Chapter 77: Qinling God Tree · Hexagonal Bell

When I looked over, my eyes could no longer be removed. I grabbed his ears and took him to the front to take a closer look. At first glance, I could not help but take a breath. The earrings are boxy, only the size of the tip of a small thumb. Others looked at it and thought it was a bargain with two pairs of dollars on the roadside, but when I took a closer look, I realized that this was actually a hexagonal bell.
Regardless of its shape and color, it is somewhat similar to the one I saw in corpse caves and seabed tombs except for being a little smaller, but the pattern on it seems to be slightly different.
I immediately woke up most of the time and asked him: "Where did you get this stuff from?"
He grinned at me and was furious: "You-you-you drank too much of your mother, you know me-I hate people to pull my ears, you again-I will be anxious if you pull me again ! "
As soon as I saw it, I drank some wine and it really didn't hurt me, so I let go of his ears.
He rubbed my red ears and grinned: "I'm leaning, I really have to go, you don't have to see good things, oh my ears."
I had no intention of whispering with him, and asked, "Hurry up, what's going on with this thing, and where did it come from?"
He smiled happily and said: "I haven't seen it before. I said you were jealous and killed you. I got this thing down on a dumpling in that sacrificial pit. How? Look, it's black in the middle Bronze artifacts like that are not inferior to those of Sibei you sell. "
The more I heard, the more confused I was: "What dumplings? Didn't you just dig out some pots and pans? Why are there more dumplings?"
The old itch thought I was jealous of him, and became more proud, saying, "The dumpling wraps the vine rope into a pupa. It was dug when I dug at another location in the dirt pit, probably a relatively high-ranking man. , This thing is worn on it-put it on the dumplings ears, I see it pretty well and it goes down, why, you are so nervous? This East-things have a history? Is it worth it? "
There was a mess in my head, and all kinds of thoughts came up, frowning straight, and I said where the was that this kind of bell would appear here? Does the stone pit he said have anything to do with the things I experienced before?
The old itch felt a little wrong at this time, and said strangely: "what I did, my face was twisted together. It didn't have to be like seeing me pour something good. If you really like it, I will give it to you."
I said, "No. His mother doesn't tell you that your earrings are not ordinary things. Although I don't know its origin, I have seen them elsewhere. This is the case-"
I quickly told him about the things in the Royal Palace and the Tomb of the Seabed, and focused on the thing about the bell, only to hear his face white and blue for a while, and his face blank.
After a while, he sighed: "My grandma, I thought my three-year prison was enough for me to blow my whole life, and compared with you, it would be nothing. What you did, you would get shot. . "
I think his expression turned out to be extremely envious, and said, "There is nothing like this. If I knew the fight was such a thing, I wouldn't go to those places where I was killed." He pointed to his ear again. "It's strange that your bell is strange. This kind of bell is strangely tight. As long as it sounds, it can confuse people. Why don't you wear nothing on your ears?"
"It's not so evil as you said, I will take it down and let you look at it!" Then he took off his earrings.
I took my earrings and looked at the lamp, and smelled it again. I knew what was going on. I filled it with rosin and it did n’t sound. I turned over the two sides and looked carefully. The one is similar.
Itchy, I watched it over and over, thinking that I liked this thing, and put the earrings on again, and said, "You want to really like it, there are still a lot of undeveloped virgin dumplings in the place, where I did The mark, we can go to see it again, maybe there are no other babies. "I looked around and lowered my voice, mysteriously," To be honest, your brother and my environment are really not good, these days I am planning to get another vote. "
I thought he was kidding, and replied: "Pull down, I don't want to accompany you to a prison meal, and you better don't mind this. It's better to live a calm life this year!"
The old itch approached me a little and whispered seriously: "The words-the words are not so spoken, you think about it, you have your home to support you-hold on, whatever you want, I have wasted three years, nothing. , I do n’t move — I ca n’t move my brain!

I think his expression is serious, not like he is joking and scolding: "You have a dream, his mother, the kiln has been squatting for three years. I can tell you that if you go out and commit again, then you will enter the palace. If you are not careful, you may be killed directly. "
"If it's such a bad luck, that's something that can't be done." The old itch said, "I don't have a choice anymore. I'm burning my eyebrows before thinking of taking this step. I've already thought about it. I will stay in Hangzhou for a while and then I still have to go to Qinling, but I have to pour a few hundred thousand back first. This time I came to you, mainly for this matter. I hope you will go with me, and mention me when you ship. "
I think he has a sad face, and he doesn't have a good air: "What do you mean you have no choice, you don't lack money, say how much you lack, brothers take it here, interest is converted to you according to the Bank of China's fixed rate of 95%."
The old itch pushed me a little and despised: "Pull it down, you, how many families do you still have? I still don't know if you want to dig out a hundred and eighty thousand. Do you have any more? Really, what kind of pretense? ? "
I scolded: "You can't look down on the one hundred and eighty thousand, what do you want to do? Fancy the star? Your kid is full, and just like that, just come out and be mature. "
Itchy does n’t like to listen to this, he scolded, and waved his hand: "What I want to do has nothing to do with you. If you do n’t have money, you do n’t have money. Do n’t teach me. Forget it, our brothers meet again. It doesn't matter, don't talk about this disappointing thing. "
I think he looked down on me, and the alcohol rushed into my head, angry: "I said itchy old, don't underestimate people, I have a little spare money in recent years, you tell me the truth, how much money do you need? Laozi immediately Here it is for you! "
He looked at me, Jiujin also came up, serious, stood up, raised four fingers and swayed in front of me, "This number, you must have me as a bull riding."
"400,000?" I asked, not much. Now, 400,000 is a huge sum of money, but it is really not a money. "No problem, go get it right now, I have it at home!"
Didn't expect him to shake his head: "Add another zero!"
"Four million?" I opened my mouth wide, and all of a sudden it became cold. "My grandma, I really convinced you. Why do you want to do so much with your mother?"
The old itch uttered and said, "Don't ask so much, in short, I'm short of so much money, you said you can't get it?"
Four million is not a small number. Although it is said that at the current auction, tens of millions can be photographed with just a broken porcelain, but that is mostly hype, and the purchasing power of the entire market is limited. The thing dug up from the bucket is the first link of the entire cultural rebate. The profit is not high. If there is one hundred thousand, you can laugh with a smile. These four million, I really don't have it.
Itchy old look at my loose expression, knowing that I was really scared, filled me with a drink: "I said you can't take it out? If only 400,000 brothers, I still need to come to you?"
I said: "Don't make a conclusion, I will help you borrow it. There are quite a lot of riches in this industry, maybe you can raise it, but you have to tell me what do you need so much money for?"
Old Itchy turned his head to the side and said, "What kind of money do you raise, who do you ask for it? Which one of your friends does not know me, who can have so much money? And I can't tell you about it, anyway. These four million yuan can solve a big life-critical problem for me. "
I thought about it too. Many of my friends were introduced to me by old itch. Few of them could borrow the money and asked my grandfather to ask, that miserable ghost might kill me, this is really not the case Easy to handle.
Old itch patted me with a very pretentious tone: "Lao Wu, so let's not talk about borrowing money and other ways. The best way is to work hard for you and spend time with your brother, anyway. It ’s not the first time for you, you do n’t have to be awkward. This is not a big deal. In the final analysis, this is not a fight. Let ’s go to the burial pit. You will pick me out which ones are valuable and which are not. , This is called picking up the ocean, if you do n’t violate the law, you ’re good to travel, there is good mountains and water there, the girl in the mountain looks like that, you have n’t got any objects yet, go there and see, maybe They can also marry a Dai family girl. "
I did n’t want to listen to his and shook my head: "You said it easily, can you have 4 million things in your broken place? If you want to do so much at a time, you have to find a Han dynasty. Digging out, you must be busy. "
Old itch patiently said: "Oh, you think I'm stupid, I can't think of this thing, I tell you, I didn't go to the pit of sacrifice this time. The last time I went to that place with my old watch, My old watch told me that there must be a large royal mausoleum near the sacrificial pit. This time, I was aiming at that. Is n’t that you know Feng Shui? Go and take a look. I think it can be found! "
I do n’t want to care for him, "If you find someone else, I do n’t want to go to the tomb."
Old tickle pushed me a bit: "Old Wu, you are not enough brothers. You think about how good this thing is. You can help me once. Second, you have to investigate the matter of your third uncle on the other side. I This matter has something to do with your third uncle, even if it is not for me, for yourself, why not go and see? "
As soon as he mentioned the earrings, I felt uncomfortable again. He was right in saying this. The third uncle was confused and the clues were pitiful, and this kind of bell, the burial cave of the Guazi Temple and the seabed tomb have appeared. It has a great relationship. If you do not seize this opportunity, I am afraid that It is even more difficult to check.
But when I think about the first two experiences, my feet start to feel a little soft, and I still have fears in my heart, plus the hard work of climbing mountains, I really don't want to try.
I hesitated for a few minutes, then thought about it, and thought that even if I did not go, with my character, I am afraid that the future will not be better. It ’s rare that the old itch asked me this time, and then refused to continue. It ’s not easy to meet in the future. It ’s better to promise to come down and look at the situation in the past.
As for people like us, we have Tai Chi in our lives, and we have a strong curiosity about things we do n’t know. Finding myself under the stairs, my heart immediately settled down.
Thinking of me, I made up my mind and said to the old itch: "That line, since you have said so, brother and I will accompany you, but you have to give me these earrings first, I will go and see, What kind of dynasty thing this thing is, whether it is valuable or not, it means that the place is not worth going, you have to make other plans. "
When I heard the old itch, I was willing to help him, and I was overjoyed and nodded, "Yes, whatever you say, you can give it to you!"
I said, "But I say the ugly words first, I have to listen to anything after going down, and I have to notify me of farting, do you hear me?"
This kid could not hear anything anymore. His heart flew to Qinling. While adding wine to him, he flattered: "That is that, as long as it can pour to 4 million, you are my reproductive parent. Don't Say no fart, it ’s okay if you let me eat fart! "
We took advantage of the wine spirit and gave the matter a clap. Then, for a while, the woman, Hu Tianhai, drank to the bottom of the table until midnight.
In the next month, we each have something to deal with. The things we bought last time in Shandong were buried there and the equipment was to be re-purchased. Based on these two experiences, I wrote a note to him and let him do it.
Then I got some military medicine through the relationship. When I went to Shandong, the weight of the kettle was too heavy and consumed too much unnecessary physical strength. There are many mountains and streams in the Qinling Mountains. I do n’t need to bring too much water, but it is necessary to prepare. Some medicines for diarrhea. The gastrointestinal tracts in our cities certainly cannot adapt to the natural streams in the mountains.
After I was instructed, I would fly to Jinan first, go to Hero Mountain to find Laohai, and show the fisheye stone of the fat man to Laohai.
After watching, Lao Hai's mouth closed, and he smiled and said, "This man, I am selling antiques. You should take this thing to a jewelry store and let them estimate it for you."
I said, "This fisheye stone is also antique. It's less than four or five hundred years."
He smiled and said: "I also know that what you take out is definitely a good thing. If this bead is set on the hairpin, or on the hat, it will be a baby. But you are so smooth, let me do it You do n’t believe it if you are an antique person. Otherwise, I ’ll get you some jade hairpins. Let ’s set this ball and see if we can sell it. I ’ll give you a deposit first, you Put things here, people who know the goods will naturally pay a good price. "
He said it honestly, and I didn't have time to toss about it with him. I had to rely on him, took his 250,000 deposit, and returned to Hangzhou in disgrace. Next, I took the earrings that old itch gave me, and went to find a friend of my grandfather and ask him what the origin of the bell earrings was and whether it was worth it or not.
The old man's surname is Qi, the first generation of antique merchants in Hangzhou. Now he is a master of Chinese studies. He has the title of guest in several universities, especially for ethnic minorities, and has considerable research. When I handed the bell over, I clearly noticed that his eyes were straight, and the hand that took the bell shook.
After taking the bell, Grandpa Qi looked at it for three hours, flipped through six or seven brick-like books, and then looked up. I was waiting to fall asleep on the side. He looked at me and sighed. He said with a tone: "Ashamed, ashamed, old man, I have been working with ethnic minorities for so long. I have never seen anything like this, Xiaoxie, you tell your grandfather, where did you get this thing?"
In front of my elders, I did n’t dare to be perfunctory, so I chose to focus on a random story and told him to hear his eyes shine. I felt that things were not easy, and asked him, "Grandpa, why, what's wrong with this thing? ?"
The old man sighed again and said that according to his analysis, the craft of this bell can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty to the Western Zhou Dynasty. The lines above it are called twin-faced snakes, most likely from ancient times in Shaanxi to Hubei An ancient country called "Zuo Kingdom" lived between the two countries. This country suddenly disappeared two thousand years ago.
The history of this country has been showing up and down, sporadicly appearing in many ancient bamboo slips. It seems that there was a sudden prosperity for a period of time in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and then suddenly disappeared by the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, it seems that it was between ten and twenty years In the time, it quickly disappeared into the primitive jungle.
Has their existence in many myths and legends. There are also a lot of records in the "Shan Hai Jing". The "snake country" outside the Sichuan mentioned in it should be this country. She is a homonym for snakes. This nation regards a snake with two faces and two bodies as a god, so many ornaments have the pattern of twin snakes.
Most people who study the history of this country now believe that this "Zuo Kingdom" is a descendant of the mysterious "Huaxu Ancient Kingdom". When its predecessor was to be pushed into the matriarchal society, this country used the twin human face snake as its totem. This is because the "Huaxu Ancient Kingdom" has the legend of "Fuxi Human Face Snake Body".
Because these data are all from ancient books and unearthed documents, whether the country really exists or not has always been controversial. This bell may be put into the antiques market without anyone knowing the goods, but for those who specialize in this knowledge, it is invaluable.
As soon as I heard this thing so unpopular, I felt a sudden sigh. If so, even if we can find the ancient tomb to bring the things out, I am afraid the price will not be high, so this time I am still in vain.
Grandpa Qi looked at my expression and asked me if I had any questions. I knew he was an old businessman and told me about his situation.
The old man thought for a while, first he said that I was n’t, and then patted my shoulder, saying that if I want to sell this thing, he can help me find a good buyer, four million is definitely not a problem. However, this matter must not be said.
After listening to the words of the old man, I already knew the general idea. The old man of my mother seemed to be in a dark tide. I was still secretly doing those pre-liberation activities, but I was very relieved to have him lead the way. I nodded my thanks.
I came out from the old man, and took a lot of materials from the Kingdom of China before I left. I turned over in the taxi and saw many pictures of murals, some of which were very strange, and a lot of people were kneeling on a tree. There are several notes next to the picture of praying in front of the tree. It seems to say that the most important sacrificial activity of the Kingdom is to sacrifice a kind of "snake tree". It is said that this tree can meet any requirement as long as people donate blood to it. It is a wish tree.
The shape of this tree is very similar to that painted by old itch. Could it be that the bronze tree he dug out was the totem of this zombie tree?
Many murals have the pattern of the human face snake, which is obviously the most important feature of the Kingdom. The bells found in the burial cave of the Guazi Temple and the tomb of the seabed. At that time, I could n’t remember whether there were any patterns of the double human face snake. But looking at the appearance, the bells in these three places must have come from the same place, then this mysterious kingdom may be the key.
Two days later, on the long-distance sleeper car bound for Xi'an, I and Lao Itching had two beds side by side, chatting while sipping seeds.
I originally planned to fly directly to Xi'an, but I didn't have the same face as my third uncle. A large package of contraband was stuck at the security gate. I had to change to a car, and I could only take a private contracted bus.
In order to save the transit fee, this car will go on a high speed for a while, and then get off a high speed for a while. Tangling, as the old itch said, he wished to get off the train and dig halfway.
Chatting and chatting, Old Tickle asked me whether I would go to the pit he visited three years ago, and whether I would go to other places. It is not easy to go into the mountains. If you can bring more out, do n’t waste. If you can find nearby Other tombs that may exist are better.
I actually had this plan long ago. The area around it might be the area of ​​the ancient snake kingdom. In addition to the burial pit and the nearby ancient tomb, there should be other remains. If one or two can be found, take something out. For me to check Things are very helpful. I planned this in my heart, but I didn't say it. I joked to him: "Don't be greedy, don't you remember the way back to your motherfucker. If you can't find the burial pit, I think what you do! "
Old itch smiled at me, saying that he had left a mark for a long time. I laughed: "It's been three years. In that kind of deep mountains and old mountains, what mark can be kept for three years?"
He laughed and said, "Just look at it. Don't talk about my mark for three years, it still works for thirty years."
I don't know what tricks he made, too lazy to care about him, chatting for a while, dizzy, and fell asleep.
After arriving in Xi'an, we found a small guest house for the night and ate local fried rice with sauerkraut and furong soup. By the way, we strolled around the night market until twelve o'clock. Eating night stalls, we casually found a stall on the roadside and sat down, ordered two bottles of beer, and ate while drinking. At this time, there was no taboo, and we said that our people in the Southern dialect do n’t understand , Talk about the fight tomorrow. After chatting and chatting, I heard an old man on the side say, "Two, do you want to go and do local trade?"