Chapter 27 Chapter 2 The Incomplete Stone Statue

When I saw these three words, my heart suddenly tightened, so I hurriedly handed the book to Xinhong. After reading it, he also had an expression of disbelief.We originally wanted to see clearly the content about Xishui Village in the book, but the peddler snatched the ancient book back and stuffed it in his arms.Today's businessmen are really shrewd. As soon as they see that customers are interested in the things they buy and sell, they will immediately raise prices and take advantage of the fire. "What's the matter, do you know it's a good thing?" The peddler said with a smirk.

"The book is indeed an antique, but what is written in it is rubbish, so ghosts want to buy it. Xinhong, let's not waste time with this kind of person, let's go!" I said deliberately contemptuously, then turned and left. "There are three words 'Xishui Village' on it, why did you leave just like that!" Xinhong said in a low voice. "You are so stupid," I also lowered my voice, and said, "If we don't leave now, it's no wonder that guy doesn't raise the price to the sky!" When Xinhong heard it, he immediately showed admiration to me. The peddler saw that we were suddenly not interested in the ancient books in his hands, and immediately chased us. It seems that this trick is quite effective.However, this ancient book of the Western Han Dynasty can be regarded as a national-level cultural relic. In the Western Han Dynasty, paper was just invented, so where did it come from?If I really buy and sell such high-quality goods, I'm afraid I will be beheaded. I don't want my head to be moved to another place at such a young age.However, I find it very strange that such a valuable cultural relic is in the hands of a peddler, and he is still selling it on the street. It is really confusing.

"Let me tell you, two bosses, don't you want to buy this book? This is a top-quality product!" The peddler shouted impatiently. "High-quality goods? I'm really sorry, how can we low-class people afford such high-quality things!" I said indifferently. "Then you set a price, I see that you know the goods, and I sold it to you at a low price!" The peddler said, pulling us hard. "Then you set a price yourself. If you ask for a price, we will leave immediately!" I tried my best to pretend to be impatient. "10,000, 10,000, I'll buy it for you right away." The peddler replied as if distressed.

"Ten thousand? You sell a bad book for ten thousand? Why don't I go home and get a book and sell it to you for five thousand?" I pushed the peddler away and turned to leave again. "You are wrong. If I hadn't been in a hurry to use the money, I wouldn't have sold this book. And... if this book really sold, it would cost at least a few million." The peddler suddenly became A very wronged look, as if we are bullying a good person. "Then you should be a little less, you didn't see that we are grassroots workers, and eating is a problem!" "That's eight thousand, eight thousand is the lowest bottom line. If you keep bargaining, I won't sell it!" The peddler looked so pitiful that it made me feel guilty.

"Okay, okay. Eight thousand is eight thousand!" Xinhong couldn't stand it anymore, so he insisted on the price. As soon as the peddler heard that Xinhong had paid eight thousand, several peony flowers bloomed on his bitter face. This man is really fickle.Xinhong is also really stupid, such a bad trick can trick him into this, but the book is indeed an antique, 8,000 is already a super low price, if it is sold to a museum, it may cause a big sensation. But we want to study this thing in Xishui Village, and we won't transfer it to the museum for the time being, but we didn't have 8,000 yuan with us, so Xinhong had to take the peddler to the cash machine and took out 8,000 yuan to him.After the peddler counted the money quickly, he turned around and ran into the crowd. It was too late to chase after him, leaving only Xinhong and me full of doubts.

After returning home, we couldn't wait to turn the ancient books of the Western Han Dynasty to the page where Xishui Village was written.The words and sentences in the book were difficult to understand. Xinhong and I read and studied for a long time, and finally understood the meaning.The above is basically about some past events in Shanxi today, the content is concentrated in a certain area of ​​Jincheng City, and there is only a small paragraph about Xishui Village. The above probably said that in the Western Han Dynasty, Xishui Village suddenly appeared at some point.People in the village rarely go out. Once by chance, the author of this book saw villagers building a stone statue outside Xishui Village. He only caught a glimpse of a part of the stone statue, and that part turned out to be the tail of a snake sitting cross-legged!Later, this person never walked around Xishui Village again. He wrote in his book that although he only saw a part of the snake tail, he was inexplicably afraid and felt that the village was very evil.Afterwards, in his book, it's just wild guesses about what the part of the snake's head he didn't see would look like, whether there were nine snake heads, or a mouth the size of a bucket.

"There is no useful information on it. It seems that I was fooled by that peddler." I said disappointedly. "You can't say that, at least we finally found the records about Xishui Village in ancient books!" Xinhong didn't look disappointed. "What you said makes a little sense, but why do those local official histories seem to deliberately avoid this Xishui Village? Could it be that the people in that village are all rebels?" I couldn't figure out why. "That's impossible. According to this unofficial history, Xishui Village existed in the Western Han Dynasty. It's strange that after such a long history, that village has not yet developed into a city, which is also a bit strange." Xinhong read the book , while saying.

"The author of this book seems to be someone from around Xishui Village, but why is the book in the hands of the peddler. I don't think the peddler is a good person. If such a valuable cultural relic is always in his hands, it will be too late." It won't take long for him to loosen it, and he doesn't know how to take good care of it." What I can't stand the most is that cultural relics are not properly maintained, and they are sold everywhere.Sell ​​it when you sell it, and buy it when you buy it. At any rate, you must take good care of the cultural relics and don't hurt them.However, this book must have been well maintained in the past, otherwise it would not be preserved today.

"I'm really interested in what the author saw." Xinhong was still studying the book. "Didn't the book say that the part the author saw was a snake tail sitting cross-legged?" "Yes, what kind of stone statues will be built in a very closed village that suddenly appeared?" Xinhong thought. "What could it be? Your question is too naive. Didn't he say that it is a snake tail? Of course it is a snake!" As soon as I finished speaking, I was startled. Could it be Yin Li? Red!The matter of Tianshan Temple still terrifies me even now.However, after thinking about it, I thought it should be impossible, that matter should be over, and besides, there is no statue of a snake in the temple.

"The author only saw part of it, and I'm curious about the part he didn't see." Xinhong corrected. "You think too much, isn't it a snake? Is it a monster with a snake body and a frog head? Would you make this kind of statue?" I teased. "I just have a special feeling that the part he didn't see is very important." Xinhong explained. "Don't think so much, we will go back to work tomorrow, let's rest first." After I finished speaking, I got up and went back to my room to sleep. Xinhong closed the book, put it in the shade, and then went to his room.In fact, even if we find clues, we don’t know when we will have time to go to Shanxi. What exactly is Uncle Zou going to Shuixi Village for? What is the connection between Shanxi and Tianshan?I heard what Xin Hong said just now, and I also feel that the part of the stone statue that the author of the ancient book did not see is very mysterious. What will the other part look like?I tossed and turned in bed, thinking about these things, and finally lost sleep.

I thought that since I couldn't sleep, I would go to my uncle's room to see if there was anything else I hadn't noticed before, maybe it could give me some hints.We have seen Uncle Zou's room many times, but there is basically nothing to find. I saw a fairly new travel brochure on Uncle Zou's bookshelf.Anyway, I was bored, so I opened it and read it. This book includes the introduction of tourist attractions in more than a dozen provinces and cities in China, but it looks very boring. When I turned to the table of contents, I found that someone had ticked the Shanxi column with a red pen.I was startled, Uncle Zou must have checked this, so I hurriedly turned to the pages introducing Shanxi.The disappointment is that there is no special information on it, and there is no introduction to Xishui Village, all of which are familiar to everyone. In these few pages, it is introduced that there are "Shennong Ridge", "Baigu Mountain", "Yangtou Mountain" and "Yandi Mausoleum" at the junction of Gaoping and Changzhi counties in Shanxi Province.This confuses me a little. Many historical materials are sufficient to show that Emperor Yan was born in Shaanxi.After he grows up and becomes the leader of the Jiang Yan tribe, they are also active in the Guanzhong area.Looking at the contents of the manual, I felt very strange, why are there so many relics related to Emperor Yan in Shanxi?