Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 369: Half-witness, be prepared

All the dirty things have run into my dantian.

Of course I knew it could be fatal.

But he still asked knowingly: "Brother Dong, isn't this a bit exaggerated?"

Boss Dong shook his head like a rattle: "You don't know!"

"This statue of the Great Black Goddess has killed many people."

"The most bizarre incident happened when a wealthy businessman who collected this Buddha statue had his entire family of sixteen people die suddenly overnight."

"The police officers who later inspected the scene said the deaths of the sixteen people were extremely grotesque. All of them had their eyes gouged out and their tongues cut out. It was a horrific sight."

"This incident caused quite a stir in Hong Kong Island back then."

"Everyone says there's an evil spirit attached to this Buddha statue."

"Don't disbelieve it!"

"Uncle Chen is a half-witness and can prove that I'm not talking nonsense."

Boss Dong carried Uncle Chen out.

Uncle Chen smiled bitterly and nodded: "It is true."

"Those sixteen people not only had their eyes removed and their tongues cut out, but their eardrums were also pierced and their noses cut off. Their deaths were so horrific that it's hard to describe."

"The strangest thing is actually the scene of their death."

"Sixteen people were divided into three groups. One group of bodies was arranged to form the Southern Dipper star pattern on the left side of the living room."

"Another group of corpses were arranged on the right side of the living room to form a diagram of the Big Dipper, with two additional stars."

Ancient books from the pre-Qin period record: The Big Dipper has nine stars, seven visible and two hidden.

Taoist classics such as "Yunji Qijian" and "Huang Lao Jing" all have records of the nine stars of the Big Dipper.

There are even descriptions of the nine stars of the Big Dipper in Tang and Song poetry.

However, there are two dark stars among the nine stars of the Big Dipper that are difficult to see with the naked eye, so it gradually became the Big Dipper.

"The last group is the wealthy businessman himself, sitting cross-legged on the table, holding a statue of the goddess Mahakala."

"Even though their eyes had been gouged out, their tongues had been cut, their ears had been pierced, and their noses had been sliced, not only did they not feel the slightest bit of pain, but instead, they displayed a strange sense of joy."

"The police inspected the scene and found no traces of outsiders' footprints."

"There were no signs of breaking into the house through doors or windows, so it's inferred that he didn't die of homicide."

"Finally, under public pressure, the police sought out extraordinary individuals from across Hong Kong Island to participate in the investigation, and I was fortunate to be invited to be one of them."

Uncle Chen spoke lightly.

But if you just imagine the scene he described in your mind, you will feel a creepy feeling.

Sixteen people were killed overnight.

Gouging out their eyes, cutting off their tongues, piercing their ears and cutting off their noses, and arranging them into two groups of star maps, and expecting them to have no expression of pain on their faces, this is something that no human can do.

No wonder such extraordinary people are invited to participate in the case.

"So what happened in the end? Did they find out anything?" I asked.

Uncle Chen shook his head and said, "We are all thousand-year-old foxes. Who wants to get involved in this kind of thing?"

"They were all just working without putting in any effort. Finally, the monks and Taoist masters performed a three-day ritual, which calmed the public pressure."

"But we have discussed this privately..."

Uncle Chen suddenly stopped.

He frowned slightly as if he was thinking about what to say.

Boss Dong's eyes rolled.

He pressed the doorknob, opened the door, and said, "The chicken soup I asked someone to make should be ready. I'll go get it for Shitou."

It wasn't until he left the house that I came to my senses.

Getting chicken soup is an excuse.

He was afraid that what Uncle Chen would say next would be inappropriate.

So he took the initiative to leave and gave us space to talk.

Uncle Chen continued speaking only after the door was closed from the outside.

"At that time, a master from Tibet also participated in the discussion."

"He said he came to Hong Kong Island in search of this statue of the Great Black Goddess Buddha."

"While searching for the Buddha statue, we collected records of cases involving deaths caused by the statue."

"The first person to die was the antique dealer who sold this Buddha statue. He died with his eyes wide open in the cabin on the way home."

"The next person to die was an antique dealer in Hong Kong. He also died at home after selling a Buddha statue, but his eyes had been gouged out."

"The person who bought the Buddha statue was the manager of a foreign company."

"He gave the Buddha statue to his boss in exchange for a promotion. That night, he died at home, his eyes gouged out and his tongue cut out."

"His boss was also unlucky. The Buddha statue was stolen by his gambling-addicted brother-in-law and pawned to a loan shark."

"As a result, the boss and his brother-in-law were brutally murdered at home, their eyes gouged out, their tongues cut out, and their ears stabbed."

"The loan shark sold the Buddha statue to the wealthy businessman, the same wealthy businessman whose entire family of sixteen died tragically."

"As a result, the loan shark family of three also died. Their eyes were gouged out, their tongues cut out, their ears pierced, and their noses sliced ​​off."

The more I listened, the more bizarre it seemed to me.

Anyone who sells the Buddha statue will die tragically for no reason.

As the number of resales increases, the number of organs lost and the number of deaths will increase.

But why does it change when it comes to the rich businessman?

He did not resell the Buddha statue, but all sixteen members of his family died.

The corpses were strangely arranged to form a star map of the six stars of the Southern Dipper and the nine stars of the Northern Dipper.

What happened?

"Uncle Chen, this doesn't make sense logically."

"I think the master's explanation was incomplete. There must be something missing, or he may have deliberately left it out."

I think about it from a normal logical perspective.

I feel that the previous changes are too regular.

The sudden break in the pattern when it came to the rich businessman must have meant something very important had happened in the meantime.

Uncle Chen half-closed his eyes and didn't comment on what I said.

"The master said that the sight of gouging out eyes, cutting out tongues, piercing ears, and cutting off noses on the dead is an ancient sacrificial practice."

"The purpose of the sacrifice."

"It is to allow the spirit attached to the statue to complete its reincarnation and gain a new life."

"He was looking for this Buddha statue to prevent the spirit inside it from continuing to do evil. He wanted to take it back to the temple and seal it away."

"He hopes to get our help and persuade the police to hand over the Buddha statue to him."

I was stunned.

This master is a bit arrogant.

How powerful does one have to be to bring such a weird thing back and ban it?

"Then give him the Buddha statue..."

As soon as I asked the question, I felt like I was being stupid.

If I had handed the Buddha statue over to that master, I would never have come across this thing.

Uncle Chen gave me a very strange look and said, "Leave it to him."

"what?!"

I cried out in surprise.

Why was it handed over to that master?

Then how did this Buddha statue end up being buried in the underground cave of Mount Davis?

Could it be that the master didn’t take the Buddha statue back and seal it?

Countless questions popped up in my mind.

Uncle Chen said in a dry voice, "The master died the same night he got the Buddha statue."

"He died sitting cross-legged on his bed."

"His hands were placed on his lap with his fingers interlaced, and he was holding his own head in his hands."

"It looked peaceful, but its eyes, nose, and tongue were missing, and its eardrums were punctured."

"What's strange is that there wasn't much blood in the room."

"It stands to reason that if you cut off the neck and remove the head, a lot of blood will spurt out."

"The most important thing is that the Buddha statue is missing."

"The Great Black Goddess statue has completely disappeared since then."

"Until you discovered it in the crypt... this unholy Buddha statue reappeared in the world."

Snapped!

Uncle Chen patted me on the shoulder heavily.

"You as its owner."

"The end may be worse than everyone else's!"

"Be prepared to deal with the situation!!!"