Huang Yixian glanced at Wen Qingshan: "It's no good, who goes!" Forget it, we won't get involved in this matter, Boss Wen, you better go find the treasure yourself. ”

Wen Qingshan raised his head and smiled: "Haha! Master Huang is really fast-talking! However, I just said that I couldn't fight the idea of this treasure, but I didn't say that it didn't do any good. ”

"What's the benefit of that?" Huang Yixian suddenly became interested again.

Wen Qingshan said: "As long as you are willing to accompany me to Qipan Village, whether you can find the treasure or not, I will give you 300,000 as a reward, in addition, if you find the treasure, I think the country's reward will not be a small amount, when the time comes, I will give you forty percent, how about it!?" ”

Huang Yixian asked, "How much can this reward be?" ”

Wen Qingshan said: "Generally speaking, the government will give 15-20% of the treasure as a reward, but I estimate that 5-10% of such a big treasure is already very good." ”

"It's only 10%!" Huang Yixian looked a little disappointed.

Wen Qingshan smiled and said, "Hehe, it's already a lot!" According to my estimates, if it is really the treasure of Dashun, the value of gold and silver alone is probably more than 10 billion. ”

Huang Yixian raised his head suddenly: "How ...... How much!? "Several of us were also shocked, 10 billion! This is an astronomical amount that I never dared to imagine.

Wen Qingshan seemed to have expected this kind of reaction from us, and he said unhurriedly: "Master Huang doesn't need to be too surprised, this valuation does not include the cultural relics value of the things hidden inside, so even if it is calculated according to the proportion of 5%, such a large amount of reward money is probably enough for Master Huang to spend several lifetimes." ”

Huang Yixian looked extremely excited, turned his head, and asked us in a slightly trembling voice: "I can't turn my brain now, do you ...... You do the math for me, if it's five percent, I can ...... How much bonus can I get? ”

"5% of 10 billion is 500 million!" The cheap blurted out.

"What...... What the? Five...... Five hundred million! Huang Yixian even became short of breath.

We were all excited, but Wen Qingshan was very calm, he smiled and said, "However, don't be too happy!" After all, what I said just now is just my speculation, and things will inevitably have variables, first, the treasure of Dashun may not necessarily be in the Chessboard Valley, and second, even in the Chessboard Valley, it must be full of mechanisms, and there are many dangers, not to mention, we may not be able to find it. ”

"Of course! But whether there is treasure in the Valley of the Chessboard or not, we have to take a look! Boss Wen, when are you going to leave? Huang Yixian seemed to be a little impatient.

Wen Qingshan said: "I still have some things to prepare, if Master Huang doesn't mind, I will stay in the cold house for one night and set off tomorrow, how about it?" ”

"Good! Good! Huang Yixian nodded immediately.

The next morning, Wen Qingshan led Niu Fatzi to purchase a lot of special tools and equipment for caving, because he had already conducted an exploration of the Qipan Valley during the Spring Festival, and found that the area belonged to the karst landform, and the typical feature of this landform was multiple karst caves, so in his opinion, the treasure must be hidden in a hidden underground cave. In fact, that time he planned to investigate the karst cave system around the chessboard valley, but unfortunately later there was a sudden heavy snow in that area and the mountain was closed, and the fat cow and his father were killed again, so the matter was delayed.

After lunch, a few of us packed into his Toyota SUV and rushed to Liangxian.

On the way, Wen Qingshan told us that in fact, he also has a mysterious profession that is not well known, that is, a professional treasure hunter. He often followed the clues hidden in ancient books to find the whereabouts of some ancient secret treasures, and after finding them, he handed over the treasures to the state for disposal, and received a lot of rewards from them.

In the past 20 years, he has traveled all over the country, sometimes cooperating with others, sometimes acting alone, finding several treasures and obtaining considerable rewards. And if this time it is really the treasure of Dashun, it will be the largest treasure he has ever discovered. For him, this is not actually a question of how much money he can get, but more importantly, an affirmation of self-worth.

When our group arrived in Liangxian, it was already more than seven o'clock in the afternoon, originally Wen Qingshan said that he wanted to find a hotel to live in, Huang Yixian resolutely refused, and had to let Wen Qingshan live at home, although Wen Qingshan repeatedly pushed back, but after all, he couldn't do it, so he stayed in Qibao Zhai that night.

Qibao Zhai is rare to be so lively, the happiest is Zhai Bo, he stayed alone in Qibao Zhai for more than two months, and now everyone is finally back, his face is full of smiles, he made a big table of dishes at night, and specially took out a jar of Wuliangye that he has treasured for many years.

After being full, Huang Yixian called the second master of Qi in Qiping Village, since I lived in Huang Yixian's house, the second master of Qi will come to Qibaozhai to see me every time he comes to the county, and every time he comes, he will bring some wild meat and mountain goods to Huang Yixian, over time, he and Huang Yixian have become friends, now the second master of Qi is over seventy years old, although he has long since ceased to hold any position in the village, but his status in the village is still unshakeable, since we are going to Qiping Village, naturally we have to say hello to him first, and then there will be a response.

The next day, we got up early in the morning, first accompanied Niu Fatzi to his father's grave, and then drove to Qiping Village.

On the way, Wen Qingshan told us that after arriving in Qiping Village, we must not mention the matter of exploring the treasures of Dashun, so as not to cause extraneous branches, and if the villagers asked, they said that we were going to investigate the underground karst cave system in that area.

Because Qiping Village is too remote, despite the rapid economic development of Liang County in recent years, Qiping Village has not changed much compared with more than ten years ago, but fortunately, in the first two years the county vigorously developed rural roads, put forward the construction goal of "village to village road", and now there is finally a cement road four or five meters wide leading to the village, otherwise, we have to park the car in Sanyuan Township, and then drive more than ten miles of mountain roads into the village.

When the car was still one or two hundred meters away from the entrance of the village, a burst of "crackling" firecrackers suddenly sounded in front of it.

Looking at the large group of people gathered under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, and the green smoke rising from the firecrackers, Wen Qingshan said suspiciously: "Could it be that there are people in the village who have a happy event today?" ”

Huang Yixian smiled and said, "They just came to greet us!" ”

"Greet us? How could the villagers be so welcoming? Wen Qingshan was a little surprised.

Huang Yixian said: "Boss Wen, you don't know, because the people in Qiping Village regard Shi Yu as a relative, so every time he comes, the people in the village will be so enthusiastic." ”

Wen Qingshan turned his head to look at me, and said with a smile: "Hehe, it seems that I was really right to call you here!" ”

There happened to be a vacant lot in front of the village entrance, so Wen Qingshan parked the car in the vacant land, we just got off the car, Qi Erye led a large group of villagers to greet him, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Huang Daochang, Shi Yu, you are finally here!" His voice is still loud, and it seems that his body is still quite tough.

The villagers surrounded us and walked into Qiping Village, everything in the village is still the same, compared with last year when I came on the day of Master's death, there is almost no change, looking at the familiar scene in front of me, I suddenly feel a sour nose, and I don't know why, although I have never lived in Qiping Village, but this place gives me a kind of hometown intimacy, perhaps, it is because Master is buried here.

Qi Erye led us to his house, because there were too many people, the house was too crowded to sit, not to mention that it was now a hot day, and it was more stuffy to be crowded in the house, so his daughter-in-law moved a few benches from the house very enthusiastically, and we sat down in the courtyard, except for a few older villagers, the rest of the villagers soon dispersed, Qi Erye smacked a puff of dry smoke, and asked with a smile: "There is still more than half a month before Mo Daochang's death day, why did you come early this time?" ”

Huang Yixian replied: "We came this time, in addition to sweeping the tomb of my senior brother, there is another matter. ”

"Oh? What else? ”

"We ......" As soon as Huang Yixian's words reached his mouth, Wen Qingshan on the side suddenly interrupted him: "Master Huang, why don't you let me talk about this matter." ”

Second Master Qi glanced at Wen Qingshan suspiciously, and asked, "......Who is this?" ”

Huang Yixian hurriedly introduced: "This is Professor Wen Qingshanwen, an expert from the provincial capital, let him tell everyone." ”

Wen Qingshan stood up, first arched his hand towards everyone, and then said: "We came to Qiping Village this time mainly to conduct an all-round investigation of the underground karst cave system in this area. ”

When Second Master Qi heard this, he smacked a puff of dry cigarettes, and said with a smile: "Hehe, what is there to investigate a few broken holes!" ”

Huang Yixian hurriedly said: "Second Master Qi, you don't know this, now the county is vigorously developing tourism, do you know the Seven Star Rock in Shuimiao Township?" The cave has been developed into a tourist project, and now all the villagers around it are becoming wealthy. ”

A villager next to him took Huang Yixian and said, "This is indeed the case! I have a relative who lives in Shuimiao Township, and he told me last time that since Qixingyan was opened to the outside world, the per capita income in their village has increased several times. Now his family has a three-story building, Second Master Qi, we shout every day that we want to find a way to get rich, maybe this is really an opportunity! ”

"Is there such a thing?" Second Master Qi suddenly came to his senses, he turned his head to Wen Qingshan and said, "Professor Wen, we mountain people don't know much about this investigation of the cave. If you think we can help you in any way, just ask! ”