Hearing his words, the onlookers immediately started talking.
Seeing this, the man added: "But to be honest with you, I am actually here because of the treasure you have here."
"But after all, I'm not from here. As an outsider, I can't go up the mountain to find treasures without your permission."
"I don't blame those who leave the village after finding the treasure. After all, it's all about money."
"so what."
He said and took out a wad of money from his arms.
"As long as any of you is willing to go up the mountain to find the treasure for me, as long as the treasure is given to me, I will give each of you one thousand yuan."
"If you are willing, you can come to me first and receive one hundred yuan each. Consider it as revenge for the advance I gave you."
"So generous?" Liu Shan's eyes widened.
"Is a thousand dollars a lot?" I asked.
Hearing what I said, Liu Shan was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to have thought of something before he said: "It's quite a lot."
"Even in Baiyun City, one thousand yuan is equivalent to half a year's income of an ordinary family, let alone in a place like this."
"But it's normal that you don't understand."
"In your case, all your money is used to burn."
Liu Shan said, with a look of distress on his face.
But I frowned slightly.
Isn’t all the paper money I burned?
Although the deceased Zhuang Yue and Liu Ming both said that the paper money I burned was money, I compared it and found that the paper money I burned was completely different from the money Liu Shan said.
But I didn't think about it carefully because I still haven't figured out the weirdness of Niang'er Village. If I want to know the real truth, I may have to wait until I return to Niang'er Village again.
I turned my attention to the crowd again.
At this time, two old men had already walked up to the middle-aged man with a big belly and received the one hundred yuan.
But the middle-aged man still seemed very dissatisfied. While shaking the stack of money, he asked, "Is there anyone else who wants to go up the mountain to find the treasure for me?"
"As you all have seen, I have already given you one hundred yuan."
"When you find the treasure, I promise to give you the rest."
But after he finished speaking, no one moved, and everyone still had some scruples on their faces.
Not long after, one person said: "Let's wait until the two of them come back."
"Yeah yeah!"
"You don't even believe this Taoist priest from Maoshan?" the middle-aged man said helplessly.
The Taoist priest also snorted coldly at this time and said: "If you don't believe it, I don't have much to say."
Seeing this, the middle-aged man quickly said: "Taoist priest, don't be angry, they are worried too."
"After all, I am the one who came to find you. It is right for them to have concerns."
After speaking, he looked at the onlookers and said, "Since everyone has concerns, I won't force you."
"Let these two old men help me go up the mountain and take a look."
"What if I don't find the treasure?" one of the old people asked.
The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said with a determined look: "I really didn't find it, so I won't take back the hundred yuan."
"Not only that, I can give you another hundred yuan."
"Just think of it as your hard work."
"I won't hide it from you. Anyway, as long as I find the treasure, I can make a lot of money."
"Then it's settled, don't go back on your word." An old man quickly collected the money, then looked at the other old man and said, "Why are you hanging around? Go back and pack up, and go up the mountain to find the treasure."
Seeing them leaving, the middle-aged man smiled again and said, "You can wait and see. When they come back, if you still want to help me find the treasure, what I just said will still count."
"Let's disperse, let's disperse. Let's wait until they come back." One person said and left first. Soon the crowd also dispersed, leaving only Liu Shan and I standing in the same place.
The middle-aged man looked at the Taoist priest with a guilty look.
"Taoist Priest, thank you for your hard work this time."
The Taoist priest snorted coldly again and said, "If it wasn't for your sake, why would this poor Taoist come and suffer this insult?"
After saying that, he threw up his sleeves and left directly.
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and shook his head.
At this time Liu Shan walked up.
"What treasures are there on this mountain?"
Seeing Liu Shan passing by, I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
The middle-aged man was also stunned for a moment, then frowned and said warily: "You don't seem to be from this village, right?"
Liu Shan quickly said: "Don't worry, we are just passing by and we won't snatch the treasure from you."
"I'm just curious as to what kind of treasure makes you spend so much money to find it."
The middle-aged man looked Liu Shan up and down, and then said after a moment: "It's not a rare thing. There is an old house on this mountain. As far as I know, it was the place where a big shot lived in seclusion. There are many things hidden in it."
Less treasure from that time.”
"I'm just an antique businessman. I can make some money by messing around with those things."
"But..." the middle-aged man looked at Liu Shan, "You have no way, even if you find those treasures, it will be useless."
Liu Shan smiled and said, "I understand."
"Isn't it because you are willing to do it?"
Liu Shan looked at the money in the young man's hand.
The middle-aged man was suddenly surprised and said: "What? You want to go too?"
Liu Shan nodded, then pointed at me and said, "My friends and I would like to go, but we are not from this village."
"It's better to wait until those two old men come back. I'm going to discuss it with the people in this village to see if we can be accommodating and let us make some money."
The middle-aged man glanced at me when he heard this, and then said, "This matter depends on yourselves."
"But if they agree to let you go up, I can also give you the same price."
"Then it's settled!" Liu Shan's eyes lit up.
"Then we'll leave first."
"I just came here and I don't have a place to stay yet."
After saying that, Liu Shan took me and walked into the village.
It wasn't until I didn't see the middle-aged man anymore that I frowned and said, "I'm still rushing to Burial Dragon Village."
"I don't have time to find any treasures."
Liu Shan looked around to make sure there was no one around and then said, "Don't you feel anything is wrong?"
"Something's wrong?" I was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding.
Liu Shan whispered: "The treasure collector must have been with that Taoist priest for a while."
I asked: "How do you know?"
Liu Shan explained: "I have seen this kind of trick a lot. It seems that the two people are colluding together. The purpose is to make the people in this village believe their words."
I still don’t quite understand and ask: “What’s the point of doing this?”
Liu Shan thought for a while and said: "I don't know, but I am sure that there must be something wrong with it."
"And didn't you hear just now that many people disappeared after going up the mountain?"
"I don't believe they all found the treasure and ran away."