Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Tea Poison

After listening to my words, Zhou Chong got up from the ground, and then quickly ran towards a cave not far away.I followed him and walked to the cave, only to realize that it was actually a tomb chamber, the tombstone had collapsed, lying on the ground, and there were still some broken stone chips. "Your master usually lives here?" I asked curiously. "Yes!" Zhou Chong agreed, "My master looks like that, he can't be seen by others, so he can only hide in the tomb. I come in every ten days and a half months to have a look." "Oh?" I agreed noncommittally. Since Zhou Chong's master has fallen into hibernation, he probably doesn't need food, right?It is said that some animals also need some food and water after falling into hibernation, but I don't know what happened to Zhou Chong's master.

The stone cave is a typical burial chamber, not too large in scale. It may be the tomb of an ancient prince. There are some stone tables and benches in front of it, as well as the remaining candles, which prove that this tomb was inhabited by living people. At the back, Ethics is a typical place where the tomb owner stores the coffin. There are some reduced-scale buildings and so on, as well as a small garden with flowers and trees made of gold foil, and two paper figurines dressed as golden boys and jade girls. look, playing in the garden. However, the tomb chamber, which was originally perfectly arranged, is now a mess, and even the buildings that have been reduced in size have been smashed to pieces.

The coffin was torn apart and scattered on the ground, and there were some quilts inside, which were naturally not used by the original owner for the funeral, but presumably they were daily necessities of Master Zhou Chong. But now, even these quilts have been torn apart and turned into pieces. "Isn't this too much?" I muttered in a low voice. Killing people is nothing more than a trivial matter. In this tomb, the original owner naturally does not know where he was placed, and there may be no bones left long ago.Now it has become the residence of living people, but who is so ruthless to mess up this place?

"Master—" Zhou Chong rushed to the palace bed in three steps and two steps, looked down at the coffins scattered on the ground, then thumped the stone railing next to him hard, and cursed, "This is too cruel." "Hey, who did your old man offend?" I asked curiously. At this time, no matter how stupid I am, I know that someone must have been to this place, and there must be some grudge against Master Zhou, otherwise, I wouldn't be so cruel. "Gold-type insect repellent." Zhou Chong said, walking around the palace bed while talking. "Hey——" Suddenly, Zhou Chong called out, "Mr. Ximen, take a look, what is this?"

I was also inspecting the tomb at first. These people are really destructive. A good ancient tomb has been smashed beyond recognition—I think, these people are also ruthless enough to strip Master Zhou from his human shell. It counted, and hung the human shell on the tree, and in the end, smashed the old nest of the family. "Look—" Zhou Chong held something in his hand and brought it in front of me, "This is definitely not my master's thing, it must have been left by the murderer." When I saw that thing, I was taken aback immediately. Immediately afterwards, my whole body was icy cold, I was dumbstruck, and I didn't know what to say.

"What's the matter?" Zhou Chong probably saw that I was a little strange, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Ximen, are you okay?" I snatched the thing from Zhou Chong's hands. It was a jadeite pendant, carved into an emerald green cicada, and the old pit glass was full of green jadeites. In stone terms, it belongs to true green, and it is a rare fine jadeite. I stroked that jade cicada's belly with my fingers, and sure enough, I touched the lines I was familiar with. Then, I turned around and saw two ancient characters written on it——Wa Huang! "Mr. Ximen, do you know this thing?" Zhou Chong asked again.

"This is my friend's handwriting. Look, this is his signature." I turned Yuchan over and handed it to Zhou Chong, lest he couldn't see clearly, I turned on the flashlight on purpose. Although it is broad daylight and under the scorching sun, this is an ancient tomb after all, without doors and windows, and only some dim sunlight penetrates in from outside. Even so, Zhou Chong casually lit a candle, and now, the dim candlelight flickered in the ancient tomb. "Is that Mr. Shi?" Zhou Chong asked, "Although I don't know him, I can hear that the jade ornaments he carved with his own hands are worth a fortune."

"There are always some for sale," I said, "but this one, it's really not for sale." "Then why did this thing fall here?" Zhou Chong asked. I looked down at the black silk sash tied to the jade cicada, which should have been hung on someone's body, and then accidentally dropped it. "This thing is very valuable, and the lost person will definitely come back to look for it!" I said, "So, as long as we hide here secretly, we will definitely wait for that person, and then follow the clues, maybe we will be able to find the teacher .” "Hmm!" Zhou Chong nodded and said, "You are right, but since this item is not for sale, how could it appear here?"

I rubbed the jade cicada lightly with my fingers. The unique moistness and delicacy of jade made me feel a little peaceful in my heart. After a long while, I said, "Someone in Cangwu City secretly stole his things and pawned them." , also unknown!" I said that, but I couldn't help feeling a little annoyed in my heart. I seldom managed the affairs of Cangwu City these years. I'm afraid that some people, unable to resist the temptation of money, would steal some of his things before his death and sell them. Emeralds - these two years have seen sky-high prices, and some of the emeralds he liked during his lifetime are even the best of the best. In addition, the ones he carved with his own hands, which have fallen into the name of Emperor Wa, have become legends. , for any jewelry carved with such a font size, even if the jade itself has some flaws, there are at least tens of millions.

"There is something wrong with this place, I will go back to Cangwu City!" I said lightly, "I will definitely give you justice." "Thank you!" Zhou Chong nodded. The two of us wandered around the tomb again, but found nothing. In desperation, we could only go back to Zhou Chong's house first, and prepared to wait for the night to pass. "Zhou Chong, aren't you afraid that those people will go back after we leave?" I asked intentionally. I had some doubts. When we left, Zhou Chong had already tampered with secretly. "Hmm..." Zhou Chong said, "Every insect repellent likes to come and go at night, and people who can wear such a jade pendant are probably not ordinary people, so——I left something in the tomb, waiting for it." Let's talk about it tonight."

"Forget it!" I know that Zhou Chong is hiding some things from me, so I don't want to ask any more. I didn't see Zhou Chong's master, but saw a strange human shell. It was a worthwhile trip for me. Therefore, after lunch, I also took a nap for a while, and when I got up, I took another bench, replaced the medicine shovel, dug two earthworms under the bamboo root, chopped a bamboo, made a fishing rod, and fished on the water bridge. But I don't smell fishy, ​​I didn't even see a fish scale in one afternoon, and I was laughed at by Zhou Chong during dinner. Zhou Chong was very considerate. After dinner, he specially made a pot of tea for me. I held the teacup and drank the tea slowly, but as soon as the tea was in my mouth, I felt something was wrong, not only smashing my mouth, but also savoring it carefully. "What's wrong?" Zhou Chong asked me. "Good tea!" I smiled, picked up the teacup, and drank it all in one gulp. "It's still the tea from yesterday, but the water is different!" Zhou Chong said, "I went to the old village and got some deep well water. Maybe the taste is a little different." "Well, it's a little different." I smiled unfathomably, then stood up while supporting the table, "I've been busy all day today, but I didn't catch a single fish. I'll continue tomorrow—yawn, call me if you have something to do tonight!" While I was talking, I was already walking towards the west room. "Okay!" Zhou Chong agreed. I walked into the room, and then, closing the door, I felt the weight of my eyelids, and I couldn't help cursing inwardly: "What a powerful medicine!" I was thinking in my heart, but I felt that my thoughts were far away from me. Seeing that I couldn't even touch the edge of the bed, I was about to fall asleep. I was busy pinching my own thigh hard, and the pain could only wake me up slightly. all of a sudden. I threw myself on the bed, took out a green pill in my backpack, and swallowed it. After about a cup of tea, I finally came to my senses. I greeted Zhou Chong's eighteen generations of ancestors in my heart. I knew what I was doing, but I was poisoned?Doesn't he know that poisoning a ghost doctor is simply a joke. However, when I carefully recalled the medicinal properties of the medicine just now, it turned out to be a bit stronger than I imagined. I have studied the pharmacopoeia of using poison to fight poison since I was a child. , I can't tell the difference between the medicinal properties. I fell on the bed with my clothes on, just pillowing on my backpack, wondering in my heart, what the hell is Zhou Chong doing?Actually poisoned my tea? Near midnight, I suddenly heard slight footsteps in the main room, as if someone was walking rustlingly. I was lying on the bed, motionless, for a while, I heard the door creak, and someone pushed it open, and then, it seemed that someone fumbled at the head of my bed——I vaguely felt that someone seemed to be searching for something beside my bed , Then, he actually held up my head, and then pulled out the backpack on my pillow. I still pretended to be asleep and let that person search, but I was curious in my heart, what did Zhou Chong want to find?The most valuable thing on me is probably the "Picture of Begonia and Parrot" he gave me.Could it be that this guy is reluctant to part with the authentic painting of Song Huizong and wants to steal it back, so he poisoned my tea? I heard the man rummaging through my backpack for a while, then carefully reached out to support my head, and stuffed the backpack under my head, and then, I heard footsteps The sound left, and finally, the door creaked and closed again. I lay on the bed and still didn't move, fearing that Zhou Chong would go and come back again, but after a while, there was no movement, but the door outside opened with a "squeak", and then there was the sound of someone going out.