Chapter 31 Thirty-first night Wu hook

Nowadays, the trend of tomb robbery, whether it is official or private, those kings and nobles who were rich, wealthy and aloof before them, deliberately built their tombs as complicated as the Minotaur's labyrinth, but they couldn't hold back the vast number of working people. The wisdom and courage accumulated during the Anti-Japanese War have been excavated one by one. How many famous tombs in the past five thousand years dare to say that they are the tombs? Our place is no exception. I was surprised to find that the tomb of Empress Wu Zetian was also dug up. As if responding to the call, the archaeologists in the city actively moved closer to the center. They also unearthed a tomb in the suburbs of the city. Very long ago, it is said to be in the late Spring and Autumn Period.At that time, our place belonged to the Wuyue area.

Judging from the burial objects, the owner of the tomb is not a small person, but he is definitely not the emperor, probably a minister like a doctor.Fortunately, I was sent by the boss to report this incident. Since it was an ancient tomb more than 2,000 years ago, I naturally picked up my camera and went there.Of course, I also told Ji Yan, but unfortunately he was not very interested, so I had to go by car alone. I thought I made it fast, but I didn't expect that there was already a thick crowd of people, all of them were reporters from major media, and I managed to squeeze in.In fact, I didn't plan to do anything, I was just curious and wanted to see what the ancient tomb looked like.

It's a pity that the inside was blocked by a white plastic belt. A few people in this uniform and armbands were trying to push people out. Not to the ground.In the end, a bald man who looked like a bald man came out. He was quite fat, and he was wrapped in a thick green army coat. Maybe the fatter he was, the more he was afraid of the cold. I saw him stamping his feet after walking a few steps. Touch his big round head.But he managed to put things in order.It turned out that a few meters behind the tape was an ancient tomb. I looked at it, and it seemed that it was not as grand as I expected. I only saw a small stone pit that could accommodate at most one person. Maybe there was a huge cemetery connected to it.

"Who on earth broke the news? With so many reporters here, how do you carry out the excavation work?" A serious man with a crew-shaven face came beside him. There were several deep wrinkles on his forehead, and his brows were squeezed into a Sichuan shape. , with his hands behind his back, he came out of the hole stooping, and no one came before he heard anyone.The bald man hurriedly lowered his head, rubbed his huge fat hands, and stammered an explanation full of grievances. "Team Lin, I don't know, they all came at almost the same time." I happened to be placed not far from the left hand of the two of them, and my hearing is very good, although any English teacher in my student days would definitely will not agree.

The man whom the bald man called Team Lin reprimanded a few more words, and then seemed to shout something to the people in the cave.Then he walked to the center and shouted loudly to the noisy reporters: "Everyone, please turn off all cameras temporarily and don't take pictures. Please cooperate. We will give you some time together later." After repeating several times, everyone Still consciously put away the camera.After a while, a few people carefully moved out a few things from the cave. I looked, and there were ceramics, bronze statues, and some weapons.And the one that intrigued me the most was a hook.

Everyone knows that Wu Hook Yuejian.The main weapon of the state of Wu is the hook, while the state of Yue is famous for its sharp bronze swords.Like Mo Xie, a very famous swordsman, although they were in the state of Wu later, it was King Yunchang of Yue who killed the general's master "Zhu Jianzi" before they fled to the state of Wu. However, it can be seen that the casting level of the swords of Yue State was already at the top level at that time.But the Wu hook is different. It was a weapon more suitable for water warfare at that time. Although it disappeared with Wu's demise, it was still the iconic weapon of Wu at that time.Therefore, the southerners in the Wuyue area often say that when a man travels thousands of miles, he wears a Wuhook around his waist.

This hook is slightly different than anything I've seen before though.It seemed longer, larger, and had been buried in the damp soil for decades without affecting its luster in the slightest. This kind of hook is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and has a curved shape, probably like a big praying mantis about two feet long when it stands upright.On its head there is a hook with a pointed mouth that curves to the front, and on the top of the hook there is a pointed spear head. One side of the hook can drop the enemy's weapon, or hook the enemy's body, and it can also stab at the same time.Three-fifths of the entire hook body was widened, and it became a small round shield with a convex shape and a concave shape—the front of the shield also had a small spear head—and the back was recessed. Half ring handle.The human hand holds this handle to use, and the hand just covers the back of the small shield to protect the protected person from being injured by the enemy.This latter part is like the belly and tail of a praying mantis.Later, the Dena "hands", "hooks" and "ruyi" that people used in their pockets may be the remnants of this weapon shape. ——Only the gun points on the stomach and the top of the head are cancelled.The uniqueness and multiple uses of this kind of hook will give users a lot of space, so Yao Li, one of the four famous assassins in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, was able to use this hook to make up for his one-armed defect and kill Wu. The country's number one warrior - Qing Ji.

It is said that the king of Wu at that time ordered a hundred gold rewards for good hooks, which caused many ordinary people to abandon their fields and become hook masters to cast hooks. The influence of Wu hooks can be seen. I suddenly had a very strong sense of familiarity, yes, I felt familiar with that Wu hook, as if it was once a part of my body.But that feeling faded quickly.Under the obstruction of Team Lin, most of us didn't take any pictures. An hour later, the scene was blocked, and everyone had to go back disappointed, of course, including me. "How? Is the ancient tomb nice? Is there a little dragon girl?" When she returned to the newspaper office and saw Luo Lei, she joked with a smile.I also smiled back, it seems that after seeing the hook, I feel that I have lost my energy. If I used to have a good chat with her, but she gave me a wax doll, which is a little girl, and I accepted it.Now I just want to go home and lie down and rest.I told the boss to go back and write a special article, and took the photos to be developed.

The head began to hurt very much, one after another, like gouging.I felt a burning sensation on every inch of my skin, as if I was standing next to a furnace. I lay down quickly. I was prone to catch a cold during this period. I was afraid that I would have a fever, so I decided to take a rest, take off my clothes, and then put the wax figure in the On the bedside table.Soon after that I fell asleep. It was very hot, and the oncoming heat wave almost made me unable to stand. My face, hands, and any exposed skin felt raw and painful.I don't know where I'm standing, but I just see some casting tools, hammers and all.I was walking around, and there were discarded hooks everywhere on the ground, of all kinds, some of which were still rough.Not far away, a man with a naked upper body was sweating all over his body, and his bronze skin gleamed in the light of the fire.He held a piece of hook blank with tongs in his left hand, and swung a hammer in his right hand to beat it fiercely, again and again. There were burn scars everywhere on his arm, and the fingers of his right hand had been smoked into gray and black.His face was so blurry that I couldn't see it clearly at all.At this time, a five-year-old child who was dressed in gray and blue linen, with a red rope tied around his head and a cloth belt around his waist, ran over and hugged the man's leg.The little boy was very beautiful, pulling the man's trouser legs and looking up at his head, which was very cute.

"Wu Hong, don't make trouble, go and play with your brother." The man pushed the child, but not very hard, the child still stubbornly pulled the man's trouser leg, shaking and said, the voice was clear and pleasant. "Father, mother said it's time to eat." At this time, the boy suddenly turned his head and looked at me.can he see me?But soon he was picked up by the man.I still can't see the man's appearance clearly, I can only see his back, but I feel very familiar. The child is lying on the man's shoulder and staring at me with big eyes. I watch them go away.At this time, the phone rang, and I woke up from my dream.

When I got up, I realized that I was sweating all over, and even my underwear was soaked. The phone kept ringing, but when I answered it, it was the boss. "Ouyang, something big happened." The boss's voice was mixed with anxiety and excitement. I thought that there must be nothing good for him to be so happy. Our business is like the boss of a coffin shop. The bigger things happen, preferably bad things, the happier we are . "You should have seen a very precious Wuhook excavated from the ancient tomb. I have a friend who belongs to the archaeological team. He told me just now that the hook has disappeared." I never knew the boss I have a friend who is an archaeologist. I don't know if the news is true or not, but when I suddenly heard Wu Gou disappear, my heart sank. "If you have time, go check it out and see what's good to break the news. The news is difficult these days. Everyone is tired of watching the stars and drafts. Maybe this will attract attention!" The boss's idea is really unique, I hum Humming, he finally hung up the phone.I felt a little cold already, so I decided to take a shower. I changed the underwear because I tidied up the closet yesterday, so I put it on the top floor. It was easy to put it on, but it was difficult to take it out. I had to find a stool and put my feet on it, but it was still not enough. The light outside was very dim The closet was dark, so I had to forcefully reach in and feel for it. There were a lot of clothes inside, and it took me a lot of effort to find it. I just wanted to take it out, but I smelled a strange smell coming out of it. A burnt smell, yes, that smell like burnt meat.At the same time, the hand that reached into the closet was grabbed by something. Although the strength was not strong, it was very sudden, and the wrist immediately felt like it was being burned.Terrified, I pulled it out with all my might.There was a circle of black handprints on the hand. When I touched it, it was still warm and had some black ash. Judging from the size of the handprints, it seemed to be a child's hand. The closet was still half open, and when I raised my head, I could just see the edge of the closet. It was very dark inside, so I really didn't know much about it.I barely touched the position of the switch and was about to press it, but I retracted it quickly. It turned out that the light switch was burning hot.The room couldn't stay any longer, the wax figures on the table were already melting, the temperature in the room was so high that it almost turned into a steamer. After escaping from the bedroom, I went into the bathroom and washed the marks on my wrist with water, but the black handprints could not be washed away, and it was useless to scrub with my hands.Thinking back on the dream just now and the inexplicably missing Wu Gou, I vaguely feel that there seems to be some connection between the two. Now I don't care whether Ji Yan is interested in the ancient tomb, because I know he must be interested in my dream and experience. After the phone call, before he finished speaking, he hurriedly told me to come over, but later changed his words and said that he would come by himself, and told me not to go into the bedroom.I had no choice but to find a coat and put it on, and sat in the living room waiting for him to come. The marble floor is very beautiful, almost like a mirror, but it is also very cold in winter. I have been frightened several times just now, and now the sweat on my back is slowly evaporating. My whole body seems to be put into it and gradually cools down. I wrapped myself tightly like warm water, but it didn’t help at all. I think it will take more than ten minutes for Ji Yan to arrive, because his purpose is to walk and not take a car. My head started to hurt violently again, it was that familiar feeling, I was surprised, because the headache was accompanied by a strong drowsiness, I patted my face, but it didn’t help at all, just like being dozed off by Sun Dasheng Like an insect possessed, I actually fell asleep in the living room. Surprised, I went back to the place I saw before, but this time the temperature was not so high, and I saw the man, the hook maker.He was not casting hooks, but squatting in front of a pile of hooks in a daze. Beside him, a pair of identical twins were sleeping soundly.One of them was the five-year-old boy I had met.A young woman was about twenty-six or seventeen years old, wearing a pale yellow dress, with a large spiral-shaped bun on top of her head, surrounded by a deep purple silk handkerchief.He is tall and tall, and his complexion is close to brown.Holding a black wooden tray in his hand.On the plate are bowls of watery barley rice, fresh grilled fish, and a few pancakes.I looked at the women's attire and food, and thought they should be residents of the Wuyue generation, because isn't "Tasting the Bravery" playing on TV recently?But the strange thing is that even though I can clearly see the food on the plate, I still can't see the man's face clearly, because he buried his head deeply, with his hands inserted into the thick and black hair. "Eat something, in order to get the reward of the hundred gold magic hook, how long has it been since you ate well?" The woman was still standing by the side to comfort her, with an anxious expression on her face, but her voice was unusually gentle.The man squatting on the ground did not move. "I've made hundreds of them, but why can't I make the magic hook? What's going on? The day of the hundred-gold reward is coming!" "King Wu forged hooks because he couldn't forge a sword that surpassed Yue. Gan Jiang and Mo Xie left. There is no sword that can rival Yue Jian. Our king only has war and killing in his head. Why do you go for it? That hundred gold is a waste of effort, our children are growing up, but you have never taught them, Wu Hong often complains to me, saying that his father is very indifferent to him." I stood not far away, listening to them curiously. From the conversation between the couple, one of the twins sleeping next to them must be named Wu Hong. "Hundred gold, how many hooks do I have to make as a poor hook maker to get a hundred gold? And the most important thing is the reputation. If I succeed, I will be the best hook maker in the country of Wu." The man seemed to be talking more and more. The more excited he was, he stood up again, turned his back, and tried hard to cast the hook again.The woman looked at him, sighed deeply, and walked silently towards the child. The fire in the stove flared up again.I felt that burning heat on my hands and face again, and it woke me up.Looking around, Ji Yan hadn’t come yet, I was still sitting on the sofa in the living room, the side was very quiet, the wall clock on the opposite wall reminded me that I only slept for a few minutes, but it was good, because my head It hurts. "Stand up and walk around, lest you catch a cold from sitting all the time." I rolled up my coat, and as soon as I remembered, I immediately noticed a strange feeling in my ankle. I looked down and saw that my ankles were firmly grasped by two hands that were almost burnt out. The fingers were like chicken feet. Although thin, they were extremely powerful and almost penetrated into the flesh. I was caught. In pain, I couldn't help but yelled.I bent down and looked along that arm. At the dark bottom of the sofa, I could only vaguely see a human face with the limited light. Let’s call it the face, although it’s not clear, you can still see that it’s been completely burnt, but from the white part of the eyes, it looks like a child’s face.And he smiled, revealing a row of snow-white teeth, although the front teeth in the front of his mouth were only half, and seemed to be knocked off by something hard. "Play with Wu Hong, don't leave." He actually spoke, Wu Hong?Isn't the child of the hook maker mentioned in the dream just called Wu Hong?I was really a little confused, straightened up, trying to break the child's hand away, but after breaking it for a while, I looked at the mirror-like smooth marble on the ground, completely showing the wall behind me, at first I thought my eyes were dazzled But when I took a closer look, I didn't break the hand of the child named Wu Hong anymore. On the wall at the back, a body that was burned like black charcoal gradually burst out of the wall, as if he had already been fused into the wall, first his hands, then his head and shoulders, slowly I moved my hand towards my head, and I wanted to leave, but Wu Hong grabbed my feet tightly, and there were still immature but frosted stone-like shouts from under the sofa. "Don't go, play with us." The hand behind me was already very close, and it circled in front of me, covering my eyes at once. I wanted to tear it away, but I didn't have any strength.He just leaned on my shoulder with the things behind him and whispered into my ear. "Guess who I am." The eyes were strangled, and his fingers were almost inserted into my eye sockets.The doorbell rang, and it was Ji Yan who had come.I don't know where the strength came from, but I broke free and staggered to the door. When I opened the door, it was indeed Ji Yan. He was a little surprised to see me in such a mess.But when I looked back, the hand outstretched under the sofa and the human body protruding from the wall were gone.But the black handprints on the arms and ankles are faintly visible. "What's wrong with your eyes? It's like being smoked by fire." Ji Yan walked into the room, pointed to my eyes, and I immediately took a mirror to take a look. Sure enough, there were black charcoal-like residues around the eyes, and now the eyes are still a little Pain, vision is not very good. When I gave Ji Yan a general account of what happened, he walked to the bedroom while listening, and I followed.Everything inside is as usual, the temperature is not as high as before, but the wax dolls sent by Luo Lei on the table have melted into a pile of wax blocks, which shows that those are not my illusions.Ji Yan found a stool and reached into the closet. When she took it out, her palms were covered with black-gray powder. Then she took out a plastic bag from her pocket, carefully put the powder into it, and sealed it. "Since you're always having problems, go to my place, and I'll have a test to find out what it is. Also, you said you kept dreaming about a hooksmith?" I nodded desperately.He pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "I know an archaeologist named Lin Siping. It seems that he is excavating an ancient tomb of the State of Wu recently. It is near the suburbs, and a Wu hook was unearthed inside." "Lin Siping?" When I heard it, could it be that the guy named Team Lin was him? "Well, if you can hold on, let's go find him now. He is my father's old friend and has always been in close contact with our family. I call him Uncle Lin. In fact, he is only about ten years older than me. I was rescued by my father, so I became friends with my father." That's good, I am still worried about how to approach Lin Siping, maybe I can get some information about the ancient tomb, the experience just now has long been forgotten, my own Professional habits came out again. Lin Siping is currently staying in a one-story house in the cold and windy suburbs. It is not far from the ancient tomb. Most of the personnel rest here. Although the winter in the south is not as severe as in the north, it is very cold and humid. , Stayed for a long time, very hurtful, and the weather was gloomy, it seemed that it was going to rain, so Lin Siping ordered the staff to set up an awning to protect the scene, and followed everyone to the house. When Ji Yan and I got there, it had already started to rain, and it seemed to be mixed with small snow particles, which made our faces hurt.It was Lin Siping who opened the door. When he saw Ji Yan, he was stunned for a moment, then immediately put down the steaming enamel cup in his hand, and held Ji Yan's shoulders with both hands. "I didn't expect you to grow so tall. I remember the last time I saw you, you were still at your second uncle's waist." Lin Siping was very excited, his face was almost roughened by the wind and frost, as if it was the surface of the moon, in the dim room There was a yellow light under the bright lights, and his purple-black lips were extremely dry and cracked, but it could be seen that he was very happy, and almost all his facial features were smiling together, which was completely different from the serious expression seen at the excavation site. "Uncle Lin, you are too, and you are much older." Ji Yan also smiled, and then introduced to me. "This is my good friend, Ouyang Xuanyuan. He is from the newspaper office. He came to interview him this morning, but he encountered something strange just now, which seems to be related to the ancient tomb excavated by your team." Lin Siping paid no attention to me until Ji Yan After reading the introduction, he looked up and down with hooked eyes, and then put away his smile. "I'm still wondering who broke the news to the outside world, but Comrade Ouyang, I hope you don't publish what you know in the newspaper so quickly. We hope to have a quiet and stable working environment." After listening to , I had no choice but to agree with a half smile.Only then did Lin Siping lead us into the house. "Wu Gou?" Lin Siping jumped up like a spring on his buttocks when he heard it, and stared at us like a camel bell, but didn't speak.The other people present also stopped talking and looked at us with strange eyes. The house was surprisingly quiet for a while, and Ji Yan and I didn't speak, feeling very embarrassed, and it was Lin Siping who broke the silence first. "That hook, to tell you the truth, is very strange." Lin Siping's tone was a little strange.His eyes were also in a daze, "Not long after the reporters left, we were just about to take out the Wu hook for safekeeping, but it suddenly flew up, hovering above our heads, making noises." He said in When narrating, he always licked his lips with his tongue habitually. I found that his forehead was sweating, and the people around him bowed their heads in silence. Lin Siping was the only voice in the whole room. His voice was definitely not pleasant, but What I said made Ji Yan and I listen attentively. "And then, if you were not there, I bet no one would believe what happened, the hook actually sang, and the voice was like a child's voice, very nice, but the words were obscure, but we put It was memorized." I asked Lin Siping about the recorded lyrics, and he took out a folded and square manuscript paper from his pocket, and when he opened it, there were a few lines of vigorous and powerful characters. "Clear water, its murmur, King Wu Suogou Xi, Minjurzhan, The lure of a hundred gold, My husband is crazy about it, Hook, hook, When will it be accomplished, Mother and child are young, I am so sad! Hook, hook, Be careful not to destroy me. " I have read this poem for a long time, and I can understand it in general, but I always feel that the hook can still sing, which is really incredible. "What exactly does this mean?" Ji Yan leaned over and asked, I also relied on the little knowledge of ancient Chinese from high school to read it, but luckily the poems of the Spring and Autumn Period were not too difficult to understand. "The clear water, the gurgling flow, the king of Wu is asking for a hook, the people are all bowing their heads in silence, the temptation of a hundred gold makes my husband crazy about it, hook, hook, when will you get it?" Cast? My mother is old and my son is young, my heart is so sad, hook, hook, please don’t destroy my home.” I roughly translated it, Ji Yan listened, but didn’t speak .I looked at Lin Siping, he also nodded, it seems that he agrees with my understanding. "But what does this have to do with that strange hook?" Lin Siping asked me, I didn't dare to speak, because I suddenly felt that I knew the answer, but I really couldn't believe it, and I didn't want to believe it, because if it was Really, that is too cruel and incomprehensible. "This song should have been written by the hook maker's wife." I said calmly, and the people beside me were stunned, including Lin Siping, but they soon started laughing at me. "How do you know? Is it just because of the phrase 'my husband is crazy about it'? Even if it is, it doesn't mean that the hook can sing." The questioning voice came to my face, which was stronger than the snowstorm outside, so I ignored it. Just ask Lin Siping. "I heard that the hook has already flown away?" Lin Siping was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Since you know and you are Ji Yan's friend, I don't need to hide it from you." He stopped the interlocutor next to him with his hand The man continued to say: "Indeed, after singing the song, the hook flew out. As for where it went, we don't know. We are desperately looking for it now." Into a piece, like a huge white curtain, slowly pulling the earth stage together. "It's snowing too much. Let's go check it out when it's a little late. Since the two of you are here, it happens that there are more people." Lin Siping poured two glasses of boiling water and handed them to Ji Yan and me. I took them and took a sip. , but still thinking about the child who was burned into coke in his head, the child named Wu Hong. "Play with me." I heard another faint voice next to my ear, I was startled, I shook my hand holding the cup and almost spilled the water, Ji Yan, who was drinking water at the side, noticed it, and asked in a low voice What's wrong with me?" I didn't answer him, because the voice seemed to come from far away, and it was like the wind, and most importantly, it was still slowly approaching here.I fidgeted, took the cup and walked to the window, the glass window was already blurred by the breath of the people inside, I wiped it with my hand, and put my face in front of the window to see if the snow had stopped outside. "Slap" a black palm slapped on the window, followed by a small face.The whites of his eyes were rolled, his mouth was cracked, his snow-white teeth, and a corner of his front teeth were missing, the muscles on both sides of his mouth had been ruptured due to too much laughter, and the burnt skin fell down one after another, like black snow.I backed away in fright, and bumped into Lin Siping who was reading a book. "What are you doing!" Lin Siping's book was splashed by the water in the cup, and he complained to me that I couldn't utter a word at all. I just covered my eyes, pointed to the glass, and stammered for a long time: "The window, there is a window on the window." thing!" Everyone gathered around, and then burst into laughter. "It's just a rotten branch rolled up by the wind and snow, which scares you like this." I looked over, and sure enough, a charred branch was stuck to the window, and it was blown by the wind and flapped, but in my eyes It seems that the branch is very similar to a human arm, maybe I was really wrong just now.Everyone laughed a few words, then sat back to their original positions, silently waiting for the snow to stop. "What's the matter with you? Did you see it again?" Ji Yanjian asked with concern, with a very bad expression on my face.I shook my head, maybe things were too strange, even Ji Yan couldn't help me.After pouring a cup of hot water here, I sat in front of the fire and fell asleep. It’s not my fault, because several people curled up beside them and fell asleep, and even Ji Yan looked listlessly at the fire.I couldn't take it anymore, put the cup on the table, leaned against the wall and fell asleep. "This is the magic hook!" I suddenly heard a person shouting, followed the voice, a thin old man was pushed to the ground by several soldiers, and a hook was thrown beside the old man. "Shit! Fuck you, where did you get the ghost hook, the god hook, are you crazy about wanting rewards? How is your hook different from those?" A man in a blue robe with a bun on his head A man wearing a crown and hat who looked like an official came out from behind the soldier, pointed at the old man and cursed, and waved back.I looked over, layer upon layer, I don't know how many Wu hooks, of various kinds, were piled up on the ground. It turns out that this is the hook warehouse. Presumably these people are the people who are exclusively responsible for collecting the hooks of the King of Wu.After the old man left, a few more came, and they all had the same experience as before.At this time, I saw him again. Although it is from the back, it is very familiar. It is the hook master. He is standing in front of me, but I can't speak, let alone approach him, let alone walk over to see his appearance. "How do you count it as a magic hook?" He walked up to the official, who gave him a sideways glance with his slit-like eyes, and snorted. "The divine hook, like the divine sword, can be controlled freely. First of all, it is extremely sharp and indestructible. Then it can come and go at the user's call. Our king said that with this kind of hook, our country of Wu wants to fight If you win that country, you win that country. Naturally, Wu can hold his head high and sit on an equal footing with those big countries in the Central Plains! Even if he becomes the overlord, it is a matter of course!" "A godly hook that can be controlled freely?" the man lowered his head and muttered to himself. "If you can't do it, don't make trouble here, get out!" The official waved his hand, and the soldier drove the man away.The hooksmith walked alone on the road, but I could only follow behind him.As if like two magnets with the same polarity, they always keep a certain distance and cannot get closer. I followed him until he got home.The hooker seemed to be rummaging for something at home. I saw him turn over the box in a mess, and there were sundries everywhere.Finally, he stopped. "If you want to create a divine weapon, sacrifice it yourself." He said in a low voice, repeating it several times, and each time he said it, the speed of speech became faster.Finally he threw something back in a frenzy.I saw a piece of yellowed sheepskin floating down at my feet.I took a closer look. A few words were clearly engraved on the sheepskin with a knife, "If you want to build a divine weapon, sacrifice it yourself." It was exactly the sentence that the man had repeatedly babbled just now, but behind this sentence, there were still a few words engraved on it. , slightly smaller than those, but still barely visible. "Wang Xu question." Wang Xu?This name is very familiar, but the words come to my mouth, but I can't say it, it's really strange.I didn't think about this person any more.Continue to look at the hooker.He came to a bed on which a child lay. The hook master stood by the bed for a long time, his fists clenched tightly, I knew what he was thinking, if I could shout and move, I would definitely stop him, but unfortunately, I was just a bystander.The hook master finally moved, and he kept muttering: "God's hook, god's hook." Then, he lit the fire, and the blower was whistling. The flame inside was getting hotter and hotter, and it was as red as blood. The crochet master took off his shirt, naked from the upper body, and lifted the child from the bed. "Father, what are you doing?" the child rubbed his eyes with his hands and asked him in confusion.Without saying a word, the hooker suddenly held the child's head in his hands and threw it against the furnace wall. The child was thrown into a bloody mess in an instant, and he didn't even make a sound. Then, the hooker threw the child's body into the furnace . I can't bear to watch anymore, if this is a dream, let me wake up. The dancing flames instantly engulfed the child's body. "Father, you, what did you do to Hu Ji?" Master Gou didn't speak.I looked over, and it turned out to be another child. It seemed that he was Wu Hong. "Hong'er, come here." The hooker waved to the child, and Wu Hong backed away in fear. "Hong'er, don't you always complain that your father doesn't play with you? I played with Hu Ji just now and he was very happy. Come over too." What did the five-year-old child know? Walked over to the hooker.Seeing the child coming, the hook master grabbed it and did the same thing again, trying to throw Wu Hong to death, but this time it didn't seem to go well. The tooth flew out of nowhere and fell to my feet. "Hu Qin (father), are you doing books (what)?" Xiao Wu Hong vomited blood and cried indistinctly.The hooker seemed to lose his patience and threw him straight into the stove.Closed the oven door.The heart-piercing cry of the child echoed throughout the house. I covered my ears, but it still came through. Accompanied by the cry was the crazy laughter of the hooker. "It hurts, it hurts!" "God hook! God hook!" Laughter and cries mixed together, leading the woman in from the outside. She glanced sideways, understood everything, and fainted instantly.And my head hurts badly, and Wu Hong's cry seems to be in my ears, lingering.Then my eyes went dark and I didn't know anything. When I woke up, I was still in the room, but there was no one around, and the door was wide open. It seemed that the cold woke me up.I touched my head and it was all sweat. "Ji Yan!" I walked out of the house, the snow outside stopped, I stood on the empty snow and shouted, but my voice was quickly swallowed. After a while, a black spot came from a distance, and after a closer look, it was indeed Ji Yan.He looked serious and walked over. "Uncle Lin and I found the hook. But we couldn't get it out." As soon as I heard that, I asked him to take me there, and the two of them started walking on the snow.I asked him why he didn't wake me up, and Ji Yan explained with an innocent face that he saw that I was sleeping soundly, so he simply let me sleep more, and then he came to find me again.I secretly complained, how could I sleep soundly, sleeping now is simply a painful punishment for me. After walking for a while, I saw Lin Siping and everyone else, but they all surrounded a lake.The lake has completely frozen over.But there seemed to be a hole in the center of the lake, not as if it had been hit by a hammer, but as if it had been cut by something sharp. "That hook is in the lake." Lin Siping said, pointing to the lake.I looked at him in surprise. "You're not kidding, are you? How can you prove it?" Lin Siping looked at me unhappily. "You were sleeping at the time, so of course you didn't know that the hook that brought us here was seen by so many eyes. The hook flew into the lake and followed that opening." Lin Siping pointed to the gap in the lake. Said, I looked at Ji Yan, he also nodded, it seems to be true.Everyone began to discuss how to take out the hook. It is not a joke to go to the lake in this weather.So I decided to temporarily seal off the lakeshore and find a professional salvage team after the temperature rises. Although it is not easy to counteract it, it has to be like this for now. I stared blankly at the gap, and was about to turn back and leave with everyone.But not so much, my feet kept moving towards the gap. I stepped on the frozen lake, and there was a crackling sound immediately under my feet, but I still walked towards the gap. 喉咙里仿佛被塞住一样，什么也说不出来，我知道这湖面刚结冰没多久，随时都有可能坍塌，我听着脚下的冰块破碎的声音，几十年来，我从未像今天这般讨厌自己的体重，果然是书到用时方恨少，肉到重日才怨多啊。 第一个发现我不对劲的是纪颜，他在我身后喊了几句，见我没有回话也没停止下来，就立即冲过来想拉我回去，但已经晚了。冰面哪里支撑的住两个人的重量。 身体迅速浸入了冰冷的湖水，四周黑暗的很，但看水上却一片亮光，湖水迅速从我的口鼻涌入肺部，剧烈的冲击和低温，使我的肺叶迅速的收缩和扩张，我的胸闷的厉害，而且膨胀的疼，神智开始模糊了，我看见纪颜朝我游了过来，但自己的身体却急剧下沉，耳朵已经听不到什么声音了。除了那句。 “来陪吴鸿玩啊。”我的眼睛闭上了。 “这是我的神钩。”熟悉的声音让我再次苏醒，我睁开眼，身上衣服都是干的，我又回到了两千多年前？我朝声音处望去，那个钩师依旧背对着我，前面是先前那个收钩官。 “开玩笑，你如何证明？”那个官员看都没看他，在他看来，每天这种人他都看了成百上千了。 “里面，仔细地看啊，这对钩里面有我一对双胞胎孩子的血肉，这对钩就是我的孩子！”钩师的声音非常激动，几乎词不连句。 “哈哈哈哈，神钩？”官员狂笑起来，旁边的士兵也笑了起来，周围其他的献钩者也笑了起来。钩师似乎被激怒了，他大声质问道：”这是大王定下的法令，我铸的明明是神钩！为什么不相信？”我看见有一队人马走了过来，非常众多，领头的是一个将军模样的人，披着铠甲，手按宝剑，另一只手提着马缰。人群看见了，立即闪到一边，给队伍让开一条道路，那些个官员起初还在大笑，但现在已经谦卑的跪在了地上，钩师背对着不知道大王来了，但很快也被旁边的人按倒了。 马背上坐着一个人，身材高大，皮肤黝黑，透着代表健康的暗红色，下巴和腮部生满了黑黑密密曲蜷的胡须和头发。在那额角高耸的头顶上戴着一顶王冠，垂着七条玉珠带子，几乎快要连成一字形的浓密的眉毛下面，从中间挺出一条大大的鹰嘴鼻，那双特大的眼睛深陷在眼窝里面，闪烁着骇人的红光，凝视着马下的人们，大家都不敢直视他。 “王上，这里便是钩裤了。”一个发须皆白，看上去虽然年老，但相貌硬朗强健穿着似士大夫的人走了过来，像马上得人作了揖。那人原来正是吴王阖闾。 “这人，到底才吵什么？”吴王质问收钩官，那官员把刚才的事禀告给了他，阖闾很有兴趣的用手摸了摸胡须，在旁人的搀扶下，从马上下来了。 钩师站了起来，终于面对着我了，但他却深勾着头，把那钩捧到吴王面前，吴王拿起一把观摩了下，又摸了摸，失望地放回去。 “这如何称得上是神钩？充其量不过是把好钩罢了。” “大王，这对钩里有我一对双胞胎孩子的骨血，只要我胡汉他们的名字，即便在远，也会飞过来贴着我的胸膛，这，还不算是神钩么？”吴王好奇的望着钩师。 “哦？那就让你试试吧。”众人议论纷纷，大家挤出块空地，刚才一个曾经嘲笑过钩师的士兵，抱住了其中一把钩子，离这铸钩师几十米处站住。 “开始吧，你现在就呼喊看看，是否那钩可以飞过来，如果可以，我便赐你的钩为神钩，并且百金之赏也是你的。” 那个杀死自己儿子的男人站到了中央，嗯嗯了嗓子，张开手，对着抱钩的士兵喊：“吴鸿！扈稽！过来啊，我是你们的父亲！”场边的人都不说话，大气都不敢喘，静得吓人。抱钩的士兵汗都流下来了，脸上既有恐惧，还夹杂着些许的兴奋，仿佛他可以感觉到钩内的灵魂一样。 “吴鸿！扈稽！过来啊，我是你们的父亲！”第二遍喊过了，但却没发生任何事。大家开始骚动了。 “吴鸿！扈稽！过来啊，我是你们的父亲！”第三次了，即便这次声音已经嘶哑了，可钩却没有任何动静。钩师绝望地跪在地上，口中自言自语说：“神钩，神钩啊。”官员的脸色非常难看，他一直看着吴王，生怕他一怒之下会责怪自己，但阖闾严肃的脸却忽然奇怪的抽动了下，竟然纵声大笑起来。 “真是个疯子啊，”他笑过后，便命令收钩的官员，“给他百金得奖赏吧，以报答他对我的忠心罢！他竟杀了自己的儿子！”吴王一边重复着最后一句，一边上马走了，临走前，他把其中的一把钩给了那个头发胡须都白了的中年人。 “伍相国，这钩便给你吧，当作纪念。”那人接过钩，谢过了，然后看看接着黄金的钩师，摇摇头，走开了。 他散开了头上的发髻，长发披了下来，怀里抱着黄金，一口气奔跑回家，我却始终跟在他后面。但是当他回到家时候，看见的却是他妻子的尸体，脖子上一道紫黑色的淤痕。 “她上吊了，我们一直守着等你回来。”几个邻居对他说了几句，然后四散离开了，铸钩师呆呆地望着妻子的尸体。半天无语。然后扭转头，朝外奔去。我看见了，那是个湖。 他把黄金扔掉了，手里拿着剩下的那把钩，冲进了湖里。 我的四周又开始涌出冰冷的湖水了。纪颜正提着我的手努力地向上游去，我用最后一点意识回头望去。 我看见了一张熟悉的脸。 他抱着一把吴钩渐渐地沉了下去，离我越来越远。 真的很熟悉，因为那是我的脸。 接着，我的眼睛又黑了。当我再次看见东西，已经在生起炉火的木屋里了，旁边是林队和纪颜他们。 “你醒了？”林斯平高兴得喊着，我发现自己的手和脚都在一个队员的手上，他们拿着雪使劲地搓着。 “真危险，还好纪颜水性极好，不过你们两个出来的时候已经成冰棍了。”林斯平笑着说，我看看纪颜，他也在拿雪擦拭着手臂和身体。 我想说话，但纪颜做了个阻拦的手势。 “不用说了，我下湖之后也看见了。”听完他这一句，我又昏昏沉沉的睡了过去，不过，这次，我没有再做梦了。 身体恢复得很快，没过多久，我又活蹦乱跳了，南方的温度降的快，升的也快，很快，湖化冰了。我和纪颜随着林斯平的队伍回到那个湖边，看着他们手忙脚乱的准备打捞。 “那是你的前世吧。”纪颜说。我嗯了一声，或许是，也或许不是。 “也许正是你再次看到那把钩，所以才惹出这么多事，虽然你和前世是截然不同的两个人，但那钩里的孩子可不这么认为。”纪颜继续说，我一想到那两个孩子，心里还是觉得一紧。 “还有，在你家衣柜里的粉末，化验后好像是人的骨灰，不过有些年头了。还有你对我说的羊皮上的那个叫王诩的，好像是鬼谷子的真名。”纪颜说道。我一听，默然无语。 “还好事情都结束了，对了，你知道这个湖的名字么？”纪颜忽然转过头笑着问我，我摇头。 “叫'吴王百金杀儿湖'，或者直接叫作'杀儿湖'。” “找到了！”对面的湖里浮出一个人头，在他的手里拿着一对吴钩，在冬日冰冷的眼光的照耀下显得非常刺眼，起码，我觉得是。