Chapter 18: The Pouch
After this psychological hint, Chu Tianlu seemed to have been injected with fresh blood, and he was energetic again.
When I came to the entrance of the secret cave again, I just saw a wooden ladder thirty or forty centimeters below the secret cave by the light in the room
Ride it there. He probed it with his feet a few times, and it was quite sturdy, picked up the emergency light and went down the ladder to the secret hole.
After Chu Tianlu came down, he couldn't help but feel disappointed. He discovered that it was not a secret cave at all, it was just a basement. He didn't understand why his second uncle was so mysterious in a basement. Nowadays, it is normal for people to put bits and pieces in the basement. Even the country people have some kind of vegetable cellar or something.
The emergency lights shone around, and it was about the same size as the top, but it was much shorter. The only difference from the above is that there is a broken cabinet standing alone in the corner of the wall below, and the material is many times worse than that of the living room.
The basement has not seen light all year round, and no one has opened it for two years. The humidity here is not much heavier than outside, and there is a strong musty smell.
"Second uncle, second uncle, you are making my monk rejoice when he sees the sedan chair. Isn't this playing with people? Chu Tianlu was bitter and happy, because it was not worth it just now, and muttered with some complaints. Turn around and climb up the ladder.
After climbing two steps, he retreated and said to himself: "It's all here, and you still care about it." lest you go back and think about this broken cupboard. Next time, I don't want to come to this place again, who will I talk to if I have rheumatoid arthritis or something? ”
Chu Tianlu quickly walked over to the broken cabinet in the corner with the emergency light. He thought that there should be nothing of value here, and if there were really good things, his second uncle would never be able to put them on such a broken cabinet.
When he came closer, a musty smell rushed to his face, Chu Tianlu hurriedly held his breath, and his brows furrowed.
As the emergency light in his hand shone up and down, Chu Tianlu found that the cabinet was not locked. Disgusted, he grabbed the handle of the cabinet door with his thumb and forefinger, and opened it without a little effort.
At the moment when the cabinet door opened, a small bag appeared in Chu Tianlu's sight. This made his eyes, who had no hope, light up, and his heart couldn't help but be happy, and his heartbeat accelerated irregularly.
Chu Tianlu quickly pressed the joy in his heart, and secretly reminded himself: Don't be happy too early, if it is really an important thing, how could the second uncle put it in such a broken cabinet, and the chain is not willing to do it.
Although Chu Tianlu warned himself not to be happy too early, he was busy for a long time, and finally saw something substantial, which made him quickly pick up the small bag to find out.
It's a very ordinary pouch, not much bigger than a slap. The bag is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and the mouth of the bag is firmly tied with a cowhide band. The material is a bit like leather, and Chu Tianlu can't tell what kind of leather it is. The surface of the bag was covered with green hairs that had been moldy for a long time, and in some places they were lumpy.
There is not a hint of anything surprising about it from the outside. No matter how you look at this bag, it should be some years, and he can't help but worry about whether the contents of this bag will be destroyed by the moisture here. I couldn't help but complain about this unreliable second uncle again.
Chu Tianlu squatted down, and he didn't care if it was dirty or not, just now he was disgusted and clamped the door with two fingers, but at this time, he directly went to dust the mold on the bag.
After a while, some places really couldn't be cleaned up, so I had to give up. He shifted the emergency light forward, making it easier for him to see the direction of the cowhide band tied to the mouth of the bag.
The mouth of the bag is impermeable by the cowhide band, and it is also a dead buckle. It took Chu Tianlu a lot of effort to unravel it. As he unfastened the last button, his heartbeat began to speed up again, causing his breathing to become heavier.
Chu Tianlu didn't dare to pour out the things in one go, he was afraid that he would accidentally destroy the objects that might be rotten inside. Carefully stretch out two fingers and probe inside.
The touch of his fingertips made him happy again, because he touched a book. He guessed it should be a silk book or something. Chu Tianlu knew that a mutilated page of a silk book was already worth a fortune, not to mention that what he touched was a complete one.
Then he didn't doubt that the normal size of the silk book should not fit in this small bag.
Because of his father's relationship, Chu Tianlu came into contact with antiques very early. Although his father was reluctant to let him come into contact with them, he was naturally curious about them, and secretly read a lot of books.
And when he was a child, he often went to his father's workplace, and he naturally knew more about these things than others. It may not be much compared to an expert, but if you really use it, you can probably do it.
He quarreled with his father about it. said that with his father's relationship in the Cultural Relics Bureau, if he wanted Chu Tianlu to work in the Cultural Relics Bureau, he would definitely be able to get a job at the Cultural Relics Research Institute.
Chu Tianlu carefully grabbed the book and dragged it out little by little, but the first thing that came into his sight was a yellowed piece of paper. The paper was rather rough, a bit like the yellow paper used to pay tribute to the dead.
After much deliberation, Chu Tianlu decided to take out the yellow paper first.
It was much easier to take a piece of paper, and Chu Tianlu quickly pulled out the yellow paper. The yellow paper was not rotted by moisture as he had imagined, and it was particularly dry. It seems that this small bag is not an ordinary bag, and the moisture resistance is particularly good. This also made Chu Tianlu breathe a sigh of relief, obviously the contents of the bag were well preserved.
He didn't rush to get the contents of the bag again, but took the yellow paper and looked at it.
Seeing this, he almost didn't drop Chu Tianlu's jaw in shock.
I saw a line of traditional Chinese characters written crookedly on the yellow paper, I can't tell whether it was written with a brush or painted on it with black charcoal ash, in short, the word is not even at the level of the second grade of primary school, but it is not difficult to see that this person is very serious when he writes these words.
Chu Tianlu unconsciously followed what was written on the paper: "I swear that I will never buy fakes in the future, if I violate this agreement, I will not die well." The word is based on the signature, and the signature is Chu Yicai. ”
"Holy, second uncle. I know you're unreliable, but I didn't expect you to be so unreliable!! You take a piece of torn yellow paper, and write these words so mysteriously, are you going to be a family heirloom? Chu Tianlu was like being poured a basin of cold water on his head, and those beautiful thoughts just now were gone at this moment. As you can imagine, what is left in the bag will not be a good thing.
He casually brushed the yellow paper on the ground, picked up the bag on the ground, and poured it out as if he were angry. A crisp sound came into his ears, and Chu Tianlu glanced at it and saw that there was nothing on the ground. I thought I was rolling aside, but he didn't care. Keep pouring down. The last thing he poured out was the one he thought was a silk book.
Looking at the empty bag, Chu Tianlu felt a sense of loss for no reason, as if the spiritual pillar that supported him had suddenly been taken away, and he couldn't lift his mind at all.
"Second uncle, you still wanted me to take your place at the last moment. I'm so grateful to you. But why didn't you leave me something decent? After complaining in his heart for a while, Chu Tianlu listlessly picked up the book the size of a villain's book from the ground, and he found that the second half of the book was obviously ordered by hand.