Professor Chen told us that as early as the Yin Shang period, due to the threat of wars and natural disasters, the ancestors who lived in the land of China made several large-scale migrations, and one of them crossed the sea to the south and disappeared.

According to the history books, there was once a highly developed bronze civilization on the island of the coral spiral country of hating the sky, they were good at using the dragon fire on the bottom of the sea, and the Zhou Dynasty had dealings with each other, there were bottomless caves in the country, this country on the sea, it is likely that the hating heaven clan migrated from the sea from China, but after the Qin Dynasty, the relevant records of the country of hating the sky were completely gone, and they mysteriously disappeared on the sea, as if they had never existed in the world, and a qiē about them became an incomprehensible mystery. The Land of Hatred is a veritable "Land of Lost Traces".

Later, there was a Dharma Yin monk who went to the West Heaven to learn the scriptures, he returned from the sea after obtaining the scriptures, and wrote a geographical book "Buddha's Country Records" along the way, which recounted that he had heard about the ruins of hating the heavens at sea, and this record mentioned that there was a bottomless giant hole in the sea densely covered with tall coral forests, and if the boat was caught in it, no one would be able to come back alive.

I said to Professor Chen: "The bottomless pit in the sea is the sea eye of the South China Sea, which is indeed very similar to the bottomless ghost hole we saw in the desert. ”

Professor Chen said: "Don't venture into the sea eye because of a moment of rashness, the ship equipped with the Qin King's bone mirror is likely to sink in the place near the sea eye, of course, this is our best to think about the good, but also to make the worst plan, if the wreck has fallen into the sea eye, it is also the will of God, manpower can not be forced." ”

Then Professor Chen instructed one of the most important things, King Qin's bone mirror can shine on both sides, and the front is fine, but don't look at your shadow on the back of the ancient mirror. It is important to remember that Professor Chen could not explain the reason for this, but in short, according to what had happened in the past, this bone mirror seemed to be carrying some kind of curse, and whoever used the back to shine on it would be unlucky, and it stands to reason that these words should not come from the mouth of a person of Professor Chen's status, and he probably did it out of some good intentions. That's why we have to give us a reminder.

I know that Professor Chen's words must not be believed, nor can they be fully believed, just as he has said before, **, there is everything, the fool is suspicious, the head is afraid, the righteous is God, and the non-is a ghost, although the many. But because people know about it limitedly. There are many things in this world that are indeed difficult to measure with common sense. The bronze mirror that has been in the ancient tomb for more than a thousand years will inevitably have a vague atmosphere underground, which is harmful to the living, which may be like the rule of touching the gold school captain "the rooster cries and the lamp is extinguished and the gold is not touched".

A few days later, Uncle Ming, who was in the most serious condition, finally recovered, and he took me and the fat man and the big gold tooth. A group of people traveled lightly, through the relationship between Guò and his sea route in Hong Kong, using a smuggling boat to transport us to the Coral Temple, the Coral Temple was originally a nameless island, because there is a cliff in the south of the island, the cliff is an ancient coral temple site, the legend is the historic site of Zheng He when he went down to the west, so the guests who come and go by sea are named after this temple.

Coral Temple Island is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and coconut groves are swaying. A southern scenery, the air is filled with an indescribable breath of the sea, the fishing village under the cliff is deep and blue, there is no noise of cars and horses, there is a rare natural wonder on the island Tamsui Bay, separated from the sea by a stone, the water quality is clear and sweet, it can draw sufficient fresh water for the seafaring ships, it is not only the only way to go out to sea to enter the coral spiral, but also the last supply point at sea.

This small fishing village of dozens of families on the island, the living conditions are primitive and backward, the fishermen rely on the sea to eat the sea, in addition to fishing and pearl diving, they also hold the antique and old goods salvaged in the nearby sea area for sale, some antique dealers and collectors along the coast buy and trade here all the year round, a variety of currencies can be circulated, the dollar is the hardest, there are constantly speculative adventurers and salvage teams on this island to try their luck, you can often hear the rumors that someone has received rare treasures, over time, Coral Temple Island has formed a black market hanging on the sea, Yiran is a country of alienation.

This island is close to the route with the reputation of the ancient maritime Silk Road, and there are many shipwrecks in the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

The fishermen also fished up a variety of things, including porcelain, blades, spices, wood, ancient coins, statues, glassware full of Islamic style, as well as unopened old wine fished out of the shipwreck, and antiquities that even those of us connoisseurs could not see the age style, and even the brand-name rotten leather shoes that were picked off the feet of dead people on the beach, and the treasures in the ancient tomb were called "Ming Vessels", and the things fished out of the sea also had nouns, which were collectively called "Qingtou" in folk jargon, and Qingtou trading was called "connecting Qingtou". As long as there is a Chinese circle, this kind of jargon is all popular, doing this kind of green head business is similar to the antique business, the most important thing is to know the line, no one wants to do your business if you don't know the line, how to call it knowledge? Knowing the jargon and understanding the rules of the industry are the most basic.

I and the big gold tooth, the fat man has never been in contact with the green head goods, all have an eye-opening feeling, but Uncle Ming told us that the goods traded on this island, although there are not many fakes, but they are all sunk on the bottom of the sea for a long time, erosion and damage are very common, or not a big price, it is difficult to see the real thing in good condition, unless it is a big luck to catch up, but that opportunity is too few, there are many people who specialize in eating this bowl of rice for a living here every day to stare here, once there are fishermen to catch a better green head, it will be taken away immediately, If you're not lucky enough to see each other, you'll have to ask about the rumors afterwards and learn from the lessons to prepare for the next opportunity.

According to the plan we were to stay at the Coral Temple for a while, to prepare for the sea, and then we would not start to move until we met with Shinley Yang, so we found a fisherman in the fishing village who could stay with us, negotiated the price with him, and then walked around the island, and it was still early in the morning, so we found an open tavern with some beer to quench our thirst.

This tavern is actually a long counter made of old wooden boxes, all the seats are also open-air wooden boxes, hanging ropes on both sides, drying dried fish, in addition to a variety of drinks on the counter, there are a variety of "green heads", people who come back from business and going to sea every day at dusk will come here to have a few drinks and chat about the news, but the day is very deserted, the boss is a middle-aged man surnamed Wu, because his leg is lame, the locals call him "Breaking Wu", he looks black and stocky, At first glance, he looks like a sea wolf who deals with wind and waves all year round.

Breaking Wu is Chinese, his ancestors had been in the former Qingshui Division Camp to listen to errands, to the Republic of China period, began to do no capital trading at sea, this business passed to the Breaking Wu generation, he was shot in the leg and fell disabled, became a "broken guy", had to live in the Coral Temple to sell wine for a living, but this is only a superficial business, he is mainly for outsiders to peddle all kinds of goods, this island has nothing, he can get from special channels.

The little boss who broke his leg saw that his compatriots in China came, and he was very enthusiastic, and as soon as I sat down and drank two sips of beer, he came over and asked me if I had been a soldier?

After 10 years of military career, the habit of sitting and walking has penetrated into the blood, and it is impossible to conceal it, so I had to tell him the truth, I joined the army in the winter of 1969, and I am a veteran of 69 years.

When he heard this, he was solemnly respected: "Oh, that's a ** soldier, disrespectful and disrespectful, you don't have to see me when you come to drink here, these drinks are considered my treat, although you have a good drink." ”

I wonder, even if I have been a soldier for ** and fought for Lord Deng, I have nothing to do with you, an overseas fisherman, can I invite us to drink? There's no sweat medicine in this beer, right? It wasn't until he introduced his own experience and business that it dawned on me that the tavern owner was the same profiteer as the big gold tooth, and wanted to talk to us about business.

Uncle Ming has been running a boat for half his life, and he is also a black and white business, and he is also a senior of breaking martial arts, and after a little temptation, he knows that there are experts in our group, and they are all understanding people, so he doesn't dare to have reservations, otherwise don't want to have business to talk about.

However, I still didn't want to make a noise, so I only told him that our group of people had lost money in doing business in China, and wanted to go to sea to catch some green heads to try their luck. ”

I glanced at the big gold tooth, look at how righteous this martial arts is, but we have not been doing this business for a day and a half, this set of words close to the chest hair, said definitely higher than his righteousness, the level of this martial arts is really lacking a little bit of fire, but think about it, how can the black market on the island have the depth of Panjiayuan, but since it is taken out, let's look at the goods first, if there is really a good thing, then there is no reason not to accept it.

Because in the past, we rarely set foot in this part of the business in Panjiayuan, so we were very interested in the green head goods, and immediately only cared about the green head, and threw it behind in advance.