The two of us went out of the hotel, there was already a car waiting at the door, or the person yesterday, wearing a pair of sunglasses, after we got in the car, this person asked: "What about Xiao He?" ”

Judging from this question, this person should know He Xiaochen, and he is quite familiar, I remember that he seems to be called Zhong Wenkai, I mentioned it when Zhang Ye spoke yesterday, I heard Zhang Ye call him Lao Zhong.

At this time, he asked about He Xiaochen, and Zhang Ye waved his hand and said, "Leave her alone, she's missing." ”

"Missing? What's going on? Lao Zhong was a little surprised, obviously stunned, I took it and said: "She went out last night, and she hasn't come back yet, I don't know where she went." ”

The old bell let out an "oh" and frowned, but he didn't say much, and started the car immediately.

"Where are we going?" I asked Zhang Ye, and he looked at me in the rearview mirror, but he didn't say anything, pressed down the cap on his head, and closed his eyes.

I was confused, so I simply closed my mouth, thinking secretly in my heart, what did He Xiaochen do?

We walked around the city for a long time, originally I thought I would go straight to Mount Tai, but I didn't expect to go around, but it was out of the city, about half an hour later, came to a small courtyard on the outskirts of the city.

After the car stopped, a few of us got out of the car, and the old bell looked at us and whispered, "I'll go in later, be careful when you speak." ”

I wondered in my heart, I didn't know who I was going to see, I saw the old clock come forward and knock on the door, and after a while, a middle-aged man in his forties came out, medium, with a Chinese face, looking a little sloppy, with a scruffy beard and unkempt hair, after opening the door, he first glanced at the old clock, then looked at us, and finally glanced around a few times, as if to make sure that no one was following, and then nodded and signaled us to go in.

I was a little strange, but I didn't say anything, and followed them in, this small courtyard was very neat, planted some flowers and plants, and vegetables and the like, a big dog barked at us at the door, and the middle-aged man scolded a few words and let us into the house.

It's a bit of a backcountry home, I'm quite kind, and the furnishings are very simple, but it's clean, and everything is neatly arranged, like no one has ever touched it. There was only one small room, but it was a mess, the light was very dim, all kinds of paper, utensils, and thrown everywhere, and it looked like the scene of a crime that had just been robbed.

I suddenly understood that this person probably stayed in this room all the year round, and other things were probably never touched.

We sat down in the living room in the middle, and this person didn't have any polite words, so he asked Lao Zhong directly: "You said that you have a job looking for me, where is it?" ”

Lao Zhong smiled, looked at Zhang Ye, Zhang Ye didn't be verbose, he took out a box directly from his bag, put it on the table, opened it, and pushed it in front of the man.

Only then did Lao Zhong speak: "Professor Chen, I'm sorry for you. ”

I didn't expect this person to be a professor, so I saw that he was not polite, and his eyes widened directly, and he looked into the box.

I didn't see what was in the box just now, but I sat up a little straighter, and when I looked forward, it turned out to be the severed blade in the box.

He only glanced at it, his eyes seemed to be bright, he raised his head, swept over several of our faces one by one, and finally stopped at Lao Zhong: "This is the Nine Dragons Sword you told me?" ”

Lao Zhong looked at Zhang Ye again, and Zhang Ye said: "We are not sure either, but it is suspected that it is, so"

He hesitated for a moment, and Lao Zhong took over and said, "That's why I came to you to take a look, you know, except for you, no one else can see it." ”

Professor Chen rolled his eyelids, grabbed the box casually, got up and said, "Then you wait a minute." ”

As he spoke, he walked into the next room, slammed the door shut, and the lights came on inside.

This person is a bit weird, but I already understand that the main purpose of our coming here is to ask this Professor Chen to make an appraisal of the broken blade. However, Zhang Ye can complete the appraisal work, so why should he pull me in?

I sat there in wonder, the three of them stared at each other, no one spoke, Zhang Ye himself was silent, that old Zhong and Zhang Ye may not have anything to say, and I am not familiar with me, and I kept looking at the room, thinking in my heart, where is this Professor Chen?

For a while, the atmosphere was a little strange, and there were some strange noises in the room next door from time to time, and I didn't know what Professor Chen was doing inside. After a while, I couldn't help but say to Zhang Ye, "Where is Lao Pan now?" ”

Actually, I didn't really want to ask where Lao Pan was, I just wanted to break this strange silence, otherwise I wouldn't even dare to breathe, and I would even be careful to speak.

Zhang Ye glanced at me and said, "Pan Ye has ordered, wait for him to explain." ”

He seemed to answer me, but he didn't answer at all, what he actually meant was to tell me: don't ask so much, wait for the news.

He looked away after saying that, but after a few seconds, he turned around again and said to me, "Did you bring that piece of burial jade?" ”

I nodded, my heart moved, I thought he meant to let this Professor Chen take a look at the strangeness in the burial jade, but who knew that Zhang Ye lowered his voice and said, "Put it away, don't let him see it." ”

As he spoke, he gestured to the room, and I was a little confused, but I still hummed, thinking to myself, what kind of fuss is this?

The old bell sat there as if he hadn't heard us at all, forgetting everything and staring at a teacup in front of him, but I could see that his attention was not on the teacup at all.

These people are really stranger than the other, just when I was wondering, the old bell suddenly returned to normal, with a faint smile on his face, just at this moment, the door of the next room opened.

Professor Chen walked out with a deep face, held the box in his hand, put it on the table, and said to us: "This thing has not been burned at high temperatures, nor has it been oxidized and decomposed by soil, judging from the fracture, it should have been broken, or shocked, not cut off by some sharp weapon, and most importantly, this is not metal." ”

"Not metal? So what kind of material is this? What is the approximate date? I blurted out a question, and what he said was similar to what Lao Pan said, but the material was unknown.

Professor Chen hesitated for a moment before saying: "The material is very special, I'm sorry, as far as the elements currently in human mastery, there doesn't seem to be this kind of material, I can't know at all, if I have to explain, then I can only say that this should be something similar to jade, but jade can't achieve this kind of toughness, and it can't be so sharp." As for the age, it is impossible to confirm even the material, let alone the age. ”

As soon as he said this, he once again confirmed the identity of this broken blade as a three-no product, I was a little disappointed, and Zhang Ye also obviously showed a look of running in vain, obviously, the results they had identified before must be similar to this.

Lao Zhong nodded and said, "Okay, thank you Professor Chen, but although this is uncertain for the time being, I know that Professor Chen is well-informed and has been exposed to all kinds of strange things, so why don't you help us think about it, maybe a little clue from you is enough for us to run for a few days, or even longer." ”

When Professor Chen heard him say this, he also frowned, and suddenly showed a very strange look on his face, his eyes kept rolling up, as if he was trying to think of something, I couldn't help but move in my heart, secretly thinking that he suddenly made something new?

We all stared intently at his face, Professor Chen thought for a long time, suddenly slapped the table, and said: "You reminded me, I suddenly remembered, about two years ago, I saw a very special gadget, at that time I thought it was jade, and then I checked it, and it was also not gold, not jade, not stone, but unfortunately, I wanted to buy it at that time, but the man thought the price was not suitable, so he left." ”

"You mean to say that this broken blade is a bit like the last time you saw it?"

I hurriedly asked, if this was true, it was a clue.

Professor Chen nodded and said, "It's a bit similar, but now I can't remember it clearly, unless I put two things together and let me compare them." ”

"Do you know who that person is?" Lao Zhong also asked, and Professor Chen said without thinking: "It's easy to say, that person is a local farmer, and he accidentally picked up a small gadget, if you want to know, you can go to him and ask to see if the thing is still there." ”

I couldn't help but hope rose in my heart, although I wanted to escape from this matter before, but in fact, I also wanted to figure this matter out in my heart, after all, this trip to the Black Water Demon Cave left too many mysteries, if it can be revealed in the same way, it is also very fulfilling.

Besides, I accepted all the 200,000 yuan from Lao Pan.

"Then let's go to the farmer next?" I looked at Zhang Ye and asked, he thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll see it." ”

I said to him again, "Then you should hurry up and ask Lao Pan for instructions." ”

Zhang Ye smiled, looked at me and said, "You don't need to ask for instructions, just forget what you say." ”

I was stunned: "I have the final say?" No, when did I start to say it."

Zhang Ye hummed and said to me: "Well, it was at this time that Pan Ye explained before, and you have the final say in the qiē activities here." ”

I looked at Zhang Ye blankly, he also looked at me, nodded and said, "That's right, you don't have to doubt, Pan Ye said, from now on, as long as he is not there, you have the final say." ”

Zhang Ye said something serious, it didn't look like a joke at all, in fact, he couldn't make such a joke with me, but I still couldn't believe my ears, this old Pan, what did he want to do?