When we passed the square in the village, I found that on the middle of the boundary symbolizing the boundary between the two Shigui families and other scattered tribes, there was a large stone tablet more than ten meters high. The stele was engraved with four big characters "The Thieves of the Dongling", which was very vigorous.

I asked Shi Yi curiously, "What's the situation with this monument?"

"I heard this monument? I once heard my father talk about it, but I just said it casually, and I don't know whether it is true or not. This Dongling is the cemetery of Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty. The robber refers to Sun Dianying, a warlord and tomb robber who collapsed the Dongling during the Kingdom of Damin. Sun Dianying's tomb collapse was indeed inappropriate, but he was the benefactor of our Yong'an geotechnical workers. Before him, our Yong'an geotechnical workers were just a group of craftsmen who moved graves for others. After him, we gradually became one of the four major races in the wizard world."

I really felt a little funny, "I know Sun Dianying is a warlord, and I also know that he used harsh medicine to break Dongling, but I really couldn't imagine what could this warlord have to do with tomb robbers? This is a bit too far."

Seeing me saying this, Shi Yi just smiled without refuting, and then continued to explain patiently: "This matter is a long story. According to my father and the older generation, it should be that in the 1920s, Mr. Fang said that Sun Dianying, a warlord and tomb robber, used military exercises as an excuse to directly unravel the Eastern Mausoleum to rob. This Eastern Mausoleum is the tomb of the emperor who buried Cixi. However, during this collapse, Sun Dianying discovered the problem. Not only were there treasures inside that were damaged. Moreover, according to legend, the body of Empress Dowager Cixi's body also changed. Although Sun Dianying and his subordinates carried a large number of thermal weapons, it would not cause too much danger to them, but after all, they were still dead and injured, and a large number of treasures were lost."

"In the eyes of outsiders, Sun Dianying robbed the tomb, took the treasures, and got the military pay, it would be left alone. But Sun Dianying himself knew that the tomb robbery was not that simple, and he had to find a capable person to calm the matter for him. There is an old saying that "tomb repairs in prosperous times, tomb robbers in troubled times." Sun Dianying opened up, so at that time, tomb robbers were robbed in mainland China, and there were three or four thousand tomb robbers who knew the name of the tomb at that time. As the pioneer of this trend, Sun Dianying was also the greatest practitioner of strength.

So, our Yong'an geotechnical workers emerged and became the best and most popular craftsman for tomb robbers. However, there are too many monks and few succulents. These tomb robbers want to treat Yong'an geotechnical workers as their own parents. Therefore, after nearly 100 years of development, Yong'an geotechnical workers has reached its current power and influence. Think about it, our Yong'an geotechnical workers are all thanks to Sun Dianying. How could we not raise a monument to thank him?”

After hearing this, I sighed and said, "But, there are so many ancient tombs in the land of the Chinese clan. Don't you think this behavior is really not worthy of generalization? Moreover, tomb robbing is definitely illegal."

"We have never thought about the issue you mentioned, but we have our ideas. Just say that the warlords in the 1920s and 1930s, even without the help of our Yong'an geotechnical workers, they would definitely be able to steal and dig those big tombs. But their methods, simple wild violence, collapsed in one round, and many exquisite ancient buildings, antique cultural relics, and treasures were completely destroyed. With the participation of our Yong'an geotechnical workers, these situations could be avoided. I think, even if the tomb robbery was an illegal act at that time, it would be much better for us to protect these cultural relics than to collapse into pieces directly, right?" Shi Yizhen said with a deep voice.

I always feel that Shi Yi's words are awkward, but I can't feel that there is something wrong for a while, so I don't think about it carefully. Afterwards, we entered the territory of Shijia Village, Yong'an Village through the boundary marker.

What surprised me was that according to the size of Shijia Village, there must be thousands of people. However, the whole village was surprisingly quiet, not only did there be no voices, but even the sounds of cats, dogs, chickens, cows and sheep in normal villages were gone, giving people a sense of silence.

This is not a normal situation where there is smoke from cooking and chickens and dogs in the village at all. I asked, "Shi Yi, this village is empty, why is there no one?"

Shi Yi smiled and said, "Mr. Fang, you don't understand, how could it be an empty village? People are staying at their own homes. This is the problem of our Yong'an geotechnical workers. We are a group of people who are all underground and deal with soil and graves all year round. We cannot have too much vitality and popularity on them. If so, then when you go to the tomb, you will undoubtedly be troubled. Therefore, except for going out less, there are no animals in the village.

So that's it. It seems that every race in this wizard world has its own particulars.

Afterwards, we passed the village square and entered the ancient and long bluestone alley, and walked to a conspicuous wooden house in the innermost part of the village. Shi Yi hinted me to wait a moment, walked to the wooden house and whispered, "Grandpa, I am Shi Yi. Mr. Fang, I have arrived."

After Shi Yi finished speaking, a desolate old voice came out of the wooden house, "Oh, please come in quickly, Mr. Fang."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, Shi Yiqing pushed open the door and I walked in. Looking up, in this huge wooden house, about one-third of the space on the left, artificially brought up a very good curtain. The curtain material was vaguely frosted glass, and I could vaguely see the figure of an old man lying down.

At this time, the old man said, "Mr. Fang, please forgive me. I am inconvenient to my legs and feet and cannot stand up to greet Mr.."

"You are so polite. We are all juniors. You should do this. You don't have to get up." I replied half politely and half seriously.

The old man was very satisfied when he heard this, and smiled at us kindly "hehe" and said, "Mr. Fang, please sit down, Shi Yi, show Mr. Fang the tea quickly."

Don’t look at it, Shi Yi is quite clever, which shows that he is usually loved by this old man. He quickly brought a few wooden chairs, and then quickly brought the brewed tea. We took the opportunity to look at the room. All the household utensils inside were solid wood. The wooden chairs we sat on also showed a long-lasting, heavy and gorgeous wood texture, and antique. Even if I don’t know the goods, at a high price, the value of this wooden chair, based on the current Chinese currency, is still worth one million yuan.

In the fall of 2002, the million-yuan Chinese currency was definitely a huge sum of money. Even in Danyang City, the capital of mainland China, you can buy ten properties.

But this is just the most common object in this room, which shows how valuable the rest is. After putting tea, I left the house and brought it to the door. At this time, the house was shrouded in a faint darkness. Perhaps, this was Yong'an Geotechnic deliberately put the house in this way.
Chapter completed!