Cat Gu Notes

Rito took out something the size of a TV and shouted, "Amazing! This time it's a big one!"

Seeing that it was getting dark, Li Changsheng commanded: "Everyone come up! Go back to the tea house! Bring your things!"

The tea farm often had power outages, and today was no exception. Wang Yuexiang waited for them at the door with a flashlight.

Everyone didn't care about getting wet or eating, and quickly formed a circle under the oil lamp.The object was not light, but the hard shell on the outside was the most important thing. Li Changsheng scratched off a corner with his hands and found that the inside was sealed with wax. After peeling off the wax again, the black and red surface was exposed, and he realized that it was lacquerware.

Xia Xiubai urged aside, "Take it off and have a look, don't be reluctant."

It was rare for Li Changsheng to agree. He squinted his old eyes and operated it for more than an hour before everyone was lucky enough to witness the true face of the Lushan Mountain Painted Tiger-shaped Box of the Warring States Painted Music and Dance Troupe.

The box is only the size of a teacup when it is peeled off. The ancients were really idle, wrapping it layer after layer.

Since it is a box, it can be opened.Li Changsheng carefully scraped off the wax seal, took the lid of the box with one hand, and the body of the box with the other, and opened a seam with a little force.Everyone was very excited, and held up the oil lamp to light it. Unexpectedly, the old man glanced into the crack, and then suddenly closed the box again, with a strange smile on his face.

"What's wrong?" Xia Mingruo asked.

"Interesting, interesting," said the old man, "get the wax and seal the box again!"

"What's the matter, teacher?" Everyone was anxious.

Unexpectedly, the old man was determined to show off, and he kept asking for wax.Xia Mingruo found a few candles and handed them to him, and the old man sealed the box tightly by himself, and said, "Don't open it at will, it's a very delicate and dangerous thing, it's very valuable for research, it's better The best way is to keep it as it is.”

He greeted: "Let's go, let's eat quickly, wash up and sleep after eating, don't be curious."

How could it be possible not to be curious? Xia Mingruo and the others sat with the box for half the night and engaged in fierce ideological struggles. They were forced to sleep by Wang Yuexiang at two or three o'clock in the morning. Wang Yuexiang immediately locked the box together with the bronze mirror from last time. Entered the tea farm accountant's safe.

Early the next morning, Li Changsheng announced that he was going to the county to report the situation. He only brought Lao Wang, the curator of the county cultural center, and the rest stayed where they were and waited for them to come back.

Lao Li and Lao Wang have been discussing for one night. Lao Wang means to excavate the Warring States tomb immediately, and to excavate it before the Neolithic cultural site.Because according to the situation at the scene, it is only a matter of time before the tomb is exposed. Maybe it will rain for a few days and the entire tomb will collapse together.Besides, because of previous work mistakes, he didn't know exactly how many cultural relics were washed into the Qinglu River, and he must not cause any losses to the country.

Li Changsheng knew that what he said was reasonable, but the excavation of ancient tombs could not be decided by just one or two people, it had to be demonstrated.

Time was running out, so they took the bus that only had one class a day and went to the county seat.When they arrived at the county seat, they first went to see the deputy county magistrate in charge of culture. The deputy county magistrate took them very seriously and took them to see the county magistrate.The high-ranking county magistrate during the "Cultural Revolution" was not interested in ancient cultural sites. He was very happy when he heard that there was a tomb, and immediately swiped his pen and said: "Dig it!" Li said: "Wait for me! Let's contact the province immediately and ask the expert team to come down first." Later they waited for the expert team in the county, and then I won't go into details, but said that the tea farm is here.

The old accountant in the tea farm is almost sixty years old, and he is also deeply myopic. Since he locked two treasures in the safe, he can't eat or sleep. Holding the safe key is like carrying a soldering iron, and he is restless.Wang Yuexiang couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Give me the key!"

She is a woman's family, and she always locks valuables in the chest of drawers, and then locks the door, which is also the habit of rural people, guarding against gentlemen rather than villains, so the key was stolen after only one night.When everyone found it and went to check, the safe was locked well, but the tiger-shaped lacquer box and bronze mirror inside were missing.

Wang Yuexiang was so frightened that she squatted down and fell to the ground, shouting: "Report the crime, report it quickly!" Xia Xiubai and Xia Mingruo looked at her with helpless and funny expressions, and said, "Report the crime? You don't regret it?"

Wang Yuexiang scolded: "You father and son are really not good people. It's okay to be nervous at ordinary times, but you're still making fun of me at this time!"

Xiao Shi was also very flustered, and asked Xia Mingruo, "What? Do you have a clue?"

Xia Mingruo said: "Then there's no need to ask. If Wang Xin didn't get it, I'll take my mother's surname!"

Xia Xiubai hurriedly said that I also have my mother's surname, and my mother's surname is Bai. The name "Bai Xiubai" is really enough to make people feel ashamed for half a lifetime.

Wang Yuexiang didn't believe it: "Wang Xin is such a good kid, it's impossible to do this."

At this time, the tea farm workers came to work one after another, and Wang Yuexiang asked them one by one if they saw Wang Xin.One of the women replied: "Wang Xin? I met him on the road after six o'clock. He was carrying a big travel bag. I asked him why he was there, and he said that you asked him to go shopping in the county..." What's the matter? Director, you don't look very good?"

Wang Yuexiang waved her hands and sat down pale, her head covered in cold sweat.The old accountant always felt that he was at fault, and couldn't help wiping away tears from the sidelines.

Li Changsheng's students talked about it, some said it was too late to chase after it, and the two things were national treasures; some said that this place is [-] kilometers away from the county town, and there are still mountain roads, so it is impossible to go after them on foot without a car. When we arrived at the county seat, the national treasures might have arrived in Hong Kong; some said that the top priority was to protect the ancient tomb. Now that the news has leaked out, within a week, there must be tomb robbers following in Wang Xin's footsteps.

Speaking of tomb robbers, Xia Mingruo had a thought, he gently pulled Xia Xiubai and said, "Dad, I'll go out for a while, maybe I won't be able to come back at night."

Xia Xiubai asked, "Where are you going?"

Xia Mingruo said: "Don't ask, you will know when the time comes."

Xia Xiubai thought to himself that the child will always have his own ideas when he grows up, so he nodded and said, "Go, be careful." Xia Mingruo went back to his room and put on his rain gear, took a few cold rice dumplings with him and went out.

Those few were still arguing, and there was no result after all the arguing, Xia Xiubai said: "Okay, let's make a phone call first."

Wang Yuexiang screamed: "Don't call the police! I'm the only nephew of my family! Maybe it's not him, maybe he's just being confused for a while!"

"All right, I'll listen to you." Xia Xiubai said, "But you have to tell Mr. Li."

Fortunately, Wang Yuexiang knew the basics, so she asked a tea plantation worker to take a few students to stop a tractor on the main road and go to a place with a telephone in the village.Xia Xiubai walked out of the gate of the house, and saw Xia Mingruo standing on the flat ground of the Neolithic site halfway up the mountain from a distance, holding a golden oil-paper umbrella, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Xia Xiubai murmured: "This kid is really getting more and more mysterious."

It was drizzling and misty.

Only Xia Mingruo knew what he was doing, he was waiting for someone, and those two people lived up to expectations and appeared in the night.

Xia Mingruo, who the leopard saw first, let go of his voice and shouted, "Ghost—!"

"Shh! Don't disturb my aunt!" Xia Mingruo quickly covered his mouth, "It's been so long, why are you still so angry? Have you ever seen a ghost wearing a sea soul shirt?"

Leopard pulled his hand away: "You don't know how scary you are! What do you mean by squatting on a deserted grave in the middle of the night?!"

Xia Mingruo ignored him and turned to Yu Wenji: "Uncle, something happened."

The strange uncle was still holding the flashlight in his mouth, beckoning to him, and leading him into the temporary shack built by the master and apprentice.The uncle turned off the flashlight and said, "Is the thing fished up in the river allowed to go away?"

Xia Mingruo said: "Oh, you are really smart, but it's not a problem if you always follow us and want to get something for nothing."

"That's wrong. I'm an elegant thief. I continue to do this to find things, not for money. Besides, we are also a united front. You care for each other and help each other."

He asked, "Where did the ocean go? Why are you alone?"

Xia Mingruo looked surprised: "You don't know? Chu Haiyang has been dead for several years!"

The uncle looked serious: "Don't believe it, if I hadn't seen the picture of Haiyang in the newspaper the day before yesterday, I would have been fooled by you this time."

Xia Mingruo said in a bad tone, "Then why are you asking knowingly? He went to graduate school, what a fucking waste of educational resources."

"Don't you can't eat the grapes and say the grapes are sour. Tell me, what's the matter? Why don't you report it to the authorities if you lose it?"

"If you can report to the official, who will come to you." Xia Mingruo said.He explained the cause and effect in detail, and specifically mentioned the situation when Li Changsheng opened the tiger-shaped lacquer box, saying that he only opened it a little, then quickly closed it again, and never allowed others to open it again.

"There is such a thing?" The uncle stroked his beard suspiciously, and suddenly slapped his thigh, "That's right! It's very possible!"

"what?"

"That box is a trick box. It is either poisonous or has a small hidden weapon or something. Once it is opened and the spring is touched, it will automatically eject and kill people. This thing is rare, but it belongs to the rich. Toys, I saw a Ming Dynasty one ten years ago."

Xia Mingruo frowned and said, "Trick box? Isn't Wang Xin very dangerous?"

"It's fine if you don't open it. Besides, the mechanism box from the Warring States period has been preserved to this day. It's still a question of whether it can be used. You old Li boss also likes to play tricks."

Xia Mingruo asked: "What are your plans?"

"I don't have any plans. I can't start work in this weather."

"Then come back with me." Xia Mingruo said, "It's best to get the things back before the old man comes back, otherwise he will hang himself."

The uncle said: "So