Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 233 Compassion, Obsession

"Disaster?! What kind of disaster?" I frowned.

As things have developed to this point, I have an indescribable feeling of unease in my heart.

Ever since we arrived in Miaowan Village and encountered the coffin-carrying team, we have been led by Ma Si step by step.

Could it be his arrangement that we went into the cave to rescue Su Sheng?

Why did he make such an arrangement?

Will he use us as cannon fodder to achieve his own goals?

The more I thought about it, the more possible it seemed.

Taoist Master Zhang was about to explain by pulling his goatee when Old Man Su suddenly knelt down in front of us.

咣 咣 咣!

Old Man Su kowtowed three times without saying a word.

He knocked his head very hard, and his forehead hit the stone ground hard.

After three hits, his forehead was covered in blood.

"Old Su, what are you doing?"

"Wipe the blood!"

I wanted to wipe the blood off Old Man Su's forehead, but he turned his head away.

"Master Chen, please go into the cave and save my grandson!"

"Don't waste time. Let's talk about everything on the way, okay?"

"As long as you save my grandson, the lives of our Su family will be yours from now on!"

"No matter what we have to endure, we won't even frown!"

Old Man Su looked at me with pleading eyes.

I couldn't stand his look, so I turned to look at Taoist Master Zhang.

"Old Zhang, are you really sure you can save him?"

"I'm worried that this is a trap set by Ma Si to lure us to rescue Su Sheng."

"This..." Taoist Master Zhang pondered.

Obviously, he did not consider Ma Si's purpose, but only thought about racing against time to save Su Sheng.

咣 咣 咣!

Old man Su started to nod his head hard.

She cried piteously, "Please, come into the cave and save my little grandson!"

"He's only fourteen when Sheng'er comes!"

"Mengzi, Lou'er, come and kowtow, beg them to save Sheng'er!"

Following Old Man Su's shout, Su Meng and Su Lou also ran over.

Without asking any questions, the two men knelt down behind Old Man Su and kowtowed to him.

Seeing that the three people's foreheads were bleeding profusely, I sighed helplessly.

It's not a good idea to continue letting them knock.

Taoist Master Zhang made up his mind: "Saving people is the most important thing."

"As for Ma Si... he's just countering his opponent's moves."

Taoist Master Zhang is full of compassion in his practice.

At this time, the most important thing I thought about was saving people, so I put the danger aside and didn't think about it too much.

In my opinion, it is best to do the opposite at this time.

But Old Man Su and the others have knocked their heads so hard, it’s hard for me to say anything else.

I could only nod and agree with Taoist Master Zhang's plan.

Go into the cave to rescue people first, and the others will respond to the situation as needed.

"Pack up and get ready to go into the cave!" I shouted outside.

Cui Hao and his team quickly packed up their equipment and carried it on their backs, each carrying two emergency lights.

Zhao Ziang stamped his feet anxiously and trotted over to persuade him, "Master Chen, you must promise not to go into the cave!"

"Can we just wait at the entrance of the cave?"

"It's really dangerous in there. What I said before is true, not nonsense!"

I shook my head and said, "If you're scared, just wait outside."

"I must enter this cave."

After saying that, I took an emergency light from Cui Hao and walked into the depths of the cave.

Cui Hao followed me and took two steps before turning back to look at Zhao Ziang: "Coward! Wait at the cave entrance!"

Zhao Ziang's face turned ashen.

He raised his leg and wanted to follow us into the cave, but after lifting it a little, he put it down again.

It was obvious that he was very afraid of the depths of the cave.

We walked forward more than fifty meters when we suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind us.

Looking back, it was Zhao Ziang running after him.

He ran up to me with a nervous look on his face and said with a desperate attitude, "I'm not a coward!"

"It's not like I haven't been there before, so I'm not afraid!"

"Haha." I smiled and patted his shoulder, and asked Shi Nianzi to get him an emergency light.

The light from an emergency light is much brighter than a flashlight.

Each of us has an emergency light, and the strong light allows us to see clearly the situation in the cave within a distance of about 20 meters.

A person's inner fear is often proportional to the brightness of the light.

The darker and less lit the place is, the stronger the fear in my heart will be.

The more light there is, the less fear there is.

It’s like people always think it’s easier to see ghosts at night, but few believe they can see ghosts in broad daylight.

Because he was anxious to save his grandson, Old Man Su walked the fastest and was at the front of the team.

Su Meng and Su Lou followed closely on both sides of him.

We were slightly disconnected from the three of them, and thus formed the second echelon.

The reason why he was out of touch with the three of them was that Taoist Master Zhang deliberately slowed down his pace.

Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be.

Taoist Master Zhang is such a compassionate person, he would never let Old Man Su and the other three take risks.

I asked curiously, "Lao Zhang, why don't you walk in a row with them?"

"Something seems to be wrong with them, so I slowed down." Taoist Master Zhang's voice was very soft, so soft that only I could hear it.

My heart suddenly tightened.

He stared at the backs of Old Man Su and the others with wide eyes.

There is a shadow!

It seems not what I thought.

So what could be wrong with them?

Just now, Taoist Priest Zhang looked at them carefully and made sure that they were not possessed!

"Why can't I see something wrong with them?"

"Bewildered."

A word immediately came to my mind: obsessed!

They are eager to save people, and their obsession is too deep, so they are easily captured and confused by evil things.

But it had only been a short while since we entered the cave, and something really happened?

As if he could read my inner thoughts, Taoist Master Zhang pulled at my goatee and said, "It's not necessarily possessed by a ghost."

"But their obsession is too deep, and they have been bewitched by it. I still underestimated Ma Si's cunning!"

"Your guess is correct. Ma Si's purpose... In short, we must be extra careful!"

There was a hint of nervousness in Taoist Master Zhang's expression.

My heartstrings tightened even more.

He turned his head and whispered to Cui Hao, "Let the millstone go last. Be careful of anything that might pop up from behind."

Cui Hao nodded, stopped, grabbed the stone mill and whispered a few words.

Then they walked together at the end of the team, about ten steps away from us.

It’s not that I think there’s something following me, I’m just making preparations in advance just in case.

Taoist Zhang narrowed his eyes and muttered, "Bronze mask, a pair of horns, a bronze plaque, Yin stone..."

I frowned.

These are the things I got.

And they are arranged in the order in which they are obtained.

What does Taoist Master Zhang mean by muttering these things?

wrong!

These things were obtained by Ma Si step by step.

Could it be that Ma Si's ultimate goal is related to me?!