The weather was surprisingly good that day, and the continuous rain for a week finally stopped temporarily that morning, and the dark clouds dispersed, revealing the sun that had not been seen for a long time. So even though it was five o'clock in the afternoon, it was still so bright outside.

Grandpa moved a bamboo chair and sat under an old locust tree in front of the door, took out a jade pipe, took out the tobacco from his pocket and put it down seriously, then took out a match and lit the tobacco, and comfortably leaned on the chair to swallow the clouds. The evening sun was no longer so dazzling, and the gentle evening breeze was very pleasant on my body, so I walked up to my grandfather, lit a cigarette, and asked puzzledly; "Grandpa, why do you have to use a pipe to smoke a cigarette, it's so troublesome."

Grandpa didn't open his eyes for a moment, "How can a little hairy kid like you understand the benefits of a pipe, smoke your rotten cigarettes," he said as if he was still a little puzzled, and he raised his pipe to my head.

"Don't." I hurriedly dodged it, not to mention how hot the pipe was in this high temperature, I had suffered many losses when I was a child, "Look at you, such a good pipe, what can I do if it hits my head." ”

"Hehe, you kid is clever, when you were young, you almost broke my precious pipe several times, and said that this is some kind of worthless thing, now you know."

How can I not know, since I came out of college, began to get involved in the antique business, the first time I returned home, saw this pipe, at that time I was almost shocked to jump out, this pipe was seen from a young age, at that time I only felt that the pipe carved a small double dragon is very spirited, so I always want to steal it out to show off to my friends, until I was found by my grandfather and beaten badly, I never dared to move its thoughts. I only remember that this pipe was slippery in my hand, and when I was a child, I didn't have much strength in my hand, and I almost fell several times.

I still remember that after I went back, I thought I had a little knowledge of antiques, and found that my grandfather's pipe was quite valuable, and it took me a long time to persuade my grandfather to let me sell it, but I didn't expect my grandfather's reaction to be more and more exciting, and in the end, I didn't even know where to hide it, so I couldn't see it, and after a long time, I could only give up.

"I tell you, you kid, don't beat me with this pipe again, be careful that I break your dog's legs."

"Yes, yes," I smiled, thinking, how dare I, I really want to move it, let alone my legs, my hands have to be broken, grandpa is a master of everything, this has been a lesson.

"I said grandpa, where did you get such a good thing, this thing, put it aside now, it's worth at least a few million. It's still priceless, your jade texture is too good, I've been in Panjiayuan for two or three years, and I've never seen this. ”

"Well," Grandpa said, holding up his pipe and looking at it, before he spoke, "I bought this for my life when I was young." ”

"Oh!" This old man is perfunctory to me again. "yes, yes, the meal is ready, go home and eat."

I stood up, and my grandfather took a deep breath of cigarette, and then slowly occupied it and moved his steps, but when he only took two steps forward, suddenly the whole person stood there straight, his body trembled, his whole face was full of shock, his eyes were incomparably wide, and the pipe in his hand was about to fall to the ground because of trembling.

This time, I was so scared that my heart and liver were about to pop out, and I couldn't help but hurriedly say, "I said grandpa, it's not that I picked it up quickly, this thing is falling apart, you have to be careful." ”

"Oh, huh." It seemed that he had just turned around, but he saw him waving his hand, and he couldn't pick up the baby pipe, "It's not in the way, it's not in the way." There was still a tremor in his words.

"You've seen a ghost, shaking like this."

"Uh-huh. yes, I saw a ghost. Xiaohua, look there, is there a man in a tunic coming over. Grandpa barely stretched out his trembling fingers and pointed behind me.

What the? Tunic? What age is this, how can anyone still dress like this? I hurriedly turned around and looked, "Oh, it's true, it's weird, why are people still dressed like this." ”

"Ahem, it's not that I'm dizzy."

"What? Do you know that person? ”

"Ah, well, yes. Xiaohua, you go home and prepare a few more dishes, buy some wine and come back, there are guests at home. After saying that, Grandpa walked straight to the man in the tunic not far away, and I quickly ran home to inform my father of Grandpa's instructions, and then rushed out again, I always felt that Grandpa's performance just now was too strange, and the man in the tunic was really hard to figure out.

When I ran to my grandfather's side again, the man had already stood in front of my grandfather, with a faint smile on his two shallow scar faces, his body was only a head taller than his grandfather, but I don't know why it could give people a sense of threat that he unconsciously wanted to stay away, an old tunic was clinging to his slightly thin body like armor, messy short hair was casually piled on his head, a face that was so ordinary that it couldn't be more ordinary, although it was dark, it looked very spiritual, and more importantly, his hands, At first glance, you won't notice anything, but as soon as you come back to your senses, you will realize that something is wrong, and that is that the hands are big and the fingers are long.

I looked at his hands, and unconsciously stretched out my hands to make a comparison, and indeed, his hands were extremely incompatible with normal humans. The jade wrench on his long finger is very weird on the whole.

Wait a minute! The jade in his hand and the jade of his grandfather's pipe are almost the same texture. What is the origin of this person?

"Mosquito, I haven't seen you for decades, you're so old." The man in the tunic finally spoke.

"Kuroko, it's really you." Grandpa couldn't believe his eyes.

The man in the tunic nodded.

"You...... You weren't that day? ”

"Dead? Hehe, I was just a little injured, and you were all gone at the time, and we had gone too deep, so it was a good thing to make those people think I was dead for the time being. So I haven't been in touch again. His gaze fell on me: "This man is your grandson?" ”

"Hmm."

"I didn't expect you to keep that pipe, that thing is not very lucky."

"It's nothing, I've gotten used to it over the years. But you, who have disappeared for decades, how could you suddenly appear at this time, do everyone else know? ”

"They'll know."

After hearing this, Grandpa turned his head to me. "Xiaohua, go home, we still have some things to talk about, let your dad clean up a clean house and come out."

Looking at Grandpa's tone, I don't want to go and have to go, but here I played a trick and deliberately walked slowly, and my ears didn't let go of the conversation between them at all.

After supporting me, it was my grandfather who spoke first, "Kuroko, who are you here this time?" ”

"I guess I said I came to meet you, an old friend, and you wouldn't believe it." Kuroko smiled, "There is a job next, I need someone I can trust, this time I will come to see how you are doing, and second, to see if you are willing." ”

"Kuroko, decades have passed, haven't you given up yet?"

Kuroko let out a long sigh and took out a bronze key from his pocket that could only be described as 'exaggerated'. "I used to think about giving up, but I always felt unwilling, and it wasn't until I got the key last year that I strengthened my determination to continue."

Grandpa took the key, stroked it carefully with his hand, and turned it to the back, only to see that the key was engraved with an ancient character. "So, your guess back then has finally been confirmed?"

"If you rely on this key alone, you can't be completely sure. But the letter that followed the key was enough for me to get things to the end. ”

"What letter?"

"A letter from a family that I have no memory of, and it contains only a short sentence: 'Stop pursuing the past now, or you will die without a place to be buried.'

"Heh," Grandpa took a breath of cold air, "So, even if you get this message, you still have to go on." ”

"A life without a past is incomplete, and my memory of the past is only a small part of being expelled from the family, and if I don't find out what happened, I will be full of regrets until I die."

"Well, I see, you gave me this life thirty years ago, and of course I won't say 'no' to you now."

"Thank you."

"What do those five people say?"

"I haven't contacted them yet."

"I'm afraid there will be some problems, you know, the batch of goods brought out thirty years ago is enough for a few of them to flourish since then, they are also smart people, thirty years have passed, which is not the leading figure in this society now, I am afraid it is not easy to want them to give up their current life and go into the deep mountains and old forests with me."

Kuroko nodded and looked at my house, "You didn't share a part of the batch of goods back then?" ”

Grandpa shook his head, "At the time, I thought you died for that shipment, and I decided to stay away from that life forever, so I didn't take anything." ”

"What comes from the soil, go from the soil."

"Well, where are you going this time?"

Kuroko turned sideways to look at the distant horizon,

"One hundred thousand mountains!"