Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 369 Strange Stories

"Little brother, this old man Yu has a lot of boxes. I heard that he dug a tomb and there was nothing inside, just an empty coffin and 24 empty boxes.

That made Old Man Yu so angry that he took all the empty boxes back!"

One of the old men said.

"Really? Is it so bizarre?" He Lai's curiosity was aroused.

"It's weird, isn't it? I heard that the tomb is still intact, but there is no body or valuables in it. It's completely empty."

"You don't know this, right? I heard that Old Man Yu got a bright yellow dragon robe from the tomb and hid it. I guess it was an imperial tomb, so even though the tomb was empty, Old Man Yu still took all the boxes back. As for what was inside, we don't know!"

Blind Old Yi stroked his beard and said meaningfully.

Just when the old men were chatting excitedly, Old Man Yu came back with an empty box.

"Old Yu, is it true that they said you have a dragon robe? Sell it to me."

He Lai immediately came to Old Man Yu and asked.

"Dragon, you are so blind that you believe the nonsense these old idiots say! Stupid old Yi still has the jade seal, why didn't you ask him to sell it to you!

And that Na Ye, did you know that it is a famous Manchu surname? I heard that his great grandfather was a first-rank official. Why didn’t you ask him for some good things? "

Old Man Yu pointed to two of the old men and said.

He Lai smacked his lips, realizing that these people might be bragging a little.

"Okay, then I'll collect some junk. Come on, old men, don't waste time. I have to go back and take a nap! Let's finish reading and get it over with as soon as possible."

He Lai sat on a small stool and started packing things.

After a while of talking and chatting, everyone soon agreed on a price. He Lai also brought all the food from afar, and this time he gave each person an extra pound of meat. It was not easy for these old men, they had suffered for half their lives. Old man Yu got an extra pound of meat because he brought a box after all.

They were not the kind of people who specialized in collecting antiques. They were porters, the lowest class of people. They could not survive during the war years, so they started robbing tombs. After all, there were so many tombs of wealthy people in the entire city that they could never dig them all!

After collecting the things, the old men sat together and started chatting, as if He Lai's arrival had opened up their mouths.

"I heard that last time my little brother was collecting things, tens of thousands of kilograms of sweet potatoes appeared over at Dashiqiao. I don't know if it's true or not."

"Of course it's true. It's not the first time. It's happened four or five times! It's everywhere. The first time seemed to be in the Dashilan area."

"I don't know which kind-hearted person put it there. I really have to thank him a lot, even though he didn't put it in our shabby alley."

"What kind of good man is this? This must be the immortal of the Forty-Nine City who couldn't stand it anymore. The people down there are starving."

"Yes, it must be an immortal. How could an ordinary person put so much food out right under our noses? I heard that the officials have been investigating for a long time, but they can't find any clues!"

"So, ghosts and gods do exist. I told you that my eyes were blinded by lightning, but you didn't believe me."

Blind Old Yi continued.

"What is the heavenly thunder? Tell me about it!" He Lai became interested immediately when he heard about the heavenly calamity.

"Hey, you believe that nonsense told by blind old Yi!" Old man Yu had a look of disdain on his face. He never believed in ghosts.

"Tell me, tell me, I love to hear these things! Whoever tells me, I'll give him a pound of fat meat!"

When He Lai heard the story, he immediately became excited.

"I'll come, I'll come."

"Get out of the way. It's your turn to talk about my story. The old man will tell it himself."

Blind Old Yi cursed and then began to talk about his eyes.

"Back then, when I had just learned how to do tomb robbing, I went to another province to rob graves and heard a piece of news from a local fellow.

There is a strange thing on their mountain. On every moonlit night, a ball of white light will appear on the mountain. No one knows what it is, but looking up at the foot of the mountain, it looks like two bright moons.

After hearing this, I thought there must be an ancient tomb with treasure buried in the mountains, so I asked for the way up the mountain and went there to look for it.

In the evening, when we reached the foot of the mountain, it suddenly became cloudy and thunderous. I was worried that it might rain heavily, so I didn't go any further.

Seeing the Luminggu Temple beside the road, I wanted to spend the night in the temple and go up the mountain tomorrow.

When I walked into the temple, I found that it had been abandoned for many years and there were no monks left.

I didn't believe in ghosts or gods at the time, so I lit an oil lamp and entered the Buddhist temple. I saw an empty room behind the Buddha statue and decided to stay there for the night.

The two doors were so broken that I couldn't close them after I pushed them open.

All I could do was find some straw to spread on the ground and prepare to spend the night there. I sat on the straw and ate some dry food.

Unexpectedly, a gust of cold wind blew at this time, the sky was dark, and it hadn't rained yet. I could only hear continuous thunder outside. I didn't think much about it, I just tightened my clothes and wanted to go to sleep quickly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I closed my eyes, I heard bursts of noise coming from the Buddhist temple outside.

I was a little panicked at that time. What if I encountered some robbers or other desperate people in this mountainous area? What should I do? I could only muster up the courage to come out of the house and hide behind the Buddha statue to peek.

At this moment, the door of the Buddhist temple was pushed open, and a woman came in from outside! She was wearing a blue cloth shirt.

This really scared me because I had seen this before when I was robbing tombs with others. This woman was just like the tomb owners. She had a yin aura on her body! It was as if she had just crawled out of a grave!

I saw the woman hurriedly walked into the Buddhist temple and kept kowtowing and kneeling in front of the Buddha statue.

At this time, there was thunder and lightning like a golden snake. I was so scared that I almost lost my soul. I didn’t know what kind of monster this woman was. She attracted this thunder! She actually had to hide from the thunder in the Buddhist temple of Luming Ancient Temple.

I was so scared that I was shaking with fear. The woman also noticed that I was hiding behind the Buddha statue. When she looked up suddenly, she found that she had six eyes on her face!

I was so scared at the time that I could only lower my head and run outside desperately. As soon as I pushed open the door of the Buddhist temple, the woman caught up with me from behind.

At this moment, a thunder suddenly came from the temple gate, hitting the woman on the head, and I also fainted on the ground.

My eyes were burned by lightning at that time. I wasn't blind, but I couldn't see clearly and everything was blurry.

Later, a mountain villager passed by the Luming Ancient Temple and saved me. I looked inside the Buddhist temple and saw that the spider was killed by lightning! Its belly was full of turquoise Tibetan stones, which looked like jade but were not jade. At night, it could emit light, as bright as the moon.

The villagers saw the light on the mountain and it was this thing causing trouble.

They say it took him a thousand years to become an immortal, but he died in one day. It's all my fault. If I had stayed in the house, would he have become an immortal?"

Blind Old Yi finished his story and sighed softly.

"Blind old man, do you have that stone? Buy me a few!"

After hearing the story, He Lai immediately became curious about the glowing stone.

"Listen to him bragging, if he had that stone, he would still be standing here telling me stories! Haha..." Old Man Yu spoke first.

"Alas, I fainted at the time and didn't wake up until a few days later. When I went back, there was nothing left. What a pity, what a pity."

Blind Old Yi said regretfully.

"Tsk, boring. I'm leaving. See you next time!" He Lai was suddenly speechless. He picked up the box and left the ghost market.