"My name is Zhang Jinsheng, this is the first time..."
You were wearing a rat suit, which is a very tight-fitting piece of clothing sewn with linen, specially used for digging holes. And judging from your movements, you seem very experienced, and you must have been "reversing" the rat for at least eight or ten years. Yet you actually lied to me.
As soon as he exerted force on his foot, the guy screamed, "I've been doing this for eight years, please go easy on me, Master Ghost."
"You big devil, we are human beings." Shen Bing couldn't help but curse.
"Ah..." The guy looked up in astonishment, but still couldn't see us. He sniffed and said, "I know that ghost masters and ghost ladies like to call themselves human. I was wrong, please don't mind it."
Damn, what a mess. I cast a Vanishing Charm and asked him, "Can you see us now?"
"I see, I see, it turns out to be two ghost gentlemen and ladies, I'm so sorry..."
I almost fainted from anger. What kind of look was that? He thought we were ghosts. But this guy's words were quite interesting. He didn't sound like an ordinary mountain villager. Maybe he had been in this business for a long time and learned a set of words.
"I'm not a ghost!" Shen Bing glared at him.
"I was wrong again, please don't mind it, big sister..."
"Am I that old? Are you looking for trouble?"
Oh my god, this girl is the same. If you think it’s inappropriate to call you sister, then don’t call yourself sister. It’s a waste of time.
I immediately asked him where he was from and why he did such an immoral thing. Digging graves is against the will of heaven, so aren't you afraid of retribution
Zhang Jinsheng sighed and told us that he lived in a small town not far from here. He was a farmer for generations. If there was a way, who would choose to do this business? Most of the tomb robbers did it for a living, and they all knew that they would be sentenced if they were caught. Besides, tomb robbery is very popular near Mangshan. Many people who don't make money from working try every means to become masters and think about tomb robbery.
According to him, there are countless masters of tomb robbing here, and many of them have unique skills passed down from their ancestors. But they dare not openly accept apprentices, and they also need connections. It costs a lot of money to become a disciple. However, once you are accepted by a master, you don’t have to worry about food and drink in the future. Relying on the ancient tombs on Mangshan Mountain, you don’t need to spend too much time to find a few valuable artifacts, and you will be rich.
We asked him how many valuable things he had gotten, and he shook his dusty head and complained to us that tomb robbing was not a sure way to make money. Although there were many tombs on Mangshan Mountain, after thousands of years of excavation by tomb robbers, some of them were empty, and some were set up with traps and could not be entered. He had been doing this for eight years, and he only earned pocket money, and he had to do some small business to supplement his family income.
It didn't sound like he was lying. The legend of tomb robbers is very magical, but if you think about it carefully, it's not the case at all. Because they can't take big items, like the bronze tripods and other big items in the Han tombs, it's not easy to take them out, and it's not easy to sell them. The small items have been taken away by the predecessors, and the remaining ones are definitely not worth much.
I nodded and said to him, "Don't do such immoral things again. You don't know that there is a ghost in the ancient tomb just now. If I hadn't driven it away with copper coins, you would have been buried with the tomb owner."
The guy's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he asked with wide eyes, "Is it a female ghost?"
I was startled, and looked at Shen Bing. It turned out that this kid had met the female ghost in the tomb. So I nodded and said, "Yes, it's a female ghost."
He patted his chest in panic and said, "Luckily I got out in time, otherwise I would have died in there."
"How do you know there is a female ghost inside?" Shen Bing asked puzzledly.
Zhang Jinsheng said with a bitter face: "It is a notoriously haunted tomb. Many of my colleagues said that once you enter the tomb, you can never leave. It is said that the ghost of the mistress inside is still lingering, and there are two little boys and girls in the tomb, which are very powerful. Since the beginning of the war, no one has dared to go in. I also noticed that the legend of this tomb is very scary, and few people have entered it. There must be valuable artifacts left in it. I have been planning for two years, and I dared to come here today."