In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, people's livelihood withered. There is a saying that "heroes emerge from troubled times", and Hong Xiuquan, the first talent, founded the God Worship Association, and took the opportunity of boiling public resentment to rebel in Jintian, Guangxi, which is known as the "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement" in history.

On March 19, 1853, the Taiping army occupied Nanjing, and Hong Xiuquan announced that Nanjing would be changed to Tianjing, and the capital would be set here to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

However, with the "Tianjing Rebellion" and the joint strangulation of Chinese and foreign forces, this regime in the midst of turmoil gradually turned from prosperity to decline.

In 1863, the Hunan army besieged Tianjing City, and the fortresses outside the city were lost, and there was a shortage of food and grass in the city, and the power of the Heavenly Kingdom was in danger. The following year, Hong Xiuquan died of illness, and then the Hunan army invaded the city in one fell swoop, ending the uprising that lasted for 14 years and burned all over the 18 provinces of China.

It is worth mentioning that when Hong Xiuquan was the capital of Tianjing, he promulgated the "Tian Chao Tian Mu System", intending to establish a utopian Datong society.

According to historical records, the Kingdom of Heaven implements the "Sacred Treasury System" in the property management system, that is, all the property of the whole country is included in the Sacred Treasury, and the necessities of people's lives are uniformly distributed by the Sacred Treasury.

In addition, the Taiping army had previously conquered the city, wantonly looted the people's fat and people's ointment, and treasures, and the accumulation of wealth in the sacred treasury reached an unprecedented abundance. ”

But the strange thing is that when the Hunan army invaded Tianjing, there was no trace of the treasure of the cellar, and some people even drained the lake in the back garden of the Tianwang Mansion and dug three feet into the ground, but after all, they still found nothing.

Zeng Guofan later coerced and lured the loyal king Li Xiucheng many times to the whereabouts of the heavenly cellar gold, but the loyal king was really loyal, and he did not reveal the trace of the treasure until he died. In the end, Zeng Guofan had no choice but to dedicate a "pseudo-heavenly king" jade seal to the emperor to invite merit.

There are rumors that these treasures were transferred to his hometown in Jintian by Hong Xiuquan, and some people believe that these treasures were squandered in the extravagant life of the Heavenly King, but the most widely circulated theory is that the treasures of the Heavenly Kingdom were secretly transported by Hong Xiuquan to a hidden tomb on the outskirts of Nanjing.

Therefore, in the following decades, no matter how the regime in Nanjing City changed, people's pursuit of heavenly treasures was always the same, from the military and political dignitaries to the bandits, as if they wanted to turn the city of Nanjing upside down.

But alas, most people return in vain.

Time changed, and the turning point of events appeared during the reign of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing.

Wei Hengfu, then commander of the 51st Division of Nanjing City Defense, once received a secret telegram from Tang Shengzhi, commander of the Nanjing garrison, in which he said, "The gold of the heavenly cellar has appeared, and the treasure is hidden inside, which can change the fortune of the country. ”

That year was the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China, that is, 1937 AD.

Wei Hengfu did not dare to slack off on the content of the secret telegram, he knew in his heart that after the Battle of Songhu, Shanghai fell, the domestic situation was extremely grim, and the Japanese evil sword had been directed at Nanjing, the national capital. If there really is any treasure in the treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom mentioned in the secret telegram that can change the fortune of the country, it will be a great blessing for the country.

In the autumn of 1937, in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing, a sudden explosion startled the birds in the mountains to scatter.

Not far from the explosion, Wei Hengfu, who was holding a horsewhip, stood in a corner, and behind him were more than a dozen soldiers of the Central Army with loaded guns.

Master Wei raised his horsewhip and pointed to the place in front of him where the smoke was filled, and said to a junior wearing a black turban next to him: "This Hong Xiuquan is also strange, he actually buried his treasure in someone else's tomb!" ”

Hou Sheng stared ahead and slowly spoke: "From the perspective of feng shui, this is the place where the six gods are not imprisoned, according to common sense, there can never be a tomb, let alone a place for treasures, so no matter how many feng shui monks have calculated for decades, they will never be able to calculate that the treasures of the heavenly kingdom will be buried here." ”

Master Wei smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect that I, Wei, would also learn from the Tanglin thief Sun Dianying and do that trick." ”

Hou Sheng's eyes flickered and said: "This place is quite abnormal, we must be more careful." ”

Division Commander Wei nodded, and then ordered Adjutant Li to lead the sappers into the broken bricks and stones in front, and the sappers in place took out the measuring instruments and made a simple measurement, and then began to dig with the sapper shovel.

After digging several feet deeper, a red stone wall gradually appeared in the soil.

Adjutant Li immediately reported this discovery, and after pondering for a moment, Master Wei said, "Just like just now, blow it up with explosives." ”

At this time, the descendant with the black turban shook his head: "Commander, don't you know, this kind of wall is called a ghost wall in the jargon, and the bricks inside are filled with poisonous gas, once the poisonous gas is released to the outside world, the consequences will be unimaginable, so we can only remove it entirely." ”

Seeing that the stone wall was loose, he immediately took out a thick rope with a hook, and embedded the iron hook into the loose place little by little, and then Housheng called a few sappers who joined hands, and several people held the thick rope and pulled together, and with a "boom", the stone wall was pulled to the ground.

Master Wei walked to the fallen stone wall and arched his hand to the hole in front of him: "It's not Wei who is greedy, it's really a national disaster, and I hope that the ancestor of the tomb owner, Haihan." ”

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the descendant, and the latter understood, and immediately lit a torch and jumped into the tomb first, followed by Commander Wei and the other sergeants.

The corridor in the tomb is dimly lit, the two walls of the corridor are uneven and covered with moss, and the flickering firelight twists strangely on the torches, which makes people have a lot of psychological pressure.

Along the way, Adjutant Li kept asking the latter if they would encounter any sinister institutions or evil spirits and zombies, but the latter did not answer, but just made a gesture for him not to make a loud noise, and walked forward on his own. However, the commander of the division reprimanded the adjutant a few words, telling him not to bewitch the army.

The team marched in the corridor for about half a burnt incense, and apart from some darkness and coldness, nothing terrifying and bizarre seemed to have happened. But just as they came to a corner, Adjutant Li suddenly screamed in horror.

Master Wei angrily asked him what he was doing, and Adjutant Li trembled and pointed to the leading posterior and said, "I just saw the torch he was holding and suddenly ...... Suddenly, a human face appeared! ”

Everyone immediately focused their eyes on the torch, and after looking at it for a long time, they did not find anything unusual.

Hou Sheng turned around, looked at Adjutant Li, then at the torch, shook his head and continued to walk forward.

Master Wei patted Adjutant Li on the shoulder and said that he was a cup bow snake shadow. Adjutant Li froze and apologized again and again: "I was dazzled just now, if I met a Japanese devil, I, Li Li, would be the first to go up and fight for my life, but I'm afraid that those evil things will be ruthless!" ”

The corridor is not too long, and there is a glazed gate at the end.

The leader lowered his voice and said behind him, "It should have arrived." ”

Master Wei was excited when he heard this, and immediately stepped forward and stroked the five-colored glass façade, and muttered something in his mouth. At this time, the latter suddenly grabbed Master Wei: "Did you notice anything unusual just now?" ”

Master Wei paused for a moment: "You mean this glass gate?" ”

"No, I mean in the ranks." Housheng turned and pointed behind him.

The commander of the guard held up the torch and shone the sergeant behind him, but he didn't find anything special, so he asked Housheng with a suspicious face What happened, and Housheng said faintly: "The number of people in the team is wrong." ”

Commander Wei was very surprised when he heard this, and immediately ordered Adjutant Li to count the number of people, and sure enough, a total of twenty people, including Commander Wei, Hou Sheng, and Adjutant, entered the tomb, but now there are only fourteen people left, which means that six sergeants suddenly disappeared.

"Son of a bitch! The cubs fled as soon as they entered. Adjutant Li took a sip of phlegm and scolded.

Division Commander Wei walked to the side of several sergeants in the back row and asked them with a serious face why they didn't report if someone deserted, and the sergeants were at a loss and said that they didn't notice it at all.

At this time, the descendant with the black turban spoke again: "They did not flee, but disappeared." ”

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, Adjutant Li showed a frightened expression and accused Housheng of talking nonsense, how could six big living people with guns disappear out of thin air? The next generation didn't pay attention to him, and was thinking about something to himself.

At this time, Master Wei spoke: "Don't worry about them, everything is focused on completing the task." Then he pointed to the door and said, "How should this glass door be opened, if it is smooth and there is no lock in sight?" ”

Hou Sheng raised his head, gradually turned his gaze to the façade and said: "Everything that is closed by this ghost lock has a keyhole, which is nothing more than a clear keyhole and a dark keyhole. As he spoke, Hou Sheng stepped forward, attached his right hand to the façade, and closed his eyes to stare at it.

The rest of the people stared intently at the afterlife, and they didn't dare to take a breath, and suddenly there seemed to be a very strange sound around them, which at first sounded like the squeak of a mouse, but gradually it sounded like a baby's whispering in a laughing voice, and the strange sound had a buzzing echo in the already narrow corridor, which made people's hearts palpitate.

Adjutant Li was already timid, and this strange voice made him tremble as soon as it appeared. I saw him raise his gun in a panic and look left and right, trembling and saying, "Damn! Could it be that an evil spirit has come to the door? ”

Master Zhang raised his hand to signal him to shut up, looked around and focused his gaze on Hou Sheng, and couldn't help but gasp, it turned out that this strange voice was actually from Hou Sheng, but Hou Sheng's mouth didn't move, it seemed that it should be ventriloquism.

After a while, the strange sound stopped, and Hou Sheng opened his eyes and slowly lowered his hand and muttered a word: "Blood." ”

Everyone was puzzled, and Hou Sheng said: "This is a tomb of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it is rumored that during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a craftsman named Huang Yi who invented a door lock, that is, the lock is not outside the door but inside the door, and it is necessary to drain the water source to open the dark vein in the door, and touch the mechanism to open the lock." Later, this kind of door lock was used in the mausoleum by many princes, and the way to open the dark veins in the door also changed from the water source to fresh blood, which is called the "blood irrigation method". That is to say, if you want to open the secret lock of this door, you need to draw blood. ”

In order to hide his cowardice just now, Adjutant Li immediately volunteered to draw his saber to draw blood.

Hou Sheng shook his head, stretched out his hand to take his saber and said, "The path of drainage is very controllable, and if something goes wrong, the drainer may die of excessive blood loss. I have learned this method in the "Secret Book of Heavenly Craft", so I have a greater certainty of successful opening. ”

After finishing speaking, Hou Sheng slowly cut a hole in his finger with a knife, and put his finger against the glass door, and smeared it regularly.

After half a cup of tea, Housheng's face was already iron-blue, and his body couldn't help trembling, Master Wei saw that he was abnormal, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and persuaded him to stop, Housheng didn't care, one hand on Wei Hengfu's shoulder, and the other hand continued to slide against the glass door.

With the continuous dripping of beads of sweat on the forehead of the descendant, the hidden trajectory finally became obvious under the infusion of blood.

When Housheng finished the last stroke, he finally collapsed and collapsed to the ground, Master Wei immediately beckoned Adjutant Li to help Housheng up, Housheng trembled and took out a few pills to activate menstrual blood and swallowed them, after resting for a while, he stood up with difficulty and pushed open the glass door with all his strength and said with great effort: "What is the situation after entering, I don't know." ”

"Sir has worked hard, leave the rest to us, and you can rest here for a while." After finishing speaking, Master Wei grabbed his gun and walked in first, and the adjutant immediately turned around and made a follow-up gesture, and everyone rushed in.

The latter looked solemn, hesitated in place for a while, and did not stay, but followed him to the other side of the door.

The glass door slowly closed, and the entire corridor fell silent, and the darkness quickly swallowed everything.

After about half an hour, there was a sudden chaotic burst of gunfire from the other side of the glass gate, which had been silent for a long time, mixed with the sound of people wailing, but soon everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened......

When the door was pushed open again, only the afterlife covered in blood came out. He was holding a half-scroll of fragmented paintings, and his black turban had been dyed blood-red.

Just as he was struggling to move forward, something suddenly grabbed the back of his neck, and the latter reached out and pulled it to his eyes, and couldn't help but be stunned - it was a broken arm that was dripping with blood and still struggling and twisting! There was a watch on the wrist of the broken arm, which was recognized by later life, and it was worn by Adjutant Li.

Hou Sheng whispered, "I'm sorry", and then turned around and threw the bloody broken arm in his hand back into the glass door with all his might.

Exhausted from walking out of the tomb, he felt his feet getting heavier and his eyelids drooping, and he couldn't hold on anymore and lay down on a rock.

Soon the consciousness of the latter became a little blurred, and in the haze, he saw several bombers flying overhead, and the sound of dense gunfire was heard not far away......