Chapter 22: Pan Haigen's Memories
As Pan Haigen narrates, it is as if time is beginning to turn back.
He said that he met my uncle more than ten years ago.
That time, he got a bronze pot from the Western Zhou Dynasty, which he regarded as a treasure, so he wanted to contact overseas buyers and sell it for a good price.
At that time, after seeing the goods, Lu Feng did not hesitate to give Pan Haigen a relatively high price, Pan Haigen was unexpectedly surprised, so he also made a quick move.
After that, Lu Feng occasionally contacted him to receive some goods, and his reputation has always been very good, and the two sides have slowly become familiar with him. Later, after a long time, Lu Feng sometimes proposed to Pan Haigen that he wanted something so-and-so, and also told Pan Haigen the origin and location of that thing, and then asked him to pick it up.
Pan Haigen naturally will not let go of such a good thing, and those who do this business will have to take a lot of risks, go around to explore the grave, and find a suitable buyer. And this Lu Feng not only made a request in advance, set a good price, but also mentioned the tomb site and some related matters one by one, which is like going to the bank to withdraw money for Pan Haigen.
In just over a year, Pan Haigen's family background has become thicker, and there are more and more partners, he is very grateful to Lu Feng, he always feels that if he didn't know Lu Feng, although he has a skill, it is difficult to stand out in this industry. Because he is actually just a wild man, not only does he not have any inheritance in the old nine gates, but he doesn't even have a master, relying on a hoe and a shovel to get to this point, it is not easy to get to this point.
Since then, the relationship between the two has become closer and closer, but Lu Feng has less and less time to do things with him, and he began to wonder if Lu Feng has found another partner. But at this time, Lu Feng came to the door again, saying that the wealthy businessman from abroad had recently changed his taste and had some exciting fun, so he wanted to ask him to go out in person, and the two of them would go to a few very top-secret places to do another vote.
At that time, Pan Haigen heard about those places, but he had never heard of them, but he was invited by an old friend, and it was impossible not to go, not to mention that there was a generous honorarium, and he received the goods at the price after the fact, where to find this good thing?
So Lu Feng joined his team, and the team at that time was also equipped with five people, Pan Haigen, Da Kui, Zhang Ye, but there was no Ah Sheng, but another guy, plus Lu Feng, just a five-person elite team, and set off to hunt for treasures.
It's just that the places where Lu Feng asked to go these times are very dangerous, either the desert outside the plug, or the deep mountains and old forests, or the underground karst caves, not only the living environment is extremely bad, but all kinds of strange creatures are endless.
Pan Haigen wondered at that time, such a place doesn't even have ghosts, there will be ancient tombs?
But out of trust in Lu Feng and long-term friendship, he still did it, but every time the result surprised him, although these places Lu Feng was looking for, although they were inaccessible and extremely strange, but every time there were amazing gains and discoveries.
In this way, several people went on adventures and formed a deep friendship with each other, until the last operation, which changed.
Pan Haigen's narration finally returned to this piece of ancient jade, I subconsciously touched the box in my arms, thinking that the Lu Feng he talked about must be my uncle, but I really never knew that the monk I had met once when I was a child actually had such an experience.
Pan Heigan didn't seem to notice my reaction, he fixed his eyes on the oil lamp, and slowly continued to speak.
He said that that time, as before, they went to visit an ancient tomb and got a lot of good things, and when they were leaving, they accidentally got an ancient parchment scroll, on which many strange characters and symbols were drawn, and at the same time, they found a strangely shaped burial jade.
But a few people who have never missed many adventures, this time when they received the map, there was an abnormality, and I don't know where the mechanism was touched, the stone platform where the map was placed suddenly flipped, and the person who received the map fell before he could react, and in a hurry, he only threw the map out, and the person disappeared, and then there was only a scream, and there was no sound.
Several people were taken aback and stepped forward to check, but the stone platform was as calm as ever, and there was no abnormality anymore.
Lu Feng didn't know where to find the mechanism, and opened it again, only to see that there was a pit under the stone platform, and countless sharp spears were up, and the guy was already dead and couldn't die anymore.
Pan Haigen knew that something was wrong, and immediately retreated, and after the men returned, they began to study the parchment scroll, and it took several months to crack the secret together and draw a simple map by hand. But just when everyone was about to follow the map and continue to explore the tomb and search for treasures, Lu Feng suddenly disappeared with the ancient jade.
Pan Haigen thought that Lu Feng wanted to swallow the treasure alone, so he immediately searched for his whereabouts and investigated his details.
At this time, Pan Haigen was a little dumbfounded, because every time Lu Feng paid money, it was true, if Lu Feng said that the rich foreign businessmen did not save zài at all, where did he get the money?
Besides, if Lu Feng really had so much money, why did he venture around with him to visit the grave?
By the way, the word tomb finder was also invented by Lu Feng, he said, although the tomb has an owner, but the owner is no longer there, so it should not be stolen, not to mention that there are many tombs in the world, which are ownerless, and it should be more accurate and more elegant to use tomb visiting.
Later, Pan Haigen did not give up, and still insisted on searching for a long time, but in the end he found nothing and had to give up, and his initial idea of finding Lu Feng to ask about it gradually faded, because he suddenly figured out that his wealth and a qiē over the years were given by Lu Feng, and saying that he wanted to swallow that treasure alone was a joke in itself.
As a result, Pan Haigen no longer engaged in this business, but started a shop in a decent manner, and opened a Chinese antique shop, in fact, he was still mixed in the industry, but from the lowest tomb robbery to the second dealer.
And just a few days ago, he suddenly received an unsigned letter, and the tone of the letter was Lu Feng, who had been missing for many years. In the letter, he asked Pan Haigen to continue the plan he had made ten years ago and to go to the treasure hidden in the map.
But there is another key point in this plan.
When Pan Haigen said this, his voice suddenly stopped, and I was listening attentively, and when I saw that he was no longer talking, I was stunned and asked, "What's the key, why don't you say it......"
Pan Haigen looked at me, smiled silently, I suddenly remembered what Pan Haigen said before, this key point, it seems to be me, but why I am the key, but I have never explained.
Also, he said that he came here because he was entrusted by his uncle, but since the two have not been in touch for ten years, and they have the previous mustard, why did Pan Haigen just rely on a letter from his uncle, so obediently gather his buddies, go all the way, not afraid of life and death, and come to such a ghost place?
And in his words just now, he didn't even mention half a word about the Black Water Demon Cave.
I stared at him closely, my heart was full of doubts, and I was about to open my mouth to ask carefully, when Pan Haigen suddenly stood up, reached out and took a silver ancient mirror that was quite old on the table, looked at it and said, "This thing is well preserved, and it can be worth a few dollars if you take it out......"
Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and I suddenly realized that they should be back, and as soon as I stood up, a voice came to my ears.
"Put it down."
I couldn't help but be stunned, and then I saw that the young man and Zhang Ye had already come in, and the two of them were riding a simple stretcher made of ropes, and Da Kui, who had been missing for a long time, was lying on it.
The two walked into the room, their hands were released, and Da Kui lay on the ground straight and motionless.
I didn't expect them to really get Da Kui back, but I didn't know if I was alive or dead, I hurriedly stepped forward to take a look, but I saw Da Kui lying there, his eyes closed, his face was as usual, his chest was slightly undulating, and he listened carefully, as if he was still snoring!
I was dumbfounded, this guy ...... Still asleep?
I was surprised and wanted to ask what happened, but the young man stared at Pan Haigen since he came back, and at this time pointed to the ancient mirror in his hand and said, "Put it down, who told you to mess with the things here?" ”
Pan Haigen was also stunned, then laughed, put the mirror back in its place, and said, "I'm just on a whim, just take a look, don't mind." Da Kui ...... How is he? ”
Zhang Ye said with some excitement: "It seems that there is nothing wrong, we found him on the edge of a swamp, and when we found him, he was like this, and he couldn't wake up, so we carried him back." ”
After saying this, he thought for a while and added: "It's really thanks to this brother." ”
The young man slowly looked away from Pan Haigen, looked at Da Kui and Ah Sheng, and suddenly stretched out his hand, took out a few black fruits the size of lotus seeds out of nowhere, and said to me and Zhang Ye, "Feed them, and they will be fine tomorrow morning." ”
The two of us took it separately, I subconsciously looked up outside, but I don't know when it was already a little white, looked at the time, it turned out to be more than four o'clock in the morning.
When the young man had finished speaking, he stopped talking, went to the table, grabbed the mirror, and stuffed it into his bag, and then picked up a few things and put them in his bag, and then said to us, "Tomorrow they are all right, and you can leave." It's best not to come back in the future, this place is not as simple as you think. ”
Pan Haigen had been watching with interest as he stuffed things into his bag, and when he heard him say this, he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, we'll leave at dawn and never bother." However, you have helped us a lot, and I would like to ask for your honorable name, and I will thank you for the opportunity in the future. ”
He said coldly: "You don't have to have a name, you don't have to thank me, you can just leave if you are willing to leave." ”
I looked at him, and a thought suddenly flashed through my mind, so I asked him, "Let's leave, what about you?" Where are you going? ”
He stared at me with a strange expression, and was speechless for a while, I was a little hairy by him, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "You ...... at will."
He withdrew his gaze, leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and never looked at us again.