Narrative of a Tomb Robber: Guixu Dengying

My name is Lu Chenzhou. Many years ago, people on the road called me "Lu Sandeng." Because every time I go to a tomb, I will light three lamps: A lamp to honor the dead, A lamp to honor the living, The last one is a tribute to my own life that will be thrown into the ground sooner or later. I was born in a humble village on the border of western Hunan. My grandfather was a well-known "Tufuzi", but my father died in an ancient tomb without a name. My mother told me before she died that once a Lu family man touches something underground, he will never look back. I didn't believe it at first. Until I was twenty-two years old, in order to pay off a debt, I followed an old tomb robber named Chen Laizi and entered the first tomb. There were no gold or silver treasures in that tomb, only a bronze coffin, a black lamp that would never go out, and a tomb brick with my father's name engraved on it. From that day on, I learned that three generations of the Lu family did not rob tombs for money. They've been looking for the same thing. A legendary key that can open the "Guixu Ancient Country". And my father did not die that year. He was just taken away underground.