Although the tone of Long Siye's speech is still as calm, slow, and with a special magnetism as before, which makes people feel down-to-earth, my intuition always feels that there seems to be something hidden in Siye's words. I know that the fourth master will never harm the three of us, but this kind of concealment and concealment always makes people feel uneasy, and even makes friends feel a sense of distance.

The fourth master's explanation of the ins and outs of this is more than three hours. We were full of wine and food, and the scholar burped and said, "Eat enough, eat enough!" The Sprinkler family is really cool this time. ”

The fourth master looked out the window and said, "It's not early, the three of you should rest early." I slept in the matching room opposite. Tomorrow morning, someone will bring breakfast. ”

said good night to the fourth master, and the three of us lay down to sleep in the inner room of this western room. Both the scholar and Lao Xu drank a lot of wine, and after a tiring day, they soon began to snore. But I tossed and turned, and I couldn't sleep. The moonlight shone through the window screen on the ground, and it was white. The silence was suffocating. Occasionally, one or two dog barks came from afar, but it made the surrounding area even quieter.

I recalled in my mind the bits and pieces since I reunited with the fourth master, especially his explanation to us. To be honest, the fourth master's statement is very satisfactory and thorough, and there is no problem at all. I was wondering if I was too sensitive. Why do you always feel that there is something hidden in the words of the fourth master? The mysterious man, the bronze box, the azusa wooden sword, the ancient silk book, the ghost clan, the holy dragon patriarch, the old man Cao, and the note full of lines and lines, these kept spinning around in my mind, making my heart more and more irritable.

I simply put on my clothes and walked out of the room. I don't know where to go, or even where it is. The light behind him was faint, diluted a lot by the moonlight in the courtyard. The door of the main house of this courtyard house is closed, and there is no light, so I am afraid that it is not inhabited at all. The east side room is not far away, and the lights are also very dim, I don't know if the fourth master has slept.

I decided to go and see the fourth master.

The door was unlocked, and with a creak, I pushed it open. The east room is the same as the west room, it is also two rooms inside and outside, through the outer room into the inner room, with the help of the wall lamp, there is only a quilt on the bed, and there is no figure of the fourth master at all. I was shocked and cleared up a lot. I walked over and touched the underneath the quilt with my hand, but it didn't feel hot at all. Obviously, the fourth master didn't sleep in bed at all. So, where did he go? The fourth master is becoming more and more mysterious. I was worried, but I had no idea, so I could only go back to the west side room first. That night, I couldn't fall asleep and sat almost until dawn.

After dawn, Lao Xu and the scholar got up one after another, and I didn't tell them about last night. After washing, sure enough, a young man brought breakfast. After eating, the three of them each lit a cigarette, and before the cigarette was finished, the fourth master came. I secretly observed, the fourth master did not have any abnormality, and I couldn't see any clues at all.

"How many brothers slept well?" The fourth master asked.

"Hey, I slept really badly, and the Sprinkle family dreamed of marrying a daughter-in-law." The scholar grinned.

"You just look at your appearance, and marry a daughter-in-law, you look in the mirror first." Lao Xu took a big puff of cigarette and sprayed it on the scholar's face.

"Don't make a fuss. Come, follow me to meet Old Man Cao. There is business. The fourth master stopped the scholar's counterattack.

It was still yesterday when I entered the courtyard, or the main hall, or those people, and the old man who made people feel uncomfortable was still sitting on the Taishi chair in the main seat. The fourth master arched his hand: "Good morning!" ”

The old man Cao also owes his body, and arches his hand: "Little friend!" Come on, take a seat! Serve tea! ”

Then several big men carried a wooden chair carved from mahogany and placed it on the left side of the Taishi chair. The old man made a gesture of please, and all four of us sat down. I can understand the etiquette. The group sat down in two columns, and the old man had us seated on his right hand, which was parallel to him, and he obviously raised us up as a sign of respect. It can be seen that the fourth master is indeed not ordinary in the heart of this old man Cao.

"Xiaoyou, I have already found out about the matter of you calling me when you were in Beijing. The Holy Dragon Patriarch Bai Jianghong did appear here a month ago, but now he doesn't know where he went. Of course, it's also possible to go to the place you mentioned. You and I have forgotten the New Year, and we have lived our lives. I should help you this time. It's just..."Old man Cao took a puff of snuff, and then said: "It's just, you know, now the people below are not like the ones before, and the morality of the rivers and lakes has long been fucking forgotten outside the nine heavens." Besides, they are all dragged by the family, and I follow me to make a living. So if you go to that place..."

"It's okay, Old Man Cao, this 'branch pot' is considered a 'bump guy', and your people are 'palms'. The yellow goods, the white goods, and the hanging beads are all for you, and we will go there to find only one thing except to visit the patriarch. Yes, I'll take it. No, count yourself as a 'bag pit'. "The fourth master is still silent, but it is a black talk, and I don't understand it at all.

"Xiaoyou is really refreshing, but what do you want?"

"Our Holy Dragon Clan's stuff, a small box." The fourth master said.

"Are you sure the box is in that place?" Old man Cao asked.

"I'm not sure. But the Bai patriarch once appeared in Xi'an, and I think it was to go to that place. This time, I had to gamble on my luck. ”

"Ahaha, young people just have capital. A bad old man like me doesn't dare to gamble, but I don't care about my life, it's just that there are too many people on my boat, and I have to let the boys sit tight. Old man Cao laughed.

Speaking of which, I, the scholar and Lao Xu still don't quite understand what they are talking about, but on this occasion, it is really difficult to ask directly, so I can only sit back.

The old man Cao then said to Fourth Master Long: "This time, my body and bones really can't go to that place. Let Ali be the 'palm eye' pot. But this girl is spoiled by me, and the little friend will take care of her more in everything. ”

"Don't worry, old man, as long as I have a tone, I can't let the eldest lady hurt in the slightest." The fourth master replied. After he said this, he got up and said goodbye, "Then old man, take care." When it's done, I'll thank you again. At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, please go to the next door to meet. ”

When the fourth master took us back to the west side of the house, I asked him what he was talking about to the old man Cao.

The fourth master said: "That's all black words in the circle, I'll explain it to you later." Their Cao family is a well-known family in Shaanxi, and they are all serious business on the surface, but in fact, they are secretly robbing tombs for a living. I asked someone to find out that the patriarch of Bai Jianghong had appeared in Xi'an, and his purpose should have been to find another bronze box. ”

"You mean, the second half of the ancient silk book, the so-called map to the 'ultimate'?" Lao Xu became excited all of a sudden.

"I'm just inferring so. I think that although Patriarch Bai didn't know the first half of the ancient silk book we saw, he, as the leader of the group, must know some secrets about the 'ultimate'. And the ghost clan sneaked up on our Holy Dragon Sect, causing heavy casualties among the sect members and greatly damaging the vitality of the Holy Sect. Patriarch Bai must be trying to restore everything through the power of the 'ultimate'. That 'ultimate' possesses unimaginable power—at least that's what is written on the inner wall of the Azusa Tree. ”

"What does this have to do with their Cao family?" I asked.

The fourth master glanced at me and said, "When Old Master Cao was recuperating in the Holy Dragon, he heard the patriarch ask about some tomb robbing, and he visited a place in special detail. At that time, Old Man Cao didn't pay attention to it, but now that he thinks about it, I'm afraid that place is really special. Therefore, I want to use the power of the Cao family to help us go to that place. The 'branch pot' just mentioned is the black word in the tomb robbery circle, which is about a group of people working together. However, this time, the people of the Cao family have to 'palm', that is, the team leader. That place is very difficult to find, and there are many organs, and the Cao family is also taking a great risk this time. Therefore, the antique cultural relics that came out of the pit in that place belonged to their Cao family. ”

"What you mean by 'Bao Keng' is to point out that the cultural relics and antiques of the soil belong to them?" Lao Xu asked.

"Exactly." The fourth master replied.

"It's a crime! Fourth master, no matter what kind of ancient tomb is unearthed, it should be owned by the state! Lao Xu suddenly turned his face.

"Hey, Lao Xu, why are you so conscious? Don't forget, the bronze box originally belonged to the Holy Dragons. If there is really a bronze box in that place, it means that it belongs to the fourth master's family. He can give his family's things to whomever he wants, this is not a scourge to the motherland! The scholar played a round field.

"So, what if there are no bronze boxes in that place?" Lao Xu gritted his teeth and said.

"No, if not, then let's take out a few antiques and dedicate them to the country!" The scholar said.

Lao Xu still refused to give up, and the scholar hurriedly persuaded him. The fourth master glanced at Lao Xu, his face tightened.

"Xia Nan, what do you think?" The fourth master suddenly spoke.

"I think it's hateful to rob the tomb. The ancestors are gone, but the dead are greater. After hundreds of thousands of years, it was dug up by later generations, and it was really immoral to take away other people's things. Of course, Fourth Master, I'm talking about their Cao family's tomb robbery. You have a reason for this incident, to find a clue to the end. But where is that 'place' you're talking about? ”

The fourth master didn't answer me, but said, "The last time I entered the ancient tomb was an accident, and it was to find the rejuvenating zhi to remove the poison." This time it is entirely our Holy Dragon Sect's business, and it has nothing to do with you, and this operation is very dangerous, maybe nine deaths. If the three of you are unwilling to join the gang, we will say goodbye and arrange for someone to send you back to Zhengzhou tomorrow. ”

"Hey, Fourth Master, what are you talking about? The Sprinkle family and you are also brothers born and died, and they are also committed to the great cause of building the socialist motherland. The scholar said impassionedly.

"Forget it, Fourth Master, don't worry about it. Xia Nan is right, as an archaeologist, I hate tomb robbery to the core, and I just lost my temper. This time I went down to the ground to find the ultimate clue, and also to save your Holy Dragon Clan. I'm willing to do my part. Lao Xu said.

"Well, we are all good brothers, and we have been born and died together. If you want to do it together, brothers work together, and its benefits will be broken! "But I still can't rest assured about the fourth master in my heart, his temporary disappearance last night made me feel very unsure. I always feel that since the fourth master said goodbye in the hospital, a lot of things have happened that we don't know. Moreover, these things were deliberately concealed by the fourth master.