Chapter 5
The fat man and I stared at the contents of the box in shock, and then looked at each other without saying a word. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info this sudden surprise made our hearts tremble, and then a touch of ecstasy swelled on our faces.
"Old, old guard, I didn't, right?" The fat man asked incredulously, his voice trembling a little.
I tried my best to calm the beating inside, then carefully picked up the contents of the box, looked it up and down, and said, "That's right, this is it!" ”
The fat man smiled and leaned back, unable to speak, he was still thinking about what was in it just now, but unexpectedly, the contents of this purple gold box turned out to be the key we even dreamed of finding.
The fat man grabbed the key, his mouth couldn't close, and said, "Old Wei, now we have an extra Xuanwu key in our hands, so we only need one key to find the legendary Tianding." ”
I nodded, and then I couldn't help but think back to the legend about Tianding. "If you want Tianding to reappear, you need to gather five keys." Now it seems that we may not be far from the legendary Tianding.
The fat man put the Xuanwu key together with the keys he had obtained before, and the four keys were placed in an extremely hidden position. The fat man deliberately set up a dark layer under the bed in his room, and locked it with the most advanced fingerprint lock. Naturally, there is nothing to say about security.
The fat man returned to the living room after finishing his work, and then said, "Old Wei, now there is only one key left, do we want to go all out to find out the whereabouts of the other key during this time?" ”
"Suzaku Key?"
The fat man nodded, and then said: "That's right, it's the Vermilion Bird Key, although there are not many people who know the secret of Tianding, but there are still very few people who know it, and they can't keep their minds on Tianding, if we don't hurry up, it is estimated that this key will fall into the hands of others, and if you want to get it back at that time, it is not so simple." ”
It can be seen that the fat man is very concerned about Tianding's affairs. For more than a year, the two of us have been tracking down the whereabouts of the Tianding Key, and now that we finally have only the last one left, it is naturally impossible to be calm.
I thought for a moment, then shook my head and said, "Now we don't even know where the last key is, so we can't just run back and forth like headless flies, right?" ”
Speaking of which, I continued: "The matter of finding the Suzaku Key will be put on hold for a while, and if we want to hurry, we will not be able to reach it soon, and when we hear the wind in action." Recently, we have been going to the tomb a little too often, and the Chu family of the six major families has also been eyeing me, if this matter is known to them, it will be a big trouble. ”
Although the fat man was anxious, he still had a certain amount of reason, and after listening to my words, he also felt that it made sense, so he didn't mention anything about Tianding.
A week has passed, and for the rest of the week, I've been studying the pictures sent by the mysterious man named 'Everything Works'. The scene in that black-and-white photograph doesn't look surprising. And if you look at the structure of the house and the surrounding environment, it should be a picture from the seventies and eighties. More than once, I wondered why this person would give me this picture for no reason.
In this regard, I can't figure it out, it just so happens that there is nothing on the fat man's side recently, and there is no movement on Cui Shuai's side, and I also get a rare time of purity. I want to go back to my hometown for a while, and by the way, I can ask my grandfather about something.
Grandpa was still idle at home, and he was extremely happy to see me come back, and my parents were also looking forward to a good meal at night, and after I sent them out, I rushed back to Grandpa's house in a hurry, and I couldn't wait to talk about the recent experience.
However, my grandfather seemed to have experienced all these things, and he always maintained a calm attitude, but when I talked about the Chu family, I finally found that his face that had never changed suddenly fluctuated, but I can't say what it felt.
Grandpa lit his pipe and took a puff, then said, "You say, the people of the Chu family have been pestering you recently?" ”
I nodded, and then said: "Yes, there is a woman named Chu Ling in their Chu family, who has been pestering me to take them to the grave some time ago, but I didn't agree. ”
Grandpa sighed, as if he had all kinds of helplessness, and said hoarsely: "This time it is the people of the Xiao family and the Chu family who are right, this matter will not be so easy to solve." ”
I listened to my grandfather's tone, as if I knew something about the two of them, and when I was interested, I asked, "Grandpa, do you know something, tell me about it." ”
Grandpa laughed, and then said: "Actually, I don't know much, when I was young, there was a rumor on the road, saying that an ancient tomb was found on a certain mountain, which contained countless gold and silver treasures, as well as a lot of artifacts. However, at that time, it was rumored that there were many demons in that ancient tomb, and many people went in, and they never came out again. I was young and vigorous at the time, and I wanted to make a name for myself, but who knew that as soon as I moved my mind, the people of the Xiao clan blocked that area, and I haven't been there since, but then I heard that the area blocked by the Xiao clan is the ancient tomb of the Chu family, and for this reason, there was a lot of fighting between the two families, but I don't know what the specific situation is. ”
I lowered my head, and then remembered the scene I saw at the auction before, and thought to myself: "No wonder, the people of these two families will fight to the death as soon as they meet, but I don't know if the people of their two families have been to the ancient tomb after the map auction." ”
After the grandfather finished speaking, he went to the yard to take a breath, the old man is old, and his body will be uncomfortable after staying in the house for a long time. I was wandering around my grandfather's room by myself. This old man has not touched any business since he washed his hands in the golden basin, and he stays at home alone. Grandpa doesn't have any special hobbies, but he likes to collect ancient books, and those books that get older and have more broken covers look like gold ingots in his eyes, and he can't put them down.
There is a small study at the back of Grandpa's room, which is not too big, but it is surrounded by ancient books, and there are many kinds of books. When I was younger, I didn't have much of a feeling for these books, but after this time, I realized more and more that these ancient books had a special feeling for me, probably because I was always digging these things underground.
I pointed my fingers back and forth to the ancient books in front of me, and the small library looked like a small museum. Grandpa has been eating underground for the first half of his life, so naturally there are a lot of treasures in his hands, and there are no longer a few ancient books brought out of the tomb. Looking back now, I also found a lot of treasures in it.
My gaze swept back and forth to the ancient book in front of me, but there seemed to be a small gap between the sixth and seventh books, and there seemed to be something still in it. I was curious, so I took down the two books, only to realize that what was in the gap was a black-and-white photograph that had gradually yellowed.
The photograph is very well preserved, and the rest of the thing is still clearly visible, except for a slight wrinkle in the corners. In that photograph, there are several foreign soldiers in military uniforms, with several boxes under their feet and a lot of porcelain in their hands. It looks like a bunch of marauding soldiers.
I walked out with the picture and found my grandfather, and I asked, "Grandpa, who is the person in this picture?" ”
Grandpa glanced at the photo, thought about it for a long time, and finally remembered, and said: "Oh, these people, these people are just a group of soldiers in the Eight-Nation Alliance, they took such a photo after plundering the Old Summer Palace, I happened to find it in the book when I was buying a book on the stall, I looked useless, and it was a pity to throw it away, so I put it on the bookshelf." ”
I don't think this photo has any special meaning, just a photo of the victory of those gringos after plundering when the Eight-Nation Coalition attacked Beijing. There was no particular attention at the moment. But the gaze swept away, and then it was fixed on the person on the far right of the photo.
The figure on the far right has a blurry image, but the shape of what he is holding can still be discerned. It was about ten centimeters long, and the end of the palm that appeared under the palm seemed to be something like a tail, and when I saw the object in this person's hand, my brow furrowed, and then I began to wonder what it was.
Suddenly, when I could clearly identify a sharp weapon on the palm of my hand, there was an immediate wave in my heart, and a wave of ecstasy quickly filled my heart.
"Suzaku, Suzaku Key ?!!"