Chapter 35: Black Spikes
Hearing someone talking outside, Uncle Chen glanced at me and said, "Xiao Xu, you put on your clothes first, it seems that a guest is coming." ”
When I got dressed in the inner room and walked into the courtyard, I saw two people sitting on a stone chair in the courtyard.
Uncle Chen was pouring tea for the two of them, because they were both facing away from me, so I didn't recognize who it was for a while.
I only heard the man drink it all with the teacup and said: "Uncle, this Chen Xu will really enjoy it, what about others, we have been looking for a long time to find ......!" ”
After hearing the other party's words, I walked over and replied: "I am Chen Xu, you ......"
Before the words could be fully implemented, I was a little surprised.
Looking at the white and pure Li Dabao in front of me, and the indifferent cold Leng Yue, I stood in place.
Seeing that the two of them didn't speak for a long time.
It was Li Dabao who broke the short-term embarrassment first, got up and laughed at me: "Good guy, Chen Xu looks like you have been living a good life recently?" ”
"Do you know that we are almost half of China in order to find you!"
"Also, this is your home, the scenery is great! It's much more comfortable than our northeast hustle, or you Central Plains people will enjoy it! ”
Li Dabao said that he didn't forget to ask Uncle Chen to help pour tea, and shouted one by one when he spoke, completely treating this place as his home.
I looked at Li Dabao in big flower pants and Leng Yue in a black windbreaker, and I was full of curiosity about how the two of them got together?
Also, didn't Leng Yue enter the interior to find Qi Dachuan when the mountain collapsed?
With this question in mind, I sat down and asked Li Dabao why they came all of a sudden?
even looked at Leng Yue, who was sitting next to Li Dabao.
Li Dabao glanced at Leng Yue beside him and smiled at me: "Well, then it's a long story, let me tell you that I and the eldest sister are ......."
Just when Li Dabao was about to tell me a long speech, Leng Yue, who had been sitting on the side, spoke up.
"Get down to business!"
"Okay! Big sister head ......! ”
I don't know what tricks this living treasure-like Li Dabao has to be held by Leng Yue.
Leng Yue's three words of understatement directly made Li Dabao make a 180-degree turn.
I saw that Li Dabao sat up straight after returning to Leng Yue, and then glanced at Uncle Chen beside him.
"That, uncle......"
Uncle Chen was also a person who came over, and without waiting for Li Dabao to finish speaking, he put down the teapot in his hand and said, "You little guys will talk first, and then call me if there is anything." ”
Even if I said that Uncle Chen was not an outsider, it would be okay to listen to it, but Uncle Chen still waved his hand to me and then went back to the hall.
Seeing that Uncle Chen was gone, Li Dabao said: "Actually, it's Boss Yan who asked us to come......!" ”
As soon as these words came out, I immediately became calm, and my body stood up from the chair even more rubbing.
"My Uncle Yan? Where is he now? ”
Li Dabao spread his hands: "I'll talk about this later, Boss Yan let us leave this to you......!" ”
Saying that, Li Dabao glanced at Leng Yue beside him and smiled, and said with a flattering look: "Eldest sister, what do you think ......?" ”
Leng Yue didn't even look at Li Dabao directly, and took out a one-foot-square thing from behind him, and wrapped it in a black cloth to see what was inside.
But I could feel a chill in this thing, like the feeling of a popsicle in my mouth.
Li Dabao slowly lifted the black cloth in front of me, and a white and flawless white jade box appeared in front of me.
This box was nothing else, it was exactly what we took out of the Kunlun Blood Jade Coffin.
Li Dabao pointed to the box and said: "This box contains two things, one was taken away by our boss, and the other is in the box, you can open it yourself!" ”
I stretched out my hand and put it on top of the white jade box, and when I started it, I felt a cold feeling sweeping over my body, and the whole person was stunned.
After a while, I realized that I didn't know how to open it, until Li Dabao smiled and pushed his finger so gently next to him.
Only then did I realize that the white jade box was pushed open from the side by hand, just like a drawer.
Inside the box was a pure black nail, the size of a thumb, with some blackened blood stains on it.
This nail forms a very strong visual sense with the white jade box in front of you.
I reached out and pinched the black nail, it just felt familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen it.
"Xiao Xu, is this nail the same as the one on your father back then?"
I turned my head and saw Uncle Chen leaning against the door frame smoking a dry cigarette, and nodded at me slightly when he made eye contact with me.
"This nail is actually not the original thing in the box, it was put in by Boss Yan later."
Li Dabao looked at me, took the nail from my hand and looked mysterious.
I asked him if he had anything to say, but Li Dabao looked at Leng Yue, as if asking Leng Yue if he could say anything.
Leng Yue glanced up at me, and her lips opened slightly.
"This nail is from Hubei Shi'en!"
When Leng Yue said this, my head buzzed directly.
In my mind, I instantly remembered that my grandfather had told me all the stories they had gone to Hubei to rob the tombs.
Could it be that this black nail in front of me is the one on the forehead of the female corpse?
Li Dabao said: "Although we haven't seen Boss Yan, our boss has seen it, and Boss Yan is now going to run errands with our boss, and it should take a long time to come back." ”
"He asked us to give this thing to you, and said that all decisions are up to you, and let me and my eldest sister help you, but only if you decide for yourself whether you want to go or not?"
"But ......"
Li Dabao said and stretched his waist and said, "However, whether you go or not, Boss Qian Yan has already paid half of it anyway, even if you don't go, it is impossible for me to return my money!" ”
I was stunned for a moment and asked where to go.
Li Dabao slapped his forehead violently.
"Oh mom, you look at my broken memory, I forgot to tell you, I also know what happened to you, and the production process and materials of this black nail first came from the ancient Dian Kingdom!"
Ancient Dian Kingdom?
About this short-lived country in history, I have seen it from some literature.
Historically, there are not many records of this ancient Dian Kingdom.
Due to the inconvenient transportation and backwardness of the southwest at that time, the Chu State regarded the southwest as a "barren land" and a "barbarian town", and no one was willing to come here at all.
Therefore, most people know little about the geographical environment, economic conditions, culture and art of the Dian Kingdom.
In 278 BC, the state of Chu sent Chu to pacify Zhuang Qiao in the southwest, and after the great success, he wanted to return to Jingzhou, Hubei.
Later, because the way back was blocked by the Qin State, he simply stayed in the southwest, established the Dian State, and became the king himself.
After the Han Dynasty discovered the Dian Kingdom, it didn't take long for this ancient country to disappear.
According to the "Historical Records", in the second year of Yuanfeng of the Western Han Dynasty, that is, in 109 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to attack the Dian Kingdom.
The troops of the ancient Dian Kingdom and the Han Dynasty fought fiercely for several months, and finally they were still defeated, and the Dian King attached the whole country.
Although defeated, Emperor Wu of Han still recognized the existence of the ancient Dian Kingdom.
And give a king seal engraved with the words "Seal of the King of Dian".
At this point, the ancient Dian Kingdom was officially incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the promotion and consolidation of the county system in the Han Dynasty.
According to Huang Yilu's "History of the Dian Kingdom", the ancient Dian Kingdom was completely destroyed in the first two years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
I asked if I was going to go to the Southwest?
Li Dabao nodded and said yes!
I said, "Could it be that we are going to rob the tomb of the King of Dian?" ”
Li Dabao said very gloomily: "How can it be so simple, the tomb of King Dian was excavated by a group of stupid roe deer tomb robbers decades ago, let's go to the tomb, not to mention the tomb, we can't even see a hair." ”
"Then you still say that you are from the ancient Dian Kingdom?"
Li Dabao said: "Brother Jiuri, I just said that this thing is from the ancient Dian Kingdom, but I didn't say that I was going to steal the fight of the King of Dian." ”
I heard Li Dabao shouting that I was angry on the ninth day, why does this guy like to give others nicknames so much?
Then Zhengse said: "Li Dabao, you talk well, what nine days and nine days?" ”
Li Dabao smiled and just wanted to refute, but he saw Leng Yue's sword-like eyes, and instantly closed his mouth.
And Leng Yue only began to speak formally at this time.
She put the black nail back into the white jade box.
"According to the information I got, the reason why the Ancient Dian Kingdom was able to fight with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for several months was because there were 100,000 mountains under the Ancient Dian Kingdom to rely on."
"And the place we are going to this time is not within the scope of the ruins of the ancient Dian Kingdom to be exact, but further south."
After Leng Yue finished speaking, she stopped talking, but quietly looked at me and waited for my answer.
I just thought about it briefly, the ancient Dian Kingdom continued to go south, isn't that what I said about ......!
Rao Jiang ......?