Wen Qingshan smiled and said, "Hehe, speaking of which, there is really something that needs your help." ”

"Professor Wen, please speak!"

Wen Qingshan paused and asked, "I want to ask, how many karst caves are there around this chessboard valley?" ”

Second Master Qi smacked a puff of dry tobacco and said, "There are a lot of caves in our area, and there are karst caves in front of and behind the mountain. And the big hole in the cave is set with small holes, which is very intricate, and there are no ten days and a half months, so I am afraid that it will not be finished. ”

Listening to what Second Master Qi said, I couldn't help but be slightly stunned, I didn't expect Wen Qingshan to really tell me, there is indeed a huge underground cave system around the chessboard valley, from this point of view, it is really possible that the treasure of Dashun is hidden in this area.

Wen Qingshan looked a little excited, and continued to ask: "Then have you been to these caves to see it?" ”

Second Master Qi smiled and said, "Hehe, I'm not afraid of Boss Wen's jokes, I haven't been to any of these caves." Our ancestors once left an ancestral teaching, saying that the cave is the place where the mountain god lives, and if the mountain god is disturbed, the people in the village will suffer. Therefore, the people in our village easily dare not enter the cave. ”

We were all taken aback, we really didn't expect that the ancestor of the Bai family actually left such an incredible ancestral teaching, could it be that something strange had happened in the cave?

"So, haven't you all been in the cave and seen it?" Wen Qingshan looked a little disappointed.

"That's not it, there were really few people who went in before, but in recent years, some young people in the village don't take Zuxun seriously, and go into the cave to knock stalagmites. When Second Master Qi said this, he suddenly thought of something, turned his head and said to me: "By the way, Shi Yu, do you remember Bai Xiaowu?" ”

I nodded immediately, Bai Xiaowu is Ma Laoqi's nephew, and the master happened when he was with him, so I naturally won't forget him.

Second Master Qi said: "Bai Xiaowu, this kid, now often drills holes, if you talk about it, I am afraid that he can be regarded as the most familiar person in the village with caves, you can ask him about some things." ”

"And where is he now?" Wen Qingshan hurriedly asked.

A villager said: "Xiao Wu, this guy, has been hanging out with a few strangers all day long, and he doesn't know what he's doing. As soon as he had said this, he suddenly looked up at the outside of the courtyard and said, "Just as he was talking about this boy, he came." ”

Looking in the direction of his gaze, I saw two young men passing by a field path, and they stopped from time to time to look at us.

Both of them look to be around thirty years old, one of them is strong, wearing a white shirt on top, black trousers and leather shoes below, hair is three or seven points, and there is a cigarette in his mouth, the other is even more burly, dyed with yellow hair, wearing a black printed T-shirt on the upper body, a pair of skinny jeans on the lower body, and tattoos on his arms.

I watched it for a long time, but I didn't recognize which one was Bai Xiaowu, because these two people had almost no resemblance to Bai Xiaowu's appearance in my impression.

Second Master Qi shouted at the top of his voice: "Xiao Wu! Come over here. ”

The young man in the white shirt turned his head and agreed, "What's the matter?" Second master, I still have to play cards! ”

I was slightly stunned, it turned out that this person was Bai Xiaowu! I really didn't expect that he would look like this now, when I saw him more than ten years ago, his figure was quite thin, and there was no blood on his face, he looked sick, and now he is not only strong, but also quite ruddy, completely like two people.

When Second Master Qi heard Bai Xiaowu say that he was going to play cards, his face sank, and he scolded angrily: "You loser, you know how to play cards!" Come here, I have something to ask you! ”

Bai Xiaowu whispered a few words to Huang Mao who was standing beside him, Huang Mao turned around and left, and Bai Xiaowu walked towards us very reluctantly.

"Second master, what's the matter?"

Second Master Qi pointed at me, raised his head and asked Bai Xiaowu, "Do you still recognize him?" ”

Bai Xiaowu glanced at me and replied indifferently, "I don't know." ”

Second Master Qi snorted lightly and said coldly: "He is the apprentice of Mo Daochang who saved you back then, Mo Shiyu!" ”

Bai Xiaowu glanced at me again, his expression was still indifferent, "It's been so many years, not to mention that he was just a doll at that time, where would I recognize it!" ”

Although Bai Xiaowu's words were reasonable, his cold tone made me feel unhappy for a while, I didn't have a good impression of this guy in the first place, because in my subconscious, I would always involuntarily associate Master's death with him, after all, when Master had an accident, he was the only one at the scene, and the key is that when Master had an accident, he escaped from the ravine alive. Although he will not be a murderer, the death of the master may not be unrelated to him.

Second Master Qi was also angered by Bai Xiaowu's words, Huo Di stood up, raised the dry tobacco stick in his hand and was about to hit Bai Xiaowu, and several villagers sitting next to him hurriedly got up and pulled him back.

Second Master Qi was so angry that his face was flushed, and he scolded: "You ungrateful guy, if it weren't for Mo Daochang, you beast would have survived to this day!?" Who is it to show you now? ”

Bai Xiaowu didn't answer, lowered his head, clenched his teeth, and his face was pale.

Although I also felt unhappy in my heart, Second Master Qi was furious because of Bai Xiaowu's words, which still surprised me a little, and what surprised me even more was that several villagers not only did not dissuade Second Master Qi, but also followed one after another to accuse Bai Xiaowu.

After listening to them for a while, I realized what was going on, in fact, they didn't blame Bai Xiaowu because of his bad attitude towards me, but the long-accumulated resentment.

It turned out that since that incident, Bai Xiaowu's temperament has changed greatly, he was originally very filial to his parents, he has become more and more rebellious, over the years, he has caused a lot of trouble, because of the bad habit of gambling, not only often steal the things of the people in the village, but also because he secretly sold the buffalo at home, forced his parents to drink pesticides in a fit of anger, and both died. Now, no one in the village can control him, of course, only Second Master Qi can still say a few words about him.

Seeing that the villagers not only did not want to stop accusing Bai Xiaowu, but they became more and more energetic, and even brought out the matter that Bai Xiaowu had stolen someone's chicken seven or eight years ago. Huang Yixian was worried that it would be endless, so he had to step forward to start a round, and after some persuasion from him, the villagers stopped.

Bai Xiaowu lowered his head from beginning to end, and didn't say a word until everyone stopped talking, he raised his head, his expression was still indifferent, and he seemed to have long been accustomed to the villagers' accusations against him, he said lightly: "If there is nothing else, I will leave first." ”

Bai Xiaowu turned around and was about to leave, but Second Master Qi shouted to him again: "You wait first!" Bai Xiaowu turned around again, Second Master Qi smacked a puff of dry smoke, sat on the stool and eased his nerves before he spoke: "This Professor Wen is an expert from the provincial capital, this time he came with Shi Yu and Huang Daochang, in order to inspect the caves around our chessboard valley, you are the most familiar with the caves in the village, they want to know the situation in the caves, you can introduce them to them." ”

Bai Xiaowu glanced at Wen Qingshan and said coldly: "What is there to investigate in a few broken holes, I don't have anything to introduce, there are still stones in the cave!" ”

Second Master Qi was about to get angry, but Wen Qingshan stepped forward and said to Bai Xiaowu with a smile: "Hehe, Brother Xiaowu, don't worry, I won't delay your time in vain." As he spoke, he took out his wallet, took out a few hundred-yuan bills from it, and handed them to Bai Xiaowu, "In this way, I'll buy you for five hundred yuan for a few hours, how about it?" ”

Bai Xiaowu looked at the money in Wen Qingshan's hand, and was stunned for a moment, and all the villagers also looked at each other one by one, it is estimated that everyone never thought that Wen Qingshan was willing to spend money to buy the idle Bai Xiaowu's time, for people like him, I am afraid that the most important thing is time.

Seeing that Bai Xiaowu didn't reach out to take the money, Wen Qingshan tilted his neck and asked, "What?" Won't you sell me your time? Or do you think there is little money? ”

Only then did Bai Xiaowu react, snatched a few hundred-yuan bills from Wen Qingshan's hand, and said loudly: "Sell!" How not to sell! ”

Seeing that Bai Xiaowu had really taken the money, Second Master Qi immediately stood up, pointed at Bai Xiaowu's nose and scolded: "You brute, Professor Wen will ask you about the situation, you ...... You're ......."

Without waiting for Second Master Qi to finish speaking, Wen Qingshan hurriedly persuaded: "Second Master Qi doesn't have to be angry, I have always thought that time is the most precious thing in the world, since I have delayed the time of Brother Xiaowu, I naturally have to give a certain reward." Speaking of this, Wen Qingshan turned his head to look at Bai Xiaowu again and said, "Brother Xiaowu, since you have received the money, then please sit down and talk." ”

Bai Xiaowu put the money in his pocket, and he was not polite, he pulled over a bench and sat down, which made the second master of Qi dissatisfied again, and glared at Bai Xiaowu angrily with a pair of resentful eyes, but Bai Xiaowu didn't care, just chatted with Wen Qingshan.

Wen Qingshan asked him about the distribution of the karst caves around the chessboard valley, Bai Xiaowu told us that around the chessboard valley, there are three karst caves, which are named Hukou Rock, ** Rock and Flying Bat Rock, among which the largest area and the most complex terrain is Hukou Rock, which is named because it resembles a tiger's mouth, the big hole in the cave is set of small holes, and the caves are connected, because the terrain in the cave is very complicated, if people who are not familiar with it enter the cave, if they are not careful, they may get lost in it, so it also has another name, called the Seventy-two Caves.