Chapter 25 Chapter 25: The Vanishing Royal Tomb

Looking back, Zhang Xianfan found Bill, an American cultural relic merchant, at the Yudai Bridge Inn, and told him that the surname Xiao was a liar.Although Bill was dubious, he still couldn't resist the temptation and was willing to meet the "true Buddha" with Zhang Xianfan. It was the first time when the lights came on, and although there was no moon in the sky at the end of the month, the stars were particularly dazzling. Zhang Xianfan and Bill walked through the streets and came to a deep house compound.He called to open the door, and the servant who opened the door led the two of them into an elegant study room with a lantern. A kind and mature man was very surprised to see Zhang Xianfan leading a foreigner.

Zhang Xianfan pointed to the kind man and introduced to Bill: "This is the real Buddha you want to see, Mr. Jiang Xinghe." Bill looked Jiang Xinghe carefully: "I seem to have seen you before. Do you often go to Baoqing? I remember, we had dinner together—a guest invited by boss Jia Shoucheng." Jiang Xinghe bowed his hands to Bill enthusiastically, and said, "My memory is not good, what should I call you?" "His name is Bill. He is an American cultural relic dealer. He was deceived by a liar who claimed to be surnamed Xiao. The liar said that he had Tang Bohu's "Four Seasons of Pleasure". This group of ancient paintings is obviously in the hands of Boss Jiang. Isn't the big big lie intentionally trying to entrap other foreigners!"

As soon as Zhang Xianfan said, Jiang Xinghe finally understood the purpose of the other party's visit, so he said to Bill: "Frankly speaking, I don't have "Four Seasons of Carnival", but I can guarantee that if you want to get this group of paintings, it may be better to find me than Mr. Xiao." Be realistic." "Mr. Bill, did you hear that Boss Jiang is the richest man in Duliang? If you don't believe him, why are you trusting a liar who doesn't even want to tell you his name? Duliang's liars are very powerful, and they can do anything. Killing for money.” Zhang Xianfan turned to Jiang Xinghe and said, “Boss Jiang, I will leave it to you, Mr. Bill. Today is the 29th day of the seventh lunar month, and I have to visit a friend.”

Jiang Xinghe understood it as soon as he heard it, and said, "You go, I will treat Mr. Bill well." Zhang Xianfan handed the horse to the servants in Jiang's compound, asked him to feed it, and then went to the Ecstasy Courtyard in Wulingjing.Recently, he has often spent time here, and Jiang Xinghe greeted the old bustard, and he became very popular in the Ecstasy House, becoming a sought-after item among prostitutes.He came late that day, most of the young ladies were already married and enjoying themselves in their respective rooms, only one young lady was left leaning at the gate waiting for business to come.This woman is not as coquettish as her companions, and she is reserved and unassuming, so she is also inconspicuous and rarely attracts the attention of clients.When Zhang Xianfan looked at it carefully, he couldn't help but like it—this woman has a kind of Xiaojiabiyu's purity, which is extremely difficult to find in brothels.He was so excited as if he had discovered a new world, and immediately hugged her into the room.

After some tenderness, the woman blushed when she saw Zhang Xianfan looking at her without blinking, and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that!" Zhang Xianfan's Adam's apple wriggled for a while: "I think you look like a person." "Who do you look like?" "I can't remember at once. What's your name?" The woman said, "My name is Yinhong." Zhang Xianfan said: "This name is not unusual, what is unusual is that it always feels very familiar." Seeing what Zhang Xianfan said, Yinhong thought of someone, and asked: "Mr. Zhang is the Tongcheng Mansion of Duliang, there is nothing you don't know, Tan Xiaoku, have you heard of it?"

"I know, an orphan, now Zhu Zixiang's apprentice, why do you ask him?" "I had a relationship with him. He also said that I look like a person. When you mention it tonight, I will think of him." "Who did he say you look like?" "He said that I look like Jiang Xinghe's daughter, Miss Jiang Yuying—oh, she is Miss Qianjin, how can I compare with her!" Yinhong said, feeling sad. "I also remembered, you look exactly like her!" Zhang Xianfan suddenly realized. "Tan Xiaoku, is he okay now? I heard that his master has been released from prison, but there has been no news of him for a while."

Zhang Xianfan said: "I also want to inquire about him, maybe they have already left Duliang." Yinhong said: "He is such a poor man, it's the first time for him and me..." Zhang Xianfan became interested again and said, "Don't talk about him, let's talk about us." Marriage Hong blew out the lamp and put down the tent... The next day, Zhang Xianfan didn't get up until the sun was up on the window sill, and the marriage red rose first, and she was already sitting in front of the dressing table and putting on makeup. She saw Zhang Xianfan get up from the mirror, and said, "Shall I have breakfast here?"

Zhang Xianfan put on his clothes before he said: "It's already morning, why don't you have breakfast, why don't you come with me to Zhige Pavilion to eat duck in blood sauce." Yinhong said: "We can't play, mother will punish us. If you like me, you can redeem me." Seeing that the hot water was ready, Zhang Xianfan began to wash his face: "Don't tell me, I really want to redeem you. Go and ask the bustard how much it will cost." "No money, as long as you have the heart to make a bet - I knew you were kidding me, men are all the same, they just like to eat fresh food, and you are tired of such an outstanding person as the shopkeeper's wife."

Zhang Xianfan said with a smile: "She is not as beautiful as you, and I didn't say I was bored with her." Yinhong said: "You just know how to coax women, no wonder Xia Mei likes you so much. I have something to ask you. There is a poem on my wall. Tan Xiaoku asked me to wipe it off when he saw it, but he refused to tell me it was What do you mean? I am illiterate, so I stayed here to find out, and whenever there were literate guests, I would ask them, but they all said it was a good poem and advised me not to rub it.” When Zhang Xianfan read it, it turned out to be a poem mocking prostitutes, and he read it to Yinhong, who was so ashamed that she almost cried.Zhang Xianfan asked, "Who wrote this poem?"

Yinhong said: "It's Li Shiyan, the housekeeper of Jiang's mansion, damn it, next time he comes to me, I'll throw him out!" Zhang Xianfan said: "Don't bombard him, I'll help you write a poem in return for him, next time he comes, he won't dare to bully you anymore." So Yinhong went to get a pen and inkstone, and Zhang Xianfan inscribed next to the "Poems Satiating Prostitutes"—— The source of the source is the mud, and the bottom of the water is unique. Shiyin can know the victory of heaven and earth, but Anzang knows the secrets of ghosts and gods.

Hidden and shrunk without head and tail, stretched out to be able to move as fast as flying. King Wen drew hexagrams and divination by Zeng Yuan, and Chang Natingtai accompanied Fu Yi. Yunlong reveals a thousand kinds of beauty, and the water pushes the waves to blow the waves. Strips of gold thread are threaded into armor, and dots are decorated into colorful tortoise shells. Nine palaces gossip gowns are fixed, and green clothes are scattered and scattered. He was lucky to be a brave dragon king during his life, and he was good at carrying the Buddha monument after his death. If you want to know the name and surname of this thing, you will make waves and evil turtles. Zhang Xianfan left the room after inscribing the poem, went to the old bustard to draw a note, and then went to the Zhige Pavilion.It was nearly noon when Zhang Xianfan was eating at the Zhige Pavilion, and a big news was spreading here: "Xiao Ziru, the biggest official in Duliang, has been dismissed and returned to his hometown. People vividly described Xiao Ziru's embarrassment - he had no entourage, only hired two or three The workers carrying luggage are completely different from the last time they hugged each other when they went home for the funeral..." The diners spoke with gusto, and I don't know who said something—"Xiao Ziru's downfall is actually inevitable. His father was dug up right after he was buried. It is luck for him to come back alive!" But—yes, the ancestral graves are so important, it's cheap for those damn grave robbers to cut them into pieces. Zhang Xianfan had just finished eating when Li Shiyan came over.He sat down next to Zhang Xianfan and asked in a low voice, "How was the situation over there last night? Boss Jiang asked me to ask you." Zhang Xianfan deliberately asked back: "What happened last night?" "Xiao Ziyu's side, didn't you keep an eye on it?" "It's only a fool to watch, there are so many mosquitoes in that place." "You—you are so careless about such an important matter!" "That's what I call being serious. I'm sure I won't be able to get things done in one or two nights. I've exhausted my energy first. When I really need to go out, I can't stand it and fall asleep, what should I do?" "At the very least, you need to understand the progress there." Li Shiyan's tone calmed down. "There's no need to make a fuss, someone will report to us." Zhang Xianfan said confidently. Li Shiyan looked at Zhang Xianfan inexplicably. The two sat in silence for a while, and then a countryman walked into the hall of Zhige Pavilion and said, "Last night, Tanjia Village at the foot of Tongbao Mountain was haunted!" Zhang Xianfan glanced at Li Shiyan proudly: "Did you hear that, the person who reported is here!" The countryman wiped his sweat with a sweat towel, sat down on a stool and said, "Last night, the dogs in Tanjia Village barked a lot. In the middle of the night, there was only one old dog barking. A barking dog would kill the village." A sign of people, the old man is afraid that it will be his turn, so he gets up and burns incense to ask his ancestors to bless him. If he sees a dog barking annoyingly, he gets up and looks at the window - only to see many dark shadows coming and going Walking between the soil bag behind the village and the Meidi River, the black figure was so light that it didn't make any sound... It turned out that they were all ghosts, no wonder there was only one dog barking." "What happened next?" A diner couldn't help asking. "Then the old man was so frightened that he went back into the house that he didn't dare to tell anyone. Early the next morning, many people found that the poles and dustpans placed under the eaves were missing, and then the children who were grazing cattle in the Wudi River found that the river had become turbid. The road from the riverside to the mound at the back of the village was covered with fresh dirt, and a brave boy ran to see it, but unexpectedly, within a few hours, the boy drowned in the river." Li Shiyan couldn't help but asked, "Could someone have picked the soil from that mound and dumped it into the river?" The countryman said: "Impossible, who would do that when they are full? Besides, the bag of earth is intact, not even a shovel of earth was lost. About this mound, someone also said it in Zhige Pavilion People from Tanjia Village erected an inscription there after they moved from Sichuan, saying that every plant and tree on the mound must not be moved, otherwise disasters will happen. There is a man named Tan Laogua who lives far away from the mound Recently, the entire family is now extinct.” "Didn't you say he still has a son?" Another diner said. "You mean Tan Xiaoku. He hasn't seen anyone for several months, and he doesn't know where his dead body is. I am Tan Yanliang, the patriarch of Tanjiacun. I know the affairs of Tanjiacun best! I came to the city just to invite The master with great mana is going to our dojo to exorcise ghosts. I have to go, I don’t have time to accompany you.” After the countryman left, Zhang Xianfan winked at Li Shiyan: "How about it, although I didn't go to the scene, is it the same as what I saw with my own eyes?" Li Shiyan was not convinced and said: "This is called a blind cat hitting a mouse. If it wasn't for the shepherd boy's death, who would come to Zhigeting to spread the news about chickens and cats fighting!" "But my blind cat luck is so good." Li Shiyan said earnestly: "You'd better go there tonight, and get to know their dynamics so that Boss Jiang can take relevant measures." Zhang Xianfan thought of one thing: "What about the foreigner? Is he still looking for someone surnamed Xiao?" "Let's do your business. Boss Jiang can mess things up if something falls into his hands?" "Hmph, I didn't discover Bill in time—" Zhang Xianfan watched as Li Shiyan didn't finish his sentence. The two talked for a while, and Li Shiyan left. Before leaving, he still did not forget to tell Zhang Xianfan to monitor the scene. Zhang Xianfan agreed, and stayed overnight in the Ecstasy Hospital that night.After waking up, he didn't want to see Li Shiyan, so he ate in the brothel, and then made a detour to Liushan Road. Zhang Xianfan waited outside the gate of the Xiao family compound for a long time. Although there were many people coming in and out, none of them were the people he was looking for.After noon, a man came out with a broom to sweep the floor. Zhang Xianfan hurried over and slapped him on the shoulder: "Xiao Jinping, you finally came out! You kid can still live to this day!" Xiao Jinping was stunned, looking It was Zhang Xianfan, and he gestured "Yi Yi Ya Ya Ya", Zhang Xianfan lowered his voice, "Don't play this in front of me, be careful that I tell Xiao Ziyu that you are pretending to be dumb!" Xiao Jinping was shocked, looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, then pulled Zhang Xianfan aside, and said, "How do you know that I am pretending to be dumb?" Zhang Xianfan said, "Didn't you tell me that?" "You—" Xiao Jinping raised the broom angrily, but did not smash it down, but put it down slowly, "Why did you come to me?" "It's nothing. I came here at night and saw your old housekeeper go out. Did he go to your boss's house?" "You know everything, what else do you ask?" "How's the progress over there?" "Why do you ask this, don't push me into the fire again." Xiao Jinping begged. "You are dumb, who would doubt you? If you are willing to speak—" Zhang Xianfan let out a long series of strange laughter. "You are really horrible, well, let me tell you, but don't ask me any more from now on!" "Okay, okay, I promise I won't ask you again." Xiao Jinping looked around again, and then said: "I heard from the old housekeeper and our elder master that the second master has already dug all the earthwork, and only the last stone gate is left. It is said that we can enter the tomb to retrieve it in the middle of the night today." It’s a treasure.” When Zhang Xianfan heard the truth, someone called “dumb” in the courtyard, and Xiao Jinping hurriedly said: “God knows, Earth knows, you know, I know.” Zhang Xianfan patted Xiao Jinping on the shoulder again: "Don't worry!" Zhang Xianfan left Liushan Road, had a meal on the street, and then went to rest in the long private room of the Yudai Bridge Inn—he wanted to recharge his energy for going to Zhu Qifeng's cemetery tonight.The task Jiang Xinghe gave him was not very heavy, as long as he confirmed that Xiao Ziyu had taken out the treasure from the tomb and reported it in time, he did not need Zhang Xianfan to intervene in the rest.Why is Jiang Xinghe so confident?Didn't he know that Xiao Ziyu would rather sell it cheaply to outsiders than let the treasure fall into his hands?Such a shrewd person as Jiang Xinghe should know, he is quite sure that he must have his "magic weapon", what "magic weapon" does he have?Even if Zhang Xianfan thought he was extremely smart, he still couldn't figure it out. Zhang Xianfan slept in the inn until 9:00 pm, and after taking a bath, he went to the night market by the river for supper.He asked the stall owner for the time, and knowing that it was already Xu time, he didn't dare to stay any longer.He has never been to Zhu Qifeng's tomb, but he has heard that the tomb site is in Tanjia Village.He knew that Xiao Ziyu would restore the tomb bag after stealing the tomb, which would take a while, and when he walked there, he could see them busy at the scene. The city was already quiet at night, Zhang Xianfan walked out of the city, the silence in the suburbs was a bit scary.He walked cautiously for a short distance, and when he raised his eyes and saw the ghostly lights flickering on the Maoershan cemetery in front of him, he dared not go any further.what to do?If you don't go, if Jiang Xinghe asks tomorrow, why don't you reveal your secrets?It would be great if he had a companion to strengthen his courage - when he thought of this, he immediately thought of Li Shiyan. Zhang Xianfan calculated the time and thought it was still too late, so he turned around and went straight to the Jiang family compound.Knock on the door and drag Li Shiyan up from his sleep.Li Shiyan didn't know what happened, so he followed Zhang Xianfan in a daze.After leaving the city, Li Shiyan woke up as soon as the night wind blew, and asked, "Where are you taking me?" Zhang Xianfan said: "A good place, you will know it when you go there." In fact, Li Shiyan has already guessed a little bit - Xiao Ziyu's place is the last moment tonight, and Zhang Xianfan wants to pull him over to find out the truth. If Zhang Xianfan had the guts to go directly to Tanjia Village, when Xiao Ziyu and the villagers gathered in front of Zhu Qifeng's tomb, the situation would be completely different.But he didn't. Instead, he returned to the city to wake up Li Shiyan and go with him, thus wasting time.When he and Li Shiyan came to Tanjia Village, there was a dead silence, even the barking old dog got tired and stopped barking. "No one, have they all left?" Li Shiyan asked. Zhang Xianfan said: "Impossible, if they leave, we will meet on the road." "What if they had already done it? Where did you go shortly after dark?" Zhang Xianfan didn't dare to answer Li Shiyan directly, feeling a little guilty.Reluctantly, he walked around the front and back of the village a few more times, but there was still no movement, so he could only say, "Maybe they really did something early, and I'll have a way to find out the situation tomorrow morning." The two returned to the city again. The weather was extremely hot, as if it was going to rain heavily. Because they were afraid of getting caught in the rain, the two went back to the Yudai Bridge Inn to sleep nearby. As soon as they arrived at the inn, it started to rain. Early the next morning, after Zhang Xianfan broke up with Li Shiyan, he came to Liushan Road and happened to see Xiao Jinping sweeping the street.As soon as Xiao Jinping saw Zhang Xianfan, he looked nervously at the courtyard, then hid aside and begged: "You said you would never look for me again, why are you here again!" "This is the last time—when did Xiao Ziyu come back last night?" "I haven't come back. Our Elder has waited for news all night and no one has come back. The old housekeeper has already gone to Tanjiacun to inquire - if you come here earlier, you will meet the old housekeeper." Zhang Xianfan said to himself: "This is weird, could it be that they really met a ghost?" "Maybe I met a ghost. You should go quickly. The kitchen staff will come out to buy vegetables in a while." Zhang Xianfan left angrily, but he didn't go far away, but sat under an old willow with crooked neck and looked at the iron gate of Xiao's compound from a distance. When he was hungry, he bought a few bunches of snowflake cake nearby to satisfy his hunger.After sitting for about two hours, he saw Xiao Zhong coming back from the outside alone, with an anxious expression on his face, which indicated that Xiao Ziyu's fate was in danger.Zhang Xianfan sat patiently for another half an hour, guessing that the results of Xiao Zhong's investigation had spread throughout the Xiao residence, so he went to the gate and peeked into the courtyard, but there was no shadow of Xiao Jinping.Zhang Xianfan knew in his heart that Xiao Jinping was hiding from him at the moment, and he would not come out unless he resorted to some means, so he made a plan and sang the Duliang minor tune "Wu Geng Pan Lang": Looking forward to the dawn of Lang Yueer, Thinking of the slaves, the two husbands burst into tears. Since the slaves go, The slave family is very sick, The delicacies and delicacies are too lazy to swallow. The temples and eyebrows are interlocked, Speechless. At the end of the day, with your cheeks in your hand, you face the lamp alone, Put the clothes on the mandarin duck pillow. In the second watch, I hope that Lang Yueer will be bright, I don't know where the slave's husband is? A gust of autumn wind blows, The cold wind blows through the heart, Duo Gudeng misses me. The lone goose flies south, I should return home. I have pity on your thin clothes and wandering in a foreign land, How can I bear that desolation! ... After Zhang Xianfan sang "Wu Geng Pan Lang" and saw that there was still no response, he sang a little song of love, and this time there was finally a response - but it was not Xiao Jinping who came out, but the old housekeeper.Xiao Zhong stared at Zhang Xianfan: "Why are you howling in front of my house? You chose the wrong place to call Chun, go to Wulingjing Temple of Ecstasy!" Zhang Xianfan said: "Old butler, I'm here to find Director Xiao. I have something important to tell him, please inform him." Xiao Zhong said: "My master is not here, you go to the police station!" Zhang Xianfan said, "I came from the police station, and the people there said he went home." Xiao Zhong said angrily: "Aren't you annoying? I said you can just leave if the master is not at home. I have no obligation to explain more to you." Xiao Zhong walked away and closed the door. Sticking out half of his head, "Hurry up and get out!" The big iron gate was closed firmly, Zhang Xianfan did not give up, and sang a little tune with a heavier tone: Since parting tears, Who should I tell my lovesickness? What crime did I commit in my previous life? I can't see Mr. Wang through my eyes, Embarrassment is endless sad tears. The sun sets, the bright moon rises, A pair of birds are flying in the forest. Who broke them up? One goes south and one goes north. Talented man, since parting, People belong to two places, each side of the world, a round of the month, Half of lovesickness alone worry... Zhang Xianfan sang it once, and when he sang it the second time, his voice became even sadder. Finally, his hard work paid off. When he was about to sing another song, the big iron gate opened, and it was Xiao Jinping who came out. , ignoring Zhang Xianfan, hurried forward, turned a corner and entered Liushan Tea House.Zhang Xianfan understood, shouted at the gate, "Xiao Ziyu, come out!" Then he also quietly entered the Liushan Tea House. Xiao Jinping, who was waiting in the private room, saw Zhang Xianfan come in, hurriedly sent Dr. Cha away, closed the door and said, "My ancestor, you deliberately prevented me from living. You said it was the last time, and now you are here again." I!" Zhang Xianfan said: "The previous ones don't count. Now is the real last time. Tell me quickly, what news did Xiao Zhong hear when he went to Tanjiacun?" Xiao Jinping sighed: "Our boss has been in a lot of trouble since the old man's grave was dug up. First the old man fell, and now the second old man has also happened." Zhang Xianfan was startled: "Did something happen to Xiao Ziyu?" Xiao Jinping nodded: "Not only him, but all the dealers who went with him did not come out. It is estimated that they were hit by the trap in the tomb and may have died. Fortunately, I pretended to be dumb and didn't let me go, or they died together." "Then you have to thank me, I saved your life." "Thank you fart, I might as well die if I don't talk all day." "Then you go to die, it's too easy, there are ropes for the soft ones, and knives for the hard ones. Those people are all dead, didn't they come back alive?" "No, the cook was still outside, but at the last moment he might have come in out of curiosity. The dealers are miserable, there are old and young. Do you have any questions? Come out After a long time, the old housekeeper will interrogate me, and I have to go back." "Look at you, Xiao Ziyu is dead, and you are afraid of his ass!" "The second master is dead, but there are still the first master and the old housekeeper. These days, they are stricter." Zhang Xianfan gloated and said: "The Xiao family is finished, Xiao Ziru is a grasshopper after autumn and can't jump a few times. You said that those people are all old and young. Settle their families, the Xiao family's land, All the houses have to be sold—you have to make plans, and leave yourself a way out!" Xiao Jinping became anxious when he heard that, looked at Zhang Xianfan and said: "I heard that you are a decent person now, Jiang Xinghe thinks highly of you, if the Xiao family collapses, you have to help me." "No problem, it's easy to help your family with a meal. However, if this is the case, today will not be the last time I see you." Xiao Jinping readily agreed: "No problem, as long as I know, I will tell you." Zhang Xianfan asked, "Have you ever been to Zhu Qifeng's grave?" Xiao Jinping shook his head: "I haven't been there, but I know it's in Tanjiacun." "This is useless. I also know that Zhu Wang's tomb is in Tanjiacun. There are so many hills in Tanjiacun. Where are they? What are the signs? Now Xiaozhong may be the only one left in your Xiaojia who knows, please help pay attention, maybe He said it out of nowhere." Zhang Xianfan left Liushan Tea House and went straight to Jiang's compound, where the servants were busy up and down, and after a while he saw Li Shiyan coming out with Tang Shaoyin, and thought to himself: Could it be that Jiang Xinghe is ill?Just as he was thinking, Li Shiyan saw him: "Zhang Xianfan, where have you been hiding? Boss Jiang is about to send someone to find your body!" Zhang Xianfan didn't answer, and came to the study - it turned out that Jiang Xinghe was not sick, and was sitting on an easy chair, drinking tea with a purple sand pot in his hand.He glanced at Zhang Xianfan, but without the usual smile, he said, "Come here?" Zhang Xianfan felt that Jiang Xinghe's tone had lost the familiarity of the past. Could it be that he had heard some slander from Li Shiyan?He sat down and reported: "I've found out the situation. From last night until now, Xiao Ziyu and the others haven't come out since they entered the tomb. Xiao Zhong went to the scene specially, but he didn't see anyone, not even the cook. Nine out of ten of this situation is because of the mechanism in the tomb—those people will never come out.” Jiang Xinghe didn't seem surprised, and said after a long time, "Do you know where Zhu Qifeng's tomb is?" Zhang Xianfan knew that he would ask this question, so he said: "I know, in Tanjia Village, but there are countless large and small hills in Tanjia Village...Of course, it's not hopeless to find..." Jiang Xinghe frowned: "How do you find mountain buns, big and small?" "This..." Zhang Xianfan was quick to wit, "Zhu Qifeng's tomb has been moved, and there will definitely be clues left behind. It will not be difficult to find it if you search carefully." "Then go and implement it quickly." Jiang Xinghe yawned as he spoke. Zhang Xianfan didn't dare to be lazy this time, when he came out of the study, he happened to meet Li Shiyan seeing off his guests, so he asked, "Who are you going to invite Dr. Tang to see?" Li Shiyan said, "Take care of Miss." "Is Miss sick? What disease does she have? No wonder Boss Jiang is unhappy." Li Shiyan said displeasedly: "You should ask me what kind of illness Miss has?!" Zhang Xianfan was embarrassed, left Li Shiyan behind, led the bay red horse from the stables behind, and rode on looking northeast. Zhang Xianfan came to Tanjia Village, tied his horse under the old sweet-scented osmanthus tree at the entrance of the village, looked around, and groaned inwardly—there were as many mountain bumps, big and small, as jellyfish in the pool, mother, which one is the tomb of King Zhu ?If I had known this earlier, I should have come here even if I frightened my soul a few nights ago. There is no regret medicine in the world, thinking that the robbery cave must still be there, so I climbed up the southern hillside to look for it.A new tomb was found, and a small tombstone was erected in front of the tomb, and a letter was written: Tomb of my son Tan Xiaotian. Tan Xiaotian is the shepherd boy who scared to death, right?Yes, I heard that all the filling soil in the tomb passage was poured into the bottomless river, and a lot of muck was scattered along the way.Zhang Xianfan was elated for a moment and then suddenly depressed—there had been heavy rain in the past few nights, and the rain and the footprints of humans and animals had already melted the muck into mud... Zhang Xianfan searched a few more hillsides, but he was exhausted but found nothing. His abnormal behavior quickly attracted the attention of the people in Tanjia Village, and they all rushed to report it to the patriarch. Zhang Xianfan finally looked at the soil bags in the south of the village one by one. He stopped and thought about which direction to look for. At this time, an old farmer from the village came over and asked loudly, "Why are you sneaking into our village?!" When Zhang Xianfan looked closely, he recognized that this old farmer was the one who told about the haunting of Tanjia Village at Zhige Pavilion the day before yesterday, so he said with a smile: "I was very interested in hearing the story you told at Zhige Pavilion the other day. Today I came here to help Your village drives out ghosts." Tan Yanliang said: "You are the ghost. You sneaked into our village, and you must have come to spy on the site. I see you like this. You are either rape or robbery!" Zhang Xianfan said: "Patriarch, you really wronged me. You see, the horse I ride is not something that thieves and thieves can own. How could I come to step on it?" "It's not a thief or a thief, it must be a big thief, why don't you hurry up and get out of here, don't you want me to drive you away!" "Patriarch, just let me watch it for a while, besides, there is nothing to steal in your village." The more Zhang Xianfan said this, the more skeptical Tan Yanliang became: "An old man came to us early this morning. Now that I think about it, that man must be an old thief. You are in the same group! If I don't want to give you face, then you can't blame me." Already!" As soon as Zhang Xianfan heard that an old man came this morning, he knew that the man was Xiao Zhong, so he asked, "Where did the old man go?" Tan Yanliang ignored him, took a whistle from his pocket, and blew it wildly. In an instant, dozens of dogs from the village rushed over, and the dogs bared their teeth at Zhang Xianfan and gave warning sounds.Tan Yanliang pointed at Zhang Xianfan with his hands on his hips and said, "Don't think that we Tanjia Villagers are easy to bully. I just need a password, and these vicious dogs can tear you into pieces without burning incense! I'll forgive you today for your first offence." You, next time you dare to attack my village, you will not be lightly forgiven!" Zhang Xianfan was so frightened that he didn't dare to vent his anger, those dogs might rush over at any time, begging: "I won't dare to come next time, patriarch, please call these ancestors away!" "Don't worry, they won't bite people without my order." Only then did Zhang Xianfan approach the old sweet-scented osmanthus tree, hurriedly untied the reins, rode on the horse and flew back to the city as if flying with a whip, while the dogs behind barked at him. Zhang Xianfan came to Liushan Road, and specially kicked and neighed the horse at the entrance of Xiao's compound, in order to attract the attention of the people in the courtyard.After a while Xiao Jinping came out, and the two asked for a private room at Liushan Tea House.After the two sat down, Xiao Jinping couldn't wait to say: "I have paid attention to what you ordered, and this matter is very difficult to accomplish." Zhang Xianfan was surprised: "Xiao Zhong knows where Zhu Qifeng's tomb is." Xiao Jinping said: "He does know, but he won't talk about it. Today he specially warned everyone that no one is allowed to mention the tomb of King Zhu in the future." "Why is that?" "The Elder Master said that the Xiao family is a family of officials and scholars, and if it is spread that the Second Master and the others died because of grave robbery, the Xiao family can't afford to lose face. The family ugliness should not be publicized, and this matter should be regarded as farting in the bed and only stinking yourself. never mind." "What about those farmers, you said that there are seniors and juniors among them, so you can't just leave it like this?" "It's just as you guessed, the elder is going to sell dozens of acres of land to house their family." Zhang Xianfan was discouraged: "According to what you said, wouldn't King Zhu's tomb disappear from this world again?" Xiao Jinping said: "Not necessarily. I heard from the old housekeeper that some of those people may have come out alive." "Who is still alive, is it from your Xiao family?" "No, Zhu Zixiang came out alive." "How did Xiao Zhong know?" "Our old butler carefully inspected around King Zhu's tomb. From the outside, there was no trace of being touched by anyone. He was surprised by this. If more than 20 people died, the robbery cave must still be there! But No such hole could be found. There is only one possibility for this to happen—one of those people came out of the tomb alive! In order not to expose the secret passage, he filled the hole with soil and disguised it as turf. You said, who would do this? Of course only Zhu Zixiang would do this! He is the guardian of the tomb, and this is his mission. More clearly, only he is familiar with the organs and labyrinths in the tomb. That is Said, our boss was plotted against by Zhu Zixiang this time."