I sneered in my heart and said on the surface: "Tell me your conditions and I'll listen first."
"Haha, young man, then I will tell the truth."
"Old man, although I have never married a mother-in-law, I have also tasted the taste of a woman. That fragrance, tsk tsk. That pretty little girl at the door seems to be your girlfriend, right? If you can convince her, let her serve me here for two days.
How about I tell you the secret of the jade pendant?" He finished speaking and waited expectantly for my answer.
As the saying goes, people should not be judged by their appearance. After chatting all night last night, I really didn’t expect that this old bachelor would dare to have such an idea. This is because he is old-hearted and greedy. If it were my previous temper and character, I would have been a long time ago.
Kicked him in the face.
I suppressed my anger and said jokingly: "Uncle, I understand what you mean. Everything else is fine. It's just that your body is old. I'm afraid you can't stand it. What should I do?"
The old man immediately smiled slyly and said: "Young man, don't underestimate me! I may not be as good as you young people in terms of physical fitness, but when it comes to actual combat with real swords and guns! I'm probably no worse than you young people! Let me tell you, this is as good as you.
When a woman does things, it's like pulling a carriage up a steep slope. It's useless to rush forward hard, but if you can't go up the back section, it will still slide down the slope! So you have to take one step at a time, one pit at a time, and pull the carriage up steadily!"
I wiped my mouth and said, "Uncle, wait for me for a few minutes. I'll go out and ask my girlfriend what she means."
After I came out and closed the door, I pulled Xiaoxuan away and whispered to her.
"What?"
After hearing this, Xiaoxuan became furious and gritted her teeth and said: "You old and dishonest guy! I'm going to kill him now!"
"Don't worry, don't be impulsive. Don't think about killing people all the time. That's not the best policy! The old man is a staff member of the scenic spot. If he dies, the scenic spot will definitely call the police as soon as possible. Once the people from the police station arrive here, then we
All subsequent plans will be ruined!"
"Then what are you thinking? Do you really want me to agree to his conditions?"
"How is that possible?" I whispered: "Xiaoxuan, dogs will drool when they see bones. That's nature. People can't erase the nature of animals, but they can give dogs a poisonous bone."
Xiaoxuan frowned when she heard this, and slowly let go of the knife in her hand.
"Great! That's it, young man, let's make an agreement! I'm not greedy! I only ask for two nights! Tonight and tomorrow night!"
I said, "I'm afraid we can't do it tonight. We have something to do tonight, so maybe we can do it tomorrow night and the night after."
"No problem! There's no rush for this moment anyway! Haha!"
The old man's face was so red that he looked at Xiaoxuan greedily, like a big bad wolf looking at a well-behaved and docile little white sheep.
Xiaoxuan also cooperated with her current status as a little white sheep and smiled tenderly at the old man.
I guess Xiaoxuan feels like vomiting at this moment. If I hadn't told her before, this old man would never have survived the next second based on her temperament.
At around two o'clock, the old man led us to the large dirt slope halfway up Weiping Mountain. He was sneaky along the way, looking left and right from time to time, as if he was afraid of being seen by others.
There is a large area of land halfway up the slope that is planted with raspberries. In the early years of Chun'an, raspberries were only grown in the mountain fields around Weiping and Tea Garden. Now that it is approaching the twelfth lunar month, although the picking season has passed, there are still some scattered ones on the trees.
Some fruits looked shriveled and wrinkled, so I asked if the remaining ones could be eaten.
The old man picked a fruit and stuffed it into his mouth and said: "These don't look good, but they are edible!" He turned to look at Xiaoxuan and smiled: "Just like a little girl, they look dry, but they must be sweet inside.
It’s here.”
Xiaoxuan stopped and smiled gloomily.
Seeing this, I hurriedly stood in front of Xiaoxuan, thinking to myself: "You old guy, you are on the verge of death and are testing like crazy."
I asked out of curiosity: "Uncle, what are you bringing us here for? Is the secret in this field?"
The old man recalled: "Many years ago, people often came to this area at night to pick fruits. Because I lived in the mountains all year round, the head of the household asked me to help look after the orchard at night. I could earn about three hundred yuan for half a month."
The old man slowed down and continued: "I remember it was July 19th, and it was raining. I heard some movement at about one o'clock in the middle of the night, so I went to the field to look, and I saw a deep hole sunk next to a fruit tree.
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"I originally wanted to help the head of the household fill it up so that I could take credit during the day, but guess what I found?"
I shook my head.
""There is also a slope made of blue bricks in the pit! It is more than ten meters deep!"
"Did you go down then?" I asked.
The old man nodded: "Yes, I climbed up the slope to the end, and when I saw it, it turned out to be an earth wall!"
"Is there an earth wall at the bottom of the slope?"
Xiaoxuan and I looked at each other and both frowned. Xiaoxuan has worked with us for these years and knows a lot. If what the old man said is true, something is wrong. The situation is abnormal. The tomb should be down the slope.
Except for the imperial tombs, the tombs of the Song Dynasty are generally not large in scale, but they are often very exquisite inside. It is said in the industry that they are small but exquisite. Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.
From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Warring States, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, I can roughly determine what kind of things will be found in the tombs just by looking at the specifications and shapes, but Song tombs are an exception. Some Song tombs look large, with corridors, murals, patios, coffin beds, domes, etc.
They all had it, but in the end they found out how poor they were, so they gave them a few broken copper coins and broken bronze mirrors.
On the contrary, some tombs are very small, only ten square meters in total, but they will yield a lot of good things.
There is no shortage of masters in the industry who have toppled Liao tombs, masters who toppled Han tombs, and masters who toppled ancient tombs like Mr. Yao, but who has ever heard of masters who specialized in tombs of the Song Dynasty?
Almost none, because the Song Dynasty tomb is too uncertain and unexpected, making it difficult for experts to judge.
There are deep reasons behind this, which are related to the social system and social atmosphere of the Song Dynasty. Anyway, just remember one sentence. Opening the Song Dynasty tomb is like opening a blind box. Losing money depends on luck.
I asked: "Is that earth wall hard? Have you ever tried to smash it?"
The old man immediately became excited: "Smash it! I get angry when you mention this! I've tried it countless times! That wall is harder than iron! Even if you hit it with a pickaxe, there will be sparks! I just don't have enough explosives to try it."
Got it!"
What he said completely piqued my interest because I had never seen anything like this before.
You must know that the diamond wall must guard the tomb door. The shape of the diamond wall in the Song Dynasty is different from that in the Ming Dynasty. There will be multiple layers of door-sealing bricks in front of it, and the door-sealing bricks are usually built in a multi-angular prism shape, so it will not
It appears alone like this in the form of a single type of earth wall.
"Where was that jade pendant found?"
He replied: "There are three wall holes on both sides of the slope. There is a rotten wooden box in the middle wall hole. The wall hole was filled with soil at that time. The jade pendant was placed in the wooden box."
When he arrived under a raspberry tree, the old man looked around, then pointed at his feet and said, "It's probably right here. I filled it in with soil later, and I haven't dug it yet."
I bent down and grabbed a handful of soil and licked it quickly. It felt astringent, slightly sticky, and smelled like bricks.
"Young man, everything I said is true. I told you this secret without reservation. If you have the ability to find something, that's your ability. I'm definitely not jealous, old man, but now hehehe
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"Little beauty, you see the environment here is quite good, why don't we just stop waiting for tomorrow night and get things done now."
After he finished speaking, he suddenly moved his hands and feet. I didn't notice that Xiaoxuan was touched by the old man.
Xiaoxuan smiled after reacting. She walked over and looked at the old man with a smile, and put her hands on the buttons of her clothes on her chest.
The old man stared straight at her.
The next second, a switchblade was suddenly inserted into the old man's temple!
The blade was almost half submerged, but strangely, not a drop of blood was shed!
It was too late for me to stop him! Because Xiaoxuan took action without any warning. One second she was smiling harmlessly, and the next second she inserted the knife into the person's head!
Looking at this sudden scene, I breathed quickly and subconsciously clenched my fists.
The old man didn't complain about pain or shout loudly, but he saw that his eyes seemed to be out of control! He kept blinking! His whole figure suddenly became stupid.
Xiaoxuan grabbed his neck with her left hand, her face indifferent, she grabbed the ring with her right hand and pushed the knife in slowly.
The old man's expression was twisted in pain. He wanted to scream, but Xiaoxuan covered his mouth with force again! After a few minutes, he slowly put the man down on the ground.
"What's wrong Yunfeng, are you scared?"
I took a deep breath: "It's not Xiaoxuan, why can't you listen to me! I told you that I had already planned it!"
Xiaoxuan sneered: "I can't wait any longer. I tolerate taking advantage of me verbally, but if he dares to touch me, he is looking for death. He has touched my bottom line."
"you!"
"Forget it! Deal with it quickly!"
My original plan was that the old man lived alone! He burned coal to keep warm at night! I smelled the smell of gas in the house last night. There was no surveillance around. I just waited for the old man to fall asleep at night and quietly left traces on the outer wall of the hut.
Just block the vents! This way you can fake an accident without anyone noticing!
Without further ado, we must deal with the scene quickly. I have never killed anyone, but I have experience in dealing with this matter.
I dragged the old man under the tree and was about to take another step. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the broken mobile phone in his pocket buzzed.