The surname Bai is not special, but looking at the entire Z city, he has a certain appreciation of ancient paintings, which can make Lao He take a look at it, and the people surnamed Bai who are related to the antique industry will inevitably think of Bai Yicong.

He Manzhou held the blue-skinned codex in her hand, dangling her legs and leaning on the sofa, perhaps because she thought about things too incomprehensibly, her little face, which she usually did not hide, was full of distress.

"This is too unreasonable, if that person is really Bai Yicong, then how did he get involved with Lao He. Although they are all in the antique industry, a literati and a businessman don't have anything to do with it...... My dad is an academic school, isn't he the most disgusted with those who are sharp words and rely on antiques to make money. ”

The moonlight shines through the transparent glass windows, enveloping the girl's figure. He Manzhou grabbed the long hair scattered on her shoulders irritably, and saw that with the force that could be called devastating, several strands of hair were overwhelmed and broken, and her already irritable mood became even more indescribable.

Probably out of the bald girl's self-cultivation, she changed the object of ravaging from kindness, and turned the target of venting into a teddy bear pillow placed next to her, while pulling the bear's ears, while analyzing the bear with words, as if people could understand.

"Also, tell me, why did Bai Yicong help me today? Is it Boss Bai who is full and has nothing to do, or is it his assistant Gu who suddenly wants to roar when he sees injustice, and then he will shoot when it's time to make a move?

Tonight on Biyun Street, Dong Nangu, who helped He Manzhou relieve the siege, was Bai Yicong's assistant. He Manzhou had never officially dealt with the Bai family before, but everyone was in the same circle, she had more or less heard of Dong Nan, and she also knew what kind of character this special assistant usually had.

In a word, Dong Nan is down-to-earth and steady, rigorous and restrained. If it was in ancient times, he would be the best retainer next to the head of the family, a proper first-level executor, and he would not make any mistakes, let alone make his own claims in the name of the Bai family in this kind of matter.

As for his immediate boss, Bai Yicong, he is known for his mystery and low-key. Usually, Boss Bai Shenlong sees the beginning but not the end, and there are very few cases where he can see the deity, and many of the affairs of the Bai family are handled by Dong Nan. To use a joking phrase, Bai Yi has never been in the rivers and lakes, but his legends are always circulating in the rivers and lakes.

Just as a reasonable person will not offend the secretary next to the leader, the businessmen in the antique circle have always been accustomed to paying attention to Dong Nan's tone, and want to judge Bai Yicong's attitude through his attitude, so as to understand the wind direction in the antique circle in Z City.

So although he is just an assistant, Dong Nan is quite cautious in his words and deeds. He is not a nosy person, his identity and influence are there, and it is impossible for him to stand out for an ordinary old man.

The reason why he made a move must have been ordered by Bai Yicong.

But that's the crux of the matter.

He Manzhou tugged at the teddy bear's ears and continued to think with some distress. If he said that he was a painter who was "not doing his job", after Lao He disappeared, he barely managed to catch the ducks on the shelves, which can be regarded as a new force in the antique industry who became a monk halfway.

Then Bai Yicong is a complete family connoisseur, the Bai family has been doing antique business for generations, and it is said that the origin can be traced back to many generations of ancestors, and the first antique city in Z City was opened by them. As for the original batch of exhibits in Bai Yulou, they are all inherited by the Bai family for several generations, and any one taken out is worth a lot.

When he took over the Bai family's industry, Bai Yi had just graduated from college and was still a fledgling hairy boy. At that time, there were great changes within the Bai family, and the second master of the Bai family was doing the best business, just in time for the old man of the Bai family to die of illness, and Bai Yicong's eldest brother Bai Yuqiu took over the Bai family's industry.

In those years, it was catching up with the rapid development of the antique industry in Z City, and many scattered antique dealers came from behind, although they did not shake the foundation and influence of the Bai family, but also brought a lot of impact.

In this regard, the Bai family's lineage has caused a lot of criticism.

A few years later, Bai Yuqiu encountered an accident on a business trip and died outside, and Bai Yulou had to be taken over by Bai Yicong. Catching up with the eventful autumn, the people in power are still young, so Bai Yicong took over Bai Yulou, not so much sitting on the cornucopia inherited by the family, but dancing on the tip of the knife, with countless pairs of eyes staring at him every step of the way, and there was no room for mistakes.

At first, the Bai family was dissatisfied with this young man, especially Bai Mu, the second master of the Bai family, who said that he couldn't bear to watch his nephew work too hard, crawling alone like a fly without a head, and he could help one or two in everything.

But behind such a "foil", the wolf's ambition is obvious.

Bai Yicong turned a deaf ear to this, and naturally didn't discuss anything with the second uncle, and when Bai Mu found out that his nephew was not a thing in the pool and could not be controlled by him, Bai Yicong's wings were already full enough that he would not be held hostage to anyone.

However, in just a few years, the business of Baiyulou Antique City has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Bai Yicong's achievements and influence are incomparable to his father and brother, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a business wizard, the most divine thing is his eyesight to identify antiquities, which is a well-deserved genius, with such achievements to speak, the Bai family's uncles and elders can only shut up.

He Manzhou and Bai Yi have never had any intersection, but the current head of the Bai family, who is enough to be called the cold-faced king of Hades, can't be so kind to her inexplicably.

"Could it be that he was impressed by my personality?" He Manzhou muttered quietly.

The poor bear pillow was ravaged so much, if it had a spirit in the sky, it would have cried out and begged He Manzhou's subordinates to show mercy, how could he feel her personality charm?

"But that's really unreasonable, you say, what's going on?"

Cub: "......."

We don't dare to say, we don't dare to ask, Xiong Sheng is really too difficult.

Probably couldn't think of any clue, and after a short hesitation, He Manzhou didn't give up and flipped through the notebook.

"Meow ......"

At this moment, the cat owner, who had been left out for a long time, wandered into the living room at some point, suddenly jumped up, jumped up at a lightning speed, and the water cup on the table was so inappropriately spilled on the notebook on the side.

He Manzhou hurriedly picked up the codex and hurriedly wiped the water stains, but she quickly stopped—because she clearly saw that under the soaking of clear water, a few lines of handwriting appeared on the blank paper of the notebook.

The room was too quiet, except for the night breeze passing through the hall, only the sound of He Manzhou's messy heartbeat remained.

She seemed to be holding Pandora's box, and the records in this codex were huge secrets that were enough to shock the world, and at this moment, these taboos that should not be touched were coming to the surface little by little.

These are the answers to certain things that He Manzhou desperately wants to know.

December 20th

I'm going up the mountain today.

With the Bai family's painting, it is much easier to confirm the coordinates. This is not Gong Xian's handwriting, but this painting technique is enough to confuse the real with the fake, who exactly did everyone draw these two paintings, and why did the Bai family know these secrets? I still can't figure out these things, presumably Boss Bai didn't tell me the truth.

To put it bluntly, he still doesn't trust me enough after all.

It has been raining in Wucheng in the past few days, and it rained heavily in the second half of the night, but my itinerary with Boss Bai has been set, and there is no reason to give up halfway, if the trip goes well, you can find the "key" hidden in the ancient temple.

That treasure, and the secrets behind it.......

Maybe we can see the light of day again.

.......

According to the uncles of the expedition team, Lao He's disappearance was on this rainy night.

He Manzhou's fingers were tightly twisted together, and at this moment, her heart was like a mess, with countless question marks. She never thought that the ancient temple in the nightmare had really come true, and it turned out that there really was such an ancient temple. And this temple, which is full of mystery and weirdness, is actually the destination of the trip to He Shengwu City.

That "Ancient Picture of Shantao Words" is the source of all strange things, but according to Lao He's meaning, this painting is only one of the clues to solve the mystery later, and the other half is in the hands of the Bai family......

If Boss Bai in the Codex is really Bai Yicong, the leader of the antique industry in Z City, then the things behind this are even more complicated. Just like He Sheng's initial concerns, with Bai Yicong's ability and skill, since he has clues in his hands, why don't he go directly to investigate, but must help He Sheng and act with him?

In other words, the "he" mentioned many times in the codex - the mysterious man surnamed Bai, what unknown purpose does he have that he must cooperate with?

With such a question in mind, He Manzhou continued to flip through the following content.

It wasn't until she saw the last page that her face completely changed.

December 21

When I found the ancient temple, it was already the middle of the night.

Boss Bai and I stayed on the mountain for one night, one to avoid the rain, and the other to study the words on the mural. This ancient temple is located in too remote area, if it weren't for the mystery of the two ancient paintings, we would not have been able to find it.

I'm going to leave for the next place tomorrow, and if I find the priestess's suit on this trip, I'll be able to unlock the treasure.

Whether this is good or bad, perhaps no one knows.

.......

He Manzhou felt more and more frightened, she always thought that her father had disappeared in Wucheng. However, according to the notes, Dock City was only the first stop on his itinerary, and the purpose of his visit to Dock City was to confirm the so-called "coordinates" and find the key to open that place.

What is the priestess's suit?

What kind of treasure is it when you open the treasure?

December 30th

Tomorrow is Manzhou's New Year's exhibition, and I promised her that she would go, but it seems that I didn't have a chance to see it.

Xiaozhou, you have to forgive Dad.

January 5th

Everything is wrong, and that's not something we should be looking into.

The goddess's suit itself is a curse, this is the devil who crawled out of hell, and will completely devour the current civilization, but now that we have come, there is no way back for us.

If you can go back alive...... Xiaozhou, you have to believe Dad, this is not my intention, but a fate that has to be surrendered. Those lineages are destined to awaken, and all you can do is submit to the gods and give your soul and life.

The incarnation of the goddess into the world is itself a curse.

.......

The contents of the notes that emerged from the soaked water were cut off, and the edges of the paper behind them were neatly torn, and the contents of the notes were unknown, and it was not certain whether the subsequent notes were torn off by He Sheng himself, or if someone had taken the codex after his disappearance and hid the most critical parts.

And the codex itself, too, has big problems.

Even people who don't know anything about solving the case, they can see the error based on logical analysis alone, and the uncles who went with He Sheng and the expedition team didn't know anything about this notebook. But if it weren't for the members of the expedition team, who would have had the opportunity to get He Sheng's personal belongings and unknowingly put this diary in the blue and white porcelain jar of the Tianwentang Museum?

Who brought this notebook back, and why did he reveal these clues at such a juncture?

These mysteries have not yet been solved, but the strange things behind them can no longer be hidden.