Later, some people even spread the rumors that Xie Wenhua wanted to hoard the treasure by himself, so he killed Zhang Danian! Since he couldnât open the stone gate, he returned to the village and made a lie to get help to open the door.
Before these rumors spread, no one had any suspicion regarding what Xie Wenhua said, but once this rumor spread, everyone became skeptical. Zhang Danianâs family members were even more unassuming, openly saying that Xie Wenhua had killed their loved one!
Xie Wenhua couldnât say anything to protect himself at this time! Seeing that the people of the village were gathering together and wanted to beat Xie Wenhua, the village chief Wang Guangcai prevented them immediately. He proposed that they tie up Xie Wenhua and go to the mountain tomorrow together and see what really happened. When the time came, it would still not be too late to handle Xie Wenhua.
After that was decided, Xie Wenhua spent the rest of the night in grief and fright. Although the next day wasnât very great for him spiritually, he still went up the mountain with everyone to prove his innocence.
With the marks he had left, the villagers quickly found the cave! When everyone saw Zhang Danian, everyone was scared witless. How could someone die like this? Zhang Danianâs entire face was covered with black blood. So long as there was a hole in his body, that part was covered in black blood!
If Zhang Danian was really killed by Xie Wenhua, then Xie Wenhuaâs method of killing was really too cruel â he must be high to do something like this! At least, they all believed that as long as Xie Wenhua was replaced by them, they would never be able to kill someone like this!
Therefore, the suspicion the villagers had regarding Xie Wenhua being the murderer decreased quite a lot, but they still didnât free him.
Seeing the stone door before them, the villagers were bursting with joy. If it was really a mausoleum, then the villagers were going to get really rich! Seeing the villagers have the same expression as what Zhang Danian had that day, Xie Wenhua immediately tried to stop them from being impulsive. However, once the greed of man took over, it was not easy to subdue it. The village chief simply ignored Xie Wenhuaâs words and began to organize the men of the village to bring a lot of crowbars and iron hooks, and then fix them on the stone gates. The village chief commanded everyone to work hard and pull with all their might to open the stone door!
âEveryone, do it with all your might! After I count to three, everyone starts! Letâs start!â The village chief yelled towards the people.
âOne, two...â Thatâs all he could say! The word three was never heard from his mouth!
Everyone who pulled silently fell to the ground just like Zhang Danian. Blood flowed from all their orifices, forming a puddle of blood on the ground!
The village chief, women, and the children present there were shocked! Even Xie Wenhua, who had just experienced watching a man die yesterday, couldnât help but be shocked and scared!
This was certainly the work of the devil! After a while, Xie Wenhua responded and murmured, âI had said it for a long time, but you just didnât listen and angered the souls inside the mausoleum. Now look at what happened... dead, they are all dead!â
Xie Wenhua was innocent, everyone present could tell that now, but what did that even matter? Majority of the labor force from the village had already died!
The village head also realized the severity of the matter and immediately reported to the police. After the police rushed there, they thought it was unbelievable. This wasnât something that could be explained with common sense, therefore they reported the matter to the higher-ups, putting the matter under military control.
At that time, the military sent out a lot of their experts. Not only were there forensic experts, doctors, and biologists, but there were also archaeologists. But no matter from which angle they looked at the situation, no one could explain the cause of death!
But what they could affirm was that this stone gate certainly wasnât some sort of a mausoleum! The archaeologists described that it couldnât be a mausoleum since a mausoleum couldnât be in such a good condition! On top of that, the building material and age of the mausoleum didnât appear to be too old!
Later, the biologists speculated a more acceptable result, that is, the place might be a biochemical test base abandoned by the Japanese!
Although this conclusion was pretty far-fetched, several experts who had come in contact with the mausoleum in that time also died, so even though the conclusion wasnât credible, it was agreed that the place was very dangerous! Therefore, after a while, a few senior officials involved with the case decided to blow up the cave. They couldnât let this place harm anyone else again!
That was also the cause of the past Xixing Mountain earthquake! In reality, it wasnât the Earthâs crust moving, instead, it was caused by a massive explosion!
Uncle Wu was one of the officials involved in the past. Mentioning the matter now, Uncle Wu still had a lingering fear and some regret, âAt that time, the technological level of our military wasnât very good, so we decided to blow up the place. If it was found now, we would certainly have studied it more extensively! However, this isnât a very great matter, so thereâs no need to mention it ever again! I had never thought that I will actually see such a map after so many years!â
I nodded and didnât say anything else. Only I am clear that the possibility of it being a biochemical lab was close to nill, after all, the map was from Qing Dynasty â it was impossible for there to be any biochemical labs at that time!
However, I didnât mention this matter to Uncle Wu. Since I now know that the things inside havenât yet been taken away, I must go there and have a look! If I said this out loud, Uncle Wu will certainly prevent me from going on such a dangerous mission!
âSo thatâs how it is, it had been blown up!â I pretended to have regret written all over my face, âIt seems that my plans of making a fortune have been washed down the drain!â
âHaha, will you ever be short of money?â Uncle Wu laughed, âAlright, since I have already explained the matter to you, I wonât be the lightbulb anymore â YingYing and you can go ahead and play now. I will go upstairs and do some work!â Saying that Uncle Wu gave the sheepskin back to me.
Returning back to Wu YingYingâs room, before I could speak, Wu YingYing asked, âHusband, you havenât lost heart yet?â
I nodded and said, âSince the gate hasnât been opened yet, itâs proof that the thing inside hasnât yet been taken away!â
âBut havenât you heart my father just say that the place is very scary?â Wu YingYing asked, âThose people died so strangely, it must be something bad and strange!â
âThe scientific level had not been up to par at that time, so some things that are conventional might have been regarded as inconceivable. And, have you already forgotten that I have special abilities, so thatâs already a plus!â I said with a smile.
âSpecial abilities? What relation does this and your spatial shift have?â Wu YingYing asked as she felt strange.
âSpatial shift is only one of my abilities. In fact, itâs impossible for my body to be invaded by poison, chemical weapons, or even atomic bombs. I donât fear anything!â The rest of the words that I wasnât even afraid of ghosts, I kept them to myself! Which ghost wasnât afraid of Yama (King of Hell)? And I was Yamaâs sworn brother!
âTruth or not?â Wu YingYing obviously didnât believe what I was saying. It was just like some acrobat on the street saying he was invincible.