Chapter 2 Death is undoubted

Han Nuowei was taken aback, he held on to the ladder, a little embarrassed: "I just want to take a book to read." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Oh my God, what is this?" Tao Baihe also saw the basement, her face full of disbelief, obviously, she didn't know the secret of the study.

"Okay, you're pretty good, I didn't even know there was a basement in the study!" Tao Baihe blinked, and walked straight to the basement with a smile, although Han Nuowei felt that it was inappropriate, he couldn't help his curiosity, so he followed.

The chamber isn't big, but it's designed to be quite comfortable. The walls and floor are covered with thin black wood, a large desk sits in the center, a cozy-looking single sofa sits in the corners of each side, and small paintings hang on the wall facing the staircase. Tao Baihe saw the paintings on the wall at a glance and immediately walked over curiously. When the wall lamps were lit, she saw that these paintings turned out to be old photos, and she looked at them one by one, and the more she looked, the more strange she became: "Why don't I know any of these people?"

Han Nuowei followed behind his lover, he was not very interested in Tao Baihe's secret, but seeing that Tao Baihe was very interested, he couldn't bear to be disappointed, so he had to echo and say, "Maybe it's your father's old friend?"

Tao Baihe suddenly stopped in front of a photo of the two of them: "This person is so good-looking, I have never seen my father have such a handsome friend." ”

In the photo, both young men are smiling. The person on the left is a little restrained, it is the young Tao can't. And the person on the right has sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and the bridge of his nose is like a mountain, and he has the outline of a veteran Hollywood movie star. There is a line of small print below the photo: June 1, 1977.

Han Nuowei stared at the photo for a few seconds: "It's really handsome, maybe it's really a photo of your father with which star." ”

Tao Baihe shook his head: "Impossible, if my father knew a celebrity, would he not tell me? ”

In fact, Han Nuowei also felt that what Tao Baihe said made some sense, but it was not appropriate for him to say this, so he had to smile awkwardly.

The rest of the photos are mostly solo photos of Tao Fu when he was young. It seems that Tao was an active person when he was young, and in the photos, there are people climbing mountains, playing volleyball, and even selling to customers in the store.

Tao Baihe couldn't help but smack his lips: "My dad opened the store so early, and he didn't even tell me." ”

After they finished reading all the photos hanging on the wall, Tao Baihe sat down on the sofa, and then threw a wink at Han Nuowei.

Han Nuowei was about to pounce, but Tao Baihe's mobile phone rang at an inopportune time. Tao Baihe took out his mobile phone from the pocket of his nightdress, looking quite impatient.

Han Nuowei couldn't help but ask, "Is it still the one looking for your father?"

Tao Baihe didn't answer, just quickly pressed the keyboard to reply to the message. Han Nuowei couldn't help but take a closer look, but Tao Baihe had already quickly closed the flip cover, and Han Nuowei only saw the screen displaying "22:45 on September 13, 2002." ”

Han Nuowei was a little unhappy: "Bai He, do you have something to hide from me?"

Tao Baihe twisted his body coquettishly: "What nonsense are you talking about." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and lit the lamp on the table, only to see that there were pen and paper, a magnifying glass, a white and purple lamp for amber identification, and some pieces of paper similar to letters written with strange characters written on them.

Tao Baihe looked at it and said, "It's Dad's handwriting." I don't even know that my dad can speak Japanese!"

Han Nuowei didn't speak, the answer was obvious, Tao couldn't hide his foreign language skills, so naturally he didn't want people to know.

Tao Baihe suddenly shouted as if he had discovered a new world: "Hey, Xiao Wei, look at this cabinet." ”

I saw that the door under the desk was intricately patterned, engraved with the scenery of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and between summer and autumn, there was a group of patterns of unknown significance, and in the middle of the pattern was inlaid a rectangular wooden strip the size of a glasses case, the wooden strip was slightly sunken, and there was no handle decoration on it.

Tao Baihe took a closer look: "Xiao Wei, you say, what will my father hide inside?"

Han Nuowei couldn't cry or laugh: "How would I know, it stands to reason that you should have guessed, after all, it's your father." ”

Tao Baihe's eyes widened: "Then it's your dad too!" She rolled her eyes, and suddenly said in an exaggerated tone: "Could there be a person hidden inside?"

Han Nuowei frowned slightly, "Bai He, this is not funny. ”

Tao Baihe shrugged, she squatted down and groped along the cabinet: "I didn't find the lock, how can I open it?"

Han Nuowei took a closer look and suddenly reacted. He ran up the stairs and came back with an extra bookmark.

Tao Baihe was confused: "What are you doing?"

"If my guess is correct, this cabinet must contain the secret of the secret room. Judging by the current situation, your dad doesn't want you to know this, are you sure you want to open it?"

Tao Baihe said nonchalantly: "Of course, my dad is just one of my daughters, isn't his one mine, what can't I see." ”

Han Nuowei hesitated for a moment, and finally pasted the bookmark in his hand on the rectangular wooden strip in the middle of the cabinet. The volume of the bookmark is just enough to fill the slightly sunken part, and after pasting it, the spring, summer, autumn and winter are completely coherent, and Han Nuowei can't help but admire the workmanship of this cabinet.

However, after waiting for a few seconds, there was no movement in the cabinet, and Han Nuowei looked at Tao Baihe with a blank expression. Tao Baihe also squatted down, reached out and touched the bookmark, and muttered in her mouth: "Strange, isn't this bookmark you took the key?" As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly exclaimed, "Ah! This seems to be able to be pressed!"

Han Nuo only stretched out his hand and pressed the bookmark to the bottom.

After a two-second silence, the cabinet door slowly slid to the right, finally opening. The two of them looked at each other, and their eyes were full of joy. The cabinet is divided into two layers, in addition to a fist-sized, black and lustrous pearl on the lower floor, there are a few pieces of insect amber close to clean water, which is worth a lot at a glance, and the upper layer only puts a relatively large walnut carving.

As soon as Tao Baihe saw it, he was about to reach out to take it, but Han Nuowei gently stopped her: "Baihe, you see that this cabinet is from Xiaoye Rosewood, using such precious wood to make a cabinet in the basement, this thing is probably not an ordinary object, people's hands are full of oil and sweat, if you touch it casually, beware of breaking it." ”

Tao Baihe nodded, and went upstairs to find two pairs of gloves.

After putting on the gloves, Han Nuowei carefully took out the nuclear eagle, and both of them gasped.

Han Nuowei learned carving from his mother Lou Yan since he was a child, and when he grew up, he worked in an amber shop, and he has seen many good things, but he has never seen such exquisite carvings and ingenious objects.

This nuclear carving is quite dark in color, old, and has a dull oily slippery. Its shape is slightly resembling ingots, and the carver conceived a beautiful painting boat because of the shape.

There are two floors in the painting boat, the upper one is slightly smaller, and there is a small cabin, in which one person is in the cabin, holding the window lattice with his hand, as a shape of pushing the window to enjoy the scenery. Below the boat, two people sit opposite each other and drink, and in one case, it is actually inlaid with a piece of amber. Not far from the two of them, another person held a wine glass, as if drinking alone.

Tao Baihe couldn't help but praise: "It's really beautiful, why hide such a good thing." ”

Han Nuowei sighed: "This is the best skillful carving, and it has never seen the light of day in the secret room. He learned carving since he was a child, and of course he yearns for the works of famous artists, and when he sees the pearl hidden, he can't help but start to regret it.

Tao Baihe didn't understand his thoughts, he just looked at the nuclear sculpture and was amazed: "Look, it's so powerful, the cups in which the three people drink are different, such a small cup!"

Han Nuowei took a closer look, and sure enough, the cup in the hand of the person who drank alone was hollow, but the cup was solid for the two people who were drinking.

If you can make a single drinking glass hollow, why are the other two glasses lazy? Han Nuowei fell into deep thought. Such carvings should not leave out these small places, unless they are intentional.

Tao Baihe suddenly said, "Why don't we try to fill this empty cup too?"

Han Nuowei was originally pondering, and was taken aback by her words, "White Lotus, the nuclear carving is a very delicate thing, and it may be bad if it gets wet." ”

Tao Baihe pouted: "Just add a little water, that cup only needs one drop is enough, and then we will wipe it dry immediately, how can it be damaged?" Besides, didn't you say that my dad made this basement for a reason, aren't you curious?"

Just do it, Han Nuowei was still in a daze, and Tao Baihe had already gone upstairs to get a glass of water.

Han Nuowei sighed in his heart, no way, who wants the other party to be Tao Baihe, he always can't refuse any request from his lover. He picked up a piece of paper from his desk, folded it into a small funnel in two or three clicks, dipped it in a cup, and then hung the funnel at an angle and aimed it at the nuclear carving.

I saw a drop of water fall into the wine glass of the person who drank alone, and a small drop filled the wine glass in an instant. The two waited silently, and nothing changed. The two of them looked at each other, both a little puzzled.

While he was thinking wildly, he saw the man with the glass move, and slowly brought the glass closer to his cheek, and then the arm of the person pushing the window also slowly moved, but instead of opening the window, he pushed the straps with his hands, and closed the small window of the cabin little by little.

When the window was completely closed, there was a "pop", and a layer of hidden compartments popped out from the bottom of the cabin, on which a very thin roll of paper was placed.

The two looked at each other, Tao Baihe was in a hurry, and immediately snatched the note, and Han Nuowei didn't have time to stop it.

Tao Baihe twisted a few times, but he couldn't unfold the note, so he took off the gloves, and then slowly unfolded the note. If you look closely, you will find that there are small characters on it, which are not clear to the naked eye. Han Nuowei picked up the magnifying glass on the table, looked at the handwriting, and recognized it as a small poem in traditional Chinese characters, the handwriting was dense, fortunately he could roughly understand:

Look at the painting, and fall into the glass cup.

Spring is short, and the shore of Lan Zhi is on the shore.

Clothed and bamboo, the butterfly is in turmoil.

The jade is overnight, and the smoke is on the bar.

"What does this mean?" Tao Baihe muttered.

Han Nuowei thought for a while, "I don't know, but this cabinet is full of amber, will it have anything to do with amber?"

Tao Baihe nodded, and suddenly picked up the tweezers on the table and took out the piece of amber directly on the nuclear carving, and spread it out in the palm of his hand. The amber shape is simple, at first glance it looks like a wishful wish, and it looks like a curled cloud, and there are flowing patterns inside. The color is also very peculiar, like gold and red, but with purple.

The two looked at it, but they couldn't see any mystery anymore. Tao Baihe still didn't give up, and when he saw that there was a white purple lamp on the table, he took it to shine a light on the amber in his hand.

"Forget it, Bai He, if you really don't understand, just put it back, after all, it's your father's thing. Han Nuowei was afraid that she would break something, so he hurriedly dissuaded her.

Tao Baihe didn't seem to hear it, picked up the note and read it for a while, and suddenly asked: "Why did my dad hide it from me? For as long as I can remember, my dad loves me the most and tells me everything." ”

Han Nuowei didn't know how to answer for a while, thought about it, and comforted his lover: "Maybe he hasn't solved the mystery yet, so don't you tell you in a hurry?"

Tao Baihe nodded, and suddenly shouted.

Han Nuowei was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

"Scalded. As soon as the words fell, he saw a flame rising from Tao Baihe's hand, and it was the note of unknown texture that started the fire.

Tao Baihe was so frightened that he threw the note to the ground, and Han Nuowei hurriedly poured all the remaining water in the cup on the fire. Unexpectedly, the fire was so fast that it was pointless to splash the glass of water, and the carpet was already burning.

Han Nuowei immediately stepped on it, but he was wearing slippers, and he didn't step on it twice, but his socks were burned. Tao Baihe screamed in fright.

"Is there a fire extinguisher at home?" Han Nuowei didn't expect the fire to rise so quickly, and he was a little stunned for a while.

"I don't know, it's usually Mother Lin who is cleaning up. Tao Baihe was already so frightened that he was about to cry, and at this time, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and it had reached the cabinet. The cabinet was anti-corrosion and moisture-proof, unusually dry, and ignited.

"Then go and call her!" Han Nuowei was also anxious at this time.

Tao Baihe rushed upstairs to find someone in a few steps. Han Nuowei put out the fire with what he could find, and at the same time put the amber in his pocket, he vaguely thought that the contents of this cabinet were really evil.

When Tao couldn't build the basement in the first place, he didn't seem to think about the issue of fire protection at all, Han Nuowei looked around the whole room, there was no water source, there were no windows, the flames were wildly running around, and the crackling sound of burning was desperate.

Time passed without delay, Tao Baihe didn't appear again for some reason, Han Nuowei seemed to hear the phone ringing again, and the air gradually became thinner, and it became hotter and hotter. He felt that he couldn't stay any longer, so he could only leave, but as soon as he looked up, the door on the top of the secret room was closed at some point, and a man's voice came from outside the door, Han Nuowei couldn't hear who it was, this person was menacing, as if he was questioning, and as if he was comforting.

Han Nuowei wanted to shout, "Bastard, come and help!" but his throat seemed to be blocked, and he couldn't say anything. At the last moment when Han Nuowei was about to faint, he suddenly thought that the password of the Han family's gate happened to be a homonym for "no doubt about death", so coincidental, could this be the will of heaven?......