Chapter 4: The Mirror

The monkey asked the guy in the restaurant to make some sobering tea for Lao Zhao to drink, and after a while, Lao Zhao became much more sober, and he spoke neatly. Seeing that Lao Zhao was almost awake, the monkey asked, "Lao Zhao, let's talk, what is the big deal with us today?" ”

Lao Zhao smiled after hearing this: "Hehe, he is worthy of being a monkey, he is clever", and waved his hand to signal me to close the doors and windows of the room tightly, and then unhurriedly took out his small pure gold pipe from his cuff.

I saw him stuffing tobacco into his pipe, and at the same time pretending to laugh deeply: "Two little brothers, this is a big deal, the things we are going to get are rare, if we can get them, we don't have to worry about eating, drinking, and Lazar in the future." ”

Saying that Lao Zhao had stuffed the tobacco with his pipe and took out a match from his pocket, the monkey immediately stepped forward to take the match in Lao Zhao's hand and said, "Let me come, let me come, you hurry up!" As he spoke, he took out a match and lit it with a clatter, and handed it to Lao Zhao, who smiled slightly, and then brought the pipe to the flame and took a few puffs in front of the monkey.

Seeing this, I also leaned over: "I said Lao Zhao, what kind of good thing makes you like this, is it so valuable?" ”

Lao Zhao took a few puffs of cigarette and said, "Hehe, this thing, priceless treasure!" ”

The monkey was shocked when he heard this: "It's so valuable, it won't be a cultural relic left by any dynasty, three years ago, we went to steal the beast head agate cup of the Tang Dynasty, fuck we went through a lot of hardships to get it, Lao Tzu didn't even touch it a few times before he was caught, fortunately you ran fast, otherwise it would be ......."

As soon as the monkey mentioned this, he only shook his head and sighed, Lao Zhao laughed again after hearing this, and patted the monkey on the shoulder: "What's the matter, I'm afraid after a few years of going in, this time the thing is different, this thing is more valuable than money!" ”

The monkey and I were both shocked when I heard this, and I was a little unconvinced: "No, there is something more valuable than money?" What is more valuable to me than money in this world is my life. ”

The monkey sneered when he heard this: "Your fucking life is worth a few dollars, don't interrupt, listen to Lao Zhao finish speaking." ”

Lao Zhao smiled, and then said: "Don't worry, it's definitely a valuable thing, but this time we are not going to steal, but to find it in the mountains!" ”

When I heard this, I was even more surprised, and I had to go into the mountains! There will be no natural treasures in this deep mountain, if there is, there is only one possibility, there must be ancient tombs. A few of us have been fishing for sticks for a living, and now the world is not good, we have indeed changed careers to become tomb robbers, but speaking of which, we have never gone down to the tomb, that is, to steal some ordinary antiques from officials who have taken bribes, to put it mildly, they are thieves, and they are not enough to the level of the three words "tomb robbers".

So I asked Lao Zhao: "I said Lao Zhao, listen to what you mean, this time we are going to rob the tomb?" We don't have any experience with tomb robbing! Lao Zhao smiled and said, "Brother Yang, don't worry, listen to me slowly!" ”

Lao Zhao continued: "It's a mirror, and I also got the news from an old monk. As he spoke, he took out a stack of very thick paper-like things from his arms, and the monkey immediately opened the things and threw them on the table, which seemed to be a map pieced together little by little, and Lao Zhao continued: "Yes, this is the map to find the mirror." ”

Then Lao Zhao told me and the monkey about the origin of the mirror and the map. Originally from three years ago after the accident of stealing the beast's head agate cup, Lao Zhao hid back to his hometown Taihuai Town, Shanxi Province, Lao Zhao believed in Buddhism since he was a child, so he often went to the Xiantong Temple on Wutai Mountain to worship, and Lao Zhao has been doing some private sales of cultural relics for many years, and has accumulated some money, so he often donates some incense money to the temple, and over time, the host of the temple and several old monks also have a certain friendship.

A host and several elders led Lao Zhao to visit the treasure pavilion in the temple, you must know that Xiantong Temple was built in the Yongping period of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, now covers an area of about 120 acres, more than 400 buildings of all kinds, the scale is huge, there is a history of more than 1,900 years, the treasures in the treasure pavilion in the temple are naturally also very valuable.

However, among the hundreds of treasures in the treasure pavilion, the first place is actually a crumpled oil paper map, at that time Lao Zhao was also puzzled and asked the host, the host said that since the temple was built, this oil paper has been placed here, this is the map to find the spirit mirror, Lao Zhao heard about the mirror for the first time from here, called the spirit mirror.

At that time, Lao Zhao also secretly wondered in his heart, a map can actually rank first among all treasures, presumably this spirit mirror must be a rare thing. According to the host, the spirit mirror was Jiang Ziya's must-have thing in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and he never left him even when he ate, slept, bathed and went to the toilet. In this way, this mirror has a history of more than 3,000 years, and it is even older than this Xiantong Temple. Later, I don't know what the reason is, the ancestor of Xiantong Temple, Master Huachen accidentally got this mirror, it is said that Master Huachen was not a monk before getting the mirror, but an ordinary farmer, and after getting the mirror, he began to devote himself to the Buddha, devoted to cultivation, and later led a group of apprentices to build this thousand-year-old temple Xiantong Temple. Later, a year before Master Huachen passed away, for some reason, he sent his disciples to hide the spirit mirror in a far away and sparsely populated place, and left a map to find the spirit mirror, and warned the disciples that the spirit mirror is a divine object, and those who are destined to embrace it will be blessed, and those who are not destined to hold it will be a disaster.

According to the map, the spirit mirror should be located on the border of Hubei, Shaanxi, and Sichuan provinces, where the Daba Mountains and the Qinling Mountains meet, and according to the marks on the map, it seems to be closer to the Daba Mountain Range. Since this area basically belongs to the primeval forest, the people who were sent by Xiantong Temple to search for the spiritual mirror, some either did not dare to go to the deep mountains, only dared to search a few times in the edge area and went back, and some dared to enter the deep mountains, but ended up with no news, so the spiritual mirror was not found for thousands of years.

Lao Zhao listened to the host's words, and he had the idea of finding a spiritual mirror. Lao Zhao thought that Xiantong Temple did his best in the name of the name, to the host to find the idea of the mirror, the host did not agree at first, after Lao Zhao's repeated words, the host finally agreed, sent Lao Zhao eight words "a qiΔ“ with the fate, no result is returned", but the original of the map can not be given to Lao Zhao, Lao Zhao used his own camera to take the whole map part by piece, and then the washed out photos are put together and glued, and finally the entire map is sealed with tape, It was sturdy and waterproof, and that's how the map I saw with the monkeys came from.

After listening to Lao Zhao for a long time, I figured it out, if we want to find the mirror, then we have to rely on this map, and even if we get to the place shown in the map, we may not be able to find it, maybe the mirror is still hidden in the depths of the ground, and then we will have to dig a hole to dig a hole in the ground, which is basically no different from robbing a tomb, for the three of us who have never been on the ground, it is simply nonsense. Thinking of this, I already had the idea of retreating from the bottom of my heart.

At this time, Lao Zhao said again: "This mirror is something more valuable than money!" When the monkey heard this, his eyes immediately changed, and he seemed to be very interested in this mirror. I'm not that rare, but to be honest, I'd love to see something more valuable than money.

The monkey asked: "I said Lao Zhao, after listening to you for a long time, this spirit mirror seems to be indeed a rare thing, but no matter how valuable it is, it must have a price." ”

Lao Zhao smiled after hearing this: "Anyway, with it, not only will we not have to worry about food and clothing in the future, but even our future generations will not be able to enjoy it!" ”

Lao Zhao took a puff of cigarette and said: "How about the two little brothers, we have sold a lot of treasures together over the years, and we have made some money, let's do it again and stop it, after the matter is completed, how about the three of us share the benefits equally?" ”

I didn't want to make this trip to the muddy waters, first, I wasn't really a tomb robber, and I didn't have the ability to go at all; Well, I don't have any pornography, gambling and drugs, and as long as I save a little money from the money I made before, it is enough for me to live the rest of my life, so I don't have to take risks.

It's just that at the moment, I can't refuse Lao Zhao directly, so I asked the monkey to see what he thinks. The monkey seemed to be a little hesitant, and just as he was thinking, he suddenly slapped the table and said, "Damn, Lao Zhao, Lao Tzu will do it with you!" ”

The monkey agreed in one bite, in fact, I am not surprised by the monkey's choice, he has been gambling since he was a child, and some of the money he made before was lost by him gambling, and he was in prison for three years, and now he not only has no money, but also looks down on others, it is not easy to even find a job, and now he is almost unable to eat, and now Lao Zhao has brought such a financial road that may become rich overnight, he will naturally not let go.

At this time, Lao Zhao looked at me again, and I felt embarrassed before I could think of a good speech, and I didn't know how to speak. Just when I hesitated, Lao Zhao said: "Brother Yang, our three brothers have been engaged in this business together for some years, which time didn't they fight side by side, do you want to quit this time?" The monkey slapped the table again when he saw that I was silent: "Fucking Yang Yexing, are you fucking going to retreat now to be worthy of me and Lao Zhao?" ”。

I scratched my head, laughed dryly and said, "I said Lao Zhao Monkey, we don't have the experience of going into the mountains and going down the ground, we don't have the ability to rob the tomb, this is not a joke!" ”

Lao Zhao laughed when he heard this: "It turns out that you are worried about this, you can rest assured, everything has me, I have not been idle in the past three years, I have learned a lot from a group of friends on the road, and I have also entered some large and small tombs, and it is not a big deal!" When the time comes, I'll do the bloody thing, and you and the monkey will help carry some luggage! Lao Zhao took a sip of tea and said: "Besides, this time we are going to hunt for treasures, not tomb robbing, who said that we must go to the ground, maybe we will find it in three or two clicks!" ”

For the next half hour, Lao Zhao kept conveying to me in the form of technical analysis that it was actually very simple to go into the mountains to find caves, and the monkey tried to win me over in the name of brotherhood, saying that if I didn't go, it would be treacherous. The two of them used it to move their affection, and it made my head big.

I had a gentle personality, but now Lao Zhao and the monkey are knocking on the side again, and I can't retreat if I want to push, so I have to reluctantly agree. But after thinking about it, maybe I can calm my inner struggle, I am in my thirties, and the little money I used to save was only enough for me to eat, drink and Lazar, and now I haven't even got a wife, anyway, now I am left alone in the family, no worries, and then go to do a vote, if it is really like Lao Zhao said, the mirror is so valuable, if we get it, the consequences will really be worry-free, and then I will marry a wife and have children, I rely on, that life is ...... When I think about this, I don't feel motivated.

The three of them finally reached an agreement, and Lao Zhao called for some drinks and side dishes, and continued to drink. Discuss what to do next while drinking. An hour later, we had decided to leave in a week, and we all went home to get ready.

At the end of the party, Lao Zhao Tiyì everyone took a group photo here, and when he returned from treasure hunting, he would have a special taste when he came back from the treasure hunt to eat and drink here, and then called the restaurant Xiao Er to take a group photo of the three of us, and the camera took three photos on the spot, one for each, and then they all went back to prepare.

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