Chu Tianyi saw the boss's expression, he really didn't know, so he raised his hand, "Okay, boss, you can go busily." ”

While waiting for the food, Xiao Meng made a phone call, and he told Chu Tianyi that he had a friend whose family was from Manjiang Town, and he used to be a tour guide outside, but later there were more and more people who came to travel here, so he simply came back. He was familiar with the situation here, and it was possible that he knew about this place.

The two of them waited while eating, and half an hour later, Xiao Meng's friend came. The man was of medium build, wore a pair of glasses, and was a bit of a topper. Xiao Meng introduced the two of them to each other, "This is Brother Zhang, this is my Brother Yi." ”

Brother Zhang was very enthusiastic and hurriedly stretched out his hand, "It turned out to be Brother Yi, meeting for the first time!" Fortunately, I will be glad to meet you! Just call me Lao Zhang. ”

Chu Tianyi felt that this person should be older than himself, so he also smiled, "Brother Zhang doesn't have to be polite, just call me Tianyi." ”

The three of them sat down, and Xiao Meng asked the shopkeeper to add a pair of chopsticks and a bottle of beer. Lao Zhang was not polite, picked up a large piece of pot wrapped meat with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, poured another glass of beer and drank it himself.

Seeing that Xiao Meng and Chu Tianyi were both looking at him, Lao Zhang was also a little embarrassed, and wiped his mouth, "Hey, the two brothers smiled, I just came back from the mountains after taking a group, and I was hungry, I'm really embarrassed." ”

Chu Tianyi smiled and waved his hand, "No, no, Brother Zhang is very hard in this business." As he spoke, he filled the cup with wine for Lao Zhang.

Lao Zhang didn't drink it by himself this time, but raised his glass and drank a cup with Xiao Meng and Chu Tianyi, "It's not, I run into the mountains every day, and my two legs are thin." ”

"So Brother Zhang is very familiar with this place?" Chu Tianyi said as he poured the wine for Lao Zhang.

"That's right," Lao Zhang smiled and nodded, "After all, I grew up here." ”

Xiao Meng lit a cigarette, "Brother Zhang, Brother Yi and I are looking for you this time, how about what I told you on the phone?" ”

Hearing Xiao Meng's words, Lao Zhang sneered and laughed, "Two brothers, it's not me who blows it, you are really looking for the right person for this matter." Speaking of this, he looked at the two of them with a little smugness, and then continued, "The place you are looking for is located in the middle of nowhere, and few people know about it. ”

Xiao Meng continued, "So you know? ”

"That's a must," Lao Zhang drank the wine in his cup again.

Hearing Lao Zhang say this, Chu Tianyi couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.

I only heard Lao Zhang continue: "My family used to work in a steamed bun house for a period of time, and I sent steamed buns to this protection station on the west slope of Changbai Mountain in Manjiang Town, so I know this place." ”

"Where is this protection station now?" Chu Tianyi asked eagerly.

Lao Zhang shook his head, "This protection station has been withdrawn, and it has long been gone." ”

"Nothing?!" Xiao Meng blurted out in surprise, and glanced at Chu Tianyi at the same time. The joy that had just appeared on the latter's face instantly turned into disappointment.

"When was it revoked?" Chu Tianyi asked.

"Hey, it's been a long time," Lao Zhang took a big sip from his wine glass, "At that time, I hadn't been a tour guide yet, and it would have been more than ten years, to say the least." ”

Chu Tianyi frowned, "Then if I want to check the archives of this protection station, can I still find it?" ”

Lao Zhang thought for a moment, "I have to find a way to help you ask about this matter." After so many years, who knows if the archives of that year are still there. ”

Chu Tianyi's heart suddenly hung again, "Brother Zhang, I want to ask you to bother more!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay," Lao Zhang waved his hand, "I have been in a relationship with Xiao Meng for so many years, I will definitely do my best." ”

After eating, the two separated from Lao Zhang, and then found a hostel to stay temporarily, waiting for Lao Zhang's reply.

In the afternoon, when he had nothing to do, Chu Tianyi went out alone to wander around the town. There aren't many people in the town, and there are red-roofed bungalows everywhere, which are neat at a glance.

There is a market not far from the hostel, which is not large, that is, some people gather together to set up stalls, and there are two groups of tourists nearby, who seem to be waiting to gather, and some people are wandering around the market, occasionally taking pictures.

Chu Tianyi walked along the street, walking and looking all the way, most of them were some agricultural and sideline foods and other local specialties, Chu Tianyi visited most of the market, and there was nothing of interest.

And just as he was approaching the end of the street, a stall caught his attention. The stall sells antique devices and fragments of bronze and broken porcelain, as well as a number of copper coins.

Maybe it was because of the antique shop at home, Chu Tianyi walked over and squatted down with interest, reached out to pick up a few of the things, and looked at them carefully.

Seeing that Chu Tianyi was looking carefully, the stall owner thought that he was a buyer, so he said enthusiastically, "This big brother, I have all good things." It's easy to see. ”

Chu Tianyi smiled, after all, he had more or less understood some of the doorways with his grandfather over the years, and he could see that most of these things were old handicrafts, and some of the fragments were real, but they were also of little value.

Seeing that Chu Tianyi was indifferent, the stall owner lowered his head and leaned forward and said, "Big brother, I dug this out of the mountains and rivers, you can take a look at this." As he spoke, he picked up a bronze Buddha and handed it over.

Chu Tianyi took it and looked at it, put it under his nose and sniffed it carefully, and after a little groaning, he put the Buddha statue back and was about to get up and leave.

The stall owner stopped Chu Tianyi, "Big brother, don't go, this is really a good thing." Look at it again, I don't want to make money for food. ”

Chu Tianyi shook his head, "The inscription on your Buddha statue is from the Ming Dynasty, but this Buddha statue has a wide silk, simple and delicate chest accessories, and the lotus petals at the foot of the Buddha statue are flattened, and there is no full circumference." These are the characteristics of Qing Dynasty Buddha statues. So guess your Buddha statue is from the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty? ”

Hearing Chu Tianyi say this, the stall owner immediately opened his mouth, and Chu Tianyi continued, "In addition, when this Buddha statue was old, it was a little too hot, and now it smells of some fireworks and some pungent chemicals. ”

Seeing that the stall owner had nothing to say, Chu Tianyi didn't say anything more, clapped his hands and stood up. I just wanted to turn around, but I didn't expect the stall owner to still not give up, and stepped forward to stop Chu Tianyi, "Big brother, I see that you are an expert." Come, come over here and I'll show you a really good thing. ”

While speaking, the stall owner pulled Chu Tianyi to him and opened the satchel on his body. Chu Tianyi looked down and saw that there were many layers of newspapers in his satchel, and there were a few things in the middle of the newspapers, all of which looked old.

The stall owner took out two of them and handed them to Chu Tianyi's eyes, "Big brother, look, this is the real ancient jade." If you look at the Tuqin above, it's absolutely genuine! Don't be blind! ”

Chu Tianyi took it in his hand and weighed it, nodded and said to the stall owner, "Boss, these two things of yours are still one object." ”

"Then you see, I'll just say it," Hearing Chu Tianyi's affirmation, the stall owner was also a little proud, "These two look like a pair of jade pendants, if this is put on the auction, then ......"

Before the stall owner finished speaking, Chu Tianyi waved his hand, "These two are not jade pendants, they are belt hooks." ”

"Belt hook?" The stall owner took the two pieces of jade and looked left and right, a little surprised.

Chu Tianyi pointed to the belt buckle around the stall owner's waist, "That's what it's for." However, in later years, this kind of thing was basically used for decoration and had little practical value. ”

"And how much is this thing worth?" The stall owner was probably also dizzy, and even asked the customer to quote in turn.

Chu Tianyi thought about it for a while and didn't hide it from him, and told him the truth, "This thing is estimated to be sold for twenty or thirty thousand yuan in the city." ”

"Really?!" The stall owner's eyes widened suddenly, holding the pair of jade belt hooks in both hands, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile. Chu Tianyi could see that this stall owner really didn't understand much, and it was estimated that this pair of jade belt hooks was indeed an unexpected gain.

After the stall owner was happy, he looked at Chu Tianyi, "This big brother, you are an expert, if you don't sell it to you, you can give me 20,000 yuan, and then you will earn as much as you like to sell." ”

Chu Tianyi waved his hand again and again, "I don't want it!" You'd better sell it yourself. Actually, it's not that he doesn't want to pick up this leak, it's just that all his current money doesn't add up to 5,000.

The stall owner nodded, and happily put a pair of jade buckles back into his bag. Just when he opened the bag, Chu Tianyi found that there were two black stone chips in the stall owner's bag, so he pointed with some curiosity, "What is this?" ”

"This?" The stall owner took out the two stone chips, "This is two years ago, a heavy rain, a forest collapsed in the mountain, this stone chip is what I picked up from there, and I have kept it until now," he said, he pointed to the surface of the stone chips, "This is not an ordinary stone, you see there are carved lines here!" ”

Chu Tianyi took a closer look at the stone shard, and there were indeed carved lines on it, which seemed to be a pattern. He had never seen anything like it before, and when he looked at the stall owner, he casually said, "What is the origin of this thing?" ”

The stall owner shrugged, "I don't know, but I know that people who often go into the mountains to collect herbs and mushrooms can occasionally see something like that." ”

"That is, there are many of these things in the mountains?" Chu Tianyi asked.

The stall owner muttered, "I don't know if there are many, but there are definitely more than two in my hand." ”

Chu Tianyi groped for the patterns on the stone tablets, feeling that this kind of thing would not be scattered on the mountain by accident, it must be something left by a certain ethnic group or tribe that lived there at the beginning, and the things behind it might not be simple.

Thinking of this, Chu Tianyi said to the stall owner: "You keep that jade belt hook and sell it for a good price, I don't want it, you can sell these two stone pieces to me." ”

"You want this?" The stall owner didn't expect that someone would want to buy these two black stone chips, and looked at Chu Tianyi with some surprise. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Actually, it's okay if you want to buy it, but why do you want to buy this?" ”