I didn't know that I would go on this road, but now I have almost become an out-and-out grave keeper, living a life of yin and yang, black and white.When others were sleeping soundly at night, I walked alone between the mausoleum and the grave, watched the phosphorous fire light up, listened to the chirping of foxes and owls, and sometimes followed that gloomy old Miao in Xinzheng. Wandering among the grass and deep mounds in the outskirts, until the east turns white and the rooster crows red, then I yawn and walk towards the school.I can go back to my dormitory in SIAS during the darkest time before dawn at four o'clock in the morning, sleep for an hour, forget all the stories that happened at night, and go to class refreshed.

Sometimes it’s really worthless when I think about it. I paid a lot of money to go to school in this small town in the Central Plains, but I didn’t expect to become a mausoleum guard by accident. If my parents find out, I don’t know how they will feel. , But I still don't want them to know that I am not only a voluntary patrolman of the ancient tomb patrol team of the cultural relics management department in name, but also shoulder an unknown mission after meeting that old clock.Sometimes I think about it, is it a bit too much for me, a 21-year-old college student, to shoulder such a heavy responsibility.I asked Lao Miao, and Lao Miao shook his head. He has never talked much. He has worked in the Cultural Relics Bureau for nearly 30 years. Very little communication with people.But I heard about his deeds from Lao Zhong. Not only did he personally capture tomb robbers with no less than three digits, but he also has an awe-inspiring ability, which is why Lao Zhong asked me to partner with him. reason.Speaking of Lao Zhong, I have mixed love and hate for him. I hate because he makes me a person who deals with lonely souls and wild ghosts. I love because he accidentally revealed a special ability of mine. One of the reasons that forced me into the patrol.This old clock is a mysterious figure. Although he does not have a high position in the cultural relics management department, he is quite respected and is said to be quite influential in the local government.This old guy had gray temples, deep grooves and shallow brows, although he usually squinted his eyes, but when he opened them suddenly, he was radiant, which made people shudder.This is also one of the reasons why I fell into his hands back then. In fact, if I thought about it later, if I could persevere, I might be able to fool him, but the Jiaowen Fenjin mistake in my hand betrayed me mercilessly.I have come to this point, half because of my own curiosity and boredom, and the other half because I have a little bit of righteousness.

I am a person who is very interested in history, and I am especially interested in some mysterious and mysterious things. This is not like my father or my mother. One of them is an engineer and the other is a math teacher. They are both used to using numbers. to manage life, and I like to imagine freely, especially in the dark night, imagining myself talking to many legendary characters. Every time my parents catch me talking to myself in the dark, they are very anxious, afraid that I will lose my mind. If there is a problem, I told my grandfather in my hometown.As a result, my grandfather was very happy when he heard my story. He came all the way from his hometown and asked me to go back to his hometown with him to learn some magic skills.When my parents were anxious, they sent me to SIAS, Zhengzhou University, so that I could be influenced by Western culture, so as not to become a half-immortal like my grandfather.

In the end, it was okay not to send SIAS, but after sending SIAS, I completely deviated from my parents' expectations and embarked on a path that they could not imagine.And the cause of the incident was precisely because we found a piece of jade on the construction site where the school was being built.It was in the shape of a mutant dragon, which was often seen on bronze wares of the Warring States Period, with a pig's head and a snake's body, no horns, and fish scales.Later, Lao Zhong told me that it was a kind of amulet worn by Zheng Guo warriors during the Warring States Period, symbolizing bravery.He insisted that it was an accompanying collection, but I insisted that I picked it up on a construction site.In fact, I don’t know if I picked it up, because it’s something my two buddies in SIAS who love history don’t know where they got it.

Those two guys found me mysteriously and showed me this item. I was also curious at the time, so I took them to an antique shop near the ancestral hall in Yanhuang’s hometown for appraisal. Unexpectedly, the boss mistakenly thought that I was going to sell the item to them.As a result, a quarter of an hour later, Lao Zhong drove us away with two men in uniform.When we got to Lao Zhong's office, the two buddies were completely stunned and couldn't speak anymore, but I still had a little self-control and kept trying to defend myself.Old Zhong slapped the table and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Before the construction of your school, we have carried out cultural relics exploration. If any cultural relics can be dug out in the construction area now, I will grab my head and kick it for you." I was also stupid, looking back The two guys who gave me something were both wilted, and tears were about to come out.I also lost my temper, grabbed the crystal ruler on the table and slapped it, and asked boldly, "Then where do you think we come from?" Who knew that Old Zhong was not angry, He stared at Zhenchi for a while, then looked at me carefully for a while, then he laughed, and then asked me: "Young man, who are you, Lou Tugou?" I froze for a moment, and cursed in my heart: Damn, my surname is Lou, but I'm not earthy. Why do you call me an earth dog? You are the earth dog.No, I didn't say how he knew my surname was Lou.Seeing that I didn't speak, Lao Zhong pondered for a while and said, "Who is Lou Kaiding to you?" Now I was honest, and said in a low voice, "It's my grandfather!"

I thought to myself, this is all right, now that I have an acquaintance with my grandfather, maybe things will turn around.Unexpectedly, Lao Zhong asked the police to take the two classmates away, and then closed the door and said to me in a louder voice: "Unexpectedly, Lou Tugou's family skills are still inherited, do you know, this is The burial object of King Han’s Mausoleum is the spoils of King Han’s destruction of Zheng, and this thing is only found in the tomb! You dare to steal King Han’s Mausoleum in your school, hehe, go to jail!” "Han King's Tomb? You are not fooling me, old man. I don't know where there are any tombs in the area of ​​the school. Things like Wangling's tomb have obvious ground marks. No matter how bad it is, there is a big mound of dirt." Mound?I stood there suddenly, feeling a sense of uneasiness welling up in my heart.Old Zhong seemed to know what I was thinking, and his two little eyes were full of complacency. "Could it be?" I asked a question, and before I could say it, Lao Zhong nodded his head: "You guessed right, it is indeed that place, that place is King Han's Tomb, to be precise, it is the smaller one among many Han King's tombs." One, it is also a place that attracts more attention in the school," Lao Zhong said with a sense of superiority like an old cat playing mouse, "tell me, young man, you shouldn't use the things your grandpa taught you in a crooked way. !"

I was confused again, what does this have to do with my grandfather, he didn't teach me anything! Seeing my puzzled expression, Old Zhong smiled, "Boy, did your grandfather give you the ear drum chain you're wearing?" I looked at the bracelet on my hand in surprise, thinking that this old boy How do you know this?I nodded and looked at him with a confused look on my face. Old Zhong was even happier. "Boy, you should still have a copper coin hanging around your neck, right?" I still nodded numbly. "Show me!" He held out his hand.I suddenly came to my senses: Why do you command me, why should I give you whatever you want?

"Hehe, the ones from the old Lou's family are pretty cool!" Old Zhong cursed with a smile, and stretched out his hand to grab me.I didn't see what was going on at all, and the evil-proof copper coin that I wore next to my body came into his hand.I was just about to be anxious with him, but I found that he was looking at the copper coin carefully, and there was a little moisture in his eyes.I heard him say to himself: "Lou Tugou, I didn't expect that we would meet again like this!" What happened next left me even more dumbfounded. He even started crying while holding the copper coin, and the old man was sobbing like a child.After crying, I wiped my nose and said to me: "Call your grandpa and tell him that you have leaked the kiln. Tell him to mend the hole and bring the old felt from forty years ago!" Grandpa knew each other well, and the friendship was not shallow, so he said to him: "What do you ask me to do, I will do it? One person does things and one person is in charge, why call my grandpa? If anything comes to me, I will take it all!" Old Zhong re-examined me in surprise, and suddenly smiled: "You bear it? Can you afford it? I'm afraid your grandpa may not be able to bear it. Let me tell you, you are in big trouble this time!"

After laughing enough, Old Zhong sat quietly behind the executive desk, staring at me unceasingly until he stared at me so hard that he asked me abruptly, "Have you heard of grave robbers?" "Tomb robber?" I trembled in my heart, recalling that some people in my old family often jokingly called grandpa a "half fairy", and this old guy just kept claiming that I used the technique my grandpa taught me to get this jade pendant, and this The jade pendant is also a so-called funeral object. Could it be, could it be that grandpa was once a tomb robber? My question seemed to be on my face. Seeing my terrified expression, Lao Zhong couldn't help laughing triumphantly: "Boy, do you know you're afraid?" I lowered my head and muttered: " My grandfather was a tomb robber and it was before liberation, yes, it’s the evil old society!" I seemed to have found a reason for the elders to be relieved, and my eyes radiated an astonishing light.

"Haha!" Old Zhong seemed to lose his temper with a laugh, "Boy, your grandpa is not a tomb robber. Besides, your grandpa was still young in the old society, but your great-grandpa is famous in the tomb robbery business." !” Lao Zhong took a sip of tea, looked at my curious and expectant expression, and told me the family history that I never knew. My great-grandfather used to be a well-known carpenter on both sides of the Yellow River. The furniture he made was not only durable, but also carved with dragons and phoenixes. It has a bit of artistic characteristics, and he can be regarded as a not-so-small artist now.In addition, my great-grandfather also likes to study ancient books. He once imitated the designs of ancient books to restore some legendary utensils. Someone once saw the wooden geese he made fly in the sky for nearly two hours.Thus, the well-known great-grandfather became the "living Luban" on both sides of the Yellow River.Landlords and gentry in the countryside would come to their homes to ask my great-grandfather to build a set of exquisite furniture when they married their daughters or daughters-in-law.As a result, my family gradually became prosperous under the skillful hands of my great-grandfather.It's a pity that my great-grandfather had a problem, and it was this problem that almost brought down our family, and my great-grandpa died suddenly because of this problem indirectly.

In fact, this problem is not a big problem.My great-grandpa loves to go to theatres. In the old saying, he is a fancier.But he is too obsessed with fanciers, he can chase a troupe for dozens of miles, and often leaves home because of it.Just watch it, but I fell in love with a Huadan in the troupe. At that time, my grandma was already pregnant. However, in order to watch that Huadan play, my great-grandfather actually chased him from the south of the Yellow River to the North of the Yellow River. After running for more than ten days, I left the custom-made furniture there, and the owner of the goods came to remind me every day, and my grandma was so angry that she wiped tears.Coincidentally, that Hua Dan offended a local warlord when she was acting in Xi'an, and the warlord got angry and asked Hua Dan to wear a summer dress and sing an excerpt in the ice and snow the next day.At that time, it was a cold day, and it had just snowed heavily, and it would take at least an hour to perform an excerpt, which was obviously a life-threatening job.At that moment, the team leader discussed with Hua Dan about running away overnight, but Hua Dan said with tears in her eyes, can running outrun cars and bullets?Because I can't hurt everyone.As a result, a group of people hugged each other and wept.When everyone was mourning, great-grandpa ran to the backstage and said, what's the problem, leave it to me, and I will go to the warlord tomorrow, and I'm sure it will be all right.The class leader said that if you are old, don't be brave. I know that your craftsmanship is the best in the world, but this is not making furniture!The great-grandpa chuckled, and said so and so in the head teacher's ear, the head teacher looked surprised after hearing it, and the great-grandpa slapped his chest and said that I was right. Immediately, the troupe master prepared a complete set of equipment for Grandpa according to Grandpa's instructions, and Grandpa found some helpers and tailors, and worked hard all night at the troupe's residence. The next day, my great-grandpa followed a small sedan chair for four people to the small courtyard of Lord Overseer. The overseer hugged his concubine and looked out through the bamboo curtain around the stove.I saw a beautiful woman getting off the sedan chair, wearing a light gauze, with picturesque eyebrows and eyes, leaning on the sedan chair and began to babble and sing "The Drunken Concubine". Goose Feather was snowing heavily, Huadan still sang unhurriedly, without any chill.When it was snowing heavily, Hua Dan was still wearing a tulle and her movements were flowing, without any stagnation.The warlord was also a reckless man, and he was very impressed when he saw this scene, so he ordered the adjutant to boil hot wine for the actor to warm up, who knew that the adjutant ran back after leaving for a long time, and whispered in the warlord's ear.The overseer was surprised when he heard that, grabbed the pistol in his hand, rushed out the door, and went straight to the actor.It wasn't until recently that I realized that this is not a person, it's just a puppet with leather covering its face, and the joints behind it are connected to the sedan chair with thin wires, but the puppet is so exquisitely made that it is no different from a real person, and there are no joints. Not the slightest bit of stiffness.The warlord opened the curtain and saw that it was the great grandfather holding a large amount of wire, and the Huadan was wearing a thick leather jacket, sitting beside the great grandfather, babbling and singing non-stop.Feelings are a double act.At that time, my great-grandfather's face turned pale with fright, and he thought it was over! The warlord pointed his pistol at the grandfather's head, his face turned pale with anger, and he wanted to shoot and end the grandfather's life.As a result, a shot was fired, but the puppet fell to the ground, with blood gushing from its body. It turned out that the pistol went off and hit the puppet when the warlord raised his hand in anger.The puppet was so lifelike that it was "dead" like a real person.The warlord was amazed when he saw this scene, and after careful questioning, he found out that his great-grandfather was the famous "Living Luban".And the great grandfather is proficient in the art of mechanics, and the reputation of being good at making various utensils has long been spread.The warlord moved his mind, and immediately let the actor go, leaving the great grandfather in the mansion.This stay is nine years. In the past nine years, except for the occasional grandpa who was rushed home by a few people to bring back some silver dollars, and then hurried away in the warlord's rickshaw, he stayed at home for less than half an hour each time, and never said anything to grandma. A few words.In this way, at the beginning of the ninth year, my grandfather has already started to go to school in a private school to listen to Mr. Liezi.When the teacher mentioned the critical moment when King Mu of Zhou was going to enter Yanshi, an ingenious craftsman who presented the "singing and dancing" wooden mechanism man, Grandma Tai sent someone to call Grandpa home—Grandpa came back. When the great-grandpa returned home, he was covered in blood. He had been shot three times, but he was a little bit away from his heart.The adjutant of the warlord who sent him home tightly shook his grandfather's hand.Grandpa said hoarsely: "Thank you for your kindness!" The adjutant nodded and walked away quietly. Grandpa looked at the adjutant's back and felt that the guy smiled a little weirdly.In this way, my great-grandfather left his homeland overnight with his family dragging his wounded body, and came to the Yellow River North to seek a living. The injured great-grandpa didn't suffer for a few years, and died suddenly when he was fifteen years old.In just a few years, my grandfather learned the skills of a skilled craftsman. At the same time, my grandfather also taught him a series of strange things, such as the production of some mechanism hidden weapons, the use of mercury, cinnabar, red mercury, and underground civil engineering. He also took out a book of gossip diagrams for grandpa to memorize some locations repeatedly, and drew a picture for grandpa to keep firmly in his mind. Six years passed in a flash. After hearing that the warlord who ordered to shoot grandpa died in the rebellious army during the Central Plains War, grandpa lay on the sickbed and said mysteriously to grandpa: "Don't be greedy for foreign money, and use dirty money." Don’t take it, but don’t miss out on my family’s wealth!” Then he left with a smile on his face. One night after grandpa finished taking care of grandpa's funeral, a group of mysterious people came to the house, dropped a thousand Yuan Datou, and forcibly kidnapped grandpa.It wasn't until seeing the adjutant who sent grandpa back that grandpa realized how big a game grandpa had set up for the prosperity of his children and grandchildren. It turned out that the warlord kept his great-grandfather by his side for nine years because he wanted his great-grandfather to build a tomb for him, not his tomb, but his old father's tomb.Not only the grandfather, but the warlord has recruited almost all the well-known Fengshui masters, onmyojis, and skilled craftsmen near Mangshan Mountain. The purpose is to build a tomb for his father's bones in Mangshan Mountain that gathers wind and energy and prospers generations of descendants.And what the grandfather needs to do is to complete the last process for this tomb, which is to build a series of anti-theft mechanisms that will kill the tomb robbers.Grandpa was speechless when he entered the tomb. Inside were all kinds of rare treasures looted by the warlord. The warlord had said more than once that he would leave the only way to enter the tomb to his descendants. Even if he couldn’t keep his descendants When the future generations are in power, we must also protect the wealth and honor of the future generations.Grandpa already knew at this time that it would be difficult to get out of the Governor's Mansion alive, so he secretly disclosed the construction plan to the Governor's adjutant. The adjutant was surprised when he heard that it was actually the Warlord's treasure house, so the two The personal tacit understanding was reached. The adjutant saved the life of the great-grandfather in a critical moment, and the great-grandfather handed over the method of entering the tomb to the adjutant. Since the warlord is still powerful, we agreed to let the next generation work together to open this treasure house. .Unexpectedly, during the Central Plains War, the warlord died, and his family members fell apart. The descendants who had not handed this secret to the warlord at the last moment disappeared on the battlefield along with the warlord. So not long after the death of the warlord, the adjutant couldn't wait to find the trace of the great grandfather.But because my great-grandfather moved, it took some time to find a home just after my grandfather finished his coffin.The adjutant also pretended to say a few words, and even cheated and took the grandfather away. When he came to the warlord's father's cemetery, the adjutant changed his face and used a gun to force his grandfather to open this large tomb built on the hillside with many traps.Grandpa had no choice but to use a whirlwind shovel to explore the tomb.Following his grandfather's instructions, he quickly found the tunnel of the main tomb.This is a typical northern tomb with a back-shaped pit structure.Grandpa came to the main tomb according to the structural instructions of the Eight Diagrams.The tomb has reached the depths of the earth mountain, and the surroundings are neatly stacked together with marble, without even a single seam.And in the middle there is a white jade stone door, which is actually the huge mouth of a beast that looks like a tiger, standing in front of it with a ferocious face.Grandpa took a deep breath, because great-grandpa didn't tell him there was such a door when he left.Grandpa was a little timid, and at this time the adjutant was also dazzled by his dream of wealth, and he insisted on blasting the surrounding stone walls regardless of dissuasion.Therefore, the others withdrew from the tomb passage far away, waiting for the adjutant to blow up the tomb.But I waited and waited, but there was no movement.Later, grandpa plucked up the courage to lead a few people into the tomb passage, and everyone was shocked when they saw it.The explosives exploded, but it didn't shake the mausoleum at all. A group of bloody people were lying on the ground, all of them were stripped of their skins, lying on the ground in bloody lumps.And the surface of the adjutant's entire body was peeled off alive by something, and his body was covered in dark red blood.The adjutant's eyelids were gone, only a pair of white eyes rolled up and down, hoarse voice kept shouting: "Tiger, tiger!"Grandpa was horrified, and was about to retreat, but found that the ferocious animal head above the main entrance had disappeared inexplicably, and the original gate had also changed, as if it was the gate depicted in the picture given to him by his great-grandfather.However, dozens of live skinless people who were still hoarse and struggling under their feet made harsh noises. A fifteen-year-old boy could hardly resist the fear in his heart, so he fled out of the mausoleum like flying. The adjutant was skinned alive and died in the depths of the warlord's tomb, and the entourage was frightened and fled in all directions.However, news that the warlord's tomb was a treasure house disappeared, attracting tomb robbers from the north and south of the Yellow River, Beijing and Tianjin to gather in Mangshan.