Prologue 11 An Inexplicable Fire
Until now, Zhang Jizu can be said to have mixed tastes, more like entering a fog, why does he seem to be shrouded in an indescribable strange atmosphere since the moment he returned to China. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info looked at the black jar on the table in front of him, what is the secret in it, Zhang Jizu did not rush to open the seal on the altar, but picked up the black jar and looked it up and down, left and right, Ali didn't dare to speak, and stood obediently to the side and watched.
The black jar is made of stoneware, the mouth of the altar is about the size of a bowl, the vegetable oil in the jar should not be very full, otherwise it will not make a sound when shaking, and then look carefully, at the bottom of the jar with a small block of fly's head written a golden word: B.
"Isn't this the same as taking the numbers on the ledger?" Zhang Jizu suddenly thought of the small book, the key ring that he unlocked just now was engraved with the word A, then, if the analysis is good, the first Tiangan "A" word on the account book should refer to the number of the warehouse, and the word B on this jar should be the number of the things in the jar, so what does the number in the middle refer to?
"Ali, are there three floors of shelves in that barn?" Zhang Jizu asked uncertainly.
"Oh? Yes, it should be three floors, and the jar you are holding should be the second one on the second floor. Ali thought about it for a moment and gave a clearer answer.
"The second layer is the second, the second layer is the ......" Zhang Jizu muttered repeatedly, suddenly he seemed to think of something, so he hurriedly took out the account book from his pocket, the number between the two heavenly stems should refer to the position of the jar on the shelf, then the second layer of the second layer should be "Erb", if it is connected with the number of the warehouse, it is "A, Erb". The answer is right in front of him, Zhang Jizu quickly turned from the ledger to the page marked A, 2B, and it read, "A2B, 10,000, 10,000 years of the Republic of China." It seems that the things in this jar were put in or obtained in the tenth year of the Republic of China, but what does "10,000" mean, is it quantity, weight or value? "The jar must be opened and explored." Thinking of it, Zhang Jizu gently deducted the sealing mud on the jar little by little, and then took off the oilcloth that was sealed, and a stronger smell of vegetable oil came out, and then looked into the jar, sure enough, there was only a little more than half a jar of vegetable oil inside, and then Zhang Jizu asked Ali to find chopsticks for eating, he used chopsticks to paddle back and forth in the vegetable oil, and after a while, he touched an object that felt soft, Zhang Jizu was busy bowing his body, letting Ali hold the jar steady, and he wanted to clip out the soft thing with chopsticks in one hand. I don't know if it's because of the vegetable oil or the thing itself, Zhang Jizu felt that it was particularly slippery, and it slipped down again after clamping it twice. Coupled with the anxiety in his heart, this bit of work made Zhang Jizu sweat profusely, and Ali next to him was also powerful.
"Young master, do you want to try it with the iron hook on that bamboo pole?" Ali said.
"No, if we break the contents of it, we will lose all our efforts." Zhang Jizu shook his head and said, then he put down his chopsticks and got up and walked to the water tank, wanting to drink saliva to cool down, just picked up the water scoop and was about to scoop the water, and suddenly threw the water scoop back into the water tank, turned around and said loudly, "Oh, I'm really stupid, I didn't think of such a simple way." After speaking, Zhang Jizu turned around and took two bowls from the stove, put them on the table, and said to Ali: "Ali, you slowly pour the vegetable oil in this jar into the bowl little by little, and I will watch it to prevent something from falling out." ”
Ali agreed, picked up the jar and poured out the vegetable oil in the jar little by little, this method is really good, just poured out more than a bowl, Zhang Jizu saw a corner of the black and yellow cloth-like object, he asked Ali to pour out a bowl, this time it was more obvious that it was a small oilcloth bag, no wonder it was so slippery. Zhang Jizu saw that it was almost there, and he didn't care about anything else, and directly put his hand into the jar, took out the oilcloth bag with two fingers, pinched it with his fingers, and felt that the surroundings were soft, but there seemed to be a small hard object inside. The oilcloth is well sealed, it should be afraid that the vegetable oil outside will soak into it, Zhang Jizu then opened the oilcloth carefully, and saw that there was a small golden bag inside, the bag was extremely exquisite, the background color was golden yellow, and it was embroidered with the auspicious pattern of the dragon and phoenix, especially the eyes of the dragon and phoenix were simply like life, and then Zhang Jizu held his breath and gently loosened the buckle rope on the bag, and then slowly poured the contents of the bag into the palm of his hand. It turns out that the thing in the bag is a golden phoenix, Zhang Jizu they don't know the goods but also know that this golden phoenix must be worth a lot of money, Zhang Jizu raised the golden phoenix and looked at it carefully, he can be regarded as having seen the world, but this kind of workmanship is not an exaggeration to describe it with ingenuity, such a drawing process is not an ordinary workshop can make out, look at the style of this golden phoenix should be a woman wearing earrings, but there is only one, because it is a side of the phoenix, so this phoenix also only has one eye, But this one eye is set with a ruby.
"Young master, it turns out that this jar is filled with this treasure, is it all in the rest of the jar?" Ali leaned over excitedly and said.
"Well, it's possible. So, Ali, let's go and see what's in the remaining warehouses? Saying that, Zhang Jizu put the golden phoenix back into the bag, and then put it into his close-fitting pocket. And took Ali to another warehouse, this time they came to the first room on the right, that is, the B room, with the experience of the last time, this will be a lot smoother, first let Ali open the door, and then wait for the moisture inside to release some more, the two slowly entered the warehouse, and then wait for a while to get used to the darkness, through the dim light to carefully search, but this time to the two disappointed, this warehouse in addition to a row of iron shelves, there is nothing, Zhang Jizu is unwilling, So he simply opened the remaining two warehouses in one go, but they were still empty.
"Young master, have the things in these warehouses been taken away?" Ali seemed to be a little dejected and said,
"It's possible, but there is a room of treasures, young master, I am also quite content, it seems that the sky is still endless, my Zhang family! With these things that my father left me, I am confident that I will be able to make a comeback, and when the time comes, we will move back to the old house. Zhang Jizu seemed to see hope, and he began to look forward to the future in his heart.
The two of them tossed it down, it was already past noon, so Ali stewed a pot of rice again, the two of them still ate with relish, and after eating enough, Zhang Jizu asked Ali to check again, and locked the warehouse door again, and then the master and servant turned their heads to rest, perhaps because this time there was such a big harvest, Zhang Jizu quickly fell asleep, and also had a sweet dream, in the dream he returned to the old house, and lived a carefree life again, the scene turned in front of the steaming hot pot, While Ali was throwing off his cheeks and eating, he was about to reprimand Ali for why he didn't wait for him to come. Suddenly feeling that someone was shaking him vigorously, Zhang Jizuqiang opened his eyes and saw Ali standing next to him with a frightened face, and when he saw that the young master was awake, Ali shouted: "Young master, get up quickly, it's on fire!" ”