"At this point, we realized that we had noticed the oddities about Sun Deji long ago. His complexion was terrible, and he barely spoke before we went into the tomb. There was also a faint stench of decay about him, a corpse odor. But we're in this line of work, so we just assumed he had recently been in contact with corpses during a tomb raid, and no one thought much of it."

"Even the bravest person couldn't handle something like that. We hurriedly filled Sun Deji's grave, and then, under the cover of darkness, sneaked into Sun Deji's house and handed over all the gold and jewelry to the woman."

"We didn't dare say much, just that we were Sun Deji's friends and that these items were being kept safe with us."

"It was clear that the woman didn't quite believe us, but she didn't ask much. She probably knew what Sun Deji did for a living. In the end, she thanked us profusely."

"We didn't dare stay long and left Liping County that night after doing all this."

"We lived in fear for a while, and only dared to return to Wolong Town when nothing happened. After all, we still had to dispose of the funerary objects."

"For a long time after that, it was me, Fan Jianglong, and Ding Menliang guarding the funerary objects. Hua Sheitou went out alone to find buyers. Each time, after he confirmed a buyer, a few of us were responsible for delivering the goods to their door."

"Because these were all shady deals, we always went late at night, and we were very discreet. After all, we knew the weight of these things, and we could lose our heads if anything went wrong."

"Do you remember who you delivered the items to?"

Jiang Cheng was focused on this point. From what Liu Xueyi said, the number of these cursed antiques was definitely more than the few they had.

Sure enough, Liu Xueyi pondered for a moment, then shook his head in pain, "I can't remember, there were too many, at least a dozen. And I wasn't there most of the time. The Fan Jianglong and Ding Menliang brothers were responsible for the delivery."

"Those two are brothers?"

"Yes, I only found out later. They're blood brothers."

Hearing this, Luo Tianhe calculated with his fingers, then paused slightly, "Blood brothers, one a river bandit, the other a mountain bandit. If they were both born at the hour of the Rat (zi shi, 11 PM - 1 AM), they would have the rare dual Yin Sha fate. Ordinary evil spirits wouldn't dare approach them."

Liu Xueyi nodded repeatedly, "That's right, Mr., you're amazing. Hua Sheitou said the same thing, so he wouldn't let me go when transporting certain special funerary objects. He only told the Fan Jianglong brothers to go, saying that if I went, there would definitely be bloodshed."

"As we delivered more and more goods, I slowly noticed the strangeness. Not long after those families received the goods, something strange would happen in their homes. There were natural disasters and man-made calamities, sometimes only affecting the head of the household, other times affecting the entire family."

"We once delivered a box to a factory owner, and less than a month later, I saw in the newspaper that there had been a huge explosion at the factory, killing more than a dozen people. The factory owner and his wife were among them."

"But the strange thing was that the factory wasn't operating that day, so no workers were injured or killed. The dozen or so people who were killed, apart from the factory owner's family, were all people from a Western company."

"The newspaper also said that after investigation, the factory owner had close ties with these Westerners in private and was doing some shady dealings."

Hearing this, everyone pondered. This scene was very similar to the cases they had experienced before. "What was in the box?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"I don't know. Some of the boxes were locked. We never opened them. The buyers...the buyers opened them themselves to inspect the goods after we delivered them."

"How did you find buyers if you didn't even know what was inside?"

Jiang Cheng quickly seized the loophole in his words. He didn't understand why he was still unwilling to tell the truth after all this, unless what he wanted to hide was more important than his own life.

Seeing the coldness in everyone's eyes, Liu Xueyi immediately became frightened, "I'm not lying to you, don't...don't do this, please listen to my explanation!"

"I've always wondered about this, too. After all, Hua Sheitou was solely responsible for these things, and he contacted the buyers, so there's no reason why he wouldn't know what was in the boxes. And he picked these things out of the ancient tomb, so...so I suspect he knew the situation in the tomb before we went down!"

"It's possible that his situation is similar to mine, that person in the dream told him everything, he's just following that person's orders!"

"The tomb owner's orders!"

"It's not possible, it's certain." Yuan Shanyuan said firmly, "I think all five of your situations are similar, the difference is that each person is responsible for only one part of the process."

"Sun Deji was responsible for leading the team to find the tomb and enter it, you were responsible for opening the coffin, Hua Sheitou was responsible for marking the funerary objects in the tomb and connecting with buyers, and the Fan Jianglong brothers, who had the toughest fate, were responsible for transporting them."

"You're a team, and the ultimate goal is to deliver these cursed funerary objects into the hands of designated people."

Seeing that Liu Xueyi had limited information, Yuan Shanyuan didn't say much more and directly asked him where Hua Sheitou was. This person obviously knew more than Liu Xueyi.

But when Liu Xueyi heard this, his eyes paused, obviously recalling some terrifying scene, and then he shook his head violently, "He's dead, he's dead! And...and the Fan Jianglong brothers, they're all dead!"

"As more and more funerary objects were sold, the greed in Hua Sheitou's heart grew, and each time the money was donated anonymously by Hua Sheitou to benefit poor families, and...and students, etc. He didn't save any money himself. As everything calmed down, Hua Sheitou had his eyes on the last few funerary objects."

"He hinted at his idea to the three of us. The Fan Jianglong brothers agreed, but I didn't. Because I was worried they would kill me, I ran away overnight."

"In the end...in the end, I secretly inquired and heard that Hua Sheitou, with his silver tongue, had sold these funerary objects at extremely high prices and made a fortune. That night, they took the money they had earned and went to the most luxurious restaurant in the area for a farewell dinner."

"But unexpectedly, something happened to them at the farewell dinner!"

"First, the three of them started arguing for some reason, then the argument became more and more intense, and they started fighting. The Fan Jianglong brothers broke Hua Sheitou's hands and feet, pinned him on the table, pried open his mouth, and poured boiling water into his mouth with a red-hot teapot. That's how...that's how they scalded him to death. It is said that his mouth was burned to a pulp."