Smell? None of us understood what he meant.

Old Man Wei took another deep sip of tea and said slowly: "The reason why I am less than twenty years old and I have become the most famous tomb robber in this area is that the first thing I rely on is my nose, and I can smell the smell of ancient tombs by nature. ”

Chen Laosan was stunned and said, "Can you smell the smell of ancient tombs on a few of us?" ”

Old Man Wei nodded and said, "I can smell that you have gone down to the ancient tomb, the age of this ancient tomb is still very old, and the time of the tomb is ...... The time is not more than a month. ”

After listening to what he said, I took a deep breath and said in my heart: It's really a big world, and there are no surprises! There are still such noses in the world, which are much smarter than the police dogs in Zhang Kailong's unit.

Old Man Wei turned his gaze to Chen Laosan's face again and asked him, "This brother, are you afraid of the Yellow River?" ”

Hearing him ask this suddenly, Chen Laosan was a little stunned, and paused for a few seconds before replying: "I can't say I'm afraid, but sometimes I feel that this river is mysterious and weird, as if it ...... It seems difficult to understand. ”

Old Man Wei nodded and said with a smile: "The Yellow River is not an ordinary river, and sometimes it is not even a river!" ”

The rest of the conversation was between the two of us, and the three of us became listeners.

Their conversation only revolves around the Yellow River, and in short, Old Man Wei admonishes Chen Laosan to be full of respect for the Yellow River, and that kind of respect from the heart.

When parting, Old Man Wei took out a piece of jade pendant and handed it to me, and then smiled very mysteriously, saying that maybe at a critical moment, this jade pendant can save my life......

I always felt that the old man's words were a bit of a mouthful, as if he knew the purpose of our trip, and that he should have said more than just a story to tell us.

While we were talking, it was already evening, so we had dinner in the hotel restaurant, and then we went back to our rooms to rest and prepare to take the train.

Next, I took the train for a day and a night, but fortunately, Li Xiaobai booked a sleeper ticket, so he was not very tired.

On this day and night, in addition to sleeping and eating, we can only rely on chatting to pass the time.

In the afternoon of the next day, Chen Laosan leaned on the car window and looked out, and shouted excitedly: "I'm finally home!" ”

Li Xiaobai and I also leaned over and saw a white snow-capped mountain in the distance outside the window.

After getting off the train, we have already arrived at Chen Laosan's territory, just follow him, and we don't bother to find the way. Ningxia Yinchuan Railway Station is much more depressed than Jinan, and there are not many residents next to the station, and there are only a few shops selling daily necessities and a few very simple snack bars around, and there is not even a hotel.

There was no way, Chen Laosan stopped a black van (a van that was secretly running a taxi) and told him an address.

When I saw the name of the fast food restaurant next to it, I remembered it all at once, isn't this the last time Li Xiaobai and I came to Yinchuan, where we ate! It was also here that I met Chen Laosan for the first time.

"Third brother, why are you here again?" I asked Chen Laosan.

Chen Laosan looked at me with a smile and said slowly: "There is a beginning and an end!" It's all like drawing a circle, the place we're looking for is actually not far from here, the last time was the class you invited, this time it's your third brother's turn and I do my best to be a landlord! ”

As he spoke, he made a "please" gesture.

This is a restaurant opened by a Hui people, and the food is very local, and the taste is very authentic.

We still sat at the table we did last time, and ordered more than a dozen dishes in one go, the owner of the restaurant was a middle-aged fat man, looking very honest, he didn't recognize me and Li Xiaobai, but he recognized Chen Laosan at a glance.

"Third brother, I haven't seen you for a few days, look at your dress, are you going far away?"

Chen Laosan smiled and said, "Old Hu! I went to a cave, that is, the place where the Yellow River is like the sea, these are friends from Shandong, they are all VIPs, you have to cook this dish yourself! ”

The fat boss said yes again and again, and went into the kitchen.

Ningxia and Xinjiang are not far away, and the milk wine here is also very mellow, even Yu Lina drank a glass, and her face was red when she drank it, and she only smiled.

After a full meal, several people staggered out of the restaurant (all but me were drunk), Chen Laosan wanted to find us a hotel, but I refused.

"Third brother, don't let down such a beautiful night, let's go for a walk by the river!"

In fact, I want to see what is different about this section of the Yellow River, the river section in the estuary area freezes when it is very dark, and the river section in Jinan should also have a problem, otherwise why did the Yellow River tortoise, which has almost never appeared, appear in its real body?

It may be that when you arrive in your hometown, the altitude here is generally about a thousand meters higher than that of the estuary, and the atmospheric pressure is slightly lower, so Chen Laosan should be more accustomed to it.

Several people stopped the two rickshaws and arrived at the river after ten minutes.

This mother river is now collectively called the Yellow River, in fact, only the water in the west section of the Loess Plateau is yellow, and the river water in this area of Yinchuan is still very clear, and both banks are basically rocky, and there are few sandy beaches like the estuary.

We walked along the riverbank and the evening breeze hit our faces, which was very comfortable.

I have carefully observed, and I did not find that there is any abnormality in this section of the Yellow River, but I have some doubts in my heart, the same river, the water is connected, how can this section of the river be so quiet?

Later, I thought of a possibility, is it really because Dayu's tomb is hidden near here?

After the five of them chatted nonsense for a while, they saw a small pier in front of them, a boat parked in the water, and an old man squatting by the river, fishing.

"Old Wu? How could it be you? ”

Chen Laosan was shocked when he saw the old man fishing, but he still said hello like a launch.

When the old man heard someone shouting at him, he hurriedly turned around, and when he saw Chen Laosan, he was also at a loss.

"The third! You ......"

Before Lao Wu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chen Laosan.

"Old Wu, I heard that you drowned half a year ago...... When I saw this, I thought it was ......"

Lao Wu's fishing rod fell to the ground with a snap, and asked Chen Laosan in a very confused tone: "You ...... Who do you listen to? I was just about to ask you! A month ago...... Aren't you dead? ”

When I heard the conversation between the two, I thought it was an old acquaintance who met by chance and made fun of each other! I often mess with Li Xiaobai and Wang Er, one asks "When will you die", and the other will slip back and say, "When you die, I will die immediately".

But when I saw the expressions of the two of them, I trembled all over, their faces were bloodless, and they didn't look like a joke, what was going on? Could it be that the two have a misunderstanding?

Chen Laosan said that Lao Wu died a year ago. Lao Wu said that Chen Laosan died a month ago.

Maybe it's a misunderstanding, but if only one of them lied, I still believe this old Wu who I met for the first time. A month ago, it was the time when Chen Laosan went to the estuary to look for me, in fact, I always felt that his appearance was too sudden and too weird.