Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Things with strong evil spirits can ward off evil.

Especially when robbing a tomb, no one knows what evil spirits they might encounter, so it is very good to have something with a strong evil aura to protect yourself.

When I first saw the butcher knife at Tuo Ye's house, I had a vague feeling that it was used to suppress evil spirits.

I took the greasy butcher knife and carefully put it into my belt.

"Thank you, Mr. Camel."

"I wonder what else is suitable for suppressing evil spirits?"

I took the opportunity to ask.

I have been listening to Tuoye telling stories about tomb robbers since I was a child. I have also heard of things like black donkey hooves and glutinous rice, but I always felt that they were made up.

On the contrary, something like a butcher knife, which has stained countless lives, is more in line with the standard of suppressing evil spirits.

Uncle Tuo smiled and took out his pocket.

He took out a black donkey hoof with his left hand and a handful of glutinous rice with his right hand.

My face turned green when I saw it.

"Can these things really suppress evil spirits?"

"I don't know. Although I encountered danger while robbing tombs before, it was never evil. I only prepared these things because I heard that they can ward off evil spirits."

"..."

I was completely speechless.

It seems that Mr. Tuo is not very reliable.

This time, you still have to rely on yourself.

Grandpa Tuo put both things back into his pocket and said, "I didn't believe in evil before."

"But now, I have to believe in evil."

The camel master has robbed countless tombs, and the more tombs he robs, the bolder he becomes.

He once took many skulls of tomb owners and collected them as trophies.

It was not until I entered the tomb of the King of Bi State that I knew what evil meant.

I've become more timid since then.

He began to study folk legends, make friends with strange people, and collect various things that could suppress evil spirits.

Seeing my contempt for black donkey hooves and glutinous rice, Camel Grandpa shook his head slightly.

“Both of these things have a great origin.”

"Remember the tomb robber I told you about? He said he escaped and met a Taoist priest, who told him his fortune."

"You should have guessed that the escaped tomb robber was me."

"This glutinous rice was given to me by that Taoist priest. He said that after decades of daily rituals and refinements, it could suppress evil and filth and suppress the curse on me."

"I have only been able to survive until now thanks to this sticky rice."

Cui Hao counted on his fingers, "Decades of daily rituals, let's say twenty years. Wouldn't the glutinous rice have gone bad?"

"We are all farmers. We know that grain will go bad after a few years. Uncle Tuo, please don't try to fool my brother Shitou."

"you……"

Tuoye was so angry that his eyebrows and beard were twitching.

"Okay, okay, I was just kidding. Hurry up and get ready to go down to the tomb."

Grandpa Camel waved his hand, signaling us to get ready quickly.

I stood at the edge of the tunnel, turned on the mining lamp and looked down.

The light was very strong, but it still couldn't reach the bottom of the cave.

Generally, the depth of a large tomb is only about twenty meters.

Compared with the depth of the tomb in front of us, it can be said to be a small thing compared to a big one.

I took a deep breath.

His legs were straddling the sides of the tunnel.

Squat down, support yourself on the ground, and put your legs into the hole.

After stepping on the footrests on both sides of the cave wall, I slowly descended.

The tunnel, one meter long and half a meter wide, was dug very neatly, and it was not difficult to step down.

Only when the body has entered the tunnel will he grab the rope, use the rope to steady his upper body, and continue to step on the pedals further down.

After I went five or six meters deep into the tunnel, Cui Hao and others entered the tunnel one after another.

Whoosh!

A cold wind mixed with moisture rushed up from the bottom of the cave.

It gave me goosebumps all over my body.

I wish I could go back to the ground and put on a cotton jacket before coming down.

Ten meters, fifteen meters, twenty meters.

I silently estimated the depth.

When we were about thirty-five or thirty-six meters deep in the tunnel, we heard a whimpering sound in the cold wind blowing past our ears.

The whimpering sound was so faint that if you didn't listen carefully you would think it was just the wind.

Oh oh oh!

Like crying and complaining.

Like the sobbing sound of a woman crying!

My whole body tensed up.

It seems that the story told by Camel Grandpa is true!

As we continued to go down, the sobbing and crying sounds became more and more real.

When I reached the top of the tomb, I stopped.

Under the illumination of the mining lamp, one can clearly see the layer of plaster, the layer of carbon deposits, and the huge logs on the roof of the tomb.

The plaster layer acts as a seal to prevent water from penetrating the tomb chamber.

The carbon deposition layer is used to remove moisture and ensure the dryness of the tomb chamber.

In some tombs, due to climate or geological changes, the groundwater level rises, seeping through the mud layer and carbon deposit layer into the tomb chamber, thus forming water caves.

As for the huge logs on the roof, this is because before cave tombs were widely used, vertical pit tombs were widely used.

The tomb chamber was dug vertically downwards, and then the tomb chamber was built with a log roof, and finally the burial was completed with a carbon layer, a mud layer, and a sealing soil layer.

The biting cold wind was pouring out from the holes in the logs, blowing me to the bone.

What’s even worse is that I can faintly smell a foul odor even through the protection of the dust mask.

It was a foul smell mixed with fishy odor, very unpleasant.

I held on to the rope and descended carefully.

The tomb chamber is located under the log roof, and there is no place to step down.

I could only grab the rope with both hands, hold the rope with my legs, and slide down carefully little by little.

After finally feeling my feet on solid ground, I let go of the rope and gasped for breath.

Think about how difficult it was for tomb robbers in the past.

If you carry oil lamps, torches or other things, you will fall down if you are not careful.

As I was thinking this, I heard a cry of "ouch".

Cui Hao fell from the roof of the log shed like a dumpling.

Bang!

This time he fell hard.

"It hurts to death!"

Cui Hao grimaced in pain, holding his waist with both hands and twisting back and forth.

"Brother, why do I hear someone crying?"

I hurried forward to pull him.

As soon as I pulled him up, I heard the sound of wind whistling from above.

"careful!"

I pulled Cui Hao back.

There was a crackling sound, and something seemed to be broken under his feet.

But neither of us had time to look at our feet because Meng Jianshe fell down.

Bang!

Meng Jianshe fell face down, looking like a dog that had eaten shit.

"Hahaha!" Cui Hao couldn't help laughing out loud.

"What a joke..."

Meng Jianshe turned his head and was about to curse, but suddenly his eyes widened and his mouth opened, pointing at the place where we were standing.

"what!!"

He screamed and crawled towards us in panic.

It seemed as if there was something extremely terrifying beneath our feet.

We were both stunned and slowly lowered our heads at the same time.

Human bones were scattered at their feet.

The skull was turned 180 degrees and buried in the ground, but the sternum was straight and facing us.

The angle at which his head rotated tells the story of the tragic scene of his death.

Pfft!

Cui Hao was so frightened that his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.

But this kneeling brought him closer to the bones, which only intensified his inner fear.

He used his hands and feet to crawl towards Meng Jianshe.

But just after crawling out two steps, he heard Meng Jianshe's even more terrifying shout.

"Ghost! Ghost!"

There was also a corpse about ten meters away from him.

The corpse was covered in dark green flames.

The flames flickered, just like the underworld fire.

The netherworld fire burned on the corpse, giving people the feeling that the corpse would crawl up from the ground at any time.

Cui Hao jumped forward in fright.

It just happened to hit Meng Jianshe.

Fear made the two of them put aside their past grudges and hug each other tightly, trembling.

Ta-da-da.

The two men's upper and lower teeth were fighting, and the collision of their teeth made a clicking sound.

I pulled out the butcher knife and held it in my hand.

Walk towards the corpse with green flames.

"Brother! You, don't go!"