Chapter 35: The Key
Lin Zaichuan ate and drank well and entertained Xu Mingyi for a few days, and then proposed to go to Beijing City and asked Xu Mingyi if he would go with him. Xu Mingyi nodded naturally, so the two of them took a few maids and servants, and the pony cart went to Beijing "mightily".
The journey was not very peaceful, but I finally arrived in Beijing safely.
After a night's rest, Lin Zaichuan introduced Gu Chuan to Mr. Sweet.
Mr. Sweet was in his thirties, tall and strong-looking. Gu Chuan bowed respectfully in front of him and said something flattering and flattering. Xu Mingyi is also a good actor, in order to escape from home and go out to have fun, there are many bad tricks.
Seeing Mr. Sweet, Lin Zaichuan retreated first, leaving Gu Chuan to have a good talk with Sweet.
Although this Sweet is a businessman, he also opened the skylight and said bright words-
"I heard Mr. Lin say that Mr. Xu has been fighting since he was a child, and no one in the neighborhood can stand out from the crowd. This time, I don't want to hide it from Mr. Xu, we have been looking for this box for a long time, and in addition to my family, there are many people who covet it. The reasons for this are too complex to go into detail, except to say that what is in the box is extremely important. And to take out the object, you need to go to the ruins of the Old Summer Palace and find a key. ”
Gu Chuan was stunned. Earlier he shook the box when he got it, and there was really no sound at all, there was something in it? Do you want to go to the Old Summer Palace to get the key? Are you kidding! The Old Summer Palace was burned clean by a fire, and the ruins were in ruins, so you want to go into it to find a small key?
Sweet patted Gu Chuan's shoulder, revealing a meaningful smile, "Take you to meet someone, maybe you can make up your mind to do this." I didn't even recommend this person to Mr. Lin. ”
The estimator followed Sweet through the courtyard to the back alley, and knocked on a small wooden door, which was a hole in the door, and although the ground was small, it was exquisitely furnished.
In the courtyard sat a woman, dressed in a white embroidered peony cheongsam, ankle-length. The woman was pouring tea and drinking, and when she saw the old servant open the door, she raised her head. A stunning face crashed into Gu Chuan's eyes.
"This is Wen Changyan, Miss Wen." Sweet introduced, "This is Xu Mingyi, Mr. Xu. ”
Gu Chuan thought in a trance, this foreigner's Chinese made it quite slippery.
Wen Changyan raised his eyes and smiled politely, and said, "I don't know if Mr. Xu's clear meaning means deep righteousness?" ”
"The word Mingyi is taken from the "Book Wucheng" by my father, 'believe in Mingyi, worship virtue and repay merit' to express loyalty." Gu Chuan clenched his fists and said with a smile. In my heart, I secretly slandered the name of the child so much, fortunately I have a good memory, otherwise I am afraid that I can only be speechless and stunned now.
Wen Changyan tasted the tea carefully, and then didn't make a sound. Sweet, who coughed dryly, said, "Can you please ask Miss Wen to explain the matter of this Qinglong wooden box for this Mr. Xu Mingyi." ”
Wen Changyan said in a low voice: "The Qinglong wooden box was handed down thousands of years ago, and the specific history can be traced back to the Qin and Han dynasties. It is said that this treasure is the treasure that Xu Fu brought when he went to sea to find the elixir, and all of them were treasures in the Qin Palace. It is rumored that the original body of Shen Wansan's so-called 'cornucopia' was the Qinglong wooden box, which represented great wealth. It's just that not many people know this history, and for so many years, the Qinglong wooden box has been treasured in the Old Summer Palace, only as an ordinary old ornament, but no one knows its true value. ”
Gu Chuan frowned, "What's the matter with the key?" ”
"The key is undoubtedly in the Old Summer Palace, and it is rumored that the key is made of meteoric iron, with 3,000 carvings on it, and the patterns and keyholes are secretly combined."
…… Seemingly, a bit of? Gu Chuan thought uncertainly. What's more, this woman's serious appearance does not seem to be a fraud.
"So, what do you need me to do?" Gu Chuan asked in a deep voice.
"Tomorrow morning, we'll leave for the Old Summer Palace, preferably before those people arrive." Sweet said. Wen Changyan agreed, randomly beckoned the old servant to the teacup, and poured a cup of tea for Sweet and Gu Chuan.
When Gu Chuan came back to his senses, he was full of miserable ruins as far as he could see.
Gu Chuan subconsciously covered his eyes and expressed a slight pain in his heart, after all, thousands of years of elegance in China were burned down like this.
Stepping into it step by step, it is like stepping into a pathetic history, and you can hear the wailing of cultural relics.
Gu Chuan couldn't help but think of the time he had spent in a mess in the past few years, and even begged for death. But there are so many people in the world who want to live but can't, and so many people want to serve the country but have no way to serve the country. He was so humble and cowardly in comparison!
Faced with such a bleak ruin, Gu Chuan was slightly dizzy, and he couldn't bend down and bow his head like Wen Changyan and look for it carefully. This ruin is too vast and too big, how can you find it? In the slightly cool sunlight of the early morning, Wen Changyan's eyebrows were so gentle and beautiful, but they were also so cold and ruthless. Gu Chuan wanted to rush up and ask, but in the face of such a blood-crying scene, didn't he feel a trace of emotion in his heart?
Just when he was tormented in his heart, he suddenly heard Lin Zaishan shouting in the distance: "Brother! Be careful! ”
Gu Chuan turned his head suddenly, and a sharp arrow flew from afar, heading straight for Lin Zaichuan!
That night, Gu Chuan and Lin Zaishan discussed, no matter what Gu Chuan did and where he was, Lin Zaishan had to follow, naturally they came to Beijing, and Lin Zaishan also came with great difficulty. Originally, Gu Chuan wanted to take the opportunity to get the box back and figure out the mystery again, but he didn't want to be confused by Wen Changyan's words. When I came to this garden early this morning, I really didn't expect this to happen.
Thanks to Lin Zaishan's reminder, Lin Zaichuan narrowly avoided it. So Xiaoshan didn't care about hiding in the dark, but jumped out to protect his brother. Lin Zaichuan looked at his younger brother, who was half a head taller than him, and those unpleasant things suddenly dissipated, and his eyes were slightly hot.
The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind.
When Gu Chuan saw the ant-like people coming out of various ambush sites, these eight words immediately flashed in his mind. At this time, they were surrounded by heavy forces, although it was not necessarily the same organization that surrounded them, but now they couldn't expect others to be vindictive, no matter how they looked at it, the people who surrounded them would only kill Sweet and a few of them first, and then they would consider the issue of infighting.
The atmosphere gradually became tense, and the enemy approached step by step. Lin Zaichuan and Lin Zaishan's brothers were estranged, and at this time, the two of them clasped hands, quite a posture of sharing weal and worn. Sweet looked left and right, and found that his bodyguards had not yet appeared, and their faces were already pale. Only Wen Changyan continued to look for the key as if no one was around.
After a long confrontation, everyone heard the woman chuckle, "Found it." ”