Chapter Twenty-Nine: Night Talk
"Don't mess around at night!" Walking to Li You's side, Uncle Wu's voice was very sharp. "This isn't a living person, it's a zombie!" Uncle Wu looked at Li You, his voice was very cold and hard, and said, "Don't you feel that the corpse qi around you is very heavy?" ”
Li You glanced at Uncle Wu in astonishment, but it was hard to imagine that the shadow that imitated Mo Liancheng's speech would be a zombie that only existed in legends. He was a little dumbfounded and asked, "How can there be such a thing?" ”
Uncle Wu waved his hand and motioned for the team members to chase after him, but he smiled coldly and said, "Didn't you just finish the matter of correcting the snake king, why don't you believe that there will be zombies in the world in a blink of an eye?" ”
Speaking of this, Uncle Wu suddenly relaxed his tone and said, "You helped us survive a disaster tonight, and we owe you our lives, so there are some things to tell you, lest you die in a daze." ”
Li You nodded again and again. Uncle Wu and Linglong didn't mention anything related to the team, and Li You's understanding of this group so far was limited to Professor Qi's brief introduction. Nothing else. The encounters along the way made Li You feel even more confused and fell into a lot of confusion.
"Go back, sit down and talk." Uncle Wu looked up at the sky, which was still in the darkest time period before dawn.
The team members who chased into the valley also quickly retreated. Their actions were in vain, the shadow escaped quickly, and even Uncle Wu, a good shooter who pierced through the Yang at a hundred paces, missed a single shot, and when the others chased into the valley, they were already gone.
Uncle Wu was not too surprised by this result, and motioned for the team members to go back and rest, and he and Li You could be on duty at night.
The bonfire was rekindled, Li You and Uncle Wu sat opposite each other next to the bonfire, and Mo Liancheng and Shi Guangsheng also walked over. After being frightened, the two did not dare to sleep at all. You know, their tent is the closest to the valley. If anything came out of the valley, it would be the two of them who would bear the brunt.
Uncle Wu didn't drive the two away, but unexpectedly sat the two down and took the initiative to hand over the wine jug. It seems that after experiencing the incident of the snake king's rectification last night, Uncle Wu's attitude towards the three of them is much better, and he vaguely treats the three of them as regular team members.
"I also heard what Professor Qi said to you." Uncle Wu changed his previous ruthlessness and depth, took a sip of wine, exhaled, and said to Li You: "I won't say those superfluous words." Tell me something related to this work. ”
Li You snorted. Uncle Wu took another sip of wine and said, "Actually, although our work this time is a private business, some of it is for the official, but it is not a formal cooperation with the official, but it is acquiesced by the official within certain scopes, and then some of our findings are reported to them afterwards...... But it is not easy to obtain such qualifications, and it must be confirmed by some authoritative figures, such as your teacher, Professor Qi. ”
Li You worked hard to digest this paragraph. After contacting the cause and effect, Li You quickly understood the meaning of Uncle Wu's words.
"So, when Professor Qi joined your team, he didn't really quit his job, but supervised you on behalf of the official and acted as a mouthpiece between you?"
Uncle Wu snorted, admiring Li You's awakening. Nodding, he continued: "It's not entirely like that, Professor Qi is also studying some things privately, which only we can provide to him; And he has an opponent, and the two of them have similar research classes, so he is also worried that we will supply the materials to the other party. ”
Li You pondered for a moment, and then said, "What Professor Qi wants to get is the "Bamboo Book Chronicles"? His opponent is Lu Qianqiu? Didn't you say they hired you? Moreover, Lu Qianqiu shouldn't be an enemy of you, right? ”
Uncle Wu grinned, it didn't take much effort to talk to smart people, and he sorted out the relationship from some trivial words before.
"There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests." Uncle Wu rarely said a great man's words, and then said: "There are a large number of ciphertext symbols in the "Ji Tomb Chronicles". It is said that there are only two people in this world who have mastered this method of deciphering, one is Lu Zhongyan, who is Lu Qianqiu's grandfather. When Lu Zhongyan was mentioned, Uncle Wu's words were full of admiration.
Li You nodded. He also heard about the deeds of Lu Zhongyan, a strange man in the Republic of China, from Professor Qi. "The other is Professor Qi's ancestor?" Li You followed Uncle Wu's train of thought and said.
Uncle Wu shook his head and said, "Wrong, it's Mr. Wang Guowei." ”
"Wang Guowei?!" Li You was stunned for a moment. Wang Guowei Li You has no reason not to know, this master of Chinese Studies's "Words in the World", Li You, who has a good memory, can almost recite it backwards.
For Mr. Wang Guowei's life, Li You is also familiar with it. He was a well-versed scholar of both China and the West, and was extremely influential in the fields of aesthetics, history, philosophy, and archaeology. But such a gentleman, in 1927, sank himself in Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing. Only a short suicide note was left: "Fifty years, only one death is owed." After this world changes, there is no more shame. This suicide note has given rise to endless conjectures, and has been interpreted by literati and scholars for more than half a century, but none of them have come to a convincing conclusion.
"Then what's going on with Professor Qi?" Li You asked.
"Professor Qi's grandfather used to be a student of Wang Guowei." Uncle Wu frowned and said.
Li You was a little dumbfounded, and stammered: "But, Professor Ke Qi said that his ancestors were born from Taoist Mr. Yin Yang for several generations!" How could it be Wang Guowei's student? ”
Uncle Wu laughed out loud and said, "That's because you don't understand that era." At that time, a monk could be a master in dozens of fields, and a prostitute could be a leader of the revolution. How can a Taoist priest not be a student of a master of Chinese studies? ”
Li You is full of black lines, and he knows very well the characters reflected in Uncle Wu's words, one is a master named Li Shutong and Hongyi after becoming a monk, and a historical figure who was once one of the early leaders of a certain party.
Uncle Wu's words made Li You deeply sigh and be convinced. I thought that Uncle Wu was just a man who could only fight and kill, but I didn't expect that Uncle Wu was also handy about historical allusions, obviously a real person who didn't show his face.
Uncle Wu quickly brought the topic back to the team's mission. The team set out this time to find an ancient tomb. Li You had also heard of this ancient tomb before, that is, the Dragon Tomb of the Nine Phoenix Dynasty.
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