At this time, the woman who had been awake all along finally spoke up for the first time: "Really dont know, please let him go, we havent seen the stranger you mentioned."

  I saw that the woman was very sincere when she spoke, and there was no deceit in her eyes. I said: "This village has not had a stranger for 800 years, and what you are doing is not uncommon, so naturally it would be the first suspect if something happened."

  The woman looked at me and said: "Its not us, anyway we definitely didnt do it. Besides, our people are still in your hands needing rescue treatment, so we dont dare to tell lies at this time."

  I heard her words seemed to have some other meaning, so I asked: "In short, you didnt do it? Is there someone else?"

  "I dont know what you mean." I saw that the womans eyes were no longer looking straight at me, but had turned to one side and said: "Im saying, we really didnt harm anyone in the village, nor did we meet anyone."

  I grabbed her wrist and pulled her up, dragging her to the side of her companion who was still unconscious. "Take a good look at yourself, you and she are both poisoned by corpse toxin. We carried you down from the mountain in the middle of the night. If you dont want her to die, tell the truth, whats going on?"

  "I..." I saw her hesitating, so I acted even more wildly, and with a sudden pull, I grabbed her shoulder and shook it back and forth: "Dont say anything, Doctor Niu, we wont bother you anymore, stop the medicine!"

  The girl was almost shaken to death by me, I shook her back and forth for three or four minutes, she finally cried out: "I really dont know, I just heard that many people have come!"

  Zha Wenbin hastily came over and blocked me, saying to that woman: "Who are you?"

  "Others, Ive heard many people will come, its just that everyone minds their own business..."

  Cha Wenbin bent down and asked: "Then what are you here for? Is it just for tomb raiding?"

  The woman nodded and shook her head, saying: "Only Lao Da knows, we all listen to him." After finishing, she looked at Cha Wenbin with a pleading gaze: "Dont say it was me who said it, otherwise my sister and I will both be dead. Also, please cure my sister, whatever the conditions are, Ill agree to them."

  "Is she your sister?" I said, pointing at another woman who was still unconscious.

  "Yes..." As soon as she said that, the girl started crying, sobbing while saying: "She took the hit for me, otherwise I would have been the one to die. There were monsters down there, many monsters..."

  "Its settled," I heard Paozis voice from afar, and saw him dragging the half-dead Qian Lao Da towards the inside: "No need for any conditions, just pay back the seventy yuan of medical expenses we owe and thatll do."

  Fatso said to the crying woman, "Sister, dont be afraid. Your familys eldest has confessed everything. He cant even compare to you little girls, what a coward! Cha Ye, Xiao Yi, come here for a moment, theres something going on."

  He called us outside and whispered, "I heard that guy say, this time its not just them, but also many passersby who have arrived at our village, saying they are looking for a plate."

  "Its not peaceful at all. What kind of people did he bring?" Cha Wenbin was worried about the safety of the villagers, as these guys were basically ruthless and cruel masters.

  "He said he was just following orders, according to his boss, at least five groups of people will arrive in the next few days, and they have already made their move ahead of time. Whats so special about this place that its making such a big fuss?" The fat man added: "Right, I had a conversation with him earlier, and he mentioned the name of the Dings from Shaanxi Province. He said people from the Ding family will also arrive, looks like its going to be lively."

  "I thought to myself: Have the national tomb raiders come here for a conference? This place has a few pieces of gold, but cant they just take them away? Whats there to discuss?"

  "Its not gold, its a plate! Xiao Yi and the others purpose is absolutely not what we discovered last time. What on earth is this plate?" Zha Wenbin was also puzzled, so he said to Pangzi: "Get Lao Da Qian over here to ask him."

  "This is easy to handle." The fatty responded with a loud voice and walked in big strides, after a while I saw him come out laughing and shaking hands with Old Money: "Come on, brothers, lets accompany Old Money for a couple of drinks to calm his nerves."

  Qian Lao Da made a wry face and didnt dare decline, so he forced a smile and said: "No need to go to such trouble..."

  Fatso suddenly changed his face and shouted loudly: "You dont drink, is it that you dont give me face?"

  That money was also unknown how it was received by the fat man, and he nodded repeatedly: "Drink... drink..."

  The wine was drunk until the second half of the night, Qian Lao Da was initially still restrained, but later let go, I guess its been starving for a few days, after a full meal and drink, he sat on the kang with his legs crossed and started telling us about the ins and outs of this matter:

  Qian Lao Das real name was Qian Wan Guan, and he indeed had some connection with that Money Mouse who came here years ago.

  The Qian family is a branch of the Luomen, located in Bashu, and is a famous and influential clan with a history of thousands of years. No matter which dynasty or who was the emperor, the Qian family was always in control of Sichuan. Qian Shuzi was the second-in-command of the Qian family at that time, and when he escaped back to Sichuan, he had already lost his ability to speak. It is said that the master of Qingcheng Mountain was invited over, and Guiyun Dashi, who knew Ma Suifeng, took one look and left with a sentence "Those who bring evil upon themselves cannot live". Not long after, the second master of the Qian family passed away.

  After Qian Shu Yes death, he was not buried. The master of the Qian family at that time invited several people who understood Gu sorcery from Xishuangbanna in the southwest to return. These few people forcibly left behind a strand of Qian Shu Yes soul and communicated with him, learning about various things that had happened in the Wild Man Village and organizing them into written records. The master of the Qian family took this thing himself to visit Master Gui Yun again, only to get one sentence: "The Zhou people will come out."

  The master of the Qian family immediately gathered a group of talented individuals to start preparing after receiving this information, and finally calculated that the next Jiazi year would bring what they wanted. There is no wall that doesnt leak wind, after so many years of changing times, all five families of Luo Men knew about this matter. Qian Wanguan was just the head of the Qian family, at most he was just a pioneer, and his people were also given by the Qian family. The day when the real thing is supposed to come has not arrived yet.

  "When will it arrive?" I asked.

  Qian Wan Guan poured himself a drink while muttering to himself, "Someone will come to pick me up, Im just a scout. I wanted to make a good impression, but didnt expect to fall into the first trap. Even if I go back now, I probably wont be able to save my life."

  "What is Zhou Ren?" Cha Wenbin was concerned about this, and the title of Gui Yun Master he had naturally heard of. Ma Suifeng was very respectful to him, and had once told Cha Wenbin that he was one of the few true gods in this world who could truly understand the heavenly machine.

  Qian Wan Guan shook his head and said, "I dont know, ah, who cares about the people of Zhou or Han." He took a sip of wine and continued, "You dont know how evil this place is. That pit we dug has tunnels everywhere, you can tell it was done by our predecessors. Theyre all over the place, some have collapsed, some are still there, just like an underground labyrinth. We had only taken a few steps when many monsters rushed out, and three of us were gone in an instant."

  As he spoke, Qian Wanguan picked up the chopsticks on the table and gestured: "Like this, those monsters hands directly inserted into the throat of that little brother in front of me. I saw with my own eyes that five claws stretched out from the back of his neck!"

  "Is there anything else?" Cha Wenbin asked.

  "I didnt know, I couldnt even run away. Ive encountered zongzi before when I went down to the ground, but its my first time seeing them gather in such large numbers. My life was almost gone, and yet they still... Those things dont follow any rules at all, and I didnt even disturb their coffin boards..."

  He wanted another drink, but Fatso snatched the bottle away and cursed: "Cut the crap, thats enough, go back to sleep!"

  That guy was either drunk or something, I saw his eyes were red, and he spoke without any confidence, only saying to Fatso: "Give me a drink, as soon as I close my eyes, those things appear, little brother, Im scared, cant sleep..."

  Fatso picked up the half bottle of wine and shoved it into his arms, kicking him in the butt and cursing: "Take it and get out!"

  After that money was gone, we started the next round. The result of this discussion was: This matter has nothing to do with us, and tomorrow take Yuan Xiaobai back to Shanghai!

  According to Qian Wanguas words, these people are all figures with a head and face, we dont have to go provoke them.

  Secondly: This place has been proven to be a haunted house in the afternoon, isnt it looking for trouble to hang out in such a place?

  Third: Our task is already completed, just need to inform Old Man Miao to guard against outsiders, and notify others in the village not to enter the mountain recently. As for the reason, Old Man Miao can make one up.

  But things often go against our wishes, just like how I didnt want to come here back then, and now were finding it difficult to leave...