Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Taoist Priest Zhang pointed to his head and said, "Nothing's wrong with him. It's just here..."

"Something's wrong with your brain?"

"They all said they were going to dig a grave to bury Bao'er, and they never admitted to digging a mass grave."

"Old Xu didn't want to pursue the matter and said he would help cover it up."

I scratched my head and pondered for a moment, then asked, "Could it be that Han Gaotian and the others have come to a consensus on their statements?"

"I thought so, but looking at his expression he doesn't look like he's lying."

"I guess the Gu among them all have hallucinogenic properties, and everyone is being led to have the same hallucinations."

"Hiss!" I gasped in shock.

The fact that he caused the same hallucination in hundreds of people at the same time showed that the old man from Xiangxi had unfathomable strength.

"Lao Zhang, did you help them exorcise the poison?"

Taoist Master Zhang slowly shook his head.

"I don't have that much ability. The little I know can only drive away the most common Gu. I can't do anything about the Gu in Han Gaotian and Lao Xu."

"Only by finding a way to catch the person who put the poison on us can we find a way to remove it."

Gu cannot be easily driven away.

The more powerful the poisonous insect is, the more difficult it is to exorcise it.

If you are not careful, not only will the poisonous insect not be driven away, but the person who is poisoned may die prematurely.

In the inheritance of witchcraft, it gradually divided into two branches: white witchcraft and black witchcraft.

White witchcraft is mainly used to pray for blessings, cure diseases, exorcise poison, exorcise ghosts and summon souls, etc.

Black witchcraft involves cursing, poisoning, framing others, confusing others, and forcing others to do something for them.

It can be said that black and white witchcraft have the same origin, one yin and one yang. The two restrain each other and have also fought against each other for many years.

Those with the highest level of exorcism skills are usually the inheritors of white witchcraft.

In addition, Zhuyoushi is also proficient in exorcism.

Taoist Master Zhang had previously used the method of Zhuyoushu to exorcise the poison from Wang Hu and the others.

"So the treasure hunt is the best chance to catch him."

"You must find the circle in the picture..."

I felt a lot of pressure in an instant.

Although the approximate location of the circle has been inferred, it does not mean that it can be found easily.

Because I judge that what is buried there is not a tomb, but a cache.

The burial area is relatively large, and even the vertical pit tombs from the tribal period will have traces of rammed earth.

But cellaring is different.

The area occupied is much smaller than that of a tomb.

Moreover, you can just dig a hole and bury the things in it, which will cause much less disturbance to the soil.

So the difficulty of finding it increases exponentially.

The unearthed cellars were basically dug out by chance when building houses or roads.

I silently estimated that the small forest was at least a thousand square meters in area.

Dig exploration holes at intervals of 30 centimeters... At least 3,000 exploration holes will be dug throughout the entire forest.

The only ones who know how to use the rod are me, Cui Hao and Wang Hu.

It takes us four or five minutes at most to dig an exploratory hole, and the hole can only be three meters deep.

Shi Nianzi and Old Man Su didn't know how to use the drilling rod, so even if they were taught temporarily, the speed of drilling holes would not be increased.

According to my assumption, the late Shang Dynasty was more than three thousand years ago, and the soil layer must have been deposited.

Therefore, the depth of the cave must be at least six meters to have a chance of reaching the buried treasure.

This further increased the workload.

I estimate it may not be completed in five or six days.

This also takes into account that it is not suitable for caving during the day, so it can only be done at night...

Tsk, my headache is giving me a headache just thinking about it.

But no matter how much my head hurts, I have to do it.

When we returned to the campsite, Cui Hao and the others came to greet us in a hurry.

"Brother, where have you been?"

"I woke up early this morning and didn't see you guys. I was so worried!"

"We were just planning to split up and look for you!"

Wang Hu and Shi Nianzi both looked at me with concern. Although they didn't say anything, their anxiety and worry were obvious.

Old Man Su took a puff of his pipe, smacked his lips and said, "I told you not to worry. Any of us could get lost, but Master Chen won't."

I laughed and said, "Lao Su, I'm not that capable."

"Lao Zhang and I went back to the village, and since we saw you were all asleep, we didn't tell you."

"I'll definitely tell you guys when we go out next time."

While I was explaining to them, I saw Wu Gengsheng jogging over with a canteen in his hand.

This guy is back!

Wu Gengsheng ran straight towards me.

He smiled innocently, picked up the canteen and handed it to me: "Master Chen is back."

"I just got this mountain spring water. It's delicious. Come and try it!"

I glanced at the canteen.

The military green marching kettle is very ordinary and there is nothing unusual about it.

But I didn't dare drink the water he handed me.

Who knows if there's anything added to it, what if there's a poisonous insect...

"I'm not thirsty, drink it yourself."

"Hey, I just drank some water from the spring, and brought it back for everyone to try."

Wu Gengsheng turned around and handed the canteen to others.

I quickly signaled to Cui Hao, telling them not to drink that pot of water.

Cui Hao and Wang Hu both made excuses to refuse.

Shi Nianzi didn't notice my hint, and reached out to take the canteen and was about to drink it.

I got anxious and pretended to be tripped by something and bumped into the millstone.

Bang!

Snapped!

I bumped into the hand holding the canteen at the millstone.

The canteen fell to the ground with a thud, and the water inside gurgled out.

"Mr. Chen, are you okay?" Shi Nianzi hurriedly supported me.

"It's okay, it's okay. I just tripped accidentally."

I kept my eyes on Wu Gengsheng while I spoke.

He squatted down with a look of regret on his face and picked up the canteen.

"It's a shame to waste such good spring water."

"I'll bring back another pot."

Wu Gengsheng ran away holding the canteen.

Cui Hao, Wang Hu, and Old Man Su all looked at me with curiosity.

Only the stone mill remained dumbfounded and didn't notice the problem.

"Brother, is there a problem with the water?" Cui Hao asked first.

I nodded and said, "He went up the mountain alone last night, and I followed him quietly."

"Lao Zhang was worried about me and followed me again..."

I briefly recounted what happened last night.

Everyone was stunned after hearing this.

"Is Wu Gengsheng, this coward, colluding with outsiders?"

"No wonder Master Chen won't let us drink his water."

"This guy is a traitor. Let's hold him down and give him a thorough trial!"

Wang Hu rolled up his sleeves and got ready, rubbing his hands.

Shi Nianzi stretched out his arms and said angrily, "I'll catch him!"

I waved my hands, feeling both amused and helpless.

"What are you doing?"

"If we really want to interrogate him, why wait until now?"

"All of you sit down and tell me what happened. Was Wu Gengsheng there when you woke up?"

They sat around me and started talking to each other.

Wang Hu fell asleep while on guard last night, so he didn't wake up Shi Nianzi, who was supposed to take over the guard.

When Wang Hu opened his eyes, it was already dawn.

He looked at the people in the camp and found that only Taoist Master Zhang and I were missing.

Only then did he hurriedly wake everyone up to discuss what was going on.

"Huzi, are you sure you woke Wu Gengsheng up?"

"Sure, I kicked his ass and he woke up. He woke up mumbling about being tired and not sleeping well last night or something."

Just as I was about to ask more questions, Wu Gengsheng came back.

He excitedly raised his right hand and shook it, shouting, "Look what I found!"