Chapter 427: The Big House
The buildings of Shenhou Town are very antique, after all, most of the building materials in these places are modeled after the Qing Dynasty.
So it has a great feature, that is, it is extremely compact, so compact that you walk in the alley of two houses, and you want two people to walk side by side, you can't get out.
There must be one in front and one behind, so when Zhao Ming and Lu Ming walked in this long and lonely alley, they could only walk in front of one person and the other person in the back.
And the wall here has a great feature, that is, it is extremely high-end.
Zhao Ming looked at this tall wall, if this kind of wall is used to prevent thieves, it doesn't need to be so high at all, and the wall in someone's house is three or four meters.
Walls of this height were a complete waste of materials, and even more, some of the walls directly covered the height of the courtyard inside, making Zhao Ming gasp.
"It's not like these walls are used to prevent thieves and people, but to prevent some kind of dirty thing. ”
Zhao Ming has experienced the wooden box and the bronze box, as well as the old Taoist who disappeared inexplicably, and he is more likely to have doubts in his heart.
In the Qing Dynasty, people were heavily educated by Confucianism, so most people knew how to be courteous and humble, and there was a saying called retreat.
Therefore, many Qing Dynasty buildings will be in the alley to separate the courtyards of the two houses a little farther away.
First, it is to divide it into a private territory, and secondly, it is also to prevent the poultry and the like from running into other people's yards to make trouble.
If it was a big family in the city, the pattern might be different, but Zhao Ming never figured it out, and there were all kinds of paper-like objects pasted on top of these high walls.
When I looked closely, I realized that what was reflected through the glass light was some paper-like glass pieces.
This completely aroused Zhao Ming's doubts, if you want to say that the reason why this high wall was built so high, it is barely reasonable to prevent thieves.
But above the edge of the tall wall, there are several pieces of glass, which are inserted horizontally.
Because in ancient times, many people understood that mirrors can drive away evil spirits, and this saying has also spread to modern times.
In the countryside, there are many rural people who hang a mirror called a demon mirror at this door in order to ward off evil spirits.
In fact, it also has the effect of warding off evil spirits, and among these antique Qing Dynasty buildings, there are some strange mirror fragments on the high walls, all of which are inserted in the walls.
One by one, since the back of the flat mirror mirror is a dull gray, it is easy to think of it as a lump of paper if it does not look through the reflection of sunlight below.
Zhao Ming and Lu Ming didn't know what was going on in this town, maybe there was a sudden incident that affected the style of these buildings they built later.
Then again, no matter what, I have to find a place to stay, but I haven't heard anyone's voice for so long, and I don't have any place to follow people.
"Big brother, there are some heroes in this town, look at how much this new ancient building costs.
This ancient building is said to be the hometown of porcelain, why has it been so long now, and no one has seen it. ”
"I don't know, it stands to reason that this is a culturally rich town of Shenhou, and no one can find it now, but it's strange. ”
Zhao Ming had already walked into a courtyard with Lu Ming as he spoke, the gatehouse of the courtyard was not locked, Zhao Ming directly pushed open the gatehouse and walked in.
And there used to be a lot of weeds growing in this courtyard, and the windows and doors of the rooms were not locked, but they were covered with dust.
This is a relatively ordinary Qing Dynasty architectural style house, and it seems that it should be a mansion of a big lord.
Zhao Ming walked in directly with Lu Ming, looking at this big mansion, this kind of house does not look like it was built by future generations, if it is to be sold now, it must not be sold as an antique, and it can be sold at a high price, but the houses of this big family are idle.
Pushing open the back of a gatehouse, in the center of the living room is a table of eight immortals, on which are all kinds of teacups and teapots and the like.
It's just that the bottom of the teacup and teapot has been printed black, and the dust has accumulated, and a finger can reach into it, almost covering half of the nail plate.
"Oh, it's a mess here. Lu Ming covered his nose, looked disgusted with this place, and looked at a house carefully.
Judging from the dust on the wooden door and the table after entering, it is estimated that the house must have been piled up for decades.
In the corner of the gatehouse, there were these cabinets, which were also covered with layers of thick ash.
Zhao Minggang wanted to walk over to take a look, but as soon as he took this step, the white sneakers were immediately covered with dust, and the dust turned the white edge of the sneakers into a kind of black.
Zhao Ming walked a few steps casually, and all of a sudden the dust flew up, and the whole room was like a *, diffuse, and Lu Ming next to him was excited when he saw that the dust was permeated.
"Fuck, didn't you fart!!"
Zhao Ming walked a few steps, quickly stopped, and covered his nose with his hand, "Don't talk nonsense......
Then Zhao Ming hurriedly walked out of the room, and all of a sudden the whole room was filled with dust, Zhao Ming was uncomfortable, "cough, cough..."
"Lu Ming, can you respect our profession, we are here to study, to put it bluntly, we are here to archaeology, can we have a little archaeological spirit, don't say such filthy words at every turn." ”
"Where am I filthy, I'm just talking about a fart, and the dust you stepped on flew all over the room like a fart. ”
"Come on, don't talk about it!" Zhao Ming reluctantly pushed open the door again, and this time the living room had already been stamped with a few footprints he had just taken.
A musty smell came to his face, and some walls made Zhao Ming cough several times, and then walked from the living room to the other bedroom.
There is no bed in the bedroom, just a huge wardrobe, and then Lu Ming walked into the wardrobe, "There may be a baby in here!"
Lu Ming said as he opened the wardrobe and kept rummaging through the wardrobe
But as soon as he opened the wardrobe, Lu Ming was also stunned, there were no clothes in this wardrobe, only a tiger skin like a prop, "Could it be that you are in the wrong place?
Isn't this the tiger skin worn by Wu Song in the Tiger Peking Opera?" Lu Ming said suspiciously, and Zhao Ming on the side took the tiger skin clothes in Lu Ming's hand and observed.
The tiger skin is a real tiger skin, not to mention whether this dress has the appearance of a dress or not, it can be sold for a lot of price just by relying on a tiger skin.
Zhao Ming said seriously and rigorously to Lu Ming, "This is a real tiger skin, which is worth a lot of money." ”
Lu Ming frowned, "But even if this is a tiger skin, it's useless for us to take it, could it be that you really make it into a piece of clothing and sell it, it's illegal." ”
Zhao Ming shook his head lightly, "No, this tiger skin has been silent for many years in history, you see that this texture should be placed here, it has a history of nearly a hundred years."
So if you really sell it, you won't say that you have broken the law, and the wild animals you hunt are just so rough that they have not been polished to become like this.
And there are many places that have festered, and now it is the season of the change of seasons, who do you say this tiger skin will give to whom?"
"It should be up to my knees, but I can't put it on because it's covered with dust, so I have to leave here and go back and shake off all the dust off my clothes before I can wear them. ”
Lu Ming held the tiger skin and gestured on his body, not paying attention to Zhao Ming's words at all.
"Wait a minute, you put it on and I'll take a look. Zhao Ming said solemnly to Lu Ming, Lu Ming disagreed at first, but after Zhao Ming's soft and hard work, he still agreed.
"Yes, yes, you just put it on, and there is a breath of the king of the mountain!"
Lu Ming was very embarrassed at this time and put on the tiger fur coat on his body, and his chic appearance was like a bandit coming from the mountain village.
If he were given another blindfold over his left eye, it would be even more like a blind man.
Zhao Ming glanced at the room, there were no valuable antiques in the room, just a piece of clothing.
"It seems that there is really nothing to be gained here, so let's go. At this moment, Zhao Ming suddenly heard footsteps, and he didn't know if he had heard it wrong.
Zhao Ming turned his head suddenly, a black shadow was flashing from his eye socket, Lu Ming hurriedly fell to the ground, Zhao Ming quickly glanced at another person
"There is someone here, who are you?" Before Zhao Ming could finish speaking, he accidentally leaned back and hit the rotten wardrobe directly.
Unexpectedly, the rotten wardrobe smashed directly and smashed on Zhao Ming's head, and Zhao Ming fainted
Found Zhao Ming opened his hazy sleepy eyes a little consciously, and Lu Ming on the side was still lying quietly next to him, and there was no one else in the house at this time.
Even on the floor, there were only footprints of Zhao Ming and Lu Ming, and Zhao Ming shook his head suddenly, wanting to make his consciousness more sober.
He tried to remember the scene before he was also smashed by the wardrobe, and did see a man walking over, but there were no shoe prints on the ground.
Zhao Ming felt that his face was very sticky, so he wiped it with his hand, only to find that it was covered with dust, Zhao Ming hurriedly sprinkled the dust on his face and pushed Lu Ming.
When Lu Ming was hot, he was still unconscious, no matter how he screamed, he couldn't wake up, there was no way, Zhao Ming could only drag Lu Ming's whole body, leaning against the corner of the wall next to him, and let him fall asleep quietly.
How did he faint, he remembered that he was knocked unconscious by the locker lock, and there was a bloody scab on his forehead.
It's just that this Lu Ming saw someone swinging a stick at him just now, could it be that he was wrong.
Zhao Ming felt that his breath was almost out of breath, and he took a look at the clothes on his chest again, and there was an extra trace of light on his chest
"Ahem, cough, cough, cough......" coughed violently, the marks on the chest were very clear, there were wounds, and the blood marks were clearly spreading around.
And at this time, he didn't have any red potion or anything like that, so he had no choice but to poke a mouthful of saliva on his hand and then smear the saliva on his chest.
This is also the most basic disinfection method, Zhao Ming struggled to carry the wardrobe that fell to the ground, the wardrobe was very heavy, this heaviness was like the wood on the beams in the Forbidden City building.
When Zhao Ming lifted the wardrobe to the position of his chest, he couldn't lift it anymore, so he could only rely on his own pressure to push it up little by little.
After some struggle, he lifted the wardrobe and continued to place it against the wall, but before a few seconds, the wardrobe made a crisp sound of wood breaking.
Zhao Ming hurriedly ran a few steps to the left, and the heavy wardrobe collapsed again, stirring up the dust on the ground, and the dust was stirred up, forming a small mushroom cloud in the air.
Fortunately, I escaped in time when I was hiding just now, and the range of this cabinet was smashed, otherwise I would have been smashed here again today.
Zhao Ming looked at this wardrobe stupidly, and Lu Ming on the other side still didn't wake up.