Chapter 120 Chapter Thirteen Pie or Trap

We were about to gather around to watch it carefully, but Xu Zhiwu alertly told everyone to get in the car quickly and not to be too ostentatious. Geng Wei's car was not far from the lake, and a group of people could get in the car. Tashi was the most excited, clutching the thing that looked like iron, non-iron, gold, and non-gold, and opened his mouth several times. Just too excited to speak.Xu Zhiwu took the string of pearls from Geng Wei, counted them carefully, widened his eyes, and exclaimed in surprise: "It really is Chaozhu, all one hundred and eight are Dongzhu!" Dongzhu? !Isn't that what only the emperor can bring?I leaned over to have a look, except for the four big emeralds and the Buddha head made of red and sapphire, the rest were crystal clear and round, with similar size (Note: Chaozhu is an ornament worn by the emperor on various important occasions. It There are strict regulations on the stringing format and beads, which are made up of 108 beads, and four large beads of different colors and materials are inserted between every 27 beads, which are called "Buddha heads". "Pearls" strings are known as the most precious treasures. They are a kind of pearls taken from the freshwater pearl mussels produced in the rivers of the Heilongjiang River Basin. Compared with ordinary pearls, they are crystal clear, round and huge. , and even more noble, it has become a necessary tribute for Chinese dynasties since ancient times).This thing alone is a priceless thing, if there are other treasures——Thinking of this, my heart skipped a beat, I don't know if these are a blessing or a curse.

Xu Zhiwu's face was full of joy at first, but within a few seconds, his face suddenly turned solemn, and he returned the Chaozhu to Geng Wei, winked at Lao Li and me, and told us not to express our views for the time being. As soon as Geng Wei took the string of court beads, he repeatedly asked Xu Zhiwu if the court beads were worn by the emperor. After getting Xu Zhiwu's affirmative answer, he tightly wrapped them in his hand, for fear that others would snatch them.Even if Tang Minghao wanted to move over to have a look, he only held it in front of his eyes, and then immediately withdrew his hand.

Tashi was not interested in the chaozhu, he kept holding on to the piece of metal and looked at it hard, wishing to put his face on it and get his whole body into the metal.Xu Zhiwu wanted to talk to him several times, but he didn't find a chance.Finally, Tashi had seen enough, and raised his face with unsatisfied feelings.Xu Zhiwu hurriedly said: "Tashi, can you show me what you have in your hand." Tashi is okay, unlike Geng Wei, he was afraid that others would snatch it, so he handed it to Xu Zhiwu with respectful hands. Xu Zhiwu looked at it for a while, then said with a confused face: "This... I don't know what it is yet, you guys have a look." After finishing speaking, hand it to me.

I took it and held it heavy in my hand. The golden light was bright but not dazzling. It seemed to be a grand party scene carved and drawn on it. Countless densely packed heads seemed to be constantly moving. A little higher was a person wearing a crown. , was looking at the people below in high spirits, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, his left hand greeted the crowd, and his right hand held something—it was blurry and not very clear.The craftsman of this carving is also strange, he has sketched and vaguely depicted everyone's clothes and features, but he carved very clearly for a crown.

I thought the crown was very familiar, like the one that Zhuoma Yangjin had worn on his head, but when I asked Lao Li, he flatly denied it, saying that it was not like it at all.I don't have any confidence in my heart. Once he said that, the more he looked at it, the less he looked like it. Geng Wei clutched the bead tightly, and was not interested in the metal piece, so Tang Minghao returned it to Tashi after seeing it. Xu Zhiwu told me in a low voice that the beads did not look fake.I'm afraid that the combined net worth of all of us here can't buy a few of its beads.I also understand the preciousness of the court beads made by Dongzhu, but if such a valuable thing is really handed over to me, I am really a little apprehensive and fearful, and I don't know how to deal with it.What's more, my intuition tells me that there must be people who are spying on us in the dark. For a corpse, they can set fire to it. If they really see such a string of incomparably precious court beads, they will probably set a few more fires and kill a few more people. , that is nothing more than a simple matter.

Everyone could see Geng Wei's "love" for the Chaozhu, and Tashi was no exception. Of course, he couldn't just give the Chaozhu to Geng Wei.Therefore, he said to Geng Wei politely but could not refuse: "Geng Wei, compared to those jewels hidden deep in the water, the things in your hand are just child's play. Moreover, we made an appointment before, the first time Go into the water and return the things you find, I need a large sum of money urgently, and immediately...so, give me the chaozhu." He looked at Geng Wei quietly, and slowly stretched out his hand. Geng Wei was immersed in his love for Chaozhu, and he hadn't recovered yet. Seeing Tashi stretch out his hand to him, he was very surprised, and looked at him suspiciously, but in a blink of an eye, we all looked at his hand. Chaozhu immediately understood again.He laughed dryly, looked around at us, then at Tashi, laughed "hehe" twice, but there was no movement in his hands.

Tashi repeated it again, and Geng Wei's face suddenly turned red. He slowly looked down at the chao bead in his hand, and with great effort pulled the chao bead out of his right hand little by little with his left hand. As soon as he exerted force, the bead was torn off immediately, and big and small beads were scattered all over the car. But fortunately, I worried a little too much, the beads were not broken, and Geng Wei slowly pulled them out one by one.Tashi was not in a hurry, and waited patiently.Halfway through the tug, Geng Wei suddenly raised his head and said, "What about that thing (what are you going to do with it)?" Tashi smiled and said, "Take it for money too. I can't wait to use a large sum of money."

Geng Wei's expression darkened, he stopped pulling, turned his face to the side, and handed the chao beads to Tashi with both hands.Tashi took it and said, "Thank you for your hard work." At the end, he added, "The swallow will take you to the bottom of the lake, and I will never touch what you get after that." I didn't say a word, saying that I would not be tempted by such priceless jewels, that would be a lie.But the question is, how could a pie fall for me from the sky for nothing.Moreover, he was a stranger who came out halfway and said that he wanted to share wealth with us. Before that, we had no friendship with him at all.This is really not reassuring.

Therefore, Lao Li, Xu Zhiwu and I remained silent.Geng Wei asked a lot of questions in detail, all he said was to make sure that there were gold, silver and jewels of at least the same value underwater.Tashi also answered very clearly, there must be.But still can only be like this time, let the swallows guide the way, we will find it.None of their people are that good at water.What I said in the phone call was reasonable and well-founded, and I couldn't help but feel a little bit blindly moved again.Those are vain money... Just pick up a little trash and take it back, it's not a small amount.

Tashi didn't dare to go back with Yanzi alone, insisting that Geng Wei drive him home.I didn't want to stay with him, so I went back to Tang Minghao's house with Lao Li and Xu Zhiwu. After a while, Geng Wei came back, his face was full of envy, and he regretted why he gave the chaozhu to Tashi, and should have set up an ambush on the way and snatched it by force. Xu Zhiwu sneered and said: "You have a good idea, but don't forget that other people have a lot of background. Maybe when you are thinking about him, others have already calculated it, just waiting for you to jump in foolishly."

Geng Wei blushed and turned pale, and said with a sneer: "How could it be... how could it be. I don't think they are that kind of people." Seeing that he was a little embarrassed, I quickly rescued him and said, "Maybe Zhaxi can keep those things. Don't forget that there is Madam Ma who is their sworn enemy." Lao Li echoed, "Yes, yes." Xu Zhiwu has been around the rivers and lakes for a long time, so he could see Geng Wei's embarrassment, so he quickly changed the subject and asked him: "Swallows are so good at water, they can follow you to the bottom of the lake? I can't tell." When Geng Wei saw that everyone was no longer entangled in calculations or not, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No, she didn't follow me to the bottom of the lake—didn't Tashi say that, their people are not good at swimming, so they can only rely on me." "Then how did she show you the way?" I asked curiously. "She only dived halfway, so she pointed at a certain place and told me to dive to the bottom, and then quickly take whatever you see, don't disturb those corpses." Speaking of corpses, Geng Wei said with lingering fear, "Those corpses, At the feet of those corpses, I searched several times before I found such a string of pearls and a piece of gold. Think about it, how hard it is for me, right under those densely packed corpses..." I have seen those corpses leaning forward and backward layer upon layer, and knowing what he said was true, I couldn't help but feel my scalp numb.Geng Wei said: "Several times, when I raised my head, I could see the feet covered with white crusts on top of my head, think about it..." Everyone's face suddenly became fearful and disgusting.Geng Wei waited to say more, Tang Minghao said with a gloomy expression: "Uncle Geng, don't talk about it, as soon as I talk about it, I will think of Brother Dao." Geng Wei quickly shut up. Xu Zhiwu thought for a while, and then asked: "When you found those jewels, did you pay attention to whether they were newly put there by someone?" The eyes of water ghosts? They are covered with moss, I searched for a long time before I found it, if it weren't for my good eyes..." I snickered twice, Geng Wei was getting more and more boastful.However, this matter still needs to be considered, what if the Chaozhu is fake?Although Xu Zhiwu said that it looks real, but there is no expert appraisal, who knows!By the way, there is also that piece of metal, what is that thing?The characters depicted on it always make me a little uneasy. "Did you pay attention to what was carved on the metal block?" I asked Xu Zhiwu. Xu Zhiwu said: "I was also going to talk about this matter. I always feel that the characters depicted on it are very strange, as if I have seen them before. But when I look closely, they are completely strange. And, I started to look at it It's so bright yellow, I thought it was gold, but when I hold it in my hand, it doesn't look like gold... It's iron, but it doesn't look like... I've never seen anything with such a texture!"