In the huge and luxurious underground palace, An Rugu, standing in front of the mural, faces the eternal lamp in the distance.
The eternal lamp is dimly lit, the light flickers, it is quiet and peaceful.
An Rugu's eyes darkened. The pattern on the celadon eternal lamp was exquisite and complex. If it was placed in a museum, she would appreciate it carefully.
But now, she had no appreciation for this weird thing at all.
Anything abnormal is evil.
She closed her eyes and raised her hands to cover her eyelids. Three seconds later, she opened her eyes again. The world in her Yin-Yang eyes was completely different from before.
The celadon eternal lamp was surrounded by a thick aura of ghostliness and evil. After careful examination, it turned out to be the same source as the evil aura on Professor Zhang.
It seems that it was not a ghost lighting the lamp, but the lamp itself that caught fire - a ghost in the lamp.
In the blink of an eye, she turned off her Yin-Yang eyes. They had been in a stalemate for a long time, and the other party had no intention of attacking. The light seemed to be fulfilling the obligation of the lamp to illuminate her.
It's just that the lighting method really scared countless people, and the timid people in the live broadcast room no longer dared to look at their phones.
Many people gave An Rugu advice in the comments, such as kowtow three times or prick one's finger to use the blood and essence of a boy's body to drive away the ghosts.
Some of the suggestions make sense, and some make absolutely no sense.
An Rugu raised her clear and clean eyes and put the phone receiver to her lips: "I have something to deal with. I will be back in ten minutes."
Then he turned off the camera and microphone on his phone. The live broadcast room was not closed, but it was almost closed with a black screen.
At this time, the live broadcast room has already attracted 63.52 million hits. If it were a small anchor, he would probably not dare to neglect it at all.
But she was unique and simply ignored the millions of people in the live broadcast room and didn't care about them.
The celadon eternal lamp in front of her has attracted all her attention.
She took a step forward and walked straight towards the two coffins in the center of the third floor of the underground palace.
For some reason, when she got closer to the eternal lamp, the flickering amplitude of the light became larger, as if it was surprised why she was so calm and dared to come over.
In front of them were two golden nanmu coffins that did not appear to have been damaged. After all, the things on the first and second floors could not be moved, and the three thieves had no intention of moving the tomb owner yet.
An Rugu retracted his gaze and passed his eyes across the celadon eternal lamp: "Who are you? Why are you hiding your head and showing your tail?"
The flickering of the lights gradually increased, and then the green smoke that was originally floating upwards dispersed in all directions. The visible smoke was controlled by an invisible hand.
Some areas of the green smoke were so thick that they looked white, while other areas were so light that they were invisible.
He actually used smoke to form a sentence: [I also want to ask you. ]
I also want to ask you something.
An Rugu: “…”
She wanted to refute, but then she thought again, that was right.
This ghost is most likely a ghost in the tomb, and she is an outsider. What the other party said is correct.
Before she could answer, the rising smoke formed new words: [What are you praying for? A treasure.]
Do you wish for a treasure?
An Rugu: “?”
The green smoke and the wish, could this ghost be the Aladdin's lamp in Western legend?
However, the magic lamp in Western legends would probably not be written in classical Chinese.
Her eyes flashed and she looked at the lamp carefully. She was silent for a long time, thinking about what the ghost wanted to do.
Suddenly, she flipped out a name from the memory palace in her mind, the Five Ghosts Moving Spell. The Taoist priest used the Five Ghosts Moving Spell to drive the five ghosts to take people's property without breaking their doors or boxes. In fact, it was the same as the Fortune Transfer Spell, which was a spell to overdraw wealth in advance.
You need to accumulate virtue and do good deeds to make up for the wealth that has been overdrawn in advance.
The relationship between the alchemists and the five ghosts is an employment relationship. However, some alchemists are even more ruthless than the ghosts, and they directly capture, imprison and refine the ghosts, using the power of the ghosts to make money.
The Kumantong from a Southeast Asian country is "the best among them".
An Rugu changed his mind and wondered, could it be that the eternal lamp ghost was locked in by the alchemist and controlled by spells to help people fulfill their wishes?
Seeing that she did not answer, the swirling green smoke turned into new words: [You should know that this place has gold, silver and treasures. ]
An Rugu: “…”
The owner of this tomb was so generous that he was willing to give his burial objects to others.
Gold, silver, porcelain, jade, gemstones...there was nothing that was not in this tomb, except what she could not think of.
As long as you make a wish, you can take away a priceless treasure, and from now on you will definitely reach the peak of your life. Money can move people's hearts, and the words of the Changming Lantern are too tempting.
But her expression remained unchanged, and her heart remained calm: "Those three tomb robbers also made a wish?"
Unexpected wealth is a curse, not a blessing. It may be money to buy your life, or it may be money for the future. Only money earned in a down-to-earth manner is good money to spend in your life.
She asked in a questioning tone, but her tone was very certain.
【Yes.】
.......................
The Celadon Changming Lamp saw that the woman opposite was lost in thought, as if she was struggling over what gold and silver treasures to take, and he found it very interesting.
A few days ago, a tomb that had not been visited for hundreds of years was visited by three thieves.
The three thieves broke the door lock and looted all the way from the first floor of the underground palace to the second floor, and then to the third floor, where she was.
She hadn't seen anyone for a long time, and she didn't take any action to deal with the three thieves. Instead, she watched them rummaging around with interest.
Until they set their eyes on the coffin: "Brother Zhang, it is said that the richest things are hidden with you, you can pry open this coffin."
Brother Zhang, who was obviously experienced, slowly shook his head and scolded, "You can't even digest the things below, and you still want to digest the things above? Don't eat yourself to death. Take out the things that are easy to sell first, and put the other things aside. Anyway, there are only three of us who have been here, so there is no rush."
The celadon eternal lamp was lit, and a puff of green smoke rose up, suddenly lighting up the tomb chamber.
The three tomb robbers were so frightened that they immediately knelt on the ground and banged their heads.
"Uncle, we just want to earn some money for the family, please spare us!"
"I have an 80-year-old mother and a 3-year-old son. I don't want to touch gold either."
"We'll leave right away and won't take anything."
The three tomb robbers cried half-heartedly, with tears streaming down their faces, and their pants were wet because of excessive fear.
Seeing how pitiful they were, the Celadon Changming Lantern was touched: [You can take a treasure to supplement the family income.]
After repeated confirmation, the three tomb robbers dared to believe that the eternal lamp could actually communicate with them and was willing to give them the treasure.
One tomb robber wiped his tears and chose the gemstone he thought was the most valuable. Another tomb robber picked up his pants and chose the gold he loved the most.
I don't know if it's because Changmingdeng seemed so easy to talk to, but Brother Zhang's courage gradually grew.
He rolled his eyes and pointed at the ever-bright lamp: "I want to take you away."
As long as I can take the genie away, won't everything in the tomb belong to me?
Celadon Eternal Lamp: “…”
She didn't expect the man to set his sights on her. After thinking for a while, she said, "I am not a treasure. Choose again."
Brother Zhang showed regret on his face. He had a good eye and chose the most expensive calligraphy and painting on the second floor, which might be sold for over 100 million yuan at auction.
Then the three tomb robbers left.
But they didn't just leave with a treasure. Who would be willing to take away only tens of millions of dollars after seeing a treasure house worth hundreds of millions of dollars?
What's more, those who make money from the dead are not good people, and their greedy nature makes them prone to taking risks.
So, they stuffed the gems in the soles of their shoes, hid them in their hair, put them in their shirts, put them in their trouser pockets, and even hid them in their breasts.
After leaving the tomb, they found that there was nothing wrong with their bodies and the eternal lamp did not cause them any trouble, so they felt more relieved.
It seems that the Eternal Lamp can only stay on the third floor, and it is completely fine for them to take the treasures from the first and second floors.
So they came quietly the next day and took away gold, jade and porcelain.
What they didn't expect was that the tomb owner didn't want others to disturb him and his wife's peaceful life, so he asked the master to curse all the gold and silver treasures. If the curse is not lifted and the treasures are taken out directly, the curse will suck away their vitality.
The eternal lamp will only remove the curse for the treasure they wished for, and the others...
People who usually do good deeds can use their own and their ancestors' fortune to temporarily resist the harm of the curse, but how can these desperate criminals have any fortune?
He soon fell into a coma and was about to die.
.................
In the huge underground palace, green smoke rose in front of An Rugu, carrying a mysterious meaning.
In the deathly silence, Chang Mingdeng saw An Rugu open his lips as if he was about to speak, and he felt a little excited.
After more than a hundred years, the tomb finally welcomed someone. What treasure would this person want?
Under her expectant gaze, An Rugu finally spoke, and his clear voice flowed like water in the quiet air.
"I want you."
When Changmingdeng heard this, a trace of sadness flashed through his mind. Although he looked like an immortal, his inner self was still the same as before.
Looks like him too...
She said the exact same words: "I am not a treasure, choose again."
An Rugu restrained her expression and stared straight at the eternal lamp: "I want you... to come out of the eternal lamp and gain the freedom you deserve."
Ever-burning lamp: “???”
As soon as she finished speaking, the misty green smoke paused for a moment, as if it had never expected her to answer like that.
How could anyone not want the treasure and let the djinn go free?
She looked at An Rugu in shock. She... seemed different from others.
After a long time, the floating smoke regrouped and turned into a sentence: [Freedom is not a treasure, choose again. ]
For some reason, the smoke this time was much lighter than before, as if indicating that the Everlasting Lantern was not in a good mood.
"You told me at the beginning that I could wish for a treasure, and there was no rule on whether it should be tangible or intangible. Freedom is an intangible treasure. If you have it, you can benefit from it; if you don't have it, you can use it.＊"
【I didn’t tell you that! 】
The originally floating green smoke gradually went back into the wick and there was no more movement.
It's not that she doesn't want to come out, but that she can't come out.
People often remain silent when they are in pain, but once they are comforted, tears can easily burst out.
She gritted her teeth. How could there be someone in the world who wasn't greedy? Why did this person have to act so hypocritically?
An Rugu, who was confused, said: "..."
Is this eternal lamp ghost autistic?
She seemed to have hit the other person's sore spot, making him angry, but she didn't know how to coax people.
She looked at her watch. She had been chatting with Changmingdeng for so long, and only five minutes had passed. She didn't like to break her promise, so she told the audience in the live broadcast room that she would be back in ten minutes, and she would definitely start the broadcast at that time.
She narrowed her eyes, glanced up at the eternal lamp in front of her, and sorted out the clues she had just obtained in her mind. This eternal lamp appeared in the mural, and its emotions were very human-like. There was a 90% chance that it was a ghost in the tomb.
She walked here from the first floor and found only two coffins. The luxurious underground palace was obviously a tomb for a couple.
So is he the husband or the wife? Why is he attached to the lamp in such a strange form?
It is obvious that the two were in love, wealthy, lived happily during their lifetime, and were buried together after death. There should be no resentment or bad luck between them.
After thinking hard for a long time, she suddenly seemed to have thought of something and walked quickly towards the mural.
He raised his hand and used the flashlight to illuminate the last mural. In the mural, two people were buried together, and there was a perpetual lamp next to the coffin.
The traditional tomb for burying a couple together has a characteristic that whoever dies first is buried first. When the person who dies later dies, the tomb is opened and the person who died later is buried inside.
But the last picture——
The coffins of both people were clearly carried into the tomb at the same time.
A deep realization flashed across her eyes. She had always felt it was a bit strange before, but because they were too in love, she didn't think about it in this direction. Now, the truth turned out to be this!
Next, all she had to do was verify her guess.
She turned back to the celadon eternal lamp and said, "Were you...buried alive with the dead?"
Meat eaters think that death is like life. They live very well when they are alive, but they still need servants to serve them when they die.
Burying people alive with their dead has a long history, and women accounted for a large proportion of this practice. The Shang kings were recorded to have buried female slaves alive with their dead, and this practice still existed during the Qin Dynasty. With the development of productivity and the resistance of the people, burying people alive with their dead gradually became a bad custom and was abandoned.
However, this bad habit revived in the Ming Dynasty. In the 28th year of Hongwu, the emperor's son died, so the emperor asked two princesses to be buried alive with him. This burial was the beginning of the bad practice of burial alive in the Ming Dynasty. After the death of Emperor Hongwu, more than 40 concubines were buried alive, and more than 10 of them were buried alive. After the death of Emperor Chengzu, more than 30 concubines were buried alive.
——"The ministers discussed burying the concubine alive with him, but the concubine said nothing, so she was buried alive with him and buried in Jinshan."
The imperial court would reward the families of concubines who were buried alive with the emperor, and would also posthumously confer titles on the concubines, but this was merely a false veil and fig leaf to cover up the cruel system.
This inhumane system of burying people alive with the dead was not abolished until the reign of Emperor Yingzong. When Emperor Yingzong was critically ill, he issued an edict stating: "I cannot bear to use people as burial victims. This should be stopped by me and should not be done again in the future."
The tomb owner lived a lavish life and was obviously a royal noble, so it was not surprising that he used human sacrifices as burial objects.
After a long time, green smoke came out of the lamp tube and spread out: [Yes. ]
An Rugu felt a little complicated. She had previously thought that their relationship was as strong as gold, but she didn't expect that this was actually the case.
Although Changmingdeng didn't say much, she was smart enough to guess what was going on. The man was probably monogamous with her and had no concubines, and they lived in harmony. However, the man was in poor health and died a few years later.
A lucky and long-lived Feng Shui arrangement will allow those who have no children to have many children and grandchildren, and the ground full of gold and silver will allow them to live a very wealthy life.
He moved in at a young age, but his wife was still decades away from death, so he had to wait alone for decades.
So - arranged to bury him alive.
Greed makes him never satisfied and he wants to have everything. He may love his wife deeply, but he can't beat his love for himself.
.................
She felt a little emotional, but after a long while she calmed down and talked about the reason why she came here: "Actually, this place has been visited by tomb robbers, and the gate has been broken open. There is no safety at all. The archaeological team hopes to come in to do some excavation. Are you willing?"
I'm afraid the archaeological team would never have thought that one day when they were digging a tomb, she would actually communicate with the tomb owner in advance.
【What are they here for? 】
Hundreds of years ago, the ancients did not understand the meaning of archaeology. They believed that digging up ancestral graves was almost 100% tomb robbery.
An Rugu then explained the meaning of the archaeological team, its work content and significance.
Green smoke rose up, sometimes forward, sometimes backward, a bit like someone nodding, as if to indicate that she was listening carefully.
After talking for a long time, Qingyan was controlled by an invisible hand and formed a new text: [Yes. ]
After seeing this, An Rugu felt relieved, realizing that Chang Ming Deng was not an unreasonable person and would cooperate with them next time.
"Isn't he here?"
She didn't say who this person was, but they both knew it.
【He has already passed away.】
Only she, because of her heavy resentment, attached herself to the eternal lamp and did not enter the cycle of reincarnation.
This answer was not surprising to An Rugu. The tombs of the princes and nobles were always built very luxuriously, but usually, they could not live in them.
As soon as they die, their souls will be taken away by the underworld. If they dare to escape, they will become wanted fugitives, and they will be imprisoned and sent to hell. In short, no matter how powerful the villa is, they cannot live in it.
But later, Chang Ming Deng suddenly made a request. Only if her request was fulfilled would she help to lift the curse.
An Rugu thought about it and agreed.
........................
An Rugu turned on the live broadcast almost as soon as she finished chatting with the other party, and the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room surged like a tide.
[Anchor, do you know how nervous I was during these ten minutes? How can you pay me back for what you owe me?]
[Plus one, I have entered the emergency number into my phone, my heart is in my throat.]
[I'm really curious about what the anchor is doing behind our backs. 】
[Is there any need to ask? Of course, I captured the ghost who lit the lamp. ]
【Add one.】
【Add 10086.】
The attitude of superiors towards the metaphysical industry is ambiguous now. You can live broadcast fortune-telling, which is not very harmful, but if you expose the existence of terrifying creatures such as ghosts, you may be banned.
An Rugu blinked his clear eyes and explained seriously: "I didn't do anything. I just investigated why the eternal lamp was on. I searched for some information on the Internet. Ancient tomb robbers brought oxygen into the tomb. The oxygen caused the white phosphorus in the eternal lamp to spontaneously ignite and ignite the lamp. The tomb robbers thought the lamp was always on, so they were scared away."
She avoided the main point and only talked about the information on the Internet. She did not mention the celadon eternal lamp, so it could not be considered a lie.
However, the audience in the live broadcast room did not buy it.
[I don't believe you, you are a bad anchor. ]
[This statement obviously has loopholes. White phosphorus can only burn once. The third floor has obviously been visited by tomb robbers, bringing a lot of oxygen. The lamp should only be lit once, not a second time, but...]
"Never mind that."
She was good at many things, but not good at lying. She simply changed the subject, walked to the murals with her phone, and pointed the phone camera at the last mural: "So you... do you know the secret behind the murals?"
[What? Isn't this a story about a couple's separation? ]
[Wait, I thought it was a bit weird, but now that the host said that, it’s even weirder…]
[I was just about to say this, did you notice that the two coffins were brought in at the same time? In ancient times, people emphasized burying the dead quickly, which means that the two people died within a short period of time.]
[If the two people did not contract the infectious disease at the same time, then the careful consideration is extremely terrifying!!!]
An Rugu looked down at the comments and saw that the audience in the live broadcast room had almost guessed it, so he took the initiative to say, "That's right, it's what you want, the burial of a living person."
As the news came out, millions of people in the live broadcast room were shocked.
[I thought they loved each other so much that they would be together forever, and it turned out that they really were together forever. As long as the wife died, there would be no possibility of cheating, and they could continue their relationship in the underworld.]
[We don’t ask to be born in the same year and month, but we ask to die in the same year and month. 】
[Mom, I will never ship CP again. Why are you still doing this feudal custom...]
[The one who said feudal customs really lived in the feudal era. Alas, I can only thank myself for my good reincarnation skills. I was not born in ancient times, but in the present. ]
[Am I the only one who finds this quite exciting? The guy seems like a yandere, they live and die together. ]
[??? This is insulting a yandere. Have you asked others if they agree?]
When Qingci Changmingdeng learned that she was contacting people outside and that people outside thought their relationship was beautiful, he was silent for a long time and then put forward his own request.
Let her talk about the incident of human sacrifice. As for the subsequent response, Chang Ming Deng didn't seem to care and didn't even ask.
She felt that maybe Chang Ming Deng just wanted to reveal the truth and didn't care about other people's opinions.
The resentment of Changmingdeng was so deep, and it was obvious that it was extremely dissatisfied with the system of burying people alive with the dead. It seems that the system of burying people alive with the dead was really criticized at that time.
She probably never expected that her loving husband would force her to be buried alive with him.
.................
It is already past seven o'clock in the evening. Except for those who work 996, other office workers are almost all taking a break. It is the peak traffic period.
The number of people online in the live broadcast room has reached 2.12 million, and the popularity has reached 63.12 million, breaking the record of the Shark platform.
Countless media outlets learned that the ancient tomb had been unearthed and a mysterious golden door had been dug out, and that the tomb owner was extremely wealthy. They heard the news and immediately rushed to Heishui Village regardless of the fact that it was now night.
They all want to get the first-hand headlines.
An Rugu had made a phone call before, and although the mountain road was dangerous, the police still arrived.
At the same time, many state workers arrived in a dusty state.
The hum of helicopters continued, echoing in the outskirts of Heishui Village.
The reason for these lively scenes almost all comes from An Rugu's live broadcast.
After An Rugu asked about the Eternal Light, he reported the matter to the Special Management Bureau. Next, someone from the Special Management Bureau would contact the Eternal Light to remove the curse of the burial objects that were taken away from the ancient tomb.
Professor Zhang from the archaeological team was overjoyed and told An Rugu the information he had learned: "Based on various clues, we infer that this is a prince's tomb from the Ming Dynasty."
"Do you know who it is now?"
An Rugu was not surprised by what he said. Some things bestowed by the emperor could not be bought with money. They must have been given by princes and nobles.
"We have very little information at hand. We have three suspects, and the most likely one is the King of Wei."
"He is?"
"The Prince of Wei is the grandson of the Hongwu Emperor and is extremely favored by two successive emperors. However, he is physically weak and has neither outstanding political achievements nor outstanding military exploits.
This was recorded in history books, but it was just a brief mention. I didn't have a very intuitive feeling about it until I saw the golden belt in the mausoleum, and then I realized how favored he was.
There are about twelve gold and jade belts in Dingling. Do you know how many he has? He has fifteen.
It does not violate etiquette, because it is all rewarded and will not be presumptuous. "
When Professor Zhang said this, he was filled with emotion. The situation was even more shocking than he had imagined before he came here. The mausoleum was only slightly less luxurious than Dingling.
An Rugu suddenly realized: "I see, he has no children in his life?"
"Yes, he had only one wife and no children. At that time, if you didn't have children, you would be stripped of your title and your property would have no one to inherit. So I guess this is why the King of Wei took almost all of his gold and silver treasures into the grave."
Professor Zhang watched the live broadcast and learned about the practice of burying people alive with the dead. He was deeply moved and put forward his own ideas.
"From the murals, it seems that the couple had a good relationship. I have a thought that one of the reasons why the King of Wei asked the princess to be buried with him was that he thought that after his death, his family property would be confiscated and his wife would fall to the bottom, so it would be better to arrange for her to be buried alive with him. I just don't know whether the princess agreed to it or not."
"She said no."
Professor Zhang: “???”
"How do you know that?"
It would be fine if An Rugu guessed the burial sacrifice from the murals, but how could he even guess the thoughts of the people who were buried alive?
An Rugu didn't say it directly, but took out a peace charm from his pocket: "Professor Zhang, would you like to buy a charm? You often go into graves with strong yin energy, so you actually need one."
Professor Zhang was speechless. After watching today's live broadcast, he had completely believed in An Rugu.
Did she mean...she asked it from the dead?
Is the soul of Princess Wei still in the grave?
Thinking of the ghost lighting the lamp, he shuddered, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "Buy, please give me ten..."
You have to equip all your students with it.
"good."
.................
Even when others asked her to stay, An Rugu refused and said that she could contact the Special Management Bureau and went back with her luggage.
When she returned to Izumo-god Temple, she felt a sense of peace in her heart. No matter how good the place she went to was, the place she was used to living in was still the most comfortable.
Lin Weiyu called her specially, her full tone of surprise: "Ms. An, I really didn't expect that you would enter the ancient tomb."
He is not only a fortune teller, but also an expert in feng shui and powerful in talismans... He is simply a genius that their Taoist sect has not seen in a hundred years.
An Rugu sat on the chair, took a sip of tea, and said leisurely: "It's just a coincidence. In fact, this is my first time in the ancient tomb."
Lin Weiyu: “???”
"But how come you are so skilled?"
During the live broadcast, he looked calm and composed, his steps were steady, his movements were quick, accurate and ruthless, even more like a tomb robber than any other. You couldn't tell at all that this was someone's first time in an ancient tomb.
She put herself in the situation and thought about it, and felt goosebumps all over.
"Hmm... maybe I'm not very scared." An Rugu thought for a moment and came to this conclusion.
People need training to overcome fear, but she seemed to be born without the emotion of fear, and there was almost nothing that could make her feel afraid.
Darkness, snakes, insects, ghosts, evil spirits, witchcraft... none of them could scare her.
"Awesome!" Lin Weiyu exclaimed sincerely.
She actually called for something else. An Rugu had approved a bonus for the archaeological team to solve the curse, which would be transferred to her card later.
After receiving the money, An Rugu calculated the time. Today was the tenth day after the eighth live broadcast, and it was also the time for the ninth live broadcast.
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