At the end of summer, the morning after the rain is always exceptionally bright and cheerful, with fresh air, warm sunshine, insects and birds chirping in your ears, and a deep breath is enough to make people forget all their troubles.

Even if it's only for a short moment......

Almost sleeplessly, Chen Tao got out of bed groggily, but was surprised to find that Haozi was no longer there.

Standing at the door of the store and taking a deep breath of earthy air, Chen Tao walked listlessly towards his shop.

The courtyard of Chen Tao's house is originally very large, except for the shop in front and a row of houses built in the back, all of which are in the Chinese-style wooden structure style, and the entire Chen family's old courtyard is antique and has a unique flavor.

Chen Tao's grandfather worked hard all his life, and several uncles divided his grandfather's other handicaps, basically all of them were in other places, and Chen Tao's father left his old shop to guard in this ancient city, and it was the base camp of the Chen family during the New Year's holidays.

It's just a pity......

Thinking of yesterday's fire, although the front shop was not affected, the housing behind it was probably unrecognizable.

Pushing the door in, unexpectedly, there was a person sitting at the counter.

"Brave ...... Brother Yong? Chen Tao was shocked, his parents were missing, why is this guy still working here?

"Ah, little boss, you're back!"

"Where's my mom and dad?"

"Boss, where are they in the backyard?" The guy looked puzzled.

Backyard...... Didn't it burn?

Chen Tao didn't care about the guy, and pushed the door directly to the backyard, and his eyes were about to pop out.

What kind of fire, the backyard is clean, the doors and windows are shiny, and there is no damage at all. At this moment, his father was leisurely reading the newspaper on a wicker chair and basking in the sun.

Syllable!

Chen Tao slapped himself hard with an ear scraper.

I rub it, it hurts! Not a dream, huh?

"What are you doing in the morning?" The father looked at Chen Tao who was stunned at the door in confusion.

"I didn't ...... It's okay......"

What is Nima's situation, who will explain it first?

Could it be that old guy Uncle Long......

Chen Tao raised his feet and walked towards the guest room, his eyes still staring at his father on the rattan chair like a nervous disorder, and his heart was completely confused.

"There's no fire at home, and my parents aren't missing, am I stupid?"

When he arrived at the door, Chen Tao pushed the door directly without knocking on the door, and saw Uncle Long sitting on the high-legged Eight Immortals table on the side to eat. He probably had only just gotten up, and he was only wearing loose pants and a vest.

A few fried dough sticks on the table, a bowl of steaming tofu brains. When Chen Tao came in, Uncle Long was concentrating on peeling the tea eggs in his hands.

Seeing Chen Tao suddenly breaking in, his head uncombed and his face unwashed, Uncle Long couldn't help but be a little surprised, looked at him in a daze for a long time, and said:

"What's wrong Taotao?"

Tao Tao is Chen Tao's nickname, and everyone in the family calls him that.

"You...... Are you alright? ”

"I think you're in trouble!" Uncle Long glanced at Chen Tao, "What are you looking for me early in the morning?" ”

"Uh....... What's that....." Chen Tao grabbed a handful of unkempt hair and remembered what he had discovered last night, "Uncle Long, I have a major discovery!" ”

Chen Tao took a fritter in his hand and sat on the chair opposite Uncle Long, staring at Uncle Long as if he had seen a ghost.

"I haven't eaten yet, the tofu brain is gone, and there are still a few packets of milk in the refrigerator, take it yourself." Uncle Long was a little hairy when he saw it, soaked the peeled tea eggs in the bowl of tofu brain, and took a sip.

"It's okay, no need, I'm not hungry." Chen Tao ate a few mouthfuls of fritters and swallowed dryly, although he couldn't understand what was going on, he still said to Uncle Long with some excitement: "I couldn't sleep last night, so I took out that bronze man to study, guess what I found!"

"What?" Uncle Long looked at him while eating.

"You won't believe it, this tree man has a picture!"

"What... What the? Fig? Uncle Long looked at him a little strangely.

"Come, uncle, look at this."

Chen Tao took out his mobile phone from his pocket and fiddled with it a few times and put it in front of Uncle Long.

"This is what I took last night, and the lighting is not good, so I can't see it clearly, but it's enough to explain the problem."

Uncle Long glanced at Chen Tao suspiciously, picked up his mobile phone again, and glanced at Chen Tao's mobile phone casually. After just one glance, the whole person froze, and the half-bitten egg in his mouth fell into the bowl with a snap, and the fritters in his hands were deformed by his grasp.

"You... How did you get it! ”

Uncle Long stared at Chen Tao, and there was a blazing heat in his eyes. Seeing Uncle Long's sudden change, Chen Tao was really startled, so he told Uncle Long everything he had done last night.

"I see, I see! Hahaha! Listening to Chen Tao's words, Uncle Long actually laughed.

"Uncle Long, what are these patterns, it's so strange!" Looking at the changes before and after Uncle Long, Chen Tao is now more and more sure that this guy definitely has something to hide from him.

"How do I know this, I'm guessing too." Uncle Long put down his mobile phone, and his eyes moved from the mobile phone screen to Chen Tao's face with some reluctance:

"When I first saw this, I thought this might not be something ordinary. In private, I also studied it for a long time, but I didn't know how to give up. I didn't expect you to be able to get it out, the young man is good, come on, reward you with a big fritter! ”

“……”

Depressed, so depressed, even a little crazy!

Uncle Long is answering his question, obviously looking for a reason to prevaricate him.

Raising his eyes and glancing at Uncle Long, Chen Tao took the fritters in his hand, took a bite hard, and said secretly: "Don't tell me, okay, I'll know sooner or later!" Thinking about it, Chen Tao took another bite of the fritters, chewed them dryly for a long time, didn't swallow a mouthful, and choked.

Seeing this, Uncle Long hurriedly got up and took him a bottle of pure milk from the refrigerator and said, "You slow down, you don't have to worry about anything about this matter, that tree man is probably just a coincidence, with these patterns, I can sell it for more money!"

After drinking a few sips of milk, Chen Tao glanced at Uncle Long, didn't bother to say anything more, and said, "Uncle, I'm going to find Haozi." As he spoke, he reached out and prepared to take the bronze man.

"I'll keep this thing here first, and I'll think about it and see if I can find anything else."

"Oh!"

Chen Tao sighed depressedly, the feelings are not given to him now, right!

Muttering in his heart, Chen Tao said goodbye to Uncle Long and returned to his room.

Strange, so weird!

Seeing that everything in the room was in good condition, Chen Tao couldn't figure it out. There was obviously a fire last night, and the house was burned like that, why is it like nothing today?

Could it be that he was dreaming last night, and he didn't go to that old mansion at all?

He hurriedly touched his pocket, but his hand was stiff.

No, no! The wooden box is still there, he really went to the old mansion last night, what about the fire......

Chen Tao only felt as if he had been hit hard by something, and his whole head buzzed, and a cool breath rushed straight to his back.

Trembling, he opened the small wooden box, and the bloodstained distress letter and the strange map lay silently inside.

"What I'm going to talk about next, you may think I'm crazy, but soon, you will be involved in this matter, and your world will be turned upside down!"

"I can't tell you the whole story, it's all up to you! If you don't want the Chen family to be destroyed, you must follow Uncle Long! Follow him to Heizigou and go to that tomb! ”

"No matter what it takes, you must find it, it is our only hope."

Every word in the letter echoed in Chen Tao's mind, and Chen Tao only felt dizzy for a while.

Syllable......

The wooden box fell to the ground, waking up Chen Tao in a trance.

There was a faint pain in my back, which I had been smacked by something when I rushed into the burning room yesterday.

Chen Tao tore his shirt like crazy, walked to the mirror and looked at his back, which scared him so much that he almost screamed.

On his back, there was a blood-red palm print!

I was pushed into the fire last night!!

Chen Tao gasped for breath and looked at himself in the mirror.

This world, crazy!