Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 32 Huanghuali, Something in the Box
Lao Jiu patted the table: "With your vision, what are you afraid of? I'll put the money in your hands. I'm relieved. How about it?"

I can't wait for it: "Of course, with your capital injection, it will make recovery just around the corner!"

"Then what are these two?" Monroe pointed curiously at the two boxes on the table.

I couldn't put it down and held the two boxes in my hands, and sniffed my nose vigorously. The refreshing fragrance was simply the best in the world. The fragrance was strong, but there was a spicy taste in it. I stuck out my tongue and tasted it. Slightly bitter, this bitter taste is the unique taste of huanghuali. After touching it, the lingering fragrance lingers on your fingers. Look at the texture on the box. The texture is either hidden or visible, vivid and changeable.

"Good stuff, Lao Jiu, the scent of huanghuali is just like this!"

I put the box into Lao Jiu's hand, and Lao Jiu's face changed: "Hey, one is light and the other is heavy, how can it be different? Strange, they are obviously the same size."

As expected of the old nine, he immediately realized that something was wrong, but he was immediately distracted by the joy of being a huanghuali: "Huanghuali grows very slowly, and it takes hundreds of years to grow into a thick heartwood, while To use huanghuali as a furniture log, it needs to grow for at least 500 years!!"

Simply put, yellow pear wood is precious, and yellow pear wood boxes are naturally even more precious! !

"There is something in this box." I took one of them, shook it, and there was a "wow" sound inside, no matter what I heard, I felt that it was not integrated with this box. Lao Jiu took it: "It doesn't make sense, there must be something in it." The opening mechanism is the right one, if it doesn’t work, I’m afraid it will have to be smashed.”

"Small it? Such a box is worth a hundred thousand." I said, regardless of the size of the container, but it is old, and it is a huanghuali. Naturally, there is a market price: "I will."

My hand slowly slid across the box. If there is a hole, it must be put in when it is made, and the outer body is formed. In this way, it can only be opened if it is destroyed. Yes, I touched several flat surfaces with my fingers, but suddenly, my fingers touched the front of the box, and there was a hidden button there!
Press it down, click it, with a very crisp sound, Lao Jiu and Meng Luo took a breath at the same time, the result!The box didn't move at all, I looked up suspiciously: "It doesn't make sense."

"Look again." Lao Jiu said: "If you find the hidden button, it means that it is not a shape that was put in first."

We were led by the things hidden in the box, and we were still deep in it. The three of us were determined to see the things inside, but this thing was not soaked in oil and salt. I was annoyed, and I picked it up and pretended to go Throwing it on the ground, they both hugged me at the same time: "Don't throw it, don't throw it!"

I withdrew my hand and sighed: "I can't even feel a little gap in the flat place. The craftsmanship is exquisite. This hidden button has no reaction at all when pressed, which is strange."

Lao Jiu said: "It seems that the standard is a thing of the Ming Dynasty. The position of the concealed button is very special. It is very bold to have such an awareness in the Ming Dynasty. Press it, press it..."

He kept pressing the hidden button down in a fit of anger, and a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, I kept pressing it down, and I kept pressing it down. Maybe this is a trick created by the designer?I took it, and instead of pressing it down, I turned it up and down. There was a sound of "collapse", and a small hole suddenly appeared on the top of the hidden button! !
Munro exclaimed excitedly: "Yeah!"

Feeling that he was different from usual, Meng Luo blushed. Sure enough, the feeling of anticipation was the most exhausting and exciting, even this kid was no exception.

My excitement immediately cooled down, because the secret door had been opened, and all that was left was to take out the contents, but the opening was very small, and the thing couldn’t come out after falling down a few times, so I stuck it to my ear Go up, listen to its sliding trajectory, and then shake the box slowly, every time it shakes off, the thing sinks a little bit, and after going back and forth several times, it is found that its rolling route is fixed.

I started to have a clue in my heart. Whenever the thing stopped sliding, I would listen with my ears, trying to guess where the thing fell, and whether I needed to change the direction of the box. I kept working hard in such attempts, and finally, the thing slipped to the dark place. At the door, now it only takes a little effort to make them see the light of day again!

The thing is already on the same line as the secret door, now it only needs to slide a little to the left, so that the thing just falls out of the small secret door, and you're done. Now is the critical moment, I took a deep breath, and pointed Relax as much as possible, and then let the thing move slowly a little bit, a little bit, finally, through the small hole, I saw a little corner of the thing, and then heard a few crisp sounds, that is, the thing fell on the ground. The sound from the ground!
I just glanced at the ground and immediately beamed with joy! !
Meng Luo's movements were faster, he flew over, his whole body fell to the ground, and then he held the thing tightly in his palm, and the old nine looked regretful: "Damn it!"

What fell on the ground was a broken piece of jade, the size of which was the same as ours. No wonder Mengluo was so excited. He looked down at his arm, because he was too excited just now and scratched his arm when he landed. Lao Jiu sarcastically said: "People who don't know think we are robbing you, let's see if it is right before we talk about it."

We took out the broken jade on our bodies, and judging from the texture and quality of the jade, they were exactly the same!
"Boy, what do you say is suitable for us, and finally you know why, it's really clever." Lao Jiu suddenly had a sincerely convinced look: "Now the total is four yuan, this thing looks like it fell from the sky. "

"No, it was hidden." I said, "It took some effort to hide it so secretly. The owner of this piece of broken jade is a delicate person."

"Can you tell the age of this huanghuali box?" Lao Jiu asked.

"I'll give it a try." I picked up the box and carefully studied the patterns on it. The outside of the box is covered with a layer of lacquer, which belongs to wooden lacquerware. Such a precious box, plus the consecrated interior with large flowers, consecrated exterior decoration Broken branches and florets.It also uses the icing on the cake, contrasting red and black techniques, and also has fine patterns and smooth textures: "Lacquerware from the early Ming Dynasty."

"The box is definitely a handicraft of the Ming Dynasty. Didn't this broken jade be put in it in the Ming Dynasty?" Lao Jiu touched his nose: "Lacquerware is indeed common in the tombs of the Ming Dynasty. Hey, put this box aside first. , see what the result is when the four pieces are put together, boy, take yours out."

The four pieces of broken jade are put together, and the structure has changed now. The two pieces of me and Mengluo are put together, and the piece that fell out of the box is put together with the old nine's piece, but these four pieces The pieces are divided into two groups, which are still independent, and one piece is obviously missing in the middle of the four pieces. Lao Jiu clenched his fists angrily: "Ge Laozi, if there is a piece in the middle, the decoration on it will be basically clear, but, Lin Tianyi, this is God's help, seven yuan, we already have four."

"The two pieces from Meng Luo and I were given by my grandpa, and they were also handed down by one of the counselors around the Overlord of Chu back then. If it's fake, one of them belongs to the Overlord of Chu." I looked at the four pieces of broken jade. , thoughtfully: "Lao Jiu is a mummy in the ghost forest, that mummy..."

Thinking of the tragic death of the mummy, an inexplicable sense of fear came over me, and my hair stood on end without knowing it. I coughed twice, more like trying to cover up: "That mummy is most likely one of the six counselors back then. One, he took great pains to hide the broken jade, what's more, he designed everything before he died, including the design of the bureau against the party members and the passage, I don't know if you have this feeling..."

"Yes, it's like he did all this to welcome us." Munro said: "We arrived at the tomb through the passage laid under the control of his dead soul, and got the broken jade, just like destined Good thing."

"Yes, that's how it feels." Lao Jiu really echoed, "It was he who arranged the game well, and we got the third piece of broken jade, but the fourth piece is a bit strange."

"Yes, the Huanghuali lacquerware of the Ming Dynasty, if you don't believe this conclusion, you can ask an expert to see it tomorrow to determine the age." I said, "Anyway, it is by no means something from the Qin and Han dynasties, so it is the only one. The explanation is that this piece of broken jade was handed down until the Ming Dynasty, and then it was lost because the box was lost. Now it will fall into our hands by fate, which can be explained as a coincidence.”

"If it was a coincidence that this broken piece of jade was obtained, then the existence of the expedition team in the desert is not a coincidence." Lao Jiu said, "Lin Tianyi, those guys have guns and all the equipment, and they are obviously going to the ghost forest Yes, I doubt..."

"There are still people who are looking for broken jade, with the idea of ​​Xiang Yu's treasure." I said, "That's right, that's right."

As soon as I finished speaking, the radio station rang. In the middle of the night, it was really scary. I rushed over and squatted beside the radio station. Lao Jiu actually started to sweat: "Hey, Lin Tianyi, what should I do?"

I made up my mind almost instantly: "Receive the signal."

That is to say, but the actual operation of this thing is not as simple as it seems. After a lot of fuss, we finally received the signal smoothly. I must be funny wearing headphones. I wrote down all the signals. The other party kept sending messages, and they must have been ecstatic when they finally found the signal. Sure enough, the meaning of the signal was very clear after being translated—"Where are you now?"

Looking at the words on the paper, Lao Jiu said, "It's a cliché."

"It can't be set." I said: "It can only be received. This set of radio stations has a password. You know what this means. We exposed ourselves, just like fishing. What we catch is edible delicacy, or is it delicious?" Dangerous sharks, these consequences have to be endured, are you two mentally prepared?"

Lao Jiu was dumbfounded: "Are you luring them out on purpose?"

(End of this chapter)