Hearing the three words Xiehuling, I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, this place is called Yangguanling, why would the middle-aged man say that it was Xiehuling, could it be that he was looking for the wrong place?

Su Dingqin saw that I was puzzled, and said that according to his previous investigation, this place was indeed called Xiehuling.

The reason for this name is because there is a huge rock in the forest, which looks like a tiger lying on the ground to rest, so it is called Xiehuling.

Later, I don't know who stole this boulder, so Xiehuling is not worthy of the name, so it was renamed Yangguanling, but this is what happened more than 100 years ago, and it seems that this person has been dead for at least a hundred years.

"In my opinion, this person should be lost in this Yangguan Ridge, a few of you are hiding here, I will come forward to ask, if it is really a lost and lonely soul, I will persuade him to enter the reincarnation of the underworld as soon as possible."

After Su Dingqin finished speaking, I didn't wait for a few of us to respond, so I put aside the branches in front of me and walked towards the middle-aged man who was looking around, the middle-aged man heard a strange sound around him and immediately followed the sound, and when he saw Su Dingqin, his expression was suddenly stunned, and he said in surprise: "You...... Who are you? ”

"In Xia Su Dingqin, I came here to enjoy the mountains and rivers, I don't know what Brother Tai is called, where does it come from?" Su Dingqin looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and asked kindly.

"My name is Shen Baichuan, from Yuyang, by the way, since you are here to play, have you seen my wife Mei Niang, she was captured by the officers and soldiers before and there is no news, a few days ago I heard that she was arrested here to rest in Huling, so I came here to look for it, but I have been looking for a few days without seeing anyone, have you seen her?" The middle-aged man had earnest eyes in his eyes, and he was even more crying when he spoke.

"Why did the officers and soldiers arrest your wife, but they broke the law?" Su Dingqin said in a deep voice.

Shen Baichuan hurriedly shook his head when he heard this, and said that his wife and I are both poor people in Yuyang, how could we do such a criminal thing.

His wife, Mei Niang, is quite good-looking and is considered a beauty in the local area, but it is precisely because of this that she causes trouble.

A few days ago, the husband and wife were chatting at home, when suddenly several officers and soldiers broke through the door, beat her to the ground without saying a word, and then abducted his wife.

Because Shen Baichuan was injured and fell to the ground at that time, he had to watch his wife being taken away by officers and soldiers.

A few days later, after many inquiries, he learned that his wife was taken to Xiehuling by the group of officers and soldiers, and except for his wife, he heard that all the beautiful women in the city were taken away, and more than a dozen women were arrested on Bailiting Street where he lived.

After Shen Baichuan learned of this, he originally wanted to discuss with other women's families to go to Xiehuling together, but he didn't expect that those family members were afraid of the punishment of the officers and soldiers, so they didn't dare to come forward, so Shen Baichuan had no choice but to embark on the journey to find his wife alone.

But when he came to this Xiehuling without any difficulty, he found no trace of his wife, and the whereabouts of the other women who were brought were also unknown, so he kept looking for it here, but to no avail.

Su Dingqin was stunned after hearing Shen Baichuan's words, and asked in surprise: "You just said that you are from Yuyang, and it is thousands of miles from Yuyang to here, how did you come here?" ”

Shen Baichuan lowered his head and pointed to his legs, sighed and said: "Walking all the way from Yuyang to here, I thought that Xiehuling was only a few days away from Yuyang at most, but after asking on the road, I knew that Xiehuling was so far away from Yuyang County, but even if it was far away, I still persevered, and I finally arrived at Xiehuling, and I wore out more than a dozen pairs of shoes along the way......

Speaking of this, Shen Baichuan seemed to think of the hardships and ups and downs of this road, and couldn't help but reddened his eyes, but he never saw tears falling, Ning Nanxi had told me before that ghosts have no tears, so even if Shen Baichuan was sad and sad in his heart, he would not shed half a tear.

"Brother Shen, I would like to ask you, what is the origin of these officers and soldiers, why did they arrest your wife and other women to Xiehuling, and what is the purpose of doing this?" Su Dingqin looked at Shen Baichuan and asked.

"I don't know what the origin of the officers and soldiers is, anyway, they are definitely not from our county government, and I have asked why they want to arrest people, but no one knows the reason." Shen Baichuan sighed helplessly.

"Since you are arresting people indiscriminately, why don't you jointly write a letter to sue the official, isn't there a place in the world where the king's law is taught?" Su Dingqin asked.

Shen Baichuan raised his hand and waved his hand, saying that if there was really a place to teach the Fa, why did he have to go so far to find his wife here, he also had no way, on the day his wife was taken away, he was going to go to the county government to report to the official, but before he could go out, several officials broke into his home, and directly threw a cloth bag on the ground, saying that this was to buy his wife's money, and asked him not to ask about this matter in the future, otherwise he would definitely worry about his life.

After several officials finished speaking, they turned around and left without waiting for Shen Baichuan to respond, and then Shen Baichuan picked up the cloth bag on the ground, and when he opened it, he found that there were several copper coins inside.

Later, after inquiry, he learned that the family members of other arrested women had also received copper coins, and then Shen Baichuan realized that it was useless to come to report to the official, and these money were hush money given by the county government, even if he didn't want the money, the county government would definitely not dare to care about it.

Under the coercion of power, other women's families had to give up, but Shen Baichuan and his wife Mei Niang were childhood sweethearts, and how could they erase the relationship of twenty or thirty years, and then Shen Baichuan had to sell his wealth for copper coins and embarked on the road of finding a wife.

"In this way, I am afraid that this matter was done by a high-ranking official, otherwise the county government would not have been able to take care of the aftermath for it." Su Dingqin said in a deep voice.

"That's right, the neighborhood also said the same, but even high-ranking officials can't arrest people at will, right, brother, have you seen my wife Mei Niang?" Shen Baichuan asked again.

"I haven't seen it, but there is something I want to tell you, it has been a thousand years since you lived, if I guessed correctly, you would have died in this Xiehuling, but I don't know, you are looking for your wife in this dense forest with a wisp of obsession, but even if you look for another hundred years and thousands of years, you still can't meet her, because she has already entered the reincarnation of the underworld." Su Dingqin looked at Shen Baichuan and said in a deep voice.

Shen Baichuan was stunned when he heard this, his eyes widened in disbelief and looked at Su Dingqin, and after being silent for a few seconds, he quickly shook his head and said, "Impossible!" How can I not know whether I am alive or dead, you must be in the same group as those officers and soldiers, you are here to prevent me from finding Mei Niang, tell me quickly, where is Mei Niang, if you don't say it, I will kill you! ”

While speaking, Shen Baichuan hurriedly took out a sharp firewood knife from his satchel, and kept gesturing in front of Su Dingqin with a trembling hand, Ning Nanxi saw that Su Dingqin was in danger and just wanted to make a move, at this time Shen Nanxiao stopped him and said in a low voice: "Since Brother Dingqin asked you to stay here, don't show up easily, with the ability of this evil thing, it is not Brother Dingqin's opponent at all, let's just wait and see what happens." ”

Seeing Shen Nanxiao's appearance of a bamboo in his chest, Ning Nanxi had to stabilize his mind and continue to look in the direction of the middle-aged man and Su Dingqin, the middle-aged man pulled out the firewood knife and crossed his chest, looked at Su Dingqin in front of him and roared: "Where did you brutes who lost their conscience get Mei Niang, if you don't say anything more, I will kill you, anyway, without Mei Niang, I don't have any fun living in this world!" ”

"Brother Shen, don't be impulsive, I didn't lie to you, you really died in this ...... a long time ago"

Without waiting for Su Dingqin to finish speaking, Shen Baichuan raised his trembling hand and slashed at Su Dingqin's head, the sharp firewood knife flashed under the firelight, and at this moment, a clang came, the firewood knife in Shen Baichuan's hand actually fell to the ground, and the Tiangang splitting water fan appeared in Su Dingqin's hand at some point.

Shen Baichuan saw Su Dingqin knocking the firewood knife to the ground, and just wanted to bend down to pick it up, when Su Dingqin quickly stepped forward and directly pressed the folding fan against Shen Baichuan's neck, and then said in a deep voice: "I know you don't want to believe what I said, but this is the truth, you have been dead for thousands of years, but it is just a wisp of obsession wandering in the jungle, if you don't believe it, you take a closer look at whether you have a shadow under the fire!" ”

Hearing this, Shen Baichuan slowly turned his head to look at the ground, and when he saw that there was nothing on the ground, his eyes showed an unbelievable expression, and it took him a while to come to his senses, and his words trembled: "I...... I really ...... Already dead? ”

"That's right, not only are you dead, but your wife Mei Niang has already turned into nothingness, in this case, why do you still obsess on finding her traces, it is better to enter the underworld and reincarnate earlier, if there is really fate, you may be able to see each other again in the next life, if you stay here, not only will you be tortured by eternal life, but even your wife Mei Niang wants to see you again." Su Dingqin looked at Shen Baichuan and said earnestly.

After listening to Su Dingqin's words, Shen Baichuan's originally dim gaze seemed to rekindle hope again, he looked at Su Dingqin and said excitedly: "I...... Is it really possible for me to meet Mei Niang? ”

"If Mei Niang still stays in the underworld, you have a great hope of seeing her, and even if she has been reincarnated, as long as you are destined in your previous life, you will always meet in the next life." Su Dingqin said in a deep voice.

"Brother Su, thank you, I will definitely find Mei Niang, I will definitely ......"

As soon as Shen Baichuan's words fell, the torch in his hand began to slowly extinguish, and finally dissipated along with the wooden handle into smoke and dust, as for Shen Baichuan, he slowly disappeared in front of our eyes, and after a few seconds, he was no longer visible, it seemed that he should have woken up and gone to the underworld to reincarnate.

After the torch was completely extinguished, there was darkness in the dense forest, and then Ning Nanxi and I turned on the flashlight again, brushed aside the branches and leaves in front of us, and walked towards Su Dingqin.

Walking to Su Dingqin's side, Ning Nanxi said in a low voice: "According to Shen Baichuan, his wife Mei Niang and those women were all brought to this Yangguan Ridge, where the mountains and mountains are barren, why did those officers and soldiers bring them here?" ”

"I think the disappearance of these women is very likely to be related to the tomb in Yangguanling, if this is the case, then there are only two ends for these women." Su Dingqin said in a deep voice.

"Which two?" Shen Nanxiao asked.

"According to the scale of the tomb, this ancient tomb is very large, the construction of this mausoleum must have consumed a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, ordinary people or dignitaries simply do not have the ability to build such a large-scale mausoleum, so I guess this mausoleum is likely to be the mausoleum of a high-ranking official, the ancient more prosperous burial, the so-called burial refers to not only gold and silver treasures, but also may be livestock, according to my inference, this first fate is to be used as the tomb owner's burial things."

According to Su Dingqin, the burial of living people has existed since ancient times, and the Shang and Zhou slave periods arose, and the Qin Dynasty was the most prosperous.

The burial of the living is not only enjoyed by the emperor, but also by high-ranking officials who are in high power.

They would choose a woman with good looks and a slender figure to accompany them to the funeral, with the purpose of letting them die with them.

Of course, the burial of the living does not refer to the trapping of the living in the mausoleum, but to make them ageless, and the methods and means are even more appalling.