Lao Xu has been contacting old friends in the paleographic and archaeological circles in Tiannan and Haibei, hoping to get some guidance. Although the scholar is usually very arrogant, he is not ambiguous when he encounters serious things, and has been in contact with the northwest, after the old man Cao found out, he was also very sad, and immediately contacted his think tank team to start research.

Two days later, Lao Xu replied to the message, and his old friends over there didn't know these words. Lao Xu was a little frustrated, and I comforted him and said, "It's nothing. The ghost text is originally a script mastered by some Taoist warlocks in China, strictly speaking, it does not belong to ancient writing, and it is normal for those professors and scholars to not know it. ”

And the Cao family didn't reply to the message for a long time, and the scholar couldn't keep urging, so he could only wait. As a result, on the third day, the phone rang, and when I took out my mobile phone, I saw that it was exquisite!

"Hey, Brother Nan, I've arrived in Zhengzhou, just at the airport, you come to pick me up." When I heard Linglong's voice, I became excited.

I picked up the scholar and Lao Xu, took a taxi and went straight to the airport.

The pick-up gate was crowded, but I found Linglong in the crowd at a glance. A red T-shirt, skinny jeans, a pair of small heels on her feet set off her legs more slender, and a pair of black goggles almost covered half of her face. The two Shunli brothers and a few guys standing around them in black shirts, black pants, and sunglasses on their faces made unsuspecting travelers keep looking sideways, thinking that this was a certain female star and her bodyguards.

We took two steps and were just about to shake hands, but Linglong suddenly rushed over and hugged my neck, and people hung on me: "Brother Nan, didn't expect it?" If you don't go to see me, I'll come to you! Surprise not? ”

I blushed all of a sudden, I couldn't hold it, I couldn't put it, so I had to pat Linglong's head: "Okay, okay, surprise, absolutely surprise!" Girl, this is not the place for us to talk, let's go, Brother Nan will give you the wind first. ”

Linglong took my neck as a swing and swung back and forth several times before reluctantly coming down. While rubbing my neck, I greeted Brother Shunli and a few guys from the Cao family.

The scholar came over: "Linglong, what kind of wind blew you here?" Don't say it in advance, say it early, Brother Scholar has been waiting for you a long time ago. ”

Linglong smiled: "Brother scholar, don't I miss you, don't you just call the 'flying' to see you." ”

Ah Shun still had a cold expression and nodded to us, even if he said hello. Ali was enthusiastic, took off his glasses, ran over to shake hands with us one by one, and said, "Masters, this time the eldest lady is here for an important matter." This is not the place to talk, please ask Han Ye to help find a place, we have to stay for a few days. ”

The scholar naturally knew that Linglong's sudden arrival this time was not just because of "missing you", so he naturally didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately took out his mobile phone and called one of the best hotels in Zhengzhou, booked four rooms, and then helped a few guys take their luggage to call a taxi.

Linglong has a group of seven people this time, in addition to the smooth brothers, the other four Cao guys are also stable and reliable henchmen. After the scholar settled Linglong and them in the big hotel, for convenience, he also booked a room for the three of us at the door of Linglong's room. We also stayed in the hotel these days, so it was convenient to meet Linglong and them.

Linglong they checked into the room, washed with water a little, and all came to our room.

The scholar said, "It's also lunch time, let's eat in the restaurant downstairs, and I have booked a private room." We ate and talked. ”

Everyone was already hungry, so naturally they all agreed.

The meal is ready, and the wine glass is full. Linglong raised his glass first and said: "Let me introduce first, everyone is familiar with the smooth brothers, these four are the right-hand men of the Cao Group, Zhao Ming, Wang Yong, Sun Fei, and Zhang Shijun. ”

One by one, the four of them stood up and nodded to us.

The scholar also raised his glass and said: "They are all brothers, this time I came to Zhengzhou, and I will definitely entertain everyone with the friendship of the landlord." Come, brothers, let's have this toast! ”

After drinking this glass of wine, Linglong gave a look, and Zhao Ming, Wang Yong and the other four stood up together and walked outside the door.

Lao Xu didn't react for a while, and said, "Linglong, what is this?" ”

Ah Shun replied: "The eldest lady is here this time for something important. The four of them were guarding the door. ”

After listening to Ah Shun's words, all three of us cast puzzled eyes on Linglong.

Linglong said in a low voice: "Brother Nan, I came here this time to act on behalf of the Cao family. Our Cao family also has a branch in Zhengzhou, but for the sake of secrecy, we did not alarm them. This time, I will lead the team, mainly to inform you of the situation. How to say it, this has to start from half a month ago. ”

Linglong straightened her hair, pondered for a moment, and began to say: "Brother Nan, you also know that since the chief Qian came back, the old man washed his hands in a golden basin, and the Cao Group as a whole withdrew from tomb robbery and cultural relics smuggling activities. In addition, he donated all the existing national treasure-level antiquities in his hands to the state. In fact, the old man had already had the idea of retiring to the rivers and lakes, and his old man said that digging up people's tombs was extremely damaging to yin morality, and the early death of my parents and my twists and turns in the chief coriander all prompted him to change his mentality. To put it simply, not only did he not rob the tomb, but decided to collect the lost cultural relics in his lifetime and donate them to museums and cultural relics institutes for free, hoping to make up for the mistakes of the Cao family. ”

"This is a good thing, Old Man Cao is high-spirited, and he can use his own strength to protect the national cultural relics, what a big man!" Lao Xu was very happy when he heard what Linglong said.

"Ever since you left Xi'an, the old man has been collecting antiquities everywhere. Half a month ago, one day, the old man was in a good mood, taking advantage of the spring flowers, he took a few guys out of the house, saying that he was going to the countryside to go around, but in a village in the countryside, he stumbled upon an ancient tomb. ”

"What tomb? Where and how was it found? When Lao Xu heard about the ancient tomb, he immediately became energetic.

"Yes, what kind of ancient tomb, is there any treasure?" Scholars are also very concerned about ancient tombs.

"I heard the old man say that it was a peasant who accidentally dug up a tombstone when he was digging a cellar. At that time, some people in the village said that they had found a treasure, and many people came to dig up the treasure with their heads and shovels. The old man asked the guy to go over and take a look, judging from the several jade pendants unearthed, it should be a tomb in the Han Dynasty. He was afraid that the treasure would be lost, so he made a temporary decision to collect the treasure on the spot at the edge of the village. Before the arrival of the people from the Cultural Relics Research Institute, a total of 17 pieces of ancient money, porcelain, and jade were harvested, and later they were all given to the Institute free of charge. Originally, this was just a very common thing, but in this unearthed cultural relic, a clay jar with a lid of imitation bronze was found, and the lid was originally sealed. In the scramble of the villagers, the lid was somewhat loose. The old man found a bamboo slip inside. ”

"During the Han and Han dynasties, porcelain production was greatly developed. However, the appearance is still mainly imitation of bronze. In the ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty, it is true that bottles, spoons, urns, bottles and the like have been found, but it is the first time that bamboo slips are stored in the urns. Lao Xu analyzed.

Indeed, the old man also said that it was very fresh. What's fresher is that the bamboo slips are not the seal books and official books commonly used in the Han Dynasty, but similar to ants crawling out, messy, said to be words, the old man and a few connoisseurs who accompanied him no one knew, said that it is not a text, it does have a certain writing rule, not like random graffiti. After Linglong finished speaking, all three of us exclaimed: "The ants crawled out!" ”。 Isn't this a ghost text?

"Brother Nan, do you realize? Yes, it's a ghost text. Although the old man donated the urn to the cultural relics institute, the bamboo slips were secretly kept. Later, one of the Cao family's own 'palms' recognized that it was a ghost text. But this old gentleman can only discern, not translate. The old man asked people everywhere, hoping to find someone who knew the ghost script and help translate it. Later, after being introduced, a Nanyang man said that he knew ghost literature. After getting the photo of the bamboo slips, the man said that it would take a few days to translate the ghost script. Linglong said.

"What does the ghost text on the bamboo slip mean? Did the Nanyang devils decipher? Lao Xu couldn't wait to ask.

"Hey, the gentleman said that he had almost finished deciphering the translation, and he happened to receive the book of essays that the scholar's brother passed to us, and after the old man received it, he said that it was also a ghost text, and he just asked the Mr. Nanyang to decipher it together. As a result..."

"How did it turn out?" Scholars also can't wait to know the answer.

"Something happened! Ever since you sent the ghost text picture you passed on to Mr. Nanyang, he has lost his trace and can no longer be contacted. The old man sent someone to pull the middleman directly to Nanyang, and the gentleman's residence was in a mess, and the person was gone. The brothers below turned his dwelling upside down, but they couldn't find a translation or anything. Just found a bullet casing in the room. Linglong said.

"What! Bullet shells! What's going on? "Actually, I don't need to say that everyone knows that something must have fucking happened.

"The old man is very angry, but after all, it is in Nanyang, not in China, and we can't reach it. A private detective was hired to investigate the scene, and he had a preliminary idea. According to some traces at the scene, the bullet was found on the ceiling, combined with the bullet casing left at the scene, and obtained information including rifling of the gun, the place of production of the bullet, etc., we used some connections to query the US gun management database, and learned that the gun at the scene came from a company called 'Bidbeth' in the United States. Linglong took a sip of water, and then said: "This Bidebes company is a geographical mapping company on the surface, but in fact, it has been secretly searching for treasures, collecting antiques, smuggling cultural relics and other activities around the world. ”

"Why did they go to the Nanyang man for trouble, why did the accident happen after handing over the ghost text on the "Tianyan Essay Record" to the Nanyang man? Was it a coincidence or a premeditation? "I don't think it's that simple.

Is there a connection between the ghost text of bamboo slips and the ghost text on "Tianyan Essay Record"? What information does this Bidbeth company know? And why did they do it to that Nanyang man?