Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

The box was filled with gold and jade.

At first glance, it is a fine product taken out of a large tomb, probably a treasure from Tuo Ye’s early years.

Cui Hao was dazzled by the golden light.

He held on to the gold and jade artifacts and would not let go, carefully examining each one.

"Brother, is this the gold seal?"

"The gold cake is really big. I heard that to tell if gold is real, you have to bite it. If you can leave a tooth mark, it's real."

"These gold jewels are so beautiful, and they're inlaid with gemstones!"

"How much would it sell for?"

I searched in the box.

But apart from these gold and jade artifacts, there is nothing else.

Why did Mr. Tuo ask me to dig out his treasures?

Is this compensation for us?

I was thinking over and over again, but I always felt that this was not what Tuoye intended.

Forget it, why not just ask directly.

"Master Tuo, is this compensation for nearly dying in the tomb?"

"Just let it go if you say so." Grandpa Tuo said coldly.

It seemed that those priceless gold and jade artifacts were worthless in his eyes.

That’s right, the camel uncle today is no longer the camel uncle of the past.

His soul is a puppet, and now it is at most a tool for communicating with us.

I frowned slightly, poured out everything in the box, and started knocking on the walls of the box.

When you knock on the bottom, the sound is a bit muffled.

There's something inside!

I looked carefully and found a small protruding button on the inner corner of the box.

Press the button firmly.

Click.

One corner of the bottom back panel is raised.

When it was opened, there was yellowed letter paper hidden inside.

The letter paper is all written in English.

Although Professor Zhang taught me English, the content was relatively shallow, mainly focusing on daily expressions.

It is very difficult to read the contents of the letter.

After reading for a long time, I could only recognize some simple words and could not understand the meaning of the whole text at all.

"Brother, is this crooked text a foreign language?"

"English."

"What's it written?"

"..."

I silently folded the letter and put it in my pocket, planning to ask Zhang Nan for help.

"Pack all these things up and we'll go to the provincial capital tomorrow morning."

"Oh, good!"

Cui Hao packed up immediately and put all the gold and jade items into his bag.

Grandpa Tuo knocked on the edge of the kang with his pipe: "You only have three months."

"Is the curse real?" I asked doubtfully.

Although I have just experienced many strange scenes and even the pain of near-death, I don’t feel any discomfort now.

There was no sign of a curse on his body.

So I still had a lucky mentality in my heart, hoping that the curse was just a lie to bluff us.

"Of course it's real. Look at your backs, the thing is right there."

Cui Hao and I looked at each other, our eyes filled with tension.

Swish!

We both lifted our clothes in front of the mirror.

There is a snake-shaped mark as thick as a little finger on the back of the heart.

The strangest thing is that the two eyes of the snake-shaped mark, no matter from which angle you look at them, seem to be looking at us through a mirror.

Cui Hao's hand trembled, and his clothes slipped down and covered his back.

He turned his head and covered his face, muttering: "I'm dreaming, it's a dream, it's all a dream."

"Don't kid yourself, remember it's only three months."

Grandpa Tuo then reminded him, "The bronze plate is on the table outside. The inscription has clues. The rest is up to you."

"You're not coming with us?" I asked tentatively.

"I can't walk far."

Grandpa Tuo seemed tired and waved us to leave.

When we arrived at the outer room, a bronze plate was placed on the table.

The plate is quite large, estimated to be about 80 centimeters in diameter, and has hundreds of inscriptions engraved on it.

I found paper and pen to copy down the inscriptions, and then hid the bronze plate in Tuo Ye's house.

On the one hand, the bronze plate was too large to carry, and on the other hand, people were afraid that the bronze plate might contain evil spirits.

So after much consideration, I decided to leave the bronze plate with Grandpa Tuo for now.

After copying the inscription, I took Cui Hao home to rest.

At dawn, a burst of crying came from the Meng family.

Many people in the village went to watch the fun.

Soon, news came out that the father and son of the Meng family were possessed by ghosts at night and had brain problems.

He also said that the Meng family had done something evil, which led to the young and strong men being possessed by evil spirits.

When everyone said this, they all looked secretly towards my house.

Obviously everyone thought that the Meng family had done something wrong, as they secretly reported me and caused my university qualification to be revoked.

Meng Jingye's wife, Wang Dahong, I don't know who got the attention of someone, but she came to me with cigarettes, alcohol and snacks.

As soon as she entered the door, she slapped her thigh and burst into tears.

"Shitouwa, I know you are very capable, please let our family go!"

"My family shouldn't have snatched Xiufang from you, but it's not my family who reported you and prevented you from going to college!"

"Please, for the sake of our fellow villagers, retract your magical powers!"

"On behalf of the sixty-seven members of our Meng family, men, women, young and old, I kneel before you!"

Wang Dahong knelt straight in front of me and was about to kowtow to me.

I immediately pulled her up.

"Aunt, I really don't have any magical powers, and I don't know what's going on with your Meng family."

"Think about it, if I really had supernatural powers, could I not cure my grandfather's illness? Would I wait until now to take revenge?"

"what?"

Wang Dahong was stunned.

Come to think of it, if I really had that much ability, I wouldn't have to swallow my anger after being disqualified from admission.

She wiped her tears, stood up and walked two steps out, then turned back and took away the gifts she had brought.

"You're taking away the gift that was sent to me with good intentions?" Cui Hao said indignantly.

Wang Dahong snorted coldly and left even faster.

The onlookers burst into laughter.

Everyone is saying that the Meng family is completely finished this time and the position of village chief needs to be replaced.

Some people even urged me to be the village chief, saying that I was young and educated and would definitely be able to lead everyone to prosperity.

Xiufang walked over with her lips pursed, lowered her head slightly to lift her hair that was messed up by the wind, and tried hard to look shy and lovely.

If it were before, my heart would definitely beat faster when I saw her like this.

But now, I am calm.

Even felt a little disgusted.

I was really blind at the time to like such a profit-seeking and promiscuous woman.

"Shi Tou, let's make peace."

"I have you in my heart and have always wanted to marry you."

"The last time the engagement was broken off, it was all my parents' fault. It was them..."

She was about to cry and looked at me with tears in her eyes.

I raised my hand to interrupt her.

"Stop talking, I'm about to vomit."

"I was blind when I liked you before, but now my eyes are healed."

"You despise the poor and love the rich, and you're a flirt with everyone. You can marry whoever you want, but don't ever think of marrying me."

Xiufang's face turned pale, and she jumped three feet high like a toad whose leg was stepped on.

"Who are you calling flirty?!"

"Growing vegetables in a urinal, only those who are horny can tell."

I closed the door and left with Cui Hao. I could still hear Xiufang's screams of cursing from a distance away.

"Brother, you are amazing!"

"Xiufang has a bad reputation now, so it's hard to say she's a good person."

I smiled and shook my head. I didn't have time to think about those things now.

The most important thing is to quickly understand the inscription on the bronze plate and the content of the English letter.

We only have three months!