Tomb robbery has existed since ancient times, and legend has it that during the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao made up for the lack of military salaries and specially sealed the post of captain of Jin.

After thousands of years of evolution, many sects have been formed, and the so-called Captain Mojin, Mountain Mover, Xieling Lux and Faqiu General originated here.

And my career as a tomb robber begins at this time.

One day in July 1977, in a small mountain village in northeastern Sichuan, smoke curled from the cooking, people were working freely in the fields, and the children at the head of the village were playing to their heart's content.

"Quack, quack,......"

With a baby crying, I was born into an ordinary family. My father was so happy that he forgot to name me, because the day I was born had three seven characters in it, and my father didn't have much culture, so he simply named me Ling Qi.

My family has an ancient book called "Mountains and Seas Kanyulu", which is said to have been handed down by my ancestors. As for the origin of this book, there is such a legend:

One day, my great-grandfather drove his oxen to plow the field, and a cauliflower snake popped out of the grass by the roadside. My great-grandfather just wanted to catch this snake and go back and cook it. Later, I thought about whether it would be my ancestor who came back to see me. If you eat the snake, it's not good. Anyway, the cauliflower snake glanced back at my great-grandfather and then got into the grass next to it.

Sure enough, that night my great-grandfather dreamed of a cauliflower snake to give him a dream.

I'm the cauliflower snake you saw on the road during the day. I'm your grandfather, I've been in a hurry lately, and I'm okay to come and see my grandson. It's good that your kid has a conscience and didn't arrest me and eat it. The serpent suddenly opened its mouth.

The serpent continued, and said, "There is one more thing, you boy is poor enough. But it's quite diligent. Tomorrow you go to the third brick on the left side of the hall and dig three feet deep, where I have a little savings from earlier. I hope you don't ruin your home. ”

After saying that, the cauliflower snake slowly disappeared.

Early the next morning, my great-grandfather took a hoe and dug three feet deep according to the place that the cauliflower snake said, and it turned out that he actually dug up a box of ingots and gold and silver jewelry. Later, I had my grandfather Ling Dequan. My grandfather was the second oldest in the family, so he often helped my great-grandfather with some farm work. Since he became an adult, he rarely went to the market.

One day, my great-grandfather sent my grandfather to the market to make two catties of liquor. I saw a fortune teller setting up a stall in the market, and many people gathered around. Choosing names, calculating fortune, interpreting dreams, etc., everything. And my grandfather was also out of curiosity, and when the session was over, he expressed to the fortune teller that he wanted to learn from him. And the fortune teller saw that my grandfather was quite sincere, so he reluctantly agreed.

Five years passed like this, and one day the fortune teller called my grandfather to his side and said, "Boy, although you have average talent, but in the past five years, your attitude towards learning is still okay." I have here an ancient book of "Mountains and Seas Kanyulu", I hope you can get a glimpse of one or two to help you accumulate virtue and yin."

A month later, a fortune teller whimpered. Naturally, my great-grandfather was very sad. After it was buried, my grandfather began working on the book when he had nothing to do. Over time, I looked at the feng shui cemetery for ten miles and eight towns, and I found my grandfather. And my grandfather has become a veritable feng shui gentleman, known as "Ling Banxian".

Later, there was my father, because my father was born in the forties and fifties of the last century, and when he caught up with the founding of New China, he was named Ling Jianguo, and my father was an honest farmer and did not have much talent, so my grandfather did not force my father to learn that thing when he saw this. And then there was me.

When I was a child, I used to follow my grandfather to help other people's homes see some feng shui or something. I heard that my grandfather talked about what he did, and for a while it was called the "Four Olds", and it was found that he was going to be criticized and locked up in the cowshed. Because my grandfather was more enthusiastic in our village, he helped poor families choose houses to watch feng shui, sometimes for free, so he was not criticized at that time. And the ancient book called "Mountains and Seas Kanyulu" at home has fortunately been handed down. When I was a child, I often went to his house quietly to look through the ancient book when my grandfather was not at home. Later, I carried that ancient book with me.

In 1996, I was admitted to a university in Sichuan. In the eyes of my parents, I became the pride of the whole family, and it was not easy to get into a university in our remote mountain village. At that time, the family was very poor, and now it is a big feast for three days and three nights. And I don't care. When I was in college, I didn't study seriously, and often skipped class, playing billiards, watching videos, and going to play near school with a group of good buddies.

One night, I went out with a buddy named Li Zheng in our dormitory. At about 11 o'clock in the evening, when I passed by the school swimming pool, I suddenly saw a woman with a pale face and an evil smile flashing on the willow tree on the side of the road and smiling at me. Suddenly, this scene scared me.

I looked panicked and said to my buddy, "Zhengzi, did you see the woman on the willow tree smiling at you?" ”

Zhengzi said: "Are you too drunk, dare to masturbate and insanity." ”

My heart hurriedly said, "Fuck your uncle, what am I coaxing you for?" This place is a bit wicked, so let's hurry back to the dormitory. ”

According to my grandfather, willows are natural shade trees and are the most likely to attract ghosts. Trees are divided into two types: yin and yang, and yang wood mainly refers to positive trees, such as peach trees. Therefore, there is a saying among the people that Taoist priests use peach wood swords to catch ghosts.

The arrangement of the feng shui pattern pays attention to the coordination of yin and yang, especially the arrangement of landscapes and trees. Mountains are bones, water is blood, and plants and trees are hair. If there is a mountain, the keel is highlighted, if there is water, it is full of aura, and if there is grass and trees, it is a gathering of luck. Therefore, the best feng shui treasure place must be a place where Tibetan wind gathers qi.

That's a bit far. Since then, I have focused more on studying the book "Mountains and Seas Kanyulu" left to me by my grandfather, and I don't want anything else to protect myself if I encounter evil things in the future. I didn't expect this book to be so useful in the future.

In the blink of an eye, the time to graduate from college has come, and it is not very bad, and I hung up six courses during graduation. I was glad that I had one less class than our fat brother.

Therefore, at the dinner party before graduation, I sighed to myself and said: "Fat brother, our friendship is really rotten." I've been interesting enough in the past three years, and we're both about to become a good story for us this year."

After hearing this, the fat brother quickly covered my mouth and said, "Don't talk about calves, why are you so awkward to listen to what you say." ”

Later, when my father heard about my failure in college, he was so angry that he almost beat me up.

After graduation, I didn't find a serious career. has been floating in society for a few years, living a life where one person feeds the whole family and does not go hungry, and always feels that there is nothing suitable for him.

In April 2003, a university classmate told me that he had a good friend who ran an antique shop in Chengdu and needed manpower, so I wanted to go to Chengdu to have a look. A week later, I took the train to Chengdu and found an antique shop. The antique shop is located near an ancient town, and there are three people in the shop, the owner (we call Brother Yang), me and another Northeast guy (we call Xiao Li).

Brother Yang is usually quite kind, but he is shrewd, he can run an antique shop in Chengdu, and he can do it well, and he will definitely not be able to drip without two brushes.

After dinner, we always joked to Brother Yang: "Mr. Yang, are you going to open a national chain store of antiques?" ”

After hearing this, Brother Yang smiled and said, "I said, you little babies, how can you clean daydreaming?" According to me, our five-year plan is based on the imperial capital. As for the capture of Britain, we can put it in the medium and long term."

Every time they heard Brother Yang say this, everyone laughed. Such days go by quickly, and of course they are quite pleasant.

In addition to helping with the shop, we also learned some skills in identifying antiques. In my spare time, I will also take out the book "Mountains and Seas Kanyulu" that my grandfather handed me to take a look, plus some previous observations, and over time I can already read six or seven points of the content in the book. This book is mainly divided into three parts: first, middle, and second.

The first part mainly talks about the five elements of heaven and earth, yin and yang, and how the five elements of heaven and earth come about. The middle part talks about the key to finding the dragon and how to find a feng shui treasure in a complex geographical environment. The second part focuses on the art of moving mountains and reclamation, and in the case of poor feng shui pattern, the purpose of gathering qi and nourishing transportation is achieved through some means.

Back to the point. We followed Brother Yang to learn some identification methods for antique utensils. Help out in his shop during the day, and go to a nearby store to eat hot pot and skewers and drink some small beer at night. There are also some jade and porcelain that have been poured out of nowhere. Life flies by like this.

One night in 2004, Xiao Li accidentally browsed his mobile phone. Suddenly, Xiao Li said loudly: "Ouch, my mother, an article on the Internet said that the tomb of Zhang Xianzhong, the king of Daxi, is likely to be at the confluence of the three rivers in western Sichuan."

And Lao Yang also interjected: "I have checked a lot of information, and there are different statements about Zhang Xianzhong's tomb at present. The most famous in history is probably the statement that the estuary is sinking silver. But whether it is true or not is inconclusive."

He continued: "Last month, I was contacted by a person claiming to be an officer of the Western Sichuan Culture Research Team and told me about it. However, since they are a voluntary non-governmental organization, they cannot openly conduct research in this area. Since there is a shortage of manpower, I would love to find some manpower from me. ”

But he added, "Now we can have at most one person in the store." Then he turned around and said, "This is both an opportunity and a possible opportunity to face some unexpected dangers." If you don't want to go, I won't force you. ”

After saying that, everyone fell silent.