The situation within the Bai family is too complicated.

Nowadays, in the antique circle of Z City, everyone is headed by the Bai family, and every move of the Bai family is enough to affect the direction of the circle. Those discerning businessmen did not hesitate to spend a lot of effort to please Bai Yicong, wanting to find out the movements of Bai Yulou, and by virtue of the reputation of this century-old store, they were invincible in the antique market with real money at every turn.

After all, if you can receive the right object and sell it at a high price, you will have enough oil and water in the back and forth, which is also the way many antique dealers make money. If you can still cooperate with a famous family, just a few good words from authoritative experts when conducting appraisals, with the aura brought by that layer of name, will make the object more valuable.

Most of the people who are willing to collect antiques have some bit of wealth, and many of them are experts who have really studied it, but a greater part of the purchasing power is the rich businessmen who are stupid and have a lot of money. They don't have their own appraisal skills, but they believe in those false names, and they specialize in picking up the high-priced purchases, and use this as a manifestation of their worth and status, and place them in the most conspicuous position in the living room or office.

"It's a good thing from a certain era, and I paid a high price, but it's like an antique, and it looks tacky when it comes to price...... There is no price in the market, you know, in fact, to engage in collection, is to draw a feeling. ”

But as long as the gossip progresses to this extent, the purpose of pretending to be forced has almost been achieved.

The opposite side will probably take advantage of this ready-made step to pat the ass, and the touted person will also symbolically politely say a few words, and the two families will be happy. If there are really people who don't open their eyes and continue to ask, the rich businessmen will slander this person in their hearts that they really don't have the eyesight to see it, and they will block the mouths of others with a sentence such as "This is an object received by the Bai family, and Bai Yicong has heard of it, the current head of the Bai family, this object is personally in his hands, do you say it is rare?" and so on.

Anyone who moves out of the White Jade Building, even if they don't understand antique appraisal, they know what a row of noodles is, and the purpose of the wealthy merchants who once paid a high price for these objects has been achieved.

Behind this seemingly vain vassal elegance, it shows several conventional laws.

After all, they are all mortals, there are too few masters outside the world, and it is too difficult for everyone to be turbid and I am alone, just like living a life that can't avoid firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, and the ups and downs in the world can't avoid fame, fortune, money, and fame.

Bai Yicong has seen too many of these things, of course he knows that those who are bent on patting him on the back and have found countless opportunities to seek cooperation with Bai Yulou are not because of the so-called "love at first sight" or "like-mindedness", the so-called friendship between them is full of interest exchanges, and there is not much spiritual exchange of true feelings.

What those people care about is the name of the Bai family, the false name of the head of the Bai family, and they don't mind these things as to who this head of the family is.

Even if they had a choice, those businessmen would rather deal with Bai Mu, the second master of the Bai family, who was also rolling in Vanity Fair, and directly put the exchange of interests on the table, and talk openly and honestly about how to maximize benefits, rather than use a hot face to stick a cold ass every time, and try their best to please Bai Yicong, who is not seen by Shenlong.

But there is no way, since it is Bai Yicong who is sitting in this position now, no matter how reluctant they are, they can only treat Boss Bai as the God of Wealth, after all, no one will go against business opportunities and can't get along with the RMB.

But that's where the problem comes in.

People who do business understand the rational use of resources and the principle of pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Looking at the four veins of the Bai family, any one of them is taken out, and they are all leaders in the industry. Especially in recent years, the development of the jade market has become more and more hot, and Bai Mu's voice within the Bai family is also soaring, if it weren't for these external factors, he would not have put his thoughts on the position of the head of the Bai family.

But as the head of the Bai family, Bai Yicong knew what kind of impasse was within the Bai family.

If one of them suddenly prospers, it will inevitably upset a certain balance and overturn the existing situation. No one can be sure whether such a change is good or bad, but a change is bound to cause a lot of storms, especially for a big family like the Bai family, which is a matter of breaking the bones.

In recent years, the heads of the Bai family have suddenly disappeared or died in accidents one after another, so that the branch has become more and more ambitious, and has already hit the idea to the position of the head of the family, and has begun to brew the opportunity to change the dynasty.

It is certainly a good thing for the branch veins to develop and prosper, but if this prosperity is not controlled, it will gradually become a cancer that will not be triggered, and in serious cases, it will be enough to affect the veins of the entire family, which is definitely not a good thing. And the Treasure of the Relic King has catalyzed such a sharp contradiction. I don't know when it started, the secret about the treasure of the bereaved king actually reached the ears of Bai Mu, the second master of the Bai family, he was originally a scheming person, and getting such a secret again was nothing more than intensifying his ambition and making everything into a more irreversible impasse.

This kind of shocking secret must not fall into the hands of people with intentions.

If Bai Yicong wants to stop it, he must go back to the source and find out the person hiding behind it.

Everyone in the world has seen the prosperity of singing and dancing all day long, and everyone is happy to immerse themselves in such an illusory illusion, but no one realizes that the building is crumbling, and it is only one step away from the final collapse. The surface of those broken columns is resplendent and golden, and it has long been overwhelmed.

.......

When Bai Yicong recalled these past days, He Manzhou didn't speak for a long time, her mind was messy, thinking about the past of the ancient country of Loulan thousands of years ago, and also thinking about how Bai Yicong learned about these sources.

I don't know how long it took for He Manzhou to finally squeeze out a sentence.

"Maybe it's because of these that the ancient kingdom of Loulan ended up like that in the end. ”

Of course, Bai Yicong knew what He Manzhou was feeling. The girl's clear and moving pair is full of regret and doubt, but it has nothing to do with greed, just standing in an objective enough position to lament the demise of a certain period of history.

For a few seconds, Bai Yicong fell into hesitation. Regarding the treasure of the relict king, should I tell He Manzhou?

Or is she credible enough?

This concern turned in Bai Yicong's mind, and was quickly suppressed, and when he spoke, he did not dwell on the internal problems of the Bai family, but concisely told the content of the first page of the handwritten book, those many secrets about the Wu clan of the ancient country of Loulan.

"It's not just because of that. ”

"What?" He Manzhou asked.

"The Wu people are just deceived, no one persecuts them, these are their own choices in the end. Most people's hearts are greedy, so they are dominated by desires and do a lot of wrong things. Behind the gift of the goddess is the secret of eternal life, but birth, old age, sickness and death are the normal state in the world, and if you forcibly reverse the way of heaven, you will naturally be punished by the way of heaven. If the people of the Wu clan were not trying to force things that should not be forced, they would not have provoked the evil gods and paid such a big price. ”

"That's right...... Otherwise, how can it be said that people are not saints and sages? He Manzhou thought about Bai Yicong's words, and immediately nodded and said, "And think about it, that's eternal life, if you are given a long enough life to complete all the things you want to do recklessly, who wouldn't be moved..... That's why I'm not ambitious enough, otherwise I'd be tempted. ”

"Why seek eternal life?" Bai Yicong said.

"Why? No, whatever you want...... He Manzhou didn't understand Bai Yicong's meaning for a while, and there was obvious doubt in his big beautiful eyes, "Is there any reason for this, do you want to give you five million for Bai?" Oh, I forgot, your old man has a big business, and he has so many treasures in Bai Yulou, so he may not treat money as money, but normal human beings care about those scattered silver taels. ”

"So what?" Bai Yi never bothered to reason from her analogy, and asked bluntly.

"So, who would want to die if they can live well?"

Hearing this, a mocking smile appeared at the corner of Bai Yicong's lips, which dissipated fleetingly.

"If behind immortality is endless emptiness, then no matter how long the years are, there is no meaning. His tone paused slightly, and then he continued, "Life itself is an irresistible journey, there is no choice from birth, many compromises are nothing more than getting lost in fame and fortune with the flow, in addition to the responsibilities and obligations, what is the meaning?"

He Manzhou was stunned when he heard this, and almost let Bai Yicong go in.

She didn't speak for a long time, just turned her head slightly and looked at the man beside her. The flickering light of the flickering candle flame outlined the side of his face, and the warm yellow light became one of the few bits of warmth on the cold and rainy night, but it did not illuminate his eyes like ice and snow, leaving only depth and mystery.

From the moment they met, she felt that Bai Yicong's body was hiding a huge mystery, he was always so cold and lonely, his heart seemed to be wrapped in layers of ice, and he refused to reveal a little more to others.

But with more and more contacts, He Manzhou gradually saw another side of him that he didn't know. In fact, think about it, how can there be so many closed and lonely people in the world, the so-called closed is just not used to being touched by others, and would rather hide the secret alone than blindly trust others.

But the world is most afraid of the word "sincerity".

He Manzhou treated Bai Yicong with full sincerity, even if it was just a little emotional fluctuation, she was willing to feel extremely delicate, so she gradually felt that this man was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, the inside, and soft-hearted. She asked herself, even if she didn't understand Bai Yishun enough, she had enough enthusiasm and courage to understand him.

"You're a man...... How can you be so pessimistic?"

"Pessimistic?" Bai Yicong shook his head and continued, "No, it's just a matter of facts. ”

"The meaning of life is not only responsibility and obligation, compromise growth, but also companionship, dependence, fate and love, you can not only see the bad side, but also believe in the good side. For example, the two of us, in the vast sea of people, I met you, and I still acted as a difficult brother in this ancient temple in the barren mountains and mountains, whether it is good or bad in the future, we must have a companion with each other, isn't this fate. ”

When he said this, He Manzhou stretched out his hand and gently held Bai Yicong's hand.

"So, what are you afraid of, even if there is a big thing behind the treasure of the relict king, isn't there still me with you?"

Those words just now were just Bai Yicong's feelings when he remembered many disturbing things, and when he said them, he was nothing more than emotion. He didn't want to be open and honest about more things in his heart, and he didn't allow anyone's sympathy or speculation, so this one could be turned over naturally.

He didn't expect to be appeased or relieved, and he really didn't expect He Manzhou to really have the courage to comfort him.

Bai Yicong is used to hearing flattery and seeing the honey sword, but he has never heard such heart-wrenching words.

At that moment, he seemed to see something different in He Manzhou's body, so much so that he forgot to brush her hand away, and he couldn't bear to refute these chicken soup-filled fallacies produced by Miss He's outstanding eloquence, so he just looked at her silently.

In such a gloomy and frighteningly rainy day, there were only faltering candles in the dilapidated ancient temple.

But He Manzhou's eyes were so clear and moving, she raised the corners of her lips slightly, and the two looming dimples were so beautiful.

For a few seconds, Bai Yicong suddenly felt that he had seen a rare sunshine.