Chapter 122 Gathering in Zhaojia Village, Zhang Hao is confused
Zhaojiacun.
The dust was flying and the roar of huge machines broke the tranquility of this small mountain village.
But no one complained, and no one was dissatisfied. On the contrary, everyone's faces were filled with smiles, and they even felt motivated to work in the fields.
Excavators, earth drills, forklifts and other large mechanical vehicles can be seen everywhere on the roads in the village.
Workers wearing hard hats and yellow and green clothes were walking around, directing the large mechanical vehicles to move forward and backward.
The road construction project in Zhaojia Village was not only put on the agenda, but also on the second day after Zhang Hao returned from the town, these large mechanical vehicles entered the site and started work that day.
The location of the village entrance.
Two Hongqi commercial vehicles stopped.
Mayor Zhou quickly got out of the car, raised his hand, raised the dust in front of his eyes, and frowned.
Liu Hanzhong, Wang Jinhai, Qian Kun and others also got off the bus.
"Professors, I forgot to tell you that Zhaojiacun is building roads recently, so it's a bit chaotic."
Liu Hanzhong nodded, not caring: "Well, it doesn't matter, we are not here to inspect the work."
He came with a purpose for this visit, just to ask Zhang Hao if he knew anything about the resurrection of the ancient tree. Therefore, when Mayor Zhou asked to call in advance, he refused.
Because of this kind of thing, after much deliberation, it would be better to come in person and ask some things clearly in person to avoid bothering me again in the future.
More importantly, this matter is of great importance and is related to an important issue in the entire Kyushu botanical community.
Qian Kun quickly answered: "As long as we can find Zhang Hao's home."
Mayor Zhou nodded hurriedly: "It will definitely work, it will definitely work."
"Mayor Zhou, please lead the way." Liu Hanzhong said directly without making any pleasantries.
Mayor Zhou did not dare to neglect and stretched out his hand: "Professors, please."
A group of people walked on the broken road, sometimes having to avoid workers moving things and excavators at work, enduring the noisy work sounds and poor working environment.
Liu Hanzhong and others were not disgusted, and did not even take it to heart. They were now only thinking about meeting Zhang Hao and caring about the reason for the resurrection of the ancient tree. Everything else was unimportant.
If... if the ancient tree is resurrected, it was really Zhang Hao who did it...
It's not that they haven't thought about this problem, but they have exhausted all their brain cells and can't figure out how Zhang Hao did it if it was really Zhang Hao who resurrected the ancient tree.
This is something that is simply impossible.
But if it had nothing to do with him, what was his purpose of approaching the ancient tree?
I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out at all.
Led by Mayor Zhou, the group walked slowly. The journey that originally took five minutes ended up taking more than ten minutes and took about twenty minutes to arrive.
Arriving in front of the familiar Sanjin courtyard again, Mayor Zhou looked at the closed door and hurriedly stepped forward and knocked on the door.
But after knocking for a while, no one responded.
Could it be that he went out? Not at home?
"Maybe, maybe not at home? Why don't we wait here, Professor Liu." Mayor Zhou shouted with some embarrassment.
The noise around him was so loud that he was afraid that if he shouted at the top of his lungs, the experts wouldn't be able to hear him.
Liu Hanzhong had no objection, put his hands behind his back, and did not answer.
Mayor Zhou looked around, trying to find Zhang Hao around.
Just then.
He saw a figure walking on a small road beside him, leading a dog that was not yet full moon, with his head lowered, walking towards the Sanjin courtyard.
Look at the body shape, look at the appearance, and look at the dog...
It seems to be Zhang Hao?
Upon seeing this, Mayor Zhou looked stern: "Professor Liu, that is Zhang Hao!"
Liu Hanzhong and others immediately looked in the direction of the finger and saw a young man with the same figure as in the surveillance video walking towards him with a dog.
But they didn't make any move, they just stood there.
The reason was for no other reason than that the road in front of Zhang Hao's house was also damaged. Zhang Hao would have to "climb over mountains and ridges" to come back. They might as well wait for Zhang Hao's return.
And at this time.
Zhang Hao looked at the road under his feet. Sometimes he had to avoid the gravel, sometimes he had to pay attention to the pits under his feet, and he also had to watch Xiaobai to prevent Xiaobai from falling.
Counting the days, it had been five days since he put down the [Shanling Earthen Statue]. He thought that the [Shanling Earthen Statue] should have been absorbed by it, and it should be almost fully formed.
Wait for an opportunity to retrieve the [Shanling Clay Statue].
Well, it should be enough to wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to pick it up.
Thinking of this, he took Xiaobai to the door of his house.
There was a shout in my ears.
"Zhang Hao! Zhang Hao!"
He subconsciously raised his head and looked towards the door of his home.
In front of the gate, there were four people standing at this time, Mayor Zhou, and three old men who looked different but had the same temperament.
Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment and quickly remembered that the other three were the provincial experts he saw at the Botanical Garden a few days ago.
He was stunned when he saw this group of people standing in front of his house.
He didn't think about the reason why these experts came to him. Could it be that they came to him because he was near the ancient tree that day and was photographed by the surveillance camera?
No, it stands to reason that from the surveillance, you can only see him approaching the ancient tree, but you can't see him scattering the [Shanling Earth Statue] on the soil.
But what else could it be?
"Mayor Zhou, who are these..." Zhang Hao stepped up the steps and asked with doubts in his smile.
Mayor Zhou hurriedly introduced: "These are all experts from the province."
"Hello, Mr. Zhang Hao, my name is Liu Hanzhong." Liu Hanzhong was the first to extend his hand with a smile on his face.
Zhang Hao was not polite, stretched out his hands and clasped them together: "Hello, Professor Liu."
"This is Wang Jinhai, and this is Qian Kun."
Several people said hello, and Zhang Hao took out the key: "Come, let's go into the house and talk."
The group entered the gate, walked into the small courtyard, and entered the main hall. Zhang Hao asked everyone to take their seats while he went to make tea.
Li Siyu went to work today. He and Xiaobai were the only ones at home. He had to do things like this.
After he finished his work and poured tea for everyone, he sat down. Mayor Zhou was the first to speak: "Brother Zhang, these experts from the province are here today just to ask you something."
Zhang Hao pretended to be ignorant, with a smile still on his face, and waved his hands hurriedly: "I am just a country man. If there is anything that can alert several experts to ask me specifically."
Liu Hanzhong went straight to the point: "Mr. Zhang Hao, we came here this time just to ask you, on the second day after we arrived, did you go to see the ancient tree again? Did you squat next to the ancient tree? ”
Sure enough, it was because of this.
Zhang Hao moved the corner of his mouth imperceptibly, and then nodded: "That's true. I have heard of this ancient tree since I was a child, but unfortunately I never had the chance to see it. I didn't expect that it was about to die, so I asked Mr. Liang to take me around. After a lap, it can be considered as making up for the regret.”
Qian Kun quickly asked: "Did you do something when you squatted down next to the old tree?"
Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little tangled, and finally he nodded in embarrassment.
The expressions of the three experts changed. After seeing Zhang Hao's reaction, their hearts began to shift in an incredible direction.
Is it really Zhang Hao?
Not sure, check again.
"Brother Zhang, what have you done?" Mayor Zhou was also very curious.
Zhang Hao looked up at the three experts and said with a helpless smile: "To be honest, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I am a mountain walker. Mayor Zhou knows that, and we mountain walkers make a living and live in the mountains." , I have a lot of contact with trees and other things in my daily life.”
The three experts became more and more excited as they listened, and Liu Hanzhong was about to stand up.
Zhang Hao secretly watched their reactions and continued: "In the eyes of us mountaineers, things like trees have spirits. I saw that ancient tree that day and thought about this ancient tree. It has been nearly a thousand years, there must be tree spirits..."
Having said this, he smiled again: "So, I squatted by the tree and talked to the tree. I wanted to communicate with the tree spirit, hoping that he would get better and bring me good luck. You also know, We mountain walkers must want to be blessed so that we can return safely when we go to the mountains in the future.”
Zhang Hao did not intend to tell the story about the [Mountain Spirit Clay Statue]. The reason was very simple. He still understood the reason why ordinary people were not guilty but were guilty of carrying a jade.
If he revealed the matter about the [Mountain Spirit Clay Statue], he might be in trouble.
What's more, Zhang Hao is not willing to let things like mountain treasures appear. Once unruly people are attracted into the mountain, it will be an extremely troublesome thing. Cause and effect made the mountain god dissatisfied.
Therefore, after repeated weighing, he decided not to tell, not even to death.
The bottom line is that even if he doesn't say it, these experts have no evidence.
As for Mr. Liang, he only knows about the existence of the [Mountain Spirit Earth Statue], but he doesn’t know its functions and powers, let alone what he did a few days ago, so he is not afraid that he can tell a story. Come.
And there is no need for him to talk about this to others. After all, he still wants something from himself, and he is not that kind of person.
The light in the eyes of the three experts dissipated instantly.
If what Zhang Hao said was true, it would be completely different from their guesses and completely contradictory.
At first glance, Zhang Hao's words had many loopholes. Talking about tree spirits and talking to trees seemed unrealistic. However, Zhang Hao couldn't stand it and said from the beginning that he was a mountain walker and had enough contact with trees.
And in this older and more traditional profession, there are always some rules and particularities that outsiders don't know, which are the origins of the so-called folk customs.
There's no way to argue with that.
"Is that all?" Qian Kun was a little confused and unwilling.
Zhang Hao pretended to be surprised and said speechlessly: "That's it. You guys, you don't think I destroyed the ancient tree, do you?"
"Mayor Zhou, what happened to the ancient tree? Did something happen?" He looked at Mayor Zhou and asked, feeling a little suspicious. Did the ancient tree die a few days early?
Mayor Zhou opened his mouth, but did not speak. He just looked at the three experts.
Liu Hanzhong coughed lightly, frowned, and said solemnly: "This is not a secret, Mr. Zhang Hao, we discovered that just after you went to the ancient tree, the ancient tree began to recover. Just today, we Found that the ancient tree has come to life.”
Damn it!
Zhang Hao's pupils shrank, his expression was shocked, and his whole person froze, like a statue.
The ancient tree...is alive?
What's going on?
Isn't that ancient tree about to die? Why is it suddenly alive again?
Even after I put down the [Mountain Spirit Earth Statue], I lived...
He wasn't pretending, but he really didn't know what was going on and didn't understand what happened.
According to his thinking, the [Mountain Spirit Earth Statue] should have absorbed the rootless soil, and the ancient tree should die or die. Although it is impossible to be sucked to death all at once, as time goes by, the ancient tree will never die. There is no hope of survival, because the ancient tree can no longer absorb nutrients from the soil, and the roots at the bottom may be completely rotten, making it impossible to survive.
In other words, [Mountain Spirit Earth Statue] cannot change anything.
But today these experts came to tell him that the ancient tree was alive?
How is this possible? This is incredible...
"Mr. Zhang Hao? Mr. Zhang Hao."
"Ah." Zhang Hao came back to his senses, looked at the three experts, and asked with surprise and pretended surprise: "That tree, that tree is really alive?"
Liu Hanzhong smiled: "It's true, Mr. Zhang Hao, he is indeed alive."
"It's simply a miracle." Zhang Hao murmured to himself.
Qian Kun nodded: "It is indeed a miracle. After all, when we first came here, we already thought that the ancient tree was hopeless. We had originally planned to deal with it, but today we found out that the ancient tree actually came back to life, so we gave up." The idea of dealing with it.”
"Okay, okay, the ancient tree has come to life. That is a good thing for our Yaqian Town. This is a blessing for our Yaqian Town." Zhang Hao said with a smile.
Mayor Zhou was very impressed by these words and kept nodding.
Liu Hanzhong stared at him closely with a kind smile on his face: "Mr. Zhang Hao, from your perspective as a mountain walker, what might be the reason for the ancient tree to come back to life?"
He wanted to induce Zhang Hao to reveal more information through conversation.
Although it is not certain that Zhang Hao is related to this matter, it is also not certain that Zhang Hao is not related to this matter.
In other words, there is no telling what ideas can be brought to oneself by looking at things clearly.
Zhang Hao fell into deep thought.
Professor Liu was right. He should really think about the reason for the resurrection of the ancient tree.
Is it really because of the [mountain spirit earth statue]?
But if he remembered correctly, the [Shanling Earthen Statue] has the ability to grow. It only has the function of absorbing it. It has no function of helping trees grow, or even nourishing or resurrecting them.
But if it weren't for the [Shanling Earth Statue], what would be the circumstances that led to the resurrection of the ancient tree?
After thinking about it and going through all the thoughts in his mind, he raised his head and said solemnly: "Professor Liu, can you take me over to see that ancient tree?"
Zhang Hao decided to take this opportunity to go over and take away the [Shanling Clay Statue].
Liu Hanzhong nodded and was about to answer.
Bang bang bang!
Amidst the noisy environment, a knock on the door sounded.
"Is Zhang Hao at home? We are from Yaqian Town People's Hospital and want to find your wife, Li Siyu."
(End of chapter)