A vintage car drove up a rugged country road, and the dust was flying, causing the people waiting on the side to cough lightly.

The car stopped, and the middle-aged man in the lead walked over to the car door with a grin, ignoring the dust flying on the road. Two big red firecrackers crackled.

The middle-aged man took off the red paper on his mouth, and said happily while opening the door: "Daping Township welcomes Huang Lao Xing to guide the work. ”

"Township Chief Wang, what you said on the phone is true?" An old man in a Mao suit, who was over the age of six, slowly got out of the classic car with the support of a young woman in a checkered shirt and skinny jeans.

The middle-aged man who came to greet him held the old man's hand and said with a smile: "Naturally, it's true." ”

Old man Huang's beard was white, and when he heard this answer, he immediately smiled, "This time the city is building a cultural center, if you can get this thing, it will definitely be the treasure of the town hall!" The leaders of the city attach great importance to this work, and specially sent a reporter to follow up, this is the reporter of Mingguang Daily, Miss Gu Qin. ”

"Hello Township Chief Wang. The young woman smiled sweetly and reached out to shake the county magistrate Wang.

Seeing Gu Qin so young and beautiful, County Magistrate Wang was stunned, then came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Miss Gu is young and promising, she became a newspaper reporter at this age, but it's rare." A reception banquet has been set up in the guest house, Elder Huang, Miss Gu, let's go eat first, shall we?"

Huang Lao took the crutches handed over by the driver, shook his head and smiled: "Don't be busy eating, let's go to the mountain people's house that Township Chief Wang said and take a look at the Wei monument." ”

"This ...... The leaders of the county are waiting in the guest house, Huang Lao, this Wei monument can't run, let's go to eat first, and when we finish eating, let's go to the mountains to see the cultural relics. ”

Huang Lao shook his head and said: "Work is important, don't eat the meal first, and ask Township Chief Wang to lead the way." ”

Seeing that he couldn't resist this old comrade, Wang Dashan had no choice but to ask the deputy township chief on the side to go back to the county guest house to talk to the leader, and then take the two distinguished guests from the city and walk towards Xiaoheshan.

"Huang Lao, let me tell you, this family is amazing, according to the villagers, this ancestor has been out of calligraphy, this tablet has been wanted to be collected in the county, but this is the old Zhong family passed down from generation to generation, there are records, people are unwilling, the county is not in line, you can't take it." ”

Huang Mingchuan on the side nodded, and said: "Since it is not unearthed, and it is handed down from generation to generation, it is natural that you can't take advantage of it, this time the city leaders said very clearly, you must not take the bureaucratic line, so I was sent over to see if I can persuade this mountain people to give up this Wei monument." It's just strange, since there are such treasures, why has the city never heard of this before?"

"Huang Lao, you don't know anything. This Wei monument, don't talk about you, even the people in our township have never seen it! That is, it has been recorded in the county annals, there is such a thing. When the people from the county came, the old man refused to take out this monument to show people, and almost started with people. ”

Huang Mingchuan frowned, "Is there such a thing? ”

Township Chief Wang, who was walking aside, said with a smile: "If Lao Zhong is still there, I won't report it to the city this time." This old Zhong was gone with cerebral thrombosis last year, and there was only one son Zhong Yue left in the family, who was the first college student in our township, and went to college last year. ”

Gu Qin on the side frowned and asked, "I only went to college last year, and this is not a winter and summer vacation, how can I be at home?"

Wang Dashan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't mention it." This Zhong Yue is a filial son, the old rules in our township, my father has been filial piety for three years, but what era is it now, not to mention a young man like him, even our generation, we have long been out of this, after the old Zhong was buried last year, we persuaded him to go back to college, but this baby admits death, and has to keep filial piety, what a waste of youth, alas!"

Huang Mingchuan stroked his beard and said: "It's a filial son, there is no one else in the Zhong family?"

"Yes, there is, but because of this stele, it is also very stiff, the county work can not be done, so I promised Lao Zhong's brother-in-law, as long as I can persuade Lao Zhong to hand over this stele to the county, not only the reward is rich, even his work can be helped arranged, the result is ......"

Wang Dashan spread his hands, looking very helpless.

"Is this here?" Huang Mingchuan looked at the hill in front of him and turned his head to ask.

Wang Dashan didn't expect that he would arrive so soon after chatting, so he nodded and said, "Yes, yes." Xiaohe Mountain Peach Blossom Pass, the old Zhong family is in that mountain pass, and you can see it in a quarter of an hour. ”

As he spoke, Wang Dashan half-squatted down in front of Huang Mingchuan, "Huang Lao, the road in this mountain is not easy to walk, I'll carry you in." ”

Several directors in the township behind him glanced at Wang Dashan, who was half-squatting, and smiled playfully, in the end, it is still Wang Dashan, so good at slapping horses, if this matter is done, it is estimated that they can be transferred to the county next year.

Huang Mingchuan walked around on crutches, and with Gu Qin's support, he walked aside, and said with a smile: "No need, Huang has not reached the point where he is so useless." ”

Seeing that the horse's fart slapped on the horse's hooves, Wang Dashan also straightened up in embarrassment, smiled, and followed towards the mountain. At present, when the mountain peach is in full bloom, turning into the mountain pass, a large piece of pink and white peach blossoms is charming.

The peach is dying, and Huang Mingchuan and Gu Qin's eyes are scorching, in the city, how can there be such a beautiful scenery, it is like being in a sea of flowers. A calligrapher like Huang Mingchuan looked very envious and nodded frequently.

"It's so beautiful here. Gu Qin pursed his lips slightly and smiled.

Wang Dashan smiled innocently, "What's so beautiful, it's just a bunch of big white flowers, it's just like that if you see too much, Wei Bei is important, let's go in." ”

Huang Mingchuan came back to his senses, nodded, and followed Wang Dashan to the small courtyard inside.

At the end of the peach forest, an ancient courtyard is revealed, the characteristics of the Hui style building are very obvious, the wooden door is closed, and the two copper rings on the top are a little blue and dark, and they look some years old. The white walls are a little blackened at the base, and the bluestone bricks are covered with moss.

"Huang Lao, be a snack, it's slippery here. ”

"The moss is so thick, it seems that there are few people walking around here. ”

"No, the old Zhong family has few relatives, more than ten years ago, the mother's family broke up unhappily, this old Zhong almost never goes out, guarding this mountain peach forest, every year the subsistence allowance is still sent by me to their family, you wait, I'll knock on the door." ”

"Zhong Yue! Zhong Yue, open the door, I, your Uncle Wang!" Wang Dashan pulled the copper ring and knocked twice.

After a while, the door slowly opened, and Zhong Yue's figure was revealed in front of everyone.

Dressed in a coarse linen cloth coat with a white cloth belt tied on his head, Zhong Yue, who was guarding filial piety at home, asked Wang Dashan, who had a happy face, "Uncle Wang, is there something wrong?" As he spoke, his eyes had already swept behind Wang Dashan, except for a few township directors, the white-bearded old man and the young woman had never seen it.

"Look at what you said, it's okay, Uncle Wang can't come to see you? Open the door, let's go in and talk." ”

Zhong Yue felt that so many people came, and he had never seen Wang Dashan so enthusiastic on weekdays, and there must be a demon when something went wrong, so he stood by the door and said, "My father is still in mourning, and it is inconvenient to see guests, so Uncle Wang should bring someone to invite him back." ”

Wang Dashan resisted the door that was about to be closed, and said with a somewhat unhappy face: "These five or seven have passed, almost over, and you really keep filial piety for three years? If you want me to say, you hurry back to school and get ahead in the future, this is the greatest reward for your father!"

Zhong Yue swept his eyes and said lightly: "Uncle Wang, I told you that this matter was decided by my father when he was dying. To be born as a son of man, you should fulfill your filial piety. You'd better go back. ”

"Wait, this junior, can you let me say a word?"

Zhong Yue looked at the old man who walked forward slowly, and always felt that these people came over for a purpose, so he said, "If you persuade me to give up filial piety, then the old man should please go back." ”

Huang Mingchuan said with a smile: "Fulfill filial piety, how can the old man dissuade him? The city is going to build a cultural center, I heard that your Zhong family has a hereditary Wei monument, can you let the old man take a look?"

When Wang Dashan saw Huang Lao so straightforward, he wanted to make a few rounds, but now he had to say it clearly, "Yes, your Uncle Wang accompanied this Huang Lao here today just for the Wei monument of your family." This thing is also useless in your home, so it is better to hand it over to the top and protect it well, and it will save leaders at all levels from running to your house again and again. ”

Zhong Yue's face changed, and it was really purposeful, so he said: "Uncle Wang, how much did my father attach importance to this stone tablet when he was alive, you don't know, when I was a child, people from the county came over, and my father almost fought with them, you don't know, right?"

"So, your Uncle Wang hasn't mentioned this matter again in the past two years, hasn't he? Now that your father is gone, you are a college student, and you should understand how important this monument is to our Huizhou City. This Huang Lao is in the Municipal Calligraphers Association, they are all heavyweight experts, and they have come in person at such a high age, can you bear to turn him away?"

Zhong Yue said with some embarrassment: "Uncle Wang, it's not that you don't know how important this tablet is to our Zhong family. ”

"You have no conscience! You have forgotten who was last year, you sent you to the university with one hundred and one hundred? Now the city is going to set up a cultural center, if this thing is done, our entire Daping Township will benefit, your father is as stubborn as a donkey, you have read books, you have seen the world, are you so ignorant of the general situation? Do you really think that your ancestors have a calligraphy master, and with this heirloom stone tablet, you can become a contemporary master? Your father has studied all his life, and he can't even get a certificate of merit? Don't blame Uncle Wang for speaking ugly, this is the case, you can do it yourself today!"

Zhong Yue was speechless for a while, he didn't have any idea of taking this stele for himself, but his father had explained before his death, he couldn't see through this stele, and he must not let it flow into the hands of outsiders, and even let him drop out of school and go home when he was admitted to college, and he would not let the stele at home be pried away.

What's even worse is that when Lao Zhong swallowed his last breath, he forced Zhong Yue to swear a poisonous oath not to understand this monument, the monument is in the people, and the monument is dead......