Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 58: Nightmare Returns (600 monthly tickets plus more)

The rooster crows at dawn.

"A Yuan, A Yuan." The senior sister's voice woke Ren Yuan from his nightmare.

He was breathing heavily, his face covered in sweat, and he looked frightened, as if he had returned to Xiejiazhuang.

I didn't feel relieved until I saw my senior sister.

A Yao wiped the sweat off his face with her sleeve and asked with concern, "Are you having a nightmare again?"

Ren Yuan nodded.

"Did you dream of being turned into a sheep again?" the civet cat also asked.

Ren Yuan shook his head, rubbed his face vigorously and said, "This time the dream is even more terrifying."

"Oh? You had a new dream. Tell me about it." The civet cat jumped onto the bed with great interest and urged with a smile, "Tell me how I behaved this time?"

But after listening to it, it couldn't laugh anymore...

"I dreamed that everyone in the village died." Ren Yuan looked at them with a pale face and said, "You, uncle, Uncle Hu, Mr. Huang, and an old man with short hair and green clothes, all died in front of my eyes..."

"Who did it?" the civet cat asked angrily.

"Thank you, County Lieutenant, Mr. Chen, there is also a one-eyed dragon." Ren Yuan described the situation in the dream, "They brought soldiers and massacred Fangxian Township, leaving only a few thousand people. They took women and children as hostages and forced the men to help them dig up a tomb with many traps. In order to open the door of the tomb, the one-eyed dragon even sacrificed the blood of many people..."

"At this time, we showed up to stop the blood sacrifice, but the enemy was too strong. Xie Gui killed everyone with his sword alone..." Ren Yuan tightly grasped his sister's hand and said with a nasal tone:
"My senior sister was trying to protect me, but was killed by Xie Gui."

"Don't worry, Yuan, your dream is the opposite," said the senior sister, but she was disappointed, "If I encounter such a situation, I will run faster than anyone else."

"That's right. The reason why I dreamt last time was because it had already happened." The civet cat also comforted him in his own way: "What I dreamt this time is something that hasn't happened yet. Do you dare to say that it must be correct? For example, if I kill you now, can you still see us being killed?"

"..." Ren Yuan shook his head and looked at his companions who he spent every day with. How could he deceive himself and not take this prophetic dream seriously?
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"Haha, if you ask me, this is not a prophecy at all, but 'what you think about during the day, you will dream about at night'." During breakfast, Tianliangzi listened to Ren Yuan's dream and laughed: "It's all because you worry too much, right?"

"That makes sense, big brother is right!" Huang Lao Er agreed immediately, "Little Master has been talking about it every day recently, the big one is coming, the big one is coming, I am so tired of hearing it."

"You people who don't dream don't understand. The sense of reality that you see with your own eyes and hear with your own ears is definitely not imaginary." Ren Yuan shook his head and said:
"Let me ask you, is there a large tomb in the mountains near Jinjia Village in the north of the township?"

"That area is where the imperial tombs of the previous dynasty are located. Each emperor had many concubines and ministers buried with him, so of course there are many large tombs." Tianliangzi said.

"No matter what kind of tomb it is, there should be a tombstone, right?" Ren Yuan asked.

"Of course. Without a tombstone, wouldn't it be an open grave?" Huang Lao Er said with great authority: "Even in the countryside, you would be accused of being unfilial, not to mention a royal relative or a high-ranking official."

"But that tomb had no tombstone," Ren Yuan recalled. "It was a large round earthen mound, with a large mountain on its back. To the east was Bald Mountain, and to the west was West Mountain, about thirty feet apart. There was a large pond in front of the tomb. Between the pond and the entrance to the tomb, there were two rows of stone men and stone animals, one row facing the direction of the tomb door, and the other row facing outwards."

"You still say your dream is not a fantasy?" Huang Lao Er laughed and said, "The stone men and beasts at the entrance of the tomb are called stone statues, also known as tomb guardians, and they symbolize the imperial power and ceremonial guards. So no matter whether it is the emperor's tomb or the tomb of an important minister, these things are placed on both sides of the sacred road in pairs. How can one row face inwards and the other row face outwards? That's too unruly."

"No, there is a tomb like this." He Bo shook his head solemnly and said, "It is located in the valley of a big mountain. Because there is usually a team of imperial tomb guards stationed there, no one can get close. I only went to see the tomb once more than 20 years ago when it was just built."

"Who is buried inside?" Ren Yuan asked.

"I don't know." Tian Liangzi shook his head and said, "When the burial was carried out, it was kept very secret. After all these years, no one knows about it anymore."

Then he looked at Ren Yuan and asked, "Have you been there?"

Ren Yuan shook his head and said, "Absolutely not."

"I can testify to this." The civet cat raised its paw and said, "Yuan never runs around except when he performs rituals for wealthy households." "Except for visiting the Immortal Mountain, he has never climbed another mountain." A Yao also nodded.

"Hiss..." Tian Liangzi took a breath and finally admitted: "There is something in your dream."

"Unfortunately, the dream ended the moment I was killed. I don't know who the owner of the tomb is, nor do I know what's going on inside." Ren Yuan sighed.

Deathly silence fell under the old willow tree. No one questioned Ren Yuan's prediction anymore. Everyone was gradually overwhelmed by the terrifying future...

After eating breakfast in silence, Tian Liangzi asked, "Is County Lieutenant Xie really that powerful?"

"Yes." Ren Yuan nodded heavily and said, "You couldn't last more than ten moves under his hands."

"My injury must not have healed fully yet." Tian Liangzi never backs down.

"And Mr. Qin and the one-eyed dragon seem to be more powerful than him." Then he let Yuan Youyou say.

"Ball..." Even Tian Liangzi couldn't keep his mouth shut. "Then what's the point of fighting?"

"Yes, big brother." Huang Lao Er immediately agreed, "If you can't win, just run away. It's not shameful. Of the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best!"

"We have to avoid their attack. We are not here to look after the Xiao family's graves. If they want to rob the tombs, let them do it." Tian Liangzi nodded in agreement.

Ah Yao also agreed. She was afraid of death and could bend and stretch...

"There is no time to lose. Let's go back, pack up our belongings and run away!" Seeing that everyone had no objection, Huang Laoer urged his eldest brother to go home quickly.

"You go back and escort your sisters-in-law away first." Tian Liangzi shook his head.

"Brother, what are you waiting for?" asked Huang Laoer.

"I have to wait until the common people have fled the village before I leave." Tian Liangzi said as a matter of course: "Since I am worshipped by people, I have to protect the area. How can I abandon the believers and run away first?"

"Then there's no need to wait for them." Huang Lao Er said puzzledly, "The word has already been spread by the township officials. Those who want to leave will leave on their own. As for those who really don't want to leave, good words can't persuade damned ghosts, so just let them go."

"Ah, Lao Er, if only it were as simple as you said." Tian Liangzi sighed and said, "First of all, there are 20,000 people in the township, dozens of villages, and they live everywhere in the mountains and outside the mountains. How can they all leave in an instant?"

"That's right. With such a high level of organization, our dynasty would have unified the world long ago." Ren Yuan nodded and said, "Besides, many elderly people are reluctant to leave their hometowns. We can't drive them all away without some means."

"Besides, they are not playing chess with us, you make a move and I make a move. If they have such a big plan, while sending zombies to create chaos, they must have made various preparations and will not let all the people run away."

"Yes." Ren Yuan agreed, "They need a large number of people to dig graves and perform blood sacrifices. They must be on guard. People are scared away by zombies."

“Then let’s not sit here and chat!” The senior sister, who had been very quiet, stood up and said to Tian Liangzi: “Senior, let’s show our spirits quickly and urge the villagers to run!”

"Yes." Tian Liangzi nodded, and stood up and said, "We really can't hide our heads and show our tails any more. We must go out and chase them away personally!"

"Okay, go quickly." Ren Yuan urged.

"What about you?" everyone asked.

"I want to sleep." Ren Yuan said confidently, "Let's see if I can find a way out in my dreams."

"Well, this is what Yuan is best at." The civet cat praised.

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