Chapter 5 Chapter 5 "Su Ding Lu": Authoritative Secrets of Gold and Stone Appraisal

I woke up in a daze, smelling a grassy fragrance with an earthy smell.I managed to open my eyes and found myself lying down on a dewy grass, with my arms and legs tightly bound by some thick hemp ropes.Huang Yanyan was lying next to me, also tied up, with a strand of hair hanging down her lips, looking sad and moving.She didn't seem to have woken up yet.Fortunately, the slight ups and downs of my chest meant that I was still breathing, so I felt a little relieved. I remember that it was afternoon when I was attacked, but looking at the weather now, it should be early morning.So I was unconscious for at least twelve hours.The surrounding light is very poor, and the environment cannot be seen clearly, but judging from the smell, it should be in the suburbs.Not far from us, several figures bowed their waists and did not know what they were doing, and the sound of metal and stone colliding, as well as the sound of shoveling soil could be faintly heard.

I don't know what they're doing, but my gut tells me it's not good.I looked around for some sharp stone to cut the rope, but found nothing.At this time, a low voice came from the ear: "Is it dead?" I barely twisted my neck away, and saw that Huang Yanyan's eyes had been opened, flashing with vigilance. "Bite the knot off for me," she said. I secretly admire that the first reaction of most people in this kind of environment must be to panic, but Huang Yanyan's first words after waking up have already managed to break free, and her will is strong enough.

The man who bound the two of us was very clever. The knot of the rope was not behind the back, but at the abdomen.In this way, the hands are tied behind the back, and it is impossible to reach the knot in front of the body.If you want to untie it, you can only rely on the other party's mouth.I hesitated for half a second, and slowly moved my body towards Huang Yanyan.Her figure is already very good, but now her double ribs are bound by ropes, and her plump breasts are more prominent. As long as my head swings slightly, I will touch her towering twin peaks, which makes me tense Tighten the whole body.Huang Yanyan snorted impatiently, moved forward, and my whole face immediately sank into the plumpness.The creamy touch, the faint frankincense, and the trembling elasticity made my head explode.

"How long are you going to stay?" Huang Yanyan's cold words brought me back to my senses.I swallowed, continued to squirm, my lips slid down her belly, and soon touched a large knot.I opened my mouth, bit one of the ends of the rope, and used my tongue and teeth together. The hemp rope was very smelly, but I couldn't care less.But the knot was so stiff that I could only loosen it a little with all my might. People who dig things in the distance may come back at any time, Huang Yanyan's eyes are full of anxiety.I lifted my head and started to move my body so that my waist was close to her face.

"What are you doing?" Huang Yanyan was shocked and angry. "I have a bronze ring in my pocket." That little bronze ring of hers was always on my body.That thing is gold at any rate, with sharp edges, and it is more effective for grinding rope than teeth.Huang Yanyan understood as soon as she heard it, her lips and tongue were sharper than mine, and she bit the bronze ring out of my trouser pocket in a few strokes, and handed it to me mouth to mouth.We are very careful when passing, for fear of touching each other's lips. With the bronze ring, things are much simpler.It took me more than ten minutes to grind one of them, and the knot was finally untied.Huang Yanyan shook her arms, broke free, and got up from the ground.Before she could untie the rope for me, those people had already noticed the movement here, and a voice shouted: "Boss, they want to run!"

Immediately, seven or eight people surrounded him from there.I secretly groaned in my heart and told Huang Yanyan to run first, but Huang Yanyan shook her head, got up and made a Xingyi fist gesture.After those people gathered around, they didn't dare to approach Huang Yanyan when they saw Huang Yanyan's appearance of fighting to the end.Several of these people still had wounds on their faces, probably because they were beaten by her before, that's why they were so afraid.Zheng Zheng was also among them, his eyes fixed on Huang Yanyan. The two sides confronted each other for a while, and a man walked slowly into the circle.

This is a middle-aged man with a broad face and high forehead, dark skin, and a pair of round eyes that seem to pop out of their sockets.He stood there carelessly, as steady as a square tripod, holding a bronze vessel in his hand, it was Long Wenjue. "After all, it's the young lady of the Huang family who has been beaten a few times and still has such vitality." Huang Yanyan said angrily: "Zheng Guoqu, you are shameless!" I suddenly realized that this guy is the legendary Zheng Guoqu.It is estimated that he gave the order to Zheng Zheng, sent people to attack us who left Yuan Lin, and tied us to this rural place.These people can't fight each other, and they simply fight each other, which is really ruthless.

When Zheng Guoqu heard her words, he rolled his big eyes: "You brought a real product to my shop, you are not kind, no wonder I am." My eyes widened suddenly, wasn't that Long Wen Jue imitated by the Huang family?How did it come to Zheng Guoqu's mouth, but it became the real thing?I looked at Huang Yanyan again, but she didn't have any intention of denying it, and my heart sank. Now that we are the turtles in the urn, Zheng Guoqu was not in a hurry, and walked back and forth a few steps: "Today you two distinguished guests catch up with me to open, why don't you come and sit at the house." After finishing speaking, he pointed over there.With the light of the morning sun, I saw an ancient tomb in the distance, and a square hole next to it was faintly visible, so I couldn't help but gasp.These guys turned out to be here to rob graves!

Zheng Guoqu smiled cruelly: "I am a person who always pays attention to fairness in doing things. I took away the things from the owner of the tomb, and gave him back two sacrifices to be buried with him. I also compensated him with a Dragon Wen Jue, which is enough loyalty. .” What Zheng Guoqu said was neither serious nor serious, but the horror in my heart was already overwhelmed.This guy's method is really vicious, first he digs a hole to take away the artifacts in the tomb, and then throws the two of us in to destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces, killing two birds with one stone.This place is not seen in front of the village and there is no shop in the back. Even if the medicine is not available, it is impossible to find this place and call the police.

I reluctantly raised my head and smiled: "Don't bluff people, if Long Wenjue is real, are you willing to bury it?" Zheng Guo channel: "I am greedy, but I am not stupid. I know what to touch and what not to touch. If you keep this real thing, it will burn your hands. Why don't you just bury it with you." He didn't seem to be bothered to talk to us anymore, so he waved his hand to let his subordinates do it.At this time, he said solemnly: "Boss, this bitch is going to be thrown in anyway, why don't you let the brothers have a good time, don't waste it." Huang Yanyan made him lose face in public twice, and he had long hated her to the bone.A group of people sneaked up on Huang Yanyan with evil intentions, their eyes were lewd, not to mention what was going on in their minds.

Zheng Guoqu tilted his head and thought about it, and snapped his fingers: "It's almost dawn, it's not suitable for people to see. Hurry up." The few people were overjoyed, rolled up their sleeves, took a shovel and a wooden stick, and rushed towards Huang Yanyan.Huang Yanyan was furious, she stretched out her fist and knocked down one, but she was outnumbered, and soon the situation was in danger. Zheng Guoqu walked up to me and rubbed my head with the sole of his shoe: "Hey, isn't this the bronze ring? It seems that you are Huang Yanyan's good friend." It turned out that he also knew this allusion about the Huang family.I spat out the bronze ring, gritted my teeth, and said, "You don't intend to ask, what are we trying to do at such a high price to fight you?" Zheng Guoqu didn't like this: "What are you trying to do, I don't want to know .” "I can't see it. Are you not interested in Jade Buddha Head?" Zheng Guoqu's movements stopped, he squatted down, his big eyes seemed to protrude a bit more.He hooked his hands and asked me to say it again.I turned my neck and looked at the opposite side. Zheng Guoqu knew what I meant and uttered a cry to make the people under him pause. The sea beast grape bronze mirror that my grandfather Xu Yicheng left to Fugui probably contains important information about the Buddha head of Zetianmingtang.Fu Gui doesn't know the mystery, but those who are familiar with antiques can understand it when they hear it.This Zheng Guoqu is a master of Jian Gu, and he may have understood the mystery of the mirror when he bought it, and it is even possible that he bought it with a purpose from the very beginning. My bet is that he also knows about the Buddha head.Looking at his reaction now, I know I made the right bet. Zheng Guoqu loosened the ropes on my legs, and then grabbed my shoulders with his big hands. He picked up my weight of one hundred catties like a chicken, and brought me directly to the robbery hole.This robbery hole has a wide square mouth, like the entrance of a sewer, which goes straight down to the ground, and it can be seen that it was made by professionals.I just half stood on the edge of the hole, relying on Zheng Guoqu to grab my shoulders, and he only needs to push me lightly, and I will fall in. Zheng Guoqu said lightly: "You tell me." "You let her go first." Zheng Guoqu grinned happily: "Your wife is about to become someone else's wife, are you still bargaining here?" Not far away, Huang Yanyan was surrounded by panting.Although she kicked away several people, she couldn't deal with seven or eight middle-aged men holding weapons.Her hair was disheveled, and a corner of her blouse was torn off, revealing the whiteness of her neck. I took a deep breath: "We came to Anyang, actually because of the sea animal grape bronze mirror in your hand, which contains important information about the head of the Jade Buddha in Zetianming Hall." Zheng Guoqu was slightly surprised, but quickly shook his head: "It's interesting, but not enough." "Now the head of the Jade Buddha is in the hands of the Japanese and must be returned to the country, but..." My voice gradually lowered, Zheng Guoqu leaned forward slightly, and his body shook.I suddenly twisted my body frantically, and slammed my head into Zheng Guoqu fiercely.Zheng Guoqu flickered quickly, and with a push with his palm, he wanted to push me down.I opened my mouth and bit his collar, and I would not let go. My legs couldn't help but use the trick that Huang Yanyan "taught" me in Tianjin to eat shit. When I stumbled, Zheng Guoqu staggered, and I was one behind the other. Fell into a robbery hole. This robbery hole was drilled straight down, with a slight slope, and we fell to the bottom of the hole in one breath.The moment my back landed on the ground, my eyes were staring, and my brain became a mess.Zheng Guoqu lay on his side, motionless, as if fainted. The robbery cave is not deep, only four or five meters, and the dawn light at the entrance of the cave can be seen.I groped for a while, and found that the bottom of the cave was not loess but a piece of blue bricks, and there was a narrow hole on the side of the cave that sloped downwards, which was dark and overpowering.It is estimated that our location is the top of this tomb.They drilled a hole here, fixed the position of the tomb, and then went down the narrow hole to find the entrance. I suddenly touched a cold and hard object, picked it up and looked at it, and suddenly found that it was half a human skull with dense white bones and half an eye socket staring at me.I hurriedly put it down respectfully, clasped my hands together, and bowed a few times, thinking that I didn't want to disturb your sleep, it was really a last resort. At this time, several heads popped out of the hole above the head, and one of them shouted in panic: "Boss Zheng, are you down there?" You have to listen to me. Let that girl come and talk!" There was a moment of silence at the entrance of the cave, and soon Huang Yanyan's voice came down, the voice was still so calm: "Alive?" I saw that she was safe and sound, so I yelled: "You go first, if they stop you, if you yell, I will poke Zheng Guoqu's head off!" I yelled this to her, and also to several other people Listen.Although I am not a vicious person, I am not a modest gentleman. During the "Cultural Revolution", there were many fights with others, and it was commonplace to hide bricks in my schoolbag. "What do you do?" Huang Yanyan asked. "If you leave, I will be close to death; if you don't leave, both of us will die." Huang Yanyan is a decisive woman, without any pretense, she threw something down.I caught it and saw it was the bronze ring.I just cut the rope and spat on the ground, and now she's throwing it back. "Hold on, hold on," she said. Huang Yanyan's head disappeared from the hole, and I held the bronze ring in my hand with mixed feelings.At this time, I heard a vague quarrel from above my head again, and I shouted loudly: "If you make things difficult for her again, I will strangle Zheng Guoqu to death!" The voice from outside disappeared, and after a while, I solemnly poked my head in Resentment: "That woman has already left, you should let our boss go." I raised my neck and shouted: "You guys throw down a rope and stand farther away." I solemnly shouted: "How do I know you won't strangle our boss?" I said angrily: "Nonsense, I'm still in the cave What good is it for me to strangle him to death?" Zheng Zheng patted his head, and turned back to ask someone to get the rope.After a while, a thick hemp rope hung down tremblingly. I tugged to make sure the other end of the rope was fastened, and kicked Zheng Guoqu with my legs: "Stop pretending." After a few laps, a mouthful of big yellow teeth was revealed: "You bastard, you are so cunning!" "No way, I have to get rid of Huang Yanyan." I closed my eyes. In fact, from the moment I called Anyang, I became suspicious of Huang Yanyan.In the case of Zheng Guoqu, there were obviously other ways of easing her, but she kept insisting on fighting, and she took out Long Wenjue, and even used her own body as a bet, which was a bit too eager.If something is abnormal, it must be a demon, so I put a little more thought into it. After Zheng Guoqu said that the Longwen Jue was genuine, I suddenly realized that something was wrong.If the Longwen Jue is genuine, it is also a national first-class cultural relic. The Huang family actually took out a privately hidden national treasure to deal with Zheng Guoqu, and even concealed it from me and Yao. The picture will definitely not be small.What's more, the Huang family and Zheng Guoqu have been at odds for many years, why did we only make efforts when we went to Anyang to track down the Buddha's head? ——This shows that Zheng Guoqu must be inextricably linked to the Buddha head or the city. So I have to find a way to get rid of Huang Yanyan and act alone.But at that time, I was tied up tightly and couldn't even run. The only thing I could do was to gamble. My bet is that Zheng Guoqu knows the origin of the "Jade Buddha Head", and even Xu Yicheng. Therefore, I deliberately mentioned the word Buddha head to Zheng Guoqu, which really aroused his interest and brought me to the robber's cave.Then I secretly said a word to Zheng Guoqu: "I am the grandson of Xu Yicheng, I made a wish, I entered the cave and said." Fortunately, I bet right.Zheng Guoqu was worthy of being a counterfeiter who was evenly matched with the Huang family, and his reaction was extremely fast.As soon as I revealed my identity, he was taken aback for a moment, and immediately fell into the hole with me, pretending to be unconscious.In this way, I pretended to hold Zheng Guoqu hostage, and let Huang Yanyan leave logically, without arousing her suspicion. Although I'm sorry for Huang Yanyan, I have to be on my guard against the weird behavior of the Huang family. "You guys are quite courageous. If I didn't know the name of the Buddha's head or Xu Yicheng, you two would have been buried long ago." Zheng Guo said. "No way, in that case, I can only gamble." After saying this, I sat cross-legged at the bottom of the pit, my spine pressed against the soil wall, and my expression became a little stiff.Zheng Guoqu stared at the bronze ring in my hand, and said half-sarcastically, "I thought you and the girl from the Huang family were a couple, and you don't have the same heart." I said coldly, "The people under your hands are too disrespectful. Honestly, it is for her own good that I sent her away first." Zheng Guoqu came over suddenly, grabbed my throat with a big hand, and said viciously: "Stinky boy, don't push your nose too hard. The reason I cooperated with you in acting like this is because you are worth something, but it doesn't mean I can't move." you." His hand was like a vise, pinching me almost suffocating.Zheng Guoqu didn't let go until I felt that I was about to suffocate to death. I half-kneeled on the ground, rubbed my throat and gasped desperately, and it took a while for me to return to normal.Zheng Guoqu looked up at the entrance of the cave, and sat on the ground: "Now that the people have left, and the show is over, tell me, what's going on? If I'm not satisfied, hehe..." He glanced at the passage leading to the tomb, and said darkly, "Don't look at the coffin of the Han Dynasty, but it's still spacious inside." I can see that if I don't tell the whole story, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to crawl out from the bottom of this deep tomb.So I didn't hide any more, and simply started from my life experience, and a series of things that happened around the head of the Jade Buddha recently.After listening, Zheng Guoqu narrowed his eyes and asked with great interest, "Where did you get such confidence that I am more trustworthy than the Huang family?" I raised my eyes and said, "Because of solemnity." "Seriously?" "Yes, his method of identifying bronze ware is very similar to a technique handed down by my family. This technique is a secret that has not been handed down, and he also knows it, which means that you must have some connections with our Baizimen." Zheng Guoqu laughed loudly after hearing it, as if he heard something happy, and then he suddenly suppressed his smile: "You guessed a little bit right, and you guessed a little bit wrong. Yes, Xu Yicheng has a relationship with my family, and I know something about him. That mirror is also in my hand. But I'm not interested in those old accounts, if you can't show me something that interests me, you will die." "You won't refuse this benefit." "What?" ""Su Ding Lu"." I said these three words calmly. Zheng Guoqu's two bulging eyes suddenly lit up, and he squeezed my shoulder: "So, this book is with you?" I nodded. "Su Ding Lu" is the authoritative book of gold and stone appraisal, which condenses the experience of Baizimen in the past dynasties, and it has been circulated in the rivers and lakes. If you get this book, you will have no worries about gold and stone.Zheng Guoqu specializes in making fake bronze wares. For him, this book is like a chemist getting the periodic table of elements and a soldier getting a combat map. It is definitely a rare and good thing. So Zheng Guoqu didn't hesitate at all, he reached out and shook my hand, and it was considered a deal. It can be seen that Zheng Guoqu is a greedy and rational person.He will not let go at all if he can get the benefits in hand, but as long as there is a risk, he will let go very simply.Long Wenjue is such a precious thing, if you say give up, you will give it up, without any hesitation.This kind of person is quite scary.After I shook hands with him, there was a flash of regret, I don't know if I can handle such a dangerous person. "Before I go up, I have something else to do." I said suddenly. Zheng Guoqu frowned: "Huang Yanyan will be back soon, we don't have much time." I gently picked up the skull on the ground: "You guys don't count the tomb robbery, and you just throw the remains around. Since I saw it, I at least return it to the original coffin, or I won't feel at ease when I leave." "Go down by yourself. " Zheng Guoqu pouted.These people are staunch atheists and have never feared ghosts and gods. I took the skull, stretched my waist, and drilled down the inclined hole.They had already entered the chamber once, and I found the entrance without much trouble.The stone door of the tomb was half open, and the inside was gloomy with no light, and there was a thousand years of vicissitudes and corruption in the darkness.I stretched out my hand to explore the coffin, but suddenly a cold bony hand silently pressed on the back of my hand, and a stream of cold air shot up from my tailbone to the top of my head. I froze there and didn't dare to move. After waiting for a while to see that there was no movement around, I touched it with my hands tremblingly, and found that the half of the ulna and the metacarpal were on the back of the hand.People like Zheng Guoqu were too unkind, they dragged out the bones and threw them around. This half of my arm was half hanging outside the pried open coffin, just on the back of my hand. I picked it up and put it into the coffin together with the skull, my head was in a trance for a while, and I almost fell into the coffin.The air here is not very smooth, and it is easy to get dizzy after staying for a long time.In the dark, in a trance, I felt that this scene seemed familiar. That was when I was a child, my friends and I liked to play in an abandoned sewer near the compound. Once, we got halfway through and smelled a rotten smell in front of us. We borrowed a box of matches to light it up, and found that there was actually A rotting corpse lay there, and we fled in fright.I ran around in the sewer in a panic, always thinking that the corpse was following me, screamed in fright, and kept running wildly calling my parents' names.After finally running to the exit, I saw my parents and other adults arriving. I threw myself into their arms, crying loudly, but my heart felt at ease like never before. Suddenly, I burst into tears for no reason and realized how alone I had been all these years.The pursuit of the truth about grandfather Xu Yicheng may not be for some Buddha head, but to be able to see more traces of his relatives in this world. "Father, mother, grandpa..." I murmured to myself in the dark, holding on to the ancient coffin of thousands of years.I hope that now it is the same as when I was a child, as long as I insist on running out of the darkness, they will meet me at the end. After I wiped away my tears and climbed out, Zheng Guoqu was getting impatient.Zheng Guoqu and I climbed to the ground with the help of the rope, Zheng Zheng waited for others to rush up to beat me, but Zheng Guoqu stopped us.Under the command of Zheng Guoqu, these people swept away the traces beside the ancient tomb, jumped into a nearby pickup truck and left in a hurry. I saw that when they got into the car, they carried a pocket, which probably contained weapons.Zheng Guoqu noticed my eyes, picked up the Longwen Jue and threw it to me: "I don't want it, you can play with it." I knew that he didn't dare to keep this kind of national first-class cultural relic, so he just accepted it. In the car, I asked Zheng Guoqu, wasn't he afraid that Huang Yanyan would testify against the police?Zheng Guoqu grinned, not caring at all: "There are more than three hundred villagers who can prove that I was playing mahjong in the village at that time." He has been fighting with the Huang family for so long, but he is still at large, and he really has some tricks. After driving for about thirty or forty minutes, the car finally entered the village.This village is called Zhengbie Village. From a distance, it looks like an ordinary rural area in Henan. Most of the villages are tile-roofed houses, and an asphalt road runs through the village. After entering the village, everyone else dispersed.Zheng Guoqu and Zheng Zheng led me around to a secret compound rising from a mountain.This courtyard is different from ordinary farmyards. Iron slag ore is piled up in a mess, there are some incomplete farm tools, and there is even a large half-rusted boiler.It can be seen that this is their workshop for making fake bronzes.A few workers inside were working hard, and when they saw me coming in, they all showed vigilance.Zheng Guoqu waved his hand, and they lowered their heads again. "Don't look at it, this is just a raw material processing factory, officially registered. This is not a serious place." Zheng Guoqu said. When we entered the office of the factory, Zheng Guoqu sat down behind the desk, picked up the enamel jug and drank a big mouthful of water: "It's been a long time since I turned upside down, and my throat is full of dirt when I go down and turn around." He put down the jug, He stretched out his hand at me: "Bring "Su Ding Lu" first." "I didn't bring it with me, I left it at home in Beijing." "You tell me the address, and I'll send someone to pick it up. After you get it back, let's talk about it." I shook my head: "Bureau Liu has sent people to keep an eye on my house. If your people go, you will only fall into the trap of yourself." Zheng Guoqu's eyes suddenly became gloomy and cold: "Then how do I know that you are telling the truth?" I pointed to my head: "I read "Su Ding Lu" very well, and I recorded it here." Zheng Guoqu thought for a while , raised his chin, and solemnly took out the bag of artifacts and placed them on the table.There are three pieces in total, two clay pots, and a bronze hook with a broken dragon head, which seems to be something from the early Western Han Dynasty. "Since you are from the Baizi Sect, you should be able to see what these things are called." I only glanced at it briefly, and then laughed: "It's hard to say what is famous, anyway, your luck is not very good this time." Zheng Guoqu was caught by my heart, and he snorted sullenly, and Zheng Zheng's expression became less serious. nice. The belt hook is what the ancients used to hook their belts.The ancients were very particular about their clothes, and only nobles used metal belt hooks, so bronze belt hooks were a symbol of status.In an aristocratic tomb with a bronze belt hook as a funeral, they only got two clay pots. I am afraid that the tomb has already been patronized by tomb robbers and swept away most of the valuables. I reckon that even that robbery cave is an old one.Zheng Guoqu and the others were late, and they just used this passage to go down to find a leak. It was embarrassing to be broken by me, and Zheng Guoqu had no intention of interrogating him.He asked solemnly to bring a stack of letterheads with "Zhengbie Village Agricultural Machinery Processing Factory" printed in red on the title, a pen and a bottle of ink: "You can write "Su Ding Lu" silently here." "And what do I want?" Zheng Guo channel: "After finishing writing, I will give it to you." I put the pen down with a "snap": "No, you have to give it to me now, or I won't write a word." We confronted each other for a while, and Zheng Guoqu probably felt that I couldn’t escape anyway, so he took a step back and let me continue writing, guarding the door solemnly, then he went out by himself and said to fetch it for me. I'm the only one left in the office.I spread out the letterhead and started writing stroke by stroke. Although "Su Ding Lu" is the secret book of Baizimen, I didn't intend to keep it in my hand.The technology of antiquity is changing with each passing day, and the technology of counterfeiting is also constantly innovating. Although there are some good methods in "Su Ding Lu", they will become outdated sooner or later. My only concern is that Zheng Guoqu learned these things and made more fakes, which violated my principle of not touching fakes.So instead of writing the original text silently, I wrote down the encrypted text silently.If I didn't reveal the password, Zheng Guoqu would be the same as the Huang family, stealing it would be nothing. Thinking of this, the tip of the pen stopped suddenly.I suddenly thought of one thing: Did the Huang family really steal the "Su Ding Lu" to get the secret book of Baizimen? I listen to medicine and say otherwise. After Wumai was reorganized into the Society of Antiquity, each family has consciously cooperated with universities, research institutes and other scientific research units, and new methods of authenticating counterfeit have been developed-especially the Huang family and the Yao family. The most careful, because high technology is especially important for the identification of bronzes, jades and porcelains.It is really difficult to say how much significance a copy of "Su Ding Lu" from the Republic of China period was to the Huang family. At present, there are three cowhide-inlaid silver notebooks that I know, one records the ancient technology of Baizimen; , and the third notebook, which disappeared after Xu Yicheng's death, and it is not clear what was written in it.According to my inference, the remaining two notebooks are likely to record what happened between Kido and Xu Yicheng from July to September 1931. These three notebooks are all the same in appearance, they are all covered with rough cowhide, with lotus petal silver inlaid at the corners, there is no difference just by looking at the covers.The Huang family sent people to my house to steal things, probably because they mistakenly thought that what was hidden in my house was the notes recording the mystery of 1931, but when they took a look, they found that it was just the useless "Su Ding Lu"-this is also true. It explained why they returned the notes to me so happily. But Huang Kewu was still worried, so he sent Huang Yanyan to my side, called assistance, but actually monitoring.The bronze ring that was given to me must have been deliberately misunderstood that he wanted to recruit me as his grandson-in-law, so as to deceive people. Thinking of this, I felt chills down my spine. I don't know if this speculation is groundless or if Huang Kewu is too calculating. The Huang family is so nervous about the 1931 mystery, either anxious to know something or something to cover up.No matter which one it is, I must not continue to pursue it under their sight. This time to get rid of Huang Yanyan is a good opportunity.It's just that following such a dangerous person as Zheng Guoqu, I don't know if it's the right choice. "Grandpa, what have you done..." I raised my head and muttered to the sky, feeling a faintly visible big net covering me. I buried my head in writing for about an hour, when the door was pushed open, and Zheng Guoqu came in with a wooden box. "How much have you written?" He asked right away. "Where's what I want?" I pushed back unceremoniously.For a hero like Zheng Guoqu, if he has a low eyebrow and is pleasing to the eye, he will be eaten to death. I have to use the advantage in my hand to fight for a favorable position. Zheng Guoqu shook the box: "It's all here. I'll give it to you when you finish writing." "I want to read it first. Anyway, I can't run away here. Maybe there is something I want in your stuff. I'll think of a few more when I'm happy." I simply put down my pen and looked at him with my hands folded in front of my chest.Zheng Guoqu knew that I couldn't run away, so he just gave me a hard look and didn't insist anymore.The box he brought was a small sandalwood box, with a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water painted on the outside, the top cover retracted with a push of a finger, it was quite delicate. Inside the box was a sheet of paper and a pile of gray and white scraps.As soon as I saw those fragments, my face suddenly became ugly.Those were fragments of the mirror, and the one that Zheng Guoqu took specially was undoubtedly the sea beast grape bronze mirror. "It looked like this when I bought it from Fu Gui," Zheng Guoqu said. I frowned, Fu Gui never mentioned this detail.There may be important clues in this mirror. I don't know if those clues are still there after it is broken.I carefully rubbed the bronze with my fingers, and picked up the fragments one by one to look at them.On one of the relatively large fragments of the mirror back, I found some embossed characters. I hurriedly looked at the others, and soon I found three or four pieces that could be spliced ​​together, and I could barely distinguish two residual characters. The two characters are "Bao Zhi", in which the character "Bao" is missing the cover head, and the character "Zhi" is missing the bottom. Baozhi?What does Baozhi mean?Both Zheng Guoqu and I were at a loss.Apart from these two words, there is nothing else worth noting about the fragment of the mirror. "In addition to the sea beast and grape patterns on the back of this mirror, there is also a kink, which is the symbol of the Tang royal family. This mirror is probably used in the palace." Zheng Guoqu pointed out. I looked around with the fragment of the mirror, and suddenly thought of something: "I don't think you are very interested in this mirror, why did you buy it in the first place?" Zheng Guoqu rolled his eyes: "You will know it after reading the paper." I just remembered that there was a piece of paper stacked in the box.This paper has turned yellow, and it is estimated to be quite old.I took out the paper and spread it out carefully, and found that it was a contract paper from the Republic of China era.The words dragon flying and phoenix dancing on it roughly mean that there is an antique dealer, Xu Yicheng, who hired Zheng Hu to join the archaeological team.The date of employment was from June to July 1931, and the signature was Xu Yicheng's signature and two bright red finger prints. "Zheng Hu is my uncle." Zheng Guoqu added. When I looked at the date of inscription, the 20th year of the Republic of China happened to be 1931 AD.In mid-July of that year, Xu Yicheng and Kido Yousan left Li Ji's large archaeological team and set off to an unknown location alone.Judging from this contract, they didn't go there alone, at least there was a third person - Zheng Guoqu's uncle Zheng Hu. I looked at this contract, but I always felt that something was wrong.The Zheng family has been making fake bronze wares for generations, and they can be regarded as the opponents of the Xu family.Xu Yicheng went to carry out this secret mission, if he didn't choose someone from the five veins, how could he find a helper from the opponent's family?One possible explanation is: Xu Yicheng deliberately concealed the five veins when he set out this time.He didn't tell his clansmen, but brought an enemy and a Japanese, which is really strange. I put down the contract paper: "Your uncle...is he still alive?" Zheng Guoqu shrugged: "After liberation, the landlord and bully were sentenced and died in prison." "Uh...did he mention before he was alive, where did Xu Yicheng hire him?" Zheng Guoqu shook his head and said: "My uncle didn't tell anyone in detail, but he was supposed to go to Qishan County, and returned to Anyang after staying for a month. Later, he got drunk once and bragged that even Xu Yicheng wanted him to cast him. Things—my uncle is the best bronze craftsman of that generation, and the green artifacts he made can't even see the flaws in the five veins." "Forged what?" "It seems to be Guan Gong." Zheng Guoqu also seemed baffled. I squeezed my chin, lost in thought.Could it be that Xu Yicheng asked him to make a fake to deceive people?But this does not conform to Wumai's rules, let alone Xu Yicheng's conduct.I grabbed the fragments of those mirrors and asked with the last ray of hope: "Why did you take this mirror from Fu Gui? Does your uncle know Fu Gui?" Zheng Guoqu smiled coldly: "Hey, it's more than just acquaintance. After Xu Yicheng's incident happened, my uncle was also called for interrogation. The person who interrogated him was Fu Gui. He was released because of insufficient evidence. Then after liberation, the money The account was turned over again, and my uncle was imprisoned in the end, do you know who the person who reported it was?" "who is it?" "Hey, it's Huang Kewu." I was shocked when I heard the name.Unexpectedly, Zheng Guoqu's family has some ties to Fu Gui and Huang Kewu, and even has a big enmity with the Huang family. According to my thinking, it should be that Zheng Hu knew something about Xu Yicheng, so he bought the bronze mirror from Fu Gui, trying to find clues.As a result, Huang Kewu made a sudden move, wanting to seize the bronze mirror, so he used means to kill him.But Zheng Guoqu's words immediately denied my guess: "I just bought the bronze mirror two years ago. Someone told me that it will be of great use in my hand." "who is it?" "I don't know." Zheng Guoqu said puzzledly, "That person is one of my regular customers, but he only communicates by phone. I've never met him before. It's very refreshing to give money." 我还想再问，郑国渠不耐烦地打断我的话：“你问得也差不多了，我的东西呢？写好了没有？”郑国渠径直走过来，抓起稿纸扫了一眼，勃然大怒：“操，你写的这是什么鬼东西！” 也不怪他发怒，我写的都是加密后的《素鼎录》，这是一个预防措施。我把加密的事情告诉他，然后说密码必须等到我安全离开这个村子，才能告诉他。郑国渠气鼓鼓地瞪着我，仿佛要把我撕碎，但末了还是放下了拳头，沉声道：“继续写！” 我们俩正在僵持，这时郑重推开门，满脸惊慌地跑过来：“不好了！黄家的那个女人带着警察进村了！” "So fast!" 这前后才三四个小时，黄烟烟就已经带人找上门来。以她的缜密心思和势力，恐怕这村子附近的通路都被封锁了。郑国渠冷笑一声，一指我：“老七，你把他给带到坑里去，天黑前别回来。” 说完郑国渠把东西收回小匣子里，自己拿在手里，没有交给我的意思。不过我也不在意，我想要的，是线索，而非器物。 郑重拽起我要走，我一扯胳膊道：“别像抓犯人一样，我又不会跑。”郑国渠在一旁轻咳一声，郑重只好松开手，在前头带路，我们俩离开了屋子。 远远地，我已能听到警笛声，似乎还不只一辆。郑别村民风彪悍，又长年经营造假，这种场面见得惯了，斗争经验丰富。眼看警察过来，村子里的人也没多惊慌，该干什么还干什么，连狗都不怎么叫。我跟在郑重身后，在如同迷宫般的村子小路里七转八绕，开始我还试图记路，到后来彻底被绕晕了。郑重带着我，也不知怎么走的，巧妙地避开了盘查的警察，从另外一个方向离开村子，钻进附近的一个山坳里。 这个山坳很隐蔽，从外面看只是一片长满繁茂槐树的山坡，没有任何人工建筑的痕迹。等到我们穿过槐树林，爬上高坡以后，视野立刻为之一变。从坡顶向里，在槐树掩蔽之下，整个坡势陡然塌陷成一个小小的凹陷盆地，好像一个小小的火山口。 “火山口”的底部是一片平地，上面搭着几个简易工棚。工棚前有三四个两米见方的坑，坑上都盖着木板。坑旁散乱地堆放着各种各样的青铜器，有爵有簠，有壶有盘，甚至还有两根大戈与一尊小鼎。这些东西都有一个同样的特点：表面很光滑，一看就是新造出来的，和挂满锈蚀的青铜器真品气质大不相同。 郑重带着我走到一处工棚，指了指里头的一张行军床：“你就先在这里待着吧。”我注意到，那些坑土的颜色与周围大不相同，呈现出暗褐色，还微微散发着酸臭的味道。“这里……是你们坑锈的地方？” “哼，老大倒是挺看重你，这个坑村里都很少人知道。”郑重搬了把板凳，坐到我旁边，语气有些不爽。他没说不，显然是间接承认了。 我心里“咯噔”一声，心说这回可有麻烦了。 青铜器造假的工序里，有一道至关重要的过程，叫做“坑锈”。将新造的青铜器埋入坑中，坑土烤热，泼入陈醋，再加土掩埋，几天工夫，就能咬出与老器一模一样的锈蚀出来。添加不同的化学药剂，锈蚀风格都有不同——郑国渠想要我的《素鼎录》，目的之一就是想知道有没有独到的坑锈配方。 与此同时，坑锈也是警方认定文物造假的关键性证据。没有这道工序，铸造青铜器不算违法；被查出有坑锈的行为，才会被认定是蓄意造假。所以每一个造假窝点，坑锈工坊都藏得极为隐秘，轻易不示于人。现在郑国渠居然让人把我藏到了这么隐蔽的地方，要么是对我太放心，要么就是不打算让我离开了。 这家伙做事，实在是狠辣果断，毫不拖泥带水。 我躺到行军床上，开始眯着眼睛打盹。郑重身负监视之职，不敢睡觉，可看我这么一副悠闲的样子，又恨得咬牙切齿。他坐在板凳上，显得十分烦躁。 "Ah Choo!" 我忽然打了一个喷嚏，揉揉鼻子：“怎么这里好冷啊。” “扯淡。”郑重撇撇嘴，此时大约是下午一点多，虽然坑底大部分天空都被茂盛的槐树遮挡，但透下来的阳光很充分，晒在身上暖洋洋的。 “真的，不是那种冷，是阴冷。”我抱着胳膊，翻了个身，嘟囔了一句，“难不成真是那古墓闹的……” 郑重一听“古墓”俩字，耳朵立刻竖起来了：“你说什么？”我连忙摆手，表示没说什么没说什么，郑重反而起了疑心。他今天倒斗一无所获，心里正憋着一口闷气，对这些字眼都特别敏感。 他再三追问，我只得无奈地问道：“那个墓室，你今天下去过没有？”郑重回答：“下去了，墓室的石门就是我挪开的。”我“哦”了一声，又问道：“那你还动了里面什么东西么？” “里面狗屁都没有，掏了半天才掏出那么点破东西。”郑重恨恨说道。 我摇了摇头，说不对，你肯定还动过别的东西。郑重急了，说一共就挖出那三件玩意，多一件都没有。我就问，你动没动过遗骸？郑重往地上吐了口痰，换了个不安的姿势，说几根死人骨头而已，有什么大不了的。 我摇摇头：“晚了，晚了。”郑重一听，眼睛瞪得溜圆，问我什么晚了。我颇有深意地看了他一眼，双手枕在头后，翘着腿在行军床上说：“我给你讲一个故事吧。 “我听一个江湖上倒斗的朋友说，从前有一伙盗墓贼，去挖一座春秋时代楚国的贵族墓。带头的那个进了墓室，结果不小心把棺椁里的尸骸给毁了，骨头扔了一路。他拿了明器高高兴兴地往回爬，结果差一米到盗洞口的时候，却无论如何也爬不上去了。眼看天快亮了，他的伙伴也急了，拿手电往下照，这一照可不得了，看见他的背上，不知何时多了一个长发女人，脸煞白，背高高拱起来，正好卡在盗洞里。盗洞很狭窄，他转不过身来，只能把明器一件一件往下扔，扔一件，那女人的背就平下来一分。一直到明器都扔完，女人的背才直过来，正好紧贴着那个人的背。那人吓的要死，拼命要往上爬，这时候那女人在他耳畔说了一句话。” “是什么？”郑重完全被我的话吸引住了。 “明器还完了，接下来该算我尸骨的账了。” 郑重的表情瞬间变得很惊恐，他坐立不安，甚至还回头看了一眼。 “有点冷了？” 郑重不情愿地点了点头。 “我告诉你为什么冷。凡是下了墓穴，都会带上来点什么不干净的东西，尤其是惹起墓主怨气的，更是不得了，就像那个盗墓贼一样。咱们运气好，前面已经有过一个盗洞，所以没那么大危险，但有一个麻烦之处……” “是什么？”郑重急着问。 “咱们俩待的地方。”我指了指头顶，“槐树是五阴之木，能积聚阴气，营造阴宅。这个坡上遍植槐树，可以说每一棵树，都是一副棺材。咱们俩带着阴气过来，又被千棺围绕，此地又有大坑，你说这是个什么预兆？” 但凡玩古董的，都有点迷信——尤其是盗墓倒斗的，迷信心理尤重，胆量再大，在潜意识里仍会留存一点点恐惧。别看郑重贵为一方掌柜，还是脱不掉这层心理障碍。他被我层层诱导，脸色顿时煞白。 恰好这时候一阵风吹过头顶，槐树林发出沙沙的低沉声响。我有意无意地瞥了一眼工棚旁的锈坑，嘀咕了一句：“也不知这坑有多大，能不能装下两副棺材。” 郑重“腾”地从板凳上站起来了，冲我大叫道：“你少在那吓唬人！”我缓缓转过脸去，视线却看向他的背后，悠悠然道：“我猜，封住坑口的那几块木板，也是槐树做的吧？” 郑重脸色唰地变白了。这种上锈用的坑，平时不用的时候都用木板盖住，防止落雨或者落尘，让化学制剂在里头自然发酵。一个坑用得越久，坑土里积存的化学物质越多，咬锈效果越好。所以青铜器造假有一句话，叫“老坑如老汤”。 这周围都是槐树，我估计封口用的木板应该是就地取材。槐树是棺材木，这坑又比较大，上木下土，再加上早上刚盗了一回墓，很容易让人产生不好的联想。在我不断的心理暗示之下，郑重越发觉得不安起来。他在工棚里来回走了几圈，心浮气躁，末了狠狠往地上吐了口口水，一跺脚，走向最大的一个锈坑旁，俯身去挪那块封盖的木板。 “我劝你最好别掀开。”我冷冷说。 “老子不怕这些邪门的玩意！”郑重大吼。他一咬牙，双手一抬，举起了木板，伸头往里看去。说时迟，那时快，我抓住机会，飞快地跳到他身后，猛地一推。郑重猝不及防，整个人噗通一声跌落到坑底。 “许愿你干什么？！”郑重惊慌地抬头嚷道。 这个坑是给中、大型器具上锈的，所以挖得很深，有将近两米左右。郑重身材不高，他掉进去以后，要高举双手才能勉强摸到坑的边缘，使不上力气。坑里没有垫脚的东西，内壁又不适合攀缘。如果没人帮忙，他爬上来怕是要费上一番手脚。 我从坑口俯视了他一眼，什么都没说。郑重意识到上了我的当，开始在坑里大声怒骂起来，内容无非就是一句“郑国渠饶不了你”。我没搭理他，把封盖木板重新盖上去，又抱来十来个未加工完的青铜器镇在上头，又怕不够，把行军床也拖过来。这样一来，除非是村里派人来找他，否则凭他自己是绝爬不上来的。 搞定郑重以后，我拍了拍身上的土，略微辨认了一下方向，带着龙纹爵匆匆离去。 无论是黄烟烟还是郑国渠，我都不想跟他们有太多瓜葛。现在我已经从郑国渠这里得到一个关键消息，那么我要做的，就是抓住这个机会远离郑别村，获得一个单独行动的机会。 这一带地形我不熟悉，既要躲开郑国渠的人，又要避开警察与黄烟烟，所以我不敢沿着路走，只能在庄稼地里横穿，有好几次还误闯了人家果园，差点被狗咬住。 总算这一天黄历上写着宜出行，警察和郑国渠在互相对峙，一时顾不到别处。我跌跌撞撞，在天黑前跑到一个不知名的小村子里。我一打听，发现是在郑别村西北方向，有十几里远，距离安阳市大约有四十多公里。 这时候，郑国渠也该发现坑底的郑重了。于是我没敢多逗留，这里村子之间彼此联系紧密，保不齐哪个小媳妇儿或大婶子多一句嘴，就会传到郑国渠耳朵里。我找了一个当地老乡，许给他十块钱，坐着他的农用拖拉机一路突突突返回安阳。 到了安阳以后，我把身上的钱全给老乡了，自己只剩下一尊无法出手的龙纹爵和十块钱，又不能返回旅馆。我找了个公用电话，给药不然打了一个电话。我出事之前，大哥大放在了药不然身上。 “喂？”药不然在电话里的声音很不耐烦，显得特别焦躁。 “不然，是我。” “我操！大许，你竟然……”话筒里的声音一下子变得高亢起来。我赶紧打断他的话：“嘘，你小声点，不要让人听见。” “烟烟找你都快找疯了！”药不然在电话里嚷道。我沉默了一下：“她在你的旁边吗？” “没，她还在郑别村跟郑国渠对峙呢。”药不然连珠炮一样地把情况大略说了一遍。黄烟烟安全脱离以后，在距离事发地点最近的派出所报了警，然后又跟在安阳急得团团转的药不然联系上。安阳市出动了十几辆警车，在黄烟烟的带领下直扑古墓，在那里他们没有发现我和郑国渠的痕迹，于是转扑郑别村。郑国渠拿出一堆人证物证，证明自己从来没离开过村子，警方不想继续调查，但黄烟烟却死活不肯走，双方一直对峙到现在。 药不然说：“你赶紧跟她联系一下吧，我可从来没看过她那么着急。”我在心里暗暗叹了一口气，对黄家，我没有什么负罪感；但对黄烟烟，我却存着一份歉疚。 “听着，你要真把我当哥们儿，就别把我的消息泄露给任何人，即使是烟烟和你爷爷都不行。” “啊？你什么意思？”药不然大惑不解。 “我必须要单独去一个地方，至于是哪儿，你就别问了，总之我肯定在期限内回来。” “你太不够意思了吧？这种事也要背着我！” “时间很紧，我没法跟你解释那么多。总之你就信我一回，我不会拿自己爷爷的声誉开玩笑。”看到我在电话里说得严重，药不然颓然答应下来：“好吧，哥们儿就信你一回。还有什么要我做的？” “我需要你做两件事。第一，多准备点现金，去火车站等我；第二，你帮我盯着黄家的动静，我会定期跟你联络，有什么风吹草动，随时告诉我。” “黄家？你是说，烟烟有问题？”药不然的呼吸一下子急促起来。 “现在还不好说，总之按我说的做就是了！” “对了，刘局那边，你也不打算说吗？” 我沉思了一下，回答道：“对，那边也别提。”刘局那个人神神秘秘的，我琢磨不透他的想法，不想过早惊动他；方震是个老刑侦，所处的位置又高，如果给他们透了口风，估计刘局一个电话就能把我从地里起出来。 现阶段，还是让郑国渠背着黑锅，替我在前头挡风挡雨吧。 当天晚上，我来到安阳火车站，远远看到药不然穿着一身红衣服，手里捏着个白信封，站在月台上。我竖起衣领，把帽子拉低——这是我买完火车票以后，用身上最后一点钱买的——仔细地观察了半天，确信周围没有警察的埋伏，才凑过去。 很快远方一辆火车进站了，这是一趟前往徐州的火车，在这里只停车两分钟。我默默地走到药不然身后，一拍他的肩膀，药不然回头一看是我，一愣神。我飞快地从他手里拿过信封，跳上火车。乘务员在我身后砰地把车门给关上了。 我隔着车窗冲他挥了挥手，药不然张嘴说了句什么，不过我也听不清楚。等到火车离开安阳站，我捏了捏信封，里面厚厚的一沓，钱还不少。药不然在这点上还是挺靠谱儿的。 这趟火车是慢车，见站就停。我没多做停留，在下一站汤阴下了车，然后换了一辆长途公共汽车一路坐到新乡。这样一来，即使药不然无意中说漏了嘴，他们也琢磨不到我去了哪里。 我从新乡转车到郑州，连夜买了一张汽车票到西安。西安我曾经去过一次，那还是在小时候，我父母带我一起去的，那时候连兵马俑都还没发现呢。当时父母是带学生去考察，我在家里没人带，所以索性把我也一齐带去了。我从一个博物馆跑到另外一个博物馆，看过什么东西早就忘了，只记得母亲给我掰了一整碗碎碎的羊肉泡馍，吃得无比香甜。我还拉着母亲的手去了乾陵、大雁塔、华清池，还在父亲那群学生的帮助下爬了一小半华山。那是我为数不多的快乐记忆之一。 wait a minute. 我在西安的记忆里，找不到我父亲的身影。我在卧铺上一下子睡不着了，拼命在记忆里搜寻，却无论如何想不起来他去了哪里。西安的记忆里除了吃、玩就是母亲和那些学生，父亲好像只在抵达和离开的时候才有印象。 Where did he go? 一个惊人的念头钻入我的脑海：难道……他去了岐山？ 对许一城之谜来说，岐山是一个非常关键的地点。 从郑国渠透露给我的消息可知，岐山县是整个1931年探险的起点。而且在许一城和木户有三出发前一个月，郑虎来到这里为许一城打造了一件和关公有关的青铜器。我不知道郑虎和木户有三有没有见过面，不过他铸造的那件与关公有关的东西，一定跟许一城和木户有三二人的失踪息息相关。 而且我手里还握有另外一个信息，一个只有我才知道的情报。那本《素鼎录》的笔记里，在序言中曾经提到，这本笔记乃是味经书院刊书处高手所制。味经书院是清末民初期间陕西五大书院之一，位于泾阳，刊书处是其下属，乃是陕西早期的出版机构，出过许多维新书籍。 我查过相关资料，味经书院早于光绪二十八年并入弘道学堂，而刊书处也随之撤销。其中一部分转为民营，在民国一直以装帧为业，仍以味经为名——而这个刊书处，就位于岐山。 这两则消息单独来看，都没什么意义。但把它们合起来研究，两条线索却都汇聚到了岐山这个交汇点。他们在这里出发，笔记也是在这里制作。我觉得要解开1931年之谜，岐山是必然要来的——这也是为什么我希望单独行动的原因。 从西安到岐山并不远。说不定当初我父亲来西安，也是为了前往岐山去处理什么事情。虽然他从来没在我面前提及过许家从前的事，但我能感觉得到，那些事一直萦绕于心，他从未忘怀。他临终前留下的“悔人、悔事、悔过、悔心”，一定与此有关。 我在西安找到了一个父亲以前的学生，也是当初来西安考察的学生之一。他告诉我，那次考察期间，许教授确实离开过队伍，大约三天时间，说是去附近一个县文物局见一位老朋友，但具体去哪里没提。我问他，我父亲的专业并非田野考古，为什么突然想来西安考察？他也说不出个所以然，只说这次考察来得特别突兀，似乎是许教授自己主张的，路费都是自掏腰包，没有从大学走费用。 听起来，我父亲似乎从一开始，就是打算去岐山，西安考察不过是个幌子而已。 我临走之前，那学生问了一下我父母平反的情况，一阵唏嘘，说许教授是他见过最好、最低调的老师，这样的人居然在“文革”中也被整得死去活来。 “许教授被整这件事特别突兀，一夜之间，就出现了批斗他的大字报，落款是毛泽东思想战斗队。当时群情激奋，也没人想过。后来我问过一圈才知道，他们都不承认是自己贴的。后来抄家的时候，更是没人知道是谁挑起的头——因为许教授所有的学生都知道，他自己从无任何私藏。”他告诉我说。 我点点头，这些情况我都调查过，但没什么结果，只好归咎为“文革”时的混乱。 带着满腹的疑问，我从西安先向西到宝鸡，然后再折回西边，坐短途公共汽车来到了岐山县。在这里，我不光是寻找爷爷的足迹，还要寻找父亲的痕迹，一时间觉得肩上的重担沉甸甸的。 岐山地处内陆山边，还没被改革开放的春风吹到，仍旧保持着古朴的风貌。县城里没有多少高楼，街上多是马车和自行车，很少看见汽车，远处隐约可见巍峨的秦岭山脉。不过我对岐山却一点不敢小觑，这里号称青铜器之乡，出过大盂鼎、毛公鼎这样的国宝，文化底蕴丝毫不逊于河南。当初我们白字门把持金石这一行当，岐山绝对是重镇之一，我祖父和我父亲选择来这里，丝毫不奇怪。 可是有一点我想不通，岐山当地的青铜器水平也很高，我爷爷许一城为何不嫌麻烦地从河南借郑虎过来铸什么关公像呢？ 我在县城里找了家小旅馆住下，吃了一大碗岐山臊子面，租了一辆自行车，然后打算先去当地文物局看看。可当我骑到文物局门口，刚要锁车子时，却在门口看到了个熟悉的身影。 木户加奈！ 我急忙把车子锁好，闪身躲在门柱旁，心里一阵惊骇。这女人不待在北京，怎么跑这里来了？ 木户加奈这次穿的是一身浅绿短装，头戴凉帽，像是很专业的野外考古人员，和在北京见到时的书卷气大不相同。跟随她走出文物局的还有三个男子，看样子是文物局的领导。他们谈笑声音很大，且说且走，一齐钻进一辆桑塔纳里。 她在登车之前，似乎有所感应，有意无意地朝这边瞥了一眼，吓得我赶紧把头缩回去。 “喂，你在这干啥呢？”门房老大爷看我形迹可疑，走过来大喝一声。我吓了一跳，生怕被木户加奈他们听见。老大爷不依不饶拽着我袖子，我看桑塔纳开远了，才回头解释说找文物局的人有事。老大爷非要我出示证件，不然就报警。我急中生智，拿出那龙纹爵说：“我是来捐献文物的。” 老大爷一听，态度立刻变了，热情地把我带进收发室，还倒了杯热水给我，水面上还漂着点茶末。老大爷说以前农民们觉悟高，在地里刨出点东西，都捐给国家，现在都卖给