Chapter 2663: 2664: The Sinister Princess Tomb

Chapter 2663: Chapter 2664: The Sinister Princess Tomb

“Damn, I’ll kick you to death.”

Everyone laughed, and Lin Yi waved his hand, “Well, since we’re here, let’s try the food first.”

With that plan in mind, the group headed to the restaurant in the scenic area.

They ordered several specialty dishes related to fish, which were not cheap. The six dishes cost over two thousand.

But the taste was genuinely good. Even with Lin Yi’s picky eyes, the dish was still excellent.

“Boss, is this Teeth Fish only available here in your place?” Lin Yi asked.

The owner was a middle-aged man in his forties, not very tall, looking quite shrewd, and holding a cigarette.

“Not just nationwide, but worldwide, it’s only available here,” the middle-aged owner said:

“Otherwise, I wouldn’t have spent over 10 million to take over the reservoir back then.”

The group was a bit surprised. To be able to put out over 10 million to take on a reservoir, this person wasn’t showing his true self.

“So it means that Teeth Fish is a specialty of the Green Mountain Reservoir?”

“Yes, just like the Northeast’s big white fish, nowhere else has it,” the middle-aged owner said:

“And the sauce for the fish is something I personally concocted; you can’t taste this flavor anywhere else.”

“The taste is really good, worth driving over to eat,” Lin Yi gave a fair evaluation.

“You’re right on point. Not just you guys, plenty of foreigners come to eat, too.”

Lin Yi nodded with a smile and then shifted the topic to the ancient tomb.

“Businesses like this usually care about good fortune. I heard that there was an ancient tomb excavated nearby. Aren’t you worried about bad luck doing business here?”

“Oh, from the way you talk, you know about the tomb?”

“Hmm?”

The group sensed something strange, put down their chopsticks, and listened intently to the owner’s words.

“I just heard rumors; I don’t know the details. If you’re free, boss, you could tell us about it.”

“There’s really nothing much about it, just that the tomb is quite eerie.”

The owner took a puff of his cigarette and said:

“I heard that after the tomb was excavated back in the day, the state didn’t bother with it. I wanted to take over that land and develop it into the Princess Tomb Scenic Area, and with the reservoir nearby, it could definitely make money. But in the end, someone beat me to it.”

“So, there’s another scenic area to the west?”

“It’s long gone,” the middle-aged owner said:

“I heard that boss spent millions to restore the tomb and made up a bunch of stories, thinking they could earn some money. But in the end, they nearly lost everything.”

“Logically, that place’s position is about the same as yours, and they have an Imperial Mausoleum for viewing, yet they lost money, and you’re making money?”

“That’s why it’s said to be eerie,” the middle-aged owner said:

“I remember at the opening ceremony, they made a big show, but never got much traction. Advertising afterward didn’t help either. In less than half a year, two people died there, causing a lot of trouble for that big boss, and eventually, it shut down.”

“Then why did you open a resort nearby; aren’t you afraid of being affected?” Lin Yi asked.

“How could I not be? But I really saw the potential in this place. If I didn’t do it, I’d feel itchy,” the middle-aged owner stubbed out his cigarette and said:

“I was young back then, found a master to write a talisman for me, and then went for it. Didn’t expect it to actually work out.”

“Is that tomb really that eerie?”

“Who knows?” the middle-aged owner said:

“I heard others say that big boss was messing around in the tomb and got involved with some unclean stuff, so things turned out that way.”

“Messing around?”

“You must be an outsider,” the middle-aged owner said:

“Places like the Imperial Mausoleum are boring with just scenery. You need a gimmick, especially those folk ghost stories; the common folk love those things. We even created a few here, and they worked quite well.”

“Just making up a few stories shouldn’t have such serious consequences, though.”

“Seems like it wasn’t just a few stories; they dug up a lot of places and caused quite a mess,” the middle-aged owner said:

“But I can’t say for sure what happened. Maybe he didn’t have the fortune for it, so he couldn’t make money off of it. People have to believe in fate; otherwise, things go wrong.”

“You’re making sense,” Lin Yi said with a laugh.

From what the owner said, Lin Yi couldn’t deduce any useful information.

He could only infer that the tomb didn’t hold much value.

Otherwise, according to relevant laws and regulations, it should have been protected, not sold to individuals.

He decided he would have to go on-site to get a better understanding of the situation.

About half an hour later, they finished their meals like a gust of wind, smiled, bade farewell to the owner, and drove towards the tomb area.

The distance between the two places was about three kilometers, not too far.

When they arrived, they noticed two more cars parked outside, with a few middle-aged men and women posing for photos at the entrance.

Lin Yi guessed they were tourists heading to the Green Mountain Scenic Area and were curious enough to come here and have a look.

After parking the car, they stood at the gate.

The perimeter was a two-meter-high red wall, but due to years of neglect, the red paint was weathered away, revealing the color of the bricks beneath.

In some places, the wall had even collapsed, and looking around, all they saw was desolation.

“Let’s go, have a look inside.”

The group followed Lin Yi past the red gate and entered the tomb scenic area.

The ground was paved with large white stones, but some areas had cracked and were overgrown with weeds.

Straight ahead was a palace-like structure about a hundred meters long, with a faint aura of eeriness and oppression in the distance.

In other places, there were smaller buildings, none of which Lin Yi could name.

“All man-made traces, no real feeling at all,” Luo Qi said:

“If I were to build some similar constructions elsewhere and claim it’s someone’s tomb, I could sell it too.”

“You really could,” Sui Qiang said:

“Our family’s tourism business does that in many places, and it’s doing pretty well. Even TV stations have come to interview us.”

“No way, Brother Qiang, you’ve turned rogue.”

Sui Qiang laughed heartily, “Making money is nothing to be ashamed of.”

They walked leisurely into the palace and found something different inside.

Inside stood many statues, and there were lots of wooden plaques with writing on them.

But the most eye-catching was the large dirt pit in front of them.

It was about five meters by five meters, with a depth of about two meters, filled with all sorts of trash. Around it was a chain fence, but it was no longer of any use.

Besides this, there were other, variously sized deep pits connected to each other.

“Lin Bro, there’s an introduction nearby saying these large pits are from the Princess Tomb back in the day.”

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