddenly, there was a loud "thud" sound, something fell to the ground, a huge black shadow collapsed with a loud crash, shaking the earth.

  Tang Zi and Yu Wei Yang also crawled out of the tent, Tang Zi said: "Is it a bear?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "What about Guan Nan?"

  Yu Wei Yang said: "He sleeps particularly soundly..."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "You wait here, I'll go take a look."

  Everyone nodded, and Wen Baiyu was stuffed into a sack by Wan Qi Jinghou. The two of them quickly passed by.

  The black shadow was not far from them, and it turned out that a bear had fallen to the ground. They didn't expect there to be bears in this forest.

  The bear's body was extremely large, lying on the ground, already dead. The bear's belly had a big hole in it, and blood and intestines were rolling out from inside. It was abnormally disgusting, and I didn't know what had happened to this bear. Whatever attacked it seemed very ferocious.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou frowned at the blood on Xiong Du Zi's belly and said, "It's poisonous."

  Wen Bai covered her nose and said, "This pungent smell, isn't this the Blood Orchid you were talking about?"

  Just then, Tangzi suddenly shouted and a commotion was heard from the direction of the tent.

  Wan Kuang's face sank, and he said, "It's bad, we've fallen into a trap."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou quickly ran back with Wen Bai Yu, and saw that the tent had collapsed, but Tang Zi and Yu Wei Yang were fine.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Guan Nan, is he still in the tent?"

  Tang Zi said: "Guan Nan is gone."

  Yu Wei Yang said: "It's that flower, it has a pungent flavor!"

  Yu Wei Yang's eyes were all red, as if they had been irritated by the spicy flavor just now, and he quickly rubbed his eyes.

  But none of them saw how Guan Nan disappeared, nor did they see the flower appear. Everything was quiet, except for a pungent and acrid smell that pierced the nostrils.

  Wan Qi Jinghou pulled up the tent, and indeed there was no one underneath. The back of the tent was torn, and Guan Shan's sleeping bag was still under the tent, also torn, as if it had been cut by something sharp.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly pointed at the cluster of trees behind him and said, "Over there, there are signs of dragging."

  The crowd immediately followed, and Wan Xi Jing Hou squatted down to take a look. Sure enough, it was the mark of being dragged away. The flower wasn't big, although the vines were strong, but wanting to grab a man who wasn't short in stature would definitely not be easy, and wanting to leave no marks was impossible.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stood up, quickly packed his luggage and said: "We may have to chase for a while, let's take everything we can carry."

  Everyone quickly shouldered their luggage and followed the dragging marks on the ground, which extended into the woods. However, they didn't go far before the dragging marks suddenly disappeared...

  Guan Nan was fast asleep, but suddenly felt a stinging sensation on his neck. He opened his eyes abruptly and saw a tendril of vines had pierced through the tent from outside, its thorns stuck in his neck.

  A wave of numbness surged up, Guan Nan opened his eyes wide, and his whole body was unable to move. Guan Nan wanted to shout loudly to alert the crowd, but just as he was about to speak, he found that his throat couldn't make a sound. The vines seemed to have anesthetic properties, causing his entire body to become numb, and his mind suddenly became dizzy and half-asleep.

  Guan Nan felt as if he was being dragged by something, his back scraping against the ground, but due to his numbness all over his body, he didn't feel anything, only a sense of dizziness.

  Just as the numbness was about to wear off, the dragging sensation also disappeared. Guan Nan vaguely saw a person, and suddenly smelled a pungent smell from his nose. Two lines of tears flowed down uncontrollably, like broken threads.

  He picked him up from the ground and continued walking deeper into the woods...