Chapter 7: A Thousand Machines
Time flies, the white horse passes by, the vicissitudes of the world are reincarnated several times, and more than half a century has passed. The land of China is peaceful and peaceful, and the years of war and competition are gradually forgotten by the people.
In the ward, a wrinkled old face gasped weakly, and he used his last strength to describe the unknown secret of Xing'anling for future generations. His big hands were trembling slightly, and he was holding an antique square sandalwood box with a domineering Hai Dongqing carved on the surface of the box.
"Grandpa, what happened later? Did Grandpa find the crack in the ground on the map of the Russians? What is in it? Is it the golden vein of Xing'anling?"
The old man dying on the hospital bed is the son of Wu Gongyao, the hero of the troubled times, in order to avoid disasters during the Cultural Revolution, he changed his surname to Dong and settled in Changchun. The young man standing by the old man's side was his grandson, Wushuang.
Although Wushuang is not the bloodline heir of the family, he still has half of Wu Gongyao's bloodline in his bones. Dong Ye's favorite since he was a child is this grandson, he said that this child's eyebrows and eyes are exactly the same as Wu Gongyao when he was young, especially the cynical nature and the domineering eyes, there is always an inexplicable sharpness.
There was a sea of people in front of the ward, relatives and friends burst into tears, and the doctor said that Dong Ye couldn't survive today. The old man at this age had a very indifferent view of life and death, and he resolutely asked the doctor to remove the oxygen, and handed it to his grandson with the heirloom of the family in his hand.
"My dad went, alone. Dong Ye's cloudy old eyes looked at his grandson kindly. When he returned, he didn't say anything, but told none of us to approach the crack in the future. ”
Although Dong Ye is already an old man, he has a good body on weekdays. He was born in a Lian family, and even at this age, he is still three or five men who are not allowed to get close, and he is a well-known No. 1 legend in Changchun. In the final analysis, the old man ended up like this because of the mysterious crack in the Yilehuli Mountains in the Xing'an Mountains.
After the liberation, most of the bandits in the mountains and forests of Northeast China also hid in the world. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, resources were scarce, and many geophysical exploration teams were set up in the Northeast to find mineral resources in the barren mountains and mountains.
Dong Ye has been cautious all his life, but he has never escaped the name of the hostel, a month ago, the geophysical exploration team did not know where to get the news, the retired grandfather received a letter of appointment from the leader, saying that the old man was going out of the mountain with a few experts to go to Yile Huli, and the final destination of this trip turned out to be the mysterious Xing'an Ridge crack.
There are many strange crafts in the thief door, among which there is a nearly lost craft called "walking the mountain", Dong Ye did not get the true inheritance of walking the mountain, but when he was young, he followed his father to read and understand many rules in the mountain. To say that this mountain is a great knowledge, it is the most chaotic of the many crafts of stealing.
Walking the mountain, as the name suggests, is to put it bluntly, it is a guest walking in the mountain, and the ears, nose and eyes can intuitively identify the dragon veins, fairy grass, and spirit animals in the mountains and wilderness. This craft and "Golden Point", "Holding Treasure", and "Walking Water" are collectively known as the four sects of theft. Of course, these four doors are only the tip of the iceberg of the many branches of the thief gate.
Wushuang heard his grandfather say when he was a child that the most evil thieves in the Republic of China were the snitch and the ringing horse, and in that era, only fists and guns were king. Grandpa Wu Gongyao has the body of a snitch, the ferocity of a ringing horse, and the discerning eye of a golden point, the most surprising thing to the world is that he is a descendant of gold.
Dong Ye has never missed a move in his life, and there are countless rare ore veins found by him, and how many people the geophysical exploration team has entered the mountain must have been unscathed when they come back. But the last time he walked made Dong Ye I's reputation disappear.
Wushuang remembered that his grandfather stayed awake all night in those days, sitting in the small courtyard all day and meditating with his eyes closed, and after thinking about it for a few days, he finally decided to take the geophysical exploration team deep into the Xing'an Mountains woodland to walk this last trip. After he left, Wushuang's grandmother only said one word to her grandson. "Let's prepare for your grandfather's funeral. ”
The geophysical exploration team consisted of 13 geologists, biologists, surveyors, and archaeologists. A week later, except for Dong Ye, who dragged his tired body out, the other twelve people were all killed.
After Dong Ye came back, he just said to the leader: "Never let other comrades snoop on the secrets in that crack." ”
He was a legendary figure in Changchun after the liberation, and his jokes were miraculous in the local area. In a sense, he is also the last descendant of the thief to go to the mountain, even he can't find out the mysterious crack in the Xing'an Mountains, and no one in the world dares to explore it again.
The doctor said that the old man's internal organs were rapidly failing, and there was nothing wrong with other than that, but many experts were confused about the causes of his organ failure and could not reach a conclusion. The only unreliable explanation is: "This old guest in the Kanto Mountains was cursed by the mountain ghosts in the mountains."
"Master Dong, take a break and say less. The old partner Ma Er held Dong Ye's big hand tightly and burst into tears.
"No, second child, these should be known to the twins, I must not be able to step over this hurdle, I know my own body, the twins this child has been spoiled by me since he was a child, too bold, you must keep an eye on him for me in the future, although he is not my descendant, but my grandson is also my blood and bones, I am such a precious grandson, you must remember, this child is too curious, don't let him get close to Nagada, that crack is a forbidden area to hell. The old man's breathing became heavier and heavier, and he handed the family heirloom that he had held in his right hand for the rest of his life to his grandson.
Wushuang's eyes were filled with tears and he asked, "Grandpa, what is this?"
"Yes...... Be...... , your grandfather's mastery is recorded in this book, including...... Including the inverted bucket!" Dong Ye deliberately dragged out the tone of the last word.
Only the leader of the thief is qualified to read it, and the leader of the thief is not everyone can be the leader, this old man is Wu Gongyao's own son, but he is not the leader of the thief king, he does not have a Kui charm around his neck, the Kui charm is the symbol of the leader of the thief, in the old society, whoever has a Kui charm around his neck can command the Northeast Daomen to be a hero, how big is the thief door? Let's put it this way, how many thieves there are in the Northeast, how big the thief is. Dong Ye has been following the legacy of his ancestors all his life, keeping this strange book, and he does not dare to peep at it.