That night happened to be a moonlit night, and in the late summer and early autumn, Mr. Zhao specially chose the second half of the night in order to avoid others from finding out. When the whole county fell asleep, Mr. Zhao and Xiao Tong and a group of four people, holding two shovels and two unlit torches, quietly marched into the field. It happened that in the summer, there was just a heavy rain, and a long section of the east side of the county city wall collapsed, and it was not repaired in time, so they didn't have to worry about the city gate being closed and they couldn't get out.

After the four men exited the collapsed gap, they turned north and followed the chirping mountain path to the Jewish cemetery. There are only a few graves in this cemetery, all of which belong to Jews who have lived here all year round. Although they are not new graves, Xiao Tong and the two servants still feel a little scared.

The cemetery is a Jewish cemetery, so the locals are generally familiar with the site. Because the funeral rites of Jews are very different from those in China, whenever Jews are buried, they often attract many local onlookers. Xiao Tong remembers that he had seen it three or four times when he was a child, and when he was fine, he often came to this cemetery with his friends to play, because these Jewish tombstones are very special, and they are all bent words, which are very different from our Chinese characters, and these foreign characters make them very curious.

And the Jewish tombstone, which is related to his grandmother Zhang, is very different from others. The tombstone, not only is twice as large as the tombstone of other Jews, but also engraved with a big star-shaped symbol, I heard the knowledgeable and learned people in the county town say, it is the symbol of the Jews to ward off evil spirits, because the Jew died very strangely was a strange bug, drilled into the brain, so it is believed that he was cursed by the devil, in order to let his soul get rest, only on the tombstone carved such a symbol to ward off evil spirits.

Mr. Zhao didn't speak along the way, as if he was thinking about something. Xiao Tong had a stomach full of questions that he wanted to ask him, but when he saw that Mr. Zhao was thinking about something, he could only endure not to disturb him.

When he stood in front of the grave of the Jew, Mr. Zhao carefully read the words and symbols on the stone tablet by the moonlight. He frowned, still deeply immersed in his own thoughts, Xiao Tong and the two servants, all holding their breath, stood beside them, waiting for Mr. Zhao's orders, the three of them could actually guess that this was definitely going to dig up the Jewish tomb, but what they couldn't guess was, why did Mr. Zhao do this? As we all know, there are hardly any burial goods in these Jewish tombs, so it is certainly not for the purpose of digging the graves, but for what is the purpose of that?

After Mr. Zhao looked at the tombstone for a long time, he straightened his waist, his thoughts seemed to have returned to reality, looking at the three people who stood quietly beside him and looked at him, he smiled apologetically, and then from his arms, he took out two ingots of silver that were not light, handed them to the two servants, and said: "There are two laborers, dig up the bones of this Jew, this is a little meaning, the two must accept it, because to do this kind of errand, you must have that red envelope, in order to wash away the bad luck."

The two servants couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw these two large pieces of silver, but because the master Xiao Tong was standing next to him, without the permission of the master, they did not dare to take it rashly, so they looked at Xiao Tong with an inquiring gaze at the same time.

Xiao Tong immediately understood Mr. Zhao's painstaking efforts and intentions, and couldn't help but secretly admire Mr. Zhao's sophistication and thoughtfulness. In addition, when I go back, I will reward each of you with fifty taels, and it will not be in vain for both of you to be loyal to me. ”

When the two servants heard about it, they would reward them with another fifty taels when they returned! I couldn't help but be ecstatic, this is a huge amount of money for them, to be honest, just now about the grave digging matter, these two servants are still full of reluctance, feel that this thing is disgusting, unlucky, and terrifying, but now, full of endless energy, hurriedly waved the shovel, and started to do it in full swing.

The Jews had been dead for thirty or forty years, and although the tomb had been repaired several times since, it was an old tomb, overgrown with weeds and very dilapidated. And the burial was not too deep, and the two servants quickly dug up the whole coffin after more than an hour of hard work.

Mr. Zhao hurriedly asked them to light the torches, and then walked over to take a closer look at the coffin, and found that the coffin of the Jews was made of very good materials, made of a kind of pine wood that is not easy to perish, and the wood was also specially embalmed. The whole coffin is thick and dense, and it is very resistant to corrosion and water. But in fact, in the traditional funeral tradition of the Jews, the use of coffins is not too common, and they usually bury the body directly in the earth, even if it is buried. These Jews living in China should have been more or less influenced by China in terms of funeral.

And this coffin lid is not nailed up, but through a special groove in guò, which is fastened very tightly, and there is not a single nail in the whole coffin, because it is said that the Jews believe that the nail will nail the soul of the deceased.

(When my cousin talked about this, he also made a point of emphasizing, saying that in fact, in ancient China, coffins did not use nails, but used leather strips to tie the bottom of the coffin and the lid together.) And the method of tying is also very particular: three in the horizontal direction and two in the vertical direction. The horizontal direction is long, the vertical direction is short, and we often say "three long and two short", which is how it comes from.

And also added that the material of the coffin is also very particular, and the better material for the coffin is pine and cypress, which is not only corrosion-resistant, but also represents longevity. And the most taboo is to use willow wood to make a coffin. Why? Because the willow tree does not bear seeds, it is very unlucky if the coffin is made of willow wood, and it is said that the guide zhì "absolute heir" is to cut off the children and grandchildren.

My cousin is really a scholar, and he can bring us a lot of knowledge when he talks about any topic. Mr. Zhao instructed the two servants, and after a few strokes of the shovel from different positions of the coffin, the lid of the coffin opened smoothly. When the lid of the coffin was gently ground open, the heads of the four people were pressed together to see the bones in the coffin. In the coffin, in addition to a strong musty smell and a faint stench, there was also a heavy smell of dust, and the corpse in the coffin was already white bones, except for a few strands of yellow hair on the head, there was no flesh and skin.

Xiao Tong and the two servants, when they saw this white bone, they didn't feel particularly scared except for feeling a little panicked, but the feeling of nausea and wanting to vomit was still relatively strong, especially the strong smell in the coffin, when it rushed into the nasal cavity, the stomachs of the three of them churned violently.

But Mr. Zhao seemed calm and relaxed, and there was no discomfort on his face, and he personally held the torch in his hand, approached the bones, and carefully observed it from head to toe.

Suddenly, he muttered to himself with a little excitement, "Sure enough, I guessed correctly, this Jew is just as I expected." The two servants next to him, as well as Xiao Tong, were a little confused by Mr. Zhao, and Xiao Xiao finally couldn't help asking, "Could it be that Mr. has discovered any secrets from this corpse?" ”

Mr. Zhao did not answer Xiao Tong directly, but pointed to the crotch of the corpse bone and said, "Childe, look, you see that there is a finger-sized bone between the crotch of this corpse, do you see it?" ”

As he spoke, he leaned the torch into the crotch of the corpse bone, and Xiao Tong looked at Mr. Zhao's finger, yes, between the crotch of the corpse, there was indeed a bone in the shape of a finger.

Xiao Tong still asked Mr. Zhao puzzled: "That's right, I saw it, it is a finger-like bone, but what does this mean?" Did this bone make Mr. discover something? ”

Mr. Zhao stood up straight, handed the torch to a servant next to him, and then let out a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, Childe, the purpose of our operation has been completely achieved, and the reason why we ran here in the middle of the night is to see this little bone."

Xiao Tong was even more confused. Of course, it was not only him who was confused, but also the two servants next to him.

Mr. Zhao looked at the three people with blank faces, couldn't help but smile, and continued to explain: "Do you know that there are no bones in the man's **, but the male monkey's ** does. Not only monkeys, but also donkeys, horses, cows, sheep and other males have a bone to support, but only people do not. However, there are many things in the world, there are exceptions, it is called "strange", there are very few men, ** there is also a bone, this kind of man is talented, often **abnormal, doing things between men and women, can make women fluttering and unstoppable, so that women are obsessed with him. Of course, this kind of man is rare and extremely rare, and there may not be one in a million people. It is said that Wu Zetian's two 'faces', Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, are this kind of man, and they also have such a bone in their **, which makes Wu Zetian love them a lot. In addition, Qin Wang Yingzheng's mother is very **, she likes a male pet very much, and she is also this kind of man. ”

Xiao Tong listened thoughtfully, thinking, no wonder the legend is that this Jew ** is abnormal, can make women obsessed with him, it turns out that there is such a bone in his **!

Xiao Tong originally had more critical questions to ask, but when he saw the two servants standing nearby, he held back. He felt that the fewer people who knew about certain things, the better, so he decided to ask again when he went back and was alone with Mr. Zhao.

Mr. Zhao asked the two servants to fasten the lid of the coffin, and then bury it carefully as much as possible. After the burial was completed, Mr. Zhao deliberately made some turf and covered it with the new soil that had been turned over by the grave, and Xiao Tong knew that this was to try not to let others find out that the grave had been moved.

When they were all done, there was already a faint sound of roosters crowing from the city, so the four of them hurried back, wanting to get home before dawn, so as not to be discovered. However, that question has been haunting Xiao Tong's mind: what is the connection between what Mr. Zhao did tonight and the location of the treasure to find his grandmother?