Notes on Tomb Raiders of Liu Bowen's Descendants

Chapter 4 The Crow House (3)
The dug tomb is said to be the real body of the ancestor Liu Bowen.However, after digging three feet into the ground, there was no coffin, but a stone box engraved with gossip patterns was dug out.The stone box is exquisitely crafted, and even after hundreds of years, the lines of the gossip are still very clear.Strangely, no matter how hard Liu Ji tried, the stone box would not move at all, and the stone box could not be opened at all.

Liu Zhong took out the joss stick he carried with him, and paid homage to his ancestors at the grave, weeping and sobbing bitterly, and said something vaguely.After praying, he looked at Liu Ji with kindness and complicated eyes, then asked Liu Ji to fill in the excavation without saying a word, and took Liu Ji down the mountain to go home.

After returning home, the stone box was enshrined immediately, and incense was offered every day for seven consecutive days, and the pattern of the stone box was smeared with rooster blood in the morning and evening.Seeing that the pattern on the stone box became bright red and smooth, it looked like a fine lacquerware.

After the seven days were over, in the middle of the night, Liu Zhong took yellow paper and cinnabar, drew a talisman and pasted it on the stone box, and the red light flashed.When the time came, he took the stone box in his hand and gently lifted it. The stone box, which was so stubborn that Liu Ji couldn't open it no matter how hard he tried, opened in response, which made Liu Ji amazed.

In the stone box, there is not much space in the artificial depression, just enough to accommodate a thing the size of a mahjong tile.Taking it out of the box and looking carefully, it turned out to be a jade pendant shining with emerald green light.The jade pendant is smooth and round, like curdled fat, and as green as a puddle of deep water.

After all, the Liu family was well educated. Liu Ji learned a lot of miscellaneous knowledge since he was a child, and appreciation of antiques and jade was one of them.Moreover, Liu Zhong has a hobby of collecting. Although Liu Ji is young, he has received a lot of influence and has expert-level eyesight.At this time, he can naturally see that this is a piece of natural Yin-Yang jade.Everything in the world has both yin and yang, and one is indispensable, but the way of heaven cannot be checked and balanced. What is contained is either the prosperity of yin and the decline of yang, or the prosperity of yang and the decline of yin.This only highlights the preciousness of this kind of yin-yang jade, which is higher than the legendary warm or cold jade that is priceless.This kind of jade can be said to be rare in a thousand years, and it is mostly produced in the jade heart of top-level beautiful jade.It takes thousands of years to form the position where Yin and Yang alternate.

Yin-Yang jade is strange because one side of the jade body is cold and the other side is warm. If a person wears Yin-Yang jade, the harmony of cold and warmth of the jade itself will make the wearer feel like a spring breeze.

What is even more amazing is that there is a naturally formed yellow dragon coiled in this rare jade pendant.One must know that jade belongs to the category of natural internal lines, but most of them are flaws, and those that can be pictured are extremely precious, even if the pattern is specious, it is extremely precious.Looking at several pieces of famous ancient jade in history, most of the internal textures and patterns are predestined by people based on the textures and imagination. In fact, they are just simple patterns.

But inside the jade pendant, the five claws of the yellow dragon are stretched out, as if flying in the sky.Although the dragon is not big, it is majestic, and it looks like it looks down on the world and dominates the world.

The Liu family is a descendant of a celebrity, and indeed they have private goods.Liu Ji secretly rejoiced: Is there any treasure that has not been taken out?No wonder the family was in such a bad situation. Grandpa and father were always calm as usual.

Unaware of his grandson's thoughts, Liu Zhong handed the jade pendant to Liu Ji and told him to carry it with him.The next day, he didn't say anything, and left behind the three strange words of "begin as usual, enter when encountering Xu, and become clear if you enter evil", and asked Liu Ji to go north to the capital according to his own arrangement.

Seeing that Liu Ji was stunned, Chang Sheng shook his head, turned around and went back to his room.He made up his mind that this case couldn't just end like this, and he had to investigate secretly to find a clue.

Liu Ji, who was left in the living room, frowned tightly—"Start as usual, enter when you meet Xu, and become enlightened when you enter evil."

There is such a coincidence in the world, when I just stayed at Chang's house, I heard that a person with the surname Xu lived in an evil place.Could it be that, as grandpa said, this is the fate of the Liu family?There is an indistinct thread behind all the karma and chance in life, which keeps you struggling and unable to escape.Then, is it possible for people to realize their so-called ambitions and change their destiny, or is it just a joke made by the heavens, people can't match their destiny after all, and everything is empty?
What grandpa said that the capital city is a land of dragon veins, and that it has flourished through fate, what does it mean to me and the Liu family?These questions lingered in his mind, and he couldn't figure it out.

In the end, Liu Ji simply gave up. If everything was firmly tied by the dark lines, then what would he have to fight for? Anyway, everything was already doomed.Thinking of these, Liu Ji became insane for a while.

Following the secretary of the Xu Group, Liu Ji finally stepped into the gate of the ancient house.Judging from the architectural style, this house is undoubtedly an early Ming building.The material selection of the gate is very elegant. After more than 600 years of wind and rain, the paint on the gate has not faded in the slightest.At that time, this was a very advanced technique. The craftsman put the saponins and glutinous rice into the lacquer to achieve such an effect. It belonged to Wang Xietang Qianyan.

For this alone, Liu Ji is almost certain that the owner of the ancient house is at least the Duke of the State, and this person's title and merit may not be lower than that of his ancestor Liu Ji.

Stepping into the courtyard, the tranquility is unusual, and there is a special world, which seems to be a paradise in the busy city.The four towering ancient trees at the four corners of the courtyard greeted the eyes. The shade of the trees was like a cover, covering the courtyard tightly.Spots, sunlight and shadows intertwined, projected in the yard, the temperature in the whole yard dropped suddenly, making people feel comfortable all over.

Between the four big trees, on the courtyard walls on both sides and the main roof, there are three identical monsters carved straightly. The monsters are shaped like tigers, but with long dragon bodies, coiled on the walls, lifelike and lifelike. Indescribably ferocious.

This kind of town house has never been heard of before, and Liu Ji has read a lot of books, and he has never seen similar records in the books.However, Liu Ji was amazed by the sculptors of the town house. It seemed that the entire body of the beast had been cut down with a knife, and the lines were clear.

For some reason, he felt a slight resistance to this house in his heart, and he seemed to smell a faint smell of blood in his nose.

The secretary pushed open the door of the main room.All the furniture in the room is old-fashioned, but it is obviously not the old things of the old house. There are wooden square tables from the Song Dynasty, round stools from the Ming Dynasty, and more hardwood furniture from the Qing Dynasty. nondescript.

"It's just a house inspection job, with a monthly salary of [-], and a quarterly bonus?" Liu Ji suddenly asked, "Is there something wrong with this house?"

"It was rumored by the locals in Beijing that the house is an evil place, but that's not the case at all." The secretary squeezed out a smile and said, "It's just that the house is too remote and it's inconvenient to go back and forth, so our boss is willing to pay such a high price."

Probably afraid that he would continue to ask, the secretary hurriedly put the key into his hand and said, "You can choose the room here to live in. Someone from the company will come to check it from time to time. But remember, the main room at the back is You can’t go in, just be careful not to let outsiders in. Otherwise, we will sue you for breach of contract!”

Liu Ji nodded seriously, and watched the secretary leave like a rabbit.This made him suspicious. The secretary seemed to be afraid of something.Liu Ji closed the door of the ancient house with a smug smile on his face.

The evil place "Crow's House" is inviting people to look at the house. This news spread in Beijing a few days ago to everyone in the city.There were a lot of people watching the excitement, but not many people came to apply.

More people are waiting to see which stunned young man is going to this place to earn some hard-working money.There is also a kind post on the Internet reminding that there has just been a bloody murder in that place.But now who knows, where is the Human Skin Inn hidden now, where is the chainsaw massacre in Beijing.

Liu Ji is still seriously thinking about how to apply for the recruitment so as to enter the evil land through many obstacles.After all, he believed more and more in his grandfather's words now, that place was waiting for him in his fate.

But Chang Sheng was even more impatient than him, with a flattering face, he took Liu Ji to Donglaishun, Quanjude, Xiaochangchen and other places to eat a round belly, and begged Liu Ji to take the job.

This kid has been very angry recently, and he returned to the criminal police team again and insisted on following up the case, but was scolded by the captain, saying that the case is over.This made Chang Sheng unwilling. He threw off his hat on the spot, and wrote a large line of words with colored pens on the bulletin board of the criminal police team-"Police, serve??!" The police uniform should also investigate this matter to the bottom.

Unexpectedly, if the incident got serious, it would end well. The captain had no choice but to have the demonstration on the bulletin board erased, and called to comfort Chang Sheng. This was also the instruction from above.If Chang Sheng wanted to investigate, he could do so in private.But from then on, the team will not send any missions to Chang Sheng, and he can make unannounced visits under the guise of vacation until he finds out the problem.The captain said it bluntly: "At that time, I can hold the case file and go up there to beat my parents and scold my mother."

Chang Sheng thought about applying for the job by himself, or finding some of his own informants to apply for the job.However, he had met Tsui Hark before, and he might be recognized as soon as they met. Those few informants were all street gangsters.

Finally, Chang Sheng thought of Liu Ji. In order to persuade Liu Ji, besides sugar-coated cannonballs, he also played provocateurs, "You little fairy, you shouldn't be afraid of some evil places, right?"

In the end, when Liu Ji promised him to "try it out", Chang Sheng took out an amulet from his pocket and stuffed it in his hand, saying that it was specially obtained from a Taoist priest in a certain temple in Yuquan Mountain. .Liu Ji didn't know whether to laugh or cry, put the talisman back into his hand, and asked, "Have you ever seen a Taoist priest in a monk's temple?"

Seeing that he didn't refuse, Chang Sheng raised his thumbs up and praised Liu Jigou buddies, saying that from now on we will be friends who are more solid than Fa Xiao.He didn't know that Liu Ji had his own plans.

Probably because there were too few applicants, Liu Ji did not expect that he would pass the test so easily, and the application was quite successful.He entered the house, took out his phone and called Chang Sheng, telling him that he had already lived in the old house.

Chang Sheng happily slapped his thigh, "Okay, you are really my god. So, I'll go there at night, let's see what's weird about that place! Besides, I'm really worried about you being there alone, in case that pervert murderer……"

"No," Liu Ji said categorically, "I'm just here. The Xu Group must be worried about me. Who knows if there will be spying or cameras. You have to let me go for a few days. All these have been ruled out before we can act.”

Chang Sheng hung up the phone with some regrets, agreeing that Liu Ji's notification shall prevail.Liu Ji bumped all the way, he was indeed a little tired, put down the phone, put down his luggage in the side room, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep soundly.

When he woke up, it was already night, Liu Ji got up and stretched himself, walked out of the house and closed the door, trying to find a nearby stall selling dinner.

As soon as he walked into the courtyard, he suddenly heard the sound of someone knocking on the door.He immediately became alert, went back to the room and picked up a stick in his hand, walked to the door and asked in a low voice: "Who?" The voice from outside the door was very old, "I, I am alone." Looking out through the cracks, sure enough, there was a shadowy figure outside the door, and a short figure stood not far away.Liu Ji took courage, opened the door, and quickly looked to the left and right, fearing that there might be an ambush.It was empty and there was no one else.

Under the door lamp, Liu Ji sized up the old man in front of him. He looked about 60 years old, and his face was very strange.The old man clasped his hands and said, "My surname is Guo, and I am the fourth eldest child. People will call me Fourth Master Guo to save face."

Liu Ji touched his nose subconsciously, "Do you need to find this family? They have moved away..."

He didn't finish speaking, but was interrupted by someone who claimed to be Guo Siye. He lowered his voice, "I'm looking for you. To tell you the truth, I live in the earth. The house you are looking at now has a There is an absolute big kiln!"

"How can I believe you?" Liu Ji looked at the old man calmly, and a thought came to his mind, if it was true what the old man said, his fate might be related to the tomb below.

The old man smiled strangely and said, "Do you dare to come with me?"

The two went out and walked along the road towards the construction site.Liu Ji asked in surprise, "What are you doing there?"

The old man curled his lips, this is really a baby.In this part of the world, there is nothing easier to hide than a construction site.

"Guo Laosi, where have you been so late, have you gone to the shampoo room again?" A dark-skinned man asked jokingly.

"Does he still have that function? For so long, who would see him go off to enjoy himself? It's probably long gone..."

Liu Ji frowned, seeing that the old man didn't care much about these at all.Guo Laosi lives next to the kitchen, which is the most dilapidated temporary house on the construction site.As soon as he entered the house, Liu Ji was immediately surrounded by a wave of heat, with the smell of cleaning pot water from the construction site.I'm afraid even the workers on the construction site don't often come to this room.

Guo Laosi nodded and asked Liu Ji to sit on the straw against the wall, covered with a dirty mat.He walked to the brick table by the door and lifted the tablecloth from it, revealing the containers for water and leftovers placed under the pile of bricks.

Guo Laosi holds water in a jar. With the dim light, one can vaguely see that the jar is light blue in color. The whole jar looks clumsy, but the lid is exquisitely made. Together, there is an indescribable unique charm.

"I can't let you in right now." Liu Ji suddenly said, "But, what benefits do I have?"

Guo Laosi glanced at him with some surprise, this young man is not as simple as he thought, "Do you know this object?"

"My grandpa also likes some old things." Liu Ji said lightly, but he couldn't suppress his shock in his heart. He almost immediately decided that the old man was a native person.In this line of work, my grandfather once told Liu Ji that as long as they are veterans in the line, almost everyone is rich and rich.

Liu Ji could tell that the jar filled with water was the Yuanmeiziqing flower garden!Previously, blue and white porcelain was recognized as having appeared in the Ming Dynasty. Later, someone discovered fragments of plum blue and white porcelain that appeared in the Yuan Dynasty in the Western Regions. They believed that the blue and white craft was fired by craftsmen from various places when Genghis Khan fought all over the world in the early Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. .It's just that there has only been one incomplete jar of this kind of porcelain so far, and it was auctioned in the United States for a sky-high price of 4000 million US dollars.Like the one in front of me that has no defects and is in excellent condition, its value will be doubled.

Beside the jar, the pottery pots randomly placed are also the earliest rough pottery cultural relics with inner glaze in the state of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period.There are other utensils next to it that are antiques, most of which are of great value.

If you don't know anything about antiques, it is simply impossible for one person to collect so many antiques from different dynasties and styles by chance.

Even for collectors, any one of these objects is a treasure. If you want to buy it through normal channels, you must at least have an incomparably rich net worth.Besides, who would throw the purchased items there so casually like sundries.The only possibility is that the old man got it by fighting.

"It's the rules of the earth, and those who see it have a share." Guo Laosi lay down on the bed against the wall, stopped talking nonsense, and said straightforwardly, "However, how much you can get depends on your ability."

(End of this chapter)