Daomu Biji

Chapter 34: Sichuan and Parting

In the end, we didn't go out. The person selling donkey meat at the door was a member of the Huo family. They persuaded us to go back, saying that it was too dangerous to go out now. If we wanted to buy something, we could just place an order tomorrow.

The next day was purchasing day. Xiaohua came over and asked us to list all the things we needed and they went to purchase them. The fat man gave them a hard knock. After the equipment was delivered in the evening, we discovered that the thing that hit the hardest was the oil bottle. Because, among his goods, there is a box that is worth a lot of money at first glance.

Xiaohua said: "My grandma said you will need this thing."

After opening the bottle of stuffy oil, he took out an ancient knife from it. The size and shape were very similar to the one he had before.

Pulling out the sheath, a cold light flashed, and there was a very special color inside, but the blade was not black gold.

"You got it from our treasury, why don't you play with it."

Mengyu weighed the bottle and inserted it into his equipment bag. The fat man was jealous: "Damn it, why don't you give us one?"

"This kind of knife can't be used by just anyone." Xiaohua said, "It's too heavy."

Most of the other equipment had been used before. He was not very satisfied with Fatty's machete, saying that the blade was too thin and might collapse when cutting trees, so a thick-backed mountain machete was better.

I didn't even look at my stuff, it was all written by the fat guy for me. I watched them pack their equipment and felt very resistant, so I rested aside.

After that, it will be a rest period. Xiaohua and the others have to make preparations, and we will rest in this house. Xiuxiu got me a TV so I can watch TV.

Menyouping was pondering the knife on the side. It could be seen that there was still a difference in weight, and he was getting used to it.

During this period of time, I had nothing to do and just kept thinking about the whole thing, trying to add the latest information to the previous inferences to see what changes would happen.

If we call the force behind the "largest-scale tomb robbing in history" that forced them to carry out the "largest-scale tomb robbing in history" for the time being, it might have cracked the secret of the silk book earlier than Jude Kao and carried out A series of activities, these activities may have ended in failure, and in return for the success of the activities, everyone in Laojiumen got something that seems insignificant now, but was very important at the time - background, so in red During the storm, although these people who would have been criticized to death lived a very low-key life, their family background and relationships were preserved.

Their children are used as a reserve of talents, and most of them enter the cultural relics system. It is difficult to say whether this tendency is natural or because of some unspoken rules. Although there is no substantial evidence, this "it" must have played a significant role in it.

I even suspect that Jude's method of unraveling the silk book was brought out by someone or a group of people related to "it" and secretly revealed to him.

The fat man said that in that era, when the people advanced and the country retreated, the social atmosphere began to be liberalized. Many things that were once great, such as the role of labor unions and neighborhood committees, became increasingly degraded. The bolder people began to start small businesses, and the joint production contract responsibility system It was also started at that time, and at the same time, foreigners also began to enter the Chinese people's field of vision. New things completely replace old things. The system in which "it" exists may have collapsed in that update.

Just like today's companies, although the organization has collapsed, the project is still there, and capable people will take the project with them and continue to find the next investor.

Perhaps, among its forces, there is a person or a group of people who, because of some relationship, have cooperated with Jude Kao to carry out unfinished "projects".

The "Zhangjialou" archaeological activities and the "Xisha" archaeological activities should be products of this period, which can explain why the scale of these two activities was much smaller than that of Laojiumen, and even required "Three Uncles" "Prepare the equipment yourself. At the same time, it is difficult to say whether intentionally or unintentionally, the descendants of the old nine sects lurking in the cultural system were gathered.

Times have changed, and nearly twenty years have passed. The economy has begun to compete with politics. The old nine families have fallen apart in terms of power. However, because of the foundation of the old times, they have formed their own solid plates in many places. The Huo family and the Jie family are in Beijing. Marriage with officials, our Wu family relied on the efforts of "third uncle" to gain a foothold in old Changsha, while other families either completely washed their hands and became officials, or simply disappeared from society completely.

At this time, it is difficult to say whether this "it" really exists. Judging from Wen Jin's performance, this "it" may still exist, but like other things in this society, it has become more secretive and low-key.

I was very hesitant whether to tell the old lady about Huo Ling. Mrs. Huo’s persistence seemed familiar to me and I could relate to it. My previous thought was: I have no right to decide anything for anyone. I should Tell others everything and let them make their own decisions, but after experiencing so much, I now feel that some truths are really better not to be known. Knowing or not knowing is only a matter of a few seconds, but your life may It's not necessarily a bad thing to change this and not know about it.

It's a pity that there are some roads where you can't turn back. Those who are determined can cut off their own feet, but their hearts will still continue to move forward.

After agreeing, we exchanged some details. We had to go to the ground separately from Menyouping and Fatty. I felt a little uneasy and a little irritated. But what the old lady said made sense, and Menyouping agreed to it. From my standpoint, I had Any objections are useless, or you just quit, which is impossible. But the fat man was in a hurry to go back to see Yuncai and didn't care about my feelings at all.

On the other hand, I was really exhausted physically and mentally. It was extremely dangerous to take the route of Menyouping. I felt anxious when I thought about it. I was a little worried about the two of them, but thinking about the situation in the cave, If it hadn't been for me at that time, maybe they could have escaped unscathed. Looking back on everything in the past, I was a burden in almost every environment, so I didn't have a bad temper. Fortunately, the old woman estimated that they would be back in a week at most.

The old woman, the fat man and Menyoupin are sure to leave for Banai in three days. I, Xie Yuhua, and I will leave for Sichuan two days later than them, because although our place is safe, the equipment is very special and needs to be ordered from abroad. This makes I have a bit of an ominous premonition.

The next few days were very pleasant, because I couldn’t go out, so I could only eat wine and bask in the sun. I would always feel anxious from time to time, but I would feel relieved after thinking about it carefully. But if I don’t think about it rationally; just thinking about this matter, I will always feel anxious. I feel like there are some problems that I'm not aware of. I don't know if it's intuition or psychology.

The fat man asked Xiuxiu to buy us playing cards, and he spent the next few days "picking the big D" all day long. The little girl was particularly interested in us and came to our place to play with us every day. The fat man would put the jade seal in his hand whenever she came. In my pocket, two people were stinking at each other, which made me annoyed.

Three days later, they packed up and set off, and I was the only one left in the whole house. The old house was empty, and it was eerie even in the daytime. Only then did I feel the preciousness of Xiuxiu. We talked a lot about our childhood, and many scenes that I couldn't remember at all began to come to mind. In fact, we only met once or twice back then. It only took an hour for several children to go from being strangers to being familiar with each other, and suddenly they became very familiar. I lament that when we knew nothing but "the eagle catches the chicken", the adults in the room were trapped in such a complicated whirlpool.

Sometimes I always feel that human growth is a process of losing happiness, not the other way around.

The house was even scarier at night. I stayed up for two nights with almost no sleep. I always felt like someone was breathing in my ear. I scared myself so much that I finally got the equipment. I almost jumped out of the old house.

After another four hours of delay at the airport, Pink Shirt finished the freight formalities. I found out that the name on his ID card was Jie Yuchen, and I wondered why he had two names. He said, Jie Yuhua is his stage name. The rule in ancient times is that you can't use your real name when you go out to hang out, because acting is a very humble industry, so as not to damage the reputation of your parents. In addition, others will not accept that the real name of a singer is actually Goudan. He learned Jieyuhua The name the master gave him when he was singing. Unfortunately, this name was very overbearing, and now his real name is almost forgotten.

I thought it was very reasonable, and suddenly I thought, Menyou Ping is also a stage name. If he could also sing, he could probably play a Yaksha or something like that.

I fell asleep on the plane. There was a ground connection everywhere we went. I rarely cared. Qiwen Fatty sent me a picture message. I found it was a photo of Yuncai and him. It seemed that they had arrived at Agui's house. Fatty's mouth was grinning from ear to ear. . After that, we went to the airport to pick up the goods and saw the so-called special equipment for the first time.

They are all steel-structured things similar to "ribs", which look like the ribcage of an animal skeleton made of iron. They are about half a person tall and can be disassembled. "What is this?" I asked the pink shirt. "This is our nest," he said.