Chapter 9: The Treasure Bowl
Grandpa glanced at the bronze pillar and said, "The dragon's whiskers have been removed, there should be no danger in this place, I see that there are a lot of hidden compartments in the copper pillar, there must be something placed, I have to explore it first." After a pause, thinking of Qiu Da's stunned death, grandpa felt guilty and sighed: "This is my Chen family's business, in case there is a change, you can go first and wait for me outside." ”
Ma Popi sighed: "Things have come to this point, how can I leave my brother behind, finish the business first, and go back together." The two have been friends for many years, and grandpa knows that Ma Popi is righteous, and it is just a waste of time to persuade him at the moment, so he nodded and climbed into the copper pillar to look through the dark grids.
The role of this dark grid, somewhat similar to the burial compartment around the coffin, placed are all funeral goods, many of them are treasures from abroad at that time, but the number is not very much, grandpa checked one by one, although the culture of the ancient mourning prison gradually met, but about the clues of the tomb of the giant ear king, but did not find the slightest.
At this moment, one of the dark compartments caught Grandpa's attention.
The dark compartment was an open-pull type, and there was a simple painting on the small copper door, which depicted a bewitching woman riding on the back of a strange elephant. I saw that the elephant had two ears hanging down his shoulders, and there was a face in each of his two eyes, one was the face of a demon, with teeth and claws, as if to jump out of the eyeballs, and the other was a human face with a golden mask and a majestic expression, which should symbolize the gods.
Although the door is small, but the adult is the size of a palm, but the painting on it is extremely exquisite, because this vertical cave tomb is well sealed, the gold painting on it does not fall off, the painting is vivid, but unfortunately, the treasure elephant queen is sideways, so I can't see what the face looks like. However, one of the details that attracted the attention of the grandfather was the head of the big-eared elephant, with a golden hoop on a round pedestal, and on top of the golden hoop, sat in this inconspicuous small bowl, and a burst of black smoke came out of the bowl, revealing an ominous feeling.
Grandpa had a hunch that this dark grid might have what he wanted.
Immediately afterwards, he opened the secret compartment, and found in it an inconspicuous-looking pottery bowl the size of an adult's palm, and at the bottom of the bowl there were some things that looked like pictures and words.
Grandpa was stunned for a moment, took out the bowl and compared it with the pattern on the dark grid, and felt a sudden shock in his heart: Could it be that this bowl is the bowl on the head of the giant eared elephant? But what about the black smoke coming out of the bowl?
At this time, the entire copper pillar has been checked, except for a slight harvest from this bowl, the rest has not been gained, grandpa sighed, can only return.
However, what Grandpa didn't expect was that it was not only the three of them who went out this time, but there was also a strange thing that also left with them.
Seeing this, I finally realized that the bowl that my grandfather used to use as an oil lamp was actually made from the bronze coffin of the Queen of Treasure Elephants.
Black smoke in the bowl?
That bowl came to my house for about four or five years, and I often lit it with lamp oil, and I didn't see it emitting black smoke. Could it be the imagination and apocryphal of the ancients?
Or is there really something strange about this bowl?
What did Grandpa mean by the weird thing that left with them?
I took a deep breath and was about to continue looking down, when Tofu suddenly ran down and said, "Old Chen, Uncle Ge told us to eat." "When I looked at my watch, I realized that it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. People in the village generally eat late, breakfast at about nine o'clock, lunch at about two o'clock, and dinner at about eight o'clock, mainly because of the lot of farm work.
I nodded, but I could only stop and look at it first, and after thinking that it would not be convenient to take this note out, I put the notebook back in the drawer and waited for the afternoon to come back.
Seeing my solemn expression, Tofu asked, "What did you find?" Then, he gestured to the coffin next to him with his eyes, and said carefully: "What is in there?" ”
I shook my head and said that I didn't know for the time being, and while walking, I told Tofu the content of the notes in a few words. ”
I was not angry and said, "First, my grandfather didn't want me to eat this bowl of rice, and second, he disappeared when I was fourteen years old. ”
Tofu touched his chin, looked very disappointed, and said: "If you have this unique skill, you can't fight one day, you are bankrupt again, we can still go to the street to perform." ”
I was so angry that I said, "You crow's mouth, can you say something nice, our store has been open for less than two months, and you are going bankrupt with me?" Believe it or not, I'll go back to Uncle Ge's house and cut out your tongue with a kitchen knife? Tofu shrank his neck in fright and said, "Don't be so irritable, let others see it, and think I'm what's wrong with you, I just want to ask, doesn't your grandfather have a notebook?" Since there is Yang Fang's Hope Qi Tomb Technique above, is it possible that there is no Bai Laosi's Flying Knife Technique? ”
I was stunned, looked at the tofu, couldn't help but pat his head, and said, "You finally said something useful." "That's right, there is indeed a section in the notebook about how to practice throwing knives, which is recorded in classical Chinese, I took a cursory look at it before, and I thought that the throwing knives were outdated things, so I didn't care much. But these two mushroom digging experiences have made me deeply understand that in the bucket, the gun is nothing, and at the critical moment, it has to be a cold weapon. ‘
Perhaps, I should try to learn.
Of course, the flying knife thing, it takes a long time to practice, and it is not something that can be learned quickly, I pressed this idea in my heart, and was ready to figure out the things in front of me first, and when I returned to Shenzhen, I ordered two small flying knives to practice at home. Thinking so, he has already entered Uncle Ge's house. Uncle Ji is a warm-hearted person, used to be a neighbor when he often took care of us, killed two local chickens for lunch and stewed a pot, simmered hot on the charcoal stove, uncovered the lid of the pot, suddenly a burst of aroma, the meat fragrance is strong, and the taste of the feed chicken we usually buy is very different.
I was digging earth and stones with Tofu, and I was hungry at this time, gossiping with Uncle Ge while shaking off my cheeks with Tofu to eat. Tofu was holding chicken wings happily, so he heard Uncle Ge sigh and said to me: "Xiao Xuan, you are a promising person, looking at this style is different from our mountain people, alas, I think when you were young, you were blind with the torturers in the village all day long, if your grandfather saw your current appearance, he would definitely be pleased." ”
I saw Uncle Ge suddenly sigh with such emotion, as if something was wrong, and couldn't help but say: "Uncle Ge, no matter what life is, I am also Chen Hang, what is not magnificent, I am running all over the ground with my bare stomach, you haven't seen it, don't say this to tease me." When Uncle Ge heard this, he laughed, his face was full of relief, and said: "You can't forget your roots, Old Man Chen taught a good grandson." ”
Tofu held the chicken leg in his mouth and muttered in a low voice: "Of course he hasn't forgotten his roots, now he doesn't inherit his father's business, and his grandson inherits his grandfather's business." Fortunately, Uncle Ge didn't hear it, I smiled, remained silent, and stepped on the tofu below, and his chicken wings fell to the ground in pain, and the big black dog of Uncle Ge's family next to him rushed out and ran away with it.
"Chicken wings, my chicken wings, dog, I'm going to slaughter you." Tofu ran out angrily to chase the dog, my face was lost by him, and I looked at Uncle Ge and Sister-in-law in embarrassment, and after a while, explained: "He had a high fever when he was a child, well, his brain is a little bad." Uncle Ge showed a clear look, listened to the barking of tofu and black dogs outside, and said: "Then you have to take care of people more, I heard that people in the city are very good, he has a bad brain, and he is easy to be deceived." ”
I laughed dryly, nodded, changed the subject, and asked, "Uncle Ge, I saw you just now, I don't know if I can help?" ”
Uncle Ge's expression changed, and he said, "Since you asked, I'll sue you, and I don't expect you to help, but it's not a good thing, let's finish eating first." I saw that Uncle Ge's expression became heavy, so he didn't say much, the two diverted the topic to talk about the past, after a while, a pot of chicken was almost eaten, and the tofu came back dejectedly, Uncle Ge immediately gave him vegetables, and said: "Child, eat more, make up for it, we are not afraid to be smart, as long as we have a clear conscience and be happy." ”
Tofu was stunned when he heard it, obviously not knowing why.
After a while, after eating, Uncle Ge made a pot of strong tea, and the three of them sat down, and listened to Uncle Ge talk about a past incident that happened ten years ago.
There is a person surnamed Jiang living in the east of the village, I know, when I was a child, I often went all over the mountains with his boy, and the boy was fatter, and he always fell behind me when he ran, so I called him Jiang Fatty.
Uncle Ge said: "You and Xiao Jiang have been good since childhood, if he is still alive, he should be the same as you, maybe he has also walked out of the mountains, but it's a pity ......" When I heard this, I was shocked and said, "What, the fat man died?" ”
Uncle Ge said: "You died early, and you died in the fourth year of your absence." ”
"How did you die?"
Uncle Ge pointed his hand back and said, "The well at the east end of the village fell into the well and drowned." ”
My first reaction was impossible, and I said, "There is water in that well, and the fat man is as good as me, and you shouldn't drown if you fall into the well, as long as you shout for help, someone next to you can hear you." ”
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