Bruce was overjoyed when he heard this: "Great! Mr. Sixth, where do the experts you know live? Is it far from us? ”

Lao Liu said: "This friend of mine, surnamed Meng, is a leader in the study of ancient characters, and his family lives at the root of the southern city wall of the Tang West City. Tomorrow I will visit him myself and invite him over. ”

"Well, that's good!" Bruce nodded and patted the sixth man on the shoulder twice, "Mr. Sixth, the antiques you brought me this time may have immeasurable value, and after the expert is firm, I will immediately cash in the money for you!" ”

The sixth said with a smile: "Mr. Bruce, we have been old friends for many years, and there is still a little trust between each other, I am absolutely relieved that you are doing things." So let's do it first. It's getting late, so I won't disturb your rest, and I will take my leave! Leave! ”

Then, he led Da Mao and Xiao Hu out of the hotel.

The next morning, the sixth asked Da Mao to drive a car, bought some gifts, and went to the south city wall to invite his friend Lao Meng.

This is a group of ancient buildings that are still intact to this day, with a typical Qing Dynasty residential style, antique and fascinating.

Lao Meng's family lives in a courtyard, a few black locusts are planted at the door, just these days are the season when the locust flowers are in full bloom, and the branches are full of milky white flowers, which is very beautiful.

Da Mao pulled over the car, got down and walked to the back and opened the door for the sixth brother: "Sixth brother, please get out of the car!" ”

The sixth said: "Work hard for you again, brother, take the gifts, let's go into the yard and take a look." ”

When the two men came to the door, the door was hidden and not locked, which meant that someone was in the house. Lao Liu stretched out his hand to push open the door and walked in first, he shouted as he walked inside: "Lao Meng! Is Brother Meng in the house? Your family has a visitor, why don't you come out to greet you? ”

He and Lao Meng were both educated youths in the countryside, and they were assigned to a commune, and in the years of war, the two formed a deep friendship. At that time, Lao Meng was particularly obsessed with studying ancient characters, and the books he often read were also dictionaries and classics, and he was very self-motivated, almost to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat.

And the sixth child is different, this person likes to go the wrong way, and likes to ponder these things all day long. Although the hobbies and aspirations of the two people are very different, they still get along with each other quite harmoniously.

Suddenly, a loud voice came from the room in the main house: "You old fellow, come here, what are you shouting!" The door is open, please come in! ”

The sixth laughed and raised his feet to cross the threshold, and did not forget to tell Da Mao behind him: "Maozi, you have to be careful of the threshold of his house, there have been a few times when I almost tripped me!" ”

Da Mao didn't pay attention to his feet at all, and thought that he was walking on flat ground, and he was going to go directly, but fortunately, the sixth reminded him in time, otherwise he would have fallen on his heels.

"Yo ho! You old guy didn't come alone, did you? With a gift, I'm afraid there is something to ask me for, right? ”

At the end of the hall sat an old man in his fifties, more than five feet tall, moderately fat and thin, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, a ruddy face, wearing a white cloth coat on the upper body, a pair of gray bloomers on the lower body, and a pair of black cloth shoes on his feet.

The sixth smiled and said, "Really let your brother guess correctly!" We have nothing to do but go to your Three Treasures Palace, and I really want to cause you some trouble when I come to you today! ”

Lao Meng glanced at Da Mao, who was carrying the gift in his hand, and asked, "Lao Yu, what do you call this brother?" I look a little raw, huh? Come on, brother, put things on the table, you're tired! ”

The sixth brother introduced him: "Oh, Lao Meng, these are all my own brothers, good brothers who often work with me!" His name is Da Mao! ”

"You may be seated! You may be seated! Visitors to the house are all guests! Lao Meng pointed to the chair and beckoned the two, "Lao Yu, we are not all the way, don't pull me with you!" I'm always welcome if you come, and if you let me do those shady things with you, don't talk about it! ”

The sixth took a chair and sat down, and said, "What are you talking about?" What kind of person is your brother, I don't know wow? How could they pull you into the water? ”

Lao Meng pursed his lips and said, "Say, don't sell it, why did you come to me for something?" ”

His temper has always been straightforward, and he doesn't like to beat around the bush, so the sixth coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and said, "I came to you this time, it is still related to your professional knowledge, and I want to ask you to help decipher an ancient text!" ”

Lao Meng stretched his neck and asked eagerly, "What kind of font?" Hurry up and take it out for me to see! As soon as words were mentioned in front of him, he was immediately interested.

The sixth said: "This thing is too important to bring, so I want you to come with us!" Don't worry, Lao Meng, I will never let you help in vain, hard work is indispensable. ”

"Look at your chattering look, can you reveal a little bit of information first?"

"I'd better leave you some suspense, let's go, brother, I see that you have nothing to do when you're idle at home, let's go now!"

Lao Meng went to the back room to get a small bag, locked the door, and followed the six to the outside and got into the car.

After a while, we arrived at the hotel where Bruce was staying.

Lao Meng saw a few foreigners standing in the room, and he had a displeased expression on his face, and he asked the sixth child: "Lao Yu, what's going on?" You brought me here to see things, how can there be foreigners involved? ”

Lao Liu smiled and said, "Lao Meng, why do you ask so much, these people are my business partners, of course they must be present!" ”

"Old Meng, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Bruce, a great collector in the United States!" The sixth pointed to the beard and said.

Old Meng nodded at Bruce and said politely: "Hello! Welcome to our beautiful Tang West Market! ”

The sixth said to Bruce again: "Mr. Bruce, this is the paleographer I invited - Professor Meng!" ”

Before Bruce could speak, Lao Meng said directly: "Okay." We don't need to be so polite, it's better to hurry up and get down to business! ”

Bruce gave a thumbs up and complimented, "Well, very good!" Professor Meng is really fast-talking, and I like your personality very much. Kui'an, go get the things and let Professor Meng take a look! ”

Kui'an brought the wooden box over, placed it on the table, and after opening it, carefully took out a bundle of bamboo slips from inside, untied the rope, and slowly laid it out.

Lao Meng sat down and leaned over to take a look, he rubbed his eyes, turned back to the sixth child and said, "Lao Yu, the light in the room is a little bad, please go and open the curtains." ”

The sixth man walked quickly to the windowsill, stretched out his hand to open the curtains, the sunlight outside shone in, and the room suddenly became much brighter. Lao Meng took out a magnifying glass from the small bag he was carrying, and carefully analyzed the words on the bamboo slips.

"Huh? This? I really didn't expect that there was such a saying in the ancient history of China! ”

Lao Meng frowned, and muttered to himself. Bruce hurriedly asked, "Professor Meng, what kind of writing is this?" What does it say? ”

Lao Meng didn't answer Bruce's question, turned his head and squinted at the sixth child behind him: "Lao Yu, did you sell all these things to foreigners?" ”

The sixth nodded and said, "Yes! Isn't it a good thing to be able to sell for money? Besides, your brother doesn't know my profession, and the bottles and cans taken out of the grave are not all exchanged for banknotes. ”

Lao Meng scolded when he heard this: "You loser's thing, it's just a pig and a dog!" The objects left by the ancestors have caused disaster to people like you, eh, I really shouldn't believe your nonsense, how did I become friends with scum? ”

"Hey, Lao Meng, don't say it so ugly, we haven't known each other for a day or two, and you haven't helped me, what if you have more this time? As long as you can tell the secrets on these bamboo slips, I will let Mr. Bruce reward you heavily! The sixth was afraid that he would regret it, so he had to coax him.

Lao Meng scolded the sixth child: "Ahh Today I said that I will not be fooled by you anymore, dodge, I want to go home! ”

As he spoke, Lao Meng jumped up from the chair all of a sudden, pushed the sixth child away, and was about to go out. Unexpectedly, Quian suddenly took out a pistol, pointed it at his back, and shouted: "Old fellow, if you take another step forward, I will shoot you in the heart!" ”

Lao Meng was not afraid, he didn't even look back, and said coldly: "I advise you, don't spread wild on the land of China, if you don't believe it, just try it, I'm still afraid that you won't be able to shoot?" Come on! With that, he resolutely walked towards the door.

Bruce hurriedly ran forward and stretched out his arms to block Old Meng's way: "Professor Meng, don't leave first, don't leave in a hurry, listen to me, okay?" ”

Lao Meng said angrily: "Yankee, hurry up and get out of the way, I have nothing to say to you!" ”

Bruce said with a smiling face, "Yes, Professor Meng! We have so much to talk about! Professor Meng, please don't be angry, I think it is necessary for us to sit down and have a good talk, which is good for the history of world development! ”

Lao Meng angrily reprimanded: "This is the cultural heritage of our country, and it must not fall into the hands of you foreigners, and please be wise Mr. Bruce, otherwise, the consequences will be very serious!" ”

Bruce shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said, "Professor Meng, I'm sorry, I think culture knows no borders, and you should agree with me." As long as you tell me what is written on these bamboos, I can return them to Mr. Liu, how about it? ”