Tomb raiding: Intercepting Yin Xinyue and building a family of immortals

Just as Wu Jizong was about to speak, Zhang Qishan, who had been unconscious, suddenly woke up!

He coughed, his voice weak, but his attitude was firm: "Fifth Master, no one is to reveal what happened inside the Ghost Tomb, or they will be making enemies of the Zhang family!"

Among the Nine Gates, the Wu family ranks fifth!

Wu Jizong is the future head of the family, so it's fine to address him as Fifth Master in advance.

Zhang Qishan's use of that title clearly indicates he's serious.

As soon as he finished speaking, the two servants who were taking care of Zhang Qishan drew their daggers from their waists with a swift motion and stared intently at Wu Jizong.

Clearly, they only listen to Zhang Qishan. As long as Zhang Qishan gives the order, they are willing to fight to the death on the spot.

Wu Jizong pursed his lips and could only say, "Fine, I won't say..."

After saying that, he wisely shut his mouth.

But he couldn't control the shock and fear on his face.

Fortunately, Su Chen wasn't one to pry into things, and when it came to understanding the Zhang family, Zhang Qishan was probably less knowledgeable than Su Chen, the one who had read the book.

"It's alright, I'm just doing this for money. Brother Zhang, are you alright?"

Zhang Qishan shook his head. "It's nothing, I'm just exhausted. I'll recover after a day or two of rest."

"Shall we go down the mountain the day after tomorrow?"

"it is good!"

Zhang Qishan's words were concise, so Su Chen decided not to disturb him and left Zhang Qishan's tent with Wu Jizong.

After leaving the tent, Wu Jizong looked at the starry sky and let out a rare long sigh.

After this haunted tomb, he seemed to have gained a lot of insights, and said quietly, "I've been running a household for most of my life, it's time to change my way of living."

Su Chen was taken aback, thinking to himself: This should be your son Wu Laogou's line!

Under normal circumstances, after Wu Laogou experienced the Blood Corpse Tomb and his entire family died, leaving him the only survivor, he realized that those who raid tombs and set up cooking vessels never had a good ending.

So he sent his eldest son, Wu Yiqiong, to study, and he eventually became a geology professor, never having been involved in tomb raiding.

Thinking of this, Su Chen couldn't help but laugh and say, "Brother Wu, are you scared?"

Normally, Wu Jizong would definitely argue a few points.

But this time, contrary to his usual behavior, he answered seriously, "I am indeed a little scared..."

After saying this, Wu Jizong walked towards his tent, his back view appearing somewhat lonely and desolate.

The next day!

The group originally planned to rest for a day and leave the next day.

But to everyone's surprise, at noon, Zhang, the adjutant, led a group of men up the mountain in a great hurry.

"Young master, something terrible has happened! The giant Buddha statue in the Guanyin Temple has been dug up, and a lot of winged maggots have emerged. They're crawling into the noses and ears of the villagers, and most of them have fallen ill!"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qishan immediately became restless.

If two or three thousand Miao villagers were involved in an accident, this huge accusation would be too much for even a trusted confidant of the Hunan Provincial Governor to bear.

Therefore, Zhang Qishan disregarded his injuries and set off back to Guanyin Temple that very day.

Fortunately, Zhang's adjutant brought a team of men who hastily built a makeshift stretcher and carried Zhang Qishan all the way back to the vicinity of Guanyin Temple.

When everyone returned to the Guanyin Temple, they immediately felt a chill run down their spines!

The golden Buddha statue lay on the ground, and beside it lay a mass of Miao villagers, numbering no less than two thousand.

These people were basically all affected, lying on the ground groaning incessantly, their faces showing expressions of pain.

Even those who fared slightly worse suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, their faces turning deathly pale from the torment.

In addition, upon learning the news, the chief of Pingyun Village rushed over with his men of machetes and over a hundred guns.

The chief of Pingyun Village was about fifty years old, with a square face, graying temples, and an imposing presence.

When he saw Zhang Qishan and the others return, he immediately rushed up to them in a rage.

"I promised you I would go into the mountains and work for these villagers, but what have you done?"

Zhang Qishan's expression darkened slightly, and he was about to speak.

But then the chieftain of Pingyun Village said angrily, "If anything happens to our people, none of you will leave here alive!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the allied forces, led by Pingyun Village and composed of more than a dozen surrounding villages, surrounded Su Chen and his group.

Seeing this, Su Chen frowned and turned to look at Zhang Rishan.

"Lieutenant Zhang, how are the villagers doing?"

Zhang Rishan smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "It's not looking good. If they keep vomiting like this, someone might die."

"Have you seen a doctor?"

"I immediately sought out doctors in the village and Western medicine doctors in the surrounding counties. But according to the doctors, these villagers have worms in their bodies and must undergo surgery to remove them, otherwise their condition will not improve."

Su Chen pondered for a moment and looked at Wu Jizong.

"Brother Wu, you mentioned before that there were winged maggots in the Ghost Tomb. How did you deal with them back then?"

"I……"

Wu Jizong hesitated for a moment and looked at Zhang Qishan.

The latter sighed softly and continued, "I have a Qiongqi tattoo on my body, so those poisonous insects dare not approach! But for these villagers, the poisonous insects have already entered their bodies, I'm afraid..."

Before he could finish speaking, the nearest Miao villager suddenly vomited again.

The most terrifying thing was that his vomit contained wriggling maggots and streaks of blood.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Zhang Qishan could only say, "Send someone back to Changsha and immediately bring over the best Western doctors!"

Seeing this, Su Chen walked to the construction site in front of the Guanyin Temple.

A large pit had been dug out, and the golden Buddha statue had been carried out.

But no one expected that a deep well was being suppressed beneath the golden Buddha.

Those winged maggots also flew out from this deep well.

Su Chen followed the rope ladder left by the villagers down to the bottom of the pit.

This is an ancient well shaped like a lotus flower. Su Chen peered into it and found that the well was unfathomably deep, with no bottom in sight.

Just then, a few winged maggots flew out from the bottom of the well.

After the maggot flew up, it tried to burrow into his mouth and nose. Su Chen's face turned cold, and he flicked his sleeve, knocking it to the ground, then stomped on it!

However, to Su Chen's surprise, the maggots were still wriggling on the ground, showing extremely strong vitality.

"No wonder those villagers couldn't escape it; this thing's vitality is comparable to that of a cockroach."

Su Chen thought to himself, then squatted down to observe the maggots.

He discovered that the maggots had fine hairs on their backs, making them look like white, fleshy worms.

Su Chen shook his head and was about to go up and have someone seal the deep well to prevent other poisonous insects from flying out.

However, just as he turned around, he accidentally bumped into the two rings in his hand.

The next second, the two rings rang out with two distinct rings.

At the bottom of the pit, a few poisonous insects actually fell down, wriggled a few times on the ground, and quickly died.

Su Chen was taken aback and exclaimed in surprise, "The Double Rings have this function?"

He quickly climbed onto the ground, found the villager with the most severe illness, and then gently tapped the two-ringed clapper twice on him!

Before long, the villager stopped crying out in pain, and some color returned to his face.

A moment later, he rubbed his stomach with some surprise and got up from the ground.

With this example, Su Chen immediately confirmed that the two-ringed device in his hand had a remarkable effect on this kind of poisonous insect, and the sound could kill the poisonous insect.

So he went to the chief of Pingyun Village and told him about it.

When the chief of Pingyun Village saw the villagers recover, he was overjoyed and quickly organized all the villagers who had been infected, asking Su Chen to help them kill the insects.

They worked tirelessly until nightfall, and all two thousand villagers were finally cured.

At the same time, Zhang Qishan directed Zhang Rishan and others to completely fill the deep well with molten iron.

As for the unexcavated parts of the ancient temple, the plan is not to excavate them again, but to re-fill them back in.

Once everything had settled down, Zhang Qishan watched the departing Pingyun Village chief, then turned to Su Chen and said earnestly, "Mr. Su, we are very grateful for your help this time. I'll say it again: my Zhang family owes you a favor. If you have any problems in Changsha City in the future, just come to me, Zhang Qishan."

"must."

After parting ways with Zhang Qishan and the others, Su Chen headed straight to a nearby county town. Then, together with Su Xiaotian, Sixth Uncle Su Renxiu, and Black-backed Old Six, they boarded a train bound for the north.

Besides completing his mission, he planned to make a side trip to the capital to settle the marriage certificate issue during his trip to the north.

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