Longbei Ancient Village 5

  The cripple said: "Twenty years ago... Sun Xia found me to go down to the tomb together, not because I was familiar with the Feng Shui mechanism of the ancient tomb, but because I was good at making high-quality fakes."

  Wei's voice suddenly rose and he said: "So what was sold back then was fake?!"

  The cripple nodded and said, "It's fake... Sun Xia made me switch the real one with a fake one, then we secretly swapped it back, sold the fake one, and split the money at the time. You, Wei Ye, also have a share, you know about this too... So the real jade pendant has been kept by Sun Xia and me all along. That jade pendant is really eerie, we found many buyers but none were successful... After so many years, I suddenly saw the news about Longbei Ancient Village on TV and was scared to death! We all know that Longbei Ancient Village disappeared twenty years ago! It's impossible for so many people to still be alive! The jade pendant must be too eerie! I... I really can't take it anymore, so... so I thought of bringing the jade pendant back, just put it back and forget about it..."

  Wei Ye saw him getting more and more agitated, the fake jade pendant was sold for a sky-high price back then. If he suddenly got his hands on a real jade pendant, how could Wei Ye possibly let him return it? He said: "You want to return it? Just because of this Longbei Ancient Village? Who knows if there were survivors from the village back then? We don't know, and after all these years, not even a hint of news. If something was amiss, we would have been caught already."

  The cripple widened his eyes and said, "You don't know! It's really too sinister! At noon you also saw the hand in the well! That well, that well back then... And the owner of the inn, that old man, did you notice? He looks exactly like the village chief from 20 years ago!"

  Wei Ye thought for a moment, and couldn't help but shudder, but he calmed himself down and said: "Maybe it's just a resemblance, if it really is the person from twenty years ago, he should have recognized us by now, there's no reason for him not to mention it."

  Wen Baiyu kept her ears perked up to listen, but what they said was vague and unclear, which only piqued her curiosity even more.

  Twenty years ago...

  Longwanggu Village...

  And that jade pendant...

  Wen Baiyu's heart felt like there was a small cat scratching inside.

  The time spent crouching with white feathers is a bit long, and the legs and feet are starting to go numb. Adding to that, I'm so hungry that I can barely crouch.

  Wen Baiyu slightly lifted her spirits and wanted to change her moves, lest she wouldn't be able to get up after a while.

  Just as he exerted a bit of force, the ground suddenly gave way beneath him, but it was only a slight feeling, and Wen Baiyu thought it was just his imagination, so he moved again slightly.

  Then came a " splash" sound, followed by Wen Baiyu's muffled hum, and the ground under Wen Baiyu's feet suddenly collapsed in a large area.

  "Save..."

  Wen Baiyu didn't even have time to finish shouting before he felt the mud piling up on his head and face, burying him alive. He was dragged down with the mud, the depth of which seemed to want to smash him to death.

  Wen Baiyu only had time to feel a sense of weightlessness, and then his head hurt, and suddenly everything in front of him went black, and he fainted.

  The white feather fell too fast, a piece of land collapsed, and Wan Qi Jing Hou took a look at the cave entrance, without any hesitation, immediately turned over and jumped in.

  "What kind of person!?"

  The lame man and Wei Ye both jumped in fright; if someone had overheard their conversation, it would have been disastrous.

  Two people ran over, and all they saw was a large pit on the ground, extremely deep, with an inky blackness inside that made it impossible to see their fingers when they stretched out their hands. It was impossible to tell if there was anyone inside. If someone had really fallen in, they would certainly have been smashed to death. The chances of survival were slim.

  The cripple trembled with fear and said: "This... this... is a grave! That grave!"

  "Wei said: "Don't be afraid, this tomb is so deep, if it suddenly collapses, we'll definitely get killed. Let's go first and don't let others discover us.""

  The cripple had to pick up his own backpack, and the two of them had just taken a step when suddenly there was another "crash" sound. The ground collapsed instantly, just like before.

  "Ahhh!!!!!!"

  The cripple and Wei Ye shouted together, and in an instant they all fell in...

  The back of her white-haired head hurt a lot, and she also felt a wave of nausea and dizziness...

  He must have gotten a concussion, will he become stupid from it?

  Wen Baiyu slowly opened his eyes with great effort, thinking to himself.

  The feeling of dizziness was severe, Wen Baiyu opened his eyes and felt that the scene in front of him was spinning around, but soon he let out a sigh of relief because he saw Wan Qi Jing Hou.

  Wan Kuang's black clothes had some gray dust on them, but he didn't look disheveled at all. He leaned back beside Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu wanted to sit up, but he found that as soon as he exerted his legs, a sharp pain suddenly swept over him.

  "Hiss——"

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath, and her back broke out in cold sweat.

  Wan Kuang said: "Don't move."

  He helped Wen Baiyu sit up, leaning him against the stone wall, and said: "Your leg is broken."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu was so angry he had no tears to cry. What kind of bad luck did he have in his past life? He fell into a pit and broke his leg.

  He looked up but couldn't see any light, even on a dark night there should be some glow.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou seemed to know what he was looking at and said: "When you fainted, the cave entrance collapsed again."

  Again...

  Collapsed...

  Wen Baiyu buried her face in her hands, and it seemed that misfortunes never came singly. Was this the end of everything?

  But thinking again, even if there was no collapse, and I broke my leg, how could I possibly climb up such a high distance? Not dying from the fall is already something to be grateful for.

  "What should we do now?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou handed his travel bag to Wen Bai Yu's back and said: "I'll carry you on my back."

  Wen Baiyu felt that now there was no other way but this one.

  He slung his travel pack on his back and saw that General Wan Xi Jing Hou was already slightly bent at the knees, his back to him, indicating for him to get on.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly got up and pounced on Wan Jingshou's back, then wrapped her arms around his neck.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou easily picked up Wen Bai Yu, and although he didn't look very sturdy, he was able to carry him steadily. His back was quite wide, and Wen Bai Yu felt pretty comfortable lying on it...

  Wen Baiyu lay on the back of Wan Kuang Jing Hou, listening to the "rustling" sound of footsteps, and sighed: "I'm not curious anymore...... It's simply that curiosity kills the cat."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou didn't hold it against him, and Wen Bai Yu said: "Where are we? How did a hole suddenly appear out of nowhere? And it's so deep?"

  "In the tomb."

  "Wen Baiyu was startled and said: 'In the tomb!?'"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded and said, "This path looks like it was dug out by humans, but later filled with soil. Such a deep hole, after a long time, collapse is not surprising."

  Wen Baiyu heard him say it was a grave, and his whole body broke out in goosebumps. He immediately said: "You, you have a flashlight in your bag, right? I'll just shine some light on it."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stopped and said: "Bring it. There are also some biscuits and water, you're not hungry, eat a bit, don't know when we can get out."

  Wen Baiyu hastily pulled out the flashlight and indeed saw biscuits and mineral water, but this was an ancient tomb, who knows if there were corpses or even glutinous rice dumplings with white bones, how could he eat them without throwing up, it would already be a blessing if he didn't vomit.

  Wen Baiyu turned on his flashlight and shone it forward for Wan Kuang Jinghou. The cave was extremely deep.

  "Shhh... shhh..."

  For a moment it was quiet, and Wen Baiyu could only hear his own breathing, as well as the sound of Wan Jingshou's footsteps, which was somewhat eerie.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt that the silence was too frightening, so she found a topic and said: "Do you think there will be ghosts in this tomb?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said in a calm tone, "This depends on the owner of the tomb."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Can't we have a good conversation anymore! Wen Baiyu felt that Wan Jingshou's one sentence had overturned all his words, and at this time, shouldn't he be saying gentle things like "Don't be afraid, there won't be any ghosts", "Don't be afraid, even if there are ghosts, I'm here"?!

  Wen Baiyu was silent for two minutes, but couldn't help feeling a chill run down his spine. He said, "That cripple and Wei Ye said they took out the jade tablet from the grave, is it this one?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou still spoke in a flat tone: "I don't know."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  If it weren't for Wen Baiyu knowing his personality, such a concise response would have definitely made him think that Wan Kuang Jing Hou was targeting himself!

  Wan Kuang's footsteps suddenly stopped, and Wen Baiyu's whole body tensed up, saying: "What's wrong?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Nothing much, this thief tunnel seems to have been dug directly into the burial chamber."

  He said, Wen Baiyu looked ahead and saw that the tunnel was almost at its end. In front of them was an exit, and Wan Jingshou walked through it with him on his back.

  As I walked through the entrance, the space in front of me suddenly opened up, and it turned out to be a huge stone chamber. The four walls of the stone chamber were carved with floral patterns and totems.

  Wen Baiyu recognized the totem at a glance and said, "Look, it's the same as the one on that grave last time, Phoenix!"

  Wen Baiyu still remembered the last time in that tomb, where a story about King Xiang of Western Zhou and Honghu was engraved. The state of Xiang was protected by the auspiciousness of Honghu, so it took Honghu as its totem.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is this tomb related to the previous one?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou simply shook his head and didn't say a word, staring at the totem on the wall for a while before withdrawing his gaze, saying: "There's a tomb passage over there."

  There is no coffin in the stone chamber, it's obviously not the main tomb chamber. Instead, many offerings are placed here, and there are several large cauldrons, which look like a storage room.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou carried Wen Bai Yu towards the tomb path, when they passed by the large tripod, Wen Bai Yu was a bit curious and took advantage of his neck to look inside, suddenly he was stunned.

  Wen Baiyu hastily patted Wang Ju's shoulder and said: "Wait, wait, there is someone in the cauldron, it's a child!"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou stopped and turned his head to look at the large tripod.

  In the pot was indeed a child, who looked like he was six or seven years old.

  He curled up and lay in the cauldron, wearing a dragon-back ancient village outfit, with a long-life lock still hanging from his chest, his eyes closed.

  Wen Baiyu looked at his pale face, lips slightly losing their color, but obviously a living person, and said: "The child in the village? How are you here?"

  He said, and just then saw the child in the pot suddenly move, "whoosh", two eyes opened.

  Crimson...

  Wen Baiyu's face immediately turned pale. The child moved slightly, and only then did he realize that the child sleeping in the cauldron had no right hand...

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