Chapter 18: The Five-Man Reunion Abandons Grievances and Walks Together
In a blink of an eye, she has been living in this Overseer's Mansion for half a month, and the days of the Overseer's Mansion are always sunny and beautiful, much more comfortable than in Shanghai, and He Rong will bring some delicate gadgets to find her from time to time to make her happy.
The injuries on her body are almost healed, and the medicine He Rong gave her has a very good effect, and Jinhua believes that if those scars persist in taking medicine for another half a year, I am afraid that they will fade.
It's just that she won't be in the Overseer's Mansion for long.
He Rong talked to the plaid suit, and he also participated in the matter of Kublai Khan's tomb.
When He Rong told her the news, she was a little surprised, but not happy.
She didn't know what He Rong thought about this matter, for the overseers who controlled part of the power in the north, she was afraid that she would be despised by the world for participating in the tomb robbery, and besides, the plaid suit was for the Japanese, He Rong was so rashly involved, he probably wouldn't be able to eat a lot of the weapon, not only that, but he was also very likely to be infamous as a traitor.
Moreover, if the tomb is not safe, if he planted his head in the tomb and set his way, then he will compensate his wife and lose his soldiers.
All in all, no matter how you look at it, it is not a wise choice for He Rong to get involved in this matter.
She told He Rong about these thoughts, but He Rong didn't react much, he didn't tell her about his calculations, but just asked her to relax.
As he said this, he sat in a rocking chair in the pavilion in the garden.
He was lazily half-lying, half his face bathed in the sunlight that had been half-baked in the pavilion, and at first he listened to her absentmindedly, but then he put a finger to her lips to stop her chatter.
Then he took the fish food from the table and poured it all into the pond.
He looked at the water surface where the fish swam in an instant, as if nothing happened.
After a long time, he replied, relieved.
The lame old man and others have news, according to the news that He Rong got from him, they joined the team of plaid suits, which Jinhua also thought of, she is now a little suspicious of the lame old man and others, that day on the train, why did the four of them suddenly disappear, and now they went to the plaid suit, no matter how she looked at it that day, it seemed that she was broken up by the four of him, and what she experienced on the side of the human teeth was the plaid suit and Xu someone's hands and feet, but the four of them, is there really no news?
But fortunately, the map given by Du Yuesheng is still in her hand.
That's probably the only thing she can rely on now.
He Rong's meeting with the plaid suit was set on the 28th of the new calendar of this month, and the location was set in the famous restaurant Kexian Ju in Chengde, Jinhua followed, but did not show up at the banquet, but hid behind the screen to listen to their speech, this is what He Rong meant, of course, Jinhua is also happy.
There is not much news about the plaid suit revealed to He Rong, and his answers are very cunning, and when He Rong asks some key questions, he always answers vaguely.
Even when He Rong asked about the division of the Ming vessel, he said three or seven points for a while, and five or five points for a while, four or six points, but he refused to give a clear answer.
Jinhua guessed that his answer was discussed with someone Xu, and it was most likely the instructions of the Japanese.
But He Rong was still determined to go in the end, and Jinhua had plans to follow He Rong to the tomb, so she swallowed the obstruction when she got to her mouth, and finally agreed.
However, the news of his decision was leaked by someone, first in the Overseer's Mansion, but after a while, it spread throughout Chengde City.
At this time, no matter how much he made up his mind, he was still in a dilemma, and the eldest brother Zhang, who was the king of the land in Beiping, sent him a telegram, saying that he was ready to take the jurisdiction for him at any time.
The masses in the city who did not know the truth pushed the matter to the **, some radical young people held signs in front of the Overseer's Mansion to protest, those sour Confucians and Qing Dynasty relics, shouting about the law of their ancestors, wrote big-character posters and pasted half of the outer wall of the Overseer's Mansion.
When Jinhua went to discuss with He Rong, He Rong was still feeding the fish, his back blended with the scenery in the mansion, Jinhua looked at him with a feeling of looking at the fairy in the painting, he was calmly feeding the fish, still without sadness and joy.
Jinhua walked to his side and called him in a low voice, he raised his head and looked at her, a gentle smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and he said, You are here.
The gloom and coldness in his eyes had dissipated most of them when facing her, Jinhua looked at him, a little worried, held his hand, and discussed: "Or, don't go." ”
He shook his head and laughed, Jinhua didn't know what he was laughing at, and then listened to him again: "It's not easy to get off this boat." ”
Jinhua is also a smart person, she heard the meaning of his words, she didn't say it, and waited for him to speak.
But he didn't say it directly, he intended to show off, he sold Jinhua a pass: "Guess who will spread this news." ”
Jinhua had someone in her heart, but she wasn't sure, so she asked him, "Is it your cousin?" ”
He gave an appreciative thumbs up and nodded.
Jinhua just guessed, there was no conclusive basis, seeing He Rong so sure, he was a little surprised all of a sudden, and subconsciously exclaimed: "How come!" ”
"Why not, don't you think it's him too."
He Rong blinked, his mood didn't look bad at this time.
"I'm just guessing."
Jinhua paused and said what he thought.
"The only people in the house who know about this are you and me, and only the people outside him know about it, you and I will never tell this matter, so it must be what he said in the end."
He Rong's analysis was very reasonable, he looked at the courtyard of the mansion as he spoke, and he said: "Although the news came from the mansion, he is my distant cousin, and the relationship in this mansion is also intertwined, so there must be someone with him." ”
He didn't care about what he said, Jinhua looked at him and suddenly felt that being an overseer was actually quite hard, at first she thought that He Rong was indifferent, and after some days of getting along, now it seems that he was just forced by the environment to become what he is now.
"So, you're still going to go to the grave?"
Jinhua looked into his eyes and guessed what he thought.
He nodded, looking up at the thick clouds in the sky, his handsome face was full of ambition this time unabashedly, Jinhua knew that He Rong wanted to put the Japanese behind the plaid suit and Xu in a pot, she guessed that in Kublai Khan's mausoleum, there must be a huge amount of wealth, and it was naturally not a small amount for people like He Rong to go to the soup, Jinhua swallowed his spit, and also moved his mind.
The day of the tomb was calculated by asking someone to be counted, and it was set for the end of May.
That night, He Rong not only brought her a set of equipment, but also brought four people, it was the lame old man and others, listening to He Rong's meaning, probably they are now divided into two teams, respectively to visit the tomb in two places, Kublai Khan's tomb location in Chengdri There are several theories, they excluded several places, and finally determined two places, one is on Yan Mountain, the plaid suit and Xu went here, and the other is around Wuliehai.
He Rong chose this place.
As for the lame old man and the others, he gave up a piece of Mingqi to come, although the lame old man did not agree with the place He Rong chose, but from He Rong's mouth he learned that Jinhua was with him and came over willingly, in the final analysis, this lame old man still regarded Jinhua as an apprentice, and this time he also planned to take this opportunity to teach Jinhua to go to the tomb.
Seeing the lame old man, Jinhua didn't feel very good, she had a crisis of confidence in the lame old man, and she didn't know how she should face the lame old man at this moment.
"Girl, why have you lost weight?"
This was the first sentence that the lame old man saw her, Jinhua's original complaint was finally stuck in her throat, she looked at the lame old man and suddenly burst into tears, and the dirty speculations in her heart disappeared in the lame old man's words.
"Master."
She couldn't help shouting at the lame old man, the lame old man also looked at her old tears at this time, the lame old man's arms were black, there were bruises, Jinhua looked at it, and couldn't help but reach out to touch it.
The lame old man grabbed her hand, as if he was infected with something, and hurriedly pushed her away, at this time, Humpty Dumpty, who was standing behind the lame old man, spoke, Humpty Dumpty's eyes were a little red, I don't know if he was too tired or something else, he said, this is corpse poison.
The lame old man listened to Humpty Dumpty's words and nodded, he was a little lonely, but he still smiled and said to Jinhua: "Now, the corpse poison has penetrated deep into the internal organs, I'm afraid I won't have a few days to live, if it weren't for the Overseer, I would have thought I would never see you again before I died." ”
Jinhua glanced at He Rong, who was looking at her from a distance, and then looked at the lame old man, and felt a little tenderness in her heart for a while, she was not a cold-hearted person, to be honest, although she was sensible, but she was also an emotional person, Jinhua had been hiding because of the Rong family's affairs in the past, but she really met others who were good to her, and she couldn't wait to be good to people.
"Alright, it's time for us to go."
Jinhua wanted to say something, He Rong came over and urged them to get into the car, He Rong didn't call the driver, he drove the car himself, and the car was parked at the back door of the Overseer's Mansion.
In order not to disturb people, and even more so as not to cause trouble, He Rong took them out of the back door, the car was a small car, and it was a little reluctant to squeeze six people, just Humpty Dumpty alone, at least occupied the position of two people.
Fortunately, the lame old man and the three of them are all thin, these four people are just enough to sit in the back seat, Jinhua sat on the seat next to He Rong, He Rong saw that everyone was together, and the inspection equipment was also brought, so he started the car.
There are very few street lights on the street, one is bright and one is dark, very dim, He Rong's car lights are broken, he can't see the road clearly, Jinhua had to give him a flashlight to illuminate the road, fortunately He Rong has a lot of flashlights, otherwise, this flashlight is out of power, and it is another thing to go to the tomb.
However, if it is really a tomb, the lame old man also brought a foreign oil lamp, and there should be no need to worry about the lighting.
Now, they can be regarded as having everything ready, only the east wind is owed.
However, at this moment, in Yanshan, Plaid Suit and Xu are not so lucky.
The dark night of Yanshan is already cold, walking in the woods, the sound of the wind blowing the leaves of the trees is very loud, hula hula, for the new tomb robbers, imagination is a test.
At this moment, Xu followed closely behind the plaid suit, clenched the gun, and carefully took every step of his way, he kept looking left and right, and the plaid suit with a cautious appearance wanted to laugh.
However, the plaid suit didn't laugh out, because the place under their feet was indeed worth Xu to be careful about, because it was rumored here that there was a beast that ate the dead, although they were not dead, but the beast that ate the dead did not say that they would not eat the living.