In addition to the "annual rings" and "bark" at the fracture that Xu Dong said, which are extremely peculiar, the others, Long Qiusheng also can't "see" the fame, Long Qiusheng put the small stick under his nose and sniffed it gently.

This is the cage of the cage containing the birds, and there is naturally a smell of bird droppings on it, and Long Qiusheng couldn't help frowning when he smelled the smell of bird droppings.

This "smell", Long Qiusheng asked himself that his nose could not compare to Xu Dong no matter what, and immediately raised his head and asked Xu Dong: "Have you smelled any strange smell on it?" ”

Xu Dong was stunned, and secretly screamed "Oops", he has always said that he can see the breath emitted by some objects, saying that his nose is particularly smart and can smell the smell of every object, which makes everyone subconsciously believe that their "ability" comes from an extremely sensitive sense of smell.

However, when Long Qiusheng asks like this now, if he can't say a word, his "sensitive nose" will immediately have a flaw.

Xu Dong's mind spun quickly, and suddenly, there was an itch in his nose, and ......a sneeze came out.

"You have a cold?" Long Qiusheng asked with concern.

"Oh, I was busy all night last night, and I didn't sleep well...... Xu Dong quickly explained.

"Is that so?" Long Qiusheng nodded, the ability of smell, if you don't pay attention to it a little, it will be greatly affected, Xu Dong meant, now you can't smell anything, it's not unusual.

It is estimated that "looking", "smelling", "asking" and "cutting" are not very useful means here, Long Qiusheng sighed and said: "You thing, for a while, I can't see any fame, if there are some tools, you can cut a section, test the wooden structure or something, perhaps, you can know what kind of variety this is." ”

Xu Dong thought about it and said to Mu Siyi: "Can you lend me your knife?" ”

Mu Siyi didn't think about it, turned her head and shouted, "Mother Zhang...... Mom Zhang, I'm going to ...... the knife here."

Zhang's mother, who happened to pass by the living room, answered, and turned around to get a knife.

Long Qiusheng hurriedly persuaded: "Xu Dong, this thing is very peculiar, I think it should belong to an extremely precious kind of branch, if it is broken indiscriminately, then this value is to turn over and fall exponentially!" ”

Xu Dong didn't think much about it, smiled, and said, "Isn't it just a wooden stick?" On the head, cut off a section, so that Long Lao you can help take it for testing, speaking of value, hehe, just such a small wooden stick, even if it is valuable, how much can it be worth! ”

Xu Dong's free and easy made Long Qiusheng very appreciative, ordinary people will be afraid of getting a little damage when they encounter something valuable, and the more valuable things are, the more precious they will be.

However, Xu Dong is just curious, but he doesn't pay much attention to money, a person who doesn't value money very much, at least is easier to get close to than someone who only has money in his eyes.

While talking, Zhang's mother brought a kitchen knife from a tray, and Mu Siyi's family lacked nothing else, except for this knife and the like, which was only available in the kitchen, so Zhang's mother only brought a kitchen knife.

Xu Dong took the kitchen knife, groaned slightly, and asked for a cage from Long Qiusheng's hand, and prepared to cut a section of it.

Long Qiusheng hurriedly stopped and said: "Don't come nonsense, just go for a test, a little bit is enough, too much, this thing will be ruined." ”

Xu Dong was stunned, isn't it just a wooden stick, and he plans to cut off a third.

Long Qiusheng continued: "Just that little bit to test, it really doesn't take much, you just use it on your head, use a chip, and cut off a third of the big wood chips on that head, it's almost the same." ”

Xu Dong nodded, carefully took the kitchen knife, and according to what Long Qiusheng said, he made a good gesture, and then gently cut it.

The hardness of this wooden stick is not large, but it is extremely soft, and Xu Dong's knife cut down, and it only took it down to cut a hole.

Xu Dong couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw that the first knife failed to cut off the sawdust he wanted, and was about to cut it along the original knife marks.

Unexpectedly, Long Qiusheng saw the sawdust that was still attached to the head of the wooden stick, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't move...... Xu Dong, stop quickly......"

Xu Dong saw that Long Qiusheng was excited, and shouted, he was immediately surprised, and couldn't help but ask a little stammering: "Old Long...... How...... What's going on......"

Long Qiusheng, who usually doesn't show his mood and mood, was really excited at this time, seeing the little bit of wood chips that Xu Dong couldn't cut, Long Qiusheng knew that this cage used to make a bird cage was not a wood branch at all, but an extremely rare thing.

Long Qiusheng blushed with excitement, gasped for several breaths, and then said, "Xu Dong, this thing, this thing, it's too ...... It's so precious, you just stabbed it...... This knife, alas, how could I not have thought of it! Alas...... Almost ...... Just ......"

Seeing that Long Qiusheng was excited like this, Mu Siyi couldn't help but say coquettishly: "Grandpa Long, what the hell is it, you, why are you so excited?" ”

Xu Dong also looked at Long Qiusheng in amazement, with Long Qiusheng's knowledge and experience, what is it, it is so precious that it will make him excited like this!

Finally calmed down a bit, Long Qiusheng said: "I'll tell you another story, and you'll know what this thing is......"

As soon as he heard that he was going to tell a story again, Xu Dong came to the spirit again, what Long Qiusheng wanted to say must be another strange thing, it should be a very interesting thing, so he put on a posture of listening to his ears and looked at Long Qiusheng fixedly.

However, Mu Siyi felt in her heart that these strange things that Long Qiusheng said would be even better if they were some mountain spirits and wild monsters, fox fairies and the like.

"This story is actually very simple, that is, in a period of time before the Republic of China, the area around Tongcheng was also the main entrenchment of warlords and bandits, among which there was a warlord surnamed Ma, who had been entrenched here for a long time, it is said that this warlord surnamed Ma, at that time, was extremely powerful, and more than a dozen towns around the city were under his jurisdiction......"

"According to legend, this warlord surnamed Ma, in the period of entrenchment in the copper city, looted countless treasures and property from the people, however, the tree is very popular, this treasure is more, naturally it will attract countless people with red eyes, in order to keep his treasure safely, this warlord surnamed Ma, so he thought of a way, invited some skilled craftsmen, found a secret place for him, made countless mechanisms, and then hid all the treasures in it."

"Among those skilled craftsmen, there is a craftsman surnamed Zheng, who knows that doing this kind of thing will most not end well, so while building a mechanism for the Ma warlord, he also draws the location of the treasure and all the secret passages of the mechanism on a drawing, which is often called the 'treasure map'......"

"Treasure Map......" Xu Dong and Mu Siyi shouted out together, the plot of "Treasure Map" in TV and movies is almost familiar to people, but no one would have imagined that in real society, there is such a thing!

Long Qiusheng smiled faintly and continued: "Aside from the details of the defeat and death of the Ma warlord and how this treasure map was circulated, everyone knows that since the Ma warlord built a treasure hiding place, the guards are naturally extremely strict, and how to hide the investigation of the Ma warlord's subordinates requires extremely fine camouflage. ”

"Just saying that this treasure map in the hands of the craftsman surnamed Zheng can hide such a strict investigation, the material must be disguised seamlessly, and it is said that fortunately, the craftsman surnamed Zheng turned out to be a master of papermaking, and was able to make a kind of paper as thick as a hair......

"I see...... Xu Dong and Mu Siyi heard this, and then they understood, it turned out that they thought that the wooden cage with spiral patterns was just a piece of paper inside!

Xu Dong pondered for a moment before asking, "Could it be that this 'bark' is also a piece of paper made by him?" ”

Long Qiusheng smiled and said, "It's not, the surface you see, although it is not a piece of paper, is also a specially made animal skin ......."

"Specially made animal skins?" Xu Dong asked puzzled.

Long Qiusheng nodded, and continued: "This is an extremely rare fish skin in the deep sea, after being specially made, it can reach hundreds of years without decaying, whether it is exposed to wind and sun, or blisters and rain, it will not be deformed in the slightest. ”

"Fish skin?" Xu Dong was surprised again.

On weekdays, I have eaten a lot of fish, fish skin can be used to make clothes, leather bags, jewelry, these are all known, but it can reach hundreds of years without decay and deformation, this is the first time I have heard of it.

As soon as Mu Siyi heard that this thing in Xidong's hand turned out to be a treasure map, she immediately said impatiently: "Is it a treasure map?" Open it up and take a look...... By the way, Xu Dong, ...... today Ah no, tomorrow, tomorrow we'll go treasure hunting, okay? ”

Who knows, Long Qiusheng smiled and said: "You girl, don't say tomorrow, even if it's next month, whether you can open this treasure map or not is not necessarily,"

"Can't open it?" Mu Siyi asked in a lost voice.

"It's not that you can't open the ......," Long Qiusheng continued with a smile: "This paper is about the same as a hair, even if there is the most experienced master of the Hua Pill painting, he doesn't dare to take it lightly, you know, when opening the painting, as long as one is unstable and the hand shakes slightly, perhaps, the whole painting will be ruined." ”

"Hehe......" Long Qiusheng laughed for a while, and then said: "The master surnamed Zheng, this treasure map he painted, I think it is going to be given to someone, in addition to not letting people see through it lightly, even if it falls into the hands of others, it will naturally not be opened lightly, so I guess that if you don't know the process of opening this treasure map, even if you hold this thing in your hand, it is useless, either you can't open it, or you can only destroy it!" ”

Mu Siyi stuck out her tongue and said in a coquettish voice: "So that's the case!" I thought it would open right away. ”

"So I said, by next month, it will be a coincidence to be able to open this treasure map, hehe......" Long Qiusheng finished laughing, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then said: "This thing, Xu Dong, you still have to keep it yourself, I'll inquire, and when I find someone who can open this painting, I'll come to you again......"

"It seems that this is the only way to go." Xu Dong replied lightly.