Ghost Blows Out the Light

Although we know that we are trapped on the top of the colossus, although we can support it for a while, we will support it for a lifetime anyway, and we are planning countermeasures, but we did not expect those poisonous snakes to come so fast, especially the big snake with red saliva dripping from its mouth from time to time. Ten paces of poisonous mist, not to mention letting it bite, even if you get a little closer to it, you will inevitably be poisoned and die. We had to avoid its edge and quickly fled to the exposed half of the head of the giant statue.

I grabbed Shirley Yang's arm and ran away, but she still couldn't forget the mark on the wall, saying that it was a vicious curse cast on "Evil Luohai City" by many martyrs. I told Shirley Yang that there is no time left now If you don't care about these things, if you run half a step slower, you will be killed by a snake. If you have anything to say, wait until you escape to the top.

Taking advantage of the short time when the black snakes were scrambling to come in, I followed behind the fat man and others, and fled to the top floor. I felt the cold wind blowing against my face from the heights, and there was no way to escape. Since half of the colossus fell, this place is equivalent to The exposed half-story section, the remnant wall of the grotto is uneven, and there is no suitable stone slab nearby to block the snakes. Push the block up to the opening of the hole.

At the moment when the stone was about to seal the hole, the two black snakes were like two fast arrows flying off the string, the hard black scales tore through the air, and made two low and swift sounds of "swish". Jumping up from below, this kind of black snake is short and thick, very strong and powerful. Using the power of its body ejection, it can fly several meters in the air. Flew to the front.

Due to the narrow terrain above the head of the giant statue, the five people are located in four directions. I am worried that I will hurt my own people if I shoot, and if I can't completely kill the two poisonous snakes at the same time with one blow, once I give these two snakes that come and go like the wind The chance of the strange snake, there must be casualties among us people, in a hurry, I had no choice but to raise a rucksack on the ground as a shield, and held it in front of my face, and the mouths of the two black snakes bit the rucksack at the same time, I didn't wait for the two black snakes to let go of their mouths and landed, so I threw the backpack down from the sky. The two black snakes were hanging from the backpack and fell down from the darkness. After a long time, I heard the sound of falling down the mountain wall. come up.

At this time, the fat man had already pushed the stones to completely block the entrance. Seeing that I had thrown the backpack down, he stomped anxiously: "Old Hu, there is nothing in your broken bag, why don't you throw it away? Throw mine instead, now But luckily, the remaining turtle shells, first-aid medicines, oxygen cylinders, gas masks, and half an unfinished fish are all over now... But if we can still go on, maybe we still have a chance Pick it up." After finishing speaking, he asked me to help him pile up all the nearby movable stones at the entrance, even if it can block them for a few minutes, it would be good, thinking of those vicious poisonous snakes, I feel weak in the calves. The threat encountered is this kind of black snake that can kill people in an instant.

Although the coming of the snakes has been temporarily contained, our situation has not improved at all. We are in a very high and dangerous place, even if we are born with a fierce heart and courage, it is impossible not to feel fear. The fat man just dared to watch Under her feet, she didn't dare to look down. Shirley Yang looked at the ruined wall beside her in a daze. Ah Xiang had woken up from a lethargy and closed her eyes tightly. I don't know if she is afraid of heights, or afraid of seeing this full of people. The giant statue of the resentment of the martyrs, Uncle Ming's face was ashen, kneeling on the ground with his eyes closed, he just kept saying: "The Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva..."

Shirley Yang was stunned for a while, and came over to me and said that she found two broken eyeball symbols on many stone walls in the lower floor. People in Moguo worship eyes, and among all their totems, even if there is a bloody eye , that is also a form of martyrdom to free the soul through bloodshed, but it is absolutely impossible to have a cracked eyeball, which represents destruction and the collapse of power. From this point of view, it may be different from other theocratic religious systems in the world Like the regime, at the end of the regime, people under theocratic rule will gradually have doubts about their beliefs, and they will feel that this death ceremony is worthless, but religion still occupies an absolute dominant position. Now, personal will is pathetic. They were pushed to a dead end by fate, but before they died, they secretly engraved the imprint of the curse. Since the stone carvings were all black, they were not noticed. The more people there are, the "Eluohai City" under the "Wind Erosion Lake" was obviously destroyed by a large-scale land subsidence disaster, and this broken eyeball mark was secretly engraved on the "Wind City" that controls the power of various ores. Inside the statue of "Dahetian Strikes Thunder Mountain"?Is this just a coincidence?Or was the curse really fulfilled?This ancient theocratic kingdom originated from the worship of the eyes, and I am afraid that it will eventually be destroyed by the eyes.

I said you were thinking about this just now?Sometimes I don’t know whether you are smart or stupid. I’m afraid we only have ten minutes left in our lives. What’s the use of thinking about it? , They have been rampant in northern Tibet for many years, and its damage has even continued to the present, so it is not surprising that this ancient city was destroyed by some natural or man-made disaster, but I can only hope that there will be an earthquake now, and we can carry those poisonous snakes on our backs when we die, and burn everything .

Shirley Yang said to me: "You can think about it, so let me ask you, since we won't live long, do you have anything to say to me?"

I looked at the other three people, and began to feel that these people were a little in the way, so I had to say to Shirley Yang: "What can I say on this occasion? The thing I am most unwilling to do is that I am not strong enough to resist the dollar. And the temptation of a beautiful woman, you recruited Ann, originally it was nothing, after I came back from Shaanxi, I don’t plan to do money-making activities anymore, I can participate in peace with the American people in the future, and study financial stocks What, trying to become a Wall Street financial giant, dealing with those oil tycoon mafia godfather Mickey Mouse and the like..."

Shirley Yang said: "It's outrageous to talk about it. You may have formed a habit. Let me tell you about the Eluohai City." Suddenly lowered his voice and said to me: "The eyeball totem in the Eluohai City , most of them are singular, and the cracked eyes on the wall are two. I have an intuition that the crack refers to the Daheitian strikes Leishan, and the two eyes represent the curse of two major disasters in Luohai City. Here It is true that there have been major disasters, but it is impossible to know whether it was once or twice."

Shirley Yang is not worried that we will die here. Her keen intuition seems to have noticed some strange changes in the air here. Maybe things will turn around. Ah Xiang's eyes are a key element. After discovering the resentment hidden in the statue... In fact, it was not so much discovery as her eyes that awakened the tragic memory of the giant statue. Since then, the atmosphere here has become more and more strange. The second disaster will happen soon, and whether everyone can escape depends on whether they can seize this opportunity.

I know that Shirley Yang's blood is very special. She seems to have a subtle innate sense of what is going to happen. Since she thinks that we still have hope of living, I have some hope in my heart, and I am not too desperate, so I stood up and looked at the terrain repeatedly, but after reading it, my heart was completely cold. No matter how good I am, if I don’t have wings, there is absolutely no way to escape. I just got rid of the nightmarish curse in the ghost cave But just escaped from the tiger's lair, and met the drums and waves of Longtan, why is our fate so bad?Why can't there be a "fish off the hook but the golden hook, shaking its head and tail and never coming again"?The giant statue at the foot is slightly tilted in the direction of "Thunder Mountain". The remaining half of the head is leaning against the steep mountain wall. The two arms stretched forward from the bend of the arms are inserted into the mountain. It is very small. Now that we have reached the top floor, the ground is also tilted. I don’t know if the statue was intentionally made like this, or it was caused by a design error.

I didn't have the time to think about it anymore. I looked at the rest of the people, and they were all listless. I thought to myself that I was going to die this time, but I can't fall down, so I said to everyone: "Comrade Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a pity that we won’t see the day of victory, but it’s up to people to plan things, and it’s up to heaven to make things happen. We should die in water, not in fire. We all tried our best, but in the end we still lacked a little bit of luck. I think This time, if I die, I will die. I have accepted my fate. Now I will express my position here. After a while, the poisonous snake will climb up, and I will jump directly from here. I am absolutely unambiguous. I would rather fall to pieces than let those snakes Kill me, so don't stop me when the time comes."

The fat man is most afraid of falling from a high place, but this kind of words must not come out of his mouth directly. Hearing that I plan to commit suicide by jumping from a height of tens of meters, he quickly said dismissively: "I Speaking of Commander Hu, you are still a little bit worse than me when it comes to staying safe in danger. Before the poisonous snake crawled in front of you, you were frightened and confused. Do you think it was heroic to jump? That is the courage of a man, why can’t you understand What about this principle? Do you think that the poisonous snake will let you go if you fall down and become a meatloaf? Why don’t you just gnaw on your corpse, closing the inside and outside, and you have to be bitten by the snake? Can we jump down? I think we’re just sitting here, put this stinky skin here, let any snake want to bite us, so that we can show that we have manners, principles, and integrity. The stylish Captain Touching Gold..."

I had a few discussions with the fat man, and the other three thought we didn't care about the imminent death. In fact, only we knew it. We were showing a sense of weakness. I already felt that everyone's despair had become It became more and more obvious. At this moment, Uncle Ming suddenly said in surprise: "Oops, these stones are gone...Master Hu, please think of a way."

Although everyone knew that it was going to happen sooner or later, they still didn't feel depressed. On the fragment of the stone wall covering the passage, a large dark red shadow appeared, like dirty blood oozing out from the stone. Among the large group of black snakes at the bottom, one of them is the thickest one. The poisonous saliva spewed out of its snake mouth will immediately turn into something similar to poisonous fungus as soon as it comes into contact with the air. It is shaped like a red straw mushroom. Withered into black and red ashes, almost catching up with sulfuric acid, it was able to corrode a large hole in the stone wall.

The fat man said to me: "Commander Hu, you have to jump off the building now." I cursed a few times, why can't the snake's venom be exhausted?Said to the fat man: "When you die, you have to kill some poisonous snakes as backs." As we spoke, the fat man, Shirley Yang, and I pointed our guns at the place where the snakes were about to enter, and the last few bullets hit Even if it is dead, we must kill the leading big snake first. Because there are too many black snakes, we don't have many bullets left, and we have never had a chance to shoot it, but this time we must kill that guy .

The restless sound from the group of snakes suddenly subsided. They should disperse first, leaving a space for impact. The red-threaded eyes stared at the entrance. Both the human and the snake were like bows and arrows that were fully drawn, each ready to go. This moment was surprisingly quiet. The airflow seems to have become frozen.

The tense atmosphere not only spread into the air, but even time seemed to be slowed down. In this space that seemed to be still, suddenly there was a strange sound of "click, click, click", which was very small at first. After a few seconds, it suddenly became dense. We were standing on top of the giant statue, and felt that the whole world was enveloped by this sound. Everyone's attention was diverted from the entrance to the sound, and we didn't know what was going to happen. But it seems that these voices are so familiar.

Our situation is already terrible, even if something happens again, how bad can it be at best?Ah Xiang, who was already terrified, suddenly said, "It's that mountain...it's the mountain that's moving."

I saw that under the beam of the flashlight, the small gravels on the top of the giant statue were trembling. Because our bodies were tense and stiff, we didn't feel any changes under our feet. Hearing what Ah Xiang said, I quickly raised the "wolf" Eye" flashlight, aiming the light at the cliff where the giant image leaned over, accompanied by the sound from the mountain, countless fine cracks were cracked in the crystal veins of the cliff, and the distribution became longer and longer, as if breaking free on the mountain Out came horned dragons with teeth and claws.

Uncle Ming said: "It's over, it's over... originally in the dark place in the north, it is possible to encounter water and get the middle way. If this mountain collapses, we will... meet the soil and enter the underworld."

I thought to myself: "Forget it, it seems that we were crushed to death by landslides in the end, not by the mouth of poisonous snakes. Although we were carried on our backs and hugged while sinking, God is enough to take care of us. This kind of death is far better than being bitten by snakes. It's much better when the body turns black after death."

The sound of cracks expanding in the mountain, and then turned into bursts of muffled thunder, shaking people's minds, it seems that the energy in the crystal veins of Daheitian Thunder Mountain has been stagnant for too long, and it is about to be released.

Shirley Yang hurriedly told everyone: "No...it's not a landslide, it's water. The water from the underground lake is about to pour in. Everyone, find a place where you can fix your body and hide. Hold on tight and don't let go." The muffled thunder resounded all around, almost covering her voice. Shirley Yang Lian said it twice before I heard it clearly, and then I understood where the water she was referring to came from. Judging from the terrain here , the underground lake hanging directly above the altar is not far from the giant statue. It may be that we have procrastinated in the altar for too long. A violent and long-lasting crystal tremor caused many crystal layers to break off. The fat man's nose is A piece was cut off by the falling crystal cone, and the remaining rock layer could no longer withstand the pressure of the lake water. Although it was still supported for a period of time, since the mountain shell had cracked, the terrain of the underground Grand Canyon was too low, and the high place underground The groundwater in the lake that does not flow to the east will pour into here, and then there will be a terrible phenomenon of lake water flowing backward to the northwest.

Everyone immediately leaned against the broken wall beside me, and Uncle Ming hid beside me, and he didn't forget to ask me: "If the lake water gushes out, we won't have to die, right? When we meet the water, we will be in the middle."

I scolded: "Water, you big-headed ghost, no matter how much water there is in the underground lake, it still won't be able to fill this Grand Canyon. We are washed down by the water, it's no different from jumping off a giant elephant to commit suicide."

Amidst the endless thunder, the snakes on the lower floor also broke through the stone slabs blocking the entrance. Those stones had become rotten like red mud. A black snake jumped out of the hole in the rotten stone, bearing the brunt of the blow. He hugged the broken wall, raised the rifle with the other hand, rested it on his shoulder, and fired with one hand, the naked eye on the top of the black snake's head had already been shot through at the sound of the gun.

The dead snake fell from the sky again, and the rest of the black snakes below were a little bit confused, and the approach slowed down. I also fired two shots at the gap in the ground with the M1911, but each person only had about ten rounds of ammunition left. It can only last for a minute or two at most, and the smell of sulfur in the nearby air did not know when it started, and it began to become stronger. It must be the tremor of Thunder Mountain, which caused a chain reaction at the bottom of the canyon, and the lava that was not completely dead The belt is also ready to move. The poisonous snakes are most afraid of this smell, and they are desperately running to climb to the heights. Although we shot and killed a few black snakes, the rest of them rushed up to the giant statue. The remaining half of the top of the head.

Just when we could no longer suppress the poisonous snake rushing into the top floor, the sound of thunder suddenly disappeared without a trace, but the entire mountain and the ground were still trembling silently. I don't know if it was an illusion. There was no sound for a long time, and there was a dead silence in the dark and huge underground canyon. Even the poisonous snakes seemed to sense what was about to happen, and forgot to continue crawling for a moment. All creatures, including the five of us, fell into a boundless panic among.

The short but seemingly long silence lasted for about a few seconds, followed by three earth-shattering bangs, and three streams of water shot out from the "Thunder Mountain", two of which were sprayed out , are all near the chest of the giant statue, and the other sprays directly into the underground canyon. The water is like three silver-white giant dragons, each of which is as thick as the waist of the giant statue, carrying gravel from the mountain shell, sweeping Coming with the impact of water vapor all over the sky.

The black idol is top-heavy, and although it is tall, its interior has been hollowed out. It began to shake when it was rushed by the torrent, and its arm inserted into the mountain gradually separated from the mountain shell. Facing the great changes between heaven and earth, The strength of human beings seems too small. We clung to the broken wall tightly, and we couldn’t even stand up in the violent shaking. I never thought that this time I came to Tibet, and finally died of water. If the water rushes into the underground canyon, we will definitely not survive, but at this time, there is nothing we can do except to fix our bodies as much as possible.

Those poisonous snakes were also frightened by the vibration brought by the giant statue, or like us, it was difficult to do anything in the earthquake-like shaking. At this time, everyone was in danger and had no time to pay attention to the poisonous snakes. Even after being bitten by a snake, he didn't dare to let go. Someone yelled, "It's about to fall."

Sure enough, the colossus was not shaking, but fell towards the opposite side of Thunder Mountain at a very slow speed. I felt that my heart was about to fall out of my mouth following the direction in which the colossus was slowly falling. And she only has one arm to use, and she rolled down from the short wall, and I couldn't let go, otherwise I would have to roll down the incomplete part of the top of my head, but I couldn't reach her with only one hand, so I had to stretch out my legs Come and block her.

Ah Xiang was quite clever, and she hugged my leg so as not to fall first from the gap. At this time, the statue was tilted at an inconceivable angle, but suddenly stopped, instead of continuing to fall, it seemed to be hanging. Somewhere on the mountain wall, I took this opportunity to catch Axiang, looked under the giant statue, and suddenly felt my head buzzing.

Since the colossus itself is not parallel to the trend of the canyon, its position is slightly off. After falling down, its head is just supported on the cliff in the east. There are many exposed paleontological fossils on the cliff. The blocks fell down with a crash, and the colossus not only continued to bear the violent impact of the groundwater, but also with its own weight after it fell, it was on the verge of falling, and it might fall down against the cliff at any time.

The situation is dangerous, I feel hot and sweaty all over my body, and the air has become cloudy, and the surrounding area is foggy and wet, and then I feel that something is wrong, it is not fog, it is water vapor, and molten flames from the ground come out Now, it is excited with the lake water, and the water below is boiled. If a person falls into the dumpling, it will be cooked as soon as the dumpling is turned over.

Shirley Yang raised her hand and pointed: "Look, what's that over there?" I followed her hand and looked there. The white shadows lay between the cliffs on both sides of the canyon. The canyon was originally very dark, but some magma flowed from the gaps in the cliffs below, reflecting a dark red on the high places, otherwise it would not be visible at all.

I tried my best to open my eyes to see clearly, but the more I looked, the more blurred it became. It seemed to be a white bridge hanging on the cliff. Although this is a bit unlikely, I can't care too much. The snakes are driven crazy by the heat. Now, they will soon cover the top of the giant statue, no matter what is there, just climb over it first, otherwise after a while, even if it is not bitten to death by the snake, it will have to be boiled in the water.

We held on to the broken wall on the top floor and took a closer look. It turns out that where the head and shoulders of the giant statue meet the cliff, there is a pair of huge long-spine biological fossils. Among the rocks, a long skeleton in the middle hangs in the air.

The colossal statue kept collapsing under the weight of the rock, and it was about to fall. I hurriedly told everyone to climb up to the skeleton fossil, and then pushed Shirley Yang and Uncle Ming back up. It is impossible to climb over the skeleton of her body, so someone must be found to carry her, and the fat man is dizzy, if he is to carry Axiang on his back, both of them may have to fall, so I have to carry Axiang on my back and lock it with a quick padlock Once I was ready, I urged the fat man to leave quickly. The fat man looked back at the poisonous snake gushing out. Below was the boiling groundwater. No matter how hard he died, he had no choice but to grit his teeth, close his eyes and touch the side of the skeleton fossil climbed up.

I walked at the end with Ah Xiang on my back. The giant statue might collapse at any time. I looked back and saw that the salivating big snake had pushed the rest of the black snakes down and swam up to the top floor. They rushed up because they all wanted to climb up quickly to avoid the rising heat. In the end, this big snake squeezed up first. In the chaotic and crisis situation, he didn't have time to care about whether he hit or not, he threw the empty gun casually, and climbed onto the thick and whitish fossil skeleton.

As soon as I went up, I felt that the fossil was so weak. In the roiling heat wave, my lower body trembled slightly, as if it might fall apart if I exerted a little force on it. Five people climbed up at the same time, and the number of people was indeed a bit too much. But there was no time to wait, and it was impossible to pass one by one, so I had no choice but to ask Ah Xiang to close her eyes and not look down, but I felt dizzy on the top, so I gritted my teeth, didn't think about anything, and crawled forward desperately.

The huge paleontological fossils are embedded in a horizontal mountain crevice on the opposite side. I think that location is somewhat familiar, as if I saw the location of those white ground Guanyin below. This idea just flashed in my mind and passed. The fat man moved slowly, and I didn't dare to push him hard from behind, but the scorching air and the loose and shaking bones and fossils almost exceeded the limit that everyone could bear psychologically.

The water vapor at this altitude began to weaken, and the lake water might have almost run out. My mouth was dry and my mind was a little blurred. Hearing a burst of gunshots in front of me immediately cleared my mind from a trance. I looked up and saw that Shirley Yang was shooting at piles of white shadows. It turned out that those ground Guanyin were about to move to the horizontal mountain crevice when we were about to move. , came out of the cave, and gnawed on the fossil one after another. They might be worried that the snakes would also come from here. Amidst the gunfire, Guanyin was in chaos, and many fell from the cliff, and the remaining ones jumped up Gone.

Shirley Yang and Uncle Ming climbed to that relatively safe cliff fault one after another, and the fat man was still some distance away from there. I was blocked behind him and thought it would be too soon. There was a bang behind him, and the giant statue finally fell down, and immediately excited There were a lot of hot water splashes, and the skeleton fossils almost fell apart. I saw Shirley Yang on the opposite side gesturing desperately towards us. I looked back and was so shocked that I almost let go and fell. The big snake was bleeding, and it collapsed on the giant statue I climbed up the spine fossils before, and there were several black snakes that came up together. The big snake seemed to be crazy, biting the few snakes in front of it and throwing them down, and swam towards a black whirlwind. superior.

Shirley Yang wanted to shoot at it, but the angle was not good, and I couldn't hit it at all. I had to shout and urge the fat man, but the fat man was trembling at this time, and he was crawling slower than a turtle. When I came over, I saw the fat man's pistol stuck in the armed belt behind me, so I told him to grab the bone and don't let go, while carrying Ah Xiang on my back, I jumped forward and took out his pistol, weapon They were all on fire. I wanted to turn around and shoot, but since I was carrying a person on my back, I couldn’t control my center of gravity when I moved. Fortunately, one hand grabbed the fat man’s armed belt, and he hung Axiang on his back in the air. He fired with one hand, and fired several shots in a row. The approaching big snake was shot in the belly, and the tail wrapped around the skeleton was sent, and it slid down into the deep valley.

The hand I was holding on to the fat man was sore and numb. I quickly threw the gun away and grabbed the belt with both hands. With a strong force, the two fell down like this, and climbed to the edge of the cliff step by step. Shirley Yang was on the opposite side to respond in time. , couldn't move at all, and Ah Xiang had already collapsed from the heat.

After a while, the fat man turned over and spit out a sentence: "What kind of animal fossil is this...it's so fucking strong."

My whole body seemed to be falling apart, every bone hurt, and it took me a long time to recover. This time was too dangerous, and I really didn't expect to be able to leave the black statue alive. Uncle Ming said: "Although we will hide from the fire and water It’s passed, but now it’s buried in the ground again, the faults of this cliff can’t reach up and down, and we’re not monkeys, wouldn’t it be the same as death if we’re stuck here.”

I said: "No, since I saw the Guanyin, I thought of a way to escape, but we don't have wings, so we can't fly here, so I gave up that idea, but in the end we survived the water, It landed here by accident, and there is definitely a way to go back here. Earth Guanyin likes heat and fears cold, and is the best at making holes. Neither rock nor soil can stop them, and they are not only active underground , The scope of their activities on the surface is mostly in the active hot spring area, and these holes are extremely spacious for carrying food, so it is no problem for fat people to climb in, we can drill the holes to get out."

Uncle Ming was overjoyed when he heard the words. Although he saw some caves here just now, there are thousands of households inside, and they are all digging out like a maze. Even if there is a compass, you have to turn around when you go in, and you can never get out. Could it be that Brother Hu can be in there? Find a way out?

Before I could answer, I heard the fat man scrambling to say, "I don't know how many holes this kind of ground Guanyin made in the deep mountains and poor valleys where we went to the countryside. Because their holes are wide, hunting dogs like them the most." Dig out this kind of hole to catch Guanyin to solve the slander. I may have eaten it up in the past few years. Their holes are made from the outside to the inside. This is the habit of this animal. Look at the triangular paw prints on the wall of the hole. You can determine the trend of the cave, don’t worry about the direction, it’s easy to get confused if you pay attention to the direction.”

Now that there was a way to get out, everyone didn't delay any longer. They got into the labyrinth-like "Guanyin Cave" below. After a while, we finally got out of the underground labyrinth, and the stars were shining outside. It was midnight, and we found that the altitude here was not very high, and it was in a valley. There is only a line of sky in the middle, as if the underground canyon has been moved out, but the narrower and more depressing terrain here makes people feel familiar. There are scattered bones of wild animals on the ground. Everyone looks around and is judging where they are. The location, I suddenly realized that this is one of the two sacrificial burial ditch, and the other one is the bone storage ditch. As long as we go west along the way, we can join the yak team in the supply camp.

(The following is a perfect ending at the request of the readers)

The "tower burial" in the Mausoleum of the Demon Kingdom has always been equipped with two burial ditches according to its shape and size, which are shaped like "two dragons sucking and playing with pearls". The local people in Lamir call it the "Hanging Bone Ditch". Unexpectedly, we entered the "Longding" glacier from one of the "Hanging Bone Ditches", and finally climbed out of the ground, and we turned out to be in another "Hanging Bone Ditch". However, the geothermal resources here are abundant, and the degree of dense vegetation is rare in the Kalamir Mountains.

At this time, the stars are shining brightly, and the terrain in the canyon is also uneven. The dense forest is covered with pines and cypresses, covering the starlight. Under the night sky, the air in the mountains is extremely cool and fresh. Between my heart and my lungs, I took two long, deep breaths, and only then did I realize the feeling of being alive after a catastrophe. The rest of the people were also refreshed, and the agony and anxiety of waiting for death were all gone null.

Unexpectedly, there are unpredictable things in the sky, a dark cloud drifts over the top of the valley, merges with the rising air current, and a heavy rain falls in the blink of an eye. There are four seasons in this Kunlun Mountains. The sky is different for ten miles, and it snows on the top. , It may rain at the bottom of the mountain, and hail may fall halfway up the mountain at the same time. Before we even had time to complain about the bad weather, we were already soaked by the rain.

I touched the rainwater on my face and looked at the terrain on the left and right. This valley is ethereal and deep. It has been inaccessible for many years. The stone stacks and crevices formed are still the same after countless wind and rain stripping. Not far from us, there is a cave entrance. The cave is embedded in the cliff obliquely. Its shape is convex and concave. There are ancient trees and clear springs, where the cliffs are used as screens and ancient trees are used as railings. Great place to spend the night.

I told everyone to hide in the cave to avoid the rain. Since there are likely to be wild animals in this kind of cave, the fat man carried a sports rifle and ran to explore the way first. Uncle Ming and Axiang also covered their heads with their hands. followed behind.

I found that Shirley Yang was not in a hurry, despite the rain falling on her body, she still walked at a leisurely pace, and seemed to enjoy this feeling very much, so I asked her what she wanted to do slowly?Aren't you afraid of getting wet in the rain?

Shirley Yang said that after drilling for a long time in the soil hole dug by Guanyin, the whole body is covered with dirty soil. It is a pity that there is no mirror now. Otherwise, if everyone can take a look at themselves, most of them will not recognize themselves. , simply let the rain wash it away, and then immediately set up a fire to dry it in the cave, and don't have to worry about getting sick.

I didn't think of this at all. After hearing what she said, I remembered that the five of us who crawled out of the ground were so filthy that we looked like a group of unearthed cultural relics. Although the climate here is warmer, It rains in the mountains for a long time, but it is easy to get sick, so I still let her go to the cave to shelter from the rain, don't get carried away just because she escaped from death, and try to clean up for a while, in case the joy turns into sadness, the rain will not be worth the loss .

I took Shirley Yang and followed the other three people into the cave. As soon as I entered, I could smell a faint smell of sulfur. There were several white stone pits in the cave. After passing a few hot springs, they have now dried up. Although the smell is a little uncomfortable, there is no need to worry about wild animals.

There are a lot of dead branches and leaves in the valley. The fat man and I went to the place where the rain did not fall at the entrance of the cave, picked up a lot of them randomly and brought them back, piled them in the cave and set up a bonfire, and took the leftover big Guanyin. Come out to roast, the meat of Diguanyin is like a fat hamster, with three layers of fat and thin. Any condiments such as condiments, so it is inevitable that there will be some earthy smell when eating, but after getting used to it, the more you chew, the more delicious it is.

The flames burned hotter and hotter, making people warm all over. As soon as the tense spirit was relaxed, the fatigue and pain accumulated in the past few days all poured out, and I felt exhausted from the inside out. I gnawed Half of the ground Guanyin's hind leg, almost fell asleep before finishing chewing the meat in his mouth, yawned, and was about to lie down and take a nap when Shirley Yang told me about going to the United States again.

Shirley Yang has said this many times, but I have never made a clear promise, because life and death were unpredictable at that time, and every day was terrified, and every day was like the end of the world, but now it is different, since we have never cursed I have to give her an answer, and I have asked myself many times in my heart, of course I want to go to the United States, not because the United States and the countries are so good, but because I never want to go to the United States. Separated from Shirley Yang, but the fat man and I are poor and empty now, even if we scratch the bottom of the box, we can't make up a few capitals. What do we do there for a living?Most of my comrades-in-arms who sacrificed their lives are in poor areas, old and young. Who will take care of their families in the future?Of course, Shirley Yang will solve our many economic difficulties without hesitation, but I still can't accept this way for a while in terms of thoughts and feelings. Self-reliance is my principle, and it is not easy for me to do it for a long time I was hesitant about one thing, but this time I had to think twice.

So I told Shirley Yang to give me some time and let me think about it again. If I went to the United States, the Fengshui secrets I have studied for half my life would be useless. Since I first arrived at the Panjiayuan Antique Market in Beijing, I'm planning to make a big fight and make a fortune, otherwise, wouldn't it be useless to learn the dragon-hunting formula of Captain Mojin?We have been in the Dragon Tower Palace quite often, but we didn’t find any valuables. Going abroad, no matter which country you are going to, even the third world countries are rushing to go. They plan to go out first anyway. Of course we also want to go to the United States, but the time is not yet ripe. "

The fat man said beside him: "That's right, Commander Hu's rhetoric of aiming to bring down a big fight in his life is still ringing in our ears. This is our highest ideal. If we don't understand this wish, I can’t even eat, and I can’t sleep soundly.”

Uncle Ming heard what we said, and he seemed to have some big plans, so he quickly said to us: "Is there anything wrong? I haven't got out of the Kunlun Mountains yet, and I plan to make a big move again? Be sure to take it with you." Me, I can provide funds and all necessary supplies. Although we lost everything this time, there are no bets to lose. I believe in Brother Hu's strength, and we can definitely get a big deal. .”

Impatiently, I said to Uncle Ming: "Don't follow the booing, okay? Didn't you see that there are three great invert workers here, talking ecstatically about the future of the invert industry? This will be a sleepless day. night."

Uncle Ming lost his wife and lost his army, so of course he refused to give up any chance to make money, and continued to say to me with a smile: "Of course I know, brother, you are all people who do great things, but a good guy and three gangs, except fat Zai and Ms. Yang, I can also help a little. I have a very valuable information here. Have you heard of the tomb of King Hami in Xinjiang? It is said that there is a set of golden scriptures in the ancient tomb of King Hami. One page is all gold, and it is inlaid with all kinds of precious stones. Reading one line of scriptures can make the withered flowers bloom again, and reading two lines of scriptures can make..." Uncle Ming said while closing his eyes and shaking his head. , as if the golden scripture had already been touched by him, and he was intoxicated.

Seeing that what Shirley and I were talking about was interrupted by Uncle Ming again, the topic got farther and farther away, and if we continued, we might have to discuss going to Tianshan to defeat King Hami, so he cleared his throat and put my Attention was pulled back from Uncle Ming's topic, Shirley Yang said to me: "You are clearly on the top of the statue on Thunder Mountain, and you have already said it yourself, you don't want to do the fight again, you want to go to the United States with me, But in less than a day now, you have refused to admit the debt again, but I am not angry with you, because I understand your feelings, and there is still a long way to go back. After you arrive in Beijing, please give me an answer, I will I hope that what I said to you before was not in vain... Do you know the story of the Bremen band? I think this story has a lot of similarities with our experience."

Fatty and I, you look at me, I look at you, never heard of a "band that doesn't sell coal", Shirley Yang actually said that our experience is similar to this band?What is she trying to say?I really can't figure out what is the connection between "Captain Mojin" and "The Band That Doesn't Sell Coal"?Could it be that there is a group of people who both fight and sing?So I asked Shirley Yang what is a "band that doesn't sell coal"?

Shirley Yang said: "It's not that we don't sell coal. It's Bremen, a place name in Germany. This story is a fairy tale. The four animals in the story, the donkey, the dog, the cat and the chicken, all feel too much pressure in life. They decide to Form a band to go to Bremen and think that they will be popular there and live a happy life, and in their minds, reaching the end of the journey in Bremen is their ultimate ideal."

Fatty and I shook our heads at the same time: "This metaphor is very inappropriate. How can we compare us with animals in these fairy tales?"

Shirley Yang said: "Listen to me first, the Bremen band they formed did not reach Bremen until the end, because during the journey to Bremen, they used their wisdom in the hunter's hut. After defeating the bad guys, they stayed there to live happily. Although the Bremen band had never been to Bremen, they had found what they hoped for and realized their self-worth during the journey. "

Although the fat man still doesn’t understand, I basically understand what Shirley Yang’s story refers to. The “Bremen Band” who has never been to Bremen, and those of us who have never made a fortune through tomb robbery It can indeed be said that they are very similar. Perhaps during the journey, we have obtained many valuable things, whose value even surpassed our great goal of "making a fortune". The destination is not important, what is important is In the process of going to the destination, what did we gain.

After listening to the story of the Bremen band, I was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked the fat man: "Why are we going to fight? Is there any other reason besides needing money?"

The fat man stunned me from asking, and after thinking for a long time, he finally said, "Fight... fight against each other? This is because... because we can't do anything other than fight against each other. We don't know anything."

After listening to the fat man's words, I felt a strong sense of loss, my heart was empty, and I didn't want to talk anymore. After eating something, the rest of the people also leaned against the cave wall to rest. I couldn't sleep. Something hidden in my heart seemed to be touched, it was an examination of my own destiny.

Fatty and I have similar backgrounds. Both came from military families. We experienced the ten-year catastrophe of the Communist Party. That period is the most important stage in the formation of values ​​and worldviews in a person’s life. Revolution is innocent, rebellion The concept of rationality has been deeply ingrained. The teachers in the school have been criticized and stigmatized, and their studies have basically been abandoned. It requires culture without culture, production technology without production technology. This is not only the sorrow of the two of us, but also the tragedy of the entire era. Sorrowful, later, in response to the call to "make red hearts in the vast world", we jumped in the queue in the most remote valley in Inner Mongolia, and truly experienced the "vast world" where no one can be seen for hundreds of miles. I was lucky enough to go to the mountains and go to the countryside He went to serve as a soldier for more than a year, and if the fat man hadn't been determined not to believe in any indicators for returning to the city, he packed his bags and ran back, and he didn't know how many years he would spend in the mountains.

Enlisting in the army has been my dream since I was a child, but I didn’t catch up with the good times, so I could only dream about participating in the Third World War every night. I was a soldier for ten years, and I became a company commander when I was 29. It was a great opportunity for me to make contributions, but my impulsiveness on the battlefield wiped out the bright future I expected. A person who has lived in the army for ten years, once he leaves the army, it is tantamount to I lost everything. After the reform and opening up, a lot of new things and new values ​​kept pouring into China. It was even hard for me to adapt to this change. I wanted to learn to do some business, but found that I was not that material at all. , I gradually lost my ideals and pursuits, and I was just eating and waiting to die all day long.

It wasn't until Fatty and I got to know Da Jinya and started our career as a "Captain Touching Gold" that I felt like I had found my goal. It's just an unreliable idea, because as the fat man said, we don't know anything except fighting, I just hope to live a more fulfilling life instead of wasting time in mediocrity. When I come to the United States, I can continue to struggle. Striving to make more money and make life easier for those who need my help.

Regarding these things, I have never thought about these things so carefully before, and my thoughts were ups and downs for a while. Although I closed my eyes, I didn't feel sleepy at all. I heard that the rest of the people were very tired, and it didn't take long for them to fall asleep , the sound of the rain outside had stopped, and I suddenly heard someone walking out lightly.

I remained calm and opened my eyes slightly, only to see that the fire had been extinguished halfway, and Uncle Ming was sneaking out of the cave, holding my rucksack in his hand, which contained some of the leftovers we ate Meat, and several sets of assault suits, dry batteries and other things. If you want to go out from the deep mountains, you must have these things at the very least. Where do you want to go in the middle of the night? Don't tell me that you always get up late at night, you don't need to bring a rucksack, if you have to hurry, why don't you tell me, so I can see you off."

My action was very sudden, and Uncle Ming was so scared that he didn't have a heart attack: "I... I, I... Alas... I am a drop in the ocean, how dare I bother the captain to see you off?"

I told Uncle Ming that you are a senior, so why not send me off?Where exactly do you want to go?Uncle Ming stomped his feet and said, "It's really hard to describe..." He said with a worried expression on his face, and whispered to me with a sad expression, "To tell you the truth, I came out of the ground alive this time, I really think it's a dream. Looking back on the past, I feel that life is like a big dream, painful and short-lived. This time, I escaped from the dead for two lives, but I can see everything. I have a plan to become a lama in a temple. After worshiping the Buddha, I spent the rest of my life and repented of my past sins, but I was afraid that Axiang would be sad, so it was better not to make her sad, so I made this plan and wanted to leave without saying goodbye. A good home, so don’t worry about me anymore, I’m a leaf in the wind, let me go with the wind.”

I almost didn’t make Uncle Ming angry. If I used this trick for the first time, maybe I would have been bluffed by him, but I already understood his plan. Old Gangnong seemed to agree to Shirley when he saw me. Yang has gone to the United States, and there is a high probability that he will not go to Daodou again. Right now, there is only one road in this "hidden bone ditch". Antiques, how can I let him run away, so I snatched Uncle Ming's rucksack: "The monks are all empty, but don't rush to go, it was agreed in Beijing at the beginning, that shelf of antiques, Including the Runyu that Yang Guifei put in her mouth to quench her lungs and thirst, it should be mine. If there is anything to do, go back to Beijing and settle the accounts. At that time, whether you are willing to be a Taoist or a lama, you will be with me. I have nothing to do with it, but before that, as close as we are, we can't be separated by half a step."

I saw that the rest of the people were sleeping very deeply at this time, everyone was really tired, and there was no need to disturb the rest of the people with Uncle Ming's cleverness, so I took the rucksack out of Uncle Ming's hands without saying a word. When I came back, I put it under my head and told Uncle Ming that it’s okay to leave, but we can’t take anything with us, because we have to use it. If you don’t want to leave, you should find a place to rest quickly and don’t wake up other people.

Uncle Ming had no choice but to come back again, sat on the ground and whispered to me: "Brother Hu... Let me say one more thing, it is a pity that the ancient tomb of King Hami is not upside down once, and it is a pity to touch Captain Jin's skill." Yes, let’s cooperate, we can definitely make the next big one, don’t look at my age, but how many old and strong veterans have been there throughout the ages, Zhao Guolian is quite proficient in the art of war, and the Han Dynasty and horses aid the state..."

I curled my lips, closed my eyes and went to sleep, and ignored him. Uncle Ming felt that he was bored, and he didn't succeed in running. It was a bit embarrassing, so I had to rest on the spot. This time I really let go of the world. , Menghun looked at his hometown and flew away. It seemed that he hadn't slept for long. He was awakened by Shirley Yang. The volcanic belt is extremely active, and the sulfur smell in the valley is much stronger than at night. Although it is difficult to judge whether there will be danger, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time.

We didn't have anything left, so we didn't need to do more tidying up. The fat man carried Ah Xiang on his back and set off. After coming out of the ground, Citizen's diving watch was scrapped, and the compass on it was useless because Although this kind of multi-functional watch is fully adapted to the harsh natural environment in the wild, it has a disadvantage, that is, it is waterproof to 100 meters, but it is not waterproof and gas-proof. Precision mechanical watches are most afraid of water vapor, and the water vapor generated by high temperature can easily enter the sealed watch. During the process, a slight change in the pressure inside the watch will cause the precise parts to fall off and become loose, and mechanical positioning is no longer possible. But fortunately, the direction of the bone groove is very clear. After going out, to a mountainous area with a high altitude, you need to Find the direction through the experience of survival in the wild.

A group of people walked westward, out of the valley, and had to bypass the Longding Glacier to reach another sacrificial ditch. The yak team of the supply camp should be waiting for us there. Although we tried our best to walk in low-lying areas, the The altitude is still rising sharply, and the temperature is getting lower and lower. In the ancient cypress forests between the glaciers on both sides, there are gravels everywhere. Walking in it is like being in a river of stones and trees. , Occasionally, you can see snow lotus in full bloom, beautiful and white, with a pleasant fragrance. In fact, snow lotus is not as precious and rare as the legends. It can often be seen near the glacier. Local Tibetan monks generally use it as medicine. Only Bingxin snow lotus Extraordinary products, it is difficult to see them in a leisurely manner.

After another half day's journey, the clouds in the sky gradually thinned. The mysterious snow peak of "Kalamir" inadvertently lifted her mysterious veil. "Several snow-capped mountains, as if a goddess wearing a silver crown, emitting dazzling light, majestic and proud of the sky, appearing to be magnificent, those rare and magnificent ice tower forests on the mountainside, like diamonds inlaid on the edge of the silver crown, It was a world of glazed glass. If it weren't for the thin clouds, there would be no such fantastic and charming scenery. The stone forest formed by countless strange stones under the glacier extends down densely and connects with the ancient forest at low altitude.

The melted water of the glacier flows under the forest, making a rhythmic ding-dong sound, as if the jade fingers of a fairy are gently plucking the strings, and a series of moving notes flow out. Although we are cold and hungry, we feel that we can’t breathe. Chang, but seeing such a fairyland-like scenery, I have to sigh that it is great to be able to come here alive.

When they reached the edge of the forest, everyone felt that their physical strength was exhausted, the fat man gasped and his face turned purple, so he had to put Axiang down first, he couldn't walk without resting, and Axiang was already out of breath. I'm out of breath, I know it's not because I'm tired, but in the plateau area, due to the hypoxic reaction caused by excessive exercise, if you walk all the way and the altitude gradually increases, then you will never be able to breathe well, and you can only breathe in the original place. Rest as often as possible until their altitude sickness subsides, but that is hopeless, and Axiang may not be able to persist without an oxygen cylinder.

I also felt that my chest was stuffy and uncomfortable. Looking at the vast mountains and forests in the distance, I really didn’t know how far I had to go. I was worried, and suddenly found a few figures on the hillside in the distance. I couldn’t believe it. I can see other people here. They thought their eyes were dazzled by the silver light of the snow-capped mountains. They rubbed their eyes and looked carefully. They were right. There were indeed people. Shirley Yang and others also saw it. Their uniforms and clothes are just a few local porters who went into the mountain with us.

Those four people didn't notice us. They seemed to be worshiping at the god peak where the clouds cleared and the mist cleared. He greeted the porters and walked towards them. When we got closer, the porters also found us, and they were also very happy. They pointed at Xuefeng and motioned us to look over there too.

I looked along their fingers, and at a very high place, there were more than a dozen strong and huge wild yaks, like huge black boulders, moving forward slowly, as if walking in the sky. Twice the size of an ordinary yak, it is a typical alpine animal. It is extremely cold-resistant and very rare in number. It inhabits and wanders near untouched high mountains. Only people have seen it with their own eyes. It is a symbol of auspicious and immeasurable power. It is difficult to see one at ordinary times. This time, I saw a group of them. It is no wonder that these people are so excited.

This group of wild yaks are big, about four meters long, majestic and majestic, with thick horns, long and thick black hair, the skirt hair on the abdomen can reach the ground, covered with thorny tongue, horns and hooves It is its three weapons, and even Tibetan horse bears and wolves dare not provoke them. It seems that this group of wild yaks are walking on snow and ice to the basin on the other side of the mountain.

Looking at the group of wild yaks walking slowly on the road to the sky, I have to feel awe from the bottom of my heart, the awe of nature and life, everyone witnessed the huge and silent yaks gradually disappearing behind the ridgeline of the snow-capped mountains , the clouds on the mountainside merged again, wrapping the silver snow peaks again. If we lost something in our hearts, we still looked at the clouds obsessively, and it took a long time to come back to our senses.

It turned out that due to the rapid rise of geothermal heat, the clouds on the top of the snow dispersed, and Xuefeng revealed his real body. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is to worship and kowtow. Several porters who stayed behind in the supply camp all came to pray for the protection of the peak. They saw wild yaks by accident. They were all happy, so they camped in the forest not far away. A few days ago, there was a cold wave on the glacier, followed by an avalanche. They were very worried. Seeing that we were safe at this time When they came back, they kept shaking the prayer wheel, praising the benevolence and grace of the Buddha. Although they regretted the death of "the first day of the junior high school", the local herdsmen had a completely different view of life and death from us. Under the sacred snow-capped peak, the meritorious deeds are extremely consummated, not to mention that he killed the white wolf king who is the incarnation of the Kunlun Mountain demon, and the "first day of the junior high school" will definitely become the Buddha's Changzhu Dharma protector in the next life (Changzhu: The Eagle Crows Like a Dragon Roar), may his spirit in the sky bless Kalamir so that he will never be threatened by wolves again.

There are sufficient equipment and medicines in the supply camp. Ah Xiangna’s deteriorating condition has been stabilized. She has been lying on the yak’s back for two days with oxygen cylinders inserted. There is no danger for the time being. Shirley Yang said that she will also take Ah Xiang Go to the United States, so that Uncle Ming will not sell her in the future. In the United States, an eye operation can be performed so that she can live a normal life in the future.

We broke camp and set off, riding yaks, and finally walked out of the high mountains of Kalamir and returned to the desolate Zhajiexigu pasture. Serve out a meal for everyone to eat and drink. Although it is not as luxurious as the dinner before entering the mountain, it is also very rich and delicious. First eat lamb, then Tibetan buns with thin skin and more meat, and pilaf with sugar and raisins , and finally a large bowl of yogurt per person.

We haven’t eaten such a decent meal for many days. We shook our cheeks and ate it hard. We couldn’t even sit down at the end, so we reluctantly asked the shepherd to take away the leftovers. After we finished, we asked people: "What time will dinner be served tomorrow morning?" Of course, such people are mainly me, Fatty and Uncle Ming. Shirley Yang is not as unpromising as we are, and Ah Xiang doesn't eat much. He only drank two bowls of yogurt.

In the evening, I told Lama Tiebang about the process of entering the mountain. After hearing this, the lama said: "Auspicious, there are too many wonderful adventures. It is really brilliant. This is not only your good luck, but also the Buddha's blessing to you This body is the container of the sea of ​​suffering, just like one's own enemy, if one can make good use of this body, it will become the foundation of auspiciousness..."

Lama Tiebang didn't know much about "Muchen Beads", so I briefly told him about them. In fact, "Muchen Beads" are "Phoenix Gallbladder". Tibetan Tantric Buddhism also has Fengshui theory, which is similar to the theory of Fengshui in China, but There is a big difference in terminology, just like the Kalamir mountain area, which is called "Phoenix Shrine" by Tantric Buddhism, which is the land of phoenix birds, while Qingwu Fengshui refers to it as the "dragon top" of the backbone of heaven and earth, which is the symbol of yin and yang. The place of fusion.

After the fall of the Demon Kingdom, the "Phoenix Gallbladder" flowed into the Central Plains. The princes and nobles who were in charge of divination in the Zhou Dynasty predicted that it was a secret weapon that symbolized longevity and reincarnation, and it came from the land of the Phoenix. correct use?However, no clue was found through divination, and the secret was only hidden on the dragon armor that recorded the incident of "Fengming Qishan" through cipher text. Mystery, the sixteen-character hexagram has long been lost, and we can only imagine its content through some speculation. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, some privileged classes have retained the keel of "Fengming Qishan", which may also be derived from it. Because of the longing for immortality, I hope that one day, I can unlock the secret.

And this "Phoenix Gallbladder" is actually a sacrificial vessel used by the Demon Kingdom to sacrifice ghost caves. The "Phoenix Shrine" has a unique geographical location. There are two pools in the inner alchemy. There are two small black and white circles in the Tai Chi picture. There is a line in the middle of the Tai Chi picture separating black and white Yin and Yang, but there are two circles with opposite colors on both sides of the black and white, symbolizing the unity of Yin and Yang. The "Phoenix Shrine" shrine The pool symbolizes these two dots. If these two dots are covered with opposite colors, then Yin and Yang will no longer be integrated, but will be clearly separated. I let Lama Tiebang see Looking at the eye mark on my back, it has turned from red to black, which means that the passage between the world and the imaginary space has been completely cut off, and we have finally got rid of the entanglement of ghost caves and death, but when we left the altar , just in time for Ah Xiang to disappear, so he was in a hurry, and forgot to take back the "Phoenix Gallbladder", and it was impossible to go back. This is a great pity.

Lama Tiebang said that the "Phoenix Gall" is the pearl of reincarnation mentioned in the poem of the King of the Conqueror Orb, the Conqueror Precious Orb... That means that the King of Heroes is like the Mani Orb of boundless Dharma, which can rival the kingdom of demons. The pearl of reincarnation, the sky is boundless, the earth is lawless, the residual poison of the demon kingdom has not been purified yet, all dharmas are changing, and the world is impermanent. What you have done can be regarded as the achievement of a boundless and immeasurable good fruit, which is wonderful and auspicious.

The lama said that he would go to the lake to fulfill his vows in the future, and asked me what my plan was. I said that I was thinking about going overseas. Speaking of this, I thought that Lama Tiebang was old and died on the way to the lake. The long-cherished wish of Tibet, the road to heaven in Tibet is so long, I am afraid that I will never have the chance to meet again in this life, my eyes began to feel a little sore.

Early the next morning, Shirley Yang discussed with Tiebang Lama, wanting to donate a sum of money to the temple near Kalamir, build a golden Buddha statue, and pray for the dead. I know that Shirley Yang believes in God and not Buddhism. She did this To a large extent, it is for our sake, to be kind to us, because I broke many rules when I was fighting with Fatty and others. If it wasn't for my fate, I would have died a long time ago. She is very thoughtful, and I feel sorry for She is very grateful.

Lama Tiebang took us to a nearby temple. This temple is very small, with only two entrances, front and back. There are some piles of scriptures and stones nearby. There is an eight-year-old immovable statue of the Buddha, and the apse is the remains of the murals left by the Tang Dynasty. It used to be glorious for a while. In the murals, there are the palace of the Dragon King, the bedroom of the Rakshasa Witch, the secret path haunted by demon dragons, and the ghosts. The hidden valleys are full of demons and ghosts that were subdued by Fudo King Kong back then, and there are statues of Xiangxiang gods on both sides. They are responsible for offering sacrifices to the gods with the wonderful music of pipa.

According to the local people, due to the remote location and sparsely populated area, the Fudo Jingang Temple is not very fragrant. Thousands of years have passed in a flash, and now only one-third of its size is left, and it is already very dilapidated. A long time ago, there were originally three Buddhist halls here, and there were also "Kalachakra" and "Kalachakra". , can make military disasters, wars and all disasters subside, the weather will be smooth, the grain will be plentiful, and the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe.

After Shirley Yang saw it, he immediately decided to donate a sum of money to make the Vajra Temple in Kalamir repeat the old view. Lama Tiebang said that Shirley Yang must be the Ram (fairy) of our snowy plateau who went down to earth to build temples and temples. There must be blessings. The Buddhist scriptures say that the first-class blessings in the world have four kinds of blessings. The first is great wealth, with many treasures, property, and farms; the second is solemn and upright, with 32 signs; the third is the body. Healthy and disease-free, stable and happy; fourth, live a long life and enjoy a peaceful and prosperous world. Although you don’t practice the wisdom of the world, you can’t practice enlightenment and fruition, but you have other good things, no obstacles, you can get everything you want, long-term prosperity, No shortage.

I thought to myself that this blessing with 32 faces is not worth it. If you really have 32 faces, even if you change your appearance every day, and you don’t have the same look for more than a month, wouldn’t all acquaintances recognize each other?But I think this is some kind of metaphor. The inside of the Buddhist hall is a solemn place. Although I don’t care about anything, I dare not ask such impolite questions casually. Only later did I know that the 32 signs refer to the characteristics of blessings. .

After a little distraction, Lama Tiebang brought everyone back to the front hall. Everyone followed Lama Tiebang to pray for blessings, and made a wish for the future destiny, so that we and other people who have predestined relationship in troubled times can worship and pray. May the mercy of the Buddha shine, Illuminating the world, peace, tranquility, and happiness will come to the world. May my Buddha protect and bless us all the time, so that we can eliminate our ignorance and troubles and become auspicious soon.

Before leaving, Uncle Ming was going to stay in the monastery to be a lama again. Fatty and I couldn’t help but walk back after picking him up. I suddenly had a bad premonition and asked Uncle Ming, “Where are you in the Beijing mansion?” Are those antiques all imitations? Otherwise, why do you always want to run away? Let me tell you that Hong Kong will have to be liberated sooner or later. It won’t go anywhere.”

Uncle Ming hurriedly said: "Is there any mistake? I have always sold and bought clearly in my business. There are absolutely no fake products in Shenshui. Otherwise, why would everyone respectfully call me Uncle Ming? Ming is clear and clear. , where would you do such shady things? I just wanted to become a monk because I suddenly saw through the world of mortals just now, and I definitely didn't want to run away to avoid debts."

Fatty and I immediately told Uncle Ming that it would be great to see through the world of mortals. You lost the bottom of this business. We didn’t have the heart to accept it all, but since you have seen through the world of mortals, you are determined to jump out of the Three Realms In addition, I don't mix in the five elements anymore, and those things outside of the body are naturally free to come and go, so we don't have to have any unbearable worries anymore, just to help you clean up, and help Uncle Ming, you will soon have a positive result. After finishing speaking, he didn't care about Uncle Ming's miserable expression, and dragged him back.

Chapter 230 Six

Considering the condition of the wounded, we did not stay too long in Kalamir. Three days later, our international column bid farewell to the local shepherds and returned to Beijing. As soon as we arrived in the urban area, I asked Fatty to quickly take Dajin Ya found it, and we met at Uncle Ming's house together, and collected all the valuable antiques. Of course, Shirley Yang didn't let Shirley Yang know about it. Shirley Yang was going to take Ah Xiang to the hospital for a reexamination of the wound. run away.

Uncle Ming ran several times but failed, so he had to take me home with a sad face. The city of Beijing used to be known as "three thousand six big alleys, and small alleys stuffed with cow hair". After the reform and opening up, with the transformation of the city, the number of courtyard houses gradually decreased Speaking of which, Uncle Ming's house is located near Buchengmen, relatively speaking, it is a quiet place in the midst of hustle and bustle. Although it is a bit dilapidated, every brick and tile has an old and decadent aesthetic feeling, and it retains some "" Canopy, fish tank, pomegranate tree, Mr. Fat Dog, Fat Girl" atmosphere, the more I look at it, the more I feel that this yard is quite exquisite, and I can't help but feel a little regretful. If Uncle Ming was asked to use this house as part of the reward, he would not refuse Yes, it's a pity that we only asked for the antique calligraphy and paintings in the house.

Without much effort, Fatty and Da Jinya, each carrying two big suitcases, rushed to meet me. As soon as Da Jinya saw me, he bared his gleaming front teeth and said, "Oh my! Master Hu, you really want to die brother. Ever since you went to Tibet, my eyelids have not been twitching for a day. I hope that the Central Red Army will come to northern Shaanxi. I finally hope that you will come back. Now the situation in Panjiayuan is not good. The business can't be done, and these days when you are away, the brothers can't even find someone to discuss with..."

I said to Da Jinya: "Our trip almost ended in Kunlun Mountains. Unexpectedly, our base area is also very difficult? But we have time to talk about these things later. Now we will divide the land from the local tyrants. Uncle Ming has already divided this house All the antiques were given to us as remuneration. The fat man and I were dissatisfied with things like identifying the age value of antiques, and half of the bottles were dangling. Therefore, you have to keep an eye on these things, so that Let's cash it out as soon as possible."

Da Jinya said: "Master Hu, Mr. Fatty, you two just watch it. Don't worry, you won't be a handicraft brother who fights against each other, but when it comes to ancient porcelain, ancient jade, and miscellaneous items, it's really not ours." Blow, how many experts are there in Forty-Nine City? I really haven't seen anyone who can compare to me."

At this time, the fat man was so happy that he could hardly close his mouth, and put his arm around Uncle Ming's neck tightly: "It's really busy to clean up the whole world and divide the land. Uncle Ming, we won't be polite to you, we men Who is who, when you shot at me back then, I didn't have the nerve to say anything, so I stopped talking nonsense, and hurriedly opened the door."

Uncle Ming had no choice but to open the door of the room where the antiques were placed, and everything inside was as before. On several simple sandalwood cabinets, there were many antiques in various places, giving people a feeling of dazzling and not knowing what to look at. There is no difference from the first time we came here, except that there is a "thirteen-bearded porcelain cat" missing. That thing is not a valuable thing in the first place, and we don't care much about it. Da Jinya never forgets , what I have been thinking about all the time - is the phoenix-shaped "Runyu" that Uncle Ming has always carried with him. The funds for doing business in the United States will all fall into it.

Da Jinya didn't care about anything else, and this time he finally held the jade phoenix in his hand, and he had another heartfelt admiration: "It's very unscientific to say that you can live forever if you grind jade and eat it. However, it is an indisputable fact that beautiful jade has the effect of nourishing the skin and maintaining the appearance. The Empress Dowager Lafayette insisted on using jade for beauty every day. At that time, she followed Emperor Yangdi Zhu Guier to insert the jade plucking in Kunshan to moisturize hair. No one in the world can match women, but she uses Kunshan Runyu, which is much worse than the jade phoenix on the bottom of the East China Sea. The ancients said: A gentleman has no reason, and jade does not die. In my opinion, Mr. Hu, this It's better not to sell the jade phoenix, just keep it as a personal collection, it is a good thing that can be passed down from generation to generation."

I took the jade phoenix and looked at it. Although there is history to check, this is the genuine product used by Concubine Yang Gui, but even I can see that the engraving is obviously in the style of "Han Eight Swords", which shows that the age is far older than that of Tang Dynasty. It is a rare and beautiful jade that cannot be found, but it is for women after all, so what is the use of us keeping it?It's better to sell it for cash, but after thinking about it, why not give it to Shirley Yang, it's not made upside down, she will definitely like it, so I nodded and agreed, when asking the fat man to settle the score, don't count Yufeng in it up.

Then we checked the rest of the antiques one by one, and it was fine if we didn’t look at them. After a look, we realized that Uncle Ming had fooled us. There were already many fine imitations of antiques in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, precisely because of their uniqueness. The value of collecting and collecting it is worth appreciating and playing to identify the authenticity, so that big players have the space to display their vision, financial resources, and courage. It is easy to identify the authenticity and difficult to master. In a sense, the charm of antiques lies in It's hard to tell the real from the fake, many of the things in Uncle Ming's house look real, but if you carefully identify them and smell them with your hands, you will know that they are not of high value, and most of them are just decorations.

In a fit of rage, the fat man wanted to use Uncle Ming's ribs as a washboard. Uncle Ming hurriedly begged me for mercy. He used to do this to support his appearance, so he had a room full of things that he had spent half his life collecting antiques in Nanyang. , Most of them have paid off the gambling debts for his two precious sons. He is actually close to bankruptcy, otherwise he would not have risked his life to go to Kunlun Mountain. However, these things are not all fake. A few are still worth some money.

I waved my hand at the fat man, forget it, even if you beat him up, he won’t be able to spit out the gold bars. Let’s clear out all the fakes first, and see what else is left.Immediately, he worked together with Da Jinya and Fatty, rummaging through boxes and chests and counting all these utensils. Fatty thought he had a unique vision, picked up a dark red lotus-shaped porcelain bowl and said: "Look, Laohu and Laojin, this is absolutely It is a kiln-changed glaze. The glaze color on the outside of the bowl is as deep red as blood, and the inside is full of striped glaze flowers. I saw a similar one in Panjiayuan. The internal stripes are called rain walls, and it looks like rain is dripping down the walls, if it is a Jun kiln, it would be worth a lot of money."

Da Jinya took it and looked at it: "Fatty Master, your vision is really high. How can there be so many Jun kiln porcelains? As the saying goes, a piece of Jun kiln porcelain is worth ten thousand gold. I haven't seen many pieces in all these years." Complete, Jun porcelain is unparalleled, kiln changes are unparalleled, where can you see it in leisure time, the red like rouge in the glaze color is the most, the green is green, and the purple is black. Its kiln change is called earthworm mud pattern, that is, it appears in the glaze The glaze traces extend meanderingly and vary in length from top to bottom, like earthworms swimming in the soil, which is very unique. First of all, this vessel is not a bowl, but a brush washer. The color is rose red, purple Jun The imitation is an incomparably rich grape purple. No matter in terms of shape, glaze, ring feet, air bubbles, and tire quality, it is not the real product, but only a high imitation in the late Republic of China. It may have come from Suzhou. It’s worth 1000 yuan, which is not bad.”

I said to the fat man and the big gold tooth: "There are also some exquisite imitations in the fake ones. Although they are not as valuable as the real ones, they are worse than a scrap product. Maybe we can use them to drive foreign piles and exchange foreign exchange certificates with foreigners. "As he said, he packed the brush and put it away. Among these messy antiques, there was one that caught my attention. It was also a piece of porcelain, with neat tires and white glaze. It was shaped like a The kind of cup used by the heads of state during the meeting in the Great Hall of the People, but the workmanship seems to be more refined, the texture is very good, of course, its strong characteristics of the times are the most attractive, the handle of the cup is shaped like a sickle and axe, and there are five red stars on the lid And the fist symbol, marked with the words "in order to realize the industrialization of the country", and on the front of the cup body there is the quotation "implement the general line and the general task in all work".

I asked Uncle Ming: "This cup should not be fake, but I don't know which head used the leftovers. Where did you buy it?"

Uncle Ming said that this is of course not a fake. It was given by a friend from mainland China two years ago. It is said that it is out of print. The value of this cup cannot be lowered. It is a typical relic of the Republic. You can take it away. Leave some for me.

The fat man looked at it and said: "I used to have such a thing at home, and it was sent by my old man during a meeting. At that time, I was still young, and the old man told me to walk out of the house and smashed it with a slingshot. , is this broken cup worth money?"

Da Jinya said: "At that time, even the cups distributed to the heads of state during the meeting are similar, but this one must be different. Look at the model on this cup, it is Zhang Songtao's inscription, and Jingdezhen City The First Porcelain Painting Craft Cooperative, this cup is amazing. As far as I know, it must have been specially ordered for the Lushan Conference of the Central Committee. Its quantity is not large, and the Songtao cup is even more rare and has a high value. As an out-of-print, the value may not be prominent now, but as the years go by, this cup will become more and more valuable.”

I held up the tea cup and admired it again and again. If I put it at home to drink water, wouldn't I feel the same as the chief?Although this is not an antique in the true sense, it is not only exquisite in craftsmanship, unique in style, and very rare in quantity, but what is even more rare is that it has witnessed the vicissitudes of history and has a deep and special meaning, which is in line with the five words of measuring the value of antiques." "Old, young, fine, beautiful, good": the words "fine" and "short", if they can be combined into a complete set, then the value may be even higher than that of ordinary artifacts. It seems that there are still a few of Uncle Ming's gadgets Good stuff, although it's not as big as we expected, it's still a bit of a windfall.

Most of the utensils displayed in Uncle Ming’s room were purchased from antique dealers in a "one-shot" manner. The so-called "one-shot" refers to a large number of utensils sold at the same time, most of which are high Imitation, the degree of authenticity is very high, although it is not worth a lot of money, it will not be worthless like ordinary Xibei goods, and there are so many genuine good things in these things, so the three of them cheered up and put The things were sorted into different categories, and those that were judged to be worthless by Da Jinya were all piled up in the corner of the room.

With the deepening of the cleaning operation, there were fewer and fewer things on the sandalwood shelves, and Uncle Ming's face became more and more ugly. At this time, there was a purple sand pot where the fat man couldn't see it. Feeling rustic, I felt that the pot was not very good, so I threw it out in the corner where the defective products were piled up. Da Jinya was sniffing a small copper Buddha statue with his nose, when he suddenly saw the purple clay pot thrown out by the fat man , suddenly opened his mouth wide, his eyes fixed on the parabola of the purple clay pot falling from the sky, he didn't even want the bronze Buddha in his hand, stretched out two hands, I don't know why his skill is so good at this time neat?He even caught the purple sand pot before it fell to the ground, and Da Jinya's forehead was sweating: "Fatty Master, you are really an ancestor. If I didn't see it just now, this pot will be broken by you!" gone."

The fat man said, "What are you making such a fuss about? This broken pot of soil has lost its slag, and even the luster of the purple sand is gone. I don't know where it was taken out of the gutter. Who is willing to pay for it?"

I also think this pot is ugly and its shape is okay, but the fetal texture is too dark and bald, and it lacks the smoothness that has been rubbed and played by generations. Come on, but big gold teeth are rarely misjudged. Could it be that this is a valuable thing?

Da Jinya carefully touched the body of the pot, and sniffed it twice with his nose: "Don't look at this purple clay pot as unremarkable, it's an ancient relic from the Ming Dynasty, and this shape is called tendons. There is no smooth and bright patina on the surface, because 90.00% of them are Ming objects poured out of the tomb. The carcass has been buried in the soil for many years. The craftsmanship of the period has not been improved, but the mud has been slightly refined, and there are more impurities, so the appearance is not better than the Qing Dynasty pot at first, but this is a real bright vessel."

Fatty, Da Jinya and I wrapped up the purple sand pot with satisfaction, and finally picked out a total of more than [-] items. Before I knew it, it was getting late. Looking at the time, it was past nine o'clock in the evening, and everyone was busy. Naturally, he didn't have time to eat when ordering goods. When the fat man said he was coming, he saw a restaurant at the entrance of the alley, so he went to have a meal before going home.So we picked up our things and left. We didn't intend to take Uncle Ming with us, but Uncle Ming seemed reluctant to part with those few things, so he had the cheek to insist on following.

As I walked, I said to Uncle Ming: "Unexpectedly, your old man has played tricks on us from the very beginning. There are not many decent things in the house. This time we will consider it unlucky and only accept these things that are not on the table. , I gave you a big discount, we are now cleared, and after dinner later, we should go our separate ways. There must be no problem in handing over Axiang's affairs to Shirley Yang, as the saying goes Zhongliu, I don't think she plans to go home with you anymore, so you don't have to worry about her in the future."

Uncle Ming said: "Brother Hu, you see that you are so far away from each other again. Although our marriage has not been negotiated, but this time we have lived and died together for so many days, is it a normal friendship? Naturally, we will still have to move around more in the future. I am now I don’t want to go to Tibet to be a lama anymore, so I will treat you to this meal, and we can discuss future business matters while eating..."

I was in a bad mood. Gangnong was determined to eat me. At this time, I had arrived at the restaurant that the fat man mentioned at the intersection. I saw that it was a restaurant selling noodles with fried sauce. Said: "Uncle Ming is very kind and wants to invite the brothers to make rice, but it's too late, we don't want to slaughter him, just get together with this and eat a bowl of noodles with fried sauce. Uncle Ming, you don't have much time in Beijing. It’s short, are you used to the food in Beijing?”

When it comes to eating, the fat man gets excited, and before Uncle Ming can open his mouth, he rushes to say: "Beijing snacks 99, big dishes [-], you can't get enough of everything, I'm not too modest, I basically taste all of them." I have read it all over the place, but I still have a special liking for mutton. Donglaishun’s boiled mutton, barbecue season’s roasted mutton, Baikui’s roasted mutton, Yueshengzhai’s sauced mutton, and the mutton, roasted, roasted, and sauced by the four major families. The taste of the mutton is really top-notch, since Uncle Ming is going to treat you, we are so kind, how about going to the barbecue season? Eating noodles with fried sauce is really boring."

Uncle Ming may be really poor now. When he heard that the fat man was going to the barbecue season, he hurriedly said: "We often eat barbecue and we are tired of eating it. Stir-fried lumps, noodles with fried sauce, and the best water pulled slices are the three major flavors of Beijing. , I have been famous in Nanyang for a long time, but I have never had a chance to taste it, so let's go and eat together now."

While talking, the four of them stepped into the restaurant. The shop is not big, and it belongs to the most common noodle restaurant with fried sauce that can be seen everywhere in Beijing. The environment inside is not clean, but it is still acceptable for people to eat. Things, there were only a few sporadic diners at this time, so we picked up a clean table and sat around, first ordered a few bottles of beer and Erguotou, and after a while the waiter brought a big bowl of noodles to everyone, the fat man was not very satisfied, Blame Uncle Ming for being reluctant to spend money.

Da Jinya was in high spirits today. He ate Zhajiang and said to the crowd, "Actually, fried pimples and watery slices are eaten by poor people in old Beijing, but this Zhajiang noodles are eaten in poor ways, rich How to eat Fu, if you are particular about eating noodles with fried sauce, then eat it according to the top method, it is also very delicate. Whether it is exquisite or not depends mainly on the size of the noodles. The size of the noodles must be complete and fresh. , Chinese toon sprouts, boiled leeks and cut into sections. Minced celery, sliced ​​bamboo shoots, and two cloves of dog tooth garlic. Bean sprouts, remove the roots, and shred cucumbers with thorns on the top flowers. Heart Beauty, cut a few batches, boiled Jiangdou, chopped diced, small water radish with green tassels. Drizzle a little chili and sesame oil, and pour mustard foam on the spicy nose. Although the fried noodles are only a small bowl, seven Dishes and eight bowls are noodles."

After hearing this, Uncle Ming praised Da Jinya again and again, and gave Da Jinya a thumbs up: "It turns out that Jin Yazi not only has good eyesight, but also knows how to eat food, and there are rules in everything he says casually. He is really all-rounder. If you put it this way, the emperor will eat it to this extent, and this fried noodles is really good." Uncle Ming said to me again through the conversation: "I have a very good idea, with my business mind, Jinya Zai’s shrewdness, Fat Zai’s bravery, and brother Hu’s secret technique of dividing gold and fixing acupoints, almost everyone has their own talents. If we can seek development together, it can be said to be a golden combination. As long as we are willing to do it, the opportunity is there, it is gold and silver, I am afraid it is not difficult to earn, life, grass and trees, who would not want to live a lifetime of wealth and wealth? If you don’t fight now, when will you wait?”

Da Jinya couldn't help being moved when he heard Uncle Ming's provocative words, and asked me: "Master Hu, brother also meant the same thing. Panjiayuan's business is really impossible now, and fakes are now There are more and more, but real things are getting less and less. Pointing at this to earn food, I will definitely starve to death sooner or later. Although I have eyesight, how many real things can I collect by pointing at the shoveling? I heard that the two lakes There are a lot of ancient tombs in the mountains over there, why don't we take the opportunity to make a few big ones, so that we don't have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of our lives."

I haven't made a statement for the time being, I have made up my mind, but I still want to listen to the fat man's thoughts, so I asked the fat man: "You have heard what Uncle Ming and Da Jinya said, and they are all words from the bottom of your heart, Xiaopang, you may as well say what you mean from now on." Say?"

The fat man raised his beer bottle and took two sips, then said carelessly: "Accordingly, I bowed my head willingly to be a ox, and I was born to serve the people. I've come to this point, this time I will say a few words from my heart, I said that Lao Jin and Uncle Ming are not my critics of you two, you two are really grandsons, you are not stupid, but the problem is that you don't take others Fool, if we fight together, it’s just the two of you with virtues, one has old problems and asthma, the other is old and has a bad stomach, then the fucking hard work of digging holes and digging in and out will be tiring The work... and the life-threatening errand, isn't it all my and Lao Hu's work? Let me tell you, I am willing to fight with you two to do it by yourself. No one is stopping you, but we have already played the part of the fight Tired, from now on, Fat Master, I will go to the United States to make a fortune.”

Fatty's words were straightforward, and Uncle Ming and Da Jinya were speechless for a moment. Da Jinya was stunned for a while before asking me: "Master Hu, this... is it true? You really decided to go with Miss Yang?" The United States? Then that... Then what is so good about the United States? Although the United States is well-developed in material civilization, it does not have everything. Lions, pine trees in Tantuo Temple, Dongdan and Xidan Drum Towers, the Summer Palace with five altars and eight temples, the large fence in front of Wangfujing, and the Panjiayuan Liulichang. No matter how rich the United States is, can the United States have it? There will never be one. , besides, why are you willing to let us relatives and old friends?"

I became more and more excited when I heard Da Jinya talk, because I was really moved. Although Da Jinya is a profiteer, he is different from Uncle Ming. He has the same experience as me and Fatty. Whether they knew each other or not, and no matter where they jumped in line, as long as they mentioned being educated youths, the relationship between them would be invisibly drawn closer, and there was a kind of intimacy of the same destiny. Compared with Uncle Ming, what he said was indeed a little too much. Although Da Jinya pointed at us to get rich, he was really reluctant to part with us, so I said to Da Jinya: "Old Jin, as the saying goes, the homeland is hard to leave. I was also reluctant to leave China, this land soaked in the blood and tears of my comrades-in-arms, and even more so my relatives and partners. But when I was in Tibet, I realized that Fatty and I could do nothing but fight. The way of thinking and the ability to live have been unable to keep up with the progress of society. This cannot but be said to be a kind of sadness. Besides, I have been to so many places and seen many secret objects in ancient tombs. I have a feeling that some It’s better for things to stay in the soil forever.”

Since ancient times, most of the "Touching Gold Captains" have chosen to escape into Buddhism after hanging the talisman, and spend the rest of their lives with the ancient Buddha with clear lights. Because they have experienced many things, they will inevitably have a feeling in the end. One is It is not worth exchanging your life for money. The artifacts in the tomb are all dead objects. It is because the world possesses them that they have value. It is not worthwhile to sacrifice your life for these objects deep in the soil. Jinshi Although jade is good, it is not as precious as his own life.

In addition, the most important thing is that valuable things are the root of all evil. Almost all the artifacts in ancient tombs are of high value. If you can successfully rob an ancient tomb, you can make a fortune, but regardless of the motive No matter what, whether you take the money and squander it yourself, or use it to help the poor, those artifacts will flow into the society after all, which will trigger countless open and secret fights, and bloody storms. All the crimes caused by these artifacts depend on their origin. , I am afraid that in the final analysis it must be attributed to the "Captain Mojin" who dug it out.

I said to Da Jinya: "It is said that a long life has three hardships and three joys, but look at the bleak life of our old people in the third world. It is really a bumpy road. We have suffered as much as we should have suffered, and we have not suffered as much as we deserved." It’s rare to suffer, but today I’m just a self-employed person, with no future, and almost on the verge of being eliminated by society. I don’t think we can pin our future destiny and hope on the inverted bucket. In that case, the future road can only be Going narrower and narrower, we never want to bow to fate, so Fatty and I will go to the United States to start over in a new environment, learn new things, implement the general line and general tasks in all work, and create a kind of harmony. It's a different life now."

The fat man wondered: "What is the general route and the general task? I remember that we have never made such a plan. Don't think that one is one."

I said: "I only remembered it when I saw the teacup at the Lushan meeting. From now on, our general line is to make a fortune, and our general task is to make money. I heard that there is a place in the Chinese community in the United States called Little Taipei. When we make more money in the future, we will also make money." We want to build a small Beijing on the side of US imperialism and corrupt those Yankees."

With tears in his eyes, Da Jinya said to me: "It's better that Mr. Hu is the one who handles big things. I never dared to think about such a grand goal. Why don't I take my brother to be the first to build a small Beijing? Let's make those Yankees all in the future." Change your mouth and eat Erguotou stick noodles all day long, Wang Zhihe's stinky tofu and chili oil..."

The fat man interjected: "Two puffs of Hardman cigarettes, one night of fishing and killing at home, Beijing has had three wonders since the early years, Beijing opera, candied haws, and courtyard houses. Fatty, I made a fortune, so I just put the Empire State Building full of it." Candied haws." After speaking, the three of them laughed together, as if they were already standing on the top of the Empire State Building, and they had a panoramic view of the Manhattan neighborhood.

After talking and laughing for a while, to ease the atmosphere, I asked Da Jinya if what he said just now was a joke?Do you really want to go to America with us?Da Jinya's father is not in good health, my family is in a retirement home for the elderly, and there is no one else in the fat man's family, so Da Jinya can't be like us. America across the ocean.

Da Jinya said solemnly: "I advised you not to go to the United States just now, because I was reluctant to let you two, you have gone far away, what's the point of leaving me alone in Panjiayuan? To be honest, I have seen it through. , Panjiayuan’s business has been tossing for another ten years, and it still means what it is now. The United States can make a fortune, the first is to receive a few real things, this is the brother's lifelong wish, and the second is to take over our old man, so that the old man can enjoy a few days of foreign fortune, but I don't have overseas relations, right? If you want to go out, it will be difficult to go to the blue sky. Master Hu, can you say something nice to Ms. Yang and let me go out as well. I heard that the United States of America is not only highly developed in material civilization, but also culturally inclusive. Even People like cockroaches and dogs and robbers will have a place to use when they get there, do you think my two actions are..."

I thought to myself that it would be lively if there were too many people, so as to save me and the fat man from having a monotonous life there, but Shirley Yang is not a human trafficker after all, so I had to temporarily agree with Da Jinya and go back and talk about it for him.

So Fatty, Da Jinya and I started to figure out how to get the things in our hands to sell as soon as possible, how much money the three of us could make up, and where to go to see a striptease show when we arrived in the United States... The discussion was full of enthusiasm, He ignored Uncle Ming who was treating guests to noodles with fried sauce, almost as if he didn’t exist, but Uncle Ming couldn’t forget himself: “Are you mistaken, do you think the American world is so easy to get money? But then again, there are indeed many treasures that have been exiled to the United States. It is said that the most valuable piece of Chinese porcelain in the world, the Yuan blue and white Chunhua Tianyuan vase, is in the hands of a collector in Luoshanji, as well as Qianlong Dayu Mountain is also in the United States, and all of them are priceless, why don't I go there with you, let's find a way to exchange this bottle, and in the future when the funds are sufficient, we can continue to do the business of ancient corpses, this kind of business It’s the fastest way to get money.”

I said to Uncle Ming: "If you want to go to the United States, that is your own business, and we have no right to stop you from going, but since we have worked together, we have passed through the ghost gate of Kunlun Mountain twice. I’m back again, I have to advise you, you’re at this age, after you arrive in the United States, start a small business of antiques, enough for your own retirement, don’t just think about making a comeback, go to Kunlun Mountain Didn’t you learn your lesson? Even if you brought back the glacier crystal corpse, you made money, but your wife is gone, and your goddaughter doesn’t live with you, leaving only two prodigal sons. This business is a loss or a profit. Don’t you know how to count? No matter how valuable a dead body is, it’s not as valuable as a living person.”

After saying these words, I will do my best to Uncle Ming, see that I have eaten and drank enough, so I bid farewell to Uncle Ming, and went home with Fatty Big Gold Tooth.

Although I have decided to go to the United States, I can’t just leave. There are many things to deal with before going abroad. Da Jinya’s home is in Beijing. During this time, he and Fatty sold antiques, and I returned to Fujian to visit relatives. Afterwards, I went to visit the family members of several comrades who died in arms. I also took a trip to Inner Mongolia, where I used to jump in the queue, with Fatty. It took me nearly two months to finish all the work.

When we returned to Beijing, it was already mid-winter, and there were only a few days before we went abroad. Everything has been prepared. Recently, I have been busy drinking and saying goodbye to acquaintances every day. Shirley Yang wants to meet me today. Go out for a walk and see Beijing in winter, so I took her to Beihai Park.

Due to the overnight northwest wind, the ground looked extraordinarily clean. The winter at the end of 1983 was extraordinarily cold, and the air seemed to be frozen. It is much smaller, but the sky is gray, and I can’t see where the sun is. There may be a heavy snowfall before it gets dark. Beihai Park is located in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City. It has a history of more than a thousand years. The royal "forbidden garden" of the five dynasties of Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing.

Walking by the lake, looking at the White Pagoda of Qiongdao in the Beihai Lake, with a bit of winter bleakness, I think there is really nothing worth playing here in winter, but I will go to the country soon, and I don’t know what year and month it will be. When I come to Beijing again, I can’t help feeling a little nostalgic for the white pagoda and red walls here. Although the weather is cold, I don’t care too much.

Shirley Yang was very interested. She had brought Axiang to the United States to settle down in advance. Professor Chen, who was treating mental illness in the United States, also recovered greatly. At this time, he saw many people skating on the frozen lake. A few of them are veterans who have played in the ice rink every winter. They all wore flower knives and showed off various tricks from time to time. Yang said to me: "It's really lively here. The fun of skating in a classical garden in winter is probably only available in Beijing."

I replied casually: "Of course, even the blue waves of the five lakes and the water of the four seas are not as beautiful as skating on Beihai Lake."

Shirley Yang asked me: "Hearing your reluctance, do you regret going to the United States with me? I know this is a bit embarrassing for you, but I am really worried that you will fight again. If you are not in the United States every day Looking at you, I don't feel at ease at all."

I said: "There is no turning back when I start the bow. I have made up my mind to go to the United States. Of course I will not regret it. Although I am really reluctant to leave China, I can bring you back to play after I have thoroughly implemented the general task of the general line." " As he spoke, he took out a "Gold Touch Talisman" from his pocket and showed it to Shirley Yang: "Look at this, Fatty and I have already taken off the Talisman. The fight is over, unless we are tired of the work, we will do some stable business in the future."

"Mojin Xiaowei" must wear "Mojin Talisman", which is equivalent to a work permit, and in a sense, it also represents "luck". Once it is hung on the neck, it must never be taken off, because Once you take it off, it implies the interruption of "luck". If you put it on again, you will not be blessed by the patriarch. In the "Golden Basin Washing Hands" on the Green Forest Road, very few people "pick the talisman" before returning to their old business. Elder Liaochen was an exception. "After that, he went out of the mountain again, but died in the Xixia Treasure Cave in Heishui City.

Shirley Yang saw that I had already picked up the "touching gold talisman", and was quite moved. I said to him: "How many ancient tombs have been dug up since ancient times, and most of the ones that can be preserved have their own uniqueness. There are too many dangers, so I am always worried that you will go back to fight again. Now you are finally willing to take off the touch gold talisman, which is really great. After arriving in the United States, I don’t have to worry about you sneaking back to fight again .”

I said to Shirley Yang: "I won't come back until I carry out the general line. Although I think the United States is good everywhere, it's just that the eating habits and lifestyle are not easy to accept. I heard that the American diet is very monotonous. The rice is very rough, two pieces of bread that are as hard as a stone, two slices of broken tomatoes and a piece of undercooked fried beef in the middle, or just chop up the leaves of rotten vegetables and eat them directly, can this be considered a meal? The food I ate at the front line in Yunnan was better than it. We don’t eat this kind of food every day, do we? I think the Americans are really not good at eating and don’t know how to eat. Save it from your mouth."

Shirley Yang said: "How can it be possible for you to eat hamburgers every day? There are many Chinese restaurants in the United States. If you want to eat, we can go there every day. What does life style mean?"

I said, "You don't even know this? In China, the phrase I love you may not be said several times in a lifetime, but I heard that in the United States, a couple living in the United States, as far as the phrase I love you, saying it once a day means Husband and wife are separated, and they are about to separate and divorce. It is enough to say it once in the morning, noon and evening. It is best to say it twice after getting up and going to bed. It’s really strange to say this sentence without getting tired of repeating it so many times. I think this kind of legend is probably true, because I also heard that American soldiers were seriously injured on the battlefield and were dying. When he is dying, he must tell his comrades to tell his wife this sentence..." I pretended to be dying and out of breath, and then said: "Lieutenant...promise me...help me tell my wife...just Say I...I love her." After I finished speaking, I laughed until my stomach hurt.

Shirley Yang was also amused by me, but said: "Old Hu, you are really out of shape. What can you laugh at? This sentence can be used not only between lovers or couples, but also to parents of children. Love When you’re alone, you have to let the other person know how important he is to you, it’s normal and necessary, and you’ll have to say it ten times a day in the future.”

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