In fact, before Bai Yicong pointed out this, He Manzhou had some doubts.

For example, the codex that suddenly appeared in the porcelain vase, such as the lost and recovered "Ancient Map of Shantao Words", and then those clues that appeared invisibly without knowing good and evil, He Manzhou could feel it, and in the darkness it seemed that someone was pushing her behind her back, making her involved in the abyss and unable to get out, until she fell into a deeper mystery.

And it's definitely not for the sake of friendliness.

So much so that He Manzhou couldn't believe it, and felt that the strangeness around him was all committed by acquaintances.

After all, whether it is the porcelain vase of the Tianwentang Museum or the bookcase of the He family's old mansion, it is obviously something that outsiders can't touch. It is difficult for He Manzhou not to imagine whether the people around him are contributing to the trouble.

The wind outside was louder, there was no snow in the winter in Dock City, only a sudden gust of cold wind, and the unclosed windows were blown back and forth, echoing in the quiet room. Although He Manzhou is not dressed thinly, it is purely at the level of the warmer air conditioned room, and he can't stand the north wind that pierces the hall.

But her mind wasn't here at all. Her delicate and beautiful cheeks were a little pale, I don't know if it was because it was too cold and frozen, or if the impact of the topic we talked about tonight was so great that the girl's psychological adjustment ability was on the verge of collapse.

At this point, is there something to be done?

When this thought unconsciously came to his mind, Bai Yicong was obviously stunned for a moment.

He has never been an all-encompassing person, and he disdains to engage in those hypocritical courtesies. Probably because he feels that it is difficult to integrate people's emotions, superficial care and hypocritical thoughtfulness seem redundant, and it is even more boring to pretend to be friendly just for the purpose of maintaining a relationship, so Bai never cares about what others think.

He has a rod in his heart, and his code of conduct is engraved on it, and he only wants to be worthy of his heart.

As for whether he will offend others, be suspicious and hateful, or even bring more bad influences, he doesn't care.

In Bai Yicong's view, there is no need to ask others for help for those emotions that can be digested by themselves, and he is naturally reluctant to mention others to share them. The so-called facts are things that are real and have happened, whether they are open or not, but they are just facts, and it is meaningless to comfort them in the end.

But when he saw He Manzhou, his heart softened inexplicably.

At this moment, Bai Yicong found out that when he treated He Manzhou, he gave too many exceptions, if it was only for the purpose of cooperation, he would not have to explain it so clearly, and he would not have thought about what to do to make her feel better after explaining the reason for the treasure of the relict king.

But even if you have an idea, you can't stand Boss Bai's straight man thinking.

His gaze stopped on He Manzhou's face for a few seconds, then he immediately got up and closed the window, confiscated a small half of the orange juice she had drunk, poured her a new cup of hot tea, and draped the coat on the stool over her shoulders.

"I don't know how to say it, don't catch a cold. ”

"Ah...... Thank you. ”

was inexplicably counted out, and He Manzhou also took it as a concern.

She held the tea handed by Bai Yicong, the wisps of tea fragrance diffused between her noses, and the temperature from the palm of her hand finally made her gradually come back to her senses. The coat has the usual cologne smell of Bai Yicong, the cold mint fragrance mixed with the faint woody fragrance of cedar, only the last trace of tail notes remains, as if you can't smell it carefully if you don't smell it carefully, but it is inexplicably seductive.

It stands to reason that at this time, He Manzhou should sigh about the progress of "boyfriend's coat" and the like, and then uphold the principle of taking advantage of it even if it is verbally cheap, and take a few words with the white boss by the way.

But at this time, she was really not in the mood to think about these things, and just asked openly, "Why did they find my father...... Our He family is just doing research, and the genealogy is counted up to many generations of literati, and they have never left the Hutong courtyard at all, unlike you who sit on a basement heirloom treasure, and any ancient painting hides such a shocking secret as the treasure of the relict king. If you want to say that you are well-informed and knowledgeable, and there are more powerful scholars in the world, how can it be my father?"

When he spoke, Bai Yicong's voice was light, probably too bad at emotional expression, and even the comforting tone was understated, hiding his true intentions.

"It's not just a coincidence, didn't you tell me that the totem in your dream is related to the investigation He Sheng did?"

"You mean, the reason why my dad was involved was because of that Miao Jiang chose the topic?" He Manzhou was stunned for a moment, biting his lower lip tightly, and his thoughts couldn't help but drift far away, "I told him at the time, there are some things that you can't touch if you don't touch them, but if they have anything to do with the occult, there is no good thing, but he has to listen to my advice......"

Since Lao He disappeared, He Manzhou has remembered his father's itinerary more than once.

She has always wanted to find out what went wrong, even if she didn't tell others deeply, there was a vague direction in her heart. Especially after reading Gu Qi's report, those totems that completely coincided with her dreams were the phantoms of the Babel Tower in the desert that shone with golden light and shattered into gravel, like the photos He Sheng took in Meaux back then.

At that time, He Manzhou doubted whether there was a connection.

But no matter how brainy she was, she couldn't imagine the existence of the treasure of the relict king, and she couldn't imagine that the crux of He Sheng's reason for provoking these things was Miao Jiang's choice of topic.

After all, Miao Jiang's topic selection was like the direction of Lao He's research a long time ago. During that time, he was studying ancient religious sacrifices, vessels in prayer rituals, and totem worship in half-truths and half-truths in witchcraft.

At a time when science was not yet popularized and civilization was only recorded, many things were inevitably related to the occult. In order to eliminate the disaster, people choose to wear masks for rituals, trying to communicate with the gods through those ethereal mysterious powers, using divine power to expel plague ghosts and ghosts, and praying for good weather and peace throughout the year.

He Sheng originally researched the style, age and collection value of the ritual vessels, but somehow it became the history behind the research. Especially when He Sheng learned about those weird legends in Mocheng, he came back as if he was a different person, and he was obsessed with Miao Jiang's topic selection for a long time, and even went on business trips to Xiangxi more frequently.

He Manzhou used to joke with his father half-jokingly at that time.

"I said Lao He, it's not good for you to investigate something, you have to compete with these gods and gods. Let me tell you, the territory of Xiangxi is not stable, you must be careful when the time comes, if you encounter strange people, remember to hide away. I heard that the Gu poison and witchcraft there are very powerful, in case they really provoke any Miao Jiang Gu Girl, it will not be useful to pray to God and worship Buddha at that time. ”

He Sheng was already accustomed to the child's lack of age or size, and he just spoiled her hair.

"You kid, don't you know the truth that trouble comes from the mouth, the problem of this little crow's mouth can be changed, Murphy's theorem does have its truth, don't think about the bad in everything, give yourself positive mental hints. ”

"Okay, okay, how did this start educating me again. He Manzhou muttered in a low voice, only taking He Sheng's words as the wind in his ears, "Then you have to take it to heart what I tell you, remember to pay attention to safety, do you know Lao He." ”

.......

Now that I think about it, I realized that it was wrong from here.

Knowing that this was the case, he should have stopped the old man from taking risks, and those young and ignorant jokes became prophecies, and even the care was not honest enough, mixed with jokes that were neither big nor small. If Murphy's Law really exists, He Manzhou hopes that what he said at that time was to let Lao He have a safe journey.

There's so much to say, and so much to ask. He Manzhou only felt that a thousand words were like a fish in his throat, and his heart was filled with thousands of thoughts, each of which was the mind of his heart.

And the last sentence she said was what she wanted to know the most.

"Do you know who they are?"

When he said this, He Manzhou raised his eyes and looked straight at the man opposite.

"Bai Yicong, you are a member of the Bai family, you must know more about the treasure of the relict king than I do, do you know who those people are?"

Bai Yi never answered directly, but picked up the teacup on the table. The faint fragrance of tea is diffused in wisps, and a few emerald green tea leaves float in the clear yellow tea soup.

After a while, he replied, "I don't know." ”

In the few seconds of looking at each other, He Manzhou saw Bai Yicong's eyes sinking slightly, his ink-colored pupils seemed to hide the whole night, and he couldn't see any emotions for a while, and he refused to reveal his thoughts.

He lied.

There are many reasons for the concealment at this moment, perhaps out of lack of trust, or perhaps out of protection. Either way, there is no need to continue asking, because it is destined to lead to nothing.

He Manzhou didn't speak for a while, and when she spoke again, she didn't delve into the part that Bai Yinever wanted to say, and silently turned over this article.

"Then what should we do next, we can't stop the clue here, right? Why don't we look along this gazebo, or simply study the architectural style of this place, and see if we can find something." I have a good relationship with the head of the Department of Architecture at University Z, so if you think it's feasible, I'll send him an email later. ”

In this regard, Bai Yi never had too many surprises, as if he guessed that He Manzhou would say this.

After all, this girl is usually coarse and delicate, she acts with a straightforward irritability, but she is the best at caring about the feelings of others, and will not let the situation blindly worsen.

Then, Bai Yicong picked up the pen and clicked on the map of Wuwu City, and handed his finishing results to He Manzhou. This commercially visible map is marked with red and blue pens, and it is a wild mountain on the outskirts of the city that is circled, which at first glance is completely inconspicuous, but all the white ink has been placed here.

"There's no need to investigate, that ancient temple should be here, go and see it. ”

"How did you find your place?"

For such a bewildering behavior, He Manzhou was really completely stunned. She just wondered if she wanted to exchange ideas with Bai Yicong. After all, it is the treasure of the relict king, and the mystery behind it, no matter how you look at it, it is a puddle of muddy water, and the two of them must handle it carefully.

Who knew that before she could discuss, Bai Yicong had already solved the problem.

In a word, He Manzhou was trying to reason and analyze, but Bai Yicong directly announced the correct answer, or the kind that can't be denied that it is all right, so that Miss He's first reaction is that this is too nonsense - he originally came to invite credit with a novel discovery tonight, but in the end he took Bai Yicong's free ride?

That's a bit too shocking, isn't it?

"No, how did you determine the location of the ancient temple?"

After holding it for a long time, He Manzhou really couldn't hold back and asked a question, and Bai Yicong's answer was generous.

These two ancient paintings echo each other, "The Ancient Map of the Mountains and Waves" gives the range, and "The Returning to the Clouds of the South Mountain" points out the specific location, the reason why someone painted such two fakes is to provide clues, even if they are hidden deeply, there are traces to follow. I had seen the clues of this pavilion earlier, and I had a rough judgment. After you told me about the dream, I remembered some clues that I couldn't remember before, so I just checked it. ”

Hearing such an explanation, He Manzhou almost turned his back in anger.

In the past few days, I have been busy fighting at night, purely doing useless work, just moving myself.

"Hey, Bai Yicong, can you be honest, since you have an idea, why don't you just say it and play with me, don't you know that it's shameful to waste cheap labor?"

"I thought you would be happy to do that. Bai Yicong looked at He Manzhou and answered as it should.

"What, what am I willing to do?" He Manzhou glared at Bai Yicong angrily, "Are you willing to be played around by you, masochist, me, how is it possible." ”

Facing He Manzhou's irritable gaze, Bai Yicong chuckled lowly, which had a bit of a divine meaning.

"Aren't you willing to compete, otherwise why would you propose to split up?"

He Manzhou: "......"

Under the great embarrassment, Miss He fell silent again.

I can't say it, but I can't compare it.

In addition to silence, what can be done.

"Okay then, I'll trust you for once. It took He Manzhou a long time to finally do a good job of psychological construction, decided to turn this embarrassing page, end tonight's long talk about the topic, and quickly go back to the room to sleep and calm down, "When are we going up the mountain, otherwise I will check the traffic route, and we will go over tomorrow?"

"No, just listen to my arrangement, you go back to sleep, and then eat and drink and rest, it's okay." ”

For Bai's mind-reading skills, He Manzhou is no longer surprised, and he is concerned in disguise.

Looking at Bai Yicong's calm appearance, she couldn't help but slander, the big guy's brain circuit is just not ordinary, and even the big things that decide are so lightly, as if he doesn't care at all.

However, is this reliable?