I asked the fat man to light a candle, and the three of them went to the nearest cave, and put the candle at the entrance of the cave, and I looked at the flame of the candle, and it went straight up, and I said to the fat man and the big gold tooth: "This hole is a dead end, there is no air flow in it, let's look at the next hole." ”

After saying that, I and the big gold tooth turned to leave, but the fat man refused to move in the same place, I turned around and asked the fat man, "Will you go?" ”

The fat man pointed to the entrance of the cave and said, "Old Hu, you sniff it with your nose, what is the smell here?" It's weird. ”

I was busy looking for the mouth of the cave with air circulation, and I didn't notice what smell, but when I saw the fat man standing at the mouth of the cave and sniffed his nose, I asked, "What smell?" The smell in this cave may be the of black butterflies, don't smell it, be careful of poisoning. ”

The fat man beckoned to me and the big gold tooth: "No, you two come and smell it, it smells so, I smell like chocolate." ”

"Chocolate?" When I heard this word with Big Gold Tooth, my unassuming stomach immediately "cooed". How can there be chocolate in this cave? I couldn't tell you why, but chocolate was so tempting for the three of us who were hungry that even the big gold tooth with only half a life left, and when I heard "chocolate", my eyes lit up, and I didn't want to go over, but my legs didn't listen to the command, and I took a few steps towards the entrance of the cave without a hint.

I sniffed and sniffed, there was no chocolate, and I said to the fat man, "Are you hungry?" Is it the scorched smell of burning rotten wood in the temple over there? ”

The fat man said, "How so? You get closer, the closer you get to the entrance of the cave, the stronger the fragrance, huh...... Fragrant and sweet. I'm cāo, is there a chocolate tree growing here? Let's go in and see if there's anything we can eat. ”

The big gold tooth also smelled it, and nodded again and again: "That's right, it's really chocolate, Master Hu, smell it, it's coming out of this hole." ”

I heard the Great Golden Tooth say the same, and thought it strange, so I took two steps closer, sniffed it with my nose in front of the entrance of the cave, and a strong smell of milk mixed with the sweetness of cocoa rushed to my head. Smelling this wonderful smell, the wounds on his body didn't seem to hurt much, his spirit doubled, his whole body was full of muscles and bones, and his limbs and bones felt comfortable, and he couldn't help but praise: "His grandmother's, it really smells so damn good, this smell is ...... It's just like ...... It's like a fucking angel's kiss. ”

The three of them could no longer hold back, holding candles into this dark cave, this cave is extremely narrow, only two meters high, three or four meters wide, the rocks in the cave are strangely shaped, like the roots of old trees, curled and convex.

The fat man, like a fat hound, sniffed with his nose as he walked ahead, looking for the source of the wonderful fragrance, and suddenly pointed with his hand to a rock in the hole: "This is where it came from." After speaking, he wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and couldn't wait to pounce on it and bite a few bites.

I put the candle on the edge of the rock, and watched with the fat man with the big gold tooth, this big stone is like a tree trunk, the appearance is brown and yellow, as if wrapped in a layer of skin pulp, there are several exposed parts are translucent, the stone is covered with broken colorful patterns, greasy and transparent, illuminated by the candlelight, the texture in the stone seems to be faintly circulating, and the rich fragrance is coming from this stone.

The fat man couldn't help but reach out and touch it, put his finger on his nose and sniffed it, and said to me and the big gold tooth: "Lao Hu, Lao Jin, when you touch your fingers, even your fingers turn into chocolate, can you eat this thing?" ”

I had never seen this wonderful stone, and I shook my head puzzled: "I dug a pit in Kunlun Mountain for several years, and I have seen all kinds of strange rocks, I think this is like a fossil of a tree trunk, and it should not be eaten." ”

Due to excessive fright, the big golden tooth who hadn't spoken for a long time suddenly said excitedly: "Master Hu, let's really send it this time, don't you see that smelling fragrant jade?" ”

The fat man had never heard of this word, and asked the big golden tooth, "What?" Isn't that too biased in singing Brother Liu's speech? ”

The big golden tooth said to the fat man: "Fat man, what you are talking about is Chang Xiangyu who sings Henan Opera, I said that this stone is Wenxiangyu, also known as Jin Xiangyu, this is a baby." ”

I asked the big gold tooth: "Jin Xiangyu, I have heard that people have eyes that do not know Jin Xiangyu, and it is difficult to find Jin Xiangyu, is it this kind of stone?" I used to say that I was a very beautiful young lady. But then again, the scent of this stone is so unique that it is not lost to any big girl. ”

I don't know if it's the effect of the wonderful smell of fragrant jade, or the big gold tooth that was originally languishing when he saw the money open, became refreshed at this time, and said to me and the fat man: "This thing is a royal secret treasure, and there have been inverted people who have poured it out in the ancient tomb." It was first seen in the Qin and Han dynasties, and it was not common among the people in ancient times, so few people knew it. This thing is infinitely useful, the drier the environment, the stronger its aroma, there was a poem to praise it: the world has not heard the flower interpretation, but now see the jade fragrance; The creation of the heavenly palace is inconceivable, and it is infinitely wonderful. I've taken a piece of it before, and it's poured out of the bucket by someone else, but it's pitifully small, and it's not as good as this one......"

When the fat man heard that this was a treasure, he hurriedly asked the big gold tooth: "How much can the old gold be worth such a big piece?" ”

The big gold tooth said: "The bigger the original stone of Wenxiang jade, the more valuable it is, and this skin is also a very precious medicinal material, I estimate that such a large piece, and look at this texture, it is definitely a top grade, at least it can be changed to an imported car." ”

I said to the big golden tooth: "Master Jin, this place is very close to the temple with a square bronze tripod, isn't this piece of fragrant jade a bright vessel?" ”

The big gold tooth thought for a moment and said to me, "No, I think this is a natural rough stone, if it weren't for a small part of the skin peeling off, we wouldn't be able to smell it at all." You can see that there is no trace of artificial excavation in this narrow hole, and the rest of the stones on the ground, like tree roots, I think these are naturally formed fossils. ”

I said, "It looks like it's ownerless, so let's take it back." I didn't expect to intentionally plant flowers and flowers that didn't bloom, and I unintentionally planted willows and willows into the shade. I was unlucky to run into an empty tomb, and I didn't pour out half of the Ming artifact, but fortunately, Master Zu opened his eyes and didn't let us be busy in vain. ”

The fat man has been waiting for my words, and bent down to pick up this piece of smelling jade, but the big gold tooth hurriedly stopped him and said to the fat man: "Don't hug it like this, we have to find something to wrap it, if only we had cotton cloth." ”

I swept around, and the fat man and I were naked, our clothes were lit up, and half of the pants of the big gold tooth were torn off by me, and of the three, he was the only one wearing a shirt that had worn out on the back.

We only had a few candles left, and we were all hungry and couldn't stay longer, or we would have to look around for any other rough stones, or some other fossils.

Seeing that the candle in my hand was half burned, I put the candle in a paper lamp, asked the big gold tooth to take off the tattered coat, wrapped the smelling jade, and the fat man carried it out of this narrow cave.

When I returned to the big cave outside, I saw that the temple dedicated to the bronze tripod with a human face had been completely burned down, and there were still some sporadic dark fires flickering in the charcoal of the ruins.

I couldn't see the surroundings clearly in the darkness, and I said to the fat man and the big gold tooth: "Just now, there were no other black canopies coming out again, but we can't conclude that they are all dead, maybe their kind was just scared away by the fire, and now that the fire is extinguished, it is likely that it will come out again, let's not delay any longer, and try to find a way to leave." ”

The fat man said: "It's a pity that the big ding, the bronze one shouldn't burn out, let's go back and eat and drink to our heart's content, and bring the guy to move it back." After pouring so many backfights, I can't bring back a piece of Ming artifact, which doesn't look good. ”

The big golden tooth said to the fat man: "Fat man, I think you are still dead in that thing, the human face is afraid that it will weigh no less than a thousand catties, the three of us are bare-handed, how can we move it." Besides, if we move back, we can't sell it, this kind of thing is a national treasure, not something that mortals can afford, only the state can collect. Let's just let it continue to sit in place, we have such a large piece of smelling jade, it is already a windfall, it is better not to cause more trouble. ”

I and the fat man both know that the big gold tooth is a profiteer, but he is an old fritter in the antique shop, what antique Ming utensils can be bought and sold, the big gold tooth has a fine account in his heart, the tripod is a head-off thing, no matter how much money is a hot potato, there is a life to get rich, no blessing to suffer, no matter how much money he makes, in the end it is also a business that loses his old book, which is definitely not cost-effective, so even if the fat man is unwilling and unwilling, he has to give up.

Relying on the memories just now, the three of us groped our way along the stone wall of the cave to the next cave entrance, and I let the fat man and the big gold tooth hold their breath, took out a small half of the candle from the paper lamp, and aimed it at the entrance of the cave to test the air flow.

As soon as the small half of the candle was held at the entrance of the cave, the flame of the candle immediately slanted diagonally in the opposite direction of the cave. I put the candle back in the paper lamp and illuminated it, and probed the hole with my hands, and I couldn't feel the air currents too obviously, but the tilt of the candle flame proved that the hole was not a dead end, and even if it was not connected to the outside, there was a huge space behind it, maybe it was a passage for those black-gilled people to go out to hunt for food, and as long as the air flowed, we had a chance to get out of these caves.

So I held a paper lamp in front of me to guide the way, and the fat man and the big gold tooth carried the smelling jade, and got into this cave, maybe the smell of fragrant jade did have a miraculous effect on the human spirit, although we were still very hungry, but we felt full of energy and clear minds. The three of them were overjoyed to get the treasure, and when they got out of the cave, they had to celebrate with great joy.

The cave is extremely tortuous, high and low, undulating, narrow and only allowed one person to pass, and when you go to the back, the cave is even more winding and steep, all of which are slopes at an angle of forty or fifty degrees.

I was walking in the cave, suddenly felt a cool cold wind blowing in my face, I had a layer of goosebumps on my body, I beckoned the fat man and the big gold tooth two to speed up the pace, as if almost to the exit, and not far forward, sure enough, the eyes lit up, it was a soil hole connected to the outside, I first put my head out, to see that there was no one left and right, the three of them climbed out with their bodies, just outside the cave, the fat man behind me suddenly said to me: "Old Hu, you have a ...... on your back" Why do you have a human face? ”