Bai Xiaoxue knew that Zheng Zheng and Carter had a business, but she didn't know anything about the specific transaction and transaction amount between the two. This is a habit of Bai Xiaoxue, that is, she never asks Zheng Zheng's business, and Zheng Zheng doesn't ask if she doesn't say it. Zheng Zheng really likes Bai Xiaoxue, how much trouble has to be saved. If Bai Xiaoxue knew the amount of the transaction between the two, then she would definitely have to ask about the source of such a large amount of money, and it would be quite difficult to explain this clearly.

For Zheng Zheng, the most difficult thing to get along with Bai Xiaoxue is how much money he has. Although he is worth more than 10 million, in Bai Xiaoxue, he is also worth millions. Although Bai Xiaoxue never cared about how much money Zheng Zheng had, Zheng Zheng had to avoid Bai Xiaoxue when he used some money, at least before Zheng Zheng found a reasonable reason to explain his net worth, he had to do so.

As for how to solve this problem, Zheng Zheng couldn't do anything for a while, so he could only say that he would take his time in the future. Anyway, the days ahead of the two are still long, and if Zheng Zheng "earns" a few million every once in a while, he can slowly "earn" his net worth to more than 10 million. At that time, Zheng Zheng didn't have to rack his brains to think about such and such reasons.

In the next few days, Zheng Zheng's antique shop was still deserted. This is exactly what Zheng Zheng wants, and he doesn't have time to recruit those individuals now. If no one comes, no one comes, Zheng Zheng just used these hours to look at Carter's grandfather's diary.

I have to say that the notes of his grandfather that Carter sent were really comprehensive, and there was almost a box of diaries alone. The remaining two boxes contained articles left behind by Carter's grandfather, notebooks, notepads, schedules, and the like. Carter is quite well organized, and the same ones are separated, which is convenient for Zheng Zheng to consult.

Zheng Zheng didn't know what Carter's grandfather did, but judging from the articles left by Carter's grandfather, her grandfather should have been engaged in historical research. Most of the articles he left behind were about historical research and literary and artistic history research. These articles are all written in English, and Zheng Zheng can understand them. The article is rigorously worded, well-written, and rigorous.

These articles are signed by Horn Carter, which is supposed to be Carter's grandfather's name. Zheng Zheng searched for this name, but did not find the matching information, thinking that Carter's grandfather was not a very famous figure in his time.

Most of these articles don't make much sense to Zheng Zheng, and there are two or three articles on the study of oriental culture and history, which are quite interesting. These articles mainly discuss oriental culture and history, and focus on the history and cultural development of ancient China.

As a native Chinese, Zheng Zheng naturally does not need to learn anything from Horn Carter's articles, and the things written in his articles are also those that Zheng Zheng is very familiar with. And to some extent, Horn Carter's view and understanding of Chinese culture and history is still inferior to that of Zheng Zheng. This cannot be said that Horn Carter is uneducated, after all, he is a foreigner, and he can be regarded as a Chinese expert in the eyes of the public with such an understanding.

The academic value of these articles is not at all for Zheng Zheng, but the writing in these articles is very interesting. Horn Carter keeps mentioning where he went in China, what he saw, and what he learned there. In other words, the descriptions of Chinese history and culture in these articles were compiled by Horn Carter after his own trip to China. Judging from what he wrote, Horn Carter did go to China, not out of thin air.

Since he had been to China, it was very likely that he got the statue of Guan Yu when he went to China.

Zheng Zheng looked at the date marked in the article, which said January 18, 1947. That is, the article was written after he had been to China, and his date in China should have been before that.

After determining the approximate time, Zheng Zheng began to look through his diary. The earliest of these diaries is dated from 1940, which is obviously too early. Zheng Zheng flipped through it casually, and after making sure that his idea was correct, he didn't look at it further.

Rummaging through the search, Zheng Zheng found a diary from 1945. After jumping and looking at it, the diary did not show that Horn Carter was already in China, but kept mentioning his "plan". What his plan was, the diary did not explain in detail, but judging from the subsequent events, his plan should be to go to China.

Continuing to rummage, Zheng Zheng finally found a valuable diary from the vast number of diaries.

The handwriting of this diary is sloppy, with a pencil, and because of the time, some words have been worn out and cannot be read clearly. Zheng Zheng combined the context and could barely understand the general meaning. Compared to other notebooks, this notebook is also a little more worn.

March 10, 1946, fine

Today I heard something very interesting, and tomorrow I'm going to find a guide to go with me.

………

On March 15, 1946, the sun turned cloudy

It's so hard to find a guide who knows the terrain, and anyone who wants to be a guide has never heard of this place. God, where have all the people who are familiar with Peking gone? It's really boring.

……

1946, March 17th, light rain

Thank God I finally found a guide today. He said he knew a lot about the surroundings of Peking and knew where that place was. I can't wait to see it for myself.

……

March 20, 1946, fine.

It's unbelievable! The experience of these three days has really opened my eyes, and there is such an amazing thing in the world! But am I going to announce this news? I still need to think about it.

……

The diary after that is a record of what Horn Carter sees and hears every day, and there is nothing related to these diaries. He seemed to have a good idea of whether he was going to announce the news, and he didn't record anything in his diary.

By mid-April, Horn Carter had written in his diary that he had "returned to Europe." After that, there was no record of China in the diary.

Looking at these records, Zheng Zheng probably knew what to expect. Judging from Horn Carter's records, he should have obtained some "magical thing" between March 17 and March 20, and if he thought correctly, it should be the Guan Yu statue that is now attributed to Zheng Zheng. There is no record of this after that, but Zheng Zheng can roughly smooth out Horn Carter's action steps: after he got the Guan Yu statue, he hesitated because he wanted to announce the news that he had obtained the Guan Yu statue, but in the end, he still chose to take the Guan Yu statue from China when he returned to China.

As for whether he took this Guan Yu statue away from China, whether it was out of selfishness or out of wanting to protect this "magical thing", Zheng Zheng does not know. But no matter what Horn Carter has in mind, taking away the treasures of other countries is still not a good thing in Zheng Zheng's opinion.

However, at that time, Beiping was under the rule of the Kuomintang, and if Horn Carter announced the news, it was really hard to say what would happen to this Guan Yu statue in the end. Zheng Zheng was not from that era, and he had not experienced this choice, so he didn't want to comment on this matter.

These diaries are very valuable, at least they point out a direction for Zheng Zheng to crack the secret of Guan Yu's statue. Although Zheng Zheng still didn't know the specific location, he knew that it was near Beijing, and if he followed this clue all the way, he should be able to gain something.

Zheng Zheng continued to rummage, hoping to find more to support his speculation. Finally, Zheng Zheng found a record in a diary from 1948 that lifted his spirits.

Eighty percent of the diary is information that is useless to Zheng Zheng, and at the end of the diary, Horn Carter writes: "I need a safe enough way to keep this statue, and if it is found, things will be in trouble." As it stands, no one can accept my claim that I need to hide this statue. If I could go to China again, I would definitely unlock the secret of this statue. ”

If it was just Zheng Zheng's speculation, then Horn Carter's record is proof that Zheng Zheng's idea is correct. At this point, Zheng Zheng can already confirm that Horn Carter did get this Guan Yu statue from Beijing, and then brought this Guan Yu statue back to Europe. Later, for one reason or another, Horn Carter decided to hide the Guan Yu statue. It wasn't until Carter found Zheng Zheng that the statue of Guan Yu, scattered among the various Buddha statues, was rediscovered.

Although Horn Carter's diary points out a direction for Zheng Zheng, it does not give any description of how he obtained this Guan Yu statue and the exact point where he obtained this Guan Yu statue. Zheng Zheng wants to find out the secret of this Guan Yu statue, but he still has to rely on himself.

Although this result is not perfect, Zheng Zheng is already very satisfied. Zheng Zheng's biggest fear is that he can't find any clues, so there is really no drama to sing. Now that we know that this Guan Yu was found by Horn Carter in the area around Beijing, it is a great help for Zheng Zheng.

It took Zheng Zheng about three days to find these records, and after Zheng Zheng found them, he spent a few more days reading the rest of Horn Carter's diary to make sure that he had not omitted any information about Guan Yu's portrait.

After packing up, Zheng Zheng and Bai Xiaoxue got on a plane to China.