Chapter 50: The Murals
The sudden opening of the door really scared us. As soon as the door opened, a thin old man entered. Who is this old man, I see that he is wearing a blue cloth shirt and a red armcloth on his arm, it seems that he should be a watchman.
"What are you doing, whether you are stealing or not, come to me, and I will see if you are stealing." What can we steal from you, old man, besides, what do you have here to steal?
"Hello, I'm Captain Yu of the archaeological team, who came here to look for cultural relics to be protected, the murals here are very valuable, we will send someone to protect this place later." After saying that, my uncle actually took out a document from his pocket and handed it to the old man. The old man took the papers, put on his reading glasses, looked at them a few times, and handed them over again.
"I thought you were thieves, it turned out to be an archaeological team, you see it well, this was originally a Taoist temple, and it has been a few years, but seven or eight years ago, the Taoist temple also yellowed, and now this is a warehouse, you can protect it if you want to, just don't spoil our things here." After saying that, the old man wanted to go out again.
"Old comrade, do you know that there was an old Taoist priest here, do you know where he has gone now." The old man looked back at us.
"I really know that. After the Taoist temple was stripped off, the old bull-nosed Taoist said that he was going to Panlong Cave, and he never came back. After the old man said these words, he left without looking back, it seems that all the clues point to this Panlong Cave, it seems that the destination of our trip is this Panlong Cave.
"Uncle, do you know where this Panlong Cave is, how are we going to get there?"
"Well, I just heard my father say that place, it should be in the mountains near here, but where is the specific place, we have to find it ourselves, but I feel that the old man just now must know something, otherwise he would not be able to say the three words of Panlong Cave so naturally, the local people in the vicinity should not have heard of this place, if he can say it, he must know the clue." Xiaoyu, you go and buy some gifts for the old man, you should be able to get out of his words, the rest of you go back to the hotel to rest first, and if you have a clue, let's go immediately. ”
My uncle and I went to a nearby store to buy some fruit and pastries, and my uncle bought a roast chicken, two bottles of Erguotou, and some lo-mei, and with these, we began to inquire about the old man's residence. After searching for a long time, we found the old man in a dilapidated bungalow. The old man was sweeping the floor with a broom.
"Yo, here, I knew you had to come to me, you came to ask about Panlong Cave, it's okay, you know something, you didn't come empty-handed. Come on, let's go inside. "We went into the old man's hut, although it was small, but it was still very clean, and the old man usually did not clean up.
We set the table and ate and talked. The old man opened up the conversation and told us about the past.
"Don't think I'm an old fool in my sixties, what are you here for, what archaeological team, it's all a disguise, you are here for that dragon lock, you are all fighting the idea of that thing." What did this old man say, it seems that it should be the treasure we are looking for this time, but what kind of thing is this dragon lock, my uncle can take a fancy to it, it must be a treasure.
"Old man, you all know what we're looking for, and you're afraid it's not a fighter." The old man glanced at my uncle.
"You're not an archaeologist, so how can I be a watchman. Lao Tzu turned out to be the eldest disciple of Daoist Zhao in this Taoist temple. Later, he was expelled from the sect by my master because of his crime, and when he left a few years ago, he came to me again, saying that I should be optimistic about the remaining houses of this temple, and he himself was going to Panlong Cave to guard something. He is free to go, I can only play on the side for the sake of life, this time you are here, I must get this old miscellaneous hair out, and count him well. ”
"I said that you are also very tough, old man, let you look at it, you can watch, you are still really obedient."
"The bastard just wanted to listen to him, if it weren't for Lao Tzu's handle in his hands, Lao Tzu would have run away a long time ago, even if this old miscellaneous hair was alive, he would be almost a hundred years old, and he didn't know if he was still alive. This time I'll go with you to look for it, and I'll turn it out for him even when it's in the ground. "Looking at the old man's angry appearance, it seems that he has been angry all these years.
"Do you know where the Panlong Cave is?"
"I don't know, but I've asked me to guard the few remaining houses, and I think I'll be able to find some clues from them."
"By the way, old man, what trick did you get caught by the old man and swept you out of the house."
"There's nothing, I'll declare first, I'm not lustful, but greedy for money, but take a little bit, the Taoist incense is still very good, I just secretly took a little to gamble, and didn't take much, only to take ninety percent, I wanted to win some to buy a building for my master, but I met a fisherman, the money is not only with the light, but also owes a lot of foreign debts. Later, my master was forced to mortgage the property rights of the Taoist temple. Otherwise, the Taoist temple would not have been uprooted and built a house. In a fit of rage, my master swept me out of the house. ”
This old man is still an old gambler, so he swept the floor out, if I were his master, I would have to beat him to death, this old thing seems to be very reasonable, and it is really shameless and limitless.
"Old man, we're almost done eating, let's go and watch it, maybe we can find some clues." We didn't eat it at the moment, but we wanted to see what was in the house. When we arrived at the Taoist temple, we still arrived in front of the mural, and my uncle activated the mechanism again, and a few big characters of this treasure appeared on the wall. My uncle searched for it several times, but still didn't have any clues. At this time, the old man seemed to think of something, and came to us again.
"I didn't show that there was a mechanism behind this before, but this mural is actually not such a hole, this mural has fallen into disrepair for a long time, and a lot of colors have fallen off. If the words behind him say that this treasure is in the Panlong Cave, if I remember correctly, this painting turned out to be not only Taoist priests and monsters, but also a lot of twists and turns, and a few red dots, I saw this thing when I was a child like a map. I went to my master and told me about the map, but my master told me not to ask questions, and then one day I was relieved that my master took a knife and got the paint off the mural, and the next day I saw that the line on the mural had disappeared and only changed to what it is now. ”
"According to you, this should have been a hidden map, but now we don't know what it is. What can I do? My uncle looked down and thought about it, and the old man sighed helplessly, it seemed that it was impossible to make him remember what the original pattern was.
My uncle thought for a while, and took out a very small glass bottle from his backpack, which contained some blue powder.
"That's all there is left, I hope this thing will be useful. Daddy, it's up to you to leave this thing behind. "My uncle took out a small bowl, put water in it, poured a little blue powder into the water, and after my uncle mixed the water evenly, he evenly applied it to the mural. At this time, my uncle took out a very thick incense stick and lit it, and at this time a green smoke came out. The combination of the green smoke and the blue water on the walls seems to have made some changes. Gradually, the mural on the wall, which was still very unclear just now, began to become clearer, although the original color could not be seen, but it could also be seen that lines appeared on it.
"Xiaoyu, don't be stunned, doesn't your mobile phone have a license plate, hurry up and take two photos, do you want my big brother to take pictures." I quickly took a few clear photos with my phone, and just after the shoot, I noticed that the hazy shadows on the mural were beginning to disappear.
"Uncle, what are you, so amazing."
"Hehe, this is magic, it's science, you can't understand this IQ. Now that we have a map, pack up and set off early tomorrow morning. ”