Xiaoxuan flipped over the small notebook in her hand, looked at it, nodded and said, "It's ready, enough for us to eat for ten days. In addition, I've prepared a flashlight and mosquito coils."
"Okay," nodded his head: "Then we'll set off at 11:30 tonight. Eat more food and make sure we have enough energy. I hope I can make a little fortune this time."
At around 7 o'clock in the evening, after we had finished our meal and were enjoying the cool air in the courtyard, Yuanbao suddenly came over.
He was wearing long clothes and long trousers, carrying a big bag in his hand. When he came in, he said: "Brothers, we are all from the industry. I just said it directly. You can take me with you."
"I grew up at the foot of Mang Mountain. I am familiar with the mountain and know many gravekeepers. I can definitely help you."
I glanced at my head, then turned around in confusion and asked, "Yuanbao, Master Li probably won't let you go with us, right?"
"Yes, the year before last, there was a big sweep, and more than 30 people were arrested in Hougou Village at one time. Later, my father stopped letting me touch this business."
He pulled Xiao Mazha over and sat down directly. He counted on his fingers and said with a smile: "Look, my child will be born in a few months. Does it cost money to buy children's clothes? Children's clothes are expensive, and milk powder requires Helan."
If you are imported, you have to buy toys, and when you are older, you have to spend money on kindergarten."
"Why do you care about this? Mr. Li is not short of money." I said speechlessly.
He loudly said: "My father's money belongs to me! How can I do it if I don't have any savings? A man must support his family! He cannot have no money in his pocket!"
"Aren't you leaving tonight? Then I'll wait for you at the entrance of the village and meet you then." After saying that, he picked up his bag and left.
After the man left, Dou Sprout scratched his head and asked, "Fengzi, can you take him with you?"
After putting out the cigarette, I thought for a while and said: "Yuanbao is a local, so he must be more familiar with Mangshan than us outsiders. Besides, he is right. There are many tombkeepers living on the mountain. You must avoid them."
If he can help, he is someone in the circle, so take him with you."
There are two categories of tomb keepers in Mangshan, which still exist today.
The first type is the direct descendants of a certain tomb owner. This type accounts for a smaller proportion, about 20%. They voluntarily guard their ancestral tombs and carry guns with them. If they do not guard their ancestral tombs, they will be 100%
Will be stolen.
The other type refers to the ancient tombs that have been discovered by the archaeological team. The local forestry bureau pays these old people to live near the ancient tombs to help guard them. There are wild boars and dogs in the mountains, and many also have native guns.
From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, the area around Mangshan was very chaotic. If a careful person reads the local newspapers at that time, he or she can often see news with such headlines.
"So-and-so was shot to death or injured by the tomb guard because he was caught robbing a tomb in the mountains and then ran away."
Carrying large and small bags, we only dared to go up the mountain late at night.
Why? Because people have to sleep at night.
Don’t think about it now. The old man who guards the tomb has learned how to use drones. He sits in the house at night and looks at the screen and eats melon seeds. He remotely controls the drone to patrol in the sky. Not to mention digging holes and robbing holes, as long as the area around the ancient tomb is
If you turn on a flashlight, you will be seen.
Then, there is a red button alarm on their bedside. Once you press it, someone will come over quickly and catch you on the spot. Many people take desperate risks and die without knowing how they died.
At 11:30 that night, the only sounds that could be heard in Sansanli Village were the barking of dogs and the chirping of cicadas on the trees.
We set off on time and quietly rushed to the end of the village with our bags. It was dark and Yuanbao was sitting on a big rock. I waved and he quickly followed.
.....
"Stop using the flashlight. Look over there. Do you see it?"
Halfway up the mountain, Yuan Bao pointed to the top of the mountain in the distance, where stars were shining.
He said that the places with bright light were all temples, including the Luzu Temple, the Earth Temple, and the Ghost King Temple.
"I know the first two. What is the Ghost King Temple?"
He stopped and explained in a low voice: "There are too many ancient tombs on Mang Mountain. They are all dead people from ancient times. There are also many haunted legends. Legend has it that Cheng Yaojin was buried in the mountain after his death. He was a demon king during his lifetime and died after his death.
He became the King of Ghosts and restrained all the little ghosts in the mountain, preventing them from coming out to harm others."
"Oh, I see."
I thought to myself that even if I heard this kind of legend, it wouldn’t be true.
"Follow me. I know a path that can be turned over and goes directly to Huanggugou."
I kept walking all night and got lost once. After walking for more than 7 hours, the road was difficult to walk and I had blisters on the soles of my feet. Finally, I arrived at Huanggu Valley, which I had chosen on the map.
After arriving here, the first feeling is that of "isolation from the world".
I don't see any popularity at all, and no one is farming around.
Huanggu Valley, as the name suggests, is a very wide ravine. Not far away from the high mountains, there are several waterfalls flowing down. The waterfalls are connected to an unknown river with gurgling water. (I was in Bilibini that day.
While watching the video, I happened to see someone taking pictures of this place, and I was very surprised. The name is Mangshan Waterfall.)
"Haha," Dou Sprout laughed and said, "I don't think there are any people here, I'm afraid there won't even be a ghost, so just do it, brothers!"
"Don't take everything lightly," the leader ordered: "Xiao Xuan, look around and take a look around. If you see someone, alert him immediately. Yuan Bao, go and put up the tent."
"You three are left, are you tired?"
I smiled and said, "I'm not tired. How can I be tired after making a lot of money? Just like Dou Sprout said, just do it and you'll be done."
He nodded and said: "Then let's do it."
"There are no obvious mounds of sealing earth visually inspected here."
"East, West, South, each of you will take a shovel and dig the pits separately. Each pit will be three meters deep. Let's get started."
I didn’t mention the north side because the north side is the unknown river.
Just do it. The new shovel made by Kong Laoxie is so easy to use. It used to take half an hour to dig a two- to three-meter hole, but now it only takes 15 minutes with the new shovel.
Digging is very fast and effortless, just like eating Dove chocolate, enjoying the silky smoothness.
After working for just over an hour and hitting four or five exploration points, Dou Sprout suddenly shouted: "Come and take a look! I found an ancient tomb!"
I hurriedly ran over to take a look, and I recognized it at a glance. The bean sprouts shovel obviously had "live soil" on it.
"Awesome, Brother Dou!"
"Tch, I haven't used my strength yet, there's no one around, how about digging deeper?"
I said dig it then, what are you waiting for?
Dingdong Dingdang dug a hole and found that it used to be a common people's earthen tomb. It covered an area of less than ten square meters and contained nothing of value except two broken clay pots. No one wanted it for ten yuan.
It had obviously been stolen before, and the hole was buried, so we didn't see it.
In the next three days, we found four civilian tombs or slightly larger ancient tombs in Guanghuang Valley, and they were all dug up!
Clean!
There's nothing there, it's cleaner than a dog's licking basin.
We can select Huanggugou on the map as our leader. There are countless masters in Luoyang, so naturally there are others who think the same as us.
It’s not that there aren’t ancient tombs, there are, and there are quite a few.
But they have all been stolen, and some have been stolen more than once. Nothing is left and everything is taken away.
We were so tired during the day that we were sweating all over, so we took a bath in the river at night. The men were fine, everyone was in the same boat, but it was not convenient for the women. We often had to wait until we fell asleep before Xiaoxuan took a towel and went alone.
Secretly went to bathe in the river.
Late that night, not long after I lay down, before I fell asleep, I suddenly heard Xiaoxuan scream!
I was so scared that I picked up my clothes and ran out to see! I was the first to arrive.
"What's wrong! What's going on!"
By the river.
Xiaoxuan's hair was wet. She covered her upper body with her clothes. She pointed at the river with frightened eyes and said, "There is a woman at the bottom of the river! I saw a pale face!"
At this time, Brother Yu, Bean Sprouts, and others also ran over with flashlights.
I quickly put my clothes on Xiaoxuan and told her about it.
"Is there a woman's face at the bottom of the river?"
Dou Yazai scratched his head in confusion and said: "No, Fengzi, we have been bathing and swimming every day these two days, how can we look so feminine?"
"real!"
Xiaoxuan's face was extremely ugly. She said firmly: "Really! I saw it! It's a woman's face!"
I know Xiaoxuan, she never makes jokes without any reason while working.
The river is gurgling at this moment.
After hearing this, Brother Yu frowned and said to help me take care of it, then he took off his upper body clothes and jumped into the river with a plop.
The water was not too deep, less than two meters. After more than ten seconds, Brother Yu came out of the water, rubbed his face, and shouted with the same frightened look: "Look at your head! There really is a human face under the water! It's so pale!"
"Can't, really?"
Dou Sprout didn't believe it, so he went into the water to take a look. When he came up, his eyes were equally horrified.
Could it be that...a woman drowned at the bottom of the river and was buried in the mud?
Because Xiaoxuan stepped on the mud while taking a shower, revealing her buried white face.