Lin Xiaodong looked at the parchment scroll in his hand. The hieroglyphics on it were a little blurry. It seemed that it had been there for a long time, maybe thousands of years.
Moreover, Lao Liu said that he was hunted down after getting this parchment. Is there any secret hidden behind this parchment?
"Uncle Liu, do you know who are chasing you?"
"I don't know..." Old Liu shook his head regretfully: "They are all people I have never seen before, and I don't know where they come from.
If you insist on holding this, you have to be extremely careful, as those people may come to your door at any time."
"Okay, I must be careful..." Since Old Liu doesn't know who that group of people is, it is difficult to guard against them. He can only take one step at a time.
However, he was not worried about being hunted down.
After all, even Old Liu could only be seriously injured by that group of people. Even if there were more people, they probably wouldn't be able to gain any advantage against him.
What Lin Xiaodong is worried about now is that he is completely confused about this parchment. He only knows that it was dug out of an ancient tomb.
"Uncle Liu, you said you dug this parchment out of an ancient tomb. Can you tell me which ancient tomb it is from? Is there anything special about that tomb?"
"Oh, that tomb is actually nothing special. I heard that the ancestors of the owner of the tomb were quite wealthy, so I thought about robbing the tomb, and then I went there by myself... When I got there, I remember looking at the outside of the tomb.
It felt fine when I woke up, but when I went in, it felt very messy inside, and there was some garbage on the ground. At that time, I was thinking, could it be that this tomb has been robbed?"
"Has it been stolen?
Then this parchment..." "Listen to me first. In fact, I broke a taboo here. If you hadn't asked, I wouldn't have told you.
But since you are my savior, it doesn’t matter if I tell you, but you must keep it a secret for me!” Everyone around him nodded, and then Old Liu continued.
"When I went in, I found that there was nothing inside except the coffin, and it had really been stolen! I was so angry at the time that I pushed open the coffin board and found that all the burial items inside had also been stolen.
Gone, leaving only a dry corpse."
When Lin Xiaodong heard this, he already realized what he was going to do: "So you..." "That's right..." Lao Liu nodded regretfully and said, "We have some people here who secretly carry out tomb robbing, but they all
There is an unwritten rule not to touch the body in the coffin.
But at that time, I was not willing to come here in vain, so I reached out to the ancient corpse."
"Old Liu, you!"
When Mrs. Liu heard this, her eyes widened. She never thought that her husband had done such a thing.
She also knew that there were people in the city who would rob tombs, but at least those people would abide by the customs in Qianshui City, that is, not to disturb the bodies of those who had been buried, but Old Liu actually... Old Liu was shaking when he said this, and his voice was thin.
Like a gnat: "I touched the corpse several times, but I didn't touch anything. Just when I wanted to leave, I didn't know what my hand touched, and the eyes of the ancient corpse opened!"
The people present were so frightened by his narration that they did not dare to speak out. They felt that the room was filled with a ghostly atmosphere, as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
"I saw that he kept shaking for some reason, and his mouth gradually opened. I thought he was pretending to be a corpse, and I was so scared that I backed away.
But not long after, after the ancient corpse grew its mouth to its maximum size, he stopped moving. Then I mustered up the courage to walk close to him and saw that he was holding something in his mouth."
"Could it be...that it's this parchment?"
Lin Xiaodong looked at the parchment scroll in his hand, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
Lao Liu nodded, not daring to look up at him.
"Hey..." Lin Xiaodong couldn't help but move it farther away. No wonder he smelled a rancid smell just now. He was wondering where it came from, but he didn't expect it to be in his hands.
"At that time, I saw something seemed to be in the mouth of the ancient corpse, so I reached in and took it out. This is how I got this parchment scroll."
Lin Xiaodong nodded slightly: "Then you took out this parchment and sold it as an antique, but not only did it not sell, it also attracted the attention of a mysterious person, and was eventually hunted down."
Old Liu sighed and said: "You are right, not only did I not earn a penny, but I was harmed like this.
Maybe this is retribution, I violated a taboo and disturbed that ancient corpse. This is all its curse..." As he said this, Lao Liu, a grown man, actually started crying.
"There are so many curses. Don't think too much about it. It's just that someone is coveting your parchment.
By the way, can you recall what happened when you were chased yesterday?"
"Oh, let me think about it.
Last night I was napping alone in my room, and suddenly someone broke in and asked me to hand over the parchment to them, saying that they would kill me if they didn't.
I refused to give it, so they attacked me."
Sister-in-law Liu also added: "Fortunately, I noticed something was wrong in time, called the neighbors over, and scared the man away..." "Then did you see that man clearly?"
"It's too dark, I really can't see clearly, I'm sorry."
Lin Xiaodong stood up and said: "It's okay, then I will take the parchment away now, and you should be in no danger.
However, Uncle Liu, you have lost too much blood, so you still need to take a good rest to avoid causing any diseases."
Lao Liu and his wife quickly thanked him and took out their family's little savings to pay for their medical practice.
However, Lin Xiaodong and Lian Wanli both declined. After all, the parchment they had given them was enough for the money.
Back at Lian's Medical Clinic, Lin Xiaodong handed the parchment to Lian Wanli, asking him to take a look at it for him.
The handwriting on the paper is blurry and can only be seen clearly if you have to get close to it.
After a long time, he shook his head: "No, I have never seen the writing on it.
I’m afraid this is not the writing in Qianshui City at all, it was probably brought from other places.”
"other places?"
Lin Xiaodong took back the parchment and thought about it carefully.
The owner of the tomb obviously attached great importance to this parchment and even ordered someone to put it in his mouth. This shows that this parchment is definitely not an ordinary object.
Combined with what Lian Wanli said, this parchment was probably brought from other places, so where could it be?
I'm afraid only the owner of the tomb knows this.
But since Old Liu was hunted down because of it, it means that there must be someone in Qianshui City who knows the secret of this parchment!