I stood up and was about to call his name, when suddenly I heard a scream like a slaughtered pig coming from behind the house.

"Lao Yuan! Come here quickly! Damn, hurry up!"

When I heard someone screaming like this in the deserted mountains in the middle of the night, even though I knew that the person was Lao Tan, I couldn't help but tremble all over. But his voice sounded like something was wrong, so I hurriedly ran to the back of the house.

"What's your name?" I went over and saw Lao Tan squatting on the ground holding a flashlight. I saw him there with a stern look on his face, as if he was looking at something.

I walked until I was behind him, and then Lao Tan turned around. "Hey, what do you think this is?"

My old house is a typical rural house in eastern Sichuan. It has a big house and a big yard. There is a pigsty behind the house. The space between the pigsty and the house is used to store firewood, and the latrine is just outside the fence of the pigsty.

Tan must have run to the toilet and accidentally saw something. But this is my old house, and I know everything in my heart, so I felt a little impatient when I saw the surprised expression on his face.

"Besides the firewood, there are only things in the latrine. Didn't you see..." I said, looking in the direction where Lao Tan's flashlight was shining, and I was suddenly stunned.

The flashlight shone on the wall where the firewood was originally placed, and three very strange... bricks appeared under the root of the wall less than half a meter above the ground.

The houses in the village are wooden houses, but most of the kitchens are made of mud bricks, mainly for fire protection. The three weird bricks, two on top and one on the bottom, are arranged in the same way as the other bricks around them. The strangest thing is

What's interesting is that the three bricks are bronze in color, and there are some relief-like patterns on the outside.

"I asked you, is there a treasure hidden behind the firewood pile at your house? Could it be a gold brick?" Old Tan looked at me.

"I don't know if it's a gold brick, but I haven't seen it before..."

Lao Tan and I were both stunned. We didn’t know what to say, so we started to get closer and carefully observe the reliefs on the three bricks. The reliefs on the three bricks were different, and the bottom one was carved with a

As for the landscape painting, the one on the left is carved with several figures, all from the back, but it can be seen that they are ancient figures. On the right, Lao Tan and I can't understand what is carved on it. It just feels like a few figures.

root line.

I stretched out my hand and touched it. The three bricks were indeed metal. I couldn't tell whether they were gold or copper.

"Have you really never seen it before?" Lao Tan asked me again.

"Why did I lie to you? Maybe it cracked later, and my dad found these three things to cushion it." I thought about it carefully, and I felt that I didn't pay much attention to it when I was a child. This was always a place where firewood was piled, so I

My father has raised me as a young master since he was a child. He doesn’t make a fire to cook, let alone fetch firewood.

"Cracked? No. I'm sure these three pieces have always been on this wall."

I rarely see Lao Tan speak so absolutely, so I asked him why.

"Look, although these three pieces are not mud bricks, they are the same length, width and height as the surrounding mud bricks. In addition, look at the rammed earth between these three bricks, whether they are new or old or thick, they are the same as the surrounding mud bricks.

Same, this shows that these three pieces are built together with this wall."

When I heard it, I checked it again and said, "Okay, fuck, why didn't I notice that you have such good eyesight before?"

"I've observed a lot of subtle things. I'm so wise as a fool." Old Tan shook his head proudly, "Hey, also, I have a feeling that this wall may have been built just for these three things."

"It's impossible. Even if these three bricks are gold bricks, I don't think there is any reason to stack them up like this."

"Of course you have to ask your dad or your family for the reason, but if you look carefully, the size and length of all the bricks on this wall seem to be smaller and shorter than ordinary bricks."

When Lao Tan said this, I suddenly trembled. "Yes...that's right, these bricks are at least a third shorter."

This old house must be at least fifty or sixty years old. My grandfather lived here. It was all made of wood at first. I remember clearly that when I was six years old, the old and young in the village worked together to remove the bricks and stones.

It was moved up on the pier.

"The size of these bricks has basically not changed. Regardless of whether they are stone bricks, sand bricks, mud bricks, or hollow bricks, as long as they are not used in special buildings, the specifications must be the same. Look, there are no cracks on the edges of the bricks on this wall.

That means something was done during the firing, and the size, length and width are exactly the same as the three metal bricks. In this case, it can only be that these mud bricks were deliberately made to match the size of the three metal bricks for some reason."

I thought about it and felt that what Lao Tan said made sense. "But it's too troublesome to do this."

Lao Tan wiped his chin, suddenly looked at me and said, "I really think these are three gold bricks now."

"ah?"

"Think about it, you lived here when you were a child, and you came and went, but you never noticed this thing. It is even less likely that other people would have thought that there is a mystery behind this wall. I think it may be your grandfather or your father deliberately

It's like this, three gold bricks. It looks a bit like an antique to me. Even now, it's still valuable. Humph, I thought your father was very smart before. It seems like this was his idea.'

The most dangerous place is the safest place'."

"What you said makes perfect sense. We can't tear down the wall. Show it out to prove it. I think we should put out the fire and go back to the house to sleep. If there is anything, wait until my father comes and ask him directly. The smell of the latrine in the back

Son, I've had enough of smelling it." After thinking about it, I thought it was nothing unusual, so I urged Lao Tan to leave.

But Lao Tan seemed to be very interested in this inexplicable thing, and he squatted there like a scholar and began to study the reliefs on it.

I wanted to scold him again, but Lao Tan suddenly stretched out his hand and made a "stop" gesture. Then, he became excited and knelt on the ground, almost pressing his face to the wall.

"I...I, I read that right." Lao Tan suddenly turned his head and looked at me with a horrified expression. Without waiting for me to ask, he grabbed my collar and pulled me away.

He also pulled it to the ground, and then motioned for me to come closer and take a closer look.

Lao Tan's flashlight shone on the relief sculpture on the upper left. There were several figures engraved on it, all from their backs. But the moment I looked up, it seemed like a ladle of ice water suddenly poured down from the top of my head.

, I suddenly felt chilled all over. At this moment, the figures on the reliefs had turned their faces. Although the light in front of me was not very good, I could still see a kind of expression on their faces.

A sinister smile.

People may have illusions, but the difference between the front and back of a group of people is so big that we can't possibly see it wrong. If it were a painting, there would be room for explanation, but this is a relief, a figure on solid metal.

How could the sculpture turn its face on its own?

The people on the relief all grinned, which made my hair stand on end.

"Yuan Jie, what the hell is going on?" Old Tan also felt scared and tremblingly pulled on my sleeve.

"I don't know, maybe, maybe we just drank too much..." I originally wanted to use alcohol as an excuse, but when I thought that each of us just drank two cans of beer, I felt far-fetched. "Anyway, we

It's better to go back quickly, we can wait until my father comes back to discuss this matter."

We couldn't look at these things anymore. I hastily blocked them with firewood, and then I quickly returned to the front yard with Lao Tan. The two of us sat in front of the fire, shaking violently with the cigarettes in our mouths.

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"Lao Yuan, I think we should sleep in a tent tonight." Lao Tan looked at me with fear in his eyes, and then at the old house behind him.

"Bullshit, I've already gone home. Have you ever seen someone sleeping by the door instead of sleeping on a bed?" I said it hard, but in fact I had the same idea as Lao Tan.

"But......"

"Don't worry, my bed is big anyway, we can squeeze together. If you are really scared, we could just sit here all night."

"Damn it, aren't you scared like a bear? I have nothing to be afraid of. Just go back to the house and sleep."

"Okay, let's put out the fire and lie in bed for a few hours before dawn."

After that, we put out the fire with water, packed up our things, and then walked back to the house feeling restless.

No matter how strange this thing is, as long as it doesn't lead to any bad consequences, it's easy for people to make excuses for themselves or forget about it. When we first entered the house, we almost didn't dare to look towards the kitchen, but once we arrived

After lying down on the bed, the two of them chatted for a few words and then both started to feel sleepy.

Because I have formed a habit, like most modern people, I always like to take out my mobile phone to play some games before going to bed. I originally wanted to play two games, but when I took out my mobile phone, I saw that the mobile phone signal was full.

of.

"Hey, there's a signal." I poked Lao Tan with my elbow.

"Hey, what if there's a signal? I'm so sleepy right now, please turn off the sound when you play." After Lao Tan finished speaking, he kicked me impatiently.

"That's right, so what if there's a damn signal." I muttered, and suddenly I wanted to try calling my dad again. Although I couldn't get in touch with him a few days ago, grandpa's anniversary is coming soon.

, his mobile phone should also be turned on.

Although I didn't give any hope, I still opened the phone book and dialed his number.

The long night in the mountains was so quiet that after dialing the phone, the few seconds waiting for a response seemed like a long, long time.

"beep."

The phone call actually came through, and I was so excited that I was shaking. Hey, it looks like my dad is almost on the way.

I was waiting for my father to answer the phone, thinking about how I would explain to him that I called so late. As I was thinking about it, I heard a faint sound in my ears. I was afraid that I heard wrongly, so I sat down

I got up and listened carefully. After a few seconds, I found that the sound was very familiar and very regular.

"Beep...beep...beep..."

The sound waiting to be answered on the phone suddenly made all the muscles in my body tense up. I seemed to know what the sound was. I hung up the phone, and immediately, the sound outside also disappeared. Then I dialed the number again...

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"Old Tan, get up quickly, something happened."
Chapter completed!