Associating all these things, Bai Li had a bold guess. There must have been a lot of funerary goods in the mausoleum of the former imperial concubine, and the old man's uncle, who was one of the craftsmen who built the mausoleum, must have known about this, and he knew in his heart that when the mausoleum was completed, it would be difficult for them to leave alive, so he secretly wrote a letter to inform his family of this matter in advance. Perhaps he also drew a map of the mausoleum of the former emperor and concubine, hoping that future generations would be able to find him.

In the end, the old man's uncle did not return, and the old man's aunt was sad and worried that her children and grandchildren would follow her husband's old path, so she ordered her children to be ordinary carpenters. Even if there is good craftsmanship, it cannot be leaked.

The old man's aunt will inevitably inform her children of the causes and consequences of her husband's departure and not returning. So, one of them came up with the idea of opening a coffin shop. On the one hand, he found another way to alleviate the family's financial tension, and on the other hand, he was also using this mausoleum to find the former emperor's concubine, trying to steal all the treasures in the mausoleum.

It's a pity that for some reason, these people have never found the tomb of the former emperor and concubine, but were infected with the strange leprosy virus in the process of robbing the tomb, which gave rise to these later things.

Of course, all of the above is just Bai Li's speculation, but judging from the eyes of Bai Ze and Gao Zhan, she knows that what they think is similar to her own. Now that the old man's aunt has long passed away, most of his cousins have also died, and I am afraid that I will not have a chance to know the truth of this matter.

The old man did not notice the change in the three of them, but continued to narrate: "It's strange to say, when I left Liyang City, the weather was still good, the sky was clear, and there were no dark clouds at all. But when I was about to arrive at Dulou Village, there were suddenly dark clouds, and there were thunderstorms in the sky, and the rain was about to fall. I was driving only a dilapidated carriage, and if it rained, I was afraid that I would not even have a place to shelter from the rain. So, I hurriedly whipped my whip, thinking of driving the carriage to Dulou Village as soon as possible. ”

"But what happened?" Bai Li asked, according to her life experience, whenever she is in a hurry, there will be mistakes, and the more she is afraid of what she will meet, the more she will meet something.

"I don't know if it's an accident or not, it's weird." The old man continued, "I haven't been to Dulou Village since my aunt died, and I don't know if the village has changed now. But when I was younger, there was a locust forest outside the village. The forest is full of black locust trees, and there are only two ways to get to Dulou Village. One is the current official road, which needs to be detoured. One is a trail that has to pass through this locust forest. I usually take the official road, but the situation was urgent that day, so I had to drive the carriage into the woods. Strangely, the forest was not big, but I couldn't get out of it that day. ”

"Ghosts hit the wall, I've heard people say it, but whenever you encounter this situation, you meet a ghost hitting the wall." Gao Zhan said: "That is, the legendary ghost blindfolded." ”

"I've also heard of what Gao Zhukuai said, and I thought so in my heart at the time. Seeing that it was almost dark that day, I was really anxious. What made me even more anxious was that the pouring rain was going to fall. The official road outside the locust grove was different, and when it rained, the road became muddy, and after a few steps, the wheels of the carriage were now in the mud, and no matter how hard my old horse tried, there was no way to drag the carriage out. In desperation, I had to get out of the car and brave the rain to search for a way out in the woods.

I don't know how long I searched for it, but just when I was exhausted and thought I was going to die in the woods, I saw a little light not far away. I don't know how to describe to you how I felt at the time, but I wanted to cry with joy. I hurried towards the light, the splash of mud covering both of my trouser legs, but I couldn't care about anything. ”

"Did you run out?" Bai Li's heart also rose.

"It should have come out." The old man pursed his lips: "Relying on the guidance of that light, mine did run out of the locust forest and arrived in front of a house. The yard of that house was large, but very shabby. How dilapidated is it? Even the lock that hung on the door was rusty. I remember very well that when I stood at the door of that house, the door of that house was locked. But the man who locked the door had a light in his house. ”

"It's weird."

"If I had left it until now, I would have turned around and left, but I was young at that time, and although I didn't have a lot of courage, I couldn't resist my curiosity. I, too, watched halfway through the door, and then climbed over the wall. Although the yard is broken, it is not difficult to see that it was once a good family, and the layout of the courtyard inside, one thing and one scene is still very exquisite. I remember that the courtyard was two-in, and I thought there could be four or five rooms, but only one room was lit. The light peeked through the broken window lattice, illuminating the courtyard in a frightening light. I'm not afraid of you young people's jokes, when I climbed over the wall, I still had a little courage, but when I really stood in that courtyard, I was a little scared, and my legs were weak. I thought I had to get out of here, and just as I was turning to climb the wall again, I heard a deep voice coming from behind me. ”

"Ghost sounds in the middle of the night?" Gao Zhan said.

"It wasn't the middle of the night, it was not even midnight, but it was very dark because of the rain. By the way, when I climbed into the yard, the heavy rain had stopped, but the light rain had not stopped. I was already drenched in the rain and drenched, and I went into the yard thinking that I would meet someone and ask me to change my wet clothes, but the yard was so strange that I was scared, so I thought about slipping away quickly. The sound was sudden, and I didn't hear footsteps. As you can imagine, I was tense at the time. ”

"What did that voice say?"

He said that he was a guest from afar, and he wanted to entertain him, but he was separated by yin and yang, lest the people of the underworld frighten me, a guest, so he asked me to leave. At that time, I was so frightened that my scalp was numb, but I couldn't help but be curious, so I turned around tremblingly to see what this netherworld man really looked like. But there was no one behind me, and even the room where the lights had been on had turned on was pitch black. ”

"And ran away?"

"I thought about running, but my legs were so weak that I couldn't walk at all. Just as I was about to collapse on the ground, I smelled a strange smell. When I awoke, I had left the yard and returned to my own carriage, which had stopped at the edge of the black locust grove. I thought I was dreaming, until I saw a fire not far away, and I was terrified, so I hurried away in the carriage. Later, I heard that there was indeed a house in the vicinity, and on the day of the rain, a fire broke out in the house, and everyone in the house was burned to death. As for my own experience, I don't know if I actually went to that house, or if I was overly frightened and had any nightmares when I was in the locust forest. ”