Key!

There was only one key in the purple diamond silver box.

In such a luxurious and exquisite purple diamond silver box, there is only a key hidden?

This result surprised Qiao Tianyu, he thought that such a precious box would have to hide a shocking object, but he didn't expect it to be just an ordinary copper key.

It is said that this copper key is about seven or eight centimeters long, with a golden body and a shiny color, which is similar to the kind of key used by the ancient Chinese people in historical dramas.

It's just that the head of this key is a seven-petal plum blossom pattern, and it is obvious that the keyhole that can be opened by this key is also the appearance of this seven-petal plum blossom.

This is not very common, you must know that in the written works of the Chinese dynasties, most of the plum blossoms are shown in five petals, and occasionally there are six or three petals of plum blossoms, as for the seven-petal plum blossoms, it is rare to see.

But another problem arises.

It is said that the seven-petal plum blossom key can be hidden in a luxurious and exquisite box such as a purple diamond silver box, and what important secret does the matching lock lock?

Of course, all this is unknown, at least until you find the lock that this key can open.

Qiao Tianyu was a little disappointed and put the key back in the purple diamond silver box and put it away.

This key did not bring him direct valuable information, so he had to stay "to see the after-effects".

"Is there something wrong with you coming to me?" Putting away the purple diamond silver box, Qiao Tianyu asked George.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot!" George remembered the purpose of his coming to Qiao Tianyu.

"Before I got off work this afternoon, I received a transatlantic call from your apprentice, who said that she was about to get on the plane and would be in New York tomorrow morning. ”

Chubby Face is coming back?

That's great!

After a few days of hard work, Qiao Tianyu has already obtained a lot of information about the forces behind the scenes, coupled with the information about the old patriarch Qiao Renfu investigated by the little fat face, Qiao Tianyu will be one step closer to the truth.

"Then did Cui Keying say that she investigated something?" Qiao Tianyu asked impatiently.

"Nope. George shrugged innocently.

"But she asked me to tell you that this time she brought you a big gift, and I promise to satisfy you!"

"A big gift?"

Could it be that Chubby Face really made a major discovery?

Qiao Tianyu couldn't wait for her to come back soon.

"Don't worry, I've already given her the address of the apartment, and she'll come back to you tomorrow as soon as she gets off the plane. ”

After sending George away, Qiao Tianyu couldn't wait to take out the mysterious diary.

He has to catch up on the make-up class before Chubby Face comes back, so that he can better digest the news that Chubby Face brought back tomorrow.

Of course, what happened around the tiger stripe stone box seven years ago always affected Qiao Tianyu's heart, and he also wanted to know what happened later.

But this time, Qiao Tianyu changed his strategy and stopped reading them one by one.

But the goal is clear, since the last diary, I have been flipping down, looking for clues of the "tiger stripe stone box", and sure enough, there has been a major discovery.

Since December 17, 1987, Qiaojiabao has experienced two months of calm.

However, on the first day of the Lunar New Year in '88, another shocking event happened!

February 17, 1988, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

According to traditional customs, early that morning, all the Qiao family members had to go to the ancestral shrine to worship collectively.

That day, as in previous years, before dawn in the early morning, Qiao's family began to gather outside the ancestral shrine, waiting to enter the ancestral shrine under the leadership of the old patriarch.

However, what was a little unusual that day was that when all the Qiao family members were almost there, they didn't see the old patriarch.

You know, at this time of year, the old patriarch is always the first to wait in front of the ancestral hall.

Seeing that the auspicious time had arrived, and the old patriarch could not find it everywhere, the old people in the clan finally discussed together and decided not to wait for the old patriarch to open a shrine to worship.

However, at the moment when everyone opened the ancestral hall, everyone was dumbfounded, and the old patriarch who had not been able to find him died in front of the incense case of the ancestral hall.

"Old Patriarch Qiao Renfu is dead?" Qiao Tianyu was also dumbfounded, only feeling the wind on the back of his neck.

"And he died seven years ago? What ......about this letter?"

Qiao Tianyu hurriedly took out the letter in the diary and read it carefully again for a long time.

The handwriting on this letter is indeed from the hand of the old patriarch Qiao Renfu, there is no doubt about it!

You must know that the old patriarch Qiao Renfu has practiced a thin gold body with extremely high difficulty, and his artistic attainments are quite high, ordinary people can't imitate it at all, this letter must be the old patriarch's own deeds!

However, it is clearly recorded in the diary that the old patriarch died seven years ago, could it be said that this letter was written by the old patriarch seven years ago?

But it's not right, seven years ago, "Qiao Tianyu" was unemployed at home, and he didn't even go to the pheasant secondary school, this diary is the best proof.

At that time, if the old patriarch had something to say, he would just say no, why did he write a letter to him to "study diligently and practice his skills"?

Besides, the old patriarch decided seven years ago to let the classmate "Qiao Tianyu", who has nothing to grow, come to Wall Street to make a living?

It doesn't make sense!

Let's not worry about that for now, let's move on.

According to the mysterious diary, the old patriarch's death was exactly the same as that of the man who died in the ancestral shrine four months ago.

Both of them were leaning over the incense table, their hands stretched out to make a gesture, and the cause of death was also a dagger inserted into the back of the head.

The difference is that last time the deceased held his hands on the edge of the tiger stripe stone box, but this time, the tiger stripe stone box was completely gone!

"The tiger stripe stone box has still been stolen!"

Seeing this, Qiao Tianyu couldn't help but shudder again.

It seems that the foreigner finally succeeded, and he also took the life of the old patriarch!

The death of the old patriarch immediately caused an uproar, and soon the public security came to cordon off the scene again, but this time there was no interference from the forces of the imperial capital.

After several days of careful investigation, the police locked the suspicion on Qiao Daye, the grandson of the old patriarch.

According to the neighbor's confession, since being expelled from Qiao's house by the old patriarch two months ago, Qiao Daye ran away from home in a fit of anger, and it was not until the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve that the tattered Qiao Daye returned.

Later, Qiao Daye had a fierce conflict with the village chief's father and the old patriarch's grandfather, when Qiao Daye shouted in the courtyard to kill all the Qiao family.

The neighbor thought it was just angry talk, but he didn't expect that the patriarch would really die in the ancestral shrine the next day.

Later, the police extracted Qiao Daye's fingerprints on the dagger that killed the old patriarch, and Qiao Daye's shoe prints were also found on the ground of the ancestral hall.

The police officially identified Qiao Daye as the murderer and began to be wanted.

However, according to the records of "Qiao Tianyu", since the murder of the old patriarch, Qiao Daye has disappeared without a trace, whether he is alive or dead, no one knows.

Unexpectedly, the murderer turned out to be the grandson of the old patriarch!

In other words, this Qiao Daye is too unhuman!

That's his own grandfather, the grandfather who loves him the most since he was a child!

How could he be ruthless and take his grandfather's life with his own hands?

In a frenzy!

It's crazy!

Qiao Tianyu hated to immediately break Qiao Daye's body into thousands of pieces and let him apologize for the patriarch's grandfather!

This is a good thing, the old patriarch died, and all the clues of Qiao Tianyu in Huaxia were broken, which undoubtedly dealt a fatal blow to Qiao Tianyu's process of exploring the forces behind the scenes!

However, Qiao Tianyu thought about it, since the old patriarch has been dead for many years, what is the "big gift" that the little chubby face said?