After arriving at the Chengxi Bus Station, Qiu Shan got on a minibus and went all the way to the west. Beside the road was a vast field, and the pear trees were now bare, staggered in the bright sunlight.

After about an hour and a half, the car arrived at the county seat of Qianxian County. Qiu Shan got off the car and walked along the street, there were few pedestrians on the road, a few jujube trees on the side of the street had yellow leaves, and the sky in the distance was wide, showing a desolate taste.

Qiu Shan pondered that he would go to Qianling first, and then go back to the county seat for the night in the evening. After making up his mind, he looked around to find a taxi, but saw that the streets were empty, and there was not a single car.

Qiu Shan walked along the street all the way and stopped, and when he came to the corner of the intersection, he saw an old man in an earthy gray coat squatting on the ground on the side of the road, with a handful of dates next to him. Qiu Shan's heart moved, and he secretly thought that this old man might be a farmer in the suburbs. So he stepped forward and said to the old man with a smile: "Uncle, sell dates." ”

"Yes, the next generation, the date is sweet, ten yuan and three catties."

Qiu Shan looked at the dates in the basket, which were brown and red, tender and green, and said, "Okay, come three catties." ”

The old man pulled a plastic bag from the side, loaded a big bag of dates, weighed it on the scale, and said, "More than three catties." "Hand the bag to Qiu Shan.

Qiu Shan took the bag and said casually, "Where does the old man live?" ”

"I live in Liangshan, and I was born in a foreign country, right?"

"yes, I'm a reporter here." When Qiu Shan heard that the old man lived in Liangshan, he thought it was a coincidence, so he continued: "Uncle Guigeng this year? ”

"I said that the future life looks like a gentleman, and it turns out to be a cultural person. It's sixty-five this year. ”

"Oh, it's tough. At your age, you are full of children and grandchildren. ”

"Where's the blessing? Only the people in the house, and the broken babies all go out to do things. The old man grinned innocently, suddenly remembered something, and said: "The outsiders who come from Kaka in this corner are all looking at my aunt's mausoleum, and you have to be too?" ”

Qiu Shan heard the old man ask, and knew that the farmers near Liangshan for generations were called Wu Zetian's aunt, and the "aunt mausoleum" in the old man's mouth was naturally Qianling, so he said: "I just came to see Qianling to do some reports on cultural relics." ”

When the old man heard this, his eyes seemed to glow, and he sobbed for a long time, and said hesitantly: "In the house...... There is an ancestral baby, I don't know the goods, you are a cultural person, can you help you take a look at it, weigh it lightly? ”

Qiu Shan secretly thought, how can the ancestral treasure be easily revealed, is this old man a liar? But looking at his honest appearance, it doesn't look like a dry pit abduction and abduction, I don't know what the ancestral treasure in his mouth is? Although I have been a reporter in "National Treasure" for several years, if I talk about real appreciation, it is only the level of half a bucket of water, so I said: "Uncle, it's not that I am reluctant to work hard, but I don't know the goods, I'm afraid that I will mistake your old man." ”

When the old man heard Qiu Shan say this, his eyes dimmed, and he said: "Alas, it is also a broken baby who is not angry, there is no money to enter the door all year round, and the people in the house have been sick for several years, and they are fighting for money everywhere for the treatment of the neighborhood, and now they can't think about it, hey......" There were some tears in his cloudy eyes.

Qiu Shan heard that there was some compassion here, if the family has a surplus, who is willing to pick and sell dates on the street with an old man in his sixties? Looking at the old man's situation, most of them wanted to sell the baby to treat his wife. I happened to go to Liangshan, and I went to see it by the way, if it was a scam, I would be happy to mix it up, maybe it was still a news clue, I thought about it and said: "Uncle, I have a friend who is very knowledgeable, why don't I go to your place first to have a look, and let him estimate it then?" ”

When the old man heard Qiu Shan say this, he immediately became happy and said, "Zhong, Zhong, this will start." "Pack up and go.

After walking for a while, Qiu Shan saw that the old man had no intention of taking the car, so he asked, "Uncle, what kind of car do you have to take to your house?" ”

"You don't have to take a car, you can walk for an hour."

When Qiu Shan heard this, he wanted to walk back, and when he saw a taxi coming on the road, he hurriedly waved to stop, and said to the old man: "Take a taxi faster, save time, I still have something to do in the afternoon." ”

The old man got into the car politely, the two had a ride or not, Qiu Shan only knew that the old man's surname was Zhang, and his ancestors had lived in Liangshan for generations, and his two sons had gone to work in other places, and they had not returned for a few years, and now only he was left at home to live with his wife.

After driving for about a quarter of an hour, Zhang Laohan said, "It's here." Qiu Shan helped to carry the pick to get out of the car, and looked at it, it turned out that it had reached the foot of Liangshan, the wilderness was flat, and the mountain peaks were standing, and Liangshan had another flavor from this point of view.

"The E's family is there, close." Zhang Laohan pointed to a piece of flat land at the foot of the mountain not far away, and the hill was estimated and touched, but it was not too far away. The two walked one after the other, and walked for three or four minutes before they arrived in front of a cave. Zhang Laohan shouted at the hole where the curtain was hung: "Old woman, you are here." It turned out that Zhang Laohan and his wife lived in the cave.

Although Qiu Shan had heard of the cave for a long time, it was the first time he had seen it, and he saw that the entrance of the cave seemed to be in a loess slope, and the loess slope was so steep that it seemed to be split out of the mountain by a sharp weapon, and there were many hoe marks on it. On the left side of the cave there was a door with a curtain hanging, and a string of corn cobs was hung on the side of the door, and there was a small window on the right side, and the window was nailed with gray plastic sheeting, and a paper cut with the word "Fu" was pasted on it. A hole was broken in the corner of the plastic sheeting, revealing a few panes.

At this time, the curtain opened, and a trembling, hunched and hunched lady walked out of the cave, looking at the hills and mountains with godless eyes. Qiu Shan saw that she was about sixty years old, with gray hair, wrinkled face, sick and unenergetic, and was staring at him with vigilant eyes.

"Wife, what are you doing? Why don't you hurry up and pick up the code? Not even a place to stay. Zhang Laohan yelled at Aunt Zhang.

Seeing this, Qiu Shan hurriedly said: "No, no, just stand up." Seeing Aunt Zhang going to bring the stool, she hurriedly grabbed it and brought the stool over. Zhang Laohan put down his pick, came from the side, and the two sat down at the door of the cave. Zhang Laohan was a little embarrassed and said: "Alas, there is nothing at home, and I am at a loss." ”

Qiu Shan said: "Where are you?" You're welcome. When he raised his eyes and saw the old woman tiptoe into the cave again, he said, "Auntie is also in good health, your old man is too worried, and she will get better." ”

When Zhang Laohan heard him say this, his eyes were full of gratitude, and he said, "Come as you go, you wait first." So saying, he got up and went into the cave.

After a while, there seemed to be a sound of bickering in the cave, Qiu Shan listened with bated breath, and heard Aunt Zhang say, "...... Even if you show your open-mindedness, you won't show your face? A stab at night, a stab at a time, a stab at ......"

"Deaf or not...... Who recruited you...... What's the trick? Zhang Laohan reprimanded in a low voice.

“…… Don't live......"

“…… Stay farther away, can you survive with a pimple? ”

……

After a while, Zhang Laohan lifted the curtain and walked out with a large stack of old newspapers in his hand, which seemed to be heavy. Qiu Shan secretly paid Zhang Laohan may have made up his mind to sell the treasure a long time ago, but Aunt Zhang was reluctant.

Zhang Laohan walked to Qiu Shan and sat down, and said with an embarrassed face: "Let you see the smile, the people in the house have never seen the world, and they are a stubborn ......" said and put the stack of newspapers on his lap, pulled out the newspapers, and revealed a brick-sized burlap wrap inside. Zhang Laohan untied the knot and opened the burlap, and there was another layer of floral spun cloth wrapped inside.

Qiu Shan secretly thought that this treasure was wrapped so tightly in three layers and three layers outside, Zhang Laohan should pay special attention to it. I saw that after he opened the floral spinning cloth, there was still a layer of navy blue twill. At this time, Zhang Laohan untied the twill with a slightly trembling hand, and finally revealed a brown box the size of a book with an old-fashioned lock, the box was made of wood, not wood, gold and not gold, and there were some messy lines on it.

Zhang Laohan carefully opened the lock, opened the box, and Qiu Shan looked intently, and there was a red brick inside.

This red brick is dark red in color, no different from ordinary red bricks, and there are small gaps between the red bricks and the inner wall of the brown box. Qiu Shan looked at Zhang Laohan suspiciously, seeing that he was looking at himself with expectant eyes, and secretly thought that even if it was an ancient brick, it was really nothing unusual, it was not worth a few dollars at all, and he would not be happy with himself when he looked at Zhang Laohan, so he asked: "Uncle, this thing is very ...... Is it really an ancestral heirloom? ”

When Zhang Laohan heard him say this, he hurriedly said: "It's really passed down by the ancestors, and I have been guarding it for a lifetime, and I don't know what the use is?" The cowardly baby has no interest, and he doesn't want to pass it on, so he wants to change the money for treatment, and he doesn't want to do anything. ”

"Haven't you seen it with anyone else?"

"When I asked, they all said that this is a brick, and it is worthless. How could the ancestors pass a brick? They must have looked away. ”

Qiu Shan saw that Zhang Laohan was sincere, looked at the red brick again, and said, "Can you take it out and take a look?" ”

"This red brick lump can't be opened, it's stuck with the box, and it can't be hardened...... What do you see? ”

Qiu Shan picked it with his fingers, and the red brick really didn't move, thinking that no matter what, this is a red brick, and as for what mystery is hidden inside, it is impossible to distinguish it just like this. However, looking at Zhang Laohan's situation, it is estimated that the ancestors are not much better, and there must be no valuable treasures.

Qiu Shan thought for a while, and remembered that he had a roommate named Hu Tian in college before, and he had been engaged in archaeology since graduation, and he might be able to say one, two, three, four, so he said, "Hmm...... Otherwise, I'll take a picture of my friend, who knows better than me. ”

"No, if there's news, it's going to be spread."

Qiu Shan took out his mobile phone and took a picture of the red brick box up and down, and said to Zhang Laohan: "Uncle, you put it away first." My friend is a connoisseur, and he can see the truth. ”

"Okay." Zhang Laohan happily wrapped the box, got up and said, "Housheng, hungry?" It's late, and you can eat a bun in the house. "I went into the cave with the package.

Qiu Shan hit the west side, the sun was still early from the down, and he had to hurry up to Liangshan, so he stood up, took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and put it on the stool, and said loudly to the cave: "Uncle, I will go to Qianling first." Later, if you have to be free, you will come back to bother. ”

"Ah, what's the matter?" Zhang Laohan trotted out of the cave and said, "First eat a steamed bun to fill your stomach." Aunt Zhang followed and squeezed out the door of the cave, holding a bowl in her hand, and her eyes seemed to be a lot kinder when she looked at Qiu Shan.

"No need...... Which road is closer to Qianling? ”