Chapter 16: The Key to the Iron Box
I glanced at the old man and reached out to slowly open the package.
Inside is a square box, iron, pillow size, look at the past, you know that the thickness of this box is by no means ordinary, after so many years of wind and rain, the surface of the entire box is only one or two pieces of rust in the corner, it can be seen that there should be other metal added to the material.
When I opened the lid of the keyhole, I was stunned: the keyhole of the box was a palm-sized depression, and the keyhole was an oval inlaid inside, and I could be sure at a glance that the key to this box was the complete version of the dragon carved jade plaque in my hand! In other words, if you collect four dragon carved jade plaques to form a complete piece, you can open this box.
"Senior, this box, my grandfather has introduced it to you, what age is it?" My brain is running rapidly, the dragon blood ink jade was discovered in the Tang Dynasty, according to the seventh master, the dragon blood ink jade reappeared in the Song Dynasty, then, the dragon carved jade plate should be carved in the Song Dynasty at the earliest. The dragon carved jade plate in my hand was found in Afang's mausoleum, but what about the one in Chai Lao Wu's hand?
If this timeline is followed, this box should also have been minted in the Song Dynasty at the earliest.
"I don't know about that." The old man seemed very excited, because he only said that my grandmother was not the one he liked.
I nodded: "Senior, this thing, I can't take it away now." ”
"Nonsense!" The old man glared at me and said, "Do you know how hard it took me to find you?" At first, I asked them to help me find someone just to complete one of my tasks, but as it dragged on, I felt that I had to find the descendants of the Gu family. But if I go out with this thing, I guess I'll be half dead before I find you. So, even if you can take it out now, I won't give it to you. ”
"Why is that?" I was stunned, could it be that the old man also coveted the contents of this box?
"I'll continue to help your Gu family guard this box, but you have to help me find someone!" The old man said in a deep voice.
"Who?" I grinned: "Xiu'er senior? ”
"I'll just say, your Gu family is very smart!" The old man slapped the table: "That's right, it's Xiu'er." She is a master of Zhu Yuke, there is no problem in living to be one hundred and fifty years old, if nothing else, she should be alive, you help me find her, and when the two of us reunite, it is the moment when you take this box away! ”
It's really infatuated! What a great love it is to be able to engrave a person in his mind for more than a hundred years!
"But, I don't even know what Xiu'er's predecessor looks like, how can I find it?" I frowned and said, "Besides, since Xiu'er's predecessor is so powerful, but I have never heard of this person, it means that she should have lived in seclusion a long time ago, isn't it like looking for a needle in a haystack." ”
"There's a way!" The old man took out a scroll from his arms: "When I was in the Qingyue View, I once secretly traced a painting of Xiu'er, you see." ”
The old man pushed away the scroll as he spoke, and the painting showed a girl in a cloth dress, which did not look outstanding to the eye, but the face was more and more beautiful, with a hint of maturity and charm in the delicate, full of charm.
No wonder, the old man estimated that he had been staying in the Qingyue Temple at that time, and he didn't know how many years he could see a woman in the barren mountains and mountains.
"Xiu'er is not only a master of Zhu Yuke, but also in my ...... Cough! When the old man said this, his old face suddenly turned red, and he coughed dryly: "I once sparred with her, she seems to be from Ximiao, you can go to Ximiao to find out." ”
Hum! is also discussing, it must be that you were going to be strong at that time, and they resisted! Old man, as a Taoist priest to do this kind of thing, he is not a good Taoist priest!
"Okay, then I'll take this scroll with me." When I saw the old man nodding at me, I rolled up and put him in my arms.
"Those boys, I don't dare to do anything to you." The old man said: "Run if you can, they can use you, I'll say something to you later, it's okay." ”
I was stunned: Run? Also, it's been almost a day, and the seventh master hasn't come over, so I guess he didn't keep up, in this case, I might as well run out by myself, anyway, just like the old man said, they can use me, and they won't do anything to me.
"Let's go, I'll send you down. When you find Xiu'er, just come here and meet me. The old man got up and led me to the entrance of the cave, and told me to hold on to the rope and prepare to let me go.
"By the way, senior, what do I call you?"
The old man frowned: "Just say that my name is Qingyue Daoist." Grab it, let's go! ”
Before I could come back to my senses, I saw the old man grab the rope and throw it violently, and my whole body was thrown out directly!
"Ahh No matter how bold I was, I couldn't stand being thrown down from the cliff wall of more than 20 meters, I couldn't help but scream, I was about to look down, but I felt that the rope suddenly tightened, I was stunned, and found that I was less than half a meter high from the ground.
I hurriedly let go of the rope and landed, and then I let out a sigh of relief.
"You've got the right person!" Qingyue Daoist said at the mouth of the cave: "But if you want what I have in my hand, you have to let this kid help me complete one thing first, and after completing this thing, I will naturally give you what you want!" Until then, you can't hurt this kid! Go ahead! ”
Chai Lao Wu walked up to me with a cigarette gun and looked up at me: "Boy, what did that old guy let you do?" ”
"Find someone!" I want to say it, these people don't get anything anyway.
"Who?" Chai Lao Wu asked.
"An old man from my predecessors." Naturally, I won't tell the identity of Xiu'er's predecessors.
"Well, no hurry, we have time to wait for you." Chai Lao Wu's face turned gloomy, and he pushed the towel on his head: "However, if you wait too long, we can only guarantee your safety, and the safety of the people around you may not be guaranteed." Let's go! ”
A group of six people walked to the parking place outside the mountain, and I walked in the middle, because I didn't eat breakfast, and now I'm a little tired. I'm always keeping an eye on my surroundings to see if there's a chance to escape.
After walking for ten minutes, I finally saw an opportunity, there was a downhill slope on my left, the slope was very gentle, about two feet high, after passing there was a mountain road below, from time to time there were cars passing by, I could go directly down to find someone for help!
With that in mind, I folded my hands over my chest and listened to the sounds of the mountain road. Sure enough, in less than two minutes I heard the sound of a car, and I frowned for a moment, and when I saw that a few of them were not paying attention, I suddenly bowed and rolled downhill!
"Want to run?!" Chai Lao Wu was the closest to me, and he reacted immediately, and I saw him jump in front of me with both feet and instantly chase me, stretching out a hand to grab me!