Huang Ting

The four of them teamed up and arrived at the hotpot restaurant where Da Jinya invited Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan last time.

Da Jinya knew the boss, and the boss specially chose a clean private room for them.

The copper hot pot was served with the aroma of meat, the charcoal in the middle was burning red, and the broth around it was bubbling.

Take a piece of mutton, rinse it seven times, dip it in the boss's special sesame sauce, and add soul coriander.

Swallow it in one gulp and your mouth will be filled with fragrance.

He ate a few bites of mutton, accompanied by the soda that Da Jinya specially ordered for him.

Hu Xiuwu really realized the deliciousness of hot pot. No wonder Wang Kaixuan chatted all the way on the train.

After eating a few mouthfuls of meat to fill his stomach, Wang Kaixuan handed the pair of jade stones carved with moths in his bag to the big gold tooth palm eye.

Wang Kaixuan directly used the knowledge he had just learned to show off: "Master Jin, please show me, this is dry yellow jade, a tribute from the previous royal family."

"Okay, Fatty, my eyesight has improved, and I can even recognize dry yellow stains. However, I still have to correct you. Only dry yellow stains that can change into twelve colors in a day can be called tributes. You are so kind Jade Bi is not that interesting."

This big gold tooth is indeed an expert in Panjiayuan, and he really sees a lot of tricks.

"This is a double jade with a moth body and chi pattern. It is a symbol of ancient warriors. As the saying goes, a moth flies into the flame, and there is no return..."

(I don’t know the rest of the original work. If you want to know more, you can read it yourself.)

Wang Kaixuan was a little confused as he kept talking about where the big gold tooth was. He was not an expert in this area either. Only Hu Bayi was still listening reluctantly, holding the big gold tooth.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Hu Xiuwu and the fat man put all the mutton, tripe, vegetables and mushrooms on the table into the pot and ate them happily.

Da Jinya talked for a long time and finally got to the point:

"If I find a seller for this pair of jade stones, I can buy them for hundreds of thousands without any problem. I happen to know that a boss likes these things, so I'll take care of it."

(The original price was 60,000, but I moved the timeline back so it went up a bit, and it was sold for 60,000 in the 1980s, which is a bit exaggerated.)

Wang Kaixuan drank the wine directly with Big Gold Tooth's words, drank the remaining beer in the glass, and cried out happily.

After the business is concluded,

Wang Kaixuan had almost finished drinking. With a red face, he started talking about the trip to Niuxin Mountain with Da Jinya and Hu Xiuwu.

He talked about how he and Hu Bayi outsmarted the red-haired monster, bravely captured the giant ground sloth, and bravely broke into the Guandong arsenal.

That guy only praised him and Hu Bayi for saying that Zhao Yun was still alive and Lu Bu was reborn. Hu Bayi was a little embarrassed when he heard this.

Big Jinya had only heard his father mention the matter of back-fighting, and had never actually been there. He listened to it with great interest wherever he went.

I heard that the two men smashed all the bottles and cans in the tomb of General Jin Chao, and left the mask on the big rice dumpling's face in the tomb.

Da Jinya felt distressed in his heart:

"Oh, my brother, those are valuable goods, why don't you bring them out too!"

When Wang Kaixuan heard Da Jinya say those things were valuable, he felt so distressed that even the mutton in his mouth no longer tasted good.

Xiuwu, who was not interested in these things, ate all the mutton in the pot after Wang Kaixuan couldn't eat any more.

When Xiu Wu was almost done eating, he heard that his elder brother Hu Bayi seemed to have made an agreement with Da Jin Ya to join an archaeological team.

After that, everyone drank in a mess, and only Xiuwu concentrated on the meal.

The next day, Hu Bayi and Da Jinya went to Jinmen, found a female boss named Han, and sold the jade for 150,000 yuan.

When he returned to Sijiucheng, Hu Bayi divided the money into several parts.

In addition to his and Wang Kaixuan's share, Hu Bayi distributed most of the money to the relatives of his comrades who died in the battle, as well as the folks in Ganggang Yingzi.

I rented a new courtyard house, packed up my things, and took Wang Kaixuan and Hu Xiuwu to a hot pot restaurant to eat meat.

After drinking and eating, Hu Bayi remembered to call home and tell his parents that Hu Xiuwu was here.

When they heard that Hu Xiuwu had returned to secular life and was still with his brother, their parents immediately decided to come to Sijiucheng to pick up Hu Xiuwu.

Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan stood at the door of the store, watching Hu Xiuwu talking on the phone at home.

Wang Kaixuan chewed the popsicle and complained to Hu Bayi:

"Tell me, Lao Hu, are you Aunt Hu's biological child? Why did I just talk to you for a few minutes and talk to Xiu Wu for so long?"

Hu Bayi said helplessly: "Have you never heard of 'old son, eldest grandson, old woman's lifeblood'? Xiuwu is my mother's treasure."

"Yes, as long as Shugo grows up, he will be liked by others. Tsk! When I was young, Kai, I was no different from Shugo."

"Shut up, you have the nerve to mention it. You have been like a New Year painting doll since you were a child."

The two of them sat in the shade and joked for a long time before Hu Xiuwu finally finished the call.

When Hu Ba saw Hu Xiuwu after making the phone call, he asked him: "What did the family say?"

Hu Xiuwu said: "Dad said he would come to Sijiu City to see me in two days."

"That's just right. The two of us are going to the archaeological team. I was worried that no one would take care of you."

Wang Kaixuan threw away the popsicle stick and said: "Let's go to that archaeological team to report, and let's earn some foreign exchange."

When having dinner with Da Jinya the day before yesterday, Da Jinya revealed the news that a Chinese-American paid for a domestic archaeological team to go to the desert to search for the ancient city of Jue.

This archaeological team happened to lack a team leader who had desert survival experience and was good at Tianxing Feng Shui, so Da Jinya recommended Hu Bayi.

When we arrived at the courtyard where the archaeological team was located, several young people were organizing equipment in the courtyard.

It turns out that these are members of the archaeological team, Chu Jian, Sa Dipeng, and Ye Yixin.

Under the guidance of the young people in the courtyard, Hu Bayi and the others came to the house in the courtyard.

You can still hear people talking inside,

A middle-aged intellectual in his forties wearing glasses was interviewing two people who wanted to join the archaeological team.

In the back room, one could see the backs of an old man and a young woman. The two were discussing the map and seemed to be studying the route.

After the three of them entered, they found Professor Chen, revealed their identities, and found out that the middle-aged man just now was Professor Chen's student, Hao Aiguo.

Hao Aiguo looked at the three of them and saw that they were big or small, fat or thin. He thought they were just here to make a living like the two people just now, so he spoke very rudely:

"Guys, what we want is a team leader who has desert survival experience and is proficient in Tianxing Feng Shui. If you don't have this ability, needless to say, we will not use the back door."

Professor Chen heard what Hao Aiguo said and hurriedly came out to smooth things over:

"I heard Comrade Xiao Jin tell you about you. Comrade Xiao Hu is not simple. He has served as a border guard, special forces, suppressed drug criminals, and been in the desert. He is more than enough to be the leader of a team like us weak scholars."

Professor Chen first praised Hu Bayi a few words, and then changed his tone:

"However, this time we are going to the desert to find the lost ancient city of Jingjue. We need to use the knowledge of Tianxing Feng Shui. I wonder if Comrade Hu knows about Tianxing Feng Shui?"

Hu Bayi thought to himself: "This is a distrust of me. If I don't show my hand, I'm afraid this business will be compromised."

"Ahem, let me just say a few words. This kind of Tianxing Feng Shui is also known as Tianqiongqingsang Technique..."

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"...There are many schools of Star Feng Shui, each with its own rules and regulations, some of which are contradictory. It would be great to have a 20-300 chance of finding the ancient ruins in the vast sea of ​​sand after a thousand years.

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Hu Bayi said this, and Hu Xiuwu also added two sentences:

"Although there are many schools of thought, since the Zhou Dynasty, the stars have pointed to nothing more than the Three Constants, Four Symbols and Twenty-eight Constellations. Feng Shui emphasizes pursuing good luck and avoiding bad luck."

"As long as it is close to the six auspicious stars of Tiankui, Tianyue, Zuofu, Youbi, Wenchang, Wenqu, Avoid Qingyang, Tuoluo, Mars, Bell Star, Earth Tribulation, and the six evil stars in the sky, no matter which school you are in

, are all auspicious points."

"When the ancients built a city, the capital must be built under the Ziwei Yuan among the three walls. "Book of the Later Han" said: There is Ziwei Palace in the sky, which is where God lives. The king builds the palace and acts like it."

After hearing what Hu Bayi and Hu Xiuwu said, Professor Chen was very happy:

"Okay, okay, I didn't expect Comrade Hu to have studied Tianxing Feng Shui. Even children have such opinions. It really comes from family studies. Comrade Hu, you are welcome to join the archaeological team!"

Professor Chen shook hands with Hu Bayi excitedly. Professor Hao Aiguo was also very excited and apologized to Hu Bayi.

Hu Xiuwu and Wang Kaixuan stood behind. Wang Kaixuan and Hu Xiuwu whispered:

"Okay, Xiuwu, I didn't expect you to have these two moments."

Hu Xiuwu whispered to Wang Kaixuan: "I am a paper tiger. I only listen to what my master said. I have never practiced it. It's all just talk on paper."

Wang Kaixuan quietly gave him a thumbs up.

And the young woman who had just been discussing with Professor Chen in the room also came out,

This girl has deep features and a tall figure. She seems to be of mixed Chinese descent. According to Wang Kaixuan, she is very well-dressed.

Professor Chen introduced them that this girl was the sponsor of the archaeological team, Shirley Yang.

Shirley Yang said to Hu Bayi: "Mr. Hu, you are welcome to join the archaeological team. This little Mr. Hu can also join..."

"No, no, my brother is still young. If he doesn't join the archaeological team, he still has to go to school."

Before Shirley Yang could finish speaking, Hu Bayi quickly interrupted her and joked that their parents would be arriving in Sijiu City soon.

If they knew that he took Hu Xiuwu to the desert,

His father, old comrade Hu Yunxuan, was able to pout him and eat him with sauce.

"That's such a pity. I wonder what skills this Mr. Wang has? This time we go to the Chaklamakan Desert, the mission is very important. We don't need people without special skills."

Hearing this, Wang Kaixuan became unhappy and started bragging about how powerful he was.

However, Shirley Yang obviously didn't listen, and instead discovered a jade pendant around Wang Kaixuan's neck that was engraved with ghost cave inscriptions.

She discussed it with Professor Chen and then called Wang Kaixuan into the archaeological team.

After several people discussed it,

It was agreed that after one week of preparation, we would set off during the windy season.