When Gao Fan asked, everyone, including Gong Xu, was slightly stunned.

"Haven't you heard of it?"

Yang Bixian on the side felt a little incredible. After all, this legend has been passed down for a long time.

Gao Fan nodded, with a puzzled expression. He really hadn't heard of it, and he hadn't beaten it since he was a child. Why doesn't it look like it's a secret? Everyone's got it?

Even Gong Xu was a little surprised, he originally thought that Gao Fan would definitely know.

"Not really."

Gao Fan smiled bitterly, a little helpless.

"I hope you'll tell me about it."

"Actually, it's not ......."

"It's just that in the past ten years, it has become more and more miraculous."

"You haven't heard of it, but it's normal."

Zhou Lin opened his mouth and said, picked up the porcelain cup and took a sip of tea.

In legend, the name of Donglai Mountain is taken from the purple qi from Donglai. It is said that every eighteen years, there is a vision of purple light falling from the sky. At that time, the treasure will be unearthed in the mountain. This year is exactly the reincarnation of 18 years.

"The last time the purple light appeared, someone saw it?"

Gao Fan felt a little mysterious, but he was also a college student.

"Nope. Many of those who claimed to be eyewitnesses eventually admitted to making it up. ”

Zhou Lin shook his head, and Gao Fan was speechless for a while.

"Did anyone find the treasure after that?"

Gao Fan asked again, but Zhou Lin still shook his head.

"Nope. However, there were indeed people who auctioned some priceless things at the Torin Howe auction afterwards. ”

"But it doesn't seem to have been found in Donglai Mountain."

Gao Fan was silent, this is clearly something out of nothing, he made up a mythical story casually, how can anyone still believe it. It's still these older adults!

"You're too young to understand. But the legend is definitely not groundless. ”

"Otherwise, how could we be entrusted by Gong Lao to come here now?"

As if he saw the thoughts in Gao Fan's heart, Zhou Lin couldn't help but speak.

Gao Fan nodded thoughtfully, and glanced at Gong Xu who closed his eyes intentionally or unintentionally.

After a few more brief exchanges, a servant came up to call for dinner.

Only then did Gao Fan know that the three men and one woman in front of him were not ordinary appraisal experts, and their names were terrifying.

Lin Quanyou and Mo Shengguang are both appraisers from two national auction houses, Zhou Lin is a well-known master of jade carving, and Yang Bixian is the majority shareholder of the Linquan antiques market.

Only Gao Fan himself is an ordinary college student who has not found a job after graduating for half a year.

Lunch is exquisitely arranged, with dishes that are exquisitely presented, colorful, and precious.

Compared to Western food, these Chinese foods are simply to Gao Fan's appetite.

He had never eaten these Chinese foods, which looked expensive and tasted expensive.

When everyone was still savoring, you came and I toasted each other, Gao Fan had already eaten to his heart's content.

"I'm full."

"Eat slowly."

Gao Fan picked up his bag, and after a few words of greeting, he entered his room under the guidance of the waiter in the surprised eyes of everyone.

The room was at the end of the second floor and had a huge floor-to-ceiling window.

Through the window, Gao Fan can just take in the surrounding scenery.

Linquan City under the mountain looks small and illusory.

Regarding tomorrow's affairs, Gao Fan was a little drumming in his heart.

Although he already has some understanding of Gong Xu, seeing him today still gives people an unfathomable feeling.

The sense of the unknown often deepens people's fears.

Gao Fan wanted to call Zhang Ming and ask something more, but the mobile phone signal was extremely different.

There was nothing going on in the afternoon, everyone else was playing Pai Gow.

Gao Fan didn't know how to play, and he didn't want to learn, so he was a little bored, so he wanted to go out and walk around.

Gong Xu handed over Qi Yulin and took Gao Fan around.

Although it was a walk, Qi Yulin still looked serious and did not smile.

Gao Fan originally wanted to chat with him, but he was like a piece of wood, and he only answered a few words, which made the atmosphere very awkward for a while.

Walking to the back of the villa, there is an empty and untended meadow.

There were a few debris scattered among the messy grass.

Gao Fan squatted down, picked up one at his feet and looked at it carefully.

It seems to be a fragment of some kind of ancient artifact, rusted with some quaint textures.

"What is this?"

Gao Fan asked Qi Yulin, who was following him.

"I don't know."

Qi Yulin shook his head, and the expression on his face did not change at all.

Gao Fan felt bored, put the fragments in his pocket casually, and walked forward.

"How long have you been here?"

"I just came here the day before yesterday."

"I'm asking you how long you've been helping Old Man Gong do things."

"Seven or eight years."

Gao Fan was a little surprised, he didn't expect Qi Yulin to have been doing it for so long. Wouldn't he follow Gong Xu at the age of seventeen or eighteen?

"Do you get a good salary?"

Gao Fan asked curiously, and what he got was indeed Qi Yulin's silent answer.

In the evening, nothing happened. After eating, everyone went back to their rooms early. Gong Xu didn't say a word about tomorrow, and everyone didn't want to ask too much.

Gao Fan's heart has gradually calmed down from the impetuousness when he first came, and in the silent winter night, the cold moonlight projected in, and the illuminated room was pale.

Around five o'clock, Gao Fan was woken up by a knock on the door. Said he was going to see the sunrise.

Unfortunately, the sky is not beautiful, the moon can still be seen last night, but it is already cloudy in the morning, gray clouds condense in the sky, and the cold wind on the mountain makes the already low temperature on the top of the mountain even colder.

"Well, it seems that this time there is no chance."

Everyone sighed with regret, but Gao Fan felt that it didn't matter. He just wants to get to the point quickly.

Gong Xu looked energetic, and gave a few words to the waiters beside him, and after a while, three cars slowly drove over.

"Guys, get in the car."

Gao Fan was shocked, it turned out that the place where the treasure was appraised was not here.

Gong Xu deserves to be an old fox. Yesterday he didn't say a word, but today everyone listens to his arrangement.

Lin, Zhou, and Mo had a car, Gao Fan and Yang Bixian had a car, and Gong Xu's car was at the front.

Once on board, everyone is asked to wear an eye patch.

Yang Bixian was quite dissatisfied at first, and when he saw Gao Fan covering his eyes expressionlessly, he had no choice but to put them on.

This blindfold is dispensable for Gao Fan, after all, he can see through and cannot play any substantial role in shading.

Gong Xu's degree of caution was so high that Gao Fan was a little worried.

The convoy started to drive down the hill, and when it reached the second fork, it headed in the opposite direction from the uphill.

Gao Fan silently wrote down the route again.

Gong Xu really took everyone to another place.

It seems to be halfway up the mountain, and there is also a villa, surrounded by trees and clusters.

Gao Fan took off his blindfold and looked around briefly after getting out of the car, and there was nothing worth noting.

After Gong Xu walked into the villa quickly, everyone was taken to a room in the villa by the waiter.

Gao Fan was still led by Qi Yulin, and was about to say something, but he slammed the door shut. The whole process was not a bit muddy.

Gao Fan hurriedly went up to check, but found that the door had been locked from the outside.

This is, I heard Mo Shengguang's angry voice in the opposite room.

"Old man Gong, you are really unkind!"

"Hurry up and let me out!"

"Don't rely on your own power to think that you are the emperor!"

As soon as Gao Fan's heart moved, he saw two burly black-clothed men standing at the door of everyone's room, Mo Shengguang was hammering the door hard, his face was red, and he was shouting.

After seeing the situation clearly, Gao Fan quickly regained his composure.

Gong Xu is cautious and ruthless, which is indeed his style of doing things.

"Everyone, don't panic."

"Gong only made this decision for the sake of safety."

"Later, I'll send someone to deliver the items to your room and identify them individually."

"Finally, there is a focused discussion on those who have doubts."

Gong Xu's voice suddenly came from the room, and there was a very inconspicuous speaker in the corner of the wall.

Mo Shengguang's voice outside the door instantly quieted down, and the silence was a little terrifying.

Gao Fan looked through the layers of walls and saw Gong Xu sitting on a mahogany chair, and on the table in front of him were twelve ancient objects of different shapes.

Among them, a black mandarin duck jade pendant attracted Gao Fan's attention, and it looked very ordinary lying in the box.

The moment he saw Yu Pei, Gao Fan's heart swelled with a strange and familiar feeling.