They called me Chen Sanmo, because Master said that if a person goes to the grave, one more gossip may lead to another ghost.
What I do for a living is digging graves. According to the rules of the Northern School, when the candle goes out, people must retreat; when the coffin rings, don't look back. I was convinced until I met Su Qingci in a tomb of a Tang Dynasty general.
At that time, she was not a tomb robber, but a student of the archaeological team who was tied into a "zongzi" and was about to be silenced by her colleagues. I accidentally rescued her, broke a big taboo in the industry, and got into big trouble.
Her desperate eyes as she watched the cultural relics being evacuated, and the blood-red line of corpses that appeared inexplicably on my wrist, became my nightmare for the rest of my life.
From then on, my world turned upside down. In the past, some old-school brothers scolded me for breaking the rules and kept chasing her; later, the criminal investigation captain regarded her as an undercover agent and pressed her every step of the way. And she, Su Qingci, this woman who was supposed to be at odds with me, became my only key to understanding the symbols of those mysterious tombs.
Now, we are forced to be tied to a tightrope, with the abyss of all forces at our feet. I rely on her hands to save my life, and she relies on my knife to find out the truth.
But we both know it well - is this relationship that started with betrayal and salvation a trap she set up by using me, or is it the only redemption I can seize?
You and I are walking together on this road of no return.
