After I fled from Zhengbei Village, I contacted Yao Otherwise, and asked him to go to Anyang Railway Station to hand over to me. After I got the fare, I boarded the train to Xuzhou in front of him, then got off in Tangyin, and took the bus all the way through Xinxiang and Zhengzhou, and then came to Xi'an.

This twists and turns of the journey route is known only to me, even Kido Kana I haven't even mentioned it. And the sentence just now made me suddenly wake up: he knew that I was going to Xi'an by car.

"How do you know?" I took a step forward. Fu Gui heard that the situation was wrong at this time, he turned on the faucet, raised his eyes and stared at the medicine. Yao Ran smiled reluctantly: "I'll just say that casually, is it rare to go to Xi'an by car?" ”

"I can't see it. It's not uncommon to take a car to Xi'an, but we were handed over at the train station, and if you guess, you should also say the train. ”

Yao Ran glared at me angrily, and slapped the table with his right hand: "Make a wish, what do you mean, are you doubting me?" ”

"Also, you just said that I pretended to be a common person to cheat and deceive, how would you know?"

"I heard from Kido-sama."

"I was in Qishan, and I only deceived people once, that is, a farmer who pretended to sell cultural relics to deceive Qin Erye. But I haven't told anyone about this matter, except for Second Master Qin and **, no one knows. Where do you know? ”

Otherwise, I was speechless when I asked, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on my forehead. He was about to open his mouth to defend himself, but was interrupted by me with a loud shout: "Admit it, you didn't stay in Anyang at all." You have been following me, following me from Anyang to Xi'an, and then to Qishan. ”

I stared at him with burning eyes, and the doubts in my mind gradually became clear. Yao Otherwise, he shouted angrily: "I wish you are so ridiculous, I am kind enough to come and help you, can you say this kind of nonsense?" I walked up to him and grabbed his sleeve-up arm, "Wasn't the scratch on your arm from stealing Kido's notes from my arms?" Several long scratches were still on his arms.

This blow made the medicine completely speechless. He slowly pulled out his arm, and the whole person suddenly changed his face, and the previous frivolity shed like snakeskin, revealing a strange and indifferent face.

"Sure enough, it's you."

My heart hurts for a while, he is my best friend in the five veins, I think this is the kind of good friend that can be a lifetime, and I trust him even more than Huang Yanyan...... But when I didn't hesitate to hand him over the back, I was stabbed hard by him.

I remembered for no reason the four sentences left by my father, the so-called "regret and regret", this is what it feels like.

Otherwise, he walked leisurely to the corner, took out a cigarette and lit it for himself, raised his head and slowly spit out a smoke ring: "I didn't kill you when I was soft-hearted, but now that I think about it, I really regret it." ”

"You didn't kill me, not because of soft-heartedness, but because the police in Beijing who arrested me have arrived, you don't want to make a fuss, right?" I sneered back.

Otherwise, Yao didn't answer, but spit out more smoke, hiding his expression in the green smoke.

"I remember when I left the old man's house, you used to say: 'My ideal is not the cliché thing of the five veins', I thought you were referring to rock and roll, but now it seems that I was wrong."

As I said this, I stared at him. Yao Else didn't escape my eyes, he said calmly: "The old Chaofeng said that as long as it is for his own ideals, even if he turns his back on his family and friends, what does it matter? ”

"Who the hell is the old court?"

"That's not what you need to know!" As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly made a move, and instead of pounced on me, he attacked Fu Gui on the side. Fu Guizao saw that something was wrong, and grabbed a fruit knife in his hand. As soon as he moved his feet, he stabbed with a knife without hesitation. Otherwise, the medicine leaned around, and was able to avoid the stabbing blow, and his right fist swung and smashed firmly on Fu Gui's cheek. The old man let out a scream, and the whole person was knocked into the wall, and then bounced back to the ground, fainting. Otherwise, the medicine retracted the move, his lips pursed slightly, and his original lazy expression was replaced by a fierce aura.

The technique of medicine is not a kung fu school, but a modern sanda technique, and this guy is still a hidden master. Xie Laodao, Ji Yunfu and Lao Qi Tou probably fell under the deterrence of this absolute superiority of force.

The medicine turned his attention to me: "Daxu, you and I have a relationship, if it weren't for the Buddha's head, maybe we could be good friends." As he spoke, he lifted the gauze covering Shen Jun's face. Shen Jun let out a long breath and shouted hysterically: "How long do you have to rub it off, let me go!" Yao Ran said coldly: "I hate it when others tell me to do this and that." After saying that, he slapped his neck impatiently, and Shen Jun suddenly fainted.

Otherwise, he didn't look at his accomplice, and flicked the cigarette ash: "Daxu, hand over the translation of Kido's notes, and I can still help you." ”

"What's the use of talking about it now?" I sneered.

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and Huang Yanyan pushed the door and rushed in: "Oh no, we are surrounded." As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed a strange situation in the room. Her eyes widened as she didn't understand what was really going on. Yao Otherwise, he pointed at me and said, "Yanyan, I called the police." This escaped prisoner and his accomplices tried to kidnap citizens and were caught by our public security police. ”

"You betrayed us?" Huang Yanyan's judgment is simple and clear.

"No, I want to guide you on the right track......"

Before the medicine was finished, Huang Yanyan had already deceived himself and approached, and without saying a word, a pair of pink fists smashed over. Otherwise, he took the next move, his expression became obviously serious, and the two of them fought in this narrow room.

Huang Yanyan is a master of Xingyi Boxing, plus she has a good figure, long limbs, and she opens and closes her fists widely, like a storm. Otherwise, medicine is like a lone wolf, seemingly scarry, but it has never been truly controlled. Every move, every punch or kick he throws is unstructured and not pretty, but it's the simplest and most efficient. Huang Yanyan is now in extreme anger and has a slight upper hand, but this state cannot last, and after a long time, Huang Yanyan will inevitably lose.

"Make a wish, you go quickly! I don't owe you anything! Huang Yanyan suddenly let out a high-pitched shout, and the whole person crashed into the medicine. Otherwise, if he wanted to kill her, it would be easy, but he chose to retreat. Huang Yanyan was sure that he wouldn't really be a killer, so he deliberately used this deadly style of play to delay time for me.

I watched this scene and almost froze. It wasn't until the yellow smoke suddenly made a ** that I woke up like a dream. Otherwise, when he saw that I was leaving, he moved his body to block it, but he was entangled by the yellow smoke. She was panting and her hair was scattered, but she was still struggling to hold on. I hesitated for a moment, gritted my teeth, rushed between the two, and straightened my chest.

"Don't fight!" I stood in front of Huang Yanyan, and stopped the attack of Yao Ran with both hands, "I'll go with you, don't embarrass her." Otherwise, the medicine retracted the trick and took three steps back silently. Huang Yanyan was furious: "Make a wish, you still don't leave?" ”

I turned around and smiled reluctantly: "My Xu family has had the fate of four regrets for generations. When I came to me, I had already tasted the three regrets of repentance, repentance, and repentance. If I forsake you, I will repent. I don't want to bring this last repentance to you. ”

"Stupid ......" Huang Yanyan squeezed out a little sound from his throat, and he didn't have the momentum just now.

Yao Ran slapped his face on the side: "Those who know the times are Junjie, and it is right for you to do this." I snorted coldly: "You can take me away, but don't embarrass Yan Yan and Fu Old Man." ”

Yao Otherwise, he knocked his head in embarrassment: "Originally, if you hadn't found out my identity, this matter would be easy to discuss." It's a pity that you are clever and have broken the mystery. If I let them go now, I'm bound to cause a big mess. I think it's okay, you all go back with me to meet the old courtier, and spend a few days. As long as that day is over, it's okay. ”

"Which day?"

"You go and ask the old courtier yourself." Otherwise, the medicine grinned and smiled innocently.

…… I took off my blindfold and found myself in a hotel with nothing but a simple bed, a table, and a sofa. The windows in this room were closed by thick curtains, and the lights had to be turned on during the day.

Otherwise, he handed me a glass of water: "Sensei has found it, Old Man Fu and Yanyan are placed elsewhere, and their safety depends on your performance." ”

"Despicable." I said two words.

Yao Ran shrugged his shoulders and seemed to be completely unconcerned about the title. He put the big brother on his waist on the table and sat back on the sofa: "Wait a minute, the old courtier will come to see you." What you have to do is to tell him what you have discovered in Qishan as it is, and don't miss anything. ”

His tone was relaxed, just like usual conversation, but I could make out the unmistakable command in it. This also means from one side that although Yao Ran followed me, he didn't hear the key conversations, so he was so eager for me to tell what I found in Qishan. I suppressed the anger in my heart and said, "May I ask a question first?" ”

"Just ask."

"Xie Laodao, Ji Yunfu and Lao Qitou, you killed them?"

Without hesitation, Yao Else replied, "Not bad." ”

"But I couldn't figure it out, the three of them were killed at a very close time. How did you kill Xie Lao Dao in Conch Mountain, and then rush back to kill Lao Qi Tou and Ji Yunfu? ”

Yao Otherwise, he narrowed his eyes: "Maybe you might as well guess." I pondered for a moment: "There is only one possibility that I can think of. You are very familiar with the terrain around Conch Mountain and know that there are shortcuts. ”

"Well, even if you don't hit it, it's not far away."

"The person who told you the shortcut to Conch Mountain is an old pilgrim. The person who is really familiar with the terrain there is him! He once went to Conch Mountain. ”

"Oh, maybe I admire you, your mind is so clear that you can deduce the whole forest from a single leaf." Yao Otherwise gave me an appreciative look. I said with a cold face: "Your original plan was to kill Xie Laodao and destroy the plank road, you think we don't know the existence of the mountain tunnel and want to trap us on the top of the mountain." But you never expected that we relied on Fang Zhen's good eyesight to find that tunnel and get out of trouble smoothly. When you returned to Qishan and killed Ji and Qi, you found that we had returned safely, and in a hurry, you had to find a car to hit me, didn't you? ”

Yao Ran scratched his head in annoyance: "That time my buddy miscalculated, he didn't kill you for a while, he only took the manuscript and left, but he got the wrong one." ”

"Don't talk nonsense." I unceremoniously exposed his lie, "You didn't kill me because you knew that the police from Beijing had arrived in Qishan, and you had to leave them alive." ”

"Hmph, even if it's okay. That thing was operated by Shen Jun. He tried every possible way to see me make a fool of myself, and I wouldn't have fulfilled his wish so easily. ”

"So, how did you kill Mr. Ji?" I tried to keep my composure.

As soon as he mentioned this name, Yao Ran's eyes lit up: "Oh, Mr. Ji Yunfu Ji is really everyone's demeanor, and his brain is amazing." As soon as I entered the room, he reasoned about me more clearly than Sherlock Holmes and Poirot. As soon as he said that, I had to kill if I didn't want to. Of course, buddy, I'm very civilized, gave him a pill, he understands things very well, knows that it's useless to struggle, so he eats it himself, the only request, is to sort out his collection of cultural relics, and finally wrote a piece of writing before he died of illness, he really deserves to be a cultural person. ”

I looked at his radiant face, and I wanted to punch him, but I was sneering in my heart. He probably didn't know that it was his self-made cleverness that made Ji Yunfu leave a password, and I would get the translation.

Yao Ran was quite disappointed and said: "If it weren't for your luck and turned out the manuscript, I would have the heart to burn down the Ji Mansion and save me so much trouble now." ”

I couldn't help it, so I picked up the glass and splashed it in the face. I couldn't beat him, and I had a handle in his hand, so I had to express my anger in this way. Otherwise, the medicine was not angry, shaking the water droplets on his hair like a dog, and actually stretched his neck over again: "If you think this is enjoyable, I will give you the shower." I saw that he was cheeky and invulnerable, and he put down the water glass stupidly, only his eyes were still angry.

Yao Otherwise, he paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, and said earnestly: "Daxu, in fact, the old court admires you quite a lot." If you want to, you can be one of us. ”

"Help you fake and harm people? Daydreaming. ”

Yao Ran sighed: "Do you know what the old courtier thinks of you?" From Xu Yicheng, Xu Heping to your wish, the three generations of your ancestors and grandchildren are all the same stubbornness and the same axis. ”

"Our family has its own principles of being a human being." I replied calmly.

At this moment, Big Brother suddenly began to tremble violently on the table. Otherwise, he picked up the medicine and handed it to me: "The old Chaofeng called, you can take it." I was slightly stunned. I thought he would come to see me in person, but I didn't expect it to be over the phone. Otherwise, he patted me on the shoulder, opened the door and walked out, leaving me and this big brother in the room.

"Hey, is it Xiaoxu?" The voice on the phone is very strange, it seems to have been specially processed, not to mention the voice, even men and women can't hear it. This old courtier is quite cautious in his work.

"It's me. Are you an old pilgrim? ”

"That's right."

"Or should I call you Sister Lu Yongde?" I held the phone and preempted it defiantly. This is what I learned when I was talking to Liu Yiming, we must firmly grasp the right to ask questions, and never be led by the other party.

In the face of my questioning, there was a moment of silence on the other side of the phone, and a hearty laugh came out: "Make a wish, I really didn't misunderstand you." ”

Otherwise, as mentioned just now, the old Chaofeng is very familiar with the vicinity of Conch Mountain. And the people who have been there, except for Xu Yicheng and Kido Yousan, there is only a mysterious third person. And after the Buddha head case, a person with the pseudonym of sister Xiaolu Yongde took back three notebooks. It is not difficult to surmise that these two are actually the same person, that is, the mysterious person on the other end of the phone - if this guess is true, the old courtier is probably more than old.

"I don't want to waste time with you, what do you want?" I asked.

Seeing that I was happy, the old court was no longer polite, and said bluntly: "If possible, I hope you can join us." ”

"It's impossible, and I think you know that."

The microphone laughed softly: "The people of the Xu family are really so stubborn. Xu Yicheng and Xu Heping both said similar things back then, but I didn't expect to hear it for the third time today. Rejected three times, you have to understand the feelings of an old man......"

I held Big Brother in my hands and remained silent. Lao Chaofeng seemed to be very sad, and it took a long time before he spoke again: "It's my fault for making such a stupid request, I'm really sorry." Let's change it, I want a translation of Kido's notes. ”

"Didn't Kana Kido bring it back to Japan?"

"I'm sure with a little memory you won't forget what's inside."

I laughed, "It seems that you are not omnipotent. Kido Kana obviously has a ready-made one in his hand, but you are helpless to use such a low-level means to ask me. ”

"No way. Xiaoyao was ineffective and frightened the snake, Fang Zhen strengthened the protection of Kana Kido until she returned to Japan. We're here to ask you. ”

The old courtier did not mean to pretend to be wrong at all, but spoke very frankly. I found that Yao Ran's speaking style was very similar to that of the old courtiers, they rarely showed mood swings, no matter how shameless and serious things were, they could say them as if they were chatting. This is a typical kind of interest thinking, which is completely unmixed with any moral factors, that is, it is pointless to talk to them about morality and shame. Angry accusations and rants have no effect on people like them.

I made a quick judgment and secretly adjusted my strategy. This old man on the phone, who has been able to endure in the five veins for so many years and secretly accumulate power, must have a very terrifying mind and means, not to mention that he still has a good card in his hand. I had to be calm, very calm, like being immersed in ice water, to get a chance of survival.

"What's the benefit of me speaking out?" I adjusted my breathing to stabilize my emotions.

The microphone looked surprised: "Xiao Xu, I just praised you for being smart, why are you confused?" Now that Huang Yanyan and Fu Gui are in our hands, how can you still be qualified to bargain with me? ”

"I can't see it." I said coldly, "If it's just for Kido's notes, why do you bother to put so much effort into it. You must have a greater plan to detain me here, and this plan cannot be accomplished unless I do. I wonder if this qualifies as a bargain? ”

"It's not easy, you guessed it." There was an unconcealed admiration on the microphone, "You are much stronger than Xiao Yao and Xiao Shen." Really won't come and help me? ”

"I said it, it can't be."

"Okay, okay, really, young man is so stubborn......" Old Chaofeng looked quite helpless, "You're right. What do you want, though? If you want to speak carefully, you only have one chance. ”

Without even thinking about it, I blurted out: "The truth of 1931." ”

The truth of 1931. That is the key node of the Buddha's head case, the transfer of thousands of years of grievances, and the origin of the ups and downs of the three generations of the Xu family. And my understanding of it is only vague. In order to piece together this huge puzzle, I still have many gaps to fill.

The old Chao Feng on the other side of the microphone didn't show any surprise: "I guessed it would be this." It seems that you still haven't given up on restoring your grandfather's reputation. ”

"My grandfather died in the name of a traitor, and my father was incognito, but he still couldn't escape, and he committed suicide because of it. Our Xu family has all four regrets, has been stigmatized for decades, and the tragedy of two generations, if we don't even know the cause of the cause, I really can't have the shame to cooperate with you. ”

Now that I have mastered the rhythm of the conversation a little, for these people, I have to coerce each other nakedly.

"Why do you think I know the truth?" The voice in the microphone was curious.

"Since you once went to pick up the notes under the pseudonym of your sister Lu Yongde, it's not hard to guess. I even suspect that the third notebook is in your hands right now. ”

Lao Chaofeng laughed: "You are asking the right person this question, except for me, there is really no one else who can answer it." Well, I appreciate you, so I'll just show my sincerity. You guessed it right, the third notebook is in my hand, but I can probably guess what the content is. I'll use this as a guide to tell you a story. This story doesn't even know Xiao Yao and Xiao Shen, and you are the first to hear it in so many years. ”

He paused for a moment, then spoke again: "But sincerity is a two-way street, you have to promise me that after listening to this story, you must obediently cooperate with us, tell the contents of Kido's notes, and do what I tell you to do." ”

"Deal." I said without hesitation.

The story of the old pilgrimage began in the spring of 1931. At that time, Lao Chaofeng was still a young apprentice of Wumai, and he showed excellent craftsmanship at a young age, especially favored by the head Xu Yicheng, and was regarded as one of the successors. One day, Xu Yicheng approached the old courtier and said that he was going to go to Shaanxi with a Japanese scholar, Kido Yousan, and needed an assistant to let him pack up. The old Chaofeng was flattered and rushed to Qishan without saying a word.

When they arrived in Qishan, Xu Yicheng told him that their real purpose was not to assist the Japanese in archaeology, but to set up a hoax. Lao Chaofeng asked what was going on, but Xu Yicheng was vague and only asked him to do his job.

At that time, Xu Yicheng also found a third person, Zheng Hu, and cast a bronze statue of Guan Yu in Qishan. After Zheng Hu left, Xu Yicheng and Lao Chaofeng used the mountainside tunnel of Conch Mountain, transported it to the top of the mountain and arranged it in the temple, and then buried the tunnel mouth and returned to Qishan. Next, Professor Kido Yuzo arrived at Qishan as promised, joined Xu Yicheng, and headed for Conch Mountain again.

After Xu Yicheng, Lao Chaofeng and Mudo Yousan climbed the conch mountain, they discovered the existence of the small temple and dug out the jade Buddha head and the wooden body of the cushion from under the stone pillars behind the temple. Kido Yuzo was ecstatic and cried several times. The old Chaofeng was suspicious, so when Xu Yicheng was not paying attention, he secretly went to set the words of Mu Hu Yousan. Kido has three simple thoughts, and under the inquiry of the old court, the truth was found out in a few clicks.

It turned out that the family of Kido Yusan once secretly hid a Tang jade Buddha head, which was regarded as the family's treasure. As a result, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, a brocade guard named Xu Xin took advantage of the Ming War to break into Japan alone and steal the Buddha's head to China. The head of the Kido family was furious and sent Kido Akio, the family's elite samurai, to infiltrate the interior of the Ming Dynasty and die in battle. However, before he died, Kido Akio destroyed the body of the Jade Buddha, wrote down the location of the seal of the Buddha's head, and transmitted the news back to Japan.

This legacy was passed down from generation to generation by the Kido family, and it was passed down to the Kido Arizo generation. At the same time that the "Shina Terroir Society" compiled the "Shina Bone Dong Account" and funded him to visit China, Kido Yuzo decided to find out the Buddha's head in order to fulfill his family's long-cherished wish. The Guandi Temple on Conch Mountain is completely consistent with the legacy handed down by his ancestors, and he believes that this jade Buddha head is the treasure he dreamed of.

Xu Yicheng discovered the behavior of the old court, scolded him severely, and ordered him to return to Beiping immediately. The old courtiers were submissive on the surface, but in fact they did not stay away from Qishan. With his own wisdom, he deduced that Xu Yicheng was likely to be a descendant of the Xu family, and the jade Buddha head he helped Professor Kido find must be a fake. With Xu Yicheng's means in the field of gold, stone and jade, it is not difficult to make a fake jade Buddha head.

The old asahi knows the temperament of the Japanese, they didn't find it this time, and they will come next time; Even if Professor Kido died, he would send someone else to investigate. Rather than having them come again and again, it is better to settle the matter once and for all with a fake. This is Xu Yicheng's plan.

However, the old courteous worship has a question: if the Buddha head on the top of the conch mountain is fake, then where will the real Buddha head be?

He quietly returned to Qishan alone, and with his understanding of feng shui, he quickly locked on a suspicious point - the Ming Dynasty tomb near Conch Mountain. He dug up the tomb and found that it was indeed the tomb of Xu Xin in the Ming Dynasty. The Yin tablet in the tomb records that although Xu Xin retrieved the Buddha's head from Japan, he let Kido Akio destroy the Buddha's body, and he was remorseful, so he sealed his own tomb and was willing to atone for the soul of Conch Mountain here. The real Buddha head is not in Conch Mountain, but hidden in the tomb of Xu Xin. But the tomb was empty, and the Buddha's head was missing.

The old Chaofeng crawled out of the tomb, but found Xu Yicheng waiting outside, with a gloomy face. The old court prostrated and begged for mercy again and again, and Xu Yicheng spared his life and expelled him from the five veins. The old Chaofeng was extremely resentful, and after returning to Beiping, he contacted the newspaper and exposed the theft and sale of the Buddha's head by Xu Yicheng. For a while, public opinion was in an uproar, and Xu Yicheng was also arrested.

Xu Yicheng can tell the truth and clear his name, but the Japanese side will also realize that the Buddha's head is a fake and will inevitably make a comeback. Therefore, he has remained silent and silently endured the accusations.

The old Chaofeng suddenly remembered that they had taken photos when they were exploring Conch Mountain. Although Lao Chaofeng did not appear in the photo, if someone with a heart deduces a little, they will know that he has also participated in this matter. Fortunately, the negatives of this volume of photos were stored in the Weijing Academy for processing, and only one was taken away by Xu Yicheng. Lao Chaofeng went to Qishan for the second time, modified the remaining photos, destroyed the negatives, and finally felt relieved this time.

(The one that was taken away was the original version of the group photo that Xu Yicheng gave to Fu Gui and later gave me.) I listened to the story and thought to myself. ）

However, in the Weijing Academy, Lao Chaofeng learned another piece of news that made him panic: Xu Yicheng once bought three notebooks here, which recorded the whole process of the expedition in encrypted text. If these notes are declassified, the whereabouts of the old dynasty will still be exposed. He returned to Beiping to inquire a little, and found that the three notebooks were regarded as evidence in the Buddha's head case, so he assumed the name of his sister Xiaolu Yongde and took all the notes.

Xu Yicheng was soon sentenced to death. The old court, who had no worries, decided to take refuge in the Japanese, and the capital of refuge was the three notebooks in his hand and the truth about the Buddha's head. Professor Yuzo Kido accepted the three notebooks, but did not admit that the Buddha's head was a fake - this is understandable, the Japanese want to save face the most, and the Buddha's head is a success that has been publicly proclaimed, and it is impossible to clarify it. So the matter was suppressed, and the parties were silent. Kido Yuzo never wanted to mention the Buddha's head again.

And the old court took advantage of the line of Professor Kido and set up the "Shina Folk Society". In the following time, he worked closely with the "Shina Folk Society", and according to the guidance of the "Shina Bone Dong Account", while accumulating strength in the five veins, he smuggled many Chinese cultural relics to Japan. Because it's done secretly, not many people know about it.

Later, after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Lao Chaofeng relied on his wit and did not let anyone notice that he was having an affair with the Japanese. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the cultural relics market shrank extremely, and he followed the five veins to hibernate, and quietly attracted some young people in the five veins who were unwilling to be lonely. During the "**" period, by an occasional chance, Lao Chao Fengcai was horrified to find that Professor Kido had actually returned two of the notebooks to Xu's descendants. These two notebooks are like timed **, which may be declassified at any time, ruining the prestige and status of the old courtier. The old courteous Feng had no choice but to send Shen Jun to destroy Xu Heping. Shen Jun managed to take one of them, but the other was never found......

After this long story, my ears were a little hot to hear. I don't doubt the authenticity of the story, and many details can be corresponded. The old courtier confessed quite frankly, and did not hide his timidity, despicability, and lust for profit in this story, and admitted all his plans with a big grin. The truth in 1931 is the process of him framing Xu Yicheng.

"In other words, my grandfather chose to sacrifice in order to keep the secret of the fake Buddha's head?" My hands trembled violently, and I could barely hold Big Brother. Decades of mystery are finally about to come to light.

"Yes, he's such a fool to cover up a lie that isn't clever with the happiness of three generations." The old courtier criticized mercilessly.

I didn't say a word, just hung up Big Brother, and then wailed and cried alone in the house.

These are tears of grief and indignation, as well as tears of joy. A joy filled my chest that my grandfather was not a traitor, he never was. The haze that had been hanging in my heart had all dissipated at this time. My grandfather, like the ancestors of the Xu family, faithfully carried out Xu Heng's will, and guarded the oath with his own flesh and blood until death.

I curled up on the couch, and my mood suddenly became lighter, then heavy again. A historical truth that had been hidden for many years was finally revealed, but in this way, my responsibility was even more arduous. In 1931, Xu Yicheng fulfilled his responsibilities; My father fulfilled his responsibilities during the period, and now after listening to this confession of the old courtier, this responsibility has been transferred to my shoulders.

The truth has been revealed, but fate is not over.

Ironically, the price I paid for the truth was to cooperate with the betrayers of the truth.

I looked at my father and grandfather, hoping that they would enlighten me, but I didn't respond. For some reason, the sentence that Liu Yiming gave me at the dinner suddenly jumped into my mind: "It is easy to learn from the past, but it is difficult to learn from people." "The old dynasty is dedicated to Xu Yicheng, Shen Jun is to Xu Heping, and medicine is not to me, isn't that exactly the case?

Big brother's bell rang again, I picked up the phone, and the voice of the old Chaofeng sounded very pleasant: "Enough crying? "I didn't know what to say for a while, he told me the story of Xu Yicheng very frankly, I should be grateful to him, but he is also the initiator of all these tragedies, and the enemy of our Xu family throughout three generations.

Lao Chaofeng said: "I can understand Xiao Xu's feelings. Over the years, I have rarely told this story in its entirety. I'm not young anymore, and I don't have many opportunities to look back on the past like this. There was a little vicissitudes and a little emotion in his voice.

"Aren't you afraid that after I know it, I will run out and expose you?" I asked rhetorically.

"After so many years, it is impossible to be confirmed, and no one will believe you." The old courtier replied lightly, indicating that everything was within his calculations.

"Why do you want to cooperate with the 'Shina Terroir Society' to steal and sell cultural relics? Just because Xu Yicheng wants to drive you out of the five veins? ”

"Hehe, young man, you underestimate me too much. Yes, I hate Xu Yicheng, but what I hate is not that he drove me out of the five veins, but his unrelenting attitude. Do you know what happened when I accompanied Professor Kido on his expedition? The old courtier's voice suddenly became agitated, as if my question had touched his sore spot.

"What?" I asked.

"When we entered Shaanxi, we witnessed a grave being dug up. The surrounding villagers rushed up and frantically looted the artifacts from the tomb. It is an ancient tomb of the nobles of the Jin Dynasty, which not only contains a large number of jade pottery, but also many silk books, bamboo slips and precious tomb remains. But those ignorant villagers only recognized gold, silver and jade pottery, but they stepped on the more valuable silk books under their feet. I was heartbroken, and any of the things in it could rewrite China's history, but they were trampled to pieces before my eyes. By the time the looting was over, the entire tomb had been removed. Professor Kido stayed here for three days, using a brush and a shovel to collect the fragments bit by bit, put them back together, and spent a lot of money to photograph the contents back to Japan by telegram. The attitude of the Japanese towards culture and antiquities is far better than that of us Chinese. ”

"You're making excuses for your traitorous behavior."

"Ridiculous! Antiques are dead things, and what is the point of spending thousands of years in the soil? The Chinese do not value their own things at all. You look at the Great Wall, which was destroyed in a mess at the hands of the Chinese; If you look at the looted things in the Old Summer Palace, aren't they well placed in the British Museum? If you look at the ancient Chinese books preserved in Japan, even China itself is gone, and they have to be copied from Japan. Instead of letting the treasures be dusted for the sake of a patriotic name, it is better to let the cultural relics fall into the hands of the people who know the goods! Yes, I shipped a lot of artifacts to Japan, but they are all intact today, and what about those that remain in China? How much was destroyed in the war, and how much was destroyed in the '**'? Do you think I'm destroying them, or am I saving them? ”

The voice of the old courtier was slightly excited, and seemed to be very aggrieved by my comment, which I did not comment. I have now completely calmed down, and this is a calmness born of hatred, but also a calmness born of responsibility.

Lao Chaofeng made a discussion, and seemed to be a lot more comfortable. He changed his tone: "Okay, these are things in the past, we should look forward." Didn't Comrade Deng Xiaoping say it? Historical issues should be coarse rather than detailed. ”

"But you didn't hold back. Ji Yunfu told me that there is an undercurrent in the antique world now, and it seems that it is still inextricably linked with the 'China Terroir Society', so it must be your masterpiece, right? ”

"You even found out this? It's not simple. Not bad! After the reform and opening up, the cultural relics market recovered, and I got in touch with old acquaintances of Japan's "Shina Terroir Association", and with their financial support, I continued to complete the unfinished business of the "Shina Bone Dong Account". ”

I held the phone, speechless for a moment.

"Alright, now it's time for you to fulfill your promise." The old courtier urged.

For the sake of his frankness, I also happily told the contents of Kido's notes. This involves a lot of common knowledge of ancient texts and bibliographies, and the old courteers knew that it was impossible to fake it. After I finished speaking, Lao Chaofeng was not as happy as he imagined: "Xu Yicheng's insistence is actually just for an illusory family promise? This is disappointing. ”

"People like you probably can't understand my grandfather's principles." I sneered.

"Hmph, Xu Yicheng still boasts that he will never fake, in the end, didn't he also make a fake Buddha head to deceive the Japanese? So don't talk to me about principles. Lao Chaofeng pouted on the other side of the phone, "That's all there is to it?" ”

"Yes, that's all."

There was silence on the other side of the phone for a moment, and he began to talk to himself: "The first notebook is Su Dinglu, which talks about the Xu family's antique identification method; The second notebook is the Buddha's head test, which talks about the past and present life of the jade Buddha's head; It seems that in the third notebook, it is Xu Yicheng's real history in 1931 that is recorded. What did he think at the time? I still can't figure out who he is......"

"That's why you're desperately trying to figure out the contents of all three notebooks?"

"Of course, I don't know which one of them says bad things about me, and if it leaks out, it's always bad. I hated that Kido Yusan, and I kindly sent a note to him, hoping that he could decipher it, but he put it on the shelf and didn't give it back to me, otherwise it would take so much effort. ”

"If the old Qi is here, maybe we can solve this mystery - it's a pity that the medicine killed him otherwise." I sarcastically said.

"Alright, that's all for these old things." Lao Chaofeng happily changed the topic, "You still promised to help me do something, you won't regret it, right?" ”

"What the hell is going on?"

Lao Chaofeng said: "I also just got the news that Kido Kana has said that the Northeast Asia Research Association has been moved, and the Buddha head will be transported to Beijing. At that time, there will be a press conference on the head of the Buddha, which leaders at all levels will attend. And what you have to do is to tell Liu Ju before this appraisal meeting that this Buddha head is real. ”

I was stunned. If the old court did not lie about the truth in 1931, then this Buddha head of the Kido family was actually a fake forged by Xu Yicheng. Now he asked me to point out the truth, I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd.

"There will definitely be many experts invited to the press conference, how can Liu Ju listen to me?" I asked cautiously.

"But apart from you, who is the descendant of the Xu family? Who has "Su Ding Lu"? Who has such a deep understanding of the 31-year-old Buddha head case? Since Liu Ju has involved you in this matter, he must trust you. Your appraisal will definitely be regarded by him as the final appraisal. ”