Chapter 4 Negotiation

  Dazhuang was startled by my sudden movement, but what scared him even more were the words I spoke: "Falling into a reversal." I said calmly.

  Dazhuang looked at me with a very disdainful gaze, "Toudou? My god, Brother Zhuang, did I hear that wrong? Comrade Xiao, are you talking about Toudou?"

  I nodded "Yes, upside down. You didn't hear it wrong."

  Dazhuang suddenly stood up "What the... Are you saying we each carry an iron shovel to dig graves?"

  "Please sit down." I pointed to the stool beside the tea table in the living room, and then took those old papers and grandfather's notebook and sat down on the armchair beside the tea table.

  At the same time, Da Zhuang sat opposite me, staring at me without blinking, apparently very surprised by what I had just said.

  "Take a look at this and you'll understand. Do you still remember when I told you about my grandfather's first time following the army to rob tombs?" As I said that, I pushed the notebook in front of Da Zhuang.

  Dazhuang flipped through the notebook and looked at it for a while, then raised his eyelids "Are these all true? Why do they seem to be flashing before my eyes? These are too absurd, aren't they?"

  I knew Da Zhuang would think this way after reading it, who would believe that such a good thing exists, the tomb site has been recorded, just waiting for someone to take it, anyone else wouldn't believe it, but this notebook was left to me by my grandfather, if there wasn't real evidence, my grandfather wouldn't have given it to me, probably would have burned it already.

  "I'm not sure if this is true, but it was left to me by my grandfather. My grandfather wouldn't deceive me. Besides, let's go take a look and see what happens. Even if it's different from what's recorded here, we won't lose anything. We can just consider it an outing. If we find something, then that's a bonus. What do you think?"

  Dazhuang made me say something that moved my heart. After thinking for a while, "Where did your grandfather get these few pieces of scrap paper? Is it reliable or not?"

  "As soon as I heard this, I felt that there was something to it. "I'm not sure about the specific location, didn't I tell you before? My grandfather and the army went into the mountains to fight, fifty people entered the tomb, but only three came out, bringing with them just one book. Later, when they disbanded, they divided the book into three parts, these few pages are the part my grandfather got. My grandfather definitely wouldn't deceive me, you can tell from this paper and the writing on it that it's not something people from our time could have written."

  "I say, Little Ke comrade, even if you say so, isn't that a bit too far-fetched? It's also said that there's the tomb of Zhuge Liang's master up ahead. Who is Zhuge Liang? Zhuge Liang is almost like a god, summoning the wind and rain, turning beans into soldiers... then his master must be an immortal, right? Can you find the grave of an immortal in the mortal world? I think this doesn't add up." Da Zhuang thought about it back and forth, but still felt that something wasn't quite right.

  "Nothing is absolute, you didn't believe in ghosts back then, but isn't it true that on your first night of work at the hospital, you encountered a ghost? Isn't it said that there's nothing strange under the sun? As a pillar of the community, are you afraid?"

  After hearing my words, Da Zhuang was somewhat unable to sit still. "Me, Da Zhuang, afraid? Afraid of what? That hospital female ghost is just not daring to stand in front of me, if she stands in front of me I'll take a good look at her with my five eyes and see how she can still pretend to be mysterious." As he spoke, Da Zhuang again made two fist gestures before finally calming down.

  "So you agree, but before we go, I have to tell you that maybe this time we'll find nothing at all, not even the location of the tomb. Maybe this time we'll easily find the location of the tomb, but once inside, none of us will know what's really in there, so I can't guarantee our safety."

  In the past, I heard my grandfather tell me many stories about his adventures and from those stories, I heard about one unknown existence after another. Things like green-faced dumplings, ghostly moths, corpse worms, and ghost hands appeared in Grandfather's stories not just once or twice. It can be said that Grandfather lived with these strange and peculiar existences all along.

  And I'm just a descendant of Grandpa, who has never been to the grave, let alone experienced a downturn. I have only one skill, but it's never been practiced before, so I can't guarantee safety. Before going, I must tell Da Zhuang about all this.

  Dazhuang thought for a moment after hearing my words, "I'm not the problem, Brother. It's just that you, Xiao Ke, are getting anxious. If you're afraid, just tell your brother and he'll take care of you, that soul which hasn't thoroughly grasped the ideology."

  Dazhuang always says something that leaves people speechless. After hearing what Dazhuang said, I curled my lip and said "I'm not afraid of anything, just the two of us going there is definitely not going to work out, Dazhuang, can you find a few more brothers on your side who are relatively honest and don't have too much burden? When there are more people, it's also good to have someone to take care of each other."

  Dazhuang's smoking habit has relapsed, and he pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. The cigarette box looked different, indicating that Dazhuang had switched to a higher-end brand. He lit a cigarette and blew out a smoke ring. "How about Ali and **?"

  After hearing Da Zhuang's words, I was very surprised. The Ali and ** mentioned by Da Zhuang were the ones who grew up with us since childhood. The relationship between these two people is extremely good, just like close brothers. Both of them are orphans, and they have been struggling to grow up since childhood. Ali and ** are very kind, and my parents also liked them very much, so our family always supported Ali and **.

  Later, it seemed that because of his girlfriend's affairs, Da Zhuang and ** had a rift between them. Ali and **'s relationship was better than ours, so Ali and ** stood on one side. After that incident, Da Zhuang didn't socialize with the two of them anymore. Now hearing that Da Zhuang said he would bring Ali and **, this made me feel extremely surprised.

  "Did I hear that right? You said Ali and **?" I stared at Da Zhuang with wide eyes.