As soon as the old ruffian heard about the treasure, he immediately became excited again, took an antique wooden box from the desk, and said: "This is the treasure taken out of that box, and it must be priceless to be protected in this way." ”

The third master came closer, and also showed a look of relief, and said: "The material of this box is ebony, and the carving workmanship on it is also very exquisite, and it seems that it has been some years old, and this box itself is a valuable antique." “

The purpose of the three of them on this trip is extremely simple, just to make a fortune, and I can't help but feel a little excited to find such a valuable thing, so I asked: "What is inside, what is in it?" “

The old ruffian waved his hand and said, "You were in such a dangerous situation just now, I took out this ebony box and put it on the table for the third master, how can I open it." “

After listening to the old ruffian's words, I was very moved in my heart, but there is no need to say more, he and the old ruffian both understood this fateful brotherhood in their hearts, so they said: "Let's open it now and see what this thing that almost killed both of our brothers is." “

The third master of the master also looked at it with straight eyes at this time, the poor life has been too long, and he has suffered enough, whether he can turn over with a salted fish, it depends on this time.

I just put the ebony box on the desk, took a deep breath, and was about to open it, and remembered that when the ancients placed valuables, they would always place hidden weapons in the box just in case, so I said: "Old ruffian, third master, you two hide aside to prevent hidden weapons from appearing when opening the box." After saying that, he also walked around to the back of the opening of the box.

Hearing this, the third master nodded and praised: "Brother Qin is really a young man, and he even thought of this. I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. As he spoke, he also found a safe place to hide from a distance.

The old ruffian also said: "Ah Zheng, be careful, if there is anything wrong, throw it away." ”

I saw that the third master and the old ruffian had already hid in a safe place, and carefully touched the switch on the box with my hand, and when I pressed my fingers, I heard a crisp sound, and the box was opened.

There are many kinds of mechanisms in the box, the most common is the flying needle and hidden arrow that are extremely fast, and people have no time to dodge, which are generally highly poisonous, and the throat is sealed with blood. There are also some more imperceptible poisonous powders, colorless and odorless killings invisibly, and they are scattered with the help of air fluctuations when opening the box, and when the person who opens the box finds out, there is no cure.

However, no matter what kind of hidden weapon it is, it will only be touched when the box is opened. I turned on the switch, if there is really a hidden weapon, it should have been triggered now, I pressed my body a little lower, in case there was a hidden weapon, so that I could dodge with the help of the desk at the first time, and shouted at the old ruffian and the third master: "I'm going to open the box, you two hide and don't look at it, it's okay to tell you to come out again." ”

Both of them gestured to indicate that it was okay. I waited until everything was ready, held the bottom of the box with one hand, and then pulled on top of the box, and opened the box with great force with my hands, almost at the same time my hands were released, and my whole body lay on the ground.

After a while, there was no movement except for the sound of the box falling on the desk. I wondered in my heart, didn't there be a mechanism for hiding such a hidden box? Just when he was puzzled, the old ruffian couldn't help but shout: "Ah Zheng, it's okay, I look at the box and there shouldn't be any moths in it." ”

The third master said: "Be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship, it has been tossed for so long, and it is not bad for these few minutes." ”

I lifted my head from under the desk a little, and saw that the box was opening on the desk, no, and I didn't expect the poison needle and dark arrow to appear, so I said: "Wait another five minutes, even if there is any dark arrow poison incense in five minutes, it should be invalid." ”

The three of them hid for another five minutes, and there was still no movement at all. I got up from the ground, gently detoured back to the front of the box from the side of the desk, and carefully looked at the box to see that there was indeed no hidden weapon in the box, and then I relieved my heart and beckoned the old ruffian and the third master to come out.

I walked over to my desk and picked up the box, which had no carvings except a brown, blackened whip. I took the brown and black whip in my hand, the whip looks very simple, about one meter long, the handle of the whip is made of some gold threads and dark red silk threads intertwined, there is a warm feeling in my hand, giving people a sense of masculinity and rigidity, which can play a role in warding off evil spirits.

The old ruffian walked up to me, saw the whip in my hand, and said in disappointment: "Ah Zheng, is there such a broken whip in the box?" Nothing else? ”

I saw the old ruffian's disappointed look and teased, "Yes, it's such a broken whip in it, and there is no treasure at all." I see, the most valuable thing is probably this ebony box. ”

When the old ruffian heard my words, he immediately felt a little depressed, picked up the ebony box from the table, and said with an empty face: "Alas, it's really a bit of a back." After tossing for a long time, it is still worth such a broken box. ”

The third master came over from behind, and the old ruffian threw the ebony box to the third master, and said, "Third master, put this box away, maybe you can get your donkey cart back if you sell it." ”

The third master was also a little disappointed, after all, this time he was also bankrupt, so he didn't prepare to go back without anything, took the ebony box, opened it casually and looked at it, there was nothing in it, and when he was about to close it, he suddenly found a word written in the lower left corner of the box, and said in surprise: "Come and see, there are words in the box." ”

When the old ruffian and I heard this, we also came to the side of the third master, and just took out the whip inside, but we didn't notice that there were words in the box.

At this time, after being reminded by the third master, there is really a small word when you look closely. The third master opened his mouth and said: "This character is a bit like golden text, but I can't recognize what the word is." Brother Qin, let's see if you recognize him. ”

I took the ebony box from the third master's hand, looked at the words inside, and felt a little familiar, as if I had seen President Qin's annotations when I was looking through the general history of China before, and said: "It is indeed the golden text of the Western Zhou Dynasty, also known as Zhong Dingwen. However, it is usually carved on bronze, and it is a bit surprising to appear on an ebony box. ”

The old ruffian didn't care so much, and said excitedly: "So this box and whip are really antiques?" Or is it from the Western Zhou Dynasty? That's not about getting rich. “