Notes on Tomb Raiders: God will punish evil

After hanging up the phone, I took my copy of "Spiritual Power Warfare" and went directly to Lao Ding's house.

Fifteen minutes later, I showed up at the door of Lao Ding's house on time.I knocked on the heavy iron door of their house, and I heard Lao Ding shouting from inside the house: "Yin girl, Xiao Lin is here, go and open the door."

Soon, I heard footsteps coming from inside the house, and Ding Yin opened the big black iron door of their house.

I rushed into Ding Yin's house, and then ran to Lao Ding's studio.

Because I could tell from the sound that Lao Ding was in his studio right now.

In fact, I still have a lot of respect for Lao Ding. When I came to his studio, I slowed down and knocked on the door.

Old Ding's voice came from inside the room, and he said, "Xiao Lin is here, come in quickly, I have something to discuss with you!"

Hearing what Lao Ding said, I opened the door and entered the room, and saw Lao Ding holding a magnifying glass and carefully looking at the compass under the light.

It should be said that Lao Ding's obsession with cultural relics has reached a state of ecstasy. Except for eating and sleeping, he mostly stays in his studio, carefully playing with his cultural relics.

As soon as I entered the door, I hurriedly asked, "Uncle Ding, what secret is hidden in that compass?"

Lao Ding put down the compass in his hand, glanced at me, and said, "I have asked an expert from the Chinese Museum to look at this compass, and he said that the exact date should be in the early Warring States period, and what is drawn on the compass is a map. "

Hearing this conclusion, I was a little surprised, because if it is a map from the early Warring States period, what does it have to do with Qingniu Mountain?

At this time, Lao Ding took the compass in his hand again and played it carefully. He said, "This is a good thing. Look at this grimace. It is the image of ghosts and gods in ancient Chinese mythology, and it is very vividly depicted."

I thought to myself: "Since the faces on the compass represent ghosts and gods, then this compass must be related to funerals."

Lao Ding added: "This compass at least reflects people's understanding of ghosts and gods in the Warring States Period, but..."

Lao Ding spoke in a very mysterious tone at this time, he said: "This compass has a more important secret."

Hearing what Lao Ding said, my curiosity was immediately aroused.I asked, "Uncle Ding, what's the secret? Tell me."

At this time, Lao Ding raised the compass, pointed to the protruding position of the center of the compass and said, "Xiao Lin, have you noticed that the protruding position of the center of the disc is different?"

Although I majored in archeology at Peking University, I actually don't know much about compass.In fact, I have also seen many ancient compasses. Basically, all the compass centers have such a protruding surface, so I did not pay enough attention to it.

Now after Lao Ding reminded me, I started to look at the compass carefully.

I noticed that the center point of this compass is very different from other compasses.For example, the center point of other compasses is basically a circle, but this compass is not, it presents an irregular rectangle, which looks very weird.

Because my attention was all on the grimace and carved patterns of the compass, I didn't pay much attention to this central point, so I didn't find it different from others.

I stared intently at the central point in front of me and asked, "Uncle Ding, what do you think is special about this central point?"

Lao Ding's face suddenly became serious, and he said: "Xiaolin, I asked the experts from the National Museum to look at this compass, and they said that this compass is very valuable for research, especially the center point, which is cast in a rectangular shape, which fits very well. It looks like a key from the Warring States Period."

Hearing this, I was deeply shocked, because, if what Lao Ding said is true, then this ancient compass is likely to be a key.

But now the question arises again, since the compass is a key, where is the lock of the key? Is this related to the pattern on the compass?

All of this shows that this compass hides a huge secret, and the third child's biological mother, Luo Lan, obviously knows this secret, but she did not tell the truth until her death.

"Uncle Ding, if the rectangular strip in the middle of the compass is a key, then could the pattern on the compass be a map that guides us to find that lock?" I asked Old Ding with a serious face.

Lao Ding nodded and said: "Xiao Lin, there is indeed a possibility, but judging from the compass graph, that place must be very dangerous, you have to be cautious."

Lao Ding watched me grow up, so he knows my character well, so he said such a thing.I was very grateful for his kindness, so I said, "Uncle Ding, don't worry, I will be careful."

Chapter No.17 Map of Qingniu Mountain

Lao Ding continued: "Huang Tong, both of our families were born as tomb robbers for generations. In our generation, we can only do the work of tomb robbers. Any family of tomb robbers will turn pale when they mention Qingniu Mountain." .”

Hearing Lao Ding talk about Qingniu Mountain, my curiosity suddenly arose again.I asked, "Uncle Ding, have you heard any rumors about Qingniu Mountain?"

Hearing my question, Lao Ding sighed and said: "It's natural, my father is also a tomb robber, and he has stolen many precious cultural relics, but he told me that any tomb can be robbed, but not Go to Qingniu Mountain."

Lao Ding's words made me feel very strange, so I asked: "Uncle Ding, why is this? Could it be that there are really demons appearing in Qingniu Mountain?"

Lao Ding nodded and said, "My father went to robbing tombs with his grandfather when he was young, so he has a lot of experience in robbing tombs. It was the period of the Republic of China, when wars were frequent and the people were in dire straits. The government was unable to control the behavior of robbing tombs, so they robbed There are many large tombs."

This is the first time I have heard Lao Ding talk about their family affairs. According to him, my ancestors also engaged in tomb robbery.But because my parents were dead, I was put into an orphanage since I was a child, and was finally brought up by Grandma Shao, so I don't know anything about my ancestors.

Lao Ding said: "Qingniu Mountain is a jeopardy for tomb robbers. All the tomb robbers who are greedy for the treasures of Qingniu Mountain will come and go. At that time, my grandfather also formed a gang of tomb robbers, but in the end because of greed for the treasures of Qingniu Mountain , they chose to go to Qingniu Mountain, but they never came back.”

Even Lao Ding's grandfather died in Qingniu Mountain, which is beyond my expectation.

At this time, I couldn't help asking: "Didn't they bring back any news about Qingniu Mountain?"

Hearing my question, Lao Ding sighed and said, "Although they didn't come back, they prepared well for that operation. By the way, I seem to have a map about Qingniu Mountain at home."

Lao Ding's courtyard should have been built during the Republic of China, for the simple reason that their ancestors made a fortune by robbing tombs.In that war-torn era, ordinary people couldn't even afford food, but Lao Ding's grandfather's family had a better life.

Later, during the Cultural Revolution, many things in their house were confiscated, even the courtyard house was not allowed to live in.But after the Cultural Revolution, the state helped them rehabilitate them and returned the courtyard to Lao Ding.

The courtyard house at that time was actually so dilapidated that it could not be broken anymore.Later, Lao Ding raised some money and renovated the courtyard house.Later, because of my tomb robbery, Lao Ding made a fortune by reselling cultural relics, renovated the courtyard again, and built buildings.In this way, Lao Ding's courtyard looks like an independent villa from the outside.

Moreover, for the sake of safety, Lao Ding repaired the fence so high that ordinary thieves could not enter it at all. In addition to the heavy iron gate of their house, this courtyard looks very mysterious.

After so many renovations, I was secretly surprised that he could still keep his grandfather's things.

At this time, Lao Ding said to me: "Xiao Lin, wait a minute, I'll go and look for it, maybe that map is useful to you."

I nodded and stopped talking. At the same time, I picked up the compass that Lao Ding put on the workbench and started to study it carefully.

Lao Ding's analysis of the compass is quite reasonable. From this point of view, if I want to go to Qingniu Mountain, I must bring this compass.

About 10 minutes later, Lao Ding returned to the studio, holding a red cloth bag in his hand, and he didn't know what was in it.

I stared at the red cloth bag with curiosity, only to see Lao Ding gently put it on the workbench.

Lao Ding gently unwrapped the red cloth bag, only to find that it was wrapped in oiled paper.

Looking at the oiled paper, I have already found that this thing is very old, because the whole oiled paper has turned yellow and looks very old.

Lao Ding opened the oiled paper, and to my surprise, there were some small tools inside.

I knew at a glance that these tools were used to clean up cultural relics.Unlike modern tomb robbers, ancient tomb robbers had many ready-made tools available.Their tools are all handmade by themselves, which fully demonstrates the ingenuity of ancient tomb robbers, and they also have the awareness of knowing how to protect cultural relics. After all, these cultural relics can be exchanged for white money.

Among these tiny tomb-robbing tools, I found a piece of oiled paper on which some mountains and rivers were depicted.

Because of the age, these mountains and rivers are actually very blurred, and only a rough idea can be seen.

Lao Ding put the oiled paper under the light of the workbench, so that the map on the oiled paper became obviously clearer.

Lao Ding said to me: "Xiao Lin, look, this is the map of Qingniu Mountain left by our ancestors. This is what they drew when they robbed the tombs around Qingniu Mountain. The purpose is also to enter Qingniu Mountain and find a big treasure."

I approached Lao Ding and looked at the map carefully under the light.