Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Wu Gengsheng hesitated and asked, "You are so young, are you really Lao Zhang's friend?"

There is indeed a big age gap between me and Taoist Master Zhang.

It's normal for him to have doubts.

Without blinking, I said, "Old Zhang and I are close friends, regardless of age. His full name is Zhang Zhishun, and he once asked me to help him find some magical instruments."

"Look at the Seven Star Nail I brought. It's the magic weapon I found for Lao Zhang to exorcise evil spirits."

I took out a seven-star nail and showed it to Wu Gengsheng.

Only then did he put his doubts aside and come out of the closet.

"You, you sit down."

"I'll get you some water."

I don’t have time to drink water.

I quickly pulled him aside and asked, "When we entered the village, we found that every household had their doors and windows closed, and there was not a sound of chickens crowing or dogs barking."

"What happened in the village?"

Wu Gengsheng shuddered all over and looked out the door with horror on his face.

It seems like he is afraid that there is something outside.

He wanted to close the door, but after taking two steps he stopped and said in a tearful voice, "Did you really not see anyone in the village when you came?"

"You are the first person I have seen in the village."

"It seems that they, they..."

Tears rolled down Wu Gengsheng's eyes.

He put his hands in his hair and pulled it hard.

"Why is it happening like that!"

"It's all our fault for not carrying the coffin properly."

"Letting Bao'er's coffin fall to the ground has harmed the entire village!"

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and if there's retribution, it's on us, the coffin bearers, why are you bringing disaster upon the rest of the village?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Wu Gengsheng burst into tears, squatted on the ground and buried his head between his knees.

He looked like he was on the verge of an emotional breakdown.

I patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "It's not your fault. Baoer's coffin falling to the ground was planned by someone."

"what?"

Wu Gengsheng suddenly looked up, his face full of disbelief and shock.

"It was set up by someone?!"

“Who designed it? Why did they design us?”

"I guess it's for the cave on the opposite mountain." I pointed in the direction of the cave.

Wu Gengsheng was stunned.

He slowly turned his head to face the cave.

"For the treasure in the cave?"

"But last night..."

When he mentioned last night, he started to tremble again.

An expression of fear emerged uncontrollably.

"What happened last night?"

"Don't be afraid, I have a magic weapon to ward off evil spirits. Besides, it's broad daylight, so no evil spirits would dare to come out."

With my comfort, Wu Gengsheng gradually calmed down.

Slowly recount what happened after returning to the village last night.

"We were so scared that we ran back to the village. We didn't dare tell the village chief about the horrific appearance of Bao'er's body. We just said that the coffin had fallen to the ground."

"The village chief scolded us and said he would come back to settle the score with us. Then he took his wife and relatives to check on the coffin."

"We were afraid the village chief would be even angrier when he returned, so we decided to go back to our homes first and apologize tomorrow when he's calmed down a bit..."

After everyone went home, Wu Gengsheng also went home to sleep.

But as soon as I closed my eyes, the horrific image of Baoer's corpse appeared in my mind.

He was so frightened that he couldn't sleep at all.

I can only flip over and over in bed.

As I was tossing and turning, I was about to fall asleep when I was awakened by the village chief's shouting.

He heard shouting coming from the direction of the village.

It seemed like the village chief was calling the name of the first family at the entrance of the village.

After a few minutes, the village chief began calling the name of the second family at the entrance of the village.

Then came the third and fourth households.

At this time, the shouting became more frequent.

Not only the village chief's family were shouting, but the people living in the houses in front were also shouting.

They went from house to house, calling out names.

The louder they shouted, the more people joined in.

Wu Gengsheng didn't take it seriously at first.

I thought that after the village chief saw the corpse in the coffin, he would be furious and would go from house to house to wake people up to vent his anger.

So I thought about how to apologize when the village chief came.

As the knocking on the door got closer, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Because after the neighbor's door was knocked open, he did not hear the village chief's angry scolding, nor did he hear the neighbor's apology.

Apart from a few quiet "ah" sounds from the neighboring family, there was no other sound!

This obviously abnormal situation made Wu Gengsheng feel creepy.

He quickly got up and tried to hide in the cellar of his home.

But as soon as he entered the yard, he heard footsteps coming towards his home.

So he got into the cabinet in the main room as quickly as possible.

As soon as he entered the closet and closed the door, he heard the village chief's voice outside: "Wu Gengsheng, open the door."

He curled up in the closet, closed his eyes tightly and covered his mouth tightly, not daring to make a sound.

Then more people shouted Wu Gengsheng's name.

After shouting for more than half a minute, there was a sound of a door being pushed open outside.

The broken wooden door of his house opened easily without any effort and just a push.

Then came the sound of footsteps.

The village chief took people into each house to check.

When he entered the main room to check, Wu Gengsheng thought he was doomed.

Anyone who casually opened the cabinet door would find him hiding inside.

But what was strange was that the village chief and his men filled the main room, but no one opened the cabinet to check!

Wu Gengsheng plucked up his courage and looked out through the gap in the cabinet door.

The village chief and his family looked calm, without any sign of anger at the loss of their beloved son's coffin.

The other people following behind the village chief all had stiff expressions, and even their gait was a little unnatural.

"Have you seen marionettes? They look like marionettes!" Wu Gengsheng said as he imitated their appearance.

"They're possessed!"

"They must be possessed!"

"I was so scared that I couldn't help shaking."

"Every time I shuddered, the cabinet made a clanging noise, but they acted as if they didn't hear it and they all left!"

Wu Gengsheng's face was full of disbelief.

Everyone was making noises in the cupboard, but the village chief and his men didn't hear anything.

It is indeed difficult to understand.

Did the people controlling them not notice?

Or is there some other reason?

"After they left, I didn't dare move and continued to hide in the closet."

“And then you came.”

According to Wu Gengsheng's account, Han Gaotian knocked on every door after returning to the village in order to control other villagers.

Except for Wu Gengsheng, who slipped through the net, everyone else should have been under control.

"Where did they go after leaving your house?" I asked.

"Go knock on the door behind, and then, then..."

Wu Gengsheng's expression suddenly changed.

As if remembering something, he slapped his forehead and said loudly: "They are going to the reservoir!"

"When the village chief left my main hall, he said if he couldn't find anyone, he would go to the next house and quickly get everyone to go to the reservoir to do the work."

"Reservoir?" I muttered.

Water is Yin.

Reservoirs gather large amounts of water and are places with strong yin energy.

It doesn't seem like a good thing that hundreds of people who were poisoned by Gu went to the reservoir.

Could it be that the Gu Master wanted to sacrifice so many lives?

Hundreds of lives were sacrificed in a place with strong yin energy...

"hiss!"

I gasped.

An extremely bad feeling arose in my heart.