Chapter 2 Chapter 1 A Guest from afar

Due to some of our actions in the northwest corner of the school, the school was in chaos.The pond collapsed, the water in the pond dried up, the public security bureau had sealed off the school, and the matter of the ancient tomb could no longer be covered up. As a last resort, the school gave everyone a holiday in advance. The holidays are a pleasant time, every day except eating and drinking.At first, I was a high school classmate, then a junior high school classmate, and then an elementary school classmate, and finally I didn’t drink for a day, and I felt uncomfortable.My new girlfriend, Liu Ge, calls every day to inquire about how my life is going that day, and repeatedly calls my uncle to ask me not to drink alcohol.But Fourth Uncle never told her the truth. He often told Liu Ge while drinking with me that Yishui was studying.I don't know how Liu Ge believed fourth uncle's words, but I know that I have never read a book during Chinese New Year.Fortunately, Liu Ge didn't ask any further questions, but just hung up the phone with satisfaction.

I have an old cousin named Qiu Han.Qiu Han is the son of grandma's nephew. His father and my father are cousins. Although one is in Anhui and the other is in Henan, the two families are very close and have always had a good relationship.On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Qiu Han came.According to our local customs, this is to pick up a married girl to return to her natal home, but grandma is very old and it is difficult to go back, so now it is just a formality to pick up relatives, and usually go back after a meal.Of course, it's hard for Qiu Han to come here once, I will definitely entertain him and let him stay here for a few more days.

On the night of Qiu Han's arrival, some guests came to my uncle's house. These people were people I had never seen before.They drive a car and wear suits and leather shoes, which are different from ordinary villagers.For our village, such people are big shots. Although the villagers don't know where they come from, everyone is still very curious. Qiu Han and I entered the courtyard of my fourth uncle's house, and saw the courtyard full of people. The strangest thing was that I saw the head of our school's archeology department among the crowd.And just as I saw the head of the department, the head of the department also saw me.

I didn't expect the head of the department to come to our house.I was thinking, could it be that the people from the Public Security Bureau found out about our tomb robbery and came to arrest us?But since he was seen, he couldn't leave, so he had to bite the bullet and walk over. The head of the department, surnamed Tang, was named Tang Yong. He was a transferred cadre from the official regiment and had a good reputation.The head of the department patted me on the shoulder and said, "Yishui, I didn't expect you to be Li Zhimin's nephew, haha, what a coincidence, um, not bad, haha!"

I don't understand why the dean of the department smiled so happily, but just when I was about to respond to him, my dad, my grandpa, and fifth uncle all strode over from the gate.Grandpa walked in the front, with a pipe in his hand, while Father and Uncle Wu stood on the left and right, looking like two protectors with solemn expressions. Grandpa didn't say hello to everyone, just walked into the main hall and sat at the main entrance.When everyone saw grandpa go in, they all followed him.Father and Fourth Uncle stood on the left and right sides of Grandpa, while Fifth Uncle, me, and Qiu Han stood behind the guests on the left.There were four guests here, two young people and two middle-aged people. The young ones were about twenty-seven or eight years old, and the middle-aged ones were about forty-seven or eighty-eight years old.But apart from the head of the department, I don't know anyone.

Seeing everyone sitting down, Grandpa said: "Everyone travels and dusts, travels thousands of miles, looking for a dog, I don't know why?" Standing behind the guests, I almost laughed out loud when I heard my grandfather recite all the lines from the TV.But in front of such a serious occasion, he controlled himself again. A middle-aged man with a big beard said, "Old man, it was not easy to find you! We all came to visit you. According to our seniority, I have to call you uncle." Grandpa said kindly, "I don't dare to be. I'm an old man. I haven't been out for many years, and I don't know everyone. How do you call me?"

The bearded man stood up and said, "My name is Jiang Qiankun, from Liaoning, Manchu, my ancestor Jiang Buyi, formerly known as Du Ze, one of the twelve secret agents of the Qing Dynasty, and ranked in the generation of cattle." , He took out a golden token about ten centimeters long and five centimeters wide.There were a total of twelve spies back then, and the twelve spies were arranged in the order of the zodiac. Therefore, when the bearded man introduced himself, he said that he was a descendant of the "bull" generation. The second person was the head of the department, and he said, "Old man, my name is Tang Yong. My ancestor is Tang Jianfeng. The Twelve Secret Agents are among the horsemen." After speaking, he also took out a golden token from his body.

After the third person stood up, he said in a gentle manner, "Old man, my name is Hu Songze, my ancestor is Hu Yiping, and I am one of the Twelve Secret Agents." The accent sounded like a Hong Kong and Taiwan accent, and followed him Also took a token out of his pocket. The last person stood up. He was about 1.85 meters tall, as strong as Qiu Han, and he was also the youngest of the four. He said, "Old man, my name is Xiong Wenbin, and everyone calls me Big Bear. I am a A descendant of the Daoist Shangqing who is one of the Twelve Great Secret Agents." After finishing speaking, Big Xiong took out a token from his pocket.

The token is the token of the spies, and it is rarely shown to others. Today, we don't even know what it means.I've also heard of family tokens, but never seen one.Grandpa said that when he passed away, he would choose a suitable successor and pass the token to him. However, unexpectedly, the tokens that grandpa usually refused to show easily, they each took one at this time.At this time, Qiu Han lowered his head and said to me: "Our family also has one of these things. I thought it was a lie." The four people heard it, and they all turned to look at Qiu Han. Seeing how respectful everyone was to him, Grandpa couldn't help laughing.He said: "The old man is getting old, and he may not be able to remember so many names for a while. Since everyone has a long history, the old man needs to be a landlord. You all sit down, fourth, and serve tea to the guests."

When the fourth uncle heard his grandfather's order, he took out the Tieguanyin that was treasured at home, and calmly brewed it for everyone.Seeing that everyone had tea in their hands, Grandpa continued: "It's been a hundred years since our ancestors were spies, and all the secrets they had were brought into the coffin. I don't know why you came to my small village?" Tang Yong was a little excited when his grandfather asked about this matter, and said, "Old man, to tell you the truth, this is the descendant of our spies I summoned. To be honest, it is not easy to contact everyone. I worked hard to We have contacted these five families. The other family is easy to contact, but they don’t want to come.”

Grandpa asked curiously, "Who is it?" "Chen Daohe, the head of Shengmen sect." Tang Yong said. As soon as Tang Yong finished speaking, his father, fourth uncle, and fifth uncle all became excited.The hatred between Chen Daohe and our family is so deep that he almost killed his fourth uncle and aunt last time.In the Guishan Han Tomb, Chen Daohe designs to lead the fourth uncle into the tomb, but he escapes secretly and blows up the robbery hole, almost killing the fourth uncle. Grandpa said, "Why doesn't this Chen Daohe come?" Jiang Qiankun said: "Chen Daohe is the head of the Shengmen sect, and the Shengmen sect has a large number of people, with three hundred children, big and small. They are scattered all over the country, forming a gang of tomb robbers, and they regard themselves as the orthodox in the industry, and regard the world as the world's best. Reckless, don't bother to be with us." Grandpa said indifferently: "He is a bit too much." I just heard Jiang Qiankun continue to say: "After my ancestor Jiang Buyi lost contact with the imperial court, Yuan Shikai sent people to arrest the ancestor. Since the ancestor was a Manchurian, he fled to the outside of the customs. Later, Zhang Zuolin came to Beijing, and he mastered these spies. After the list, people began to search for the ancestors, and the ancestors had to change their surname to Jiang. Because the change of the surname was ashamed of the ancestors, it was named Buyi. The homonym of Buyi is unrighteousness, which means sorry to the ancestors of the Manchus. Due to the rise of the tomb robbery industry , our family’s ancestral things slowly came into play, and we began to return to the old business.” The other three also nodded unanimously, saying that their experiences were roughly the same.The difference is that Tang Yong's father has always followed the Communist Party and fought against the Japanese army; Da Xiong's skills are handed down from Taoists in the Qing Dynasty; while Hu Songze's ancestors followed an officer of the warlord to Taiwan and only recently returned to the mainland. Tang Yong said: "Yes, Songze came to Beijing from Taiwan, and I was the first to find me. At that time, neither of us knew that the other was the descendant of a secret agent, but once, his token slipped from his pocket accidentally. , was recognized by me." "So how did you find me?" Grandpa asked. Tang Yong said: "It's because of this." After speaking, Tang Yong took out a piece of ancient jade, which was fan-shaped with dragon patterns engraved on it. . Tang Yong continued: "There are six pieces of jade in total. Back then, Li Chengfeng had one piece, Qiu Wensheng one piece, Huo Dong one piece, Jiang Buyi one piece, our family ancestor Tang Jianqiu one piece, and one piece of jade in Liu Daojun's hands. As for Why it was distributed to these six people is not clear. These six pieces of jade were originally one piece, called glazed dragon and phoenix jade, and a pattern was drawn on it. The content of the pattern seemed to be related to a treasure, but because the pattern What is the true meaning of the jade, none of us know. When Cixi gave this piece of jade, he cut the whole jade into six pieces. When giving the jade, no one knew that the piece of jade was cut until Yuan Shikai He only told the spies after he became the president, so the spies who didn’t arrive didn’t know about it. Before the exhibition started, I made a piece of fake jade and put it in the northwest corner of the Beijing Antique Exhibition. Because of this jade They are all inconspicuous, and no one usually goes to see them, but there are two exceptions, one is Li Zhimin and the other is Jiang Qiankun." Li Zhimin is my fourth uncle. He said: "I saw this piece of jade very familiar at the time, because we had two pieces in our family, one was passed down from our ancestors, and the other was brought over by my mother when I got married. When I was in the exhibition After seeing that piece of jade, I felt that although it looked like the two pieces in our house, the material was not right, so I took a second look.” The fourth uncle only said two things, but did not say that he was in Guishan Han Another piece of ancient jade from Xiao Shengyun found in the tomb. Tang Yong said: "That's right. That piece of jade is an imitation. After I put the jade there, I kept observing who was paying attention to that piece of jade. It was you first, and then Jiang Qiankun, so I put you Two were found. As for Da Xiong, I met him at the university archeology exchange meeting, and we only talked about the issue of spies later. Don't underestimate Da Xiong, Da Xiong's ancestor, Taoist Shangqing, is a descendant of the Maoshan sect. " At this time, the fourth uncle asked: "Director Tang, I want to ask you a question." "Please speak." Tang Yong said. "What happened to the ancient tomb behind your school?" Tang Yong's complexion suddenly changed, and he said, "How do you know about that tomb?" "I know a little bit, but I have a lot of questions in my heart, I can't solve them, and I'm so bored." The fourth uncle said calmly. It was only then that Tang Yong realized that the case of the theft of the ancient tomb behind the school was related to us, but he immediately felt relieved and said, "Since we are together, feel free to ask any questions you have, and I will definitely answer them." The fourth uncle nodded and said, "Okay, I heard from Yishui that two different corpses appeared in front of and behind the pond in your school. Why?" Tang Yong laughed and said, "I don't think it's the problem! It's like this. I heard that the mountain behind the school is haunted. I thought that there must be a female corpse down there. But if there is one, I can't really tell everyone here. There is a female corpse, otherwise it would be troublesome! So I sent people to the bottom of the pond to salvage the female corpse at night, and asked people to pump water during the day to prove that there are no dead bodies below." I asked, "Then why did you put another female corpse?" Tang Yong said: "It's very simple. After the water was pumped, the people under my command told me that there were gray clay bricks underneath. It was easy for everyone to think that this was an ancient tomb. But there were so many people in the school, no matter how they dug the hole at night. All of them may be discovered. So I contacted Wang Guoqiang, the director of the police station, and I told him that there is an ancient tomb under the school. I asked him to find a female corpse and put it in the water. Then, he set up a guard at the school and dug into the ancient tomb from the sewer. Sure enough, Guoqiang found a female corpse in the Public Security Bureau, and set up a security guard the next day. Afterwards, we set up a tent at the place where the sewer manhole covers. We dug a robbery hole at the corner of the sewer. But the inside There are too many traps. When I got to the main tomb, I found out that this is a murderous tomb. The yin and yang and five elements of this tomb are all reversed. It is obvious that the owner of the tomb is going to die. At that time, we did not have the key to the tomb. Except for the first tomb, the other tombs also There are organs in place, so they withdrew." Hearing what Tang Yong said, I realized that he had already seen that there was something wrong with the tomb, so he withdrew, and the fourth uncle, because of his low morals, didn't see it, so he fell. I asked, "What happened to the teacher who died in the tomb?" "I don't know about this." Tang Yong said, "The teachers of our school's archeology department are very obsessed with ancient tombs. They probably have seen our intentions, so they entered the tomb through the sewer. But they don't understand organs and yin and yang. Wu Xing only knew how to dig, so he died in the tomb." The fourth uncle asked: "Then you gave up later, didn't you?" Tang Yong replied: "Of course not. We calculated the location of the main tomb, dug a hole, and went down directly from the top." Only then did my fourth uncle realize that the hole robbery and the sewer tomb robbery were done by the same group of people. Only Tang Yong continued: "We entered the tomb and found that there were not many artifacts inside the tomb. We had to go to the tomb owner's coffin. But I saw the tomb owner's face was lifelike, so I didn't go any closer, because such a tomb It is easy to cheat corpses. At this time, life is far more important than money. My people and I took out some gold and silver and other things that are easy to take out from the Ming Qi, put them in bags and went out. The grandfather once warned us that if If you want to get out of the tomb safely, you can't be too greedy, so we only took a small part of it." At this time, I thought of the funeral objects in the tomb. It seemed that only one box had been removed, and the other boxes had hardly been touched. It seemed that what Tang Yong said was correct. Tang Yong continued: "But there are always people who are open to money! One of my subordinates dug the robbery hole again after we left, entered the ancient tomb, and never came up again. After we couldn't contact him , I knew he might have entered that ancient tomb again. When I got to the rockery, I saw that the hole was open like a monkey's butt, which was particularly eye-catching. I was afraid that someone would see it, so I asked someone to fill it in, but I also I don’t know if that person came up later. But now, it seems that it’s more ominous.” The fourth uncle said: "That's right, that person's foot was hit by a trap. The trap is the iron clamp next to the coffin, just like the iron clamp used for hunting. The man's leg is injured and he can't get up, and the trap at the entrance of the tomb is also There are traps and pits. So he can't go out from the tomb, so he can only be trapped in the tomb." Only Tang Yong sighed and said: "Oh, man died for money, and birds died for food. It seems that you are responsible for the water in that pond flowing into the tomb. But it's hard for me. I tried every means to block the news, and finally It's under control." Jiang Qiankun said: "Brother Yong is amazing, he has extraordinary courage and insight, and his skills are superb. I admire you brother." Tang Yong shook his head and said: "So many people have died, what is this! We in this line of work take our lives very seriously. Don't lose people when you don't get money. By the way, old man, just now Zhimin said that your family has two pieces of glazed dragon and phoenix jade, can you show them?" According to Grandpa's temperament, he would never take these things out and display them in public.But today is an exception. Not only did he intend to show it to everyone, but he even brought it with him.It's just that he didn't take out all the ancient jades, but took out the ancient jades from his family and grandma's house. Tang Yong took the jade and kept admiring it, saying good jade.At that moment, he also took out the jade he was wearing and compared it left and right, as if he wanted to stitch them together.Tang Yong shook his head while stitching together, and finally had to return the two pieces of jade to his grandfather, saying: "Although I have three pieces of jade, I still can't see through the secrets in the middle. It would be easier if Jiang Qiankun brought the piece of jade too. , so that there is another piece, maybe a part can be connected.” After the grandfather took the jade, he said: "I really don't know what is the secret of this jade, but if you need me, I can help you at any time. But if the old man can do his best, I will definitely do it." After Tang Yong heard this, he immediately beamed with joy, and said, "That's really great. I put this ancient jade at the Antique Exhibition this time, but I didn't expect it to play such a big role. Not only did I find Jiang Buyi, Shangqing Taoist and The descendants of Hu Yiping even found the descendants of Qiu Wensheng and Li Chengfeng, so we have gathered five families." Grandpa asked: "I don't know what your plan is to gather these five families?" Tang Yong said: "Old man, after so many years, any secrets are almost lost. But I want to call everyone together, and let's add up together, and this secret will be broken. We all have Four pieces of jade, if we find the fifth piece, we will not be afraid that Chen Daohe will not take out the last piece." Grandpa said: "It makes sense. We all want to know what secrets are hidden in these pieces of jade, and he, Chen Daohe, is no exception." The fourth uncle seemed to be very interested in this matter, and he asked, "How can I find another piece of jade?" I only heard Tang Yong say: "It's a long story to mention this other piece of jade. It is said that thirty years ago, there was a man named Liu Xuan. The ancestor of this man was Liu Daojun, a native of Hunan, who was in charge of the twelve secret agents. "The character token. Before Liu Xuan's father died, he only left Liu Daojun a token and a piece of glazed dragon and phoenix jade, and left nothing else. Later, for some reason, Liu Xuan was sent to a prison in Hunan. Liu Xuan was imprisoned for half a year, and ran away by himself. According to the memories of his inmates before he escaped, he said that he was going to explore an ancient tomb, which was in Yibin. But Liu Xuan never came back. Did you find it? This man is carrying his touch gold token, hoping that he will live there for the rest of his life." The fourth uncle smiled and said, "This man is crazy, he also believes such things." Tang Yong said: "It's not his fault. Their ancestor Liu Daojun belonged to the Maoshan School. Like Daxiong, Daxiong's ancestor belonged to the northern school of Maoshan School, while Liu Daojun belonged to the Southern School. The masters of the Maoshan School in the south are Ge Hong and Tao Hongjing. Alchemy and medicine collection have formed a complete theoretical system. Liu Daojun, as the sorcerer who refined elixirs for the imperial palace, has a high status among the spies, so it is easy for us to understand that his descendants went to seek immortality." "The problem is that we don't know which mountain he went to." Fourth Uncle said. Tang Yong looked at the crowd and said: "Liu Xuan once told his inmates that the mountain he went to was called Mount Furong. There are many hanging coffins on Mount Furong, and there are dozens of coffins on each mountain. Although the peak of Mount Furong is There are many, but with our ability, it is not difficult to find Liu Xuan. I heard that there is a leader of a minority ethnic group buried deep in Furong Mountain. We can go there, as long as we find the tomb of the king, I guess, we can also We have found Liu Xuan's whereabouts. Besides, even if we can't find it, people of that nationality like to wear gold and silver, and the funeral objects inside must be indispensable. Let's touch some, and this trip will not be in vain." Grandpa sighed: "It's a good idea, but our family has not fought for several generations, and our craftsmanship has fallen behind, and we can't get on the stage at all. Let's forget about the fight." I didn't expect Grandpa to reject Tang Yong. It was an accident. I only heard Tang Yong say: "Old man, our ancestors lived in seclusion, but it was a troubled time, and we were afraid of suffering. Now that we have come to the peaceful era, we need to go out of the mountains. One is to carry forward the legacy of our ancestors and not forget what our ancestors left behind; The second is that our family has a common mission, which needs to be undertaken by us and completed together.” I saw that the cloudiness on Grandpa's face was changing, and he seemed to have wavered.At this time, the fourth uncle said: "Dad, it's time for us to practice our skills. Look how arrogant Chen Daohe is. We can't lose to him." Grandpa seemed to be remembering how Chen Dao and his fourth uncle were killed by bombing the tomb. He slapped the table and said, "Okay, then the fourth brother will accompany you. You have found another piece of glazed dragon and phoenix jade earlier, and I also want to know what secret is buried in this jade."