Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Several possibilities suddenly popped up in my mind.

There were mountain ghosts, the dug-up tomb of Guard Jiang, the killed white snake in the tomb, and Jiang Nanle's father who was wrapped in a straw mat and buried.

All of these seem to be related to Uncle Jiang's hanging.

"Brother, what do you think about the Jiang family's affairs?" Cui Hao came over and asked.

At this time, Daquan and Ershuan came over supporting Lao Li.

Old Li took over the conversation and said with a smile: "It's just the law of nature. It must be retribution."

"No, maybe it has something to do with us killing the white snake!"

"That was a living dragon that brought prosperity to the family, but he was killed by Brother Chen, and Guard Jiang's body was destroyed..."

The more Old Li spoke, the brighter his eyes became, and the more certain he became that his guess was correct.

"It must be so!"

"Oh my, every wrong has its perpetrator, Guard Jiang, if you are still alive, please don't come looking for me, Old Li."

"Destroying your coffin and corpse is neither... uh uh."

Cui Hao's face turned a little ugly, and he reached out to cover Lao Li's mouth.

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. You didn't miss out on any of the benefits, and if we really have to settle the score, you'll definitely get your share."

Old Li laughed dryly twice and said nothing.

I didn't have time to think about those things and followed Jiang Nanle into the village.

The village streets were largely deserted.

Because Uncle Jiang's family was having a wedding, all the men, women, young and old in the village had gathered at the door of Uncle Jiang's house long ago, waiting for the wedding banquet to start at noon.

Unexpectedly, the happy event turned into a sad one before the banquet even started.

We arrived at Uncle Jiang’s house.

The roads on both sides of the door were blocked by crowds of people, and the villagers gathered at the door, pointing and watching the excitement.

Normally, if someone dies in a family, the neighbors would be somewhat cautious and would not go near them easily.

But Uncle Jiang's death was really strange.

Everyone was watching the fun out of curiosity, and completely forgot about the taboos.

The crowd was so dense that the surrounding trees and walls were covered with people watching the fun. We couldn't squeeze in at all and could only stand on tiptoe at the outermost edge to look inside.

I could vaguely see a thick hemp rope hanging in front of the courtyard gate with big red flowers hanging on it.

The person hanging in the middle of the hemp rope was Uncle Jiang.

Uncle Jiang's face turned purple, his eyes were wide open, and a long tongue stuck out from the corner of his mouth.

The look of him dying with his eyes open would definitely scare a child to tears.

In front of me, there was a villager who saw Uncle Jiang hang himself, and he was describing the situation vividly to the villagers who did not see it.

"I was sitting at the table at the entrance to the Jiang family's courtyard just now, and I happened to see Uncle Jiang coming out carrying a hemp rope."

"At the time, I was thinking, Uncle Jiang has nothing better to do, why is he carrying a hemp rope? Is this a new way to mess with weddings?"

"Before I could figure it out, I saw him throw the rope over the door frame and tie it to the door beam."

"You didn't see what Uncle Jiang looked like at that time. His eyes were rolled up, and there was a sinister smile on his face. He looked like he was possessed by a ghost!"

According to his description, Uncle Jiang looked a bit like he was possessed by a person who had hit him.

But it was broad daylight!

And noon is when Yang energy is at its peak!

This is the hardest time to encounter evil spirits!

"Possessed by a ghost?! Don't talk nonsense, this is the new age!"

"That's right, don't say these nonsense."

Several young villagers stopped him from telling his story.

The man sighed, shook his head and said, "Believe it or not, I'm telling you something bad is going to happen to the Jiang family!"

Some of the old people nodded.

Some people even counted the days on their fingers.

"Oh! Today is Jiang Laoqi's seventh day of mourning!"

"Do you think it's possible that the seventh ghost of Jiang Lao came back and saw that his home was gone and his daughter was gone, so he possessed and killed Jiang Lao Da."

Everyone around was stunned.

Many people are counting the days in their hearts.

Jiang Nanle's father was buried after three days of mourning. Today is exactly the seventh day.

The so-called seventh night when the soul returns.

It refers to the first seven days after a person's death. The deceased's soul will go home to see his family, and will only embark on the road to the underworld after seeing that his family is well.

Some people even see their deceased relatives in their dreams on the seventh day.

But even if the soul comes back, it has to be at night.

This midday...

I don't think the theory of returning souls is credible.

Just then, the middle-aged man I had just seen was walking out, so I went over and handed him a cigarette.

"Brother, they don't believe what you say, but I do."

"Can you tell me exactly what happened?"

He took the cigarette, looked me over, and then laughed, "I've seen you before. You were the one who took Jiang Nan away that day, right?"

I was stunned. I didn't expect that he knew this.

But I have no impression of him in my mind.

"It's me. Jiang girl is too stubborn. She insisted on coming back to pay tribute to her father, otherwise she would not marry the idiot."

"I have no choice but to bring her back."

"Who knew that as soon as we entered the village we would encounter this? Uncle Jiang hanged himself. What on earth happened?"

I made up a story to fool people about the reason why I came to Zhitun Village.

The man didn't seem to care why I came. He took the cigarette, put it between his ears and said, "Humph, the Jiang family has done too many bad things, and they are getting retribution."

"But it's definitely not Jiang Laoqi's ghost who has returned. How could a ghost cause such a big commotion in broad daylight?"

"And I'm telling you..."

He suddenly stopped talking.

After looking around, he pulled me out of the crowd mysteriously.

It wasn't until we were under a big tree away from the crowd that he leaned over and whispered in my ear.

"Uncle Jiang didn't struggle at all when he hanged himself; he just twisted his body back and forth like a snake."

"Ah?" I was a little surprised.

In my mind, I imagined my body twisting back and forth without struggling.

After thinking about it, I could only think of the appearance of a snake.

"Wriggling like a snake?"

"Yeah! It's like twisting your body left and right like a snake. It gives me goosebumps!"

"The second and third sons of the Jiang family came over to save him, but when they saw him writhing like a snake, they all backed away and didn't dare to move forward!"

"I vaguely heard them say something about an ancestor appearing in a dream, or that a living earth dragon was gone."

"There's probably something wrong with the Jiang family's old tomb!"

"Let me tell you another story. A few days ago, some gravediggers came and seemed to have set their sights on the Jiang family's grave..."

I didn't want to listen to what happened next.

Obviously, the death of Uncle Jiang was related to the white snake I killed in Guard Jiang’s tomb.

If the Jiang family saw Lao Li and the others, the consequences would be serious.

After saying a few perfunctory words, I hurried to find Old Li who was watching the fun.

"Old Li, hurry up and leave!"

"Why? You haven't finished watching the fun yet!"

"What a fuss! The Jiang family suspects the tomb has been robbed..."

Before I could finish, I heard a noise.

Uncle Jiang Er stood up and shouted to the crowd, "Today's happy event has turned into a funeral. This is a great misfortune for the Jiang family. Fellow villagers, please disperse."

The younger generations of the Jiang family also came out to disperse the crowd.

It was difficult for Jiang to blend into the crowd, but he did not leave with the crowd.

As soon as the person in front left, she was exposed to the Jiang family.

When Uncle Jiang Er saw her, he immediately became furious and started roaring.

"Catch this disaster Jiang Nan for me!"