Chapter 2 Antique Wooden Box
Seeing this, I hurriedly reached out and took a piece of cloth from my clothes, wrapped it in a cloth, and took out the box, but before I could look at it, I heard a rustling sound from the bottom of the thief cave, which made me tremble, and the box in my hand almost slipped out of my hand.
The joy of discovering the artifact just now disappeared at once, and he hurriedly handed the box to Huzi and asked him to put it up, and beckoned Huzi to climb out.
This thief hole, easy to go down, difficult to go up, we support the thief hole with both hands, the lower body can only use the knees against the wall of the hole, inch by inch to move up, the tiger is above me, because of the strong body, the space that can be moved is smaller, and the movement is slower.
"Hurry the fuck! How can you climb a hole so slowly, so many years of training in the army have made you eat! ”
After speaking, I subconsciously glanced back, this look is not tight, scared my soul is about to fly out, only to see ten dark green eyes staring straight at me, these eyes are arranged very strangely, in two and a half arc arrangement, there are six on the upper layer, four on the lower layer, each is the size of a mung bean, and the speed of movement is fast, I am almost certain that this thing is not a good stubble, it is estimated that the tomb robber died in the hands of this guy.
The more I think about it, the more scared I become, the tomb robber goes to the tomb, that is naturally fully prepared, and has a certain amount of experience, otherwise he will never rush to the tomb, even if this is the case, it will inevitably end up in a tragic death, not to mention me and Huzi, being caught up by this thing, there must be death or life.
"Huzi, don't you hurry up, we both have to go to the sky to chat with Taishang Laojun."
After listening to me, Huzi also glanced back at me, probably trying to scold, but as soon as he saw something behind me, he swallowed back the words that were originally on his lips, and used his hands and feet together, and climbed up quickly, and two feet stepped on my face, almost stepping on me.
"You're fucking going to kill me!"
I scolded, I didn't dare to delay, followed closely behind Huzi, we rushed out of the thief hole one after the other, ran away, and while running Huzi also asked, "I said brother, what the hell is that, why are there so many eyes." ”
I ran with Huzi for a while, and when I looked back, I saw a palm-sized scorpion following closely behind me, this scorpion was dark green from head to tail, and its protruding back had a bag the size of a marble, and there were some red spots on it, but I couldn't see what it was.
"Grass, I thought it was, isn't it just a scorpion, eating your tiger grandfather's kick." As soon as the words fell, Huzi stepped on the scorpion under his feet, only to hear the scorpion burst open with a creak, and the flying green liquid splashed all over the ground.
As soon as the green liquid touched the ground, it rubbed and smoked, and the corroded corpse and backpack I saw in the thief's cave, I thought about it with my toes, and knew that it was a very corrosive liquid.
At this time, white smoke also rose from the feet of the tiger.
"Oh no, Huzi is about to take off his shoes! This liquid is strong sulfuric acid! "The matter is so urgent that I don't have time to explain more, so I can only use the word sulfuric acid instead, so that Huzi can react quickly.
When Huzi heard this, he didn't even have time to untie the shoelaces, so he pulled out the ankle position of the shoe, tore it hard, and threw the shoe out.
At the moment when Huzi threw the shoes out, I took a closer look and couldn't help but gasp, the sneakers with cow tendon soles, the entire sole had been corroded, if Huzi was half a second late, it was estimated that this foot would be gone.
"Damn, why is this scorpion blood so bullish, a little later, Lao Tzu will live the rest of his life in a wheelchair."
Just when we were all breathing a sigh of relief, I could only hear the rustling sound on the Gobi Desert, I raised my flashlight and shone it into the distance, only to see a black press in the distance, full of this kind of scorpions, running towards us like crazy at this time.
"Oh my god! Lao Bai, run! Huzi was barefooted, turned around and ran.
We ran for hours with all our might, and in one breath we ran to the vicinity of the nearest town on the edge of the Gobi Desert, and when we saw the light of the fire, we felt that our legs were weak, and the whole person was paralyzed, and we sat on the ground panting for breath.
"I said Lao Bai, when I was in the army, the squad leader asked you to run five kilometers, and you were the last one, why did you run faster than me today."
I gasped for breath, how could I still have the strength to talk to Huzi, turned my head, looked back, and found that there was no scorpion catching up, so I was relieved, it seems that this scorpion has a certain range of movement, and now we have run out of that range, I turned my head and asked Huzi: "Huzi, is the box still there?" ”
Huzi took out the box from his bosom and handed it to me, "What is this?" ”
I took it in my hand and weighed it, this box was not light, I shook it without any sound, and I couldn't help frowning, "This is a dead weapon, the tomb robber died in the robbery cave before he could take it out, it should be a treasure." ”
When Huzi heard this, he hurriedly asked, "What's in there?" ”
I shook my head, "No sound, either it's big enough to fill the whole box, or it's empty." ”
"Oh, let's just break it open and see if it's over."
"You know a fart, this box itself is a treasure, besides, most of the boxes in this ancient tomb have mechanisms, and if they are opened in the wrong way, they will destroy the contents inside, and there may be some hidden weapons that shoot out." I put the box away, "Let's go to the town down there for a bite to eat, I'm going to starve to death." ”
As soon as it came to eating, Huzi's stomach gurgled angrily, and the two of us walked towards the town below without saying a word.
After coming to the town and having enough to eat, the two of us rested for two days, bought two train tickets, and returned to the unit.
As expected, the two of us lost our survey equipment and were absent from work for no reason, so it was not surprising that we were fired from the unit.
Out of the gate of the unit, Huzi grinned, "Lao Tzu doesn't want to do it for a long time, it's just right to be fired!" Lao Tzu will go to Captain Zhang's community tonight to block him, and see that I don't call him grandpa. ”
I kindly reminded: "Take it easy, don't show your face, save the trouble of calling the police." ”
"Well, look at it!" Huzi turned around and left.
"Don't kill anyone, don't cripple."
"Rest assured, rest assured."
When Huzi came back in the evening, he brought a glass bottle with four teeth in it, and when I glanced at it, I knew that the captain was now lying on the bed and snorting in pain.
Huzi put the bottle aside and asked, "Lao Bai, what are we going to do next?" ”
"What? The first step is to pack up your things and get out, we can't live in the geology team dormitory. ”
Huzi and I rented a house on the outskirts of the city, and settled down, I felt the few tickets left in my pocket, and estimated that even eating would be a problem next month, and I had to hurry up to find a living, after all, filling my stomach was the right thing.
So in the following period, the two of us scraped together and borrowed money to start a night market stall.
Every day as soon as the sun sets, I work with Huzi to pedal the three-wheeled night market stalls, and the hard work is very hard, not to mention, relying on the skills learned in the army's cooking class, the business is really good.
Life was also passable, until one evening, a group of seven or eight people came to our night market stall to eat, and Huzi was busy beckoning the group to sit down.
They ordered food, and they chatted on their own, and there were many topics that we didn't understand, but I noticed that they mentioned a word between their words: inverted buckets, and I immediately looked at them a few more times, they were all wearing black training uniforms, which were breathable in general, but very wear-resistant, and sometimes a set of training uniforms was not damaged for three or five years.
One of them, a middle-aged man in his fifties, was very thin, with triangular eyes, a hooked nose, and high cheekbones.
The most uncomfortable thing was that he was holding a bird cage in his left hand, and inside it turned out to be a crow.
After Huzi finished the food on the table for them, he leaned into my ear and said, "I said, brother, you see that the people at that table don't look like good stubble, all the fierce gods are evil, and the one with the starling brother is still a cripple in his right hand." ”
I glanced at it and said, "That's not a starling, it's a crow, it's not that big, the starling has a towering tuft of feathers on his forehead, the crow doesn't, and the starling's beak is yellow, and the raven is black." ”
"Damn, it's not good to bring any birds, it's bad luck to bring a crow." Huzi turned around and went to the stove to prepare to fry the next dish
I took a closer look at the man with the crow, just like Huzi said, the crow has always been regarded as an ominous bird in life, few people raise, and then look at the crow in his hand, the size is very large, the eyes are full of cleverness, it seems to have been raised for a long time, and then take a closer look, the man did not have a right hand, the original right hand position was replaced by a bright iron hook, and then look at his left leg, the trouser tube is empty, there is no shoe underneath, it is a wooden stick, the whole person looks like a character in Pirates of the Caribbean.
Huzi fried the last dish and was about to send it over, but I stopped him.
I took the dishes and walked to the table, "A few masters, listen, how many of you are doing local goods?" ”
Hearing me say this, several people were stunned for a moment, and one of them, a tall man, subconsciously touched his waist.
Seeing this action, my heart was cold, thinking that this group of people is not only fighting backwards, but also the black hand should also be an expert, this time I was said to be right, maybe he will have to do it here, what he hides in the back of his waist is either a pistol, or a military thorn.
Hurriedly said, "A few masters, don't be nervous, the younger brother also eats local goods, and there happens to be an object in his hand, if the few masters are interested, the younger brother will take it out and show it to the masters." ”
The middle-aged man with the crow was obviously their leader, and patted the man who had touched the weapon just now. "Huanzi, don't mess around." Then he turned to look at me, "In stock?" ”
I hurriedly beckoned to Huzi, "Huzi, bring the box." ”
Huzi was busy stir-frying, answered, stretched out his hand and shook it, and threw the box to me, I hurriedly caught it, for fear of falling.
Huzi can't blame him for doing this, this thing has been in our hands for almost a year, it's really a hot potato, I'm afraid of being caught, I don't dare to make a move, I finally met a few inverted masters, I thought they could give some money, so I hurriedly sold it.
The middle-aged man took the black box, his eyes suddenly changed, and he whispered, "I've been looking for it for several years, but I didn't expect it to be with you!" ”