I woke up a little late the next morning, it was already more than ten o'clock, and when I got out of the room, I learned from the guys who stayed at home that the second brother and Dawu had gone out at seven o'clock in the morning.

When it was time to eat at noon, the nanny who specializes in cooking cooked the meal and delivered it to my room, and just as I was eating, there was a knock on the door.

Outside the door was a middle-aged man who looked to be fifty years old, with some gray sideburns.

"Third Master Qiu, my name is Zhang Chenglong, and I am the housekeeper of the Zhang family now, you can come to me for anything during the second master's absence, my room is in the housekeeper's room in the front yard."

This Zhang Chenglong did not have an accident in our Zhang family in Hunan, I saw him in the old house, he is also an old man of the Zhang family, I didn't expect him to leave like others, but followed my second brother again and became a housekeeper.

I felt very close to this kind of person from the Zhang family, I smiled at him, and said, "Then I will call you Uncle Long in the future, you don't have a third master, you are a lot older than me, just call me Xiaoqiu." ”

"I can't help it, I set the rules when the old master was still alive, age is age, and generation is generation. Third Master, if you are willing to call me Uncle Long, I will definitely have no opinion, but I still have to call you Third Master. ”

Zhang Chenglong had a tough attitude, and I didn't force it, just nodded, and then asked him if he had eaten, and if he hadn't eaten, he would eat with me.

At first, he was reluctant, but it was only when I asked him to tell me about my second brother's business over the years that he agreed.

"Uncle Long, have you been with my second brother since you moved from Hunan to Shaanxi from the Zhang family?"

Uncle Long nodded at me, with a complicated look on his face: "Yes, although the Zhang family was severely hit after the old master's accident, the second master has been in charge for several years, but he has not let the Zhang family go downhill, but has made the Zhang family go to the next level." ”

"Then do you know where my second sister is now?"

"The eldest lady divorced the year before last, and since then she has been staying in the capital to develop, and she will go back to Zhang's house every year during the Chinese New Year.... As for where she is on weekdays, you have to ask the second master. ”

I was a little disappointed that I hadn't seen my eldest sister for two years before I went to prison, and I hadn't seen her for seven years.

After that, I asked Uncle Long to tell me what industries the Zhang family is involved in now, and Uncle Long patiently told me.

After listening, I finally understood that the Zhang family is not only supported by the second brother alone, but also supported by the eldest sister.

For example, the targets that Dawu got were all bought by my eldest sister's relationship, and there are some other contrabands that were also transported here by relying on my eldest sister's relationship.

This makes me wonder, what is the eldest sister doing in the capital, how can she get so many contrabands? You must know that any thing in this is going to lose your head if you are caught by Leizi.

.....

In the afternoon, Master Cao returned to the courtyard, and I had the opportunity to ask what the cowhide chart he and my second brother had auctioned at the auction yesterday was.

Master Cao took out the cowhide diagram from the room, then took a sip of tea and handed it to me: "Third Master Qiu, you take a look at this cowhide diagram first, can you see something?" ”

I took the cowhide diagram and found that there were only a few threads sewn on it, and a few black dots, joined together in no pattern.

My first instinct was to wonder if this could be a treasure map, but how could it be a treasure map with just a few lines and a few dots? If nothing else, just these lines, I don't even know which province they are in, let alone deduce the specific location from this.

I changed my mind again, wondering if it was some kind of code word, like the Morse Code. If this is the case, it is impossible to solve this code without learning this code language.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this cowhide map was most likely some kind of code word, and I immediately told Master Cao what I thought.

Unexpectedly, Master Cao just smiled and shook his head at me, and then stopped selling Guanzi: "This is a dragon vein trend chart, these lines and a few points are connected together, it is a complete dragon vein..... In the famous words of Captain Touching Jin, there is such a saying, there must be a big tomb if there is a dragon vein.... Since ancient times, the tombs of many emperors have been built on dragon veins. And there are only a few dragon veins on Huaxia's face, all of which are occupied by these imperial tombs, and this cowhide diagram is a small dragon vein. ”

Dragon vein?

I waited for this cowhide diagram with great amazement, but I didn't expect that there was such information hidden on a small piece of cowhide.

I immediately asked where this dragon vein was.

Master Cao said that he didn't know, and then said to me: "Second Master and I just got the news that there is a dragon vein on this cowhide map, and as for where this dragon vein is, I haven't had time to study it yet..... This time, the second master didn't let me go to Xiangxi with them, just to let me stay at home and find out this dragon vein. Looking at the meaning of the second master, this bucket is ready to be used as a bucket for him to call it a day, pour this oil bucket, and use the saved funds to cooperate with the people in the capital, and the Zhang family can be regarded as completely on the right path. ”

I know in my heart that the second brother is very determined to let the Zhang family do a serious career, and everything now is preparing for the Zhang family. Whitewashing inevitably requires a lot of money, but the fastest way to get money is to pour the bucket.

Presumably, the second brother also witnessed the fate of my father and my father, so he was so eager to do this.

For the next two days, I stayed with Master Cao to learn about the identification of cultural relics and ancient history.

According to Master Cao's statement, after the Zhang family is whitewashed, many brothers with foreign surnames will be dismissed, and those guys from the Zhang family will be arranged to have a serious job, and those with outstanding ability will follow the second brother.

As for me, because I was in prison, I definitely couldn't eat public meals, and my second brother was looking for connections everywhere to make a new identity for me, and then followed Master Cao to work in the Archaeological Bureau.

It seemed like a good way out, and I thought so at the time, but when things happened, it all went down the drain.

It has been two days since the second brother and Dawu went to Xiangxi, and they should have just arrived at their destination at this time.

That night, Master Cao was studying the dragon veins on the cowhide map in the courtyard, and I had learned a lot after studying with Master Cao in the past two days, and I wanted to go to the antique market to palm my eyes.

I don't know how to drive, so I asked Uncle Long to drive me to the antique market and ask him to pick me up at night.

I walked around the antique market, and according to what Master Cao taught me, I found a lot of fakes in those ordinary stalls, but in fact, few of them were real at all.

I picked a boss who looked more honest because I found a decent jade item in his stall, but the boss didn't take it seriously.

"Boss, how much does this jade cost?"

The boss lifted his eyelids and replied, "One thousand." ”

I pretended to be out of budget, and pouted: "I'm still thinking about five or six hundred, one thousand.... Forget it, this jade is a thousand yuan, and you can only buy it if you don't buy it! ”

When the boss saw that I was leaving, he was naturally anxious, and hurriedly said: "Little brother, don't worry, some talk and some talk.... I sold this jade to you for 700, so you should make a friend! ”