Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

"This guy is a veterinarian, don't listen to his nonsense."

Grandpa didn't want me to worry, so he waved his hand to signal the village doctor to leave quickly.

The village doctor knew that I didn't have the money to send my grandfather to the provincial capital for treatment, and that I would have to beg him for help for future treatments. He immediately walked out with his nose in the air and his messy clothes straightened.

"This disease is at least tuberculosis. Even if you go to a big hospital, you may not survive more than a month. I do have a folk remedy you can try."

"And you, Stone Boy, do you really think you're a gifted university student? You're so disrespectful to me. Unless you kneel down and beg me, don't even think about me treating your grandfather."

I was glaring at the village doctor, ready to give him a good scolding when my grandfather called me softly.

"Stone boy, open the paulownia box. At the bottom of the box is the money I saved for you to have a wife."

"When marrying a wife, don't just look at her beauty. She should also have a good temper, be able to manage the household and know how to live. Please invite matchmaker Wang over later..."

Grandpa kept talking.

Nothing he talked about was about himself; he was just worried about my future.

It sounds like arrangements for funeral arrangements.

I gritted my teeth and stretched out my trembling hand.

He opened the paulownia box and took out a stack of money from the bottom of the box.

A few ten-yuan notes were wrapped with one yuan and one Mao bill.

It looks like a thick pile, but it doesn't add up to much.

I went to my grandfather with the money in my hands.

Grandpa stared at the money and laughed: "I'm not very capable, but I've saved this much money in my lifetime. It should be enough for you to get married."

"As long as I can see my stone boy get married, I can close my eyes in peace."

"Master! I won't marry! I'll take you to see a doctor and I'll cure you no matter what!"

When I shouted this sentence, I made a decision in my heart.

All the propriety, righteousness, integrity, morality, and honesty are gone!

Let grandpa live!

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm not sick and I'm in good health."

"Hurry up and invite Matchmaker Wang over. Remember to be sweet and say nice things."

I responded and went out to find Cui Hao directly.

He was taken to an uninhabited loess slope to discuss digging the grave.

"Mouse, I think that thief's hole was dug by a gang."

"Grandpa Tuo said that digging a hole in Guanzhong requires a lot of manpower, at least four or five people. If we run into them when we go down..."

Haozi got anxious before I could finish speaking.

"What do you mean? Are we just going to sit there and watch?"

"They say fortune and honor are sought in danger! This is a chance to get a bargain. If you miss this opportunity, you'll never get it again."

I shook my head and signaled him not to be anxious.

"It's not that we can't go down, but we need to make good use of the time difference."

"Tomb robbers usually work at two or three in the morning. Let's go to the tomb in the first half of the night to retrieve the treasure. Remember to bring an oil lamp, a hammer, and matches..."

In those days, matches were generally called "yanghuo".

Flashlights are very rare in rural areas, and ordinary families basically use oil lamps at night.

After finalizing the details and agreeing to meet in the fields at 10 p.m., I went to find matchmaker Wang.

Matchmaker Wang, who was eating sesame seeds, was not at all friendly to me: "Isn't this a college student?"

"Oh, look at my brain, I forgot that your admission was revoked and you can't become a university student."

"Given your current conditions, you can only find a blind, lame, or mentally retarded woman, hahahaha."

Matchmaker Wang's smile was so sharp that it could reach the sky.

I knew she was seeking revenge.

I rejected her matchmaking proposal before I got revenge.

The village woman beside her also laughed.

"Shitouwa, there won't be a good girl to marry you, why don't you marry Liu Lanxie."

"The rotten shoes have a comfortable life, they may not be interested in him."

"If you can't even look down on a pair of rotten shoes, then you'll only be able to be a son-in-law to a melon-skinned woman."

These village women love to gossip and spread rumors.

When I was admitted to university, they said the nicest things to flatter me.

When my admission to university was revoked, they said the most nasty things and laughed at me.

"Don't bully young people into poverty!"

I said that and turned away, and the village women's ridicule became even more vicious.

"Don't bully the poor young man, you will be poor your whole life if you are a coward!"

"Even if you want to be a son-in-law to a melon girl, she doesn't necessarily want you!"

"Just like your dead dad, die early and be reborn!"

After returning home, I told my grandfather that Matchmaker Wang was not at home, and then coaxed him to go to bed early.

I started preparing after dark.

He stuffed various tools into a military green canvas bag and picked up the iron poker used to poke the kang.

The black and heavy iron pick is actually a small crowbar.

I think this thing can be used for self-defense.

If you really run into a group of people digging a tunnel, you can still fight back with a crowbar.

Unexpectedly, this crowbar was of great help after entering the tomb.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Cui Hao and I met in the field.

Seeing that the loose soil that had been used to cover the hole had not been disturbed, I immediately dug up the soil and opened the hole.

When I was about to enter the tunnel, Cui Hao stopped me.

"Brother, I'm smaller and more flexible in the cave. It's no problem for me to go down. You can come down first."

While I was hesitating, Cui Hao had already entered the tunnel.

Thinking about it now, I was really fearless back then.

He went down the tunnel without taking any safety measures.

In my later career as a tomb robber, I witnessed and heard of many cases where inadequate safety measures led to unexpected deaths in tombs.

After a moment, I saw the oil lamp deep in the cave flicker three times, which was the agreed safety signal.

I put the iron rod on my waist, held the handle of the oil lamp with my mouth and squatted down.

Put your hands on the ground on both sides of the hole and put your legs into the hole.

With his legs in an "eight" shape, he groped his way onto the pedals and slowly descended into the depths of the tunnel.

A cold wind blew past me.

The surroundings were shrouded in darkness, with only the tiny area illuminated by the oil lamp.

When I placed my hands on the cave wall, I was surprised by its slightly smooth and solid texture.

It seems that when the cave was dug out, the walls were reinforced by ramming.

Later I learned that this was another mystery of the Guanzhong-style tomb robbery.

When digging a tunnel, tamp the tunnel walls and ram the excavated soil into the tunnel walls.

It can not only strengthen the tunnel wall and reduce the workload of loose soil, but also avoid landslides in deep dug tunnels.

You read that right, it is to prevent the tunnel from collapsing.

Later, when robbing a tomb in Baoji, he encountered a father and son who buried themselves in the tomb due to a landslide.

Going down to the bottom of the cave and holding up the oil lamp, you will see a wide square space.

This group of tomb robbers has a very sharp eye.

The robbers dug a hole directly in the southeast corner of the tomb chamber and came down to find themselves inside the tomb chamber.

"Brother, I'm a little scared."

Cui Hao's voice trembled and his hand holding the oil lamp was shaking.

His eyes were fixed on the coffin not far away.

Although the light from the oil lamp was dim, it could still illuminate the bright red coffin.

The bright red color, like blood, reflected an eerie glow under the dim light.

It seemed as if the entire coffin was stained red with blood.

call!

A cold wind suddenly blew by.

The flame of the oil lamp flickered rapidly, becoming unpredictable.

The inside of the tomb also became dim and bright.

In the flickering light and shadow, it seemed as if a huge black shadow was rushing towards us.

At that moment, I got goosebumps all over my body and my left hand hurriedly reached for the iron rod at my waist.

The moment my left hand grasped the iron rod, something suddenly attacked me.

The thing first hit me and made me stagger, then everything went dark, and the oil lamps in Cui Hao's and mine hands went out at the same time.

Oops!

Encountered something dirty?!

The darkness amplified the fear, and goosebumps instantly spread all over my body.

Beads of sweat the size of beans emerged from his forehead and rolled down his cheeks.

At this moment, something climbed up my left arm.

Two skinny claw-like creatures grabbed my arms, and their sharp claws pierced through my skin and into my flesh.

The fear of death surged into my heart, and I felt that I would probably die at the hands of that dirty creature.

But what should we do about grandpa’s illness?

And those who look down on me, I haven’t made them regret it yet!