"Chen Family Treasure!" I was so surprised that I almost cried out: "Do you think that tomb has something to do with the Chen family's treasure?" ”

"Not bad. I discussed it with Zhang Wen, and I also went to the library to check many related books, and finally thought that this possibility was very high. Bear chimed in.

"Impossible! The tomb of the Chen family should be more than 40 kilometers away from this town. I shook my head and firmly rejected their judgment.

"What is the treasure of the Chen family?" Xue Ying pinched my arm and asked curiously.

I glared at her angrily, rubbed the pinched place, and explained in a rough voice: "Lonely...... The Chen family was a wealthy family in this area during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and the old man Chen was a legendary figure at that time. It is said that he started from scratch by helping people with divination and fortune telling, and after accumulating some capital, he began to engage in speculative trading.

But the strange thing is that as long as he buys something in large quantities, it will not be long before there will be a shortage of such things, and then Old Man Chen will take the opportunity to sell it at a high price and make money. This kind of business was of course the fastest to make money, and it didn't take long for the old man to become the most famous and wealthy merchant in the area.

Then he colluded with the official squires and secretly began to lend usury and engage in smuggling and selling illicit salt. In short, he did whatever he made money, and it is said that later, he piled up all his money in the courtyard, and finally even replaced all the living room and bedroom floors in the mansion with gold. ”

"Where's the treasure?! Why do you always like to hang people's appetite when telling stories? Xue Ying interrupted me with a pout.

"A little patience, okay!" I reached out to pinch her nose in dissatisfaction, but she was sensitive enough to dodge it.

"That old immortal has done bad things for most of his life. You must know that the richer and more enjoyable people are, the more afraid of death, of course, Old Man Chen is no exception, he hopes to bring his luxurious life to another world, so he spent a huge amount of money to build a huge tomb near the ruins of Yujiao, and put a large number of valuable jewelry and antiques he looted into it.

On the day when his tomb was repaired, Old Man Chen vaguely felt that his limit had arrived, so he walked into the tomb alone, put down the thousand-year-old stone, and locked himself inside.

For more than 200 years, many people went to his grave, but everyone returned empty-handed. Gradually, the tomb of Old Man Chen was greatly exaggerated by the nearby residents, paved with a layer of mystery, and finally became the so-called treasure of the Chen family. ”

"It's weird." Xue Ying deliberately learned from the way I liked to hold my chin when I was thinking, and asked me: "Since Old Man Chen spent a lot of money to build a large tomb, he must have hired a large number of workers, which means that many people know the location of his grave." Why is it that none of the descendants can confirm the location of his tomb? Could it be that Old Man Chen killed all the people who built the tomb? ”

"Good question!" I clapped and applauded her, "Your question is worth $100,000." Three years ago, historians offered a reward of 800,000 yuan, hoping that someone would answer this question, but until now, no one seems to have unveiled the list. So they decided to extend the bounty indefinitely until they found out. ”

Xue Ying glanced at Zhang Wen and Dog Bear, who were listening to our conversation with their ears pricked up, and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Ye's curiosity is so heavy, it can't be that he hasn't investigated this strange thing, right?" I want to know what you think. ”

"When did you become so familiar with me?" I smiled bitterly and said, "But about Old Man Chen, I have indeed checked a lot of relevant information, and there are many legends about him among the people. At that time, many people were inclined to think that Old Man Chen was blessed by the gods and knew how to spell.

"Some historical sources have recorded the later descriptions of some of the migrant workers who built the tomb of the Chen family, and all of them said in unison that the night before the old man Chen entered the tomb, he gathered all the people involved and poured a bowl of sake for each person. After the migrant workers drank it, they were immediately enveloped in sleepiness and fell to the ground one by one. When I woke up the next morning, all the memories of the tomb were inexplicably gone. ”

"When you say this, I also start to believe that Old Man Chen can do spells." Xue Ying laughed confusedly.

I nodded and bluffed her, "Judging by many signs, that old immortal may really have special abilities. Stretching out my hand, I pulled Zhang Wen, who was walking in front of me and listening intently to my story, and I asked, "Since you suspect that the tomb is the treasure of the Chen family, then what evidence should have been found?" ”

"I can't hide it from you." Seeing that I actually knew so clearly about the Chen family's treasures, Bear and Zhang Wen seemed to have made up their minds to be honest with me, Zhang Wen smiled and said, "I found a decisive evidence. As he spoke, he took off his backpack and pulled out the contents and handed them to me.

It was a piece of coffin wood about thirty centimeters long, the wood should be very good, it can be seen that it has been soaked in water for a long time, and the surface has begun to rot, but the rot is not very serious.

"It should be Kusunoki." I pinched off a bit of scrap and sniffed it close to my nose, only to feel a foul smell, and I almost vomited it out of my nausea.

There was some faint inscription in the lower right corner of the fragment, and I took the flashlight to make it carefully.

"It's a 'Chen' character!" Xue Ying, who leaned over curiously, cried out in surprise.

"Yes, it's a 'Chen' character." I touched the word with my hand, but I wasn't happy at all.

Xue Ying didn't notice my face, she was so excited that she almost jumped up, "So, Zhang Wen, is it really possible that the tomb you found is the treasure of the Chen family?" ”

"That's right! I think a few of us are going to make a fortune! Zhang Wen said with a wistful face: "Think about it, how many things can you do after you have money?" I don't have to go to school anymore, I can play every day, and kill the time I can't even use up! Xiaoye, what about you, how are you going to spend it when you have money? ”

I frowned and stopped abruptly, "I'm not going, I'm going back to the dorm to sleep." ”

Xue Ying, Zhang Wen and Bear looked at me in surprise.

"Sayo, what's wrong with you?" The bear raised his voice in dissatisfaction.

I sneered and shook my head, turned around and walked back without a snort, leaving the three of them standing there stunned.

Not long after walking, someone quickly chased after him from behind, it was Xue Ying.

"Xiao Ye, what's wrong with you? Do you hate that old man Chen's personality and don't want his treasure? She panted and grabbed my arm and asked.

"How many marks did you get on your last history exam?" I asked rhetorically.

"Full marks." Xue Ying was confused again, and couldn't guess what her historical score had to do with the current events.

"Then you should know the characters of the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and the folk are accustomed to using the seal style. Hmph, but the words engraved on the coffin wood are in Song style. ”

I turned my head to look at her and slowly continued: "And the words on it don't look like they were engraved more than two hundred and sixty years ago, although they can't be seen with their eyes, but if you touch them with your hands, you can easily tell that the words should be a recent masterpiece." Because there is no sign of decay in the traces carved by the words. ”

"What do you mean...... Is this a trap deliberately arranged by someone? Xue Ying was taken aback.

"Perhaps." I said in a deep voice: "Be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship, don't you think Zhang Wen and Dog Bear are particularly restless tonight?" There's definitely something wrong with them, and even if they didn't engrave the word, they should know something. In short, I absolutely do not believe that they have no idea that the word "Chen" on the coffin wood fragment is fake! ”

"And what do they want to do?" Xue Ying thought distressedly, and suddenly stared at me with a frightened face: "Do they want to...... No, it can't be. She shook her head vigorously, as if trying to shake the thought out of her head.

"yes, what the hell are they trying to do?" I muttered to myself, not noticing Xue Ying's strange series of actions.

In the last week, there have been so many unbelievable things that have left me with a lot of incomprehensible and completely confusing questions.

The dish fairy and the disappearance of the duck, the story of Lu Ying, the cry of a baby coming from near the ancient pavilion at midnight, and the large pile of clothes I took down from the tree last night, and the school card of the junior high school boy named Zhou Jian...... All of this is flooding my brain, clogging and consuming a lot of my brain cells.

I felt as if my whole life was starting to fall apart. And the thoughts are even more entangled like an incomprehensible mess, becoming more and more chaotic......