"What do you mean by 'destined people', and can I do anything for a few of the old-timers?" Zhong Lin finally couldn't help but ask.

The old lady nodded, she now admired the young man in front of her more and more! The old lady turned her head to look at Zhang Lao and said, "Old Zhang, take the jade plate." ”

"No need to pick it up, I've already brought it here......," said Zhang Lao, who took out a wooden brocade box from the wide robe he was wearing.

"Lao Zhang, you ......"

Several old people looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent, it seemed that everyone had misunderstood Elder Zhang just now.

In fact, Zhang Lao can be said to have 100% trust in the old lady, but he thinks about more things, but Zhang Lao has already brought the things he wants to bring with him when he goes out.

Zhang Lao carefully placed the brocade box on the round table, and Zhong Lin's eyes had already fallen on the brocade box at this moment, only to see a gossip pattern painted in the middle of the brocade box, and birds and beasts painted around it, which looked very exquisite.

Zhang Lao's left index finger and thumb were pressed on the "Qian" position and the "Li" position in the Bagua diagram respectively, and the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of his right hand were pressed on the "Kun" position, the "Gen" position, and the "Kan" position, respectively, and I saw a few fingers of him gently pressing down......

"Click, click, click, click, click"

With five soft sounds, the mechanism was touched, and then Zhang Lao carefully opened the lid of the brocade box.

Zhong Lin couldn't help but admire the ingenious design of the brocade box, even everyone present had already seen the position of Zhang Lao's fingers, but if he didn't know the order in which his fingers were pressed in advance, he would definitely not trigger the mechanism correctly. If an outsider gets the brocade box, there is absolutely no way to start, first of all, the number of hexagrams pressed, then what hexagram to choose, and finally the order in which the selected hexagram is pressed, which is varied, as long as one of the hexagrams, even if the order is wrong, the mechanism cannot be opened.

The inside of the brocade box is covered with a piece of apricot yellow satin, Zhang Lao gently uncovered the satin, and you can see that there is a groove under the satin, and a white jade bi lies in the groove, the four corners of the jade bi are fixed with red ribbons, and the jade bi is carved with a few lines of small characters in seal script.

Zhang Lao looked at Zhong Lin with a smile and said, "Zhong Lin, come, come and see what is written on this?"

"Lao Zhang, do you still want to take the Zhong Lin exam? Haha......" Although Zhao Lao said this time, he didn't look angry this time. The three people, including Mr. Chen and the old lady on the side, including Zhao Jianyi, were also smiling, and no one thought that Mr. Zhang was "making things difficult" for Zhong Lin.

Everyone seems to have formed a tacit understanding now, and they are all full of curiosity about the young man in his early 20s in front of them, and they all want to see how much ability Zhong Lin still has......

Zhong Lin looked around at everyone and said with a smile: "Elder Zhang, old lady, old Zhao, old Chen, Uncle Zhao, then I might as well be respectful." ”

Now Zhong Lin's heart was also full of doubts, several old people took great pains to reach a "unanimous opinion", and then took out a brocade box with such an ingenious mechanism, if it was just a piece of jade, it seems that there is no need to work so hard, so what is written on it? It has nothing to do with him? Why is it said that he is destined to be a person? These questions lingered in Zhong Lin's mind, constantly stimulating his curiosity and desire for knowledge.

Zhong Lin looked at the seal script on the jade bi carefully, first recognized it for two or three minutes, and then read it directly:

"Xu Gongjunfang, inheriting the emperor's order, led 3,000 children, crossed east along the coast, in order to find the immortal side, to Yingzhou, and returned with the treasure.

However, the way of heaven is impermanent, the treasure has not been offered, the first emperor collapsed, and Xu Gong was affected, so he retreated and ended up depressed.

Our generation, inherit the will, keep the treasure, wait for the future generations to be destined, attack the secret arts, and benefit the common people......"

Everyone present, you look at me, I look at you, look at each other and smile, obviously they are not so strange that Zhong Lin can read the words above, after all, the ability shown by Zhong Lin in front of them is enough to make them believe that Zhong Lin is already a god-like character, there is nothing he can't do, of course, Zhao Jianyi is more inclined to think that Zhong Lin is from the future world, that is, he has traveled over, so he thinks that he must have a good chat with Zhong Lin in the future.

"Zhong Lin, as you can see, this piece of jade records the information about the treasure we guard, of course, I also have Lao Zhao, Lao Chen are the descendants of the Xu Gong mentioned above in the jade, that is, Xu Fu established the clan in Yingzhou, for more than 2,000 years, our ancestors have been guarding the treasure left by Xu Gong for generations, but we don't know what this treasure is. Later, during the Liberation War, I don't know how little Japan actually knew our secrets, in order to get treasures, killed many of our people, and then only a few of our teenage children fled to Hongzhou, at that time there was no current southeast city, it was just a small fishing village, and Hongzhou was just a wasteland. Later, when Japan announced its surrender, we all thought that we had escaped a catastrophe, but where did we think that a Japanese special operations squad not only did not surrender but also found our shelter! When we all thought that we were going to die here, the old sister arrived in time with the Red Army, and after a bloody battle, more than 50 people from the small Japanese squad were completely annihilated, and in the end, only 86 people were left in the Red Army that the old sister brought with a whole reinforced battalion......

As he spoke, Zhang Lao's voice was a little choked.

The corners of the old lady's eyes also began to moisten, she sorted out her emotions and then said to Zhang Lao's words: "At that time, we received instructions from our superiors that a small group of enemies did not gather at the designated surrender site, but went to the area around Hongzhou, and the scouts found that they were not ordinary Japanese soldiers, but most likely specially trained Japanese special forces, who seemed to be on a secret mission. At that time, I was still the battalion commander, so I led my troops to encircle and suppress this enemy. Hey, that battle was so tragic that I will never forget it......"

The old lady closed her eyes, took a deep breath and continued: "The enemy resisted to the death like crazy, my comrades-in-arms fell one after another, and finally when we annihilated the enemy, we sacrificed 405 soldiers, fortunately, we finally annihilated the enemy, and rescued Lao Zhang, Lao Chen, Lao Zhao, and Lao Zhang's senior brother, who was only ten years old at the time, and the four of them ......"

The old lady's hands trembled, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and continued: "Later, Lao Zhang and the others took the initiative to find me, told me their secrets, and asked me to protect the 'Supreme Treasure' with them. First, I was touched by their sincerity, and for the sake of the 405 comrades-in-arms who died, I promised them, and later we built a monument on the Red Island, and also sealed the things we guarded next to the monument. Since then, it has become a custom that everyone who comes to the Red Island should pay their respects at the monument. This not only expresses the admiration for the revolutionary martyrs, but also looks for the 'destined person' mentioned on the jade bi. In addition, we found out through our investigation that there is an organization that has been secretly investigating the news about the Xu Gong people, and we think it may be for this treasure......"

At this time, Zhang Lao continued: "It's still the idea that the old sister came up with, seal the treasure next to the monument, and everyone who goes to the island must go to the monument to worship, so that even if the people of that organization know that we are on the Red Continent, they can't imagine that the treasure will be placed in that place where everyone can go on the surface." Later, when the old lady told us that you might be the 'destined person', we were all very happy! Our ancestors have guarded us for more than 2,000 years, and finally found a 'master' for the baby in the lifetime of several of us, and we were blind even if we died. But I haven't forgotten my brother's deathbed instructions, I'm both happy and afraid that the organ will hurt you, I'm thinking that today we will tell you this secret first, and then you will learn more about the formation and the method of breaking the formation, and after a year and a half, you have learned almost, and we will go and invite the baby, what do you think?"

At this moment, the old lady also said: "Yes, Zhong Lin, it was my ...... before"

"No, old lady!"

The old lady had just finished her sentence when she was interrupted by Zhong Lin. He knew what the old lady was going to say, so he wouldn't let her say it, so he continued: "I've decided, we'll go now, after a few of you said, I myself feel that I really may be the 'destined person' you say, since there is fate, then I believe that no matter how difficult the formation is, I can also break it, and I can open the ...... no matter how difficult the mechanism is," Zhong Lin smiled confidently as he spoke.

Zhong Lin's hearty laughter infected the whole room, everyone was liberated from the dull atmosphere just now, all smiles appeared on their faces, and the old lady even cast a grateful look at Zhong Lin......