Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 119 Han Dynasty Corpse
While the two were talking, Ran Qing had already pulled one of the bodies out with force.

This corpse, which had been dead for more than ten years, had shriveled skin and stiff limbs, just like the dried sausages in the countryside.

After dragging out one body, the remaining two bodies became easier.

Soon, Ran Qing pulled the three bodies out of the iron box and piled them side by side on the ground.

...Yes, piled up.

The three corpses had broken bones all over their bodies, and their shriveled flesh could be piled up like tattered meat blankets.

Their expressions were extremely painful, and they must have suffered torture when they died. It is even possible that their bones were broken bit by bit while they were alive.

The murderers who killed them were extremely cruel.

Ran Qing murmured, "Is the person who killed these three tomb robbers really alive?"

Tomb robbers often go into tombs and open coffins. Those dark and eerie tombs buried deep underground are nourished by the earth's yin energy all year round, and abnormal evil spirits may breed there.

Sometimes tomb robbers would even encounter strange monsters that even the Taoists could not understand.

The deaths of these three tomb robbers looked like they were killed by some abnormal monster.

It is extremely difficult for a living person to kill them by breaking all the bones without shattering them.

Mo Li suddenly laughed dryly and said, "Um...Ran Qing, I suddenly remembered something...where did the thing that killed those three tomb robbers go after they killed them?"

"Is it still in this Taoist temple?"

The girl suddenly started telling horror stories.

Little Cotton was so frightened that his fur stood on end again, and he shrank into the corner in fear.

Ran Qing looked at the girl in silence, then looked at the three corpses facing each other on the ground.

He also felt a little scalp tingling.

"...Not really, right? It's been over ten years."

But I have to say, Mo Li's hypothesis... is a bit scary.

After the three bodies were dragged out, there was nothing in the empty metal box.

These three bodies are the only "treasure" hidden in the iron box.

Ran Qing squatted down and began to grope through the clothes of the corpse with his rubber-gloved hands.

The three tomb robbers were all wearing old and simple indigo Taoist robes without pockets.

But after searching around, Ran Qing actually found the thing.

His hand touched something bulging on the chest of one of the corpses, so he reached into the corpse's arms and took out an old diary.

After opening the diary, I saw the diary of a tomb robber written in neat penmanship.

[January 6th, sunny]

My senior brother returned from Hong Kong and said that there were beautiful women everywhere, showing off their breasts and buttocks. They were all dressed up like fairies, it was truly a world of debauchery.

[I don’t know when I’ll be able to enjoy myself there like my senior brother…]

……

The tomb robber's diary was written in a very mundane manner, filled with the young man's complaints, his yearning for the world of pleasure, and his erotic fantasies about young girls.

Although his handwriting is quite neat, his education level is obviously limited and he is not very old.

Ran Qing flipped through the pages quickly, hastily skipping over the irrelevant parts, trying to find content related to the worship of the evil god.

But the more I flipped through the diary, the less I found in it, and the time intervals between each entry became longer and longer.

In the beginning, I wrote almost every day.

But after less than a month, I started writing once every one or two weeks.

The longest gap I took was a full year before I picked it up again and started writing every day. But I only persisted for less than two weeks before I started writing only once every other day again.

Ran Qing began to worry, wondering if there was anything in this diary that he wanted to know...

Fortunately, as he turned to the second half of the diary, he finally saw the real story written by the tomb robber.

Several years have passed since the first page of the book. The tomb robber's writing has become a little ugly and sloppy, but the tone of the writing has become much more mature.

[October 7, heavy rain]

[My brother found a great job, a tomb that looks like it was built during the Han Dynasty. Once we finish this job, I will go to Hong Kong with him to have some fun.]

[This time I must have a good time in Xinle Tiandi for three days and three nights, and let Lixia's bitches serve me well]

[The last time I went, I spent all my money quickly. It wasn’t satisfying at all.] [Oh, I have to go again…]

……

The tomb robber's diary briefly mentioned going to the Han Dynasty tomb, and the rest was all various fantasies.

It seems to have become a habit for the three brothers, the tomb robbers who suddenly made a fortune, to go south with huge sums of money to spend and enjoy the beauty of the world.

Ran Qing didn't care about this. He quickly skipped over the content and turned to the next page of the diary.

But what is recorded later are just some trivial things before departure.

The tomb robbers did not write down the process of robbing the tomb in their diary.

After a two-month hiatus, the diary was recorded again, but the young tomb robber's writing tone became panic-stricken and fearful.

[October 10, heavy rain]

[I always dream about that ancient corpse from the Han Dynasty. I dream that the ancient corpse from the Han Dynasty has crawled out of the tomb.]

[My brothers and sisters said it was just a nightmare, but the dream felt so real!]

[And that ancient corpse from the Han Dynasty was really evil. When I opened the coffin, I clearly saw it smiling at me. It was a very creepy smile.]

[But my brothers and sisters said they didn’t see the corpse laughing at all, and that I was hallucinating.]

The more I think about it, the more scared I feel. Master said that some ancient corpses are buried underground. Over the years, they absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and will gradually transform into corpses and become evil.

[Are we so unlucky that we ran into this evil corpse? ]

……

When Ran Qing saw this diary, his heart was shocked.

He quickly turned to the next page.

[October 10, heavy rain]

[The rain is getting heavier. I don’t know what’s going on lately. It’s been raining heavily every day.]

[I dreamed about that ancient corpse again last night]

[But the ancient corpse is no longer in the tomb. In my dream, I actually saw it stand up from the river and twist off the heads of my brothers and others... I must be crazy.]

[No matter how strange that ancient corpse is, can it still crawl out of the ground?]

[That Han Dynasty tomb is over 2,000 miles away from us!]

[Senior brothers and the others were right. I was indeed having a nightmare and hallucinations. How could such an outrageous thing happen?]

……

[October 10, heavy rain]

My nightmares are becoming more and more frequent. Every night I dream of an ancient corpse crawling out of the river and twisting off the heads of my brothers and sisters.

Even during the day, when I look toward the river, I can sometimes see the ancient corpse standing in the river, smiling at me.

My senior brothers and sisters said I must have been possessed by an evil spirit, so they asked a Taoist priest with great experience to help me exorcise the evil spirit.

[But after reading this, the Taoist priest became mysterious and even pulled the brothers aside to talk in private.]

[Could something have really happened? Am I really being haunted by that ancient corpse?]

[It can find me even after being more than 2,000 miles away? ]

【Why?! Why are you pestering me?】

……

The tomb robber's diary starts to become sinister and crazy from here.

His writing tone is full of despair and confusion.

It was like he had eaten too many poisonous mushrooms and was already unconscious.

Ran Qing held the diary in his hand. Even though he was wearing plastic gloves, he could still feel a cold and damp air dripping from the diary.

He continued on to the next page.

There was a simple line of words written on it.

[October 10, heavy rain]

[The ancient corpse really came]

(End of this chapter)