Volume 1, Chapter 10 of the Lost Valley Blood Tree, Buried Wood Dragon, Nine Deaths and No Life
"You're just a thief, you rookie stand aside."
Chen Tao resisted the urge to slap Haozi, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
"Go home this time, there's something wrong with this kid......" Chen Tao looked at Haozi's back without saying a word, this little friend who grew up with a bare butt and a few catties and taels of hair was clear, but at this time he vaguely felt that he couldn't understand.
Haozi opened the door on the top floor in a few clicks, and a group of people stood on the roof of this small hotel building with Uncle Long.
This hotel, counted as one of the higher floors in this area, looks from afar, several mountains stand impressively, the trees are lush, and the clouds and mist are shrouded.
Today's weather is exceptionally good, with blue skies and white clouds. The sun is shining, and there is a cool breeze in the air, which makes people very comfortable, and looking at the distant mountains in such a comfortable environment, there is a unique flavor.
"What a dragon!"
Uncle Long squinted his eyes for a while, and suddenly sighed.
Chen Tao only cared about looking at the scenery, but he didn't understand the meaning of Uncle Long's words. Uncle Long saw Chen Tao's puzzlement,
"Tao Tao, you may be able to tell which of the three dragons these mountains belong to?" After speaking, he looked at Chen Tao.
Chen Tao was still thinking about his own affairs, and when he heard Uncle Long calling him, he looked up and was stunned.
"Come, try it, and tell me which main vein these mountains originate from." Uncle Long said.
China has three main dragons, which are the Northern Dragon, the Middle Dragon, and the Southern Dragon.
Chen Tao looked up at a few mountains, and roughly estimated the position at this time in his heart and said, "Yes...... Zhonglong? ”
"Well, yes, it's also called Zhenlong."
"Earthquake Dragon?" Chen Tao asked.
"That's right, the northern dragon, also called Gen Long, Gen, the Gen position in the innate gossip is northwest, and the Gen position in the acquired gossip is the northeast, so the north dragon is called Gen."
"This dragon is also known as the Shock Dragon. The earthquake refers due east. ”
"Nanlong, also known as Xunlong. The innate gossip refers to the southwest, and the acquired gossip refers to the southeast. ”
Chen Tao nodded and said, "Well, remember." Then, as if remembering something, he asked rhetorically:
"Uncle Long, you said before, what a dragon! Are you saying that there is something unusual about this dragon? ”
"Hmm," Uncle Long nodded and said:
"This little dragon originated from the earthquake dragon. Zhen is a wood, so it is a wooden dragon. Uncle Long raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the mountain range:
"You see, this mountain range extends from the southwest to the northeast, which is in feng shui, it is the sheng dragon direction of the wooden dragon, and the wood qi is the most vigorous. Among the five elements, the wood master grows, so you see, the grass and trees on this mountain are lush and full of life. This is the result of exuberance. ”
Chen Tao followed Uncle Long's fingers and looked at it, he only thought it was good-looking before, but now that he thinks about it carefully, it really makes some sense.
Uncle Long continued: "This is just one of them, come, look at this river. Uncle Long took out the map and pointed to it:
"This river, we can't see it from standing here. The river comes from the southwest, along here, all the way to the east. The mountains and rivers here are in the same direction, in feng shui, it is called "the spirit of the golden sheep to collect the armor", that is, the water and the direction of the combination, which is the direction of the wooden dragon. ”
"Look there again, that's the Qinglong Fang, and this is the White Tiger Fang." Uncle Long pointed to two mountain roads:
"The dragon is strong and the cave will follow the dragon. The tiger is strong and the cave must be from the tiger. The dragon is wood, the dragon here is stronger than the tiger, if there is a hole, it must be in that direction! ”
"That's ...... Kuroko ditch! Chen Tao looked in the direction pointed by Uncle Long, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, sure enough! That direction is exactly where the sunspot ditch is located.
"This rare treasure of feng shui must have holes, and it is a big hole! Jupiter is a hundred feet long, and it can be buried regardless of horizontal; Straight looking for sticky leaning on the head, horizontal to the middle bud knot; Jupiter buries the bud bud and hides the festival, and it is necessary to find the bud section as a leaning point. The location of the tomb is on that side. ”
Listening to Uncle Long's words, everyone's hearts became excited. I know the location, and I still shovel a hairy land!
At that moment, Chen Tao was interested: "Since you know that there is a tomb over there, let's go!" ”
Unexpectedly, Uncle Long shook his head, :
"It's that simple."
Everyone was puzzled, and Haozi asked on the side, "Uncle Long, what ......do you mean?"
Uncle Long squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, and it took a long time before he said: "Yin and Yang are balanced, and things must be opposed." This place is too angry, there must be a place that is dead, and it is a big death situation with no life. ”
"Huh? Deadgame? Chen Tao was puzzled.
"Well, my place makes me a little uneasy, I'm afraid that something has affected the feng shui pattern here, which is not a good thing."
The crowd was silent.
"That's why I'm going to walk around the villages and see if I can find any clues. Before you find out the situation, you can't go into the hole. ”
Sure enough, Uncle Long didn't go directly to Heizigou, there was a reason for him.
"Let's go, let's go. Zhaozi (eyes) and scoops (mouth) put smart, don't ignore any details. ”
The man turned and walked towards the staircase door. Quietly returned to the top of the stairs and relocked the small door. There was no one around, and no one noticed that they had ever gone up.
After packing some things and leaving the hotel, several people sent Chen Tao and Uncle Long to the predetermined place according to the plan, and after making an appointment with the time of convergence, they started their own actions.
In the name of collecting antiques, Chen Tao followed Uncle Long to check door to door. The two villages they went to, one was called Lijia Village, and the other was called Liangzikou. They first went to Lijia Village, it is said that a group of people moved here because of war and famine in the past, and most of these people were surnamed Li, so it was called Lijia Village. This village is not big, and after walking around, it was just after noon.
"Alas, nothing, run for nothing." Chen Tao drooped his head and followed behind Uncle Long.
"The time in this village is too short, there is nothing to check, among these villages, it is the farthest from those mountains, there is no harvest, it is normal." Uncle Long said lightly.
"It's noon, eat something and rest, and we'll go to Liangzikou in the afternoon."
There is not much to go when you are away from home. The two of them found a shady place under a big tree and simply ate some dry food they had brought.
Taking this opportunity, Chen Tao asked tentatively:
"Uncle Long, is there something I don't know about our family?"
Uncle Long glanced up at him and said, "What do you want to know?" ”
"Uh...... I ......" Chen Tao suddenly realized, he didn't even know what he wanted to know, all this was like a big mystery that he couldn't start, and he didn't know how to reply to Uncle Long's words for a while.
"Why didn't you say it?" Uncle Long asked.
"Forget it, when I didn't ask." Chen Tao waved his hand and leaned against the trunk of the tree in a comfortable position.
Uncle Long smiled: "Don't ask?" ”
"Alas, I don't know what to say, I always feel that this trip back, the family, you, and Haozi are all weird."
"People always have to change, I will change, Haozi will change, your parents and uncles will change, and you yourself will change. As we go through a lot of things, we will grow old, mature, and even become what we can't imagine, and this is something that no one can stop. ”
"Hmm...... Probably......" Chen Tao didn't know what to say.
"No one knows what will happen in the future, but there is a sentence that I want you to remember forever, as if it were an oath." Uncle Long's face became serious, "It's like, the master asked me to remember it at the beginning." ”
"What?" Chen Tao's eyes lit up.
"The Chen family is a mausoleum keeper, not a tomb robber!"
"What?" This time Chen Tao was completely stunned, the Chen family? Mausoleum keepers?
Uncle Long rubbed Chen Tao's head fiercely, "Don't be confused by those external things, you are the Chen family." ”
"Hmm......" Seeing that Uncle Long didn't mean to continue, Chen Tao had no choice but to stop asking and squinted his eyes against the trunk.
"Tao Tao, you really noticed it......" Uncle Long looked at Chen Tao who was asleep, "Alas, it's not that we don't want to tell you, it's just that we can't tell you now." You have to believe that I, Mr. Li, your parents and your uncles are all protecting you, we are for your good, and it is also for our Chen family. This family, and even the entire Spirit Alliance, has now reached the most critical time. Grow up quickly, this family needs you. ”
After resting, the two went to the place called Liangzikou, this village has existed much longer than Lijia Village.
They kept running the door until the afternoon, when they came to the door of a courtyard, and the door was open. Out of politeness, the two knocked on the door anyway.
The one who opened the door was a child, five or six years old, and when he opened the door, he shouted,
"Is Daddy back? Hey, not Dad, who are you? ”
"Forehead...... Seeing that the person who came was a child, listening to the immature children's voice, Chen Tao didn't know how to answer.
"Xiaobao, who is it?"
An old man's voice came, loud and powerful.
"Not Daddy. I don't know either. The little doll shouted word by word.
"Oh!" The old man inside answered, heard a knock on the door, and then a man in clothes walked out.
Chen Tao looked down and saw the person who came with his hands behind his back, looking about fifty or sixty years old, with black hair mixed with white hair, and his gait was vigorous.
When the little doll saw someone coming, she ran over with her little legs, called grandpa affectionately, and then hid behind the old man and poked out her little head to look at them curiously.
"Who are the two?"
Chen Tao hurriedly replied: "Hello grandpa, we are in the antique business in the county, this is my uncle, do you have any thrift goods to sell here?"
"Oh...... There's nothing to sell, so let's go. ”
"Sorry to interrupt me."
In this regard, Chen Tao is no longer surprised. Along the way, except for those who didn't lock the door at home, they basically answered like this.
The two turned around and walked a few steps, and a loud shout came from behind them: "Hey, you two wait a minute!"
Hearing the shouting, Chen Tao and Uncle Long both stopped. Chen Tao secretly rejoiced in his heart:
"There's a door! After a busy day, there is finally a harvest! ”
"I have something here, take a look at it", the old man opened the courtyard door, stood at the door, and motioned for the two to enter.
Chen Tao and Uncle Long entered the yard, and there was a big black dog in the yard, barking non-stop.
"Beans, stop screaming!" The old man shouted.
The dog seemed to understand human words, and he really didn't bark, but just stared at Chen Tao's uncle and nephew with a pair of eyes. Chen Tao felt that as long as he dared to move, the dog would definitely pounce on him and bite him half to death.
"Xiaobao, go and move two stools." The old man said to the child. The child listened and ran back to the house with his calves crooked. After a while, a pony clip came out with a pony in his hand.
There was a short-legged eight-immortal table in front of the window of the house in the courtyard, and the old man took the horse clip in the child's hand, handed it to Chen Taolong and Uncle Chen, and said:
"Sit down!"
The two took the horse clamp and sat around the table on the spot, and Uncle Long said:
"What do you want to sell, uncle?"
The old man pondered for a moment, as if he was making some kind of decision, and after a while, he sighed and said:
"That's fine. Let's sell it. Wait a minute, I'll get it. With that, he got up and went back to the house.
The little doll held two cups and put them on the table,
"Tea, please."
Chen Tao smiled, looking at this little doll so cute, he couldn't help but touch his head and said:
"What's the child's name?"
"My name is Xiaobao and I'm five years old this year!" The child replied word by word.
Chen Tao likes children, so he teased the little treasure on the side. Uncle Long looked at the two of them, looked around again, and found that this was just an ordinary farm yard, nothing special, so he didn't pay attention to it.
After a while, the old man came out, as if he was holding something in his hand.
"Come on, look at how much this is worth!"
Uncle Long took the thing in the old man's hand and looked at it, it turned out to be a jade plate.
Slightly heavy to the outside, cold and warm. When you look at the sun, the shine is bright and moving. Holding a hanging rope in his left hand, he flicked it lightly with his right hand, the sound was crisp and pleasant, and the aftertaste was melodious.
"Twenty thousand, I'll take it."
"20,000 ......"
"If you think it's low, make a price."
Uncle Long returned the jade plaque to the old man, and the old man took it, rubbed it in his hand and said:
"This piece of jade, for me, is also a bit of a story, twenty-five thousand."
The old man is also a real person, so he didn't dare to shout the price, Uncle Long nodded and said:
"Okay, twenty-five thousand."
Immediately, he glanced at Chen Tao, Chen Tao took the backpack on his back, and from the inside there were two envelopes, thick. Uncle Long took it and gave it to the old man:
"That's twenty thousand, count!"
He took out a small envelope from his bosom and said:
"That's five thousand bucks."
The old man's hand holding the jade stiffened, and after rubbing it on his hand again, he handed it to Uncle Long, who took the jade plate, checked it in his hand, and put it in his arms.
The old man counted the money, and after making sure that it was correct, he sighed and put the money away.
"That old man, you just said that this jade also has a story with you, I like to hear some stories and rumors, are you willing to tell me?"
Uncle Long smoked a cigarette and handed it to the old man.
The old man seemed to hesitate, rubbed his hands together, and took the cigarette.
"This ......"
"It's okay, if it's inconvenient for you, it's okay not to say it, don't force it." Uncle Long said.
"It's not inconvenient, it's that I'm afraid that if I say it, you don't believe it!"
"Oh? How do you say that? ”
Uncle Long took out a lighter and helped the old man light a cigarette.
The old man took a hard breath, slowly spit it out, and pointed to the mountain road behind Uncle Long:
"That mountain can eat people!"
"What? Cannibalism? Hearing that it was about that mountain, Uncle Long and Chen Tao were both spirits, and they glanced at each other, and Chen Tao said:
"Grandpa, you say, I love to hear this kind of story the most!"
"Well...... The story starts when I was a child, and at that time, I was a few years older than Xiaobao. ”
Afterwards, the old man talked about an incident he had personally experienced back then, which shocked Chen Tao and Uncle Long!
"This mountain, it really eats people!"