Chapter 180: The South Crawler
Looking at the back that was a little rickety, Chu Tianlu seemed to see the twilight of a hero, the tomb robber who was envied by everyone on the rivers and lakes back then has long since ceased to exist at this time!! All he saw was a helpless old man in need!!
Chu Tianlu's mood was depressed for no reason, just like he couldn't bear to see the fame that the older generation had worked so hard to build up was lost in one fell swoop. He didn't ask for the consent of the blind man Xu San, and called out impulsively: "Old Mr. Huanggu, please stay." As he spoke, the person also walked forward, leaving Xu San, who was frowning.
Hearing Chu Tianlu's scream, he hesitated for a moment, with a puzzled look on his face, he couldn't guess why Chu Tianlu would stop him at this time.
When Huang Gu turned around with an inquiring look, Chu Tianlu had already come to his side, grabbed him and said, "Uncle Huang Gu, don't be in a hurry to go, there is a reason why Uncle Xu said that." I don't think there was some misunderstanding between the two? Let's make things clear first, it's not too late to go!! ”
As soon as Chu Tianlu's words fell, Lao Huanggu actually looked at the blind Xu San with a blazing light in his eyes: "Misunderstanding? What can be misunderstood? It is nothing more than the fact that there is no tiger in the mountains, and the monkey is called the king. Lao Huanggu's voice also changed from the previous calm to a condescending one.
Chu Tianlu never expected that Lao Huanggu's attitude of not going short would change so quickly. Chu Tianlu also knew that people like him were praised everywhere, and it was not easy for him to ask for someone so humbly today. However, he also judged from Lao Huang Gu's tone and expression that this Lao Huang Gu no longer fantasized about selling the Baipi Knife in his hand.
Chu Tianlu had never seen such a battle, so he could only smile awkwardly: "What Uncle Huang said is not right, we will only worry about poor hospitality when you come, how can you have a heart of neglect!" You're worried!! ”
At this time, the blind Xu San saw that Chu Tianlu had already welcomed him back, he didn't say much, just looked at the field calmly. The blind Xu San is also an old Jianghu, and he was not angry because of the thorny words in Huang Gu's words and his attitude towards him. He knew that if he stopped Chu Tianlu now, he would probably leave a handle in the future.
After Lao Huanggu sat down again, under Xu San's instructions, the earth dog had already brewed the new tea and brought it up. He left the hall with the Iron Serpent and went to the main gate to stand sentry.
Chu Tianlu secretly speculated about his character of not going empty, he felt that this old man should be the kind of person who was straight-tempered and would not play tricks. The more you talk to such a person, the more he may think that you are lying to him.
Chu Tianlu squinted at Xu San, and saw that his brows were tightly locked, obviously he was not very satisfied with Chu Tianlu calling Lao Huanggu to stop.
During this time, none of the three people present spoke, and the atmosphere in the hall became very awkward.
"Ahem" Chu Tianlu coughed lightly and said, "Uncle Huang, I won't go around the bend!" You took such a big risk this time and took this knife to Changsha to find your second uncle, I really sincerely admire your old man.
You may not know what Uncle Xu is like, and he is not the kind of person who takes advantage of the fire to rob and fall into the well. The reason why I am wary of you is not because there is a lot of noise outside, and if you are not careful, it is easy to cause yourself to be in a place of no return.
Therefore, don't take it to heart when you are old, and take care of it a little more. After all, Chu Tianlu didn't have many opportunities to deal with the outside world, so he said all the kind words he could use, in order to ease the atmosphere in the field.
Who knows, Chu Tianlu didn't say that it was okay, this statement seemed to have touched the scales of Lao Huanggu. I saw him stand up suddenly, his expression was condensed, his eyes seemed to be flashing with gunsmoke, his brows were furrowed, and his mouth was babbling as if a volcano was about to erupt.
Lao Huang Gu was a little fast because he was emotional, and with his rich Shaanxi dialect, Chu Tianlu could only guess a rough idea. It means that he has walked on the rivers and lakes for decades and has never harmed a person. This is to take the heart of a villain and spend the belly of a gentleman. His name alone is worth tens of thousands of gold in Shaanxi. Now that I'm in Changsha, I've been criticized and so on.
Chu Tianlu also heard from his words that his knife should have nothing to do with Qinling's side. Chu Tianlu knows very well that the words spoken by these older generation of Jianghu characters are sometimes more important than their net worth and lives.
At this moment, Chu Tianlu already believed seven or eight points in his heart. However, in order to dispel the concerns of the blind Xu San, Chu Tianlu pretended to be confused and asked, "Uncle Huang, this object of yours is not a batch of the one unearthed in Qinling some time ago, right?" These are extraordinary times, can you tell you when this object was unearthed? Why are you in such a hurry now? Uncle Huang, I also know that I am violating the rules of this industry, but I sincerely hope that you can understand us. ”
After listening to Chu Tianlu's narration, Huang Gu's face turned red and white for a while, and it was obvious that he was really fighting mentally in his heart at the moment.
You know, there is an unwritten rule in the antiques industry, buyers and sellers are not allowed to ask the ins and outs of the object. If one is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell, negotiate the price and leave. It is obviously unruly for Chu Tianlu to ask such a clear question now. What's more, the person in front of him is completely the character of Taishan Beidouji in the tomb robbery world. This is undoubtedly a contempt!!
"Hey!! Housheng, this knife has been unearthed for longer than the time I have known your second uncle!! I wanted to keep it for my own collection. But there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck, my son ......"
It turned out that Huanggugan's tomb robbery industry was not confused. He followed his father and lived a life of poverty. Because his family was really poor when he was young, no one was willing to marry a girl to him, so before he became famous, he lived a single life.
If you want to say that he became famous, it has to start when he was twenty years old. By chance, he rescued an old man who was buried in the mountain to his death.
This old man is in the tomb robbery world, comparable to the existence of the legendary Jin Xiaowei "Nan Crawler", this kind of name has risen since the end of the Ming Dynasty. Because of this, Huang Gu's life trajectory has also changed.
Nan crawlers are basically in the company of immediate family members, and every time they go out to cover people's eyes, they are based on two people.
Because the southern crawlers are family-style, they are almost invisible to the outside world, and because of this, the southern crawlers are also covered with a veil of mystery from the outside world! Tomb robbing is a legendary title.
You must know that the person who is named Nan Crawler is definitely a powerful person who is proficient in astronomy and geography and feng shui. The most important thing is that each of them will have a special set of skills that are different from the others.
Take Huang Gu as an example, his housekeeping skill is "listening". As long as there is a tomb underground palace, he doesn't have to walk from above, just listen to the wind, rain, and thunder. He will be able to grasp the specific location of the tomb, and where he will let the shovel be lowered, the error will definitely not exceed two meters. His later name of "not going empty" was also derived.
Although the southern crawler is powerful, there will be special reasons to miss!! Like the old man who was rescued by Lao Huanggu, it was because his nephew was lazy in digging a thief hole, which led to the two being buried, but fortunately, the old man was close to the thief hole at that time and was found to be spared.
There are still many southern crawlers who are unwilling to pass on this craft to the next generation, so there are fewer and fewer descendants of southern crawlers, and they are almost forgotten until now.
Lao Huanggu's son was born when he was forty-three years old, and he can be regarded as an old man!! It is said that there are four great pleasures in life, the long drought is in the rain, the old acquaintance in another country, the candle night in the cave room, and the title of the gold list. At that time, Lao Huanggu got a linzi, and he was happy as if he had won four fast things at the same time. Sensei was so happy that he held the child in his hand for fear of falling, and held it in his mouth for fear of melting.
Such a precious son, of course Lao Huanggu would not let his son follow his old path.
So when his son was ten years old, Lao Huanggu brought a green glaze receptive pot made in imitation of the Tang and Song dynasties and sold it to Chu Yicai, so he washed his hands in a golden basin.
Lao Huanggu can not dry his hands because of his son, but his subordinates are all because it is too easy to get money, spending money is like running water, and they are addicted to the wine pond and meat forest all day long. This sudden loss of money, they can accept it!! You know, going out to do it once with "not going short" is no worse than robbing a bank.
So they went to his house from time to time to persuade him to return to his old business and take them to make a fortune, but they were all sent back by Huang Gu.
After coming and going, these people had more contact with Lao Huanggu's son. Through the word of mouth of these Jianghu people, Lao Huanggu's son developed a sense of admiration for his father's legendary tomb robbery history at a very young age. I also have a strong interest in tomb robbing.
In life, many things always backfire, just like Lao Huanggu, the more he is afraid that his children will come into contact with this piece, but the sky does not follow people's wishes.
No, just after his twentieth birthday, his son left a letter saying that he had gone to the Ferghana Basin with a group of people, saying that there was a big tomb there.
At that time, Lao Huanggu thought that his son was just going out with his classmates on a whim, and he didn't pay much attention to it. No, just ten days ago, one of his former children broke into his house and said that his son had an accident in the desert.
After Lao Huanggu heard the news, it was like a thunderbolt, and people were angry at that time. You know, that's the only seedling of their family!! He has been incognito all these years, and he has cut back on food and clothing for him!!
When he woke up and interrogated carefully, he learned that his son did not go by himself, but was deceived by a gang of tomb robbers. And the main characters in this gang are his previous subordinates.
Only then did Lao Huanggu know that these people were going to use his son to blackmail him into robbing the tomb.
When he came to Changsha this time, his original intention was not to sell this "Baipi knife". Instead, he wanted to seek Chu Yicai's help to help him save his child. When he learned that Chu Yicai was missing, he had the idea of selling the treasure knife to raise supplies.