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Chapter 9

When I heard Lao Sha say this, I couldn't help laughing, and then said to Lao Sha: "What are the blue and white porcelain you mentioned to me? It's related to a tomb underground in the steel mill, right?"

"Yes." Lao Sha answered me.

"Your story is not well written," I said with a smile, "there are loopholes."

Lao Sha was stunned for a moment and asked me, "Then tell me, what are the loopholes."

"I just said that I saw the water supply pipes in the pump room erected and formed a font shape." I smiled and said, "You should know what the font shape means."

"Yes, it was only when I saw this font shape that I suddenly realized something was wrong." Lao Sha said, "The shape of this font is a symbol of Buddhism. If it is in the temple, it doesn't matter. If it is in the folk, it is used to suppress evil after the monk did a ritual. There are very evil things underground in the steel mill!"

"You said there are very evil things in the ancient tombs," I nodded and said, "But do you know that any Chinese culture related to tombs has no close relationship with Buddhism."

"What do you say?" Lao Sha was a little confused, "I don't read much, and I don't understand very well."

"The traditional Chinese religion is Taoism, so Feng Shui and geography, and tomb culture are all related to Taoism," I paused and continued, "Buddhism does not pay so much attention to it. Buddhism emphasizes that all four elements are empty. Monks are cremated when they die. At most, after they die, they are dug out a few gallstones that cannot be burned, which are said to be relics, and then placed in the relics tower to worship. This is considered more particular."

"I understand," said Lao Sha. "You mean such a large ancient tomb. If there is any problem, it is also a practice of Taoism in Chinese people and has nothing to do with Buddhism. Therefore, four steel pipes extend out of the pump room on the ground to form a zigzag shape, which is just an accident."

"Yes," I said, "this is simply two different ways."

"You are wrong, Xiao Xu." Lao Sha said to me, "You made a mistake."

I spread my hands and made a puzzled position.

"The ancient tombs were ancient tombs from the Jin and Yuan dynasties," Lao Sha said, "but the steel mill was built in the 1960s."

As soon as I heard this, I immediately understood what Lao Sha meant. I sorted out my thoughts and said to Lao Sha: "Is that true? The survey team discovered that there was an iron ore near Hufu Town, and then started to build a factory. When the factory was built, someone knew about this ancient tomb, but for some reason, the news about this ancient tomb did not make any noise. However, some leaders knew about this matter and were superstitious about it, or some unexpected events occurred while building the steel mill, which could not be explained, so they invited a monk to use a special layout to suppress the things underground..."

Lao Sha tilted his head and nodded slightly to me. I knew I guessed it right.

I couldn't help but feel funny to understand this. The 1960s were the time of the Cultural Revolution, and third-tier enterprises were in full swing. It was hard for me to imagine how those staunch builders who insisted on the proletarian revolution would agree that a monk came to the steel mill to do rituals, and that it was something evil that was suppressed underground.

This is really too contradictory. But I can't tell what Lao Sha said. This world is not black or white, and many paradoxical things will also exist at the same time, which is common to me. So I just let Lao Sha continue to say.

Lao Sha was shocked when he saw the font shape centered at the pump room. He immediately climbed down from the blast furnace and wanted to find a thief to tell him about this matter. This transaction is definitely not easy to do. This is different from the previous business. At most, it was a mistake and was arrested by the police. Theft was very large, so he was sentenced to severe punishment. It usually took two or three years to deal with it. But this time it was obvious that the biggest threat was not from the police, but from the underground where he was going to do things, with extraordinary dangers and mysterious things. This deviated from the industry too far, and it was too risky.

Lao Sha waited anxiously until he got off work and was about to leave, but the Dana called him, "Lao Sha, can you help me?"

Lao Sha said, "What's wrong?"

"Can you help me work overtime for another all night? I know that it's unreasonable to work twenty-four hours in a row." The master said embarrassedly, "But they all ran away. I can't be busy alone. I've been struggling these days, only sleeping for a few hours a day... I will definitely apply to pay you more overtime."

When Lao Sha saw Dana's words flashing, he knew that Dana must have something hidden from him. After thinking about it, he couldn't refuse, so he had to say to Dana: "You ask me to go back for a meal. Look, this factory also takes a bath in every place. I go back to my place to take a shower and come to work. How about it?"

"Of course," said the great master happily, "just come to work overtime at 10 o'clock in the evening."

Lao Sha was perfunctory and went back immediately. Without delaying for a moment, he ran to the hotel where the thief was. When he arrived at the door of the room, he didn't knock on the door, and opened the door directly. Lao Sha was very capable. He could open a lock in a few seconds, which was much more convenient than using a key. He used two thin wires to open the door, which were always placed on his body. Lao Sha never talked about the specific place.

After Lao Sha opened the door, he rushed in immediately and saw Yan'er in pajamas fiddling with the computer, with a serious look on her face. Yan'er saw Lao Sha suddenly coming in, panic and quickly put on a coat beside her, with a very uneasy expression.

"I have something to say to the thief." Lao Sha didn't talk to Yan'er.

"He went out to do business." Yan'er replied.

"I'll stop doing this job." Lao Sha said to Yan'er, "I'm leaving now."

"No," Yan'er rejected Lao Sha's resignation, "When the thief comes back, make it clear in person."

Lao Sha hesitated for a while and sighed, "He has saved my life at least. OK, when will he be back?"

"He probably has to go for one night," said Yan'er, "You tell him tomorrow morning."
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