Hong Kong variety show: Beauty and Bones

Chapter 454 The Ghost Empress 2

Ren Yinyin wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, feeling a little scared.

She couldn't help but lament how careless she had been today, venturing into this place without knowing anything about it.

If they had been discovered by those zombies, they would have had to fight tooth and nail to escape!

After calming down a bit, Ren Yinyin's curiosity was piqued again.

She turned to Shi Shaojian beside her and asked, "Senior brother, with so many civil and military officials buried here, who exactly is that female zombie who is at the head of the group?"

Shi Shaojian pulled Ren Yinyin out of the mausoleum area and answered as they walked, "I have heard my elders say that places with beautiful mountains and clear waters and outstanding people are usually excellent sites for mausoleums. So I guess that this female zombie is likely a member of the royal family of the previous dynasty."

Ren Yinyin nodded, agreeing with Shi Shaojian's guess.

Judging from the clothes worn by those zombies, they must have held a high position in life.

Since they were royalty, their burial goods must have been incredibly numerous, but Ren Yinyin and her group didn't find any gold or silver jewelry along the way.

There were even some dust marks, which showed that a lot of things had been placed there before.

The burial goods were stolen, and the zombie awakened. It seems to be quite intelligent and will definitely try to get its belongings back. As a result, the nearest town, Gantian, will suffer an unexpected disaster!

After figuring things out, the two didn't linger and headed towards Gantian Town.

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Commander Chen overheard that there was a tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi in Gantian Town. This news excited him greatly, because he knew that the burial items of Empress Dowager Cixi must be priceless.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to send his men to Gantian Town to search for the legendary tomb.

After a long and arduous search, the entire town of Gantian was turned upside down, but the exact location of Empress Dowager Cixi's tomb was still not found.

However, Commander Chen did not give up easily; he firmly believed that the tomb must be hidden in some unknown corner.

Finally, their efforts paid off, and Commander Chen's men discovered a suspicious cave at the foot of a remote mountain.

After further exploration, they determined that the cave was the entrance to Empress Dowager Cixi's tomb.

Commander Chen couldn't wait to order his men to use explosives to forcibly break open the tomb door.

With a loud bang, the tomb door was blown to pieces, and an ancient smell wafted out.

However, when Commander Chen sent soldiers into the tomb, something unexpected happened.

The tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi is heavily fortified; no matter how many soldiers are sent, they will all perish!

Commander Chen dared not use explosives, fearing it would destroy the tomb and damage the burial objects.

But he was determined to obtain Cixi's burial goods and was unwilling to give up.

After learning that there was a Fuxi Hall in Gantian Town, he devised a plan.

It is said that Master Mao Xiaofang of Fuxi Hall is a Taoist priest with real skills, and perhaps he can help him successfully enter the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi and remove all the burial objects inside.

Commander Chen personally went to Fuxi Hall and explained his purpose to Mao Xiaofang.

However, upon hearing Commander Chen's request, Mao Xiaofang resolutely refused without hesitation.

He knew that the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi was fraught with great danger and was not a place that ordinary people could easily venture into.

Seeing Mao Xiaofang's resolute attitude, Commander Chen became furious. He turned and left, throwing down a vicious remark as he went: "Fine, since you refuse to help, don't blame me for being impolite!"

However, just as Commander Chen reached the door, he suddenly stopped, turned to his adjutant, and ordered, "Starting today, arrest ten villagers from Gantian Town every day to explore the tomb. If they die, arrest ten more! I refuse to believe that with so many lives on our hands, we still can't open Cixi's tomb!"

Upon hearing Commander Chen's words, Mao Xiaofang's heart tightened.

He knew that the lives of these innocent villagers were of no concern to Commander Chen, so he quickly stopped Commander Chen and said that he was willing to go to the cemetery to check the situation.

Upon hearing this, Commander Chen laughed heartily and left.

"So, Empress Dowager Cixi's tomb was emptied?" Shi Shaojian said with a look of astonishment.

Mao Xiaofang sighed helplessly and nodded slowly, saying, "Yes, that Commander Chen is just greedy! If I hadn't had Achu and Xiaohai seal the Heavenly Gate and put up the Bagua Mirror, the corpse would have definitely turned into a zombie after absorbing the moonlight!"

Thinking about this, Mao Xiaofang was puzzled. He had clearly restarted the mechanism and put up blood talismans on the tomb door, so how could the corpse still turn into a zombie?

According to Yin Yin and Shao Jian, all the zombies have turned into corpses, so the required yin energy and moonlight must be plentiful!

Could it be that Commander Chen has returned with his men?

Mao Xiaofang shook his head and sighed, "People really do die for money!"

Commander Chen, on the other hand, took the treasure and left, leaving behind a bunch of zombies that had turned into corpses!

Ren Yinyin listened from the side, equally astonished.

She never expected that the female zombie was actually the historically famous Empress Dowager Cixi!

This is truly unexpected. Who would have thought that Empress Dowager Cixi's tomb would be located in such a small place as Gantian Town?

Moreover, she was even robbed after her death, which is truly heartbreaking.

“Uncle-Master, after you left, another group of people must have come. They are the newcomers. I don’t know what they did, but they woke up Empress Dowager Cixi and caused all the zombies to awaken.” Ren Yinyin said her guess. “So, Gantian Town is very dangerous now. Those zombies may attack the town in order to retrieve the burial goods.”

Mao Xiaofang frowned. "What should we do? There are so many zombies, and they are intelligent. It will be no easy task to deal with them."

Shi Shaojian clenched his fist. "Uncle-Master, we can't just sit here and wait to die. We must find a way to stop the zombies."

Ren Yinyin's eyes lit up. "We can take advantage of the zombies' fear of fire and glutinous rice to set up a defensive line around the town, and then gather the townspeople to fight together."

Mao Xiaofang nodded, "This plan is feasible. I will go and prepare glutinous rice and torches. Achu and Xiaohai, you two go and inform the townspeople to prepare for defense."

"Yes, Master!" Mao Xiaofang's apprentices, Achu and Xiaohai, responded in unison, then exchanged a glance and walked out of Fuxi Hall.

These two young people were in the prime of their youth, in their early twenties, a time when they loved to play and have fun.

They usually live with their master, Mao Xiaofang, in Gantian Town. Although they live a relatively comfortable life, the town is remote and they see only a limited number of people, making their lives somewhat monotonous.

So when they learned that their senior brothers and sisters from their sect were coming to visit, Achu and Xiaohai were very excited.

They were filled with curiosity about these fellow disciples they had never met, imagining what kind of people they would be.

However, when they actually met these senior brothers and sisters, Achu and Xiaohai were both quite surprised.

Especially that senior sister, not only is she beautiful, but she also has an extraordinary temperament that makes her stand out.

Achu couldn't help but feel a little moved. He put his arm around Xiaohai's shoulder and whispered, "So the senior sister in our sect is this beautiful! This is really unexpected!"

Xiao Hai nodded in agreement, but then he came to his senses and reminded A Chu, "Don't get any ideas. Didn't you see that senior brother and senior sister are a couple?"

Achu was a little discouraged. "How come senior brother is so lucky to have a beautiful and capable senior sister to match him? What about us?"

"Hey, maybe we'll meet some nice girls someday," Xiao Hai said, patting A Chu on the shoulder to comfort her.

As they talked, the two began to notify the townspeople door-to-door.