Chapter 23: Trust

Wu Ming frowned, trying his best to recall, Tang Fanghua laughed: "Why are young people so forgetful? Yesterday morning, near the University of the West, you were wearing a blue tracksuit and riding a mountain bike, and while crossing the road, you accidentally bumped into my car......"

Wu Ming heard this: "Ahhhh ”

Tang Fanghua nodded and smiled.

Tang Qi frowned, yesterday morning? Near Western University? Why didn't Wu Ming tell me? At this time, Zhang Bo's voice sounded behind Tang Qi: "Qiqi, what a coincidence, you are also here!" ”

Tang Qi saw that it was Zhang Bo, and he was inexplicably angry: "What a coincidence?" You know I'm here, okay! ”

Zhang Bo said, "Ah, yes, yes! ”

At this time, the other three cars all arrived one after another, Zhang Lao, Wang Ge, Qi Hong, and Zhao Lao, an expert in paleographies from Beijing, also got out of the car one after another, and then the red nose walked up to Tang Fanghua and said hello: "Director Tang, be fast, it's been less than three hours since I called you!" He turned around and went to the two police cars in the back.

Zhang Lao, Wang Ge, Qi Hong and Zhao Lao, as well as Zhang Bo and others all put their eyes on Wu Ming at this time, although they already knew that Wu Ming was very similar to the ancient corpse, but at this moment it seemed that there were still turbulent waves in their hearts, however, at this moment, Wu Ming, who was dressed in a police uniform and awe-inspiring under the bright spring light, really made them unable to associate the real Wu Ming with the eerie thousand-year-old corpse, Tang Qi only felt that this group of people was clearly looking at Wu Ming like monkeys, and they were indignant in their hearts, and they were about to say something, Wu Ming smiled indifferently and said, "I'm sorry! I'm causing trouble for you," he said, pointing with his right hand, "The tomb is over there!" ”

Wang Ge and the others suddenly felt a little rude, and looked at the ancient tomb, but Zhang Lao didn't take his eyes off it, and walked in front of Wu Ming: "You are Wu Ming?" ”

Wu Ming didn't know why, and nodded.

Elder Zhang turned around and glanced at Qi Hong and them, and said, "Fang Hua, you take someone to see the ancient tomb first!" Only then did he say to Wu Ming: "I heard that Officer Hou said that you bravely protected the ancient tombs, and I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of my colleagues in the archaeological field!" ”

Wu Ming was stunned for a moment and said, "Heh...... You're welcome! ”

Zhang Lao: "Is it convenient to borrow a step to speak?" ”

Wu Ming seemed to hesitate, Tang Fanghua hurriedly introduced Wu Ming: "Wu Ming, this is Elder Zhang, the patriarch of my country's archaeological community, and also my mentor!" ”

When Wu Ming heard this, he said in his heart: It's okay, let's see what the experts say, so he nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

Only then did Tang Fanghua beckon a group of people to explore the ancient tomb, and at the same time pulled Tang Qi aside: "Qiqi! Come! Daddy has something to tell you. ”

Tang Qi said unhappily: "What words? But he turned his head to look at Wu Ming.

Zhang Lao seemed to have just discovered Tang Qi's existence, and said, "Eh! It's Kiki! I didn't even dare to admit it, I just didn't see each other for two years and became a big girl, Zhang Bo was on the phone all day long to praise me for Qiqi! ”

Tang Qi called Grandpa Zhang to say hello, Zhang Lao nodded, and said with a smile: "You father and daughter will talk first, and I will say a few words to Wu Ming!" ”

Zhang Lao walked slowly in front of him with his hands behind his back, and Wu Ming followed behind without saying a word. Seeing that there was no one around, Zhang Lao spoke: "Classmate Wu Ming, how are you learning history?" ”

Wu Ming had actually been playing the drum in his heart, and Elder Zhang would say or ask something to himself, but he really didn't expect Elder Zhang to ask such a question, and said, "Not good! ”

Zhang Lao nodded and said, "Then do you know the origin of Chinese civilization in my country?" ”

Wu Ming said: "First there was Pangu to open the world, and then there were three emperors and five emperors, of course, there are legends in these!" ”

Zhang Lao bowed his head slightly, stood still, turned his back to Wu Ming, looked up at the sky, and asked for a long time: "If I say that there was a more developed civilization than today's human beings before the Chinese civilization, do you believe it?" ”

Wu Ming didn't want the questions asked by Zhang Lao to become more and more strange, but he still expressed his true opinion: "I am just a painter, I am only a little learned, and I know very little, but I believe in a truth, the invisible may not not exist, the unconfirmed may not be nothing, and the fallacies in the eyes of science today may become the truth in a few years." ”

Zhang Lao was very happy when he heard this, nodded incessantly, and said, "So I believe that the heirloom jade seal you painted comes from your dream!" I also believe that you are inextricably linked to the thousand-year-old corpse, although we still don't know the truth behind all this weirdness and bizarreness. ”

Wu Ming was a little messy and said, "Can I smoke?" ”

Zhang Lao nodded, Wu Ming lit a cigarette, and after taking a few puffs, he looked at the pale pink apricot blossoms all over the mountains and fields of Huaxugou, the bright red cherries, and the green waves of the nearby streams, he was thinking about how it is easier to establish trust between strangers than relatives and friends? Then he said: "Thank you, Elder Zhang, for believing in me as a nameless and shallow person." ”

Zhang Lao smiled, turned around, patted Wu Ming's shoulder, and said: "Although the police have now blocked the news of the archaeology of the jade seal of the country, you are already a celebrity, and you are also very good. ”

A warm current surged in Wu Ming's heart, and he felt that Zhang Lao at this moment was like one of his elders teaching him sincerely, although he had already understood this truth.

Wu Ming nodded, snorted, and said, "Thank you, Elder Zhang!" ”

Zhang Lao bowed slightly, took out a business card from his body and handed it to Wu Ming, saying, "If you have anything in the future, you can call me, I have to go and see the ancient tomb." ”

Wu Ming looked at Zhang Lao's distant back and couldn't help but fall into deep thought, what was the reason behind Zhang Lao's words when he talked to him alone this time? How did Zhang Lao know that the painting came from his own dream? Did Tang Qi or Red Nose leak the news?

Let's say that Tang Qi was pulled by his father and watched Wu Ming follow Zhang Lao, turned around and asked, "Dad, if you have anything to say, let's say it now!" Tang Fanghua said with a smile: "I just want to ask you if you have suffered anything this day, now it seems that you have grown up and can take care of yourself, then Dad will rest assured, okay, I'll go and get busy first!" ”

Watching his father go down the ancient tomb, Tang Qi suddenly understood that his father was just tearing himself apart so that Zhang Lao and Wu Ming could talk alone. Tang Qi, who returned to the car, saw Wang Dalei lying in the back seat and falling asleep again, he couldn't help but shake his head, thinking: Lei Zi's way of living is really good, he doesn't care about anything, he plays when he is full, he sleeps when he is tired of playing, and he eats when he wakes up, unlike himself who is worried about his life and hard work.

Everything in life is like this, no more, no less, but there are a few people who can grasp this "degree" word. If you worry less, you will say that your brain is lacking, and if you worry more, you will say that you are cranky and worrying.

Obviously, Tang Qi is thinking nonsense now, Tang Qi suddenly thought of what the rabbit said last night: Wu Ming, don't think that the uncle is afraid of you, our brothers still don't believe in anything 'Nine Worlds are human, either immortals or demons'! So what exactly does the rabbit mean by saying this? Thinking about it, I suddenly remembered that when they confronted the two rabbits, Wu Ming seemed to be drawing something on the paper, and then, the two rabbits were like they had fallen into an evil spirit, and they were crazy and grabbed something in the air.

In the blink of an eye, Tang Qi remembered the two words that Wu Ming said in his mouth in a coma: first snow. Is Hatsuyuki really just the name of one of Bandari's songs? Could Hatsuyuki be a girl's name? Tang Qi suddenly found that Wu Ming had a lot of unbelievable things on his body, and she couldn't help but think that maybe this trip to the water and land hermitage would unravel the tip of the iceberg somewhat, after all, that was where he lived.

After Wu Ming came back, he got into the car, Tang Qi was going to ask Zhang Lao what he said to him, but the red nose saw Wu Ming get into the car from a distance, so he also rushed over and urged him to go to Shuilu'an quickly. Tang Qi shook his head helplessly, and started the car and drove towards the water and land hermitage.

When the car traveled to Mengyan Village, looking at the three big characters of Mengyan Village on the stone tablet, Wu Ming really felt that this trip was a nightmare, turned on the mobile phone, and found that there was still no signal, and the mobile phones of the other three people were all fine, Wu Ming sighed and said: "It is estimated that the mobile phone was broken when I fell to the bottom of the ditch last night!" Later, when I got to Huaxu Town, I stopped to see if there was any phone repair. ”

Tang Qi said while driving, "Are you in a hurry?" Use mine first, go back to Xi'an and buy a new one! ”

Wu Ming said: "No need, there's nothing urgent, what to buy!" Repair can still be used. ”

Tang Qi didn't insist. Wang Dalei was still napping. The red nose didn't sleep all night, and when he was shaken by the car, he fell asleep after a while. When he arrived in Huaxu Town, Wu Ming said that it would be repaired in a while, and refused Tang Qi to accompany him to repair the mobile phone.

In fact, Wu Ming really didn't spend much effort repairing his mobile phone, and it was repaired in about ten minutes, but at this time he didn't go back, but dialed Fengzi's phone at the mobile phone repair stand: "Fengzi, you have seen everything on the news!" ”

Fengzi's voice from Wu Ming's mobile phone was a little excited: "Damn! You still know to call me! What did the two of us say at the beginning! Are you doing this in fair competition? I've always treated you as a brother! Is it interesting for you to do this for the sake of a woman? ”

Wu Ming: "Fengzi, you misunderstood, you have to believe me!" ”

Fengzi's voice was even more excited: "Believe you? How do you make me believe you?! You said! Who else in this world can draw paper as an object and make the painted thing real? ”

Wu Ming hurriedly explained to Fengzi: "Listen, Fengzi, I really didn't lie to you, you have to believe me, it's not convenient for me to tell you more now, I'll explain to you when we meet, I'm calling now mainly to tell you, because something happened, it just so happens that I have to go back to Shuilu'an now, so I can't go back to Shuilu'an with you!" ”

Unexpectedly, Fengzi's almost crazy voice came from the phone: "Coincidentally? Coincidentally, you say? You think I'll trust you again, but you just want to see the first snow first! You big liar! Wu Ming, listen to me, I will tell Chu Xue the truth of this matter as it is! I'm not going to let your plot succeed? ”

Wu Ming knew that Fengzi had lost his mind at this time, and the superfluous explanation was in vain, so he sighed and said, "Fengzi! We are brothers, I will explain to you in detail when we meet, please believe me, I will not go to see Hatsuyuki alone,"

But at this moment, Wu Ming's ears clearly heard Tang Qi's voice: "Who is Chu Xue?" ”