Chapter 684: People Light Candles

In that world, there are two novels that cannot be ignored when talking about tomb robbing.

One is "Ghost Blowing the Light" written by Tianxia Bachang, and the other is "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" written by Nanpai Sanshu.

The story that Luoyang wants to tell is the story of "Ghost Blowing the Light". Although this book was once surpassed by the later "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" in the previous life, its status as the pioneer of tomb robbing is unquestionable.

Of course, the story of "Ghost Blowing the Light" is very long.

Luoyang could not finish the story in one night, he just happened to share it with everyone because he was bored.

The story he shared is the first volume of "Ghost Blowing the Light" in the previous life, named "Jingjue Ancient City".

Jingjue Ancient City can be roughly divided into two parts, the first half ends at the underground military fortress of Yerengou Heifengkou, which is mainly a framework and platform construction, and there is no clear clue related to the main line.

This half is intended to be written as a folk legend or rural wild talk.

In the second half, the archaeological team entered the desert to search for the ancient city of Jingjue, touching upon distinct geographical and cultural elements, including the Western Desert, Peacock River, Shuangsheng Mountain, Thirty-Six Kingdoms, Loulan Female Corpse, and Dunhuang murals. When these elements are mentioned, a mysterious atmosphere comes to the nose.

Therefore, in the second half of the ancient city of Jingjue, the author takes the sense of mystery as the core of the story.

Even the Queen of Jingjue, who the readers have been thinking about, has never appeared, which is a rhythm of keeping the mystery to the end.

"Hu Guohua's ancestors were very rich, but when he was young, he indulged in all kinds of vices, especially smoking.

If a person is addicted to smoking, he will be very upset, but who lets you smoke when you have no money? When he was rich in the past, the bosses and waiters in the tobacco shops would call him "Mr. Hu" and "Mr. Hu" and treat him attentively. But once he was penniless, they would treat him like a beggar and drive him away."

When Luoyang talked about this, Dai Shanshan raised her hand and said, "I know, it is said that opium once ravaged the world!"

The history of Longguo is naturally different from that of the previous life, but it is not unique that there was a period of time when opium was rampant around the world, eroding the minds of many people, and finally aroused the anger of officials in various countries, and banned opium and other addictive drugs.

"Shanshan, don't interrupt, let Luo Da continue."

Mai Yingjie glared at Dai Shanshan, who was listening fascinated.

The other crew members also looked at Dai Shanshan. They were all very dissatisfied with her interrupting Luoyang. After all, the history of opium was known to all Longguo people. Instead, it was the tomb robbing that made everyone particularly interested.

Luoyang was not unhappy about Dai Shanshan's interruption. He nodded and continued.

"At this time, Hu Guohua's old addiction to opium came back. He wanted to go to his uncle to cheat some money to buy opium, but his uncle knew the character of his nephew and was unwilling to lend money to Hu Guohua. Hu Guohua finally had an idea and lied to his uncle that he borrowed money to marry a wife..."

The beginning of Ghost Blows Out the Light is narrated from the perspective of Hu Bayi.

And this opium-smoking Hu Guohua is the uncle of the protagonist Hu Bayi.

Luoyang is telling a story, so he can't recite it all, so he summarized some plots in his own words.

"Hu Guohua had the most tricks. In order to deal with his uncle, he went home and found a craftsman in the village who made paper figures, the kind that are burned for the dead. This paper-making master was very skilled. He could make anything you could name vividly.

He made a paper woman for Hu Guohua as required.

He also used watercolor to paint eyebrows, eyes, nose, clothes and hair on the paper figure. From a distance, hey, it really looked like a living person."

When he finished this part, Luoyang clearly saw that Mai Yingjie and others' eyes slightly glared. He always felt that there was something eerie in the air, but at the same time, he felt like a cat's claws were scratching in his heart, wishing that Luoyang could finish the story in one breath.

So the atmosphere was silent, and everyone stared at each other.

Obviously, everyone was waiting for the next words. Luoyang did not wait for anyone for long, and continued:

"After a few days, my uncle bought a lot of things and came to visit my nephew's wife. Hu Guohua refused, saying that his wife was not feeling well and could not see guests. He asked my uncle to lift the door curtain at the door and take a look, and then put the door curtain down."

"My uncle was naturally very dissatisfied."

"Plus, Hu Guohua kept stopping me, and the two of them started arguing. At this time, the door curtain of the inner room was lifted, and a woman came out. She was white and clean, with a big face and small feet. Hu Guohua's heart skipped a beat. Oh, isn't this the paper man I asked someone to make? How did it come to life?"

When Luoyang said this, he suddenly stopped.

Dai Shanshan, who always claimed to be a female man, shuddered and whispered to her assistant: "Give me another piece of clothing, it's a bit cold."

Not only Dai Shanshan, but other crew members also turned pale, huddled together and squeezed tighter, because this story was really a bit creepy. It wasn't scary, but it always made people's scalps numb and uncomfortable.

In the previous life, "Ghost Blowing the Light" was revised to cooperate with the publication, and this section was deleted.

What Luoyang told was the uncut version on the Internet, which is recognized as good in terms of atmosphere, and is better than the castrated version.

Li Tianyin quietly wrapped her coat tightly around her, but her eyes were still shining as she stared at Luoyang. This story was creepy and unexpectedly wonderful. Luoyang used some storytelling skills when telling the story, and the effect was quite good.

"The woman bowed to her uncle and said that she had not been feeling well recently and had not come out to greet her uncle just now. Please forgive me for my impoliteness. Now she suddenly felt better and would let her uncle stay at home for a simple meal today. After saying that, she turned around and went in to cook.

Hu Guohua's uncle was delighted when he saw this!

This nephew's wife is so virtuous and has a good appearance that will bring prosperity to her husband. If my dead sister knew about this, she would be happy to see her son marry such a good wife. The uncle was so happy that he gave Hu Guohua another ten dollars.

Hu Guohua was stunned on the spot, feeling panic. Chaos, I don't know whether I should be thankful or afraid.

Time passed quickly, and it was night in a blink of an eye. The white paper man cooked a table of food, and my uncle was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, but Hu Guohua had no appetite.

He looked at the woman sitting opposite him, and felt nauseous as if he had eaten a fly, and his scalp couldn't help but burst. The face of this paper man was very white, without any blood color, and the redness on his face was all smeared with rouge..."

The wind on the grassland was blowing, and the fire under the roasted whole lamb was swaying.

The crew members were holding the mare's milk in a daze, and for a moment they forgot how to move...