Chapter 30: An Ancient Letter
Ji Yayun glanced at me: "I don't know if the keyhole is right or not, but if I don't make sure that there is no mechanism here, I won't open this lock." ”
"You know me well."
I turned my wrench tentatively and said to her:
"Uncle Sang said that Tong Xiaoqiu never married until he died. This bed is her dowry, she is a woman who has not been out of the cabinet, what is she doing hiding explosives and poison under her bed?
Although the Bajie lock is kitky, it is a bit exaggerated to spread it to the future. The secret compartment under this bed is equivalent to the ancient safe, if the lock can only be opened once, then why do you want this secret compartment to do? ”
Lao Gu's face was a little unbearable, and he came over and said:
"Even if it's true, once the Bajie lock is opened in the wrong way, it will be broken, this is always a fact, right? The lock itself is of considerable value, and to destroy it like that would be ...... to the shrivelled calves that were destroying it back then."
Before he could finish speaking, there was another "click".
I looked up at him, and with a slight push, the bezel opened.
Lao Gu was dumbfounded, "Is this really right?" Or is the lock fake? ”
I shook my wrench in front of him and said:
"No matter how delicate the lock is, it is to prevent the gentleman and not the villain. This wishful wrench is also a treasure in the thief's business, and without this thing, I really can't say whether I can open this lock. ”
Lao Gu asked: "I've also heard of the Ruyi wrench, it's just a lily key used by thieves." I just wanted to figure out how I got the keyhole right at once. ”
I said, "Excuse me, this wrench is not for ordinary thieves." Let's just say that no matter how delicate a lock looks on the outside, for the sake of security, the latches are made of the strongest materials of the time. Therefore, the central part of the Bajie lock is not copper, but iron. The nine pieces of metal on the finger of the wrench have their own usefulness, but the ring itself is also unique. ”
As I spoke, I walked over to an old-fashioned chest of drawers and touched the wrench on the iron handle.
Lao Gu first stared at him for a while, and then slapped his thigh: "It's a magnet!" There's a magnet in it! It is by using the suction of the magnet to find the position of the latch, so as to determine which is the real keyhole! ”
I nodded, went back to the bed, crouched down and pushed the baffle open, saw a black bag inside, and reached for it.
However, this casual action brought out an absolutely unexpected consequence.
For the sake of privacy, the baffle of the cabinet door is pushed in.
Although this is not easy to find, the disadvantage is that the baffle is pushed in, and the storage space of this ancient 'safe' is limited.
The bag was about the size of my backpack, and when I pulled it out, it was caught by the bezel.
Old Gu told me to be careful, but don't destroy the bed again.
I nodded, things can be put in, of course they can be taken out, but it takes a little effort.
Eventually, the bag was taken out, but a small piece of yellow paper was attached to the bag.
Most people don't notice this detail, but when I saw this piece of paper, I was shocked.
The tiger glared at Zhuo Guangming fiercely and said to me:
"Take an inventory and see if everything is there."
"There's no hurry."
I put my bag aside and reached into the compartment again, trying to feel for the back of the bezel to see if there was something hidden as I thought.
However, when the baffle was pushed in, the space between it and the dark grid was so limited that I could barely put most of my palm in, but I couldn't achieve my goal.
Ji Yayun saw my intention: "Think there's something on the back of this baffle?" ”
I nodded, and she tapped my arm, "Get out of the way, I'll come." ”
Women's limbs are softer than men's, and Ji Yayun's arms are very slender, she didn't take much effort, she stretched out her hand behind the baffle, looked at me and said:
"There's really something!"
In a flash of thought, I pinched a Dharma seal with my left hand, put the two fingers of my right hand together against the center of her eyebrows, and saw that the yang fire on her body was normal, so I said:
"Try to get things out."
After Ji Yayun took out the hidden things behind the baffle, everyone present was a little dumbfounded.
There were two things, an envelope, and a yellow paper talisman with a corner missing.
And the piece of yellow paper adhered to the bag is the missing corner of the rune paper.
I was so familiar with the yellow sheet paper that when I saw the paper, I thought that there might be something hidden behind the baffle.
"What is this talisman for?" Lin Tong asked curiously, "Is it used to seal Tong Xiaoqiu?" ”
I shook my head, "This is a requiem, not a soul squeamishing talisman." But this talisman is a little different from what I've seen before, this looks like a talisman of the Sanqing Taoist, but how can it be an extra stroke? ”
Naturally, my question could not be answered, and Tiger and Zhuo Guangming and others didn't even know what Lin Tong and I were talking about.
The envelope that was found with the Fu is by no means modern.
Seeing that there was no handwriting on the surface of the cover, but the envelope was bulging, Lao Gu couldn't help but be curious and proposed:
"This letter and this bed should be of the same age, or ...... Let's open it and see what's inside? Maybe we'll find some clues? ”
I didn't hesitate, and when I saw that the envelope was not sealed, I reached in and pulled it out.
I took out a piece of paper that was special and somewhat special, opened it and looked at it, and I was stunned for a moment.
"Silver Ticket!"
Lao Gu took it and looked at it, and was also extremely surprised: "This is the silver ticket in the Guangxu period, three hundred and twenty taels...... At the time, that was a lot of money. ”
Professor Lin said: "What's more, if this silver ticket is real, it is so well preserved, even now, it is quite valuable." ”
The tiger walked up to me, glanced at the silver ticket, and then looked at the envelope in my hand: "This thing doesn't seem to be it, right?" ”
I said, "It's not mine, I won't ask for it." I'll just ask, do you want to know the origin of this silver ticket? ”
The tiger licked its mouth and didn't speak, but its eyes were full of curiosity.
Seeing that he acquiesced, I took out the rest of the envelope.
Lao Gu deserves to be a 'rubber monkey', and he couldn't wait to snatch a folded letter paper over.
He opened the letterhead to look at it quickly, and I unfolded another piece of paper out of great curiosity.
Just one glance, I was a little dizzy and unsteady on my feet.
It was actually a painting, in which a man and a woman were dressed in Qing Dynasty costumes, snuggling up to each other, and their expressions were full of sweetness.
"The woman in this painting is Tong Xiaoqiu?" Ji Yayun asked me in a low voice.
At this time, Sang Lan's father had already walked over, stared at the painting for a while, and nodded again and again:
"I haven't seen Boss Tong before, but looking at this woman's eyes, she should be Tong Xiaoqiu! Hiss...... Tong Xiaoqiu obviously didn't get married, who is this man? ”
Lao Gu suddenly sighed: "The woman in the painting is indeed Tong Xiaoqiu. The man's name is Ling Feng, and he should be Tong Xiaoqiu's sweetheart. ”