However, it backfired.

Cheng Hao, who had scanned the whole room, didn't find any shadow of the incense burner at all, and couldn't help but feel a sinking mood, could it be lost?

I was about to ask Old Man Liu, but suddenly realized that this incense burner was not necessarily from Old Liu Tou's family, and maybe it was someone else's.

Thinking of this, Cheng Hao immediately came out of the house, jumped into it, and came to Lao Liutou's neighbor's house, that is, the yard of the old woman before.

After taking a few deep breaths and restraining his emotions, Cheng Hao calmly knocked on the door of the old woman's house.

"Who?"

In a few moments, the door of the room opened, revealing the wrinkled face of the old woman.

When she saw Cheng Hao, she was also surprised, and said, "Ah, comrade, it's you, do you have something?" ”

Cheng Hao smiled and said, "I'm sorry, mother-in-law, I have to disturb you again." ”

The old woman smiled and waved her hand and said, "Little comrade, you are too polite, come on, come on, come into the house and say, it's cold outside." ”

Cheng Hao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Ah no, no, I'll ask you something." You told me earlier that when Uncle Liu fainted eight years ago, he drank the water washed by the ashes of the incense burner, I want to ask if this incense burner is still there? Which one? ”

The old woman was stunned and said, "Ah, do you still believe in superstition as a little comrade?" Or are you breaking the four olds? ”

Cheng Hao was stunned for a moment, and could only explain helplessly: "Old woman, that's the case, I am a state worker, but my grandfather is a lover of antiques, and he especially likes some incense burners and other things."

Isn't this the Chinese New Year, and I haven't been able to go back, but the secret visit is coming to an end, and I can go home, so I don't want to buy an antique for his old man and make him happy! ”

A look of surprise flashed on the old woman's face, and she said, "The little doll is quite filial, what a good young man." But... That incense burner is said to have been taken away by a person who passed by here a few years ago as an antique, and it seems to have been sold for a lot of money! ”

Looking at the old woman's admiring face, it seemed that she could have such an incense burner and sell it for a good price.

Cheng Hao was stunned and said: "People passing by here... The land here is barren and there are no mineral deposits, how can you pass by here... Do you remember what he looked like? ”

The old woman frowned suddenly, thought carefully for a long time, shook her head and said, "It's been several years, I'm an old woman in my sixties, how can I remember it so clearly." ”

Cheng Hao could only smile and nodded, and said, "That old woman, do you know whose family this incense burner is?" ”

The old woman shook her head and said: "This incense burner, no one's family, a few years ago, there was a broken temple on the top of the mountain, and I don't know who it enshrined, that incense burner is used for incense in this temple."

Later, two years ago, there was a rare rainstorm here, and the already dilapidated temple was completely washed away.

When the weather was fine, the villagers went up to see that the entire temple had collapsed, and it was difficult to repair it. It happened that there was a house in the village, so they moved the wood and bricks all over the ground back to his house. In the ruins, only the incense burner was found. At that time, the villagers also knew that this was an antique, and no one was embarrassed to swallow it alone, so in the end, everyone discussed, and then temporarily stored this incense burner in the home of a respected old man, and when it was suitable, they sold it for money, and then divided it evenly among everyone. ”

Cheng Hao was speechless for a moment, but he couldn't say anything, Bi

In the final analysis, this incense burner is also a temple on the top of the hill of this village, so it naturally belongs to this village. Coupled with the barren land here, it is reasonable for people to sell antiques to increase their income and improve the environment.

sighed helplessly, at this time, Cheng Hao himself was a little unbearable to bear the loss in his heart, he thought that he had found hope to redeem his nightmare, but God would be like this!

"By the way, mother-in-law, do you remember who bought this incense burner? What does it look like? ”

The old woman spoke: "Then you have to ask the village chief, when they discussed the sale with the man, I was not on the scene." I only remember that after the incense burner was sold, when this man left, we now glanced at the hillside.

This man is a tall man, he has to be 1.8 meters! ”

When Cheng Hao heard this, he suddenly secretly said that something was wrong! Hurriedly asked, "Mother-in-law, when this person left, did he drive a car or walk?" ”

The mother-in-law suddenly cut the gold and cut the railway: "On foot!" At the time, I wondered how this young man had come to such a remote place as ours by himself, and he hadn't driven or anything.

But this man did carry a... Travel bag, looks like a hiker, I've seen it on TV, this kind of person is just..."

Cheng Hao hurriedly interrupted his mother-in-law's words and said, "Tell me quickly, how to go to the village chief's house?" ”

The old woman turned around and pointed to the only place on the hillside behind her, and said, "That's it." ”

Cheng Hao nodded, hurriedly said goodbye to the old woman, and was running out of the old woman's yard and about to rush to the hillside, when he suddenly thought of Uncle Liu, and suddenly stopped his footsteps.

I was going to see if he was okay, after all, he secretly erased two numbers, which was the only thing for him to contact his son.

Who knows, before he stepped into the courtyard door, Uncle Liu walked out tremblingly with a cane, Cheng Hao hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Uncle Liu, where are you going?" ”

Uncle Liu's face flashed with remorse and said: "I have to go to the entrance of the village to wait for my son to come back, the phone number is gone, I have to wait for him to come back and rewrite one, I want to engrave it on the kang, so that I will never see it clearly." ”

Cheng Hao suddenly stopped, looking at Uncle Liu with a sincere smile, it seemed that in his mind, he had imagined such a scene, and couldn't help but show a beautiful smile.

Cheng Hao didn't stay, he chose to turn around and leave here, and ran quickly towards the only house on the hillside.

In a few moments, Cheng Hao had already arrived at the gate of the family's courtyard. The house where the village chief's family lives is not very magnificent, it is similar to the houses of other residents, the only difference is that the courtyard gate of the village chief's house is two large green iron gates.

Cheng Hao raised his hand and knocked on the big iron door, and suddenly the rust on the edges and corners fell down.

"Woohoo!"

Suddenly, the barking of a large dog sounded in the yard, and listening to the sound, you could feel that it was a fierce and large dog.

Then, from the courtyard, the sound of the door opening, and the voice of an old man came out: "Who?" What's going on here? ”

Cheng Hao didn't say anything, waiting for the big iron door to open, revealing a face that was also old and faintly red, and there was still a smell of wine on his body, obviously drinking.

Cheng Hao smiled and said: "Hello village chief, I am a state worker, and I happened to pass by here today.

It just so happens that there is something going on, I want to ask you, is it convenient for you to see? ”

The village chief was stunned for a moment, then saw the document handed over by Cheng Hao, and then stretched out his hand to take it, and when he saw the national emblem on the cover, his eyes suddenly wanted to send something, and he seemed to be a little sober up. looked up at Cheng Hao in surprise, but in the end, it was the village chief, or opened it to take a look, and when he saw that it was from the National Security Bureau, he was stunned in place.

Seeing this, Cheng Hao hurriedly smiled and said: "Village chief, I have no official business this time, just a little trivial, I want to find you to understand, there is nothing else." ”

Only then did the village chief come back to his senses, returned the documents to Cheng Hao, and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, go into the house first, it's cold outside." ”

As he spoke, he pulled Cheng Hao into the courtyard, then reflexively closed the courtyard door, and then hugged Cheng Hao with one hand and led him home.

Cheng Hao didn't expect this village chief to be so enthusiastic, so he just followed him into the house.

The house was much cleaner and tidier, but it was also in the 90s: large white walls and turquoise paint were painted from the floor to half a person's height.

As soon as you enter the room, there is a large stove in the center, and next to the stove is a round table. At this moment, there is a table on it, and there are several old men with white beards on it.

At this moment, they all turned their heads and looked curiously at Cheng Hao who came in.

Cheng Hao smiled at them, and then said to the village chief: "Village chief, I will learn from you about some small things, and I have to leave after I understand it, you see..."

The village chief suddenly turned pale and said: "Where is this, come here, just sit down, have a drink with us who are waiting for death, come on, sit down." ”

The other old people on the table also spoke, persuading them to gossip, and some even got up and pulled Cheng Hao to the table.

I really couldn't refuse, Cheng Hao could only sit down helplessly, the village chief saw Cheng Hao sit down, and immediately became happy, and greeted the inner room, and then a middle-aged woman walked out and took out a new set of chopsticks, dishes and wine glasses for Cheng Hao.

Cheng Hao hurriedly thanked him, but his eyes couldn't help but look at the village chief's snow-white hair, and then looked at the women who walked into the back room, and said secretly: It's still an old husband and a young wife!

Speaking of which, the people in the village are simple in the end, and they all drink that kind of bulk liquor. And the wine here in Jin Province is basically Fenjiu, the bulk Fenjiu is 56 degrees, and it is like a fire in one sip!

In addition to the village chief, they gave up the seat closest to the stove to Cheng Hao, and this time the body was warm.

After drinking three cups in a row, when everyone's applause gradually subsided, Cheng Hao asked the village chief about the incense burner.

Suddenly, the people on the table stopped making noise, and looked at Cheng Hao and then the village chief.

The village chief was about to pick up the chopsticks for the vegetables, but he also paused in the air, then quietly picked up the vegetables, put them in his mouth, chewed them with a click, and then took everyone's expressions into his eyes, then rubbed his hands and said, "What incense burner?" Where did you hear that, young man? ”

Cheng Hao looked at the corner of his eyes for a week, and when he saw the vigilant eyes of everyone, he immediately understood that they were afraid of getting into trouble... Although the incense burner belongs to this village, it is also a cultural relic left by the ancestors.

As the head of a village, you take the lead in reselling cultural relics, which is a big crime!

Cheng Hao suddenly smiled again: "Uncle, don't worry about it, this is because the kid has a grandfather, and he also likes incense burners, I haven't heard that there is an incense burner here, so I want to buy it as a gift for my grandfather." This is a private matter and will not implicate you. ”