Chapter 12 Section 3 The Leather Scraper
"What's going on? Did you recruit it? Yang Bangzi looked at the horse that was sitting there like a dead fish, and turned his head to ask Lao Feng, who was holding a cigarette pouch in his mouth.
"If you don't open your mouth, you're very angry, don't talk about it, don't squeak anymore." After Lao Feng finished speaking, he knocked the cigarette bag and pot on the sole of his shoe, rolled it and tucked it into his pocket.
Yang Bangzi asked for the three-edged knife, and looked at the light pouring down from the skylight.
A handful of knives with long blades, black blood troughs, it looks like a long time, and some dirt is knotted on it. The blade was bright and shiny, and there was no collapse at all. The handle of the knife is wrapped in silver, and if you use it too much, the silver skin is black.
He sniffed it, and there was a faint hint of blood in the smell, and Yang Bangzi thought to himself that this dagger was stained with a lot of blood.
After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't see any clues, Yang Bangzi let out a sigh and stuck the knife on the armed belt, "It's time to eat!" It's time to eat! Someone shouted in the hall, I'm really hungry, this night tossed, I drank that bit of broth yesterday and it was already digested, this shout "It's time to eat!" Yang Stick's stomach immediately cooperated, and the drum beat was played!
One person has a thick stick noodle porridge, nothing is mixed, pure stick noodle porridge! Yang Bangzi sucked and drank the porridge, squinted at the shovel monkey who was helping the porridge on the pot, and said in his heart that this kid is okay, he has built such a big hole in the ground, and there is still food hidden or something, he will really find a way back for himself.
After drinking the porridge, Yang Bangzi called over to the shovel monkey to discuss something. Yang Bangzi has a rough appearance, his heart and eyes are enough, and he is fierce to people, but he is polite to people who have the ability, no matter if you are a student, a tomb robber, or something, even if you are a person who asks for food, as long as you have the ability to cover him, Yang Bangzi will be polite to you.
No, the cave opened his eyes, and he heard that Lao Feng Bai had lived for a long time to rob the tomb, and Yang Bangzi looked at the shovel monkey differently. He politely said his thoughts, which means that since he can't leave, he has to hide in this cave for a few days, so why should he, the "master", take his captain, to see the situation in the cave.
The shovel monkey smiled and said no problem, just turn around and spin. After speaking, he led Yang Stick and walked around the hall in a circle. The hall was originally circular, but the opening that came down was cut off with a low wall of stone, and the hall became fan-shaped.
The top of the blue brick arch is two zhang high, and the left and right ear chambers are about 40 steps apart. The shovel monkey said that this was an ancient tomb, I don't know whose tomb it was, the years were not short, and when he found it, it had been stolen and excavated.
The soldiers were in chaos, and the master was gone, the shovel monkey was disheartened, and the people who were in the four towns also lost their hearts in the world, so they cleaned up this ancient tomb and used it as a place of refuge.
When cleaning up the cave, I found that this ancient tomb is not simple, the six small tombs outside are surrounded by six-star arch guards, and the big tomb in the middle is also divided into three rooms and two layers.
While talking to Yang Bangzi, he led him into the ear room with the skylight, Lao Feng was feeding the horse a knife to drink porridge with an earthen bowl, and when he saw the two of them walking in, he didn't say a word, he glanced at Yang Bangzi, and pouted at Ma Yidao, who was drinking porridge with his head stuffy.
The shovel monkey reached into a groove in the wall, pulled it, and dropped a thick layer of dust on the blue brick wall, "Quack! After a loud sound, a crack flashed out, and half of the door was opened, and it didn't even think that there was a door on the wall.
Pushing open the brick door, there was a one-person-high passage inside, and after walking a dozen steps, I entered a small circular hall. The shovel monkey fumbled and took a lamp from the lamp niche on the wall, and took out a small earthen pot, and added some oil to the oil lamp with the oil in the jar.
The shovel monkey led Yang Stick to look at it one by one, and the three passages led to a cave that was also round, and there was nothing in the two empty rooms, and there were a lot of straw bags piled up in the middle of the cave, and the shovel monkey didn't say what it was, and Yang Stick didn't ask. Smelling the stuffy smell, it is estimated that the three holes have not been ventilated for a few days.
The shovel monkey said that the two empty rooms could be filled with people. After speaking, he put the oil lamp in his hand back into the niche, blew it out, and led Yang Stick back to the ear room, and the door on the wall was not closed, saying that it was ventilation.
The ear chamber on the other side is the same as a cave for a dweller! The yellow mud is smeared on the kang, there are dozens of large and small clay pots on the shelves of the stone chips, and there are 6 large vats lined up in the corner of the wall, half of which sits in the soil, and the mouth of the jar is covered with a wooden lid wrapped in iron sheets, and the big stones are pressed.
The shovel monkey didn't say what it was, Yang Stick walked around the hole, his nose twitched, and he knew it. The crockpot on the shelf smelled of traditional Chinese medicine, and it was estimated that they were all herbs or something. Don't look at the vat, don't look so tight, a sweet aroma of grain still comes out.
Yang Stick gave a thumbs up to the shovel monkey, who smiled with his hands behind his back, turned around, and walked to the other side of the hole, where a large chunk of the ground under the base of the wall was raised. The shovel monkey pulled twice with his foot, pulling away the floating soil, revealing an iron handle, which turned out to be an iron lid.
It took some effort to pull the lid, and the iron cover blocked a passage that stretched diagonally, and the cat stepped on the nest with his head down, and after dozens of steps, his feet stepped on the hard ground. Yang Bangzi couldn't see anything in front of him, he only felt a cool breeze.
The shovel monkey lit the lamp and shook it with his hand, and Yang Bangzi saw that the floor below was even bigger! It is enough to have the area of 4 or 5 of the hall above, and interestingly, the floor is a gray-white stone slab, and by the light, the walls and floor that can be seen clearly are all stone, and not a single brick can be seen.
Walked around, and found that this stone cave is not fully enclosed, one end of the hole is a slope, black and can't see how deep it is, the shovel monkey did not let go down, told Yang Bangzi, this slope down is a long endless dark hole, a few years ago the shovel monkey with a torch along the hole to go out for several miles did not see the exit.
No wonder the cool breeze is swishing, this dark hole and ditch may not be long! Yang Bangzi said that Lao Tzu has been wandering around this area for several years, why don't you know that there is such a good place under your feet!
When he walked back, the shovel monkey pointed to Yang Bangzi on the wall of the cave, there were two small holes that were chiseled out at a glance, and two large tanks were placed in them, which were also tightly sealed.
Yang Bangzi smiled and patted the shovel monkey's little shoulder with his hand, saying that this could be some kind of gold and silver jewelry, right? The shovel monkey smiled and said that it is really not a treasure, but the things in this tank, Yang Bangzi designated to like it!
When the shovel monkey finished saying what was sealed in the vat, Yang Stick was really overjoyed! It turned out that there were two whole vat of black powder! It's all the shovel monkeys who have been scouring around for years. The northern faction of tomb robbers is good at digging holes with gunpowder or something, and this thing is always prepared.
Yang Bangzi squatted down and hugged the vat with his arms, and put his face on the wall of the vat with his face, this is affectionate! It's the same as a calf meeting a cow!
The shovel monkey pulled out an iron box from the back of the tank, held it in his arms, dusted off it, and handed it to Yang Stick.
Yang Bangzi took the iron box, looked left, and the rusty subway box couldn't be seen unusual, but it was quite heavy, and he couldn't hold it with one hand.
The shovel monkey said, "Captain Yang, Mo Duoxin, you can open it and see what it is!" ”
The iron lid and box were so rusty that they stuck together, and the two of them took turns to pick them for a long time without breaking them.
Yang Bangzi easily pulled out the three-edged knife that was stuck on the armed belt just now, and used the tip of the knife to pry the iron cover, which was still easy to use, three pry and two pry on the ground, and the lid was loosened with a "bang".
Inside the box was an oiled paper bag, wrapped in two layers, and when opened, there were three oiled paper bags inside. Yang stick patiently opened one, ho! Boy! What a good thing! Under the dim light of the oil lamp, Lan Wangwang's brand-new fast and slow machine!
I couldn't wait to open the other two paper bags, which were also brand new pistols, two point 38 revolvers, Yang picked up one and skillfully played with it in his hand, looking like an old player.
Just look at the barrel of this Lan Wangwang's gun, you can know that it is a new gun that has not been fired! There was also a half-shot bullet sealed with oiled paper in the box, and Yang Stick wrapped the gun in oiled paper, covered it with an iron lid, and looked at the shovel monkey with a smile.
"Man, we arrested you in the eighth way, and locked you up for half a month, we are not relatives or anything, I don't call you brother-in-law, and you don't call Lao Tzu's aunt or uncle, why do you want to take this hole to me, and give me gunpowder and guns?"
"Captain Yang, this hole and these things are enough for me to participate in the Jin Ceremony of the Eighth Road?
"What! You kid want to participate in the Eight Roads? Yang Bangzi was taken aback, and he begged the shovel monkey for a bargain, but the shovel monkey's tepid words startled him!
"What's so strange? Balu saved my life, and I've been looking at what Balu is doing in the past few years, so I rushed to see the devil who doesn't run or run away, and dares to go up to the opposite side to do this jiashi, and I will serve! Besides, how do the folks praise you on weekdays, I also see it in my eyes, I don't want to be a ghost or a ghost in the second half of my life, I am not a ghost or a ghost, and I am counted as a devil, is it a success? ”
Yang Bangzi really didn't expect that this shovel monkey with a bit of legend had the heart to participate in the Eight Roads, and he was stunned!
I had the heart to agree to him, but I hadn't figured out the background of this kid yet, and I was afraid that Lao Feng would not agree. If you don't agree to him, it hurts people's hearts, Yang Bangzi is not the master who doesn't repay favors! received the cave and gave medicine to save people, all of which gave him Yang stick face!
After a little contemplation, Yang Bangzi lowered his heart and said that he agreed to the shovel monkey to join the team, and he would go up later to ask for the opinions of others. As soon as the shovel monkey was happy, he got up and was about to pull Yang Stick back to it, Yang Stick was still holding the iron box in his arms, and he was dragged like this, and the three-edged knife between his fingers fell to the ground.
"When the long one" sounded, the shovel monkey heard the movement, hurriedly bent down with the lamp, touched it, picked up the knife, held it in his hand, and looked at it carefully.
"Captain Yang, why do you have a knife to return?" After reading it, the shovel monkey asked with a puzzled face.
"What? Do you know this knife? How do you know it's a knife? Yang Bangzi heard the shovel monkey ask, and a gleam appeared in his eyes, and he asked eagerly.
"Well, this looks like a knife that goes back, you see, there is a crescent moon on the handle of this knife, and there are a few back codes, this style of knife I have seen before." The shovel monkey held the knife and pointed to Yang Stick.
"Where have you seen it? Who uses it? ”
"It seems to be ~ seems to be ~ by the way, I saw it in Hejian Mansion, so I have to go back to the leather craftsman to use this kind of knife, scraping cowhide and sheepskin, you smell, how strong the smell of cattle and sheep." After the shovel monkey finished speaking, he held the knife and asked Yang Bangzi to smell it, this Yang Bangzi just found that there was a smell, and now he understands why it smells.
Yang Bangzi handed the iron box in his arms to the shovel monkey, took the three-edged skin scraper, looked left and right, and his mind was spinning vigorously, trying to figure out a breakthrough in interrogating Ma Yidao.
But after thinking about it for a long time, I still didn't have a clue, so I just didn't want to think about it, and waited until I saw Lao Feng. He put the knife away and returned to the upper hall with the shovel monkey one after the other.