Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

I stopped one step away from the corpse.

Apart from the green flames emitting from the corpse, there was nothing unusual about it.

Stretch out your arm and touch the corpse with the butcher knife.

The tip of the knife passed through the green flames and lightly touched the bones.

Click.

The bones it touched broke with a sound.

It seems that the whole skeleton has become brittle.

"Don't be afraid, it's just an ordinary corpse." I said lightly.

"What?"

Cui Hao and Meng Jianshe said in unison.

The two looked at each other, then looked at me who was studying the corpse, and finally believed that there was no danger.

The two people who were hugging each other tightly in the last second turned against each other in the next second.

At the same time, he showed a look of contempt and pushed the other person away with great disgust.

"You are a coward. Look how scared you were just now!" Cui Hao took the lead in attacking.

Meng Jianshe's expression tightened.

His performance was truly dismal.

But what men want is face, and they would never admit that they were scared.

"How dare you scold me? Who was the one who was so frightened that he crawled into my arms and trembled like a woman?"

"I bumped into you. You were blocking my way!"

The two men glared at each other and started arguing like fighting cocks.

The rope swayed for a while, and Grandpa Tuo climbed down the rope as steadily as an old dog.

He raised his pipe and hit the two men on the head.

"What's the fuss about?"

"Uncle Tuo, come and see if this is the legendary will-o'-the-wisp." I called out.

Grandpa Tuo walked over with his hands behind his back.

As soon as he came down, he noticed the flames on the corpse.

For the experienced grave diggers, the fire was not scary.

"Yeah, it's a will-o'-the-wisp."

Camel Master took a quick glance and confirmed it.

"It used to be very common in mass graves. It's not as strange as people say. It's just that the color of the flame is a little weirder than ordinary fire."

Cui Hao and Meng Jianshe were still a little scared.

"How can a will-o'-the-wisp be an ordinary fire? Don't lie to us."

I smiled and explained, "The scientific explanation for will-o'-the-wisp is phosphorescence."

Phosphorus, usually contained in organic matter or bones, reacts with water or alkali to form phosphine.

Phosphine emits a smell similar to rotting fish, which is fishy and unpleasant.

When encountering trace amounts of other phosphorus hydrides, such as diphosphorus, it will cause spontaneous combustion.

Therefore, places like cemeteries often experience spontaneous combustion of phosphine, emitting green light, which is often regarded as ghost fire by people who don't know the truth.

The scientific explanation completely put their minds at ease.

Cui Hao gave me a thumbs-up: "Brother, that's amazing! Scholars just know so much!"

"Some people brag about being educated just because they know a few characters. They're just cowards. They should learn from them."

Meng Jianshe was so angry that his nose became crooked.

Just as they were about to continue arguing, Meng Jingye jumped down, lost his balance and fell on his butt.

Meng Jianshe hurried forward to help his father up.

"Dad, are you okay?"

"I'm still old. If I were to put it back to when I was younger...what does this smell like?"

Meng Jingye covered his nose with his hands and showed a look of disgust.

There was no air circulation in the tomb, and the fishy and rotten smell was stronger than that in the tomb.

Just now, Cui Hao and Meng Jianshe ignored the stench out of fear.

Now when reminded, they all frown because of the stench.

"It stinks. Is this the smell of phosphine and rotting fish?"

"I didn't notice it just now, but now I smell it carefully, it stinks worse than a pigpen or a manure pit!"

Dust masks cannot block out odors, so everyone shares the smell.

I have been down here the longest, and I have adapted somewhat.

After smelling it for a long time, you won’t think it’s that smelly anymore.

"It'll be fine after you get used to it after smelling it for a while." When I said this, I was thinking about the dangers of phosphine.

According to the book, inhaling high concentrations of phosphine can cause poisoning.

Poisoning manifests as damage to the nervous system, respiratory system, heart, and liver.

Could the Meng family's symptoms of being possessed by evil spirits be nerve damage caused by excessive inhalation of phosphine?

It seems that the stay in the tomb can't last long.

Even if you are wearing a dust mask, you have to finish your work and get out as soon as possible.

Grandpa Tuo looked around at the bones.

As far as the eye can see, there are six scattered bones.

It should be the remains of his father, brother, and uncle from more than forty years ago.

Uncle Tuo knelt in front of the corpse closest to the tomb robber's hole and kowtowed three times.

"These are the bones of my father, brother, and uncle."

"I won't go into details about what happened back then. Now we have a common goal, and I hope everyone will work together."

Meng Jingye said with a smile: "When people are united, they can move mountains. Let's not hide anything."

As he spoke, he looked at the flashlight on my waist.

They all carried oil lamps.

Not to mention that it's heavy, and the lighting range is limited, it's really not as useful as a flashlight.

Meng Jianshe immediately followed up, "That's right, you all have lights on your heads, so the flashlights are useless. Why not give them to us?"

I took out the flashlight from my waist and handed it to Grandpa Tuo, then winked at Cui Hao.

Cui Hao reluctantly took out the flashlight and gave it to Meng Jingye.

Meng Jianshe got nothing and his face was full of unhappiness.

"Uncle Tuo, I heard a sobbing sound. Did you hear it?" I asked.

Camel nodded: "I heard it."

Cui Hao and the Meng family father and son were shocked.

The three of them looked at us with some horror.

"Don't be ridiculous, I didn't hear anything."

"I didn't hear it either."

"There was only the whirring of the wind, no other sound."

Grandpa Tuo and I looked at each other, both a little puzzled.

Why can't they hear it?

Are we hallucinating?

"Brother, listen carefully again." Cui Hao whispered.

I closed my eyes and listened carefully.

There was only the sound of the wind in my ears, and I couldn't hear a single bit of the sobbing.

what happened? !

I hurried to see Grandpa Tuo.

He also looked surprised.

It can be seen that just like me, there is no crying now.

"This... maybe we are just hallucinating." Grandpa Tuo said in a muffled voice.

"You two are just hallucinating." Meng Jingye was a little impatient and shone the flashlight deep into the tomb.

The flashlight can illuminate twenty to thirty meters away, but the actual clear range is only ten meters.

Any further away, the light will disperse and everything you see will be blurry.

There are several wooden boxes at the end of the flashlight's light, but they are not very clear due to the light.

"Uncle Tuo, do you think the thing that can lift the curse on my Meng family is in those boxes?" Meng Jingye's face was full of greed.

Grandpa Tuo shook his head slowly.

"The thing that can lift the curse is in the coffin at the center."

"Don't touch the wooden boxes outside. Open the coffin first. As long as we can lift the curse, everything in the tomb will be ours."

"Yes, yes, they are all ours!"

Meng Jingye seemed to have only heard the last sentence, and greed was about to overflow from his face.

But I find it a bit strange.

It was said before that Huang San and others died in the tomb, but their bodies were not seen.

Did they die inside?

"Uncle Meng, did those tomb robbers you sent out last night die after they reached the depths of the tomb?"

"Ok?"

Meng Jingye was stunned.

Then I realized that I was asking about Huang San and the others.

But he didn't go to the tomb, so he couldn't explain the specific situation clearly.

"I don't know. After my Meng family came here, they were all possessed by evil spirits. No one can explain it clearly."

"Why ask so many questions? We have to dig in anyway."

"Shi Tou, you and Cui Hao will lead the charge, Tuo Ye will be in the middle, and we, father and son, will hold the fortress with our guns."

Meng Jingye reached behind his back and pulled out a double-barreled shotgun with a sawed-off barrel.

The father and son came prepared, both carrying guns!

The gun was pointed at me and Cui Hao intentionally or unintentionally.

It was said to be a discussion, but it was more of an order.

Grandpa Tuo gave us both a gentle push.

"Take advantage of the opportunity when there's no crying and quickly go in and open the coffin!"