Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Tin Gate

In fact, Xia Qing didn't know which room in this small building was the room where Xia Lao lived before his death, you must know that in this three-story building, there were almost twenty rooms, but Xia Qing had never even entered a single room.

She had just come here this afternoon, and she hadn't even been here once before, all because she had an extremely complicated feeling about this small building, so even if she plucked up the courage to come here today, she just walked into this small building, and sat quietly all afternoon alone in the empty living room on the first floor, just reminiscing like that, thinking about her dead grandfather.

Therefore, now Gao Chao's question made her suddenly realize, it turned out that she had always thought that her grandfather's message to her was just for her to bring people into this small building, and she had already completed her task, and she never thought of going to her grandfather's room, which may have something to do with her feelings when she saw this small building.

This small building is so dilapidated, she can't help but think, how can there be people living in it? How did Grandpa live? Therefore, she naturally didn't want to go to her grandfather's room, naturally she was afraid that seeing some kind of miserable situation would make her even more sad, she didn't want to be hurt again, she didn't want to bear those extra pains, she was protecting herself.

However, now she has realized that perhaps, her mission, the last task given to her by her grandfather before his death, is far from being completed.

At this moment, in the depths of her heart, it seems that there is a kind of self-blame, a self-blame that she thinks that she betrayed her grandfather because of her cowardice and selfishness, this self-blame makes her very sad and ashamed, so she has made a decision right now, to make this matter completely clear, and she should give herself and her grandfather a satisfactory explanation.

So she thought about it, and said to Gao Chao: "Boss Gao, maybe what you said makes sense, we didn't really find grandpa's room, maybe this matter is not so simple, but ......"

As Xia Qing spoke, he pointed at the gravel on the path with his toes, and then said, "But what do you mean by the gravel you just asked me to see?" ”

Gao Chao nodded, and said frankly to Xia Qing: "Miss Xia, I think these gravels are probably related to the Luoyang shovel we found in the small building, and that Luoyang shovel is likely to be used by Mr. Xia during his lifetime, so I take the liberty of making a bold assumption now, I think maybe the room Mr. Xia said may be ......."

Xia Qing looked at Gao Chao and said directly: "Maybe it's a basement?" ”

Xia Qing interrupted Gao Chao's words and said the answer directly, Gao Chao looked at Xia Qing and nodded approvingly, at this moment, in Gao Chao's opinion, this Xia Qing really deserves to be a top student studying in the UK, her reaction speed is really fast, anyway, it is much faster than that Zhao Fat Man.

At this moment, Xia Qing and Gao Chao had obviously reached an agreement, and immediately walked back.

The fat man had been standing in front of the miserable white wooden door just now, and now when he saw Gao Chao walking back with Xia Qing, he began to squeeze his eyebrows at Gao Chao, and then carried Xia Qing behind his back, and whispered to Gao Chao and said, "Okay, Lao Gao, I didn't expect this little girl to be dealt with by you so quickly?" You've got a hand! Admire, admire, teach me when to teach, let me get off the list quickly! ”

Gao Chao saw the fat man flattering himself so much, he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart, and whispered to the fat man at the moment: "This kind of thing can only be understood but not spoken, you kid was born without that Huigen, but how can I teach you?" But you don't have to worry, if you meet the woman you like in the future, as long as I am there, I will help you take it! ”

The fat man saw that Gao Chao boasted about the sea, and danced happily, Gao Chao saw that the fat man was about to come again, so he quickly gave the fat man a look and asked him to calm down, at this time they looked back at Xia Qing behind them, only to find that Xia Qing was looking at the gravel path in the garden alone in a daze, and he didn't notice what the two of them said.

So Gao Chao coughed dryly and said to Xia Qing: "Miss Xia, are you okay?" ”

Xia Qing came to his senses, nodded a little embarrassedly, and then said lightly: "I'm fine, it's okay, I'm just thinking, if the gravel on this path was dug out by grandpa with a shovel alone, then what happened to him at that time, and why did he do it?" There must have been so much rubble on him, he must have wasted a lot of energy, he was so old, it was really ......"

As she spoke, Xia Qing choked up a little, she thought of her grandfather again, and her grandfather's incomprehensible behavior, and she suddenly felt a sour feeling in her heart, and tears were about to flow.

Seeing this, Gao Chao hurriedly comforted and said: "Miss Xia, I believe that Mr. Xia must have his own reason for doing things, he is also a well-known figure in our antique world in Changsha, and even in the archaeological community of the whole country, since he did such a special thing before his death, then I think he must have left some important information for us, although we still can't figure out how all this happened, but I firmly believe that as long as we can find Mr. Xia's room, we can solve this mystery." ”

Listening to Gao Chao's words, Xia Qing nodded, her heart was already a little better, and then she took a deep breath, and then stepped forward and opened the miserable white wooden door again with the key.

So Gao Chao, the fat man, and Xia Qing entered the small building again, it was already more than 1 o'clock in the morning, the crescent moon outside was in the sky, and the cold moonlight sprinkled into the room, as if adding a touch of weirdness to this dark and dilapidated small building.

In this way, the three of them began to act, although according to Gao Chao's thoughts, Mr. Xia should have dug a basement by himself, but in order to rule out other possibilities, they still decided to start from the third floor of the small building, room by room, and check all the rooms, so that other important information would not be missed.

So when the three of them walked down from the third floor to the second floor, and from the second floor to the next floor, they were almost certain that the superb assumption might be correct, because they were in the rooms on the third and second floors, and they found nothing, there was nothing there.

Now, there are only those rooms on the first floor, and the rooms on the first floor are the most numerous, with about ten rooms.

They started from the deepest room in the corridor, the one where the fat man bumped into the big mouse just now, and slowly looked out one by one.

However, the rooms on the first floor are a little strange, some of the doors are locked, some are unlocked, and the rooms on the third and second floors are either open or not locked at all.

Now for the unlocked room on the first floor, of course, it is opened and entered, but for the locked, then it has to be solved by the fat man.

As long as the fat man's thick legs are lifted and fallen, the wooden door in front of him is like paper paste, and it is broken into several pieces with a click, this kind of strength is not something that ordinary people have, even the superb who has served in the army, I can't help but admire it in my heart.

In this way, the ten rooms on the first floor, they have carefully searched for nine, and now there is only one room left on the outermost side of the corridor, the location of this room is the closest to the door of the small building, and it is also a room that can be entered as soon as you enter the door, and this room is also the last hope of Gao Chao, if there is still nothing abnormal in this room, then his bold assumption may be wrong.

So Gao Chao stood in front of the door of this room a little nervously, and gently twisted the doorknob with his hand, only to find that the last room was also locked.

As soon as the fat man saw the lock, he took the initiative to step forward, Gao Chao and Xia Qing both let go of the way, and then saw that the fat man was like before, just lifting his breath and kicking his leg violently, but with a loud bang, the fat man's foot was bounced back by the wooden door, he almost didn't stop, and almost fell into the corridor.

The fat man felt a little lost face, and then said as soon as he touched his head: "Yo he, this door is really a bit tenacious, today I am on the bar with the fat man, see if I don't dismantle you!" ”

As the fat man spoke, he rolled up his arms and sleeves, and was about to raise his foot and kick it again, but at this time he was stopped by Gao Chao.

I saw Gao Chao walk to the wooden door, and under the light of the mobile phone, he found that the wooden door had actually been kicked and broken by the fat man, but the fragments had not yet fallen off, so Gao Chao broke it twice with his hand, and broke off a large piece of wood from the door, which surprised the three of them who were standing outside the door.

It turned out that inside the piece of fragment that Gao Chao had broken, a layer of iron plate was exposed.

At this time, when the fat man saw it, he spat and spat on the ground and scolded: "Damn, I said what's going on, I didn't expect that it was a grandson who added a layer of iron plate to this wooden door, no wonder I didn't kick it open even when I stepped down!" ”

As soon as the fat man said this, Gao Chao and Xia Qing both looked at him at the same time, and the eyes of both of them were about to kill the fat man.

The fat man realized that he had said the wrong thing again, so he quickly smiled embarrassedly and said, "I was wrong, I was really wrong, I really didn't mean that, you forgive me." ”

Xia Qing was helpless, so he had to glare at the fat man again, although the three of them had known each other for a few hours, but Xia Qing already had a general understanding of Gao Chao and the fat man at this moment, so at the moment the fat man said the wrong thing and scolded Mr. Xia, but Xia Qing behaved a lot calmer than before, just because Xia Qing also saw that this fat man did not have a door on his mouth, since he said that the person had no intention, then as a listener, he should not have any heart.

Xia Qing glared at the fat man, even if this matter was in the past, Gao Chao saw that Xia Qing didn't care, and it was not easy to mention anything at the moment, and it would be even more difficult to explain what to mention, so he hurriedly said to the fat man: "Come on, come on, fat man, make up for it, can such a broken door stop you?" Hurry up and show our Miss Xia a hand! ”

Originally, the fat man was still angry about not kicking open the door just now, thinking that he had lost his face and lost face, and when he heard Gao Chao say this, he immediately came to his senses again, shook his head twice and said: "Please rest assured Captain Gao, my fat man will never embarrass the two-person team, this time I promise to succeed and send this door back to its hometown, you can see it!" ”

As he spoke, the fat man took a few steps back in the corridor, until his back was against the wall opposite the door, he took two deep breaths, opened his eyes angrily, and then shouted "open", and in an instant the fat man rushed out towards the poor wooden door like a wild bull, and then just blink of an eye, only to hear the sound of "boom", the wooden door with a layer of iron plates inside, was knocked out by the fat man with the door frame.

At the same time, coyote smoke erupted in the corridor, and the dust choked them with a cough, and tears flowed out, and they couldn't see anything clearly.

After waiting for a long time, when the fog-like dust gradually dissipated, Gao Chao and Xia Qing, who were standing outside the door, heard the fat man who had already crashed into the room shouting: "Old Gao! Come on in......"