Liao Xiansheng, usually so kind and gentle, especially for his age, went completely mad, like a wild beast. Several people couldn't hold him back.

Xiao Liu was bitten in the carotid artery and twitched twice on the ground before he breathed his last.

Da Jun, who had initially fought him, was also bitten and left barely alive.

Biantou desperately tried to restrain him, but in the blink of an eye, the old man pinned him to the ground, and he cried out for help.

Just then, I suddenly heard the snap of a trigger. Immediately after, a "whoosh" sound pierced the air, and a crossbow bolt shot straight into Liao Xiansheng's left eye, piercing through the socket.

Soon after, another trigger was pulled, and a second crossbow bolt flew over, this time directly piercing Liao Xiansheng's neck.

Hit by these two bolts, Liao Xiansheng finally clutched his neck, struggled in agony for a moment, and fell to the ground, dead. Biantou, who had been pinned down, was thus saved.

I looked up and saw that it was Shopkeeper Wang who had fired the bolts.

He held a crossbow, looked at Liao Xiansheng, who was gradually breathing his last, and shook his head helplessly.

"Damn it, everything was fine. How did he suddenly go crazy?" Shopkeeper Wang said dejectedly. "And he harmed Xiao Liu. Alas, what a goddamn sin!"

With that, he put away the crossbow and walked over to Da Jun, asking, "Da Jun, how are you?"

Da Jun clutched his neck, blood flowing from between his fingers. He trembled and said, "Shopkeeper, I'm cold... I'm cold all over..."

Feeling cold all over is a sign of excessive blood loss. The haozis (grave robbers) didn't bring any medical supplies with them when they went into the tomb, and their ability to treat injuries was limited. Da Jun had lost so much blood that his life probably couldn't be saved.

Shopkeeper Wang reached out and patted Da Jun's shoulder, whispering, "Brother, I'm sorry."

At this time, Biantou asked, "Shopkeeper, was Liao Xiansheng possessed by a ghost? I could tell he was acting strange from the start. He wouldn't respond when I talked to him, and he kept cackling!"

Hong Jie chimed in, "I think it's the Gu Shu King's doing! Liao Xiansheng was fine before. He only changed after he drove the corpse."

Hearing this, Biantou immediately waved his knife towards the Gu Shu King, cursing, "Damn it! You've been dead for so many years, and you're still causing trouble, haunting us! I'll chop you up!"

Shopkeeper Wang quickly stopped him, saying, "Biantou! Stop! Don't go looking for trouble! Stay away from that evil thing!"

Hearing this, Biantou probably recalled Liao Xiansheng's mad behavior and dared not go forward again, retreating two steps and avoiding the corpse of the Gu Shu King.

However, as he retreated, he suddenly pointed at the Gu Shu King's face and asked, "Shopkeeper, why do I feel like the expression on the Gu Shu King's face has changed? Look at the corners of his mouth, he seems to be smiling... This guy seems to be smiling!"

Hearing him say this, I looked down and was immediately startled!

I saw that the corners of the Gu Shu King's mouth were indeed raised, revealing a strange smile!

When we first pulled him out of the tree trunk, the Gu Shu King's mouth was clearly pursed, and the corners of his mouth were not upturned.

Now his expression had clearly changed!

Mei Shu was also taken aback, whispering, "Goodness, could he be reanimating? The Gu Shu King bewitched Liao Xiansheng, killed Xiao Liu, and brought disaster upon us. He's gloating!"

Hong Jie screamed in fright and ran over to hug my waist, refusing to let go.

Seeing that everyone was frightened by this ancient corpse, Shopkeeper Wang quickly stood up and said, "Don't scare yourselves! Reanimating? This is because the corpse has dehydrated after being taken out, and the skin on its face has dried and shrunk, which has caused the corners of its mouth to turn up. This is a normal phenomenon, not a reanimation. Settle down, everyone!"

Hearing Shopkeeper Wang's explanation, we calmed down a little and stopped panicking.

Hong Jie still didn't dare to look directly at the corpse, and whispered to me, "Rongsheng, why don't you cover up that evil thing? I'm really scared. Oh, didn't you take out that little girl's sports shirt? Cover the corpse with it. It's too scary..."

Of course, I couldn't agree to that. That was Little Mei's clothes. How could I bear to use them to cover an ancient corpse?

I could only pretend to be scared and say, "Hong Jie, don't just say you're scared, I'm scared too. I don't dare to get close. I'm afraid that if I get close to the Gu Shu King, I'll go crazy like Liao Xiansheng!"

Hearing me say this, Hong Jie agreed, nodding repeatedly, "That makes sense, that makes sense. In that case, you'd better not go over there."

At this time, Biantou asked Shopkeeper Wang, "Shopkeeper, in my opinion, the Gu Shu King's remains can't be taken out. This thing is too evil. We really can't touch it. Do you still want to transport him out?"

After all, Shopkeeper Wang had been determined to bring the Gu Shu King out of the tomb, which was why he had hired Liao Xiansheng at a high price.

Who would have thought that not only could the Gu Shu King's corpse not be transported out, but Liao Xiansheng had also died tragically in the tomb. Without the Xiangxi corpse driver, it would be impossible for others with their half-baked skills to safely transport the Gu Shu King out.

Shopkeeper Wang stared blankly at the Gu Shu King's remains, looking very conflicted. After thinking for a long time, he finally said rationally, "This thing is indeed evil. Forget it, let's not transport him. Let's just leave him here!"

Saying this, he called out to everyone, "Alas, what a sin! Come on! Everyone come over, kowtow to this Gu Shu King, apologize, and ask him not to harm us anymore. Let the brothers have a way out, so that the brothers can leave the tomb safely..."

As he spoke, he walked forward, adjusted the Gu Shu King's posture, so that he lay decently in the tomb, and took out three cigarettes from his pocket, lit them and inserted them side by side into the ground in front of the Gu Shu King.

The rest of us dared not neglect and respectfully walked to the three cigarettes, knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, muttering words of prayer for forgiveness.

Hong Jie said the most, such as "Great King of Shu, you are a magnanimous man, don't hold grudges against us poor and desperate juniors," and so on, chattering on and on. Mei Shu also mumbled for a long time.

I said the least, just sincerely apologized. After all, our group had turned his tomb upside down and dragged him out of his long-term resting place, which was indeed a bit immoral.

However, I whispered to the Gu Shu King to remember that debts had to be paid to the debtor, and that the real culprit who destroyed his tomb was Shopkeeper Wang's grave robbing gang. Mei Shu and I were here to arrest the grave robbers, and we were the good guys.

I told him that if he wanted to take revenge, he must identify the real villains and not wrong the two of us who were good people.

Of course, I said these words in a very small voice, so that Hong Jie and Shopkeeper Wang wouldn't hear them.

After kowtowing, we continued on our way. At this time, Da Jun really couldn't hold on any longer. He fell to the ground, motionless, muttering nonsense.

Biantou couldn't bear to abandon his brother and wanted to help him up to continue on the road, but Shopkeeper Wang shook his head and motioned him to leave Da Jun behind.

Biantou dared not disobey the shopkeeper's order. Finally, he wiped away his tears, left Da Jun on the ground, and said with a sob, "I'm sorry."

Da Jun struggled twice, trying to grab Biantou's hand, but failed.

We left him where he was and walked away without looking back. The grave robbing team that had started with more than a dozen people now had fewer than five left.

At that time, I thought that grave robbing was too tragic. Others only envied the grave robbers for being able to earn a lot of money in one trip, but they didn't know that the money was exchanged for the lives of people.