A moonless night for murder, a windy day for fire!

This is a desolate wilderness, the rolling mountains at night like crouching monsters filled with both divine and dangerous presences.

At the foot of a small hill, there stood an unmarked grave with a lone tombstone. Three figures carrying backpacks and headlamps crept towards a clump of tall reeds on the right side of the graveyard. The reeds were thick and dense, taller than a man.

The three dark figures were two men and a woman. The man leading the way seemed light on his feet, following the tracks in the grass to burrow into the weeds. After no more than five or six meters, there was an earthen rampart.

The man leading the way pushed aside a clump of grass and immediately revealed a black, circular opening about a meter high. The dirt marks around the opening indicated that it had been dug artificially.

The large thatched roof outside, taller than a person, cleverly concealed the entrance. From the outside, it wasn't particularly noticeable unless one paid close attention or was an expert in tomb robbing and Feng Shui construction.

These two men and one person came to rob the tomb, and they were well-prepared!

The man leading the way smiled at the two people behind him. In the light cast by their lamps, his smile looked rather eerie. After smiling, he beckoned to the two people behind him and then led the way into the earth.

The second person to go in was a handsome man wearing a helmet with a spotlight on his forehead. The beam of the nightlight was very strong, but as he bent down just as he went in, suddenly, “Whoosh!” several bats dashed out from inside.

That child was so frightened that he jumped back and fell to the ground. The man behind him was also startled, and as he helped the child up, he looked back over his shoulder.

Under the glow of his helmet's nightlight, a few bats flickered in and out of sight against the dark canvas of the night sky.

The man who had just entered stuck his head out again and beckoned, saying, "Bats like to live in the dark. Since this tomb opens from the side, the air inside is dark, so it's not strange that bats would fly in. Come on in!"

Once you enter this hole, the smell inside is really strange. There's a peculiar odor that lingers. After winding and twisting downwards for fifteen or twenty meters, you turn a corner, and suddenly, there's a staircase paved with blue stones. The steps are covered in dirt and stone debris, clearly indicating that others have been here before.

After walking on the clean bluestone steps, I felt much better.

However, as soon as you step onto these stone stairs, a blast of icy air hits you!

The man behind, holding hands with the boy in the middle, gripped him tightly as if to offer encouragement. However, looking at his own pale and ashen face, it was clear that he was also terrified.

After descending dozens of stone steps, the path became relatively flat. However, the ground gradually sloped downward, and occasionally a few crimson centipedes would emerge.

After walking this long, dark path, the man holding a child's hand felt a little uneasy. He quietly asked the man in front: "Old driver, how much further do we have to go?"

Although spoken softly, the words echoed in the space. The sound "How far?" reverberated back and forth several times before fading away.

The child tightened her grip, clutching her boyfriend's hand more fiercely, her nails digging into the back of his hand. Blood welled up, but her boyfriend kept still, showing no pain whatsoever.

The man in front turned his head back and said in a low voice, "Xiao Dong, let me tell you, my grandfather once obtained a treasure map. For many years, he has been searching for the tomb on the map, but he never found it. My grandfather and father have always been looking for this legendary tomb. Later, my grandfather luckily got some information and finally found the legendary tomb, and it was confirmed to be this one. However, after coming back and forth more than ten times, I haven't found the entrance to the real tomb..."

The man behind was startled by the words and his fear seemed to lessen a little. He asked, "What grave? Old Si, what big grave?"

"The tomb of the last emperor, Chongzhen!" the old driver said as he walked. "Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Youxiao's grave!"

He sighed again and said: "Wherever there are treasures, they are always impossible to find. After searching through countless twists and turns, it's hard to see them. When... will I be able to find this legendary treasure and make a fortune?"

The three tomb robbers consist of two men and one woman. The two men are Zhu Xiaodong and Yuan Xiaoyi, and the woman is surnamed Si and named Si Huipeng.

Zhu Xiaodong and Yuan Xiaoyi are getting married in a week, but don't be fooled by their current tomb-robbing escapade. He's not your typical grave robber who relies on it for a living—he's a real wealthy second generation!

Zhu Xiaodong came from a prestigious pawn shop family in Taodu. His father ran the pawn shop, and they were incredibly wealthy. Zhu Xiaodong was an only child. Two years ago, his parents died in a car accident during a trip. In a daze, Zhu Xiaodong transformed from a carefree rich kid to the owner of millions.

Without the constraints of his parents, Zhu Xiaodong spent money like water. His second uncle, Zhu Jiafu, ran a pawnshop and watched over him, but he chose not to interfere. Having grown accustomed to the life of an unfettered rich kid, how could he be willing to take on the hard work of being a manager?

The wedding date was set for a week later. Zhu Xiaodong still wanted to say goodbye to those absurd days for his fiancée, and he truly liked Yuan Xiaoyi, so he thought about saying goodbye to his past profligate life after marriage and living a down-to-earth life with Yuan Xiaoyi.

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Youyuan Xiaoyi's family is also ordinary. Zhu Xiaodong takes good care of You and buys houses and supplies for her parents without being stingy with money.

Although Zhu Xiaodong is a spendthrift who splashes money around, he's actually a very loyal and righteous person. Whenever his friends and brothers are in need, as long as they ask for help, he'll always lend a hand.

Although Zhu Xiaodong is generous and flamboyant, he enjoys showing off his superiority and likes to see friends, childhood buddies, and acquaintances express admiration for him. This gives him a sense of satisfaction and superiority.

Zhu Xiaodong was a mischievous child, and Si Hui peng always stood by his side. When Zhu Xiaodong was fourteen or fifteen years old, he got into a fight with some gangsters, and Si Hui peng even protected him by taking a knife wound to the shoulder. He still has a long scar there to this day.

This is their last wild fling before marriage. Zhu Xiaodong told Si Huipeng early on, to just go all out, do something crazy and outrageous.

Then Si Hui-peng, a military advisor to the leader, told him to rob a tomb.

Si Huipeng's grandfather and great-grandfather were tomb robbers, and Si Hui knew a lot about it. He often told Zhu Xiaodong some strange stories about his grandfather and father robbing tombs, which Zhu Xiaodong had long yearned for.

As the heir to a pawn shop dynasty, Zhu Xiaodong still had some knowledge about antiques. However, he had grown accustomed to a lazy and pleasure-seeking lifestyle. He was as crooked as a willow tree, and it would be incredibly difficult to straighten him out.

For those who have never robbed a tomb, it is indeed a thrilling and outrageous thing. Zhu Xiaodong's family was wealthy, so he didn't need to engage in any illegal activities. He chose to rob a tomb mainly to test this supernatural event that he had fantasized about many times. Secondly, he wanted to do one last outrageous and exciting thing before his wedding, after which he would turn over a new leaf and become an honest person.

Hearing that it was an emperor's tomb, Zhu Xiaodong was somewhat skeptical. Let alone an emperor, even the tombs of high-ranking officials were grandly built. How could an emperor's tomb be so dilapidated?

It just looks like a grassy mound and a broken stone tablet with no writing on it. Could this possibly be an emperor's tomb?

Although Zhu Xiaodong didn't know much about tombs, he knew that even though Zhu Youxiao was an emperor with a short life, he was buried in the Ming Tombs, not in Taoducheng, which is far from Beijing.