As soon as I heard that the owner of this snack bar was really "melon bag", it was better not to ask him, so I wanted to ask others again, turned my head to look around, and caught a glimpse of an old shop with half a door panel on the corner of the street, and the façade was selling groceries.

But the strange thing is that in front of the shop pù there is a small coffin-like wooden box hanging with hemp rope, and the box has taken many large lacquers, all of which are painted black, which looks old and old, and the patent leather is peeling and weathered. The more I looked, the more strange I became, and I couldn't have imagined that there was such a thing in this inconspicuous remote town. Being bumped into by me can be regarded as the creation of our "Captain Touching Gold".

I looked at the "black box" hanging in front of the store for a long time, and I saw it accurately, and I didn't expect to lose my eyes, so I turned my head and asked the bald head boss: "Let me ask you again, is the grocery store on the street state-run or individual?" ”

While busy working on the stove, the bald head boss looked up at the shop I said, and replied: "That is an individual, the old shopkeeper is called Li Shuguo, an outsider from Baoding Mansion, an old man who fights indiscriminately, he only knows how to rush the shell, he doesn't know how to do business at all, he doesn't have anything serious, what do you want to buy, it's better to go down the street, there are state-run stores." ”

As soon as I heard that the grocery store owner was from Baoding Mansion, it would not be wrong, so I thanked the bald head case, returned to Shirley Yang and the others and sat down, Shirley Yang asked me, "How is it?" What's the news? ”

I said, "No one here knows that there is a big king with no brains, but I was surprised to find ......," and I pointed to the grocery store on the corner of the street and asked everyone to look at the "black box" hanging in front of the store.

The fat man said strangely: "It's a coffin shop, who are you going to buy a coffin for, Lao Hu?" ”

Sun Jiuye said that it is definitely not a coffin model, walking around in the countryside all the year round, I have never seen such a coffin shop in the people, and how can there be a grocery store selling coffins, I don't know what is the point of hanging a wooden box at the door, is it because I am full of food?

Shirley Yang's maternal grandfather was a famous "mountain mover" during the Republic of China, and he was familiar with the doorways in the rivers and lakes and green forests, so Shirley Yang grew up overseas, but he knew the secret words of the mountains and lakes on the rivers and lakes. ”

Sun Jiuye wondered when he heard it: "Honeycomb Mountain? Keeping bees? No, you can see those holes, different sizes, different shades, no rules at all, maybe they are all poked out with knives, maybe some local custom. Don't be in a hurry to be arbitrary, it is necessary for us to respect the folk customs of the local people. ”

I said, "Professor Sun, you are really not an ordinary layman in this regard, I don't even bother to raise the bar with you, let's just talk about it, just go in and buy some things, and see if there is an old Yuanliang of Honeycomb Mountain hidden in this store." ”

The fat man actually didn't know anything, but he still didn't know how to pretend to understand, and said to Sun Jiuye: "Lu is timid, right? Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, don't think that you are an expert, and you can talk nonsense in the field of qiē. Experts and professors are not know-it-alls, so I'll learn more from the fat man in the future, and go in and open your eyes. After saying that, he took two mouthfuls of food, picked up his backpack, and came with us to the door of the old shop.

There were two people in the shop, an old man and a young man, the old one was seventy or eighty years old, and his hair and beard were gray. Holding two iron balls in his hands, he lay on the bamboo chair and was half asleep, thinking that this person was the old shopkeeper surnamed Li; There is also a young girl in her early twenties, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, very smart, with two braids hanging down on her chest, clean and neat from top to bottom, at first glance it is a local Sichuan girl, not like she has any blood relationship with the old shopkeeper, she may be a salesperson in the store. When she saw us enter the store, she immediately greeted us and asked me what I wanted to buy.

I looked left and right, although the furnishings in the store are old, but the cleaning everywhere is spotless, there is an old wooden counter, I don't know how many years it has been used, polished to a shiny finish, the most conspicuous on the cabinet is a large row of glass jars, which are filled with colorful southern sugar, as well as some local products. All kinds of goods on the shelves are stacked neatly.

I know that "Honeycomb Mountain" is also a craftsman in the seventy-two lines, and this kind of shop pù is completely different kinds of business in the open and in the dark, but if a stranger comes in directly, the owner will never do real business with you. I thought that I had to find a reason first, and it happened that I needed some miscellaneous items to go into the mountains to rob the tomb, and I had not yet done anything in a hurry, so I said to the girl, "Sister, we need to buy candles, and we also need good white paper, strings, matches, and two catties of sugar." ”

The girl understood, and immediately took out the things I wanted one by one, and the fat man next to me added for me: "I said sister, the candles should also be good, and we don't want them if they are not famous brands." ”

The girl thought that the fat man was making fun of her, and said a little angrily: "Are you a strange man?" Is there anyone who buys candles and has to look at the brand? ”

At this time, the old shopkeeper opened his eyes, rubbed the iron ball in his hand and said to the girl: "Sister, this cadre is a distinguished guest from outside, and he must not be rude." ”

I saw that the old shopkeeper woke up, and thought that the young girl was young, not like the "Honeycomb Mountain", and although the old shopkeeper was old, he was not mediocre, and he spoke well, maybe he was a big expert in the "Honeycomb Mountain", and asked at the moment: "The old shopkeeper, I plan to exchange a few licensed goods with you, I don't know if there are ready-made?" ”

The old shopkeeper said quietly: "The goods are all placed on the counter, and the guests can ask their sisters to buy what they want." ”

I thought to myself that the old shopkeeper was deliberately pretending to be stupid with me, and had the intention to use code incisions to tell him what he meant, but I just heard my grandfather Hu Guohua talk about some, mostly inverted incisions, but not very familiar with the general "Mountain Scripture Lip Dictionary", although he can say a few words, but he always can't say anything, and he can't find a suitable word for a while, but he can't ask directly, so as not to be regarded as a "layman" by the other party, so he quickly glanced at Shirley Yang and asked her to come forward to talk.

Shirley Yang nodded knowingly, stepped forward and said to the old shopkeeper as if intentionally or unintentionally: "Looking up at the high mountain, there is a gold plate on the mountain; After the gold card, the silver card is lined with bee heads. ”

The old shopkeeper opened his eyes suddenly, looked Shirley Yang up and down, and didn't seem to believe that these words could come out of her mouth, and thought that he had heard it wrong, so he immediately moved the "Mountain Classic" to ask: "A mirror and two mountains shine, reflecting the golden wind blowing all over the face; I don't know where to pass by Bee Mountain and recognize the gold and silver bee brand? ”

Shirley Yang didn't think about it, so he blurted out: "In the wind, the harrier turns with the mountain, beating the horse and whipping to drive the distance; The team is not in harmony, and the politeness is ridiculous. ”

The old shopkeeper looked even more surprised, and asked, "Up and down the mountain?" Why? ”

Shirley Yang said: "Not up or down, I want to ask for a bee box." ”

The old shopkeeper stroked his beard and nodded slightly, but he may still be a little uneasy, and continued to ask: "The bee master is good, the bee box is difficult to invite, I don't know what to do when I invite it?" ”

Shirley Yang refused to reveal his whereabouts lightly, and only said: "Tea leaves famous mountain guests, and the door welcomes guests from all over the world." They are all mountain people, so why bother asking Miao Gen. ”

I saw the old shopkeeper pat his thigh, stood up from the bamboo chair, and praised: "It makes sense, in the past few decades, I have never heard someone say so bright." Sister, please bring the distinguished guests to the back room. ”

Shirley Yang and the old shopkeeper's answer, I can still understand the general meaning, the fat man and Sun Jiuye are like falling into the fog, I don't know where it is. The fat man listened to the left ear and the right ear, but he didn't think about it, only Professor Sun was stunned and stunned on the spot, and when we all entered the back room, he heard him talk to himself behind him: "It's all black talk about mushrooms!" ”

We followed the old shopkeeper and his younger sister into the back room, behind his shop was a two-story wooden building, which was a place for daily life, but instead of leading us to the living room, he took us to the basement.

The basement is like a handmade workshop, there are four or five sand wheels in it, and the wall is full of hidden weapons such as "sleeve arrows, darts, hand nails, flying tiger claws", all kinds of equipment, everything that has not been seen has been seen, and some things we can't even name, let alone how to use them.

Professor Sun grabbed me from behind and asked what the hell was going on? What is the wooden box hanging at the entrance of the shop? What is Honeycomb Mountain? Why did you say a few black words and bring us here?

I said Ninth Master, you really should study hard, I guess you have hung up the false title of a professor, so you don't know how thick the sky is, right? People don't learn to change, so they have to live to learn all the time, one day without learning many problems, two days without learning to go downhill, three days without learning can not live, how to get in the long run?

Professor Sun said: "Don't be kidding, I don't want to eat the old book, but where can I go to these doorways?" What kind of medicine are they selling in this gourd? ”

I had to give him a brief explanation. Since ancient times, there are many forbidden deeds, so all walks of life have their own code words in the line, which is now the so-called "jargon", but interlaced lines such as mountains, in order to facilitate extensive communication, a set of general large incisions in the seventy-two lines have been produced, called "mountain scriptures".

"Honeycomb Mountain" is a craftsman who specializes in making all kinds of "pins", but these things are forbidden from ancient times, and they are more dangerous than controlled knives, and no one has ever blatantly opened a shop to sell, they are all secretly traded, and a black wooden box is hung in front of the shop, which is full of holes, which are shot out when trying the hidden weapon, hanging in front of the door, and the clear-eyed people who know how to do it, at a glance, they know that there are hidden weapons for sale in this shop, and after entering it, they can be traded and bought in jargon, if they don't understand the bureau, One is that you can't see the doorway, and the other is that no one will sell you the real thing, even if you can make more money.

I explained it to Professor Sun, and then went over to talk to the old shopkeeper. It turns out that the ancestral home of the shopkeeper Li is Baoding Mansion, Hebei Province, Baoding Mansion is a famous hometown of martial arts, and the family of the shopkeeper Li is a skillful craftsman in the "honeycomb mountain" for generations, and all kinds of ingenious equipment. After the July 7 Incident, the Sino-Japanese War broke out, and the shopkeeper Li fled into Sichuan, incognito, changed into a pseudonym, and opened an old shop to sell groceries, but he actually still wanted to do his old business.

But after the liberation of these crafts and mountain scriptures are gradually lost, in the hidden weapon has not been opened for decades to open the market, still hang the wooden box in front of the door, completely out of the "see the saddle and think of the horse, see the things and think of the people" nostalgic move, I can't imagine that there can be guests to recognize the "bee" signboard, fortunately, the guys of the year are still retained.

Our team entered Sichuan this time, except for the sapper shovel, there were no sharp weapons around them, even the paratrooper knife did not dare to bring, empty fists into the depths of Wushan to find the ancient tomb, the hands are inevitably a little thin, but it happened to see the "bee" signboard in this town, naturally to buy some worthy equipment. We picked a few things, and no one has been able to use them these years, but we just need to find some sharp weapons with blades to defend ourselves.

The old shopkeeper has "Emei thorns" here, short and sharp, all made of stainless steel, and easy to carry, so each person chose a hidden on the body, and the fat man took a fancy to the only one "Lianzhu fast crossbow", the range of this thing is not as good as a rifle, but a box of forty-two "mourning crossbows", all of which are quick arrows, which can shoot through the armor within dozens of steps, and only the skilled craftsmen in the "honeycomb mountain" can make such sharp instruments.

The fat man asked: "Old shopkeeper, your guy here is so complete, I have picked flowers in my eyes, I don't know which one is the treasure of Zhenshan?" It's good to show us what to see. ”

The old shopkeeper laughed and said: "If you want to say anything about the treasure of Zhenshan, I really dare not take it, but there is a very delicate instrument, which is the proud work of the old man's life, and it has been left here for many years to rust, it should not be its proper destination, but I don't know if you are interested in it." Deler, let's take a look first, heroes, please keep an eye on it......" As he spoke, he opened a lying box, and there was something inside, which was densely wrapped in several layers of brocade, and when he opened the brocade, I exclaimed at the same time as the fat man and Shirley Yang: "Golden steel umbrella!" ”

The "Golden Steel Umbrella" is a talisman device for touching the golden captain, when the "Elder Chen" of Wukuji Temple once passed down a handle, and was brought back from the United States by Shirley Yang, but when we went to Yunnan to steal the "Tomb of the King", it was lost. The material and craftsmanship of this umbrella are secrets, lost for a long time, and it is impossible to find someone to build a handle, I can't imagine that the shopkeeper Li has made such a piece, and I have a thought flashing in my mind: "Could it be that the old shopkeeper has also done the gold captain?" ”