In the early years of the Republic of China, Liu Cai, a landlord in Liujia Village, Mengjin County, Luoyang, planted an apple field. When the apples were in season, Liu Cai asked his tenant, a bachelor named Wang Dubi, to look after the fruits for fear that they would be stolen. There was a house with a pot and a stove, and someone to provide meals. Wang Dubi was of course happy, so he took his big yellow dog there.
On this day, Liu Cai was going to deliver some food to Wang Dubi, but when he arrived at the apple orchard, he found it dead silent and the door was tightly shut. Liu Cai cursed, "Lazy guy, the sun is shining on your butt!" "You're not getting up yet." Then he pounded on the door, but there was no response from inside. Liu Cai felt a little strange at this time, because the yellow dog brought by Wang Dubi had a very fierce temper. Normally, it would The dog had been barking non-stop, but there was no sound today. Liu Cai turned around and was shocked by the scene in front of him. It turned out that the yellow dog had turned into a skeleton at some point, and the skeleton was dark in color, as if it had been burned. Usually, when Liu Cai looked back at the closed door, he felt a chill rising from his heels. He couldn't help but shiver, and then he sent someone to report to the authorities.
Twenty minutes later, Li Yi, the chief of the homicide squad of the Mengjin Police Department, arrived at the scene with several of his men. They pushed aside the onlookers, listened to Liu Cai's narration, looked at the remains of the yellow dog, and then opened the door. The moment the door opened, a bloody smell rushed towards me.
Several people looked into the house. Although they were prepared, they still couldn't believe their eyes. Against the west wall, a human skeleton was leaning against it. There was no flesh or skin attached to it, and the bones were all It was dark in color, the same as the yellow dog's, and judging from the twisted state of the bones, one could tell how much pain he was in before dying.
Because Wang Dubi's right arm was lost in an accident when he was in his twenties, Liu Cai identified that the deceased was Wang Dubi.
After entering the house, Li Yi carefully observed the situation inside the house and found that there were no traces left by anyone except Wang Dubi and Liu Cai's footprints and fingerprints. There was also no sign of human cleaning. Moreover, the forensic doctor examined the deceased's bones. No traces of knife cuts were found. The dead man's bones were dark, and it seemed that he had died of poisoning. The forensic doctor removed some bone attachments and tested them. It was found that the dead man had indeed been poisoned before his death, but the poison was different from It does not qualify as any chemical poison, nor is it animal toxins such as snake venom or scorpion venom.
Li Yi searched Wang Duibi's house carefully again, and finally found a book he had customized in an inconspicuous corner. He opened it and saw some strange pictures on it. Liu Cai, who was beside him, accidentally saw it. Liu Cai took a look and exclaimed, "Isn't this the King of Hell?" Li Yi asked him how he knew that. Liu Cai replied that he saw a crescent-shaped round arch on the picture. Li Yi asked about the location of Yanwangdui, and Liu Cai said, "We are on Yanwangdui."
Li Yi led his team to a place a few miles away from the orchard, and only then did they see that the orchard was indeed on a huge mound of earth, and that the northwest corner of the mound was indeed missing a piece. According to Liu Cai, That was because the villagers took soil from there when they built houses and walls in the early years.
Li Yi looked at the pile of earth carefully, then flipped through Wang Dubi's drawing. Suddenly, he slapped his head, as if he understood something.
Li Yi returned to the police station and went to the office of Chief Liu Qian. He reported today's case and said to Liu Qian, "I suspect that the Hell is an ancient tomb, and Wang Dubi's death must be related to this ancient tomb. Liu Qian became interested and asked Li Yi to sit down and explain the reason.
Li Yi said: "Our county belongs to the northern mang area. Historically, kings and nobles have been willing to build tombs here, and the huge Yama Pile is shaped like a tomb. This is one reason. The second point is that." Li Yi spread out Kai Wang Dubi pointed to some things like stone doors, corridors and portraits on the blueprint and said, "These things are typical items in ancient tombs, and they also strongly prove that the Yanwangdui is an ancient tomb. "Li Yi went on to say that if his inference was correct, it would mean that Wang Dubi accidentally discovered that this was an ancient tomb, found the entrance to the tomb, sneaked in, and explored the contents of the tomb. Some secrets, Li Yi also discovered a detail, that is, the first half of Wang Dubi's drawing is yellowed, at least thirty years old, but the back of the paper is very fresh, which means that in fact Wang Dubi discovered the ancient tomb 30 years ago and spied on it, but for some unknown reason, he stopped for a long time. As for his bizarre and tragic death, it might be related to this ancient tomb.
"What should we do next, Director?" Li Yi asked. Liu Qian thought for a moment and said, "It seems that the only way to solve this mystery is to enter the ancient tomb." Li Yi said, "Should we ask our superiors or Cultural relics department?" Liu Qian blurted out: "Fool, there must be a lot of funerary objects hidden in that ancient tomb. If we inform them, we won't get any benefit." Li Yi heard it and said: "Get any benefit? Isn't that just tomb robbing?" Liu Qian laughed and said, "In this chaotic time, we may be alive today and die tomorrow. We should leave some wealth for our wives and children, right?" Li Yi heard this. It turned out that this guy had such a mentality. He neither refuted nor agreed. He saluted and came out.
The personnel who will enter the ancient tomb for exploration have been confirmed. They are Li Yi, Liu Fen, the chief of the police station's logistics department, and another police officer. Liu Fen is Liu Qian's nephew, and was personally appointed by Liu Qian. Li Yi knows his What he meant was that he was afraid that the treasures in the tomb would be taken by himself, so he sent a confidant to monitor him.
According to Wang Duibi's blueprint, Li Yi and his two companions searched for several days and finally found the entrance to the ancient tomb in the southeast corner of Yanwangdui. Li Yi was the first to enter the ancient tomb through the hole that could only accommodate one person. , the other two people also filed in.
After everyone gathered, Li Yi asked his men to light the torches in their hands. Liu Fen asked in confusion: "We all have powerful mining lamps in our hands, why do we need to light the torches?" Li Yi said: "The ancient tomb has been isolated from the outside world for many years, and the air is thin. If the torch goes out, it means there is not enough oxygen in the tomb and we can't go forward." Liu Fen suddenly realized.
This was a long corridor, arched, about five or six meters high, made of countless blue bricks. The three of them walked carefully for about dozens of minutes until a stone door blocked their way. The stone door weighed several thousand pounds. Three people stepped forward and pushed it, but the stone door did not move at all.
Li Yi took out Wang Duibi's blueprint and found that one of the drawings was exactly this stone door, but there was also a monster pattern painted next to it, which looked like a unicorn and a shell. Li Yi turned on the mining lamp and looked at the wall next to it. Just one meter away from the stone door, he actually found a bluestone with such a pattern. Li Yi pressed the stone hard and heard a loud rumbling sound. The stone door opened to both sides. .
Seeing that the stone door was open, the police officer stepped in. Li Yi was looking down at the blueprint at this time, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He shouted, "Be careful…" Before he finished speaking, Countless short arrows were shot out, and the police officer was unable to dodge and was shot into honeycomb coal by those hidden weapons. The two people were stunned for a long time, and Liu Fen stuck out his tongue and said, "It's really full of traps, it's hard to defend against."
The two of them referred to Wang Dubi's blueprint and carefully groped their way forward, avoiding the quicksand, flaps, hanging stones and other traps in the tomb. After spending several hours, the two of them finally arrived at a relatively large tomb chamber. This is the last drawing of Wang Duibi, which shows that he has only reached this place after decades of exploration.
Li Yi used a mining lamp to illuminate the tomb and found a large cypress coffin in front of it. Two people walked forward and found that the coffin had been opened. Looking at the fresh pry marks, Li Yi guessed that it must be Wang The one-armed man carefully pushed the coffin lid to one side, and at the moment the coffin lid was opened, a strong light shot out from the coffin, and the entire tomb was as bright as day.
The two men looked into the coffin and found that the glowing object was a goose egg-sized bead. "Night Pearl," Liu Fen shouted excitedly, and then took the lead to grab it in his hand. Li Yi said: "What are you going to do?" Liu Fen said, "Whoever gets it first gets it. That's the rule." Li Yi shouted, "It's not yours, nor mine. It's the country's property, so you have to let it go." go back."
Upon hearing this, Liu Fen suddenly pulled out his pistol, pointed it at Li Yi, and said, "You want to cut off my source of income? No way. This night-shining pearl is priceless. If I sell it to someone else, I will never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of my life." , I will not let go."
At this time, Li Yi suddenly shouted: "Look, why is the night-shining pearl deformed?" Liu Fen sneered: "You kid want to deceive me, no way." He looked down and saw that the night-shining pearl in his hand was indeed getting longer. , it became like a noodle, and then it slid down Liu Fen's body by itself, like melted candle wax. When Liu Fen entered the ancient tomb, something had cut a small cut on his thigh. When the object slid down to the small wound, it stopped and went straight in. Liu Fen felt like thousands of steel needles were piercing his body. He screamed and fell to the ground. Then Li Yi was horrified to see that Liu Fen's body was slowly shrinking. After a while, he turned into a pile of dark bones, exactly like Wang Dubi's. At this time, the glowing object came out of his body. It came out in a long strip, and it crawled back into the coffin at a very fast speed. Li Yi looked inside tremblingly, and the object turned into a night pearl again, but it was much larger.
Li Yi finally understood the bizarre cause of Wang Dubi's death: it turned out that Wang Dubi accidentally discovered the entrance to an ancient tomb when he was very young, and since then he has been secretly entering the tomb to explore, hoping to find treasures in the cave to make a fortune. When Wang was ten years old, he entered the tomb again and accidentally touched the mechanism in the tomb. That’s when he lost his arm. A few years later, the tomb was occupied by the landlord Liu Cai and developed into an orchard. Dubi had no choice but to stop the treasure hunt. Later, the apples were ripe and Liu Cai was afraid that someone would steal them, so he asked him to watch the orchard. Wang Dubi thought this was a good opportunity and went there happily.
After that, Wang Duibi watched the orchard during the day and went into the ancient tomb to search for treasures at night. After going through numerous hardships and exploring the mechanisms in the tomb, one day he finally found the larger tomb and saw the huge coffin. , and found the night-shining pearl inside. Thinking that he would be rich, he took the night-shining pearl out of the ancient tomb. Unexpectedly, this so-called night-shining pearl was actually a trap set by the ancients. It was not actually a night-shining pearl. , its real name is insect jade. Although it is called jade, it is actually a kind of microorganism aggregate. This kind of microorganism is extremely poisonous, bloodthirsty, and has a keen sense of smell. On weekdays, they appear in a solid state, but as long as they touch If you let them feel the heat and then smell the blood, they will move out together and the tomb robber will surely die. So why did the ancients include them in the tomb hidden weapons? It is because after the tomb robbers have gone through great pains to enter the tomb, their bodies will be more or less injured. Besides, the tomb robbers enter the tomb to steal treasures, and they will definitely not be surprised to see such a large night pearl. If they let go, once the warmed insect jade smelled the blood on them, none of them would survive. When Wang Dubi returned to the hut on the ground with the insect jade, he was accidentally scratched by the nail at the door. Suddenly, blood gushed out, which awakened the microorganisms. Wang Dubi suffered a tragic fate, and the big yellow dog was also wounded on his body and was smelled by Chongyu. He also went to see the King of Hell with his owner.
After sucking the blood and flesh of Wang Duibi and the big yellow dog, the insect jade expanded many times in size, and then returned to its "home" – the cypress coffin, waiting for the next victim.
Looking at the pile of horrible black bones of Liu Fen, Li Yi no longer had the heart to go into the tomb. He turned around and ran out of the ancient tomb in a panic. When Li Yi escaped from the cave, he found that Wang Dubi's face was The drawings were not brought out, but he didn't have the confidence to go in and look for them again.
That night , Mengjin County suddenly had a rare rainstorm in a century. The rain lasted for a whole day and night. When the sky cleared up the next day, the area around Yanwangdui was quiet. The entrance of the ancient tomb had long been buried by the loess washed down. , disappeared without a trace.