Chapter 24 Chapter 24 The Weird Old House

"No, Lao Zhong will definitely not agree." Before I could finish speaking, Song Xudong who was driving refused my request straight away. In fact, it was my idea to fight the Qinghai Mastiff King, and I also wanted to fight against the arrogance of the little devil. Since Xiaopingtou rejected us, I started to think about it. After getting into Song Xudong's car, I didn't even have time to ask him what he wanted from me, so I quickly told him about it, but this kid poured cold water on his head. "Do you know why the old man was able to invite the Qinghai Mastiff King last time?" Perhaps seeing me a little frustrated, Song Xudong felt a little sorry and couldn't help but speak up.

"Why? Could it be that Lao Zhong and the Living Buddha are sworn brothers." I stared out the window distractedly, and my heart was like a revolving lantern, "Should I go to Mr. Liu to borrow a few dogs to envoy? This Japanese big wolf Qing will not Better than Little Leopard, right? Mr. Liu's dog is also invincible in every village." Song Xudong smiled, and said casually, "Almost!" While thinking wildly, he didn't take his words to heart at all, and he came to his senses after a while: "What? What? Lao Zhong and the Living Buddha are sworn brothers?" This topic is so attractive, I didn't know there was something in it. For such a big article, curiosity was immediately aroused.

Song Xudong smiled mysteriously and concentrated on driving. The more he behaved like this, the more curious I became, and I wanted to pry his dead mouth open, but he didn't say a word. Just when I couldn't bear to ask, he slammed on the brakes, and I hit my head heavily on the front seat. Just when I was about to get angry, he told me in a low voice: "The town temple in Shengzhao Temple The Baojiang Demon Pestle was brought back by Lao Zhong.” Seeing that I was going to ask, I immediately added: “If you can help the following, I will help you solve the problem, and the Japanese wolf is all right.”

By the way, I just remembered that I was so focused on pestering the dog that I didn't have time to ask him why he mysteriously pulled me out this afternoon? I saw that he had already opened the door and got out of the car. Looking outside the car, there was a quaint single-family villa hidden at the end of the winding path, covered by smoke and willows, with blue tiles and ancient bricks.I got out of the car and stretched my muscles and bones. I was shocked. I saw that not far from the villa, the city wall of Zheng Han’s old city 2,700 years ago stood tall. Looking at the city wall not far away, I was a little excited, and couldn't speak for a while.

Song Xudong put his index finger to his mouth lightly, made a booing gesture, and said in a low voice, "What I say you do, cooperate with me in acting." I kept muttering in my heart, but Lao Zhong said that the old city in the Hewan Triangle area is surrounded by key cultural relics protection areas, and the state orders that no ground buildings are allowed, even if the houses are built within five kilometers from this area Approved by the cultural relics department.I have never heard of any village in the country that needs to go through the survey and approval of the Bureau of Cultural Relics to build a house. None of the nearby villages have run away. Before building a house, all of them have to go through the cultural relics department. Okay, nothing to say, even if you are in a hurry to build a house and marry a wife, it's okay, just change the location and build another one.It is said that a local family chose the homestead three times and all chose the ancient tomb. The fourth time did not find the ancient tomb. A pile of stone axes, stone mills, and stone sickles were unearthed, and a Neolithic site popped out directly. The fifth time When the family chose the house site and invited the Bureau of Cultural Relics, the archaeologists from the Bureau of Cultural Relics were embarrassed and worried. If any other ruins were discovered, the building materials bought by the family would have to be moved six times.Who knows what to be afraid of? The homestead the family chose for the fifth time was a pottery site during the Warring States Period. Facing the large and small Spring and Autumn pottery pots unearthed on the construction site, the old man of the family squatted there and smoked for a long time. smoke, and finally the old man waved his hand: "No, go to the city to buy a bungalow for my child." Of course, this happened more than ten years ago, and now this place has been designated as a protected area, let alone building a house When a truck load of soil is dug, someone immediately reports it.

However, there is only one person with such great ability who can build a small building here, with carved beams and painted buildings, and in the garden surrounded by translucent flower walls, the bowl-sized crab claw chrysanthemums are in full bloom, and there are patches of autumn peonies that are incomparably brilliant. . I was at a loss when I was watching, the iron door opened, and a middle-aged man in his thirties came out. The sportswear on his slightly fat stomach was uneven. Looking up, one couldn't help but feel surprised Sigh, good-looking, with a leopard head and ring eyes, his appearance is quite similar to Zhang Fei, but his demeanor is full of elegance, indescribably elegant and magnanimous.

He grabbed Song Xudong's hand and kept saying that you guys are coming, so he hurriedly let us in. Although he was holding Song Xudong's hand, he stared at me from time to time, seeing that I was also a The young man in his twenties couldn't hide the disappointment in his eyes. Even so, he was extremely polite and asked the nanny to bring us tea, and then hurried up to the second floor. Look around, the antique hall, from top to bottom all the same wooden structure, carved beams and painted buildings with clear lotus and dew, peonies on the pillars are delicate, and the tables and chairs are exquisite and simple.The carved wooden chair imitating the Qing Dynasty is accompanied by modern paint technology. Although it is simple, it does not have the sluggishness of antiques. The other peony is just about to bloom, it seems that the land is not strong enough, which makes it unable to bloom and be rich. Although there is nothing wrong with it, it has a strange feeling.

I looked up and carefully observed the four cornices in the hall, which were plum, orchid, peony and autumn chrysanthemum. I found it even more weird. Plum blossoms are fragrant, but the branches are flying with bees and butterflies. Orchids have stems, but the roots under the stems are not clearly visible. , the peony has two heads, but one blooms obliquely. Although the autumn chrysanthemum blooms beautifully, it is tightly leaned against by a curtain of bamboo fence.I seemed to think of something in my heart, but I couldn't grasp it all the time. I kept vacillating like this. I subconsciously picked up the tea on the table and drank it. The indescribable beauty and sweetness, I hastily looked at the tea, the amber tea juice in the fine white jade porcelain cup was like flowing jade liquid, and a vague white mist hung about two fingers above the tea cup It lingers for a long time, the fragrance is strong but not strong, mellow and charming, which made me stunned there for a while.

It wasn't until Song Xudong touched me that I came back to my senses: "Good tea, really good tea." "Nonsense, this owner is the largest tea merchant in the Central Plains, how can his tea be bad?" Song Xudong looked contemptuous, implying that I am an earth dog who has never seen the world. I quickly took a sip, thought about it, and said cheekily: "The tea we drink, can I ask the master for some order later?" Song Xudong rolled my eyes and said, "Brother, you really know what to do. As long as you cooperate with me in acting, I'll get you two sacks for you to pack in pillows when you go home."

"Come on, don't blow it up, two sacks, you take it as leaves, I'm not greedy for such a rare and good tea, just ask him to give me one sack!" "..." Song Xudong looked at me for thirty seconds. "Don't be stupid, what kind of show are you acting in?" I bumped my arm into him. He lied in my ear and said so and so, and I said, "That's it?" He nodded. I said, "You have found the right person." Sometimes, the director is not afraid that the actor will not perform well, but that the actor has performed too well. When Song Xudong understands this truth, he already regrets and wants to slap himself.

This house is not newly built, but existed before liberation. It is said that this house was already here as early as the early Republic of China, long before the time when the old city of Zheng Han was designated as a national security unit. To be honest, A hundred-year-old house like this left elsewhere has long been protected by a circle, but in Xinzheng, this kind of century-old building is not worth discussing on the table at all.Three thousand year old pottery fragments are still scattered around in the open air. The common people don't raise their eyes when they see these pottery fragments, let alone these old houses that are less than a hundred years old. However, the main purpose of Song Xudong's coming here is not this house, but that this house is likely to be located on top of a huge Warring States tomb group, to be exact, it is located near this tomb group, and the tomb group is not surprising at all. It is important to have a key point not far from the foundation.And the owner had just renovated this old house some time ago, Song Xudong's main purpose was to investigate and see if the owner of the house had discovered this place. Afterwards, I asked Song Xudong why he didn’t use an administrative order to forcibly requisition the house. He almost lost his breath and asked, “Why do you forcibly requisition the house left by someone’s ancestors!” Not long ago, the owner renovated the house. After a short time, strange things happened frequently in the old house, making the house restless.It happened that Song Xudong, who had been paying attention to this house, found out that he used his friends to contact the owner of this house, claiming that he was an expert in construction, and then came here to investigate, but without any results, he told the house The owner said that he wanted to find an expert in ancient architecture to take a look, so he made an appointment with him to come and inspect the old house again today.So I brought me here in a hurry, wanting me to make a few nonsense words about Feng Shui to scare the owner away, so that he can agree to a large-scale cultural relics exploration work around us. After drinking a cup of tea, the host appeared again, and the hostess appeared at the same time, looking sickly. Although the host hid his disappointment and entertained us with a smile, the faint tone in his words already showed that He seemed to have lost all hope of our arrival. Although I don't know which song Xudong sang this time, through the brief observation just now, I already know that there is a problem with this couple, not because I am unpredictable, but because there is a problem with this house. To be honest, this house is the most comfortable Qing Dynasty building I have ever seen. The later restoration also completely followed the style of its original construction, which can be said to be a rare masterpiece in the late Qing Dynasty. But he also said that it has problems, because he felt that there was a weird atmosphere everywhere in the hall.Buildings are like people, a good building will look bright and full of righteousness, but for some reason, this building makes people feel extremely uncomfortable and weird, until the hostess appears and sits in the hall, After matching it with the furniture around her, it made my heart move and I couldn't help but stand up. At this time, the master has already started to introduce: "Since I came back, Zhuo Jing has been resting badly, and I often have nightmares at night. I have been to countless hospitals in Beijing and Shanghai, and they all said that there is no serious problem, and I have taken a lot of medicine. It’s so tepid. A friend who knows Feng Shui said it was a problem with the old house, so we rebuilt the old house and lived here according to Mr.’s words. Who knows, it’s only been two months, cheap I started to feel uncomfortable again, and I thought it was another Feng Shui problem, but the friend who knew Feng Shui went abroad..." "Where did you find the master carpenter?" I suddenly interrupted his introduction. He thought about it and said that he was introduced by a friend. "There is more than one master carpenter, and they are in a master-student relationship, right?" I asked tentatively. The owner's eyes flashed, and he seemed a bit surprised: "They are both master and apprentice. Huh, that's strange, how do you know?" "I not only know that they have a master-student relationship, but I also know that they almost don't use some modern tools, and all of them use some old-fashioned carpenters." I showed off a little proudly. At this time, the master completely put away the previous disappointed look, and there was a strange look in his eyes, which seemed to have a little hope and fear of disappointment: "Why? You know them?" I shook my head, smiled and said nothing, but I was still walking around in the hall, and the master followed me step by step.From south to north, from east to west, I silently measured the approximate size with square steps. After turning around, I asked the owner: "Can I take a photo?" Nodding lightly, the master said yes.I took out my phone and started taking pictures non-stop, but all of them were some wood decoration patterns at the corners of the hook. The master kept asking me questions about geomantic omen, and his expression of admiration became more and more serious. I said to myself, don’t ask me any more. It's almost sold out. I quickly asked the hostess: "What kind of nightmares do you usually have?" Who knows that I didn't mean to ask, but I asked a big secret. According to the description of the hostess, it seems that she does not dream every night. Some nights, when she just fell asleep, she would hear footsteps approaching her from far and near. She woke up and pushed her husband to wake up, but nothing happened. hear.More often than not, one would hear the sound of someone tapping on the wall lightly, and the gurgling sound seemed to come from all directions in the sky. After obtaining the permission of the owner, we came to their bedroom. The bed for the couple turned out to be the kind of all-wooden crescent bed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. , tooth board, and top enclosure, with cranes and the Three Immortals of Fu, Lu, and Shou embossed around it. Judging from the color of the wood, the year seems to be approaching. "It's really extravagant, sleeping with cultural relics." I muttered softly, the master seemed to hear it, and asked if there was a problem?I said, "It's okay, this bed is really beautiful." The owner said proudly: "That's right, I received it through a friend in the countryside. When I got it back, one of my legs was disabled. My friend recommended two carpenters to repair it. Later, I saw that they were good at workmanship. Renovating this house requires skilled craftsmen, so I left them here. It turned out that I was not mistaken. The craftsmanship of the two of them is very unusual. After the house was repaired, some knowledgeable friends came to see the carpenter's craftsmanship and said It is completely in the style of great ancient craftsmen, and this kind of craftsmanship is rarely seen in China." Ancient?Master?I sneered in my heart, if my guess is right, you will suffer from these two ancient masters this time, but I am still not completely sure, so I can only take the photos and things I took back and show them to our old lady Only then will you know. I quietly measured the size of the bedroom, and then went out the gate and looked around the house. I thought of summing up the number, it was wrong, it didn't match at all.Why is the sum of the total area of ​​the room and the area between the halls wrong? The sum of the areas of each hall is far greater than the total area. Although I am not very good at mathematics, I have no reason to make a wrong calculation on such a simple math problem.Turning around, I asked the host who was following me: "Do you still have the blueprints for renovating the house?" The owner hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, but it's not with me." I just wanted to ask where it was, so I took it out to have a look, and saw Song Xudong walking out of the room quickly while answering the phone. He said, "Go back quickly, something has happened!" Saying goodbye to the master in a hurry, Song Xudong with a serious face started the antique Santana, and drove away with a roar. In the rearview mirror, I saw the master standing at the door feeling lost, with a face that seemed both happy and sad, an indescribable weirdness There was a big question mark in my heart.