The child still stayed in the courtyard of the small courtyard and looked up at the sky.
Zhang Haike mustered up the courage to step forward and ask him, "What are you doing here? Why don't you go play with them?"
The child looked at him and just shook his head without saying anything. After a while, Zhang Haike found that he was staring at the sky above his head in a daze again.
This is the first conversation between Zhang Haike and Zhang Qiling.
Zhang Haike has a strange resilience. When he saw the child ignoring him, he felt that as long as he kept talking, the child would always talk to him and communicate with him, so Zhang Haike stayed with his little brother that day. Stay in that yard.
But this time he finally met his opponent. The child kept listening quietly and looking at the sky. He didn't know whether he listened or cared. Until Zhang Haike was finally taken away by his father who came to look for him. I didn't see him say a word.
Zhang Haike, who was five years old at the time, was still thinking, could the child be sick, or maybe he couldn't speak at all? Or he was too young to understand what he was saying.
Later, a lot of chaotic things happened in the main tribe, and the main tribe was completely closed under martial law. Zhang Haike never had the chance to go in and see the child.
It was not until ten years later that Zhang Haike met his brother who had grown up a lot among a group of children running wild.
The children of the Zhang family have to undergo very strict training since they were young, and they have very strict requirements on jumping and agility.
At the age of fifteen, they will face a very important level, which can lay a crucial foundation for their future status in the clan.
After the age of fifteen, children of the Zhang family can leave home and go out to search for ancient tombs to establish their own reputation. The Zhang family calls this challenging behavior "going wild."
The little brother ten years later was only thirteen years old, so Zhang Haike was particularly surprised when he saw the little brother who was a head shorter than him among a group of children who were preparing to go wild.
You must know that the process of releasing into the wild is very, very dangerous. In the past, many children of the Zhang family died unexpectedly during the process of releasing into the wild. After all, opportunities and dangers coexist.
The children of the Zhang family knew that going wild was a very dangerous thing when they were very young, so they had been preparing for it from a very early age.
Of course, there are also some children who, in order to avoid this danger, gave up relevant training very early, which is equivalent to giving up any status they can strive for in the family in the future. The only advantage is to save their own lives.
Going wild is often done without regard to the consequences. The basic thinking of the Zhang family is that they don't care about any means, they just need to complete this thing.
Therefore, in order to achieve a greater degree of success and avoid death, most children will choose to go together with familiar partners. In this case, there is strength in numbers. They can rob an ancient tomb together, divide the work and cooperate, and get a few pieces. The credit for proving the identity of the owner of that ancient tomb will be equally divided among these children.
This kind of cooperation is also allowed in the Zhang family, because the source of information, the processing and mastering of intelligence, as well as the method of fighting and the strategy of getting things in the end are all very important things that need to be tested in the process of setting out in the wild. ability.
But Zhang Haike discovered that the younger brother didn't seem to have such a plan.
When everyone was packing their luggage, preparing dry food and travel expenses, the figure of the younger brother was particularly obvious. When Zhang Haike came to his senses, the younger brother had silently set off on the road alone.
Zhang Haike is a man who has a lot of friends. He had already discussed with several friends where he wanted to go. The source of the information is said to be very reliable. If Zhang Haike had followed them, there would basically be no major problems in this test.
But Zhang Haike couldn't help but feel a little worried when he saw the lonely little brother on the road. He didn't like the rules and regulations set by his family. He felt that a thirteen-year-old child was forced to prove himself in this way. For this child, It's very unfair to say that.
He heard from other children in the family that the younger brother's father had passed away when he was seven or eight years old. The younger brother was taken care of by his uncle and uncle. Although he would not abuse him, he would not have much trouble. Much love and attentiveness.
And the younger brother is still so taciturn, and even participates in outdoor activities when he is not old enough. He has also heard rumors about the younger brother's life experience, and he feels that this is probably because someone in the family simply does not want him to continue to live.
This made him hate his family even more, so with a little middle school idea of saving the weak, he decided to part ways with his friends to protect this little boy who was ostracized by his family.
He didn't know it at the time, but it might be the most successful decision he had ever made in his life.
At that time, Zhang Haike was very confident in his abilities. Not only did he train his fingers to be much stronger than other Zhang family children, but his speed also reached a certain level, so he already had enough to complete an ancient task. Tomb task ability.
At that time, the little brother was still a very thin and frail child, carrying a big luggage. In Zhang Haike's pitiful eyes, he felt that the little brother walked with a frail look. Even if he found the ancient tomb and entered it, he would definitely It's more bad than good.
The little brother still had no reaction to Zhang Haike who followed him without saying hello. He didn't show any happiness or rejection. When his eyes occasionally glanced over, Zhang Haike would have a feeling that he was no different from the wild flowers and grass on the roadside. , which made him a little frustrated.
But Zhang Haike is not a person who gives up easily. He said nothing and followed the younger brother silently. Occasionally he would give some advice. Then he was pleasantly surprised to find that the younger brother didn't have any reaction to his words, but maybe he disliked him. There are too many words, most of which cannot be heard.
Their initial trip was very boring. They started from Changbai Mountain and arrived in Shandong. After finding nothing, they took a boat all the way to Shencheng.
Their thinking at the time was that places like Luoyang have been home to ancient tombs since ancient times, and there are many tomb robbers. Although they may not be at a disadvantage in a head-on fight with those old masters, after all, the other side is ruthless and has many ghosts and tricks. The experience is even more incomparable to the two fledgling boys.
Moreover, today is still an era where firearms are rampant. It is too risky to enter such an area. It is better to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to look for some shallowly buried small buckets. If you are lucky and come across them, the quantity can be equal to the quality. .
But unfortunately, they had been wandering around Shencheng for a long time, and the few buckets they bought were so poor that it was sad to see that they couldn't get rid of anything at all. In addition, the money they carried with them was almost at the bottom, so they just disguised themselves casually. After a while, I found a pawn shop to sell the things.
After that, the two went to Hangzhou, and then wandered around Pengcheng, Suzhou for a long time. They also found a few big buckets. Unfortunately, after entering, they found that they had been robbed and there was only a little bit of scrap copper and iron, which could not be used as a token. .
At this time, they had traveled more than half of the country, and the few coins left in their wallets jingled in their arms. They had to survive by stealing things from the garden, and they were in a state of utter wretchedness. Zhang Haike had to patch the clothes on both of them in several places.
The initial complacency had been shattered into pieces by reality. Zhang Haike felt that if things continued like this, they would definitely not be able to complete the test of being released before the end of the year.
So the two of them decided to continue walking to the west. It was an old province of cultural relics and an important place for ancient tombs. They might be able to find some fish that had slipped through the net.
However, on the way west, they encountered three similarly wild children, all fifteen years old.
Like Zhang Haike, this group of people traveled around the country for most of the time and found nothing. It was too difficult to find ancient tombs in Qinzhou that had not been visited by tomb robbers. Some ancient tombs had been excavated by hundreds of people. This time, the hornet's nest is full of holes for thieves. Even if you go there, it will be a waste of time.
If they fail the exam, they will not only be embarrassed themselves but also their parents when they go back.
Time waits for no one, so they decide to take a desperate risk and steal an extremely special and dangerous ancient tomb.
There is no need to look for this tomb, it is there, but no one can steal it.
This ancient tomb was what Jin Wantang later saw from the red moonstones on the three Tibetan bracelets that Zhang Zhuxun showed him. The micro-carved totems inside the pores, what he later told about Maba Town, that Tomb of man-eating scorpions.
At that time, the village there was very large, called Ma'an Village. The ancestral grave of the rich man Ma's family in the village was in the back mountain. The Ma family raised a group of soldiers. They couldn't fight but they could look after the house and the courtyard.
It is always difficult to approach a guarded graveyard. Several children carefully inquired about the enemy's situation. After some discussion, they decided to dig a tunnel directly to the graveyard first.
The place where they dug the hole was very clever. It was dug on the side of a field ridge. It was covered by the field ridge that was higher than the ground. It was absolutely undetectable by the lazy sentry box above.
After the tools and materials were prepared, they dug all the way. By the time they got to the bottom of the grave, nearly two weeks had passed. There were only ten days left before they had to return to their hometown for the New Year. They had to complete it within these ten days. everything.
Time was very urgent, so they began to dig holes day and night, without eating, drinking or sleeping at night, and finally dug the hole to the top of the ancient tomb.
When the heads of the shovels in their hands touched the blue bricks and slates, the crisp impact sound made everyone almost burst into tears. It was really not easy.
After the excitement, they took a short rest for three hours, and then started to open the blue bricks and stone slabs, preparing to enter the tomb.
They carefully smashed the green bricks that were built on the top of the tomb using force, and finally cleared a hole that was barely big enough for someone to pass through. Then they let down the only man who was small and thin enough to get in. (End of chapter)
