Chapter 49 Chapter Three

With Xu Zhiwu's sigh, Laba also became sad.He silently poured himself a bowl of buttered tea, took a sip, and then heaved a long sigh. The atmosphere suddenly became sad, and it was inconvenient for me to intervene casually, so I had to secretly speculate that the golden eyes and silver pearls seemed to be old things from Raba's house, and it sounded like they had been strayed out, and now they are back in his hands.It's just - what does this golden eye and silver bead have to do with Guge's silver eye?Are they all eyes made of silver? After being silent for a while, Raba said: "There is no such thing as something that you want to get back after sending it out. Besides, it is something that was paid as a tribute to the emperor."

A tribute to the emperor!When I heard this, I was so surprised that I couldn't say a word. No wonder it was so beautiful and unparalleled. It turned out to be a tribute.But why is it lost to the people, and why is it still lost to its own master?This is a bit strange. Xu Zhiwu sighed a few words, still wrapped the golden eyes and silver beads carefully, and returned them to Laba with both hands.Then said: "You put it away, I'm sure it's this thing, just know it in your heart." Raba took it and got up and walked towards the inner room.Xu Zhiwu suddenly asked me nonchalantly: "Do you know how this thing was paid as a tribute to the emperor?"

I shook my head in astonishment, and Xu Zhiwu said mysteriously: "At the beginning, it was Laba's grandfather who asked the minister in Tibet, Shengtai, to bring it to Beijing to present it to Lafayette... You may want to say, are there any rare treasures in the palace, Where is such a thing so rare?" I quickly said: "No, no, I think this is an excellent baby." During the conversation, Laba came out from the inner room, refilled us with buttered tea, and asked Xu Zhiwu what we were talking about. Xu Zhiwu said: "Talk about your baby." Laba waved his hand and said, "What kind of treasure, isn't it something that was donated and thrown into the trash can?" His words were very sad.

Xu Zhiwu said seriously: "Raba, where do you think you are going? Who can find a second one with such a craft of golden eyes and silver beads? Who in the world can find the craftsmen of the Guge Dynasty except you from Raba's family Besides, who else can find it again?" Xu Zhiwu's two words really worked, Laba immediately became happy, laughed "haha" twice, and said: "It's not as amazing as you said, but it's just that a Guge craftsman who flew to my house just happened to be a serf That's all. It's a pity that he only knows how to make silver eyes, but he doesn't know other crafts, so he can only barely make such invisible golden eyes and silver beads. Otherwise, he can make a real Guge silver eyes."

They talked, and there was no room for me to intervene, so I just listened obediently, but I finally figured it out. It turned out that the golden eyes and silver beads were Buddha statues made by a Guge craftsman in the Laba family. Guge silver eyes are extremely precious. , although he can't make exactly the same Guge silver eye, but this golden eye silver bead is enough to be unrivaled in the world by virtue of the completely lost "silver bead" skill. Xu Zhiwu complimented Raba a few more words, nothing more than saying that he is great.Raba was very useful, and then talked about the skilled craftsmen among the serfs, saying that the Guge craftsman could only make silver eyeballs, and his other serfs did the rest.

After chatting for a while, Laba remembered me, and stopped talking about the golden eyes and silver pearls, and asked instead: "Brother Luo, I heard that you have seen a faceless devil, right?" I nodded: "Yes." His complexion became solemn all of a sudden, and he said worriedly: "It seems that we Tibetan people cannot escape this catastrophe." I didn't expect him to say such serious words, I was stunned, and comforted him: "Maybe it's not that serious, and..." I wanted to say that Faceless is dead, but when the words came to my lips, I remembered that The officials of the Qing Dynasty were also faceless and forced to stop talking.And he didn't say anything for a long time.

Xu Zhiwu took it over and said: "Don't worry, Laba, I have already found some clues. This golden eye and silver bead also has some eyebrows, take your time, we will always have a way." Raba took out a cigarette and took a few puffs, sighed: "If it is God who punishes us, the appearance of a faceless devil indicates that the gate of hell will open. How can we go against the sky and eliminate disasters with our power alone." Xu Zhiwu said again: "Laba, you can't be so negative. I think so... I suspect that the golden eye and silver pearl never left Lhasa at all, so it has been wandering around for so many years, and it can still return to your hands safe and sound. This has a lot to do with the faceless devil."

I was confused, Xu Zhiwu suddenly linked the golden eyes and silver beads with no face, what does this mean? Laba took Xu Zhiwu's words and said: "I only know that once the faceless devil is born, the people on our plateau will suffer disasters. As for the relationship between the golden eyes and silver beads you said and the faceless devil, I have never heard of this. " Xu Zhiwu: "Raba, you have to believe me. My family has been studying this matter for three generations, and now we have some clues. The faceless devil may not be as scary as you imagined, and... and, in short, you believe me, we There is always a way.” At this point, he turned to me and said, “Right, Ronaldinho?”

I nodded blankly, in fact, I didn't know what he could do. Raba has been depressed ever since he heard the words "faceless devil". We chatted for a while, but he was also a little absent-minded.Xu Zhiwu comforted him a few words, but it didn't work, he just smoked hard and sighed. There was no other way, so Xu Zhiwu changed the subject and asked him to chat.Raba reluctantly echoed a few words, but his mood was still depressed. After talking nonsense, Xu Zhiwu had no choice but to say goodbye to Laba with me.Raba couldn't stop trying to keep us, and then apologized that he was only thinking about bad things, that he had neglected us, and that he couldn't be polite.Made us all embarrassed.After such a long time, we finally left.

Xu Zhiwu asked me whether I should go back to the hospital first, or drive around, find a quiet place by the way, and we can chat.Of course we talked, I'm still a little confused now. Xu Zhiwu seemed to be very familiar with Lhasa, so he left Laba's shop with ease, drove straight to a Tibetan tea restaurant on Yutuo Road, and sat down in a quiet small private room. "Xiao Luo, there is actually another reason for me to take you to see Raba. He has never believed that the faceless devil really appeared. I told him about you, and he said that if he could really see you, then Just tell me a secret about the faceless devil—you won't blame me for this, will you?" Xu Zhiwu hurriedly said these words as soon as he sat down.

I didn't think there was anything strange about it, so I smiled and said, "It's nothing." Xu Zhiwu looked at me and saw that I really didn't look angry, and said: "Of course Laba hasn't told me yet. I'm not interested in his secret for the time being. There's a reason why I want you to see Laba. That Jin Eye silver bead is the same way as Guge silver eye. You must know that it is a very precious thing. But it can appear in Lhasa, I always have a hunch that this thing has never left Lhasa at all... what you think?" "Me?" I pointed to my nose and said in surprise, "What do I think?" Xu Zhiwu nodded, "Yes, what do you think?" I shook my head directly, and said, "To be honest, I'm still confused and don't understand." Xu Zhiwu smiled bitterly and said: "That's right, it's all my fault. I was too anxious and didn't explain everything clearly to you. Let me tell you this. I have two doubts at the moment. One is Shengtai, who brought golden eyes and silver beads to the Laba family Didn’t go back to Beijing at all, and what’s more, the faceless devil has something to do with Shengtai. Because when my grandfather was young, he followed a German expedition team into Tibet by mistake. That group of Germans fought with Shengtai At one time, I wanted to use Shengtai to find the shameless devil, but ended up being softly nailed by Shengtai. But the group of Germans clearly told my grandpa that Shengtai has his own little abacus and is also looking for him. Faceless devil." I was still a little confused, and asked, "What does this have to do with the golden eyes and silver beads?" Xu Zhiwu pretended to be profound and smiled, and said: "You don't understand...of course there is no direct relationship. However, even Lafayette is afraid of foreigners in the court. He is promoted to a mere minister in Tibet, no matter what Don’t dare to offend the Germans directly. So the Germans would take my grandfather with them from time to time, asking for Shengtai’s help. After a long time, my grandfather and Shengtai also became acquainted. It happened at that time , there was a conflict between the Glenn government group in Lhasa. Laba's grandfather, the big butler of the Potala Palace, was also involved. He wanted to get the support of the Qing court, so he found my grandfather and asked my grandfather The idea was to get Shengtai to agree to help present the golden eyes and silver beads to the emperor... Now you know why I know Raba so well. We are family friends." I was still confused, and he still didn't get the point after talking for a long time, so he asked, "Didn't you say that the golden eyes and silver pearls have something to do with the faceless devil?" Xu Zhiwu took a puff of cigarette in a leisurely manner, took another sip of tea, and said: "I suspect that the faceless devil is related to the golden eyes and silver beads, but I am very suspicious...not sure. Because my grandfather was with Sheng During the process of traveling between Thailand and Thailand, I vaguely learned that Shengtai appeared to be the minister in Tibet, but in fact he had another identity, that is, the imperial envoy who was looking for the secret of reincarnation. At that time, the Qing government had internal and external troubles, and Tibet was also in turmoil. The Qing government was unable to control the situation. , just wanted to use reincarnation to reverse the situation in Tibet. After Shengtai arrived in Tibet, he didn’t control those so-called reincarnation spirits at all, let alone whether he had the strength to control them... When he arrived in Tibet, the first thing he asked was shameless The devil, send people out to inquire about this..." I was a little anxious, why did this person digress so seriously when he spoke, didn't you ask him about the relationship between the golden eyes and the silver beads and the faceless?Why did you go so far. "Having said so much, what does this have to do with the golden eyes and silver beads?" I asked, resisting the urge to strangle him to death.