Even after thinking a few thoughts, I was not sure. At this time, the monkey stood on the spot and whispered to me: "Old Hu, I remember that this thing only eats warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals, not humans, so I think it's fine." Use your feet to gently kick the dead bat towards the prairie ground sloth. That means, this is all for you, eat it quickly and don't cause trouble to us.

Unexpectedly, the giant grassland ground sloth didn't even look at the dead bat, but instead kept drooling at us.

The monkey turned around and asked me: "Why doesn't it eat bats? It always stares at us, as if it has ill intentions."

I didn't dare to be distracted by talking to the monkeys, and kept a close eye on every move of the giant grassland sloth. As long as it attempted to attack, I could only get in front of it, pick up the submachine gun on the ground, and give it a shot.

Yingzi said: "We all ate a lot of roasted bat meat. It probably... regards us as bats..."

Before she finished speaking, the prairie ground sloth couldn't stand the smell of roasted bat meat and came towards us step by step. All wild animals feed on raw meat because they have never eaten cooked meat by nature. After taking a bite, the taste of cooked meat is the biggest temptation for them.

I noticed that it was moving slowly, and I felt that it was not necessary to fight it, so I might as well run. I called to the other two people, and the three of them turned around and ran. They had just taken two steps, but at this moment, they tripped over a hard object under their feet. This kick caused me to fall so hard that my knees almost broke. Even Monkey Yingzi also fell to the ground at the same time.

I secretly wondered, what tripped me? As he fell to the ground, he glanced at the ground. The ground was flat. There was nothing that could trip someone up. He thought: "I just thought about running away, but I forgot to take the bodies of the boy and girl with me. Could it be that they were tripped by ghosts?" foot?"

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Kwantung Army Secret Fortress 8

The giant prairie ground sloth has probably never seen an animal that walks on two legs like humans. It smelled the aroma of roasted bat meat on the three people and already regarded us as bats. However, it cannot accept the fact that we look like bats yet. And he was also afraid of the fire and didn't dare to move forward easily. He was thinking about how to swallow the delicious food that came to his mouth. When he saw the three of us falling to the ground, he jumped over.

Its hind limbs were thick and strong, and it jumped in front of the monkey in one leap. Maybe it felt that this one had more meat, so it was going to beat the monkey with it as a tooth sacrifice first.

Seeing this, the monkey had no choice but to struggle desperately, clawing at the ground with both hands, trying to find a weapon. There happened to be a bayonet for roasting bats on the ground. The monkey picked it up and stabbed the grassland sloth's arm with the knife, all the way to the hilt.

The knife had been roasted for a long time, and it was like a red iron bar. After it stabbed the prairie ground sloth, there was only a smell of burnt odor in the nose. The prairie sloth was running rampant in the underground cave, where could it eat it? After such a loss, I felt hurt and angry, but I didn't dare to bite the monkey again. I slowly took a few steps back, waiting for an opportunity to move again.

After the scorching bayonet was stabbed, the temperature immediately dropped. The blood of the grassland sloth made the blade of the blade steamy with white steam. The monkey's successful attack just now relied entirely on the temperature of the bayonet, otherwise it would not be able to stab it at all.

I took advantage of the time when the monkeys were fighting off the prairie ground sloths. One by one, Yingzi and I carried the military coat packages containing the boys and girls on our backs. I hoped that these two little devils would stop causing trouble.

With the body of the child buried on my back, I bent down and took the submachine gun in my hand. I knew that the lethality of this type of submachine gun was far from enough to kill the prairie ground sloth, but I still expected to use it to fend off one or two at the critical moment.

Before I could pull the bolt, a claw suddenly poked out from the wall behind me and struck directly over my head. The claw came so fast and with so much force that I had no time to lower my head, so I had to use the submachine gun in my hand to cover it. After being swiped with a claw, he couldn't hold it anymore. The submachine gun flew out of his hand and fell far away in the darkness where the firelight could not reach.

Unknowingly, four more prairie ground sloths climbed down from the wall, two large and two small. The smallest one was about the size of an adult. Obviously, they were also affected by the smell of roasted bat meat just like the previous one. Attracted to prey.

Five prairie ground sloths surrounded the three of us. As long as one took the lead and pounced on us, the rest would follow and swarm us to pieces and eat us.

Our only support was the fire. The three of us were stuck together back to back. Monkey had a bayonet, Yingzi had a submachine gun, and I was the only one with bare hands.

The fire lit by wood chips is getting darker and darker, and will be extinguished in a few moments. If we wait until then, we will be the meal of the grassland sloth. Thinking of this, I can't help but secretly cry: "One is enough for him." It was difficult to deal with it, but now it is better. The whole family of the grassland sloth is entrenched in this fortress. It is in a desperate situation. How can we fight a way out? "

There was no other way to waste it any longer. I grabbed a burning stick from the fire and swung it at the smallest of the prairie sloths blocking the way. As expected, it was frightened and cowered aside in fear of the torch. There was a gap in the encirclement.

The flames of the wooden sticks were not very big, and they almost went out when we waved them. We did not dare to delay, and rushed out together. Several drooling prairie sloths hesitated for a moment, and then pounced on them together.

The submachine gun in Yingzi's hand fired a string of bullets. The prairie ground sloth at the head was hit by the bullets, and blood spattered on its body. However, their bodies were covered with thick skin and calluses. Although the bullets penetrated the body, they could not penetrate the body. The bone armor made them angry, and they pressed forward step by step, insisting on eating these three people into their mouths.

Only Yingzi among the three of us had a submachine gun. Every time she changed the magazine, Monkey and I would wave burning sticks to block the prairie ground sloths, preventing them from getting close. Fighting and retreating, because the direction of the breakout was relatively blind, the distance to the place where the weapons were placed was getting further and further away, and instead they retreated to the large iron gate of Gnaku.

There is a zombie outside the iron gate. We wanted to make careful plans after eating and drinking, and then find a way to get out through the passage outside the iron gate. However, the sudden attack of the grassland ground sloth caught us off guard, and we retreated hastily. At this point, the flames of the wooden sticks became weaker and weaker, and finally only the blackened wooden sticks were left, with only a few sparks on the head and not many bullets left.

The giant prairie ground sloths are huge. A few of them are crowded together, like an insurmountable wall. A slap from their claws will break bones and tendons at the least. The encirclement of the prairie giant ground sloths gradually shrinks, and we are all suppressed in front of the iron gate. , there is no room for advancement or retreat,

Now we have to risk our lives. Monkey and I threw wooden sticks with sparks in our hands at the prairie ground sloths. Yingzi fired with a hundred-type submachine gun and used his final fighting power to force these prairie ground sloths to retreat. Stepping forward, the monkey turned around and pushed open the iron door that was originally closed behind him. I took out the black donkey's hoof and smashed it outward.

Unexpectedly, the corpse demon was not in front of the door. We had no time to think about it and retreated into the passage behind the iron door one after another. The monkey was just about to close the big iron door when a huge force slammed into the iron door. The grassland The giant ground sloth's brute force, which weighed several tons, was no small matter. The three of them tried their best to push the iron door open, but nothing could be done.

Suddenly, a sinister wind blew in my face, and I hurriedly dodged. It turned out that the ancient corpse of the Jin Kingdom general who was possessed by the evil spirit never left the door and was always wandering around. The evil corpse had no IQ and was poisoned by a wizard after his death. Talismans, like zombies, just pounce on living people when they see them.

The corpse evil came as soon as it came, and it was as silent as the wind and lightning. If I hadn't been through hundreds of battles and had a lot of experience in facing enemies, I would have been knocked down by it long ago. I rolled to the ground and was about to get up to dodge. The iron gate It had been knocked away, and the largest prairie ground sloth jumped out first.

The prairie ground sloth used its thick hind limbs, like a big frog, to jump out of the door, just in time to knock down the corpse. The corpse fell to the ground. It couldn't bend its body, and then it bounced up. Ten steel animals The knife-like fingers inserted into the prairie sloth's chest.

The prairie land sloth screamed and opened its mouth to bite. Several other large and small prairie land sloths also rushed out of the Gnaku. When they saw that their companions were injured, they started to bite the corpse demon one after another.

The smallest prairie ground sloth had its head ripped off alive by the corpse evil spirit, and the corpse evil spirit was also bitten by two prairie ground sloths. The two sides were equally powerful. For a moment, the two sides were entangled together. In an instant, the wall, The ground and the iron door were all splattered with large swaths of blood from the prairie ground sloth, and pieces of flesh flew everywhere. At the same time, one of Shisha's arms was bitten off.

When we saw this thrilling tomb in front of us, we were all secretly frightened. If the corpse evil and the grassland sloth attacked from behind, then these three people would inevitably die without a burial place. Our accidental collision caused the accident. When it came to a situation where two tigers were fighting each other, it was really a fluke.

We couldn't miss the opportunity. We carried the bodies of the couple on our backs and fled toward the hole in the wall of the back room of the ancient tomb. We only regretted that our parents had lost two legs. We were as anxious as a bereaved dog and as busy as a fish that slipped through the net. There is no need to describe this embarrassing situation in detail.

The big hole in the collapsed tomb wall is still the same as when we escaped from it before. We escaped from here before, and escaped back this time. We went in a big circle and didn't get anything valuable. We got into all this for nothing. It's troublesome, and these two child corpses filled with mercury are added, which really makes people laugh or cry. However, although there is nothing valuable in the underground fortress, there are a lot of clothing and equipment. You may also find a few simple generators somewhere. Telling this to the people in the village would be a waste of the many hours we spent in the underground fortress.

As long as they can climb out of the shaft outside the thief's cave, everyone's mental and physical strength has reached their limit at this time, but people are desperate and dogs are desperate. When faced with desperate situations, human potential can often be stimulated. Yingzi fired with a submachine gun The coffin board that sealed the thief's hole was hit by two shuttles, causing sawdust to fly everywhere. The coffin lid was originally embedded in the wall, and the bullets tore the middle. The monkey ran up and smashed the coffin board in two with a single blow of his shoulder. Duan, the robbery hole was exposed again. I first pushed Yingzi up the shaft, and then Monkey and I lifted up the bodies of the boys and girls on our backs. Yingzi caught them from above, and then stretched out his hand to pull me up.

The monkey was left in the end, because we two had to pull him up the shaft before he could climb up. Just as the monkey was about to climb up, two prairie ground sloths covered in blood had already rushed into the tomb. They became extremely crazy and roared. Like Lei, the rest of their family members may have been killed by the corpse evil. Even if the corpse evil is powerful, it may not be able to withstand a huge beast like the prairie ground sloth, and it will be bitten into pieces.

The remaining two prairie land sloths, whose whole bodies were covered with injuries, had red eyes and chased us fiercely. They followed us all the way into the tomb. The monkey looked back, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly climbed up the shaft. The faster he climbed, the faster he climbed. If they can't get down, the giant grassland ground sloth has already rushed to the robber hole. Fortunately, the robber hole is too narrow for them to get out. They keep digging the soil with their big paws, trying to enlarge the robber hole so that they can crawl out. Seeing that the situation was urgent, I picked up Yingzi's charge and threw it to the monkey. The monkey understood and fired a few shots to force back the grassland sloths crowded at the entrance of the thief's cave. The glazed tiles on the top cracked, and bags of fire dragon oil from the Western Regions poured down. The entire tomb, including the two prairie ground sloths, was engulfed in the fire ignited by the dragon oil.

At the same time, Yingzi and I used our last strength to pull the monkey out of the shaft. Even so, the monkey's pants were burned to a large extent by the flames ejected from the hole. He kept slapping the flames on his buttocks, Screaming in pain like a pig, Yingzi quickly used a kettle to put out the fire on his buttocks, and his pants were burned to the point where his buttocks were exposed.

The hunting dogs squatted loyally next to them, watching the three owners climbing up from the cave. It was already noon, and the sun was shining brightly. I rubbed my eyes. Compared with the dark underground fortress, it felt like a world away.

The monkey covered his butt with one hand and raised the two pieces of jade he got from the tomb with the other hand to look at it. He couldn't help but become poetic and recited a few famous lines from the long poem about the World War:

The flames of war have been extinguished and the smoke has dispersed.

The sun has never been so warm;

The smiles on the children's faces have never been so sweet.

Eiko and I couldn't help laughing when we looked at the monkey's behavior. Have you ever seen a poet covering his buttocks and reciting? But something unexpected happened, and our smiles quickly froze...

In the forest at the end of the valley, there were waves of dull thunder, "Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble." It was noon on a clear day, the sky was clear, and there were no dark clouds in sight. Why did it suddenly thunder? Everyone's heart sank. They finally climbed out of the ancient tomb, but what happened?

If you use your ears carefully to distinguish it, it doesn't sound like thunder. The sound is getting closer and closer. It seems to be some huge beast running towards the valley from a distance. The footsteps are heavy. In addition, the body keeps hitting the trees while running. It sounded like continuous thunder, mixed with a few barks.

I heard dogs barking, and then I realized that there were three fewer dogs in the valley. There were only five big hunting dogs lying on the ground, and the other three giant mastiffs were nowhere to be seen. I was so exhausted just now that I didn't bother to take a closer look at the hunting dogs. Maybe we won't be there for a long time. Back home, the hunting dogs spontaneously took turns to hunt. What kind of beast driven by the giant mastiff made so much noise when running?

Yingzi listened carefully for a while, smiled and said it was okay, they were chasing wild boar, let's all go to the hillside to watch the fun, and we can eat the wild boar meat later.

As we climbed halfway up the hillside, we saw that the big trees in the forest were broken one by one, and the hunting dogs in the valley couldn't stay still. They spread out in fan shapes without saying a word, trying to block the valley. Wild boar's path.

I saw a red pine snapping at the entrance of the valley, and a big wild boar crashed out from behind the tree. If this wild boar didn't have a long trunk, I almost thought it was a half-sized elephant. It weighed over a thousand kilograms. The weight, the mane is black and long, and the tusks on both sides of the mouth are curved upward, like two daggers. These tusks are not only a proud male symbol, but also mark that it is the wild boar king in the forest. It is fat. The body is round, and the limbs are short and thick. It spreads its hooves and plunges into the valley like a whirlwind.

Behind the big wild boar, three giant mastiffs chased in a leisurely manner. They neither pounced or bit, nor stayed too far away. One in front and three in behind, they all ran into the Savage Ditch.

The skin of the wild boar is not much better than the skin of the rhinoceros. When it is idle in the forest, it rubs its fat body on the pine trees. Firstly, it relieves the itching. Secondly, it also gets the pine resin on its body. It is not afraid. Mosquito bites, in summer, the mosquitoes in the deep mountains and old forests are as big as small birds. There is a saying in the mountains: three mosquitoes make a dish. This is not an exaggeration at all. Even the old scalpers can't resist the bites of the big mosquitoes in the mountains. Only the wild boar is not afraid of mosquitoes. Its skin is just a layer of iron armor, and no one can bite it. The two tusks and its own huge weight are the magic weapon of the wild boar running rampant in the forest. It is absolutely capable of both offense and defense. Even the tigers, men, bears, and leopards in the mountains cannot bite it.

However, the giant mastiffs trained by the hunters have special tricks to deal with wild boars. The mastiffs are the same size as a calf, but they are still smaller than this big wild boar. These three giant mastiffs want to drive away the wild boar. Go to the depths of the valley to deal with it, because there are all big trees in the forest, so you can't use it, and the wild boar is like a tank when it rushes.

The leaf litter in Yerengou Valley is extremely deep. Before the big wild boar reached half way, its limbs were sunk into the fallen leaves due to its heavy weight. Three big mastiffs surrounded it, biting here and there, consuming the wild boar's energy. In addition to their physical strength and vigor, five other large hunting dogs were also surrounding them. In this case, they did not dare to intervene and compete with the mastiffs for credit. They could only act as minions and cheer for them.

The big wild boar was angry and anxious. It struggled stupidly in the leaf litter, jumped up with all its strength, and actually pulled out its limbs and jumped up.

The giant mastiff was waiting for this opportunity. When the wild boar jumped to the highest point, the largest of the three giant mastiffs also jumped up suddenly and hit the big wild boar like a shell out of the barrel. The force of this collision was The angle was just right, knocking the wild boar over, belly up, and landed on the deep, soft dead branches and leaves.

The other two large mastiffs waiting for an opportunity did not give the wild boar a chance to stand up. They pounced on the big wild boar and bit hard on the big wild boar's belly. The belly and butthole are the only cover for the wild boar. Once this area is exposed to the enemy, it will be finished. What's more, it was a mastiff that was as fierce and fast as a lion. In less than three or four seconds, the wild boar's intestines, stomach, heart, liver, and lungs were all taken out.

The three of us saw that the wild boar was finished, so we walked slowly down the hillside. Monkey and I saw that these three giant mastiffs had such a tacit understanding and knew how to use terrain to use tactics. We couldn't help but want to pat the mastiff's door. head, as a reward, and greeted them over with a playful smile.

Unexpectedly, the mastiffs and hunting dogs bypassed the two of us and gathered around Yingzi. Yingzi took out dried meat and fed it to them. Seeing that their master was happy, the big dogs also wagged their tails to please them.

Being left out in the cold, the monkey and I looked at each other. I shook my head and sighed, "Damn it, our hot faces are touching the dog's cold buttocks."

The monkey said angrily: "Old Hu, do you remember what Mr. Lu Xun said? He said: Bah, these powerful dogs. This is the virtue of dogs. Dog eyes look down on people, and dog faces do not recognize people. Damn it, we are not as knowledgeable as them."

Monkey went back to the tent to get the knife, pickaxe and shotgun and returned to the valley. He helped Yingzi cut up the wild boar. I took the shotgun on my back and took the two big dogs to find a place at the foot of the hillside to bury the boy and girl to avoid them. Cause trouble for us again.

Yingzi said: "Brother Hu, are you hungry? Eat two bites before you leave."

I said, "No, I'm not afraid of being late if I have a good meal. I'll go hungry later. Don't wait until night to bury the dead. That's a bit embarrassing."

I asked two big dogs to drag the child's corpse wrapped in the coat of the Huang Nizi Army, and dug a deep pit at the mountain pass facing the prairie. I lost my engineer shovel in the ancient tomb. It was very wasteful to dig with a pickaxe. The sun To the west, we dug just over one meter deep. I was already so exhausted that I was sweating profusely and my stomach was pounding.

I looked at the pit, which was more than one meter deep, and thought that was enough. As for children, there was no point in burying them that deep. Their bodies were filled with mercury, and they didn¡¯t have to worry about being bitten by insects or rats.

So I took the two children out of the military coat package and wrapped them neatly again in two military coats. They placed them side by side in the pit, put their hands together and bowed twice: "Two ancient children, very beautiful." It's a pity that you don't live in a civilized, democratic and sunny new society, and you don't enjoy the care of society. But this is all destined, and you don't have to be too persistent. Your destiny will eventually come, and you don't have to forget it. It¡¯s hard to calculate, it¡¯s all determined by destiny. After death, you should be at peace in the grave. Those who are uneasy in the grave are zombies. Our conditions are limited. We don¡¯t have coffins to place you, and we don¡¯t have incense to worship you. I will definitely give you more when I go back. Burn some paper money and hope that you will go to the Pure Land of Western Paradise as soon as possible and stop pestering us. We are also very busy at work and there is only this we can do for you. Those who are greedy and dissatisfied are not good children. "

After that, he and the two big dogs pushed the soil into the pit, and a few handfuls of soil buried the two miserable boys and girls. Looking back and looking into the distance, I saw the setting sun like blood, and I was filled with emotions.

It was getting late, and Yingzi called me back from a distance. He immediately took the hunting dog back to the hillside where we camped. The monkey moved a big stone and blocked the ventilation holes where the big pig-faced bat flew out to attack the horses. The fire started. There was roasted wild boar, and a pot of soup made with pig offal, mushrooms and fungus. The rosin mixed with the aroma of the meat hit my face. I couldn't wait to rush over, cut off a piece of meat with a knife and stuffed it into my mouth.

After dinner, we drank the tea bricks cooked by Yingzi and discussed how to go back. We lost the horse that carried the luggage. It was really not easy to go back to Ganggangyingzi. We couldn¡¯t move the pots, bowls and tents. The skins of the hunted animals could not be carried, and the loss was too great. Finally, Yingzi thought of a way to send two dogs back to deliver the message, asking people in the village to organize horse teams to dig out the Kwantung Army's fortress. There are so many good things here. Wouldn't it be blind to move out? Besides, dogs are the best guides. They can lead the way for people in the village. Let's find a safe place to live near here first. When everyone comes, we can move enough good things together. Go back again.

Now, that's all I can do. The monkey doesn't care much about these things. He took out the two pieces of jade again and looked at them. I scolded: "You are really worthless. You can't wait until dawn because of poverty. These two Don't hold the piece of jade in your pocket. You can look at it more than a hundred times a day, and you are not afraid of losing it. Let me keep it in the future. "

The monkey held the jade in front of my eyes, with a look of surprise on his face: "Old Hu, is this the piece we got out of the ancient tomb? Take a look, is there anything wrong?"

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Moth body and chi pattern double jade 2

Ever since I got this pair of jade stones in the tomb, I have never had time to take a closer look. The monkey handed it to me in a fuss: "Why did the color change again?" I reached out and took the two pieces of jade and took a closer look.

Both pieces of jade are carved into moth-like shapes, with beards and eyebrows, and are vivid. There are some strange animal patterns on the jade. This kind of animal should not exist in reality. It is fat and has a body that looks a bit like a very thin lion. , and looks like a scaleless dragon, with several claws and a big curly tail. In short, this pattern is very strange. Maybe it is not an animal, but a decorative pattern such as clouds or waves.

The craftsmanship of the pattern on the body of the biscuit is not as exquisite as the carving on the shape. It is only outlined in a few strokes. However, although it is rough, it still has a simple and expressive feeling. Sometimes simplicity is also a kind of beauty.

It's really fucking weird. I remember that when I took it out of the coffin of the ancient tomb, this pair of jade bis were dark green in color, but when I looked at it inside the Kwantung Army fortress, it was light yellow in color.

The color at this time is dark yellow, and the color has changed several times in one day. We don't know what happened. Is there a kind of color-changing jade in the world? We don't know anything about antiques, so it seems we have to go back to Beijing to look for the yellow bald man who dumped Teng antiques.

Speaking of which, this overturning operation did not go well. Not to mention the hard work along the way, first of all, the ancient tomb in the Shangshang Cave in the Savage Valley is a general's tomb. Unexpectedly, there are very few burial objects inside. The only ones that may be worth some money , that is, this pair of jade jade, in order to take it out, it almost cost the lives of three people. It is impossible to describe the difficulty even if it is over the mountains and across the sea, and it is difficult to describe the danger even if it faces the abyss and the ice. If the appraisal result is not worth much, then I really have to find a place to crash to death.

This incident taught me a lesson. The ancient tombs of nobles do not necessarily contain a large number of valuable burial objects. You must know more about the historical and cultural background of the ancient tombs, and you must also master as much knowledge of antique appreciation as possible. Only in this way can we be targeted and avoid making mistakes.

The monkey seems very confident. He bets me that these jade bis are worth at least thirty to twenty thousand, and might even be national treasures. Then we won¡¯t sell them to Hong Kong businessmen and Taiwanese compatriots. We will donate them directly to the Palace Museum. When the government was happy, it rewarded us with a hundred and eighty thousand yuan as if it were just a joke. We were given an apartment in Beijing, and we were asked to wear big red flowers and give lectures all over the country. Then we could talk about anything sensational. What? As soon as the speech was finished, the female college students in the audience who had tears in their eyes ran up to present flowers and love letters.

I told you to stop dreaming and asked you to attend a report meeting on the deeds of heroes and models? It would be nice if we don't have to squat in the kiln. But if it is true as the monkey said, it would be a surprise to be able to exchange for 30,000 to 50,000 yuan. We are running around selling audio tapes. In one year, we can only earn 3,000 to 4,000 yuan at most. In years when business is bad, apart from the cost of food, drink and accommodation, you basically can¡¯t make any money.

I haven't slept for two days. After eating and drinking, I chatted with the monkey Yingzi for a few words, and then fell asleep. Anyway, there were hunting dogs on guard, so I didn't have to worry about wild beasts attacking me. I slept in darkness, and in my dream I returned to When we arrived on the battlefield filled with smoke, the faces of my brothers were all over the battlefield. Every face was very young. They only had faces but no bodies. These faces were bleeding non-stop and slowly flew towards the sky. I He was crying and shouting on the ground and wanted to catch them, but his hands and feet kept moving and he couldn't move...

Nothing happened at night. Those big underground bats all jumped to nowhere. There was no trace of them around. They may have been frightened by the gunfire and went to find a new cave to make their home.

I didn't wake up until noon. Yingzi had sent three hunting dogs back to deliver the message. Each dog had a small leather bag tied around its neck. Inside was a note written by a monkey, which stated that people in the village should bring more tools and tools. , it¡¯s best to order explosives and come to Yerengou to dig out the Kwantung Army¡¯s foreign land.

After eating some wild boar meat at noon, I took my hunting dog and moved all the tent equipment near the entrance of the valley. I found a large rock in the leeward direction and set up the tent underneath. This place is located at the junction of the forest and the grassland. I waited for the people from the village to arrive. , will find us easily.

Then Yingzi took the dog to pick wild vegetables in the forest. I dug some earth and rocks to bury a stove, put a pot on and boiled water. We brought some flour, and Monkey made a meal of dumplings stuffed with mushrooms and wild boar. , used to celebrate our victory in the first battle. Although there was no danger this time, at least the three of us did not have any accidents and gained something, especially the Kwantung Army fortress. Life goes a long way, and it's worth a drink or two.

I let the dogs hunt like this every day for more than ten days in a row. I felt that I was almost turning into a hunter in the mountains. The people from the village finally came, a total of more than 40 people, led by the party secretary and the accountant, because The men have all gone to work in Niuxin Mountain. This time, almost all of them are women, girls and half-grown children. There are not many horses in the village, no more than ten in total. They heard that there are a large number of foreigners, and they are afraid that there will not be enough horses. The mules and donkeys were brought in, together with the hunting dogs brought by each family, and they entered the black wind outlet noisily.

Everyone immediately wanted to take action. I said that it was a lot of hard work for us all to travel through mountains and rivers. Why don't we rest for a day and wait until we have enough strength to work again tomorrow. Besides, we can't mess around. I have been an engineer, so I volunteered and assigned it to everyone. For the task, we must use operations research to formulate plans and act step by step, and don't mess around like a mob.

The crowd was noisy, excited, and amused. They were whispering to each other and drowning out my voice. No one could hear me clearly. In the end, the party secretary had to step forward and shout: "Stop making noise, stop it." We are noisy. We all listen to my eldest nephew. What he said is what I said, that is, what the organization said. We can pick up the little devil this time. What a shame to my two eldest nephews and Yingzi. Girl, let¡¯s do what they say.¡±

I said it again and asked everyone to set up tents, set up pots, eat and rest, and then discussed with the secretary and accountant that without explosives, it would not be too difficult to dig out the underground fortress. We could start from the general's tomb. The passage to the fortress is very close, and five people can dig through the collapsed tomb in less than half a day. However, there may be wild beasts in the fortress, so everyone must be prepared. Animals living underground are afraid of fire, so more torches are needed. What needs to be particularly emphasized is that after entering, no one can move without permission, and no weapons are allowed inside. Only supplies needed for daily life, such as military coats, Japanese big-toe shoes, blankets, generators, cables and wires, etc. We will move as much as we can, and then we will bury the fort after we have moved it. We cannot leak the information, otherwise we will have to turn these things over to the public.

The branch secretary patted his chest and assured: "My nephew, don't worry. As long as these people have taken things, they will be strict with their words, because everyone has suffered losses before. In the year of the earthquake, many people went to Niuxin Mountain to pick up things." If the treasure is gone, shouldn't the Cultural Relics Bureau have them all taken away as soon as they come? This time they have learned so well that no one will say anything even if they hold a gun to their foreheads. Besides, our village is too secluded. After a year There won¡¯t be a single outsider here, so we¡¯ll make a fortune in silence this time.¡±

That night, I buried pots to make rice and set up camp to rest. When I got up the next morning, I divided the more than forty sisters-in-law, eldest girls and half-grown men into four groups. The first group was composed of the youngest people. They were led by Yingzi and went to the mountains. Hunting, the other group is the opposite, they are all the oldest ones. They are led by the accountant and stay in the camp to cook for everyone. Monkey and I each lead a group of young and strong people to take turns digging the burned general tombs, under the command of the party secretary The big picture.

The people in the village brought a lot of tools, spades, picks and shovels, and some even brought a few hoes that were completely useless. I divided my group of ten people into two groups, and one group dug into the landslide. One group sealed the glazed tiles with earth, and another group was responsible for transporting the excavated earth and rocks. The project progressed in an orderly manner.

At this time, a dark cloud came from nowhere, thunder and lightning came suddenly, and heavy hail fell. Everyone was confused and ran to the tent at the entrance of the valley to avoid the hail.

Back at the camp, I counted the number of people. In addition to the team that went into the mountains for hunting, there were three missing...

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The weather in the wild changes all the time. This hailstorm came so quickly. It is not uncommon for people and animals to be killed by hailstones. So when everyone saw the hailstorm, they covered their heads with everything they could and went back. Run, in the panic, it is inevitable that someone will run in the wrong direction.

But what I am most worried about is the legendary "big smoke bubble". Since we came to Yeren Valley, we have been cautious in everything, but we have not found any big smoke bubble in the valley. In the past few days, we have gradually become a little careless. If you are not careful and let the big smoke bubble cover you inside, even the gods will not be able to come out.

I said to the Party Secretary: "Party Secretary, let's take an inventory to see which three people are missing and which group they belong to. This way we can guess where they are, and then I will take a few people to look for them."

The party secretary said: "Oh, my eldest nephew is still so smart. I'm so anxious that my eyesight goes black. Whenever something happens, my brain doesn't work. I'll quickly ask my nephew, the accountant, to check which three people are missing." "

The crowd calmed down from the panic of avoiding the hail. At this time, the hail also stopped. Although the hail fell quickly, it came and went quickly. Strong winds blew up and dispersed the dark clouds in the sky. , the howling of the mountain wind made the fallen leaves in the savage ditch fly all over the sky, and the weather suddenly turned cold.

The accountant counted tent after tent, and finally came over to report to me and the party secretary: "Uncle, the three of us are Bai Ling, Guilan, the two girls, and the second daughter-in-law of Lao Wang's family. How can this be done? Let's take the dog with us quickly. Go find it.¡±

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These three people were from the monkey group. Since it wasn't their turn to work yet, they were chatting together in groups of two on the east side and three on the west side of the ditch. When the weather changed, everyone ran back, and no one could do anything. Didn't pay attention to them.

The party secretary said: "These three pieces of information, I said I won't bring them here, but they insist on coming. If they come, won't it cause trouble? Nephew Hu, what do you think? How about we go look for them together?"

I said: "The hailstorm and the rain just now were too heavy. They may have gone somewhere to take shelter from the rain. You can't go too many people, because too many people are useless. Don't look back and lose them again without finding them." A few, that would be even more troublesome. I will take four or five people who are agile and accustomed to walking on mountain roads to find them. I have lived in this savage ditch for half a month, and the terrain is very familiar. You don¡¯t have to worry, just stay in the camp and wait. Well, the weather is getting cold, let the sisters-in-law make some ginger soup for everyone to keep away the cold. "

The branch secretary slapped his thigh: "That's it!"

Monkey and I brought five more hunters, who were accustomed to walking across the mountains and ridges on weekdays, to find them from the ancient tomb in the center of Yerengou. Most of the hunting dogs were taken into the mountains by Yingzi and the others for hunting, because we needed a lot of hunting dogs. Grain and meat were used to feed nearly fifty people. The hunting team was short of dogs.

We also had to leave a few dogs to guard the camp to prevent wild beasts from attacking. We only brought three dogs, only one of them was a hunting dog, and the other two were big yellow guard dogs that looked after the house.

The barbarian ditch runs north to south. To the north is the vast Outer Mongolia prairie. Our camp is also located here. To the south, it is connected to rolling mountains and primeval forests. At this time, strong winds are blowing, and the barbarians are pouring in. Ditch, we were following the wind, and the dog¡¯s nose wasn¡¯t very good at this time.

I led the search team to search and shout until they reached the exit of the southern end of Savage Valley. The trees here were already very dense, all made of birch and larch. Apart from the shouting and walking of us people and the barking of hunting dogs, Apart from the sound, there was only the whistling of the wind. I felt that there was something unusual here. It was too quiet and even seemed a bit eerie. It seemed that there were no animals or birds in this forest, not even the most common little squirrels in the forest. It makes people feel very depressed.

Three giant mastiffs once drove out a big wild boar from here. Because this forest is very quiet, we have never hunted here. I was hesitant when suddenly the hunting dogs started barking.

I let go of the hunting dog, and it jumped out like an arrow. In fact, everyone followed closely and found the three missing women under a big pine tree. Two girls, Bai Ling and Guilan, were holding the second daughter-in-law of the old Wang family. They were at a loss when they saw us coming and quickly called us to help rescue people. They had already heard our shouts, but because of the headwind, we never heard their voices.

The second daughter-in-law of Lao Wang's family was frothing at the mouth and unconscious. I tested her breathing with my fingers and said, "It's okay. Her breathing is steady. It's not poisoning. She may have fainted from fright. She will wake up after returning to the camp and resting for a while." Come here, why are you here? Did you encounter a wild animal?"

Bai Ling told the story. While they were waiting to work, the three of them were chatting in the savage ditch. The topics the women talked about were nothing more than which boy was handsome and whose girl was dark. While they were chatting energetically, the originally clear sky was covered with clouds. Before anyone even had time to look up at the sky, there was a heavy hailstorm. There were no hunters in the three of their families. They all worked as farmers and had never been into the mountains. Lacking experience, I hurriedly evaded, and for some reason I ran in the opposite direction and ran south.

Guilan added that the second daughter-in-law of Lao Wang's family was a few years older than the two of them. They all called her the second sister-in-law. They usually got along well in the village. At that time, the two of them followed the second sister-in-law. At the beginning, they patronized I lowered my head and covered my head, not looking at the surrounding situation, but then I felt more and more wrong. When the hail stopped, I took a closer look and saw that there were trees all around. Except for the three of them, there was not even a single figure. The trees were like umbrella canopies, blocking out the sky and the sun, and the mountain wind blew the fallen leaves like snow flakes, which was not to mention scary. She asked her second sister-in-law if she was going in the wrong direction and why not hurry back.

The second sister-in-law also felt strange. She said that the sky had suddenly darkened just now, and she saw some older people walking this way. Almost all of them were men. She didn¡¯t see clearly what they looked like. She was stunned by the hail at that time. She didn¡¯t think much about it, so she just followed After riding with these people, until the end, except for her two girls, there was no one around, so I felt a little scared.

Suddenly, they found a circle of people squatting under an old tree. There were hundreds of them, all of them men. They were squatting there with their buttocks sticking out. They were lined up in rows. Only their backs could be seen. These people were Repair or something? They have heard that there are ginseng, Heshou Wu, and Ganoderma lucidum in the mountains. They are the most valuable medicinal materials. Especially ginseng, which has many names. It is also called sacred grass, goblin, tengu, and stick. These things all grow in the deep mountains. A hundred-year-old Tengu has become a spirit, and can turn into a big fat boy or a big girl. If a person who goes into the mountains encounters the best old wild ginseng, he must not say that he saw ginseng at this time. He can only tell My companion said that I saw "two jiaozi", "lamp stand" and "three-flower slap". This is a slang. Otherwise, the ginseng spirit would run away as soon as she heard that someone had seen her. She would have to tie it with a red thread quietly and wait until night It digs again after falling asleep. Before digging, it has to worship the mountain god, eat fast and bathe, and wrap the dug ginseng in a red cloth before taking it home.

Are these people squatting there motionless, digging ginseng? Why so much ginseng? When curiosity arose, she wanted to go over and have a look. Bai Ling and Guilan were timid and stopped her from going. She didn't listen, so she walked over and patted the man squatting on the ground on the shoulder: "Brother, what are you doing?"

In the end, she didn't know what she saw. She fainted and fell to the ground with a scream. Bai Ling and the others hurried over to help her. At this time, the men squatting under the tree disappeared, as if they had evaporated into the forest air. .

Bai Ling said to me: "Brother Hu, then you came here, but you scared us to death. We saw a ghost in broad daylight. Those old people... were all following that cat. I don't know what it was... ¡­It was all gone in the blink of an eye.¡±

I called the monkey to come with me to the place where Bai Ling mentioned. There were fallen leaves all over the ground. Half of the autumn had passed and it was about to be late autumn. The leaves of the birch trees were blown into pieces by the wind. Hundreds of people squatting on the ground? The two of us were searching as we walked. If there was something going on, we had to find out as soon as possible. We couldn't let these things threaten everyone.

After walking a few steps, the monkey tripped and fell. He got up and cursed. He thought he was tripped by a tree root, but when he touched it with his hands, it didn't look like a tree root. He took a look at it and threw it away immediately: " Oh my god, human thighs.¡±

I heard what he said was strange, so I walked over and picked it up and looked at it. It turned out to be half an arm bone of a human arm. I went to the place where the monkey fell and looked at it. There was also a small half of the bone sticking out of the soil. It might have been the monkey that stepped on it. Kicked the arm bone protruding from the soil and broke it.

I sent two people to send Bai Ling and the others back first, and led the remaining people to dig out the soil with the fork of the shotgun. After a few digs, a large number of human bones were exposed in the soil. The monkey asked me: "Oh my God, is this so?" How many? Could it be that the workers who built the Kwantung Army's underground fortress were killed by the Kwantung Army and buried in the mass graves in the forest, and those Guilan and the others saw just now were ghosts? "

A bone-piercing mountain wind blew by, and the chill became stronger. The people digging the soil felt goosebumps all over their bodies.

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Skeletons were buried one after another in the soil. We only dug out a small area under the leaf litter, but we couldn't count how many human bones there were. Obvious traces of torture could be seen on the human bones, including ribs and neck bones. , the knife marks on the skull were clearly visible, and there were many skulls separated from the body scattered among them. They had obviously been chopped off with a knife.

There are many legends about Heifengkou. The most famous one is probably the famous battle at the end of the Jin Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, when the Mongols defeated the main force of the Jin soldiers. Hundreds of thousands of Jin soldiers and their corpses piled up into mountains. When the Mongols cleaned the battlefield, they took their The corpses were hastily thrown into the Savage Ditch. It is said that the entire valley has been filled in. It has been an ancient battlefield for nearly a thousand years, and the corpses of those golden soldiers and generals have long since decayed and turned into earth and air.

The piles of bones in the woods should not be left over from that era. The Jinyuan Heifengkou Battle was the only large-scale battle fought here in history. Until the Kwantung Army secretly garrisoned later, no other battles were heard of.

After much deliberation, there is only one possibility. Comrade Lenin once said: "When analyzing any issue, the absolute requirement of Marxists is to bring the issue within a certain historical category." The monkey felt that there were a lot of people in the woods. The human bones are all Chinese workers killed by the Kwantung Army. This assumption is completely in line with Comrade Lenin's principles.

But there was one thing I still couldn't figure out. When the monkey was walking under the tree, he tripped over an arm bone and discovered a large number of remains buried in the soil. But why is there a skeleton's arm half sticking out of the soil?

This fact is a bit abrupt. If the Kwantung Army had exposed an arm when they buried the corpse, then the corpse buried here would have been dug up and eaten by wild beasts. Could it be that... it stretched out from the soil on purpose? Come out and trip the monkeys so we can find them? I felt a little bit hairy when I thought of this, and I didn't dare to think any further. I asked everyone to fill in the excavated soil again, and then hurried back to the camp to discuss countermeasures with the party secretary.

I hurried back to the camp at the other end of the valley and saw that Eiko and her team had also returned from hunting in the mountains. Although they encountered hail, they still hunted several roe deer and bear wild deer, which was enough for the man and the hounds to eat three or four meals. .

There were a few older women who were busy cooking, some of the others were resting, and some were gathered around the tent to visit the second daughter-in-law of the old Wang family. I entered the tent and saw that she had woken up and took a few sips of hot ginger soup. , was telling the party secretary and others about her experience in the woods: "Let me get closer and take a look... Oops, what do you think is going on?... Can you guess it? Let me tell you, it is like this Things... oh, that guy... you might not believe what he said... he's so scary."

The party secretary urged her impatiently: "What are you talking about here, telling stories, singing Beijing operas, and singing about Liangshan's Xiao Wu Yi? Don't mention the useless ones. Guess what? Just pick up the useful ones."

The second daughter-in-law of Lao Wang's family was a very shrewd woman. She rolled her eyes at the branch secretary and said, "What are you doing? That's not what you're talking about. Don't interrupt, okay? Where did I just say that? Oh... By the way, guess what you're going to say. What? That's what it was like. I saw a group of people squatting in front of me, and the ones on their bodies were bigger than the others. I was confused and wanted to go over and see what was going on. I thought they were digging ginseng. Old customers, if you look closely, they are all kowtowing to a big tree. How can that tree be a Bodhisattva? I¡¯ll just slap one of them on the back. , I wanted to ask him what he was doing, but guess what? "

The party secretary was anxious: "You said you are such a person, oh, you are so worried about me. Why did the second son of the Wang family marry such a bitch like you... Oh, I am worried about him. You are so useless in talking, so let the second son of the Wang family marry you." Go back and cut you..."

I was afraid that the two of them would become more and more quarrelsome, so I winked at Yingzi. Yingzi quickly changed the conversation and took the hand of the second daughter-in-law of the old Wang family: "Sister-in-law, tell me, what happened after that? Did you see it?" What happened?"

The second daughter-in-law of Lao Wang's family said to Yingzi: "Oh, isn't he squatting? When he turned around, oh my God, he has no head... Then I fainted when I was scared, and then when I woke up, I found that in this tent, Bai Ling was feeding me soup, and then I started to tell you what was going on, what was going on, and the whole story..."

Women are afraid of ghosts. When people around her heard what she said, they all began to murmur. The party secretary quickly stood up and said: "What a ghost! We are all bathing in the spring breeze of reform and opening up, soaking in the responsibility of joint production and contracting." Under the bright sunshine, the world is bright and clear, and no one wants to talk nonsense. "

I took the branch secretary out of the tent, found a place where no one was around, and told him everything I saw and heard in the forest.

After listening to this, the party secretary shed tears: "In our village, we often let the little Japs capture laborers, and none of them came back. My second uncle was captured by the Japs. Later, I heard some people say that he was sent to Hokkaido, the mainland of Japan, by the Kwantung Army. He went to dig coal. Some people say that he was sent to Daxinganling to build fortifications together with a large number of laborers. There is still no certainty about where he went. He never saw people alive or dead bodies. My grandma couldn't see it. We all cried so hard that we looked forward to his return even to the point of death. Maybe among the bones buried in the woods, there were folks from our village. Even if they weren¡¯t, they were all Chinese. Our conscience says that we can't just ignore it. Besides, if these people's grievances are too strong and their ghosts come out without scaring everyone, we won't be able to pick up the slack. My eldest nephew. Ah, do you think we dug them all up and reburied them?"

I persuaded him a few words. In this situation, there is nothing we can do based on our ability. A mass grave left by the Japanese invaders was also discovered in Pingdingshan. We need to find all the bones inside and rebury them one by one. , it is almost impossible, because many bones have been broken into pieces and the heads are in different places. It is a very disrespectful way to piece together the head of this person and the body of that person. It is also very disrespectful to the victims. In addition, we are so mobilized to pick up the Kwantung Army's foreign land. We can't come here in a hurry and return in despair. What I mean is that we can go to the woods to worship with incense, wine and meat, and we can build a monument for them in the future. What.

The party secretary wiped his nose and tears with his sleeve and replied: "Yes, that's it. When we get back to the village, we will punish the lamas in the banner, chant sutras and give salvation, and let them rest as soon as possible."

I didn¡¯t believe that there were ghosts in the world before. Until recently, I understood a truth. Nothing in this world definitely doesn¡¯t exist. If a hunter goes hunting in the mountains for a whole day and doesn¡¯t catch anything, it doesn¡¯t mean that there are no ghosts in the mountains. beast. When we are alive, what we see and hear is insignificant compared to heaven and earth. We should still have more respect for those unknown worlds. Even if there are no ghosts causing trouble, the remains of the deceased in the forest are worthy of our sympathy. No matter from which aspect, it is necessary to do something for them.

After the incident involving the second daughter-in-law of the old Wang family, people in the village have begun to become a little suspicious. This place is really evil and has everything. You can't stay in the black wind outlet for a long time, maybe something will happen.

After lunch, I asked Monkey to continue taking two groups of people to dig the Kwantung Army's fortress and try to dig out a passage before night. The accountant still stayed in the camp with a few old women to prepare dinner for everyone and guard the mules and horses. Regarding supplies, branch secretary Yingzi and I selected a few brave ones and brought a few bottles of wine, which were prepared by the pot roasters in the village. We also brought some dried meat and other food to the south end of Yerengou. The souls of those workers are paid homage to in the woods.

By this time, the wind had stopped and the forest was quiet. We put the wine and meat on the ground. There was no incense, so we just put in a few cigarettes. The branch secretary, with runny nose and tears, swore that the little Japs had been beaten away long ago. When I go back, I must ask a lama to save the souls of the dead and build a monument for you.

Only then did I realize that among the people in the village, the branch secretary was the most superstitious. He would talk endlessly. I was smoking aside and waiting, and suddenly I realized that something in the forest was not quite right.

The trees here are not lush, and they are much worse than the towering trees in the original forest. The strangest thing is that there are a few dry old locust trees here. The forests on the China-Mongolia border are mostly pine and birch trees. , there are almost no locust trees, not even the common black locust trees in the Northeast.

The locust tree has the most yin attribute. It can be seen from the name of the tree. A tree adds a ghost. If the locust tree dies, it will add yin on top of yin. One of the sixteen characters in the "Beidou Chengxiang Burial Sutra" is "town". There must be no dead trees such as Sophora japonica and willow tree around the mausoleum. Otherwise, the soul of the deceased will be entangled by the Yin Qi and be nailed to death. There is nowhere to go within a few miles around the locust tree. In ancient times, some people, after killing their enemies, would bury their bodies next to the dead locust trees so that the enemies would not be reincarnated after death.

I hurriedly counted the locust trees around here. They were all dead. There were seven trees in total. They were arranged according to the number of Beidou trees. I don¡¯t know if they grew naturally or if there were some Japanese who knew the art of onmyoji. No wonder the second son of the Wang family The daughter-in-law saw the ghosts of those people running and squatting under the trees. They must have taken advantage of the change of color in the sky and the earth to escape from the forest, but they did not escape after all.

I explained the whole story to the branch secretary. Let's quickly take people to chop down these dead locust trees.

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The Party Secretary vigorously and resolutely directed everyone to start, and everyone did as they were told. Although they did not have the tools to chop down the trees, the few locust trees were already dead, so it was easy to make them dry and decay.

In just one meal, seven old locust trees were poured down. The branch secretary was very satisfied, and sprinkled the wine he brought on the soil, and put down some wild fruits, apricots, venison, rabbit meat, etc., and stood in silence. , Yingzi and I dug several fire prevention ditches, lit a fire, and burned the locust trees.

The flames soared, and the dead wood made a strange sound of exploding, and clouds of black smoke rose from it. This smoke was so stinky that it was irresistible. People covered their noses with their hands and stood far away. Only sparks splashed out of the fire ditch. , then walked over to put it out.

Lighting a fire in the forest is not a child's play. It might trigger a prairie fire. It's not careless at all. Everyone waits beside it in fear until it finally burns out. They also bury the ashes with soil to prevent the ashes from re-igniting. .

The busy work ended in the evening. When we returned to the Savage Ditch, the monkeys and the others had already dug up the underground fortress. Everyone rushed back to the camp and saw that the second daughter-in-law of the old Wang family was no longer seriously injured and could eat meat. The road was easy to walk, so everyone ate and drank enough to recharge their batteries.

As soon as it dawned the next day, we lit pine oil torches. More than 20 people, leading a few mules and horses, entered the underground fortress through the expanded passage from the tomb wall of the general's tomb, and entered the Gnaku Iron Gate. The traces of the fight were clearly visible. The ancient corpse had been torn into pieces, and the corpses of several other prairie ground sloths. The blood stains had dried into dark red. It was still a bit creepy to see these things again at this time.

There will be no more dangers here, and there are a lot of torches, pine oil torches, which burn for a long time and are not easily blown out by the wind. Even if there are any ferocious animals in the underground fortress, they will not dare to come out when they see the light of fire. Violate.

The branch secretary was overjoyed to see that there were so many supplies for the Japanese army, far exceeding his previous most optimistic estimates. He quickly called on everyone to pick up foreign materials and load bundles of military coats, shoes, rainproof cloths, dry batteries, and field lunch boxes into the mules. On horseback, they were carried out one after another.

The most lacking thing in the villages in the mountains are these industrial products. Now everyone is vying for the first place, everyone is brave, shouting slogans, and greeting each other, as if they have returned to the era of the Great Leap Forward.

Yingzi and I led a few people to search on the other side of the passage. From the map, there was a larger warehouse there. According to the map, it was not difficult to find.

The door of the warehouse was closed tightly, and I had to find a horse to open it. After entering, everyone was dumbfounded. Row after row, they were all artillery, like mountain artillery, field artillery, 91-type howitzers, 60 artillery, etc. There were mortars of all sizes, as well as mountains of ammunition boxes, as far as the eye could see.

It seems that these guns are used in preparation for mobile warfare. The entire Japanese army can be divided into six parts, including the local army, which is the troops stationed on the four islands of Japan, including its colony of Taiwan and Korea. These troops, Called the Home Army.

In addition, there are the Chinese dispatched troops, which are the troops that invaded the mainland of China, and the Southern Army, which is the troops fighting in Southeast Asia, Australia and other places, plus the navy and air force, and the Kwantung Army stationed in Manchuria and Mongolia. There are a total of these six major forces. military region.

Among them, the Kwantung Army is the most favored by the emperor and the base camp, and is known as the elite among the elite. The Japanese regard the three northeastern provinces of China as more precious than their own land. First, they have great strategic depth. Second, they are rich in materials and forests and minerals. It is difficult to calculate, and the third one can attack the pass at any time from top to bottom. A long time ago, Japan had a famous Tanaka Memorial, which showed that it coveted Northeast China. It was not until World War II that Tanaka's idea emerged. Even if it gave up its homeland, it would not give up Manchuria. This shows that Japan The importance people attach to Manchuria.

Therefore, the materials and equipment of the Kwantung Army are second to none among the Japanese army forces. Only the navy's combined fleet can compare with it. However, these militaristic ambitions have long become a joke in the face of the wheel of history. We and the Kwantung Army There's no need to be polite. They weren't polite to us back then. Everyone rolled up their arms and sleeves, clamoring to move everyone back.

I asked them to be careful with the torches and not to get too close to the ammunition boxes. If it detonated, no one would be able to escape. They would all be buried alive. Behind the countless artillery pieces, there were more large wooden boxes with the red color of Kashima Heavy Industries printed on them. When you pry open the steel seals, you can see that they are small generators, but they cannot be lifted. They are too heavy for horses to carry. They can only be slowly disassembled and taken back separately.

The materials in the underground fortress have been moved for a whole day, and only a few tenths of them have been taken out. The accountant is busy counting, and this time it has been distributed. If we can¡¯t use it ourselves, we can still sell it for money. This one is older, that one It's worth your money.

During dinner, the party secretary came to me and made a calculation. The move would be endless and the horse team could not carry so many things. It was almost late autumn. If one team was left to guard the place, the other team would return to the village. It takes more than half a month to go back and forth to deliver things. The mountain road is difficult to travel. In less than two times, the mountain will be closed due to heavy snow. How about we bury the entrance to the fortress first and everyone returns to the village to wait for spring next year. , come back and continue the whole process.

I thought the same thing. It has been almost a month since I left Beijing. It is not a problem to stay in the mountains all the time. We have to go back and find Huang Baldzi to deal with the objects we dumped. So I agreed with the Party Secretary¡¯s opinion. I will come back next time. It was impossible for the monkeys and the monkeys to come back with them, so I asked the branch secretary to burn some paper money for the couple who were buried in the spring. Also, please remember not to touch the weapons in the underground fortress, they are not for us ordinary people to use.

The party secretary asked about the reason and agreed to the matter. He said that when he returned to the village, he would find a lama to recite sutras, and he would also bring the two children with him to be liberated together.

In order to be able to set off the next day, almost everyone stayed up all night and packed up their things all night long. When they were all done, the sun rose. Fortunately, this night, although it was busy, nothing happened again.

There was nothing to say all the way back to Ganggang Yingzi. It was like celebrating the New Year in the village. The family called back all the men who worked in Niuxin Mountain. Every family was eating pork stewed with vermicelli.

In the evening, Monkey and I sat cross-legged on the kang of Yingzi's house, drinking with Yingzi's father. After just a few drinks, we heard someone shouting outside, and even the hounds in the village started barking too. When I woke up, my intuition once again told me that something had happened, and it was definitely not a big deal.

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When we looked outside, we saw the party secretary banging on the doors of every house and calling people out: "It's terrible. Niuxin Mountain has collapsed and the archaeological team has been trapped inside. Everyone, please bring your tools and rescue them." People."

It took me a long time to understand the details of this matter. It turned out that the ancient cemetery palace in Niuxin Mountain had to be dug up one layer after another. Archeology is not as straightforward as tomb robbing, and it is so trouble-free. The archaeological team dug out each layer and cleaned them up. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the surrounding chariot and horse pits, sacrifice pits and other supporting burial pits must also be cleaned. After digging to the seventh floor underground, the archaeologists found the coffin containing the Empress Dowager.

China's policy on the excavation of ancient tombs is protective, that is, it never takes the initiative to excavate. Only when construction, earthquakes, tomb robbery and other factors threaten the existence of ancient tombs will archaeologists be sent to the site to conduct rescue excavations.

The ancient tombs of the Liao Dynasty in Niuxin Mountain in Lamagou are of this nature. The earthquake caused the mountain to crack, exposing the underground palace inside. In the past few years, with the excavations of the archaeological team, more than 3,000 cultural relics have been unearthed. The mystery of the last layer of the underground palace The veil is about to be lifted.

However, just when the seventh floor of the underground palace was excavated, the people who collected foreign goods in the village returned to Ganggangyingzi. In order to celebrate, everyone asked people to call the family members who were working at the archaeological site. They found the manager. I would like to ask for a few days off. Usually the project progress is very tight and the manpower is not enough. Except for holidays, no leave is given at all. It happened to be a strange coincidence that day. The underground palace has been excavated to the last level. There is no big job left. Just be sure to take care of it. Taking everyone's leave, only a dozen people from the archaeological team were left to clean up the seventh floor of the underground palace.

The people who worked in the village walked on the front foot, and the back foot collapsed. In the year of the earthquake, the mountain cracked from bottom to top. The waterfall on the top of the mountain also dried up from that time. The cracked part of the mountain, perhaps a hollow mountain, cracked. Finally, it could not withstand the pressure and the tension that spread outward. Perhaps it was related to the fact that the work team dug too deep into the mountain. A very serious landslide accident occurred, and the eleven archaeological team members who were cleaning the coffin of the tomb owner were buried in the cave. Inside.

It took more than half a day before news of this incident reached Ganggang Yingzi. All we knew was that the mountain had collapsed and many people were trapped. It was half a day's walk from here to Lamagou. Even though we knew there was no way to rush to the rescue, But we can't neglect it. After all, those people buried below are all comrades assigned to work by the organization.

While organizing the troops, the party secretary sent people to notify the medical station in Qili. Monkey and I also joined in. After digging for two days and two nights in Niuxin Mountain, everyone finally gave up. The leaders of Qili also arrived. It seemed that it was hopeless, and the only thing that could be done in the end was to exhume the bodies of the victims and bury them.

This thing is somewhat strange. The mountain collapsed sooner or later, but it happened only after the people in the village asked for leave and left. Most people survived. This can be said to be a blessing among misfortunes. , everything has its own will, who can say clearly.

So more than fifty people were left to continue digging slowly in the mountains, while the rest of the young and old women returned to the villages. This delay lasted another three or four days. I didn't want to stay any longer, so I said goodbye to everyone and returned with the monkeys. After being away from Beijing for many days.

We got off the train and went straight to Panjiayuan. Huang Baldy was still the same as before, vulgar-looking, philistine, and unassuming. In fact, he was very qualified and experienced in Panjiayuan. A master of experience.

When Huang Baldy saw the two of us coming, he quickly put down the business at hand and asked questions: "You two, how come you have been away for so many days before coming back? It almost makes me want to die."

At that time, the monkey wanted to take out the two pieces of jade and show him how much they were worth. This matter has been bothering us both, and today we finally know the truth.

Huang Baldy hurriedly winked at us, indicating that we would not be allowed to take out the things: "Let's go to Dongsi. The restaurant where we cooked mutton last time was good and quiet. Panjiayuan is a mixed bag, with many people and many eyes. But This is not the place to talk, you can¡¯t show your secrets here. Wait a moment, I¡¯ll take care of the business at hand and then leave.¡±

The "Ming ware" that Huang Tuzi said is a jargon. As mentioned before, it is the synonym for the underworld ware. This "Ming" does not refer to the antiques of the era, but specifically refers to the burial objects, just like "antiques" and "antiques". "These words are all meant to deceive people and make them sound nice. In fact, the origins of these words are related to "dou dou". In the early days, they were called "antong" and "bone play", which all refer to the items left by the previous dynasty. The objects that came down said.

While talking, Huang Baldy poured out an early Qing Dynasty "refrigerator" plus a "Yongzheng official kiln model Jihong small teapot". The buyer was a foreigner with a Chinese translator. In fact, this kind of thing, It's nothing, it's just a trivial thing. We didn't see how much he sold it for, but I guess the foreigner probably got a good deal.

After finishing the business, Huang Baldy counted the banknotes: "If we don't open for three days, if we open today, it will be enough for me for three years. These stupid foreigners, they buy two fakes and it's like they got a treasure. Go back and cry." "After counting the money, he turned to me and said: "During the Gengzi Year, the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing and brought many good things from us. I have done justice to God today. Master, you Isn¡¯t that true?¡±

Monkey and I asked him to do something now, so of course we had to obey him. He quickly raised his thumb and praised: "In ancient times, there was Huo Yuanjia who defeated the Russian strongman in a martial arts competition. Now there is Huang who cleverly takes the ill-gotten gains from foreigners. Winning honor for the country is really, really high, really high.¡±

After packing up our things, we went to the small restaurant where we first met again. Huang Baldy probably made a lot of money today, plus he was flattered by the two of us, and he even said a few words about Peking Opera while drinking. He said to himself: "Good foreign slave,I will beat you with a steel whip, waaa

I looked around, and it was not the right time to eat. The restaurant was deserted, except for our table in the corner. The waiter was dozing on the counter, and two guys in charge of ordering hot pot were squatting in front of the door. Kandan'er, no one paid attention to the three of us.

So I asked the monkey to take out the jade and give it an eye to Huang Baldy. I also told him about the journey to the Northeast and picked up some important points. Huang Baldy looked at it very carefully, and from time to time he even brought it to his nose to smell it. , licked it with the tip of his tongue, and asked us some details about the ancient tomb.

Huang Baldzi said: "I know a little bit about the appraisal of antiquities. It is a craft passed down from our ancestors. Today, I will show it to you two. Now that this thing has arrived, it is like a Chinese medicine doctor taking a pulse, and I can also tell you what to say, especially Ming ware, because Ming ware is different from ordinary antiquities and family heirloom collections, people often play with and caress them. Over time, the surface of the objects becomes shiny. Ming ware is poured out from buckets and has been buried in ancient tombs. Ancient tombs also have new buckets, old buckets, dirty buckets, and Chen buckets. The first thing is to look at the style, shape, and color. The second thing is to smell it. This is a crucial step in the identification of Ming ware. Some people made fake things by soaking them in puddles of feces and urine to make them old, but the color is old and the taste is different. It tastes better than a dead person's butt plug (ancient jade is stuffed in the anus of ancient corpses to prevent the leakage of corpse gas and cause It smells much worse than a dead body, and it looks old in appearance, but you can tell by smelling it, and it can't be hidden from the nose of an expert. Furthermore, where does this object come from, and what is its provenance? The person who poured the bucket will naturally explain which bucket it came from, and I can judge whether what he said is true or false, and whether there are any flaws. This can also judge the authenticity and value of the object from one aspect. The last thing is to feel it with your hands. This is a state that can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words. Countless antiques have passed through my hands. My hands are connected to my heart. Real antiques are treasures. They are No matter the size or weight, you can feel the weight by touching it with your hands. This weight does not refer to the actual weight of the object. Ancient objects themselves have spirituality and a sense of heaviness accumulated over hundreds of years. Fake goods No matter how similar it is, it can¡¯t create this kind of feeling.¡±

The monkey said: "My lord, I didn't understand a word you said so much. Please tell me, how much are our two pieces of art worth?"

Huang Baldy laughed: "Master Monkey is worried. I was nagging you just now. I also have good intentions. I hope you two can learn more about antique appraisal in the future. There are hundreds of funerary objects in ancient tombs. Thousands of pieces, if you don¡¯t know some knowledge in this area, it will be difficult to start with in the future, right? I will talk about these two pieces of artifacts now. I can¡¯t tell their names. Let¡¯s give them one for the time being. Judging from their appearance, , we can call it: double jade with moth body and chi pattern. As for its value..."

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Double jade with moth body and chi pattern 7

There is no fixed price for antiques. Unlike sugar and briquettes, which are priced at the price per pound. The value of antiques is very arbitrary. As long as there is a buyer and the buyer recognizes the thing, it will be worth it. Just worth money. Otherwise, no matter how good something is, if no one buys it and it has a price but no market, it is still worthless.

I will give you a low price estimate for these two pieces of art. In terms of their own value, they are worth between 40,000 and 50,000 yuan in China. Of course, the value overseas is definitely much higher than this, but this is what we have in China now. market. When we sell, if there is a suitable buyer, we can offer a higher price. It's hard to say, it depends on the situation at the time.

Huang Baldy said that he used to have a familiar colleague who also did business in Panjiayuan. The things he was selling were tiles, arrow clusters, old money, atlases, pens and ink, sculptures, snuff bottles and other gadgets. Son, later this buddy stopped practicing this field and went to Xinjiang to make mummies. Now he has made a fortune.

The monkey wondered: "Fuck, isn't that mummy just a zongzi? How can it be valuable?"

Huang Baldzi said: "No, in our eyes they are the mummies of Zongzi, but when they go abroad, they become treasures. The transaction price in Beijing before the Ming Dynasty was 20,000, and it would be worth 100,000 if they were taken abroad. , Meiko. Think about it, don¡¯t foreigners just like to see these weird things? In the eyes of foreigners, our ancient oriental country is full of mystery. For example, in the New York Museum of Natural History, there is an advertisement showing the mummy of a mysterious oriental beauty. , is this not sensational? This mummy craze was all caused by the Loulan female corpse unearthed from the Loulan Xiaohe Tombs last year. Even in our country, you have to queue up to visit any exhibition. This is called a business opportunity."

After listening to this, Monkey and I suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly. It turns out that there are so many Taoisms here. It is really hard to explain and the lights are not turned on. In addition, we were satisfied when we learned that these two pieces of jade are worth about 50,000 yuan. , it was obtained by pulling out a tooth from a tiger's mouth. After all, the effort was not in vain.

I asked again: "Huang Ye, what do you think our bright weapon is called? Why are you so talkative?"

Huang Baldy filled a glass of beer for me: "Don't worry, we have a lot of time today. Listen to me slowly, this is called the double jade with moth body and chi pattern. There is such a rule in our antique shop. If there is no official name for each gadget, it will be named according to its characteristics. "

Just like the famous national treasure-level cultural relic Zeng Hou Yi Chime, this instrument was definitely not called by this name before, but its specific name is difficult to verify in our modern times. Therefore, archeology is based on the types of ancient tombs and musical instruments unearthed. Give it such a name.

The moth body and chi pattern double jade, the name already expresses its characteristics. The moth body, its shape is like a pair of moths. It was poured out from the tomb of a Jin Kingdom general. This kind of In ancient times, the moth was a symbol of a warrior who sacrificed his life. Isn't there a saying, a moth flies into the fire and never comes back. Knowing that it is death, it still plunges into the fire generously and calmly.

Of course, we all know now that this is because moths cannot see and swoop at light, but the ancients did not think so. They highly respected the spirit of this big moth and used the shape of moths to make some accessories to help them achieve military exploits. It is an honor to be led by someone who is a martial artist.

If you look at the pattern above, it also has a name. This is "Chi pattern", which looks like the head of a lion and the body of a tiger. In fact, it is neither. Chi is a kind of dragon. This kind of dragon does not have the double tail on its head. Utensils with horns engraved with chi patterns can play a role in warding off evil spirits. Not long ago, a tomb of a Ming Dynasty prince was excavated in Mujiashan, Yunnan Province. Maybe you have heard of "The Heroes of the Ming Dynasty" through storytelling. Zhu Yuanji had one of his men The general¡¯s surname is Mu, and his name is Mu Ying. What was unearthed that time was the tomb of Prince Mu Ying. A pair of "jade jade double jade" was unearthed in it, which is similar to the moth-body chi pattern double jade you two unearthed this time. , in modern terms, it is a collection of honors, a collection of military exploits and the like.

Let¡¯s talk about this pair again. As the name suggests, it is a pair. There is also something special about it. This kind of accessory is hung on both sides of the helmet, so it must be a pair. If you only have one, it will be worthless.

What is " Ñ"? This refers to its production process. In addition, the value of this pair of moth-body and chi-patterned double-jambs mainly comes from its historical value and appreciation value. The material itself is not expensive. This is a kind of "dry yellow discoloration jade" produced in the Transcaucasus region. It is not actually jade. Of course, if you insist on classifying it into the jade category, it is not impossible. Dried yellow is very valuable now, but this pair of jade The material is not of the highest grade, and the upper grade will change twelve different colors in twelve hours.

Well, there is a word here, which is the name of a person who wrote the book, called "Guo Zitu". It seems that the owner of this pair of bis is him. This person seems to be the marshal Zuo Dujian in the late Jin Dynasty. When he was defending the city, he With a hard bow, he shot and killed more than two hundred Mongolian generals. He was extremely brave, and finally died in the battle. He was considered such a number one figure. Legend has it that the gold owner used one hundred thousand taels of gold to exchange his body from the Mongols.

I felt like I was listening to a book from heaven. There were some places where I could understand it, but not many. The monkey simply stopped listening and put beef leaves, mutton slices, chicken slices, vegetables, and mushrooms into the hot pot one by one. Everyday I eat barbecue, I feel sick to my stomach. Today, I boiled the mutton, opened my cheeks, and just said "eat".

I asked Baldy Huang what items are currently hot on the antique market and can fetch a high price.

Huang Baldzi said: "Foreigners call our country porcelain. It can be said that porcelain is always the most popular in the antique market. The porcelain produced in the most glorious period of Chinese history cannot even be compared with modern advanced technology. For example Have you ever heard of Chenghua porcelain? Especially the colored wares in Chenghua porcelain. They are the most awesome. They don¡¯t even need to be big. They are just as small as a three-year-old child¡¯s penis. Get Pan Home is worth 100,000 yuan without any bargaining. You just said that there are a lot of porcelain and pottery in the ancient tomb at Heifengkou on the Sino-Mongolian border. Unfortunately, they were not dumped out. Those should be from the late Northern Song Dynasty. It is a pity. I Don't mind telling me what you don't want to hear. You made a mistake this time. Those pots and jars you didn't pour out are worth far more than this pair of moth-body and chi-patterned pairs of jade. You need to learn more about your eyesight and look for opportunities. Next time when I go to the countryside to collect things, you can also come with me and take a look at the doorways here. If you survive a trip in the future, you can deal with this person as little as possible. millions."

I kept saying yes and said to Huang Baldy: "I really mean it. Now I have a bolder idea. Next time we are going to have a big fight and solve the problem at once. We will start a business of finding gold in the mountains and doing things in the deep mountains and old forests. It¡¯s not as good as the mainland, and the risk is too high. Even if I have a few more lives, I can¡¯t withstand such a toss. I¡¯m going to find a big tomb in a top Feng Shui treasure cave to start. However, this is not a trivial matter. I need to make complete preparations beforehand, otherwise I¡¯m afraid I can¡¯t handle it.¡±

Huang Baldy asked: "Master Gao, do you really want to get the big one back? Have you chosen the target?"

I said: "No, I just suddenly had this idea. It is extremely difficult to find large tombs in remote areas. Besides, I am like a farmer now. In addition to knowing Feng Shui to find holes and pulses, I have no idea about it." We have a blind eye on matters such as historical and archaeological value appraisal. We don¡¯t understand anything. We are very blind in choosing targets. We don¡¯t want to rush into action in the near future. Our action this time seems to be a bit eager for quick success and short-term behavior. I can¡¯t do this business anymore. But I have to say this again. Although I didn¡¯t dump anything big during this trip to the Northeast, I accumulated some experience and funds. It can be regarded as an exercise in fighting against each other. "

Huang Baldy said: "After hearing what you said, I suddenly remembered something. This Xinjiang..."