On a sunny afternoon, I rested in my shady little room.
Is it really taking a break? It should be, although I still think of those experiences that gave me headaches from time to time, but I know very well that these are just memories after all.
That is to say, thinking about these things does not mean who I am against, or what danger it will bring to my future. So, I thought at ease.
Although the room was shady, I couldn't stand the suffocation. I was soft and drowsy. Just then, I heard someone knocking on the door.
The shop is closed at noon, because there is no business in itself, and I don't want to open the door and waste the air-conditioning. I called Wang Meng a few times, and found that he neither opened the door nor answered me. I wondered if he had died of a heart attack, so I forced myself to go out and have a look.
As soon as I walked outside, I saw a familiar figure appearing in my shop. This man was an old man. When he saw my mouth, he showed a big golden tooth. I almost gasped, seeing Wang Meng lying in front of the computer sleeping like a dead pig, I immediately went to pat him to wake him up.
The old man saw what I was doing, and just wanted to speak, I called to Wang Meng, who was woken up by me, "Come here, let the dog go, and kick him out!" It was this bastard who walked into me a few years ago. The moment of the shop changed the fate of my life.
I will never allow this to happen again. Wang Meng fell into a daze, got up from the computer, glanced at me, and seemed completely unaware of what I was talking about. Seeing that I didn't speak any further, Wang Meng fell down and continued to sleep on his head again. I couldn't wait to explain it to him, so I turned over from the counter and yelled at the dead old man, "Get out of my way and get out of my sight immediately."
Da Jinya hummed and said, "Little brother, We haven't seen each other for a long time, stay safe? Your temper hasn't changed at all, it's exactly the same as before."
I said, "Stop talking so much nonsense, I've basically ruined my fucking life by you. You know. Right? Several generations of heroes and martyrs in my family have all died because of you, and you should leave my sight before I even think about killing."
Da Jinya said: "You are exaggerating. The affairs of your family's several generations of heroes and martyrs have something to do with me." I don't know why I was in a hurry. . Seeing that I really didn't buy it, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute, don't wait, I have important information here, and I sent it to you out of kindness." I said, "I don't want to know any information about you, I think you It's extremely unlucky thing to appear." I pushed him.
Da Jinya clung to the counter and said, "Hold on! Hold on! There is a token! After reading the token, you will know the importance of this matter." He took out a mobile phone from his arms with one hand and handed it to me.
I thought to myself: Show me my watch last time, show me my phone this time, it's really fucking high-tech. At a glance, I found that it was the kind of mobile phone that Xiaohua often used. I took it over and opened the cover, and there was an edited text message inside, which read: "Jin Wantang is here because of a newspaper advertisement. It seems that there are important clues. I have heard it once, and I can't tell if it's true or false. You can also listen to it for the time being. As soon as he said, I have finished dealing with the matter here, and I will come to Hangzhou to discuss with you. Xie Yuchen."
I closed the phone and thought to myself, "Damn it, this little flower's recommendation is more difficult to refuse than the old itchy recommendation."
I had to give Xiaohua face, I was thinking about what to do, and it seemed that I had to listen. This big golden tooth knows how to be a human being and has long been prepared. But looking at his face, I couldn't help but slap him.
So I let Da Jinya sit down and went back to the back room to take a few sips of water to calm down. When I entered the inner room, maybe it was because of the coolness inside. Most of the anger and depression in my heart disappeared. I thought that after all, many things are my own choices, and blaming him is not the answer. In fact, he is also a victim. one.
After I lied to myself and felt calm, I hurried to the outhouse, stared at the big golden tooth and asked, "Old guy, if you have any clues, please make a long story short. Planting flowers can be avoided."
Da Jinya said: "What are you talking about, little brother, don't we feel guilty and want to make up for it. Didn't you show us that scorpion in the newspaper? Oh, hey, this Something that evokes a particularly unforgettable past in me."
I looked at Da Jinya's face and muttered in my heart: Say it quickly, I'll be able to slap you after that.
Da Jinya said: "The origin of this scorpion is very strange. I guess that the origin of this scorpion must be related to a child
named Zhang, right?" I'm interested in everything about Zhang, but I don't know if it's a child.
Jin Wantang continued: "I'm here to tell you something. I don't know if I've told you. I used to make a lot of money in Liulichang helping people identify antiques and translating ancient books. Once I went to a rich man's house, This rich man is said to be surnamed Ma. He is from a big family and lives in the Jiangsu area. The guy showed me a memoir of his grandfather and wanted me to estimate whether it was worth it. At the time, I thought his family was rich and must be a rich owner. Son, I found out later that their home was actually hollowed out at that time.
His two sons were taking drugs, one of them was dying, and he was relying on that thing for money to save his son's life." Jin Wantang took a deep breath. He continued: "When I identified later, I read all the memoirs of this man named Ma Pingchuan, and here is such a story." After
speaking, Da Jinya told me a story, which is "the first A Strange Thing" in the story.
After listening to this, I was filled with joy and sorrow, and I immediately felt that that child was probably the stuffy oil bottle from when I was a child.
What year was it? Before the founding of New China! Sure enough, is this guy a lot of age? Seems a little younger than I expected, though.
Zhang's family has a long life span and a special physique, so I basically didn't find it too surprising.
"You mean, the place at that time was called Ma'an? Is this place still there now?" I asked Jin Wantang. Jin Wantang nodded: "Yes, but if you want to go, I don't think it's necessary, because it was written in the memoirs that they dug up the ancestral tomb afterward, but they didn't find any ancient tombs, only an iron scorpion was dug up. , there is no follow-up description in the memoir, and the later record is more than a year away from this incident."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"After they dug up the iron scorpion, did they continue to dig down, dug out the underground palace, what was written on the iron scorpion, and whether there was anything strange, these are not recorded. But what is certain is that this year, Ma The family changed from a great victory to a dilapidated one. There must have been many, many things that must have something to do with this scorpion." Jin Wantang said, "Afterwards, the Ma family went to Nepal."
"Nepal?" "Yes, Nepal." Jin Wantang Said, "I just came back from there some time ago. I have the address of their house. I also saw the iron scorpion at their house. They are waiting for a sale." "Aren't you fooling me?" I said. "No." Jin Wantang said, "If you're interested in what I said, you might as well move on. Let's go abroad. I'm telling you, I believe that iron scorpion can be easily won."
I thought about it and felt that this is the only clue to the past of the stuffy oil bottle so far, maybe I should go to it. However, I can't go with Da Jinya. I have been in business for so long, and I know that this kind of person is a flies that sting eggs with seams. If he goes with me, he must be thinking of slaughtering me with this horse family. Maybe there are various other traps waiting for my pocket.
So I set a time with Jin Wantang, but I left before him, and went to Nepal without even Xiaohua's notice.
However, this time, he returned completely empty-handed. Ma Pingchuan's house in Nepal was very large, but it was empty. At a glance, he knew that it had been completely evacuated. I asked the people around and they all said they didn't know where the family went.
The Ma Pingchuan family, like the Zhang family he sent to visit, disappeared before my visit.
I think this may be a big scam, and I see through it. I left early and they were totally unprepared. It is also possible that after Jin Wantang left, something huge happened to them.
I found out.
In the end, this search has completely turned into a tourist activity. After I found that I couldn't find it at all, I started to eat and drink, and I had a whimsical idea of developing a business there.
After investigation, I found that the system there is completely unsuitable for business, only suitable as a transit point. But in my heart, I didn't like the act of outflowing national treasures, so I didn't think about it. Of course, I found a lot of antiques in the local area. Although I don't know if they are true or false, and how much they can sell in the domestic collection market, I discovered the whereabouts of the Ma family during this tossing.
When I was stocking goods in a local Chinese antique shop, I chatted with the boss about the purpose of my coming here. The boss did business with the Ma family, and apparently the Ma family sold a lot of antiques to him. He told me that when dealing with the Ma family, the Ma family always mentioned a place called Medog, intentionally or unintentionally.
So, I went to Medog and saw something there, so I stayed there for half a year.