Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Those men wearing red headbands were obviously town staff.

I guess the two of us were too conspicuous looking around Chongyang Palace, so we were reported by someone with ulterior motives.

I was still inexperienced back then!

I forgot to disguise myself when I was scouting the area.

Later I learned from this lesson and never made any mistakes when scouting locations again.

"Brother, run quickly, I will stop them!" Cui Hao whispered.

"Why are you panicking? Running away is just trying to cover up your mistake. Remember what I told you before?"

"We are students majoring in archaeology at Northwestern University, and we are here to do a field survey of cultural relics."

I made preparations before coming.

I agreed with Cui Hao on the identity for this trip and even hired someone to make two fake student ID cards for me.

As long as you don't call Northwestern University to inquire, don't try to expose our identity.

The four men gathered around.

The leader was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a sharp light in his eagle-like eyes.

"What are you two doing here?"

"Do you know this is the place to spread the seeds?"

"This is a place where the remnants of feudalism still exist!"

He came up and started scolding.

I smiled and handed over my student ID: "We are students from Northwestern University and are here to do a field survey of cultural relics."

"I heard that our Chongyang Palace is an ancient building, so I wanted to come and investigate it."

"Cultural relics inspection?"

The middle-aged man took my student ID and looked at it carefully.

He tilted the student ID card again and looked at the interleaved stamp on the photo.

At that time, there were relatively few anti-counterfeiting methods, and interline seals and interline stamps were considered anti-counterfeiting methods.

Fortunately, I spent a lot of money to have someone make a fake certificate, and all the details were very accurate.

Even if placed together with a real Northwestern University student ID card, it is difficult to tell the real one from the fake one.

I looked at it for a long time but couldn't find the problem.

The middle-aged man handed back the student ID.

"So you're a college student. That was just a misunderstanding."

"Archaeologists came to conduct a survey in the 1960s. I even led them around, and they also visited Chongyang Palace."

"but……"

The middle-aged man came close to me and whispered, "After all, this place is full of residual poison. What needs to be pushed down has been pushed down, and what needs to be demolished has been demolished. Only a few dozen useless broken stone tablets are left."

Chongyang Palace was severely damaged during those years.

The statues of gods were destroyed, the Laojun Temple was demolished, and most of the other houses and buildings were also demolished.

"So if you want to investigate, go somewhere else, forget about this place."

The middle-aged man also tried to persuade her with good intentions.

So I also followed suit.

"Thank you for the reminder. Let's move to another place to complete our inspection. I haven't asked for your name yet."

As I spoke, I took out a pack of Golden Monkey cigarettes and gave each of them one.

They all took the cigarettes with surprised expressions.

"Hey, Monkey Stick cigarettes, these are much more expensive than Sheep Group cigarettes."

"As expected of a gifted university student, even smoking a cigarette is so good!"

"I can't bear to smoke it. Let me go back and show off for a while before I smoke it."

The four of them treated the Golden Monkey cigarettes as treasures and clipped them on their ears to show off when they got back.

The countryside was really poor at that time.

A slightly better cigarette is like a treasure.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "My name is Ma Tao, and I'm the town's security officer."

"Someone just reported it to the public, so I brought people over to take a look."

We were indeed reported.

There is always a shortage of enthusiastic people.

Later, the Chaoyang masses became synonymous with enthusiastic reporting.

"Secretary Ma, we're leaving now, but it's getting late and the last bus to the county town has already left. Where can we find a place to stay in our town?"

"Accommodation... In our small place, there's not even a guesthouse. Usually, when there are a lot of relatives coming to our house, we ask the neighbors to help us settle them in."

I stuffed the remaining Golden Monkey cigarettes into Ma Tao's hand.

"Director Ma, please help us, otherwise we will have to walk back to the county town."

Ma Tao squeezed the box of cigarettes and a smile appeared on his face.

"No problem. There's a vacant room at Men Hulu's house. I'll take you there to settle down."

"Thank you, Director Ma."

"You're welcome. It's all my responsibility to help."

Ma Tao led us back to the town street.

He pushed open the door of a house and led us in.

"Silent!"

Following Ma Tao's shout, a dull-looking young man walked out of the room.

His expression was dull, his eyes were dull.

Even when he saw me and Cui Hao, two strangers, there was no emotion on his face or in his eyes.

"You dull boy, you don't even call me uncle when you see me?" Ma Tao glared at him.

The taciturn man pursed his lips.

Still keeping silent.

Ma Tao shook his head: "If it weren't for your father's face...never mind, these two college students missed the bus and can't go back to the county tonight, so they have to stay at your house for one night."

"Take good care of them and give them something to eat and drink at night."

After telling Ma Tao about the taciturn boy, he said to me, "This kid is a good kid, but he doesn't like to talk much, just like a taciturn boy."

"You two can sleep at his house tonight. Tell him if you need anything to eat or drink. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

After saying that, Ma Tao turned and left.

The taciturn man tilted his head to look at the two of us and pointed to the room on the west side.

"We live in this room, right?"

The taciturn man nodded.

"Okay, okay. How much do you think it will cost for accommodation and meals?"

The taciturn man shook his head and turned back to the house.

What a weird guy.

As for those who are dull and quiet, I have met a few before.

Such people are either introverted or not good at speaking, but they can still communicate to some extent.

This is the first time I've met someone like this mute man who can't even carry out the simplest basic communication.

"Brother, this guy looks so weird."

"Do you think he's mute?"

"Probably not. Maybe he's worried about something and doesn't want to talk. Let's go into the room first."

Cui Hao and I entered the room.

The room was extremely simple, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was bare.

There was only one hard bed in the whole room.

"Tsk tsk, this bed doesn't even have a mattress, just some straw." Cui Hao said as he turned over the bed sheet.

There was a layer of straw under the coarse cloth sheet.

In the past, poor families lacked mattresses, and many of them used straw as mattresses.

It is obvious that Menhulu's family is very poor.

"Mouse, I see there's a small restaurant on the street. Go and order two dishes and buy a bottle of wine."

"okay."

Cui Hao ran out happily.

I put my things away and went to the quiet room.

The room was bare except for a bed.

The taciturn man sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, looking like he was meditating.

It seemed like he heard me enter the room.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked at me.

"Brother Mute, I haven't even asked for your name yet. Calling you Mute doesn't seem respectful enough."

The dull eyes flickered, and he said slowly, "Just call me dull."

This guy can communicate.

"Are you meditating?"

He jumped up from the bed, shook his head vigorously, and said naively, "No, no, I can't do it. I can't do it."

It seemed that the four words "meditation and practice" stimulated him.

When I thought about it, I understood why he reacted so strongly.

I'm afraid of being accused of superstition.

I quickly said, "Don't be nervous, I mean no harm."

The taciturn man sat down slowly.

He lowered his head and said, "There is evil spirit in you. If you don't want to die, leave quickly."