Chapter 431: Zhong Wuyan


    I pretended to be afraid. Brother, dont scare me!


    While we were talking, Li Mazi took out a pack of cigarettes from his bag and gave it to the driver. Please tell us more about it, I dont want my little brother to suffer.


    The driver received the cigarettes whileughing heartily. Brother, youd better listen to me. You should go back to where you came from. This Wuyan Vige is not a ce you should be visiting. Youll sense a murderous aura everywhere.


    Murderous aura? I exchanged looks with Li Mazi.


    The driver nodded in confirmation. Yes. Do you know where the name Wuyanes from?


    I shook my head.


    He sniggered. Have you ever heard about Zhong Wuyan? The woman that topped the list of Chinas Top Four Ugliest Women. That Wuyan Vige was actually her hometown. Rumor has it that her final resting ce is right there


    I opened my eyes wide in shock after listening to what the driver had revealed.


    Did Zhang Qinghai unearth the tomb of Zhong Wuyan, the famous historical figure?


    The driver puffed his cigarette as he continued, That Wuyan Vige has a forbidden area. People say its where Zhong Wuyans tomb is located.


    ZhaoWuyangsface turned pale; it almost looked as if he had fallen sick.


    The driver continued, In earlier years, Wuyan Vige was a rich and lively vige. It was actually the biggest vige in the area. However, after the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, the tomb-robbing industry in Shandong was on the rise. Some bold tomb robbers came here and unearthed Zhong Wuyans tomb. After that, paranormal activities started to happen in the vige In particr, many girls were attacked and killed. The vigers were scared, so they began to move away. In a few years, the once prosperous vige had been almost abandoned.


    The people who decided to stay took it upon themselves to rebuild Zhong Wuyans tomb and set up the forbidden area. The situation has been getting better ever since. Then, the driver told us wholeheartedly, Youre outsiders visiting this ce. You dont know how horrible Wuyan Vige is. It would be for the best if you left while its still bright. This ce is not for sightseeing. Its evil.


    Once he finished talking, he held the cigarette pack underneath his arm while humming some song and drove away in his tractor.


    Zhao Wuyang kept shivering even after the driver hadpletely disappeared from our view. How could this be? In which period did Zhong Wuyan live? How could her tomb survive to this day?


    I carefully went through all my recollections about her life.


    Zhong Wuyan had been born during the Spring and Autumn Period. She was said to be an extraordinarily ugly woman. Not only did she have a red birthmark on her face, but her hair was also sparse, her nose big, and her lips looked like a pair of sausages. In short, people chose to stay clear whenever they saw her.


    The ancient books mentioned that she had not married until she was forty years old; it could be taken as an indication of how ugly she was. However, Zhong Wuyan had an outstanding talent when it came to governing the country. In fact, Zhong Wuyan had gone to the pce when the State of Qi was going through troubling times and offered her solutions to King Xuan of Qi. The king appreciated her a lot, to the point that he decided to make her his queen.


    However, King Xuan of Qi had married her only because of her talent; they never slept on the same bed.


    No matter how outstanding Zhong Wuyan was, she was still a woman. Although she was living in the harem with her queen status, she never once received love from her husband. Every day, as she put on her makeup and looked at herself in the mirror, she would remember her parents with deep hatred for giving her such a hideous appearance! If she had had a mesmerizing face, wouldnt she have been able to keep King Xuan of Qi for herself?


    My guess was that the mirror had absorbed a great deal of Zhong Wuyans resentful energy. That was why it would peel off peoples faces to vent out the anger. After discovering this important piece of information, I decided to go to Wuyan Vige to investigate before it got darker.


    Li Mazi panicked when I told them about my ns. Little Brother Zhang, didnt you listen to the driver? That Wuyan Vige is quite strange. Why go there?


    I answeredzily, Because I dont have any other interest but to collect strange items. The more ominous they are, the more excited I get.


    I didnt know if my answer had encouraged them, but they hurried to catch up with me.


    Although our pace wasnt slow, the sky had bepletely dark when we arrived at Wuyan Vige.


    It was simr to what Zhao Wuyang had told us. The mountainous vige was scarily quiet at night time. Except for some random dogs barking, the ce was as still as a cemetery.


    Since it was his second visit, Zhao Wuyang easily took us to the house he had stayed in the previous time. The old owner didnt greet Zhao Wuyang as people normally would, smiling when they saw an acquaintance. His voice grew vignt instead. Why did youe back?


    Zhao Wuyang didnt know how to answer.


    I quickly stepped forward. Good evening, sir. Im Zhao Wuyangs friend. He took a lot of beautiful photos on hisst visit. Im very interested in photography, and this ce looks magnificent to me, so I begged him to bring me here.


    The old fellow assessed me from top to bottom, and his face became friendlier. What do you want?


    Zhao Wuyang said, Sir, we dont have a ce to stay. We would like to stay in your house for a few days. While he spoke, he showed the old man a bag of gifts he had prepared.


    The old fellow checked the bag carefully, looking satisfied. He nodded and said, Come in!


    The courtyard waspletely dark as we followed him inside. Momentster, as we were about to reach the mud-walled house, we heard the naive giggling of someone standing in the dark. Although I was unable to see anybody, I knew it was the madwoman Zhao Wuyang had mentioned.


    The old man ushered us to the mud-walled room. He asked in a low voice, Have you eaten yet?


    I hurried to take out some bread and sausages from my bag. We came prepared. Theres no need for you to trouble yourself. Please go ahead and have some rest


    The old man had already left with his kerosenemp before I finished speaking.


    I felt a little awkward as I looked back at Li Mazi. I caught the mirth in his eyes.


    What are youughing at?


    Little brother, you do have moments when you look like a fool.


    His satisfied face annoyed me, so I said to Zhao Wuyang, Li Mazi doesnt feel like eating. Well split the food between us two!


    We ate the bread and sausages, then we went to bed early that night.


    I was woken up by the noise outside the next morning. I pushed Li Mazi, who was sleeping like a dead pig. Wake up. Go out and take a look, somethings happening!


    Once we got out of the room, we saw many people standing in the old fellows courtyard. All of them looked worried.


    A man asked, When did Old Wus daughter disappear?


    She was still inside the house when they went to bed. However, the girl was nowhere to be seen this morning


    Old Wu worked hard on his field yesterday. He slept deep enough that he didnt hear anything. How could that girl disappear into thin air?


    The vigers were discussing boisterously.