Chapter 3: The Enigmatic Code
"Mr. Zheng Hanfei, please!" Lu Yun parked the boat on a certain shore of the island, made an inviting gesture to Zheng Hanfei, and then stepped off the boat and began to enter the dense forest.
It's an uninhabited island! While walking, Zheng Hanfei looked around the surrounding environment, and the clothes on his body were also changed under Lu Yun's prompting, and changed into short-sleeved shorts, but he still felt that it was very hot here, and he found that the plants here grew very luxuriantly, which was nothing compared to the plants he knew in his mind, but in such a dense place, there was a wide and flat stone road, and he couldn't help but sigh, how much money would it cost to repair it.
Belch? Suddenly, Zheng Hanfei felt that there seemed to be something in the forest that kept looking at him and Lu Yun, and subconsciously looked back, and found that the top of the tree, which was nearly three meters away, seemed to be flashing with a glimmer of light.
"That's the camera." Sensing that Zheng Hanfei stopped, Lu Yun also stopped moving forward and explained to him, "This is one of the precautions made by the master, on every road, a camera will be installed on the left and right on the top of several huge trees to prevent some people from sneaking in from here. ”
"And what about the rest of the world?" Zheng Hanfei was a little puzzled, if he was the one who came secretly, then he would not choose to take this road, but pass through the forest.
"Huh! Mr. Zheng Hanfei didn't know. Seemingly amused by Zheng Hanfei's question, Lu Yun hurriedly said, "In addition to these safe roads, there are highly poisonous plants growing in other places, and their distribution is not regular, that is to say, if you walk from the forest, it will be a life of death." ”
It's a bit vicious! Zheng Hanfei frowned, he really didn't expect that there would be a natural defense, but this defense was very likely to kill people, but in another way, those who cherish life will definitely not step into this island.
"But what if someone walks through the woods?" Zheng Hanfei still wanted to ask, his curiosity became stronger and stronger, and he wanted to know whether the client's IQ was high or not.
"Mr. Zheng Hanfei rest assured." Lu Yun smiled, pointed ahead and said, "Go further, there will be a hidden anti-theft system, as for the location, only the master himself knows, as long as the person who enters without permission enters, the alarm will be directly triggered to inform the people in the house." ”
"I see!" Zheng Hanfei nodded, in this way, in the face of this kind of impregnable guard, there was no possibility of sneaking into the island at all, and he was also a little impressed by the client.
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After walking for about ten minutes, the two finally came to the so-called villa, but Zheng Hanfei felt that the word villa could not describe the building in front of him at all, the same Gothic style as the Sherlock Detective Agency, and the gorgeous and golden chandelier could be faintly seen from the window, and the gate was made of precious ancient wood.
On either side of the gate, there are two ordinary humanoid marble statues, the statue figures sit with their heads bowed, their right elbow on their left knee, their hands supporting their chin and lips, their eyes looking down, and their expressions painfully fall into deep thought and meditation, all these actions are imitations of the "contemplatives", if it were not for the poor carving technique, he would have thought that Rodin would have carved the two "contemplatives" somewhere.
"Haha, welcome Detective Zheng Hanfei." Suddenly, the door suddenly opened, and a man of medium stature, mediocre appearance, wearing a black dress, about fifty years old, walked out and immediately gave Zheng Hanfei a big hug, which frightened Zheng Hanfei to think that there was something wrong with his sexual orientation.
"Sorry, a little too excited." The man laughed, "It's my wish to meet a famous detective." ”
"Where, where!" Zheng Hanfei said modestly, although the man did not introduce himself, but he could hear from the voice that this man was Xi Chen, the client who made him come all the way.
"Please come in!" Xi Chen led Zheng Hanfei into the house, and when he saw the scene in front of him, Zheng Hanfei understood why such a gorgeous building on the outside was called a villa, because the interior did have the taste of a villa, but it was a high-end villa.
"Huh?! This is ......" At this time, Zheng Hanfei found a large-scale photo on the wall, in which the person in the middle was Xi Chen, but he was younger than now, and the person on the left had a tear mole under his eye, and the person on the right was wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, although the appearance was somewhat inconsistent, but according to the characteristics, Zheng Hanfei found that these two people Changcang and Yan Weiguo, the business owners who had died.
"This is a picture." Seeing that Zheng Hanfei was interested in this photo, Xi Chen said slowly, "This is a photo I took with two old friends in the past, recalling that back then, the three of us were still enthusiastic young people, and we all worked hard to yearn for a good life, so many years have passed, we have reached our goals, I heard that both of them are now business owners." ”
"Indeed!" Zheng Hanfei nodded, looking at Xi Chen's appearance, he didn't know that these two people had died, although it might make Xi Chen sad to say, but Zheng Hanfei decided that the long pain was better than the short pain, and he still told Xi Chen about their situation.
“…… Is that so? There was obviously a trace of sadness on Xi Chen's face, no wonder, he would think about the past feats of the three of them before, but the next moment, he heard the news of the death of the two, this is not to say that he can let go of it, which made Zheng Hanfei feel a sense of guilt in his heart, and he felt that he should not tell him at this time.
"I'm sorry for saying something that made you sad." Zheng Hanfei bowed his head apologetically.
"It's fine!" Xi Chen patted Zheng Hanfei on the shoulder and motioned him not to take it to heart, "I also want to thank you for telling me their news, at least let me be mentally prepared." ”
"Ready?"
"Yes, I'll tell you the truth, but when you find the treasure, I'd like to invite both of them to come and visit, and if I'm ready to hear about their deaths, then I think I'll be even sadder by now."
"Okay, that's not to say, I'll introduce the rest of this villa." In order to alleviate the awkward atmosphere, Xi Chen hurriedly changed the topic, pointed at Lu Yun and said, "I don't need to introduce Butler Lu Yun, I believe you already know each other on the road." ”
"Yes!"
"In addition to me and Butler Lu Yun, there are three other servants in the villa, but they are very busy now, and they will introduce you one by one when it is time to eat, of course, including my son, Xi Xun."
"Okay. So, could you please tell me what exactly is the thing that you want to entrust me? Zheng Hanfei didn't want to interrupt Xi Chen's words, but in order to figure out the entrusted task as soon as possible, he decided not to talk nonsense and immediately cut to the chase.
"That's right." Xi Chen also realized that he had forgotten what the purpose of inviting Zheng Hanfei was, and said in a straight voice, "I want you to help me find what my father left behind." A few days ago, when I was sorting through my things, I found a piece of paper with a treasure on it written on this island, and I wanted to know where it was buried, and I had to unravel the code. ”
"So where is that piece of paper now?"
"It's a little embarrassing to say, but the maid noticed that the paper was a little worn out when he was cleaning, so he threw it away."
"What?!" Zheng Hanfei shouted, "You don't keep such an important thing well, I really don't know what you think!" ”
"I didn't expect that."
"Forget it, is there anything special about that piece of paper?" Zheng Hanfei knew that it was useless to pursue it now, so he could only hope that Xi Chen's memory and observation skills were good, and he could pay attention to and remember some details on the paper.
"I remember this clearly, the paper is ordinary paper, there is nothing special on it, and the handwriting is also written by my father himself, which is no different from before."
"And what's the codeword?"
"Whenheliusmetselene, theywillstandonthetopofthetouch untainontheearthembroiderygoldkey,offerbckeyetothezeus." There was a strange look on Xi Chen's face when he said this codeword, as if he had understood part of it.
When Helios and Selene met, would they stand on the top of the mountain and embroider a golden key on the earth to present the Black Eye to Zeus? Interesting! Zheng Hanfei translated this code sentence in his heart, and the corners of his mouth curled, this time, he felt that he had finally encountered the code that was the most interesting.
"Dad, what's going on?" At this time, a man who was three points similar to Xi Chen's appearance, aged about nineteen, wearing a black and white dress and a pair of blue-framed glasses, belonged to the type of literary and artistic youth at first glance. Zheng Hanfei knew that he was Xi Chen's son, Xi Xun.