Every seven days, at midnight, I will go to Banban to see how the plum tree on his grave is doing.
The small tree still didn't sprout many new buds, but the willow branches turned black, apparently beginning to absorb the Yin Qi from dozens of miles around. It seems that it will take a long time for Banban to recover from his injuries.
During this period, the lazy duo gained a new member - Yin Ling'er.
According to her, He Lanxue went to the Tibetan area to perform an S-level top-secret mission. For some reason, He Lanxue decided not to take her with him this time. He also said that this trip would last for at least ten days, or at most two to three months, leaving Yin Ling'er to take care of herself.
"Why don't you think master lets me go?"
Yin Ling'er asked, holding the big braised chicken drumstick in one hand and wiping the oil from her mouth with the other.
I explained: "I think it's because you feel your injuries haven't healed yet."
I said this, but in my heart I felt that Yin Ling'er was avoiding something...
I originally thought we would rest together like this, but unexpectedly, the peaceful days were suddenly broken one day!
I was sleeping in the dormitory that day, and Lao Jiang suddenly woke me up in a hurry and asked me to be taken to the conference hall on the second floor.
I asked him what was going on.
Lao Jiang only said: "Professor Xiang Wanli is here."
"Why did he come?"
Lao Jiang didn't explain much about this, he just urged me to hurry up.
On the way, I suddenly remembered Xiang Wanli's attitude when he left the memorial service. It must have been an earth-shattering event for him to be suddenly called away.
Could it be that this major incident has reached a point where it cannot be ended?
After arriving at the conference hall, I immediately saw Professor Xiang Wanli. He was wearing a straight Mao suit, but this time he was accompanied by an unfamiliar face.
He was an old scholar in a long robe. He was very old, but in excellent spirits. The most striking thing was his gray beard, which actually reached his chest. He looked quite immortal.
"Who is this?" Lao Jiang and I looked over at the same time.
Xiang Wanli gave us a brief introduction, and then I realized that the old scholar turned out to be Xu Jingsheng, the famous archaeological master in Yanjing City.
"I have admired you for a long time!" I stretched out my hand and bowed towards Mr. Xu respectfully.
When I was studying at the Institute of Archeology, I even read several articles written by him. It is said that Xu Jingsheng was not only extremely knowledgeable, but also had a pair of golden eyes. As long as he puts cultural relics from past dynasties in his hands and plays with them, he will be able to identify their age and value in less than a minute.
Therefore, many auction houses do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to ask him to appraise the collections, because an appraisal certificate from Mr. Xu is a reassurance in the industry.
But why did he follow Xiang Wanli to Qilin?
After shaking hands, everyone took their seats.
At this time, Xiang Wanli explained the purpose of his visit: "To be honest, Mr. Jiang, I am here to ask you something!"
"I don't dare to ask for advice." Lao Jiang was rarely humble.
Xiang Wanli exchanged glances with Mr. Xu, and then Mr. Xu carefully held out a strange iron box.
The iron box was only about the size of a palm, and it looked very ordinary, but it was locked with three locks!
And what was attached to the outside made Lao Jiang and I's hearts skip a beat at the same time. It was actually a dozen blue talismans drawn with cinnabar, and the box was wrapped in layers so airtight.
A spooky and eerie aura was slowly released from the iron box, making my scalp tingle.
"What on earth is in here?" In Qilin's archives, I have probably seen the types of Buddhist and Taoist spells. Almost all of the runes written on them are: imploring the gods to suppress the things in the box!
Lao Jiang frowned and said with piercing eyes, "We'll talk after you see it."
He rolled it towards Wanli's throat, swallowed, and then carefully cut open the charm with a blade. He muttered "There's no blame, there's no blame" in his mouth, and then he opened the lock.
Inside was actually a toad with a head diameter of five centimeters and a body carved from topaz!
This jade toad is vivid, and almost every cut reveals its spirit and form vividly. It opens its mouth and smiles strangely, and its back is covered with dense fleshy bumps, as if it is filled with unknown sarcomas.
There is a black impurity in each of the two eyes of the jade toad, which seems to be alive and lifelike under the light.
Especially the piece of topaz on which it was carved. I don't know whether it was a coincidence or something, but there happened to be a red streak of blood right between the toad's eyes, as if a drop of blood had dripped on its seal. It looked extremely strange.
What makes me even more surprised is that this is not just a simple toad, it actually has two horns on its head!
"A toad has horns. Isn't this a monster?" My heart suddenly jumped.
Lao Jiang's expression became extremely serious. He didn't even dare to reach out and touch the jade toad. Instead, he specially put on a pair of double-layered gloves for fighting, and then he held the toad in his hand and carefully Looked at it carefully.
I don’t know if it was the light or something else, but at that moment I actually felt that while Lao Jiang was staring at the toad, the two eyes of the toad were also staring at Lao Jiang and laughing strangely.
Oh my god, can this jade become a spirit?
Lao Jiang's expression became more and more solemn, and finally he asked: "Where did you get this jade toad?"
Xiang Wanli glanced at Mr. Xu, and he let out a long sigh: "It's a long story!"
Just one night two years ago, there was sudden thunder and lightning and heavy rain in Guanghan County, Xichuan. The rain lasted for three days and three nights. Several toads jumped into the homes of many farmers, croaking day and night.
Fortunately, after the rain stopped, the floods in the county receded, and those toads also left...
A local farmer named Yan Daocheng hurriedly cleaned up the mud in his field for fear of affecting the autumn harvest.
As a result, he dug and dug, and found that something seemed to be hidden in his field. After digging up the soil, he saw many scattered jade articles nested in the mud, including jade bis as big as wheels, and some scattered pieces. Jade pieces, there are also some ancient decorations made of jade.
Yan Daocheng knew that these things were valuable, so he was greedy and did not tell anyone about it. Instead, he carefully used sacks to drag these jade objects back home at night and buried them under his pig pen. .
He waited until the next day to tell his wife, son, and daughter-in-law this secret, and repeatedly told everyone not to reveal it, and to keep this windfall gifted from God!
Yan Daocheng naturally had his own ideas about how to deal with this batch of jade articles. He secretly selected some broken jade articles and sold them to the cultural relic dealers who came to the village to collect things.
This Yan Daocheng is extremely shrewd. He only sells to strangers passing by the village, never to the cultural relics vendors who come to the village every two days to enjoy the autumn breeze.
In this way, Yan Daocheng made a lot of money, and his family also successfully built a new house.
Yan Daocheng was so happy that he picked out a few pieces of jade jewelry and gave them to his wife and daughter-in-law. He tied this finely crafted jade toad on a rope and hung it on his grandson's neck.
"What nonsense!"
Hearing this, Lao Jiang could no longer control himself and suddenly stood up with a dark face: "This is not something that a living person can wear at all. It is a piece of death jade used to sacrifice the souls of the dead. It is usually used for tombs." The owner was buried with him. Because ancient people had a tradition of sacrificial burial. The victims died of hunger and thirst in the tomb, and they were often full of resentment. Putting a jade toad in the tomb will absorb these resentments. Do you see the redness between its eyebrows? ? This is the materialization of resentment!”
Not to mention a child, even a masculine adult man cannot bear the resentment of this jade toad!
