Sparrow lives in a small building near Zhonghua Gate, Luo Lie and Song Changjin came here at ten o'clock in the morning, and first saw Sean's car in front of the door, it seems that he has arrived here first.

Song Changjin knocked on the door, and after waiting for a while, the small window on the door was opened, revealing the face of a yellow-faced woman, the woman was about forty years old, her face was wrinkled, her lips were thin, her eyes were full of hostility, and she looked out viciously and said, "What are you doing?"

Song Changjin smiled and said, "This eldest sister, we have made an appointment in advance, and we have come to meet the master here." ”

The middle-aged woman closed the small window heavily, and only opened the door after a while.

Song Changjin and Luo Lie glanced at each other, and both of them showed a wry smile, it seemed that this middle-aged woman had a bad temper.

Luo Lie asked, "Is Miss Ma here?"

The middle-aged woman said angrily: "You don't have eyes, won't you look for it yourself?"

Luo Lie smiled quite helplessly, he has always stayed away from this type of middle-aged woman.

A sparrow's voice came from afar: "Mama Li, please come up." ”

Luo Lie looked up, but saw the sparrow standing on the corridor on the second floor, wearing a gray cardigan robe, looking at them condescendingly.

Luo Lie nodded politely, as a greeting.

Song Changjin smiled at Li's mother: "I told you that your master invited me over." ”

Li Ma looked at Song Changjin coldly and said, "You don't look like a good person no matter how you look at it." ”

Song Changjin said: "People can't look good. He didn't want to entangle with this more, so he followed Luo Lie up the stairs quickly.

The sparrow has come to the platform on the second floor to sit down, this platform is about more than 20 square meters, very delicately arranged, there is a long table in the center, six chairs are placed on the left and right, and colorful flowers are placed around it, competing to spit out the brightness and fragrance.

Sparrow invited the two to sit down, and asked them to serve tea.

Luo Lie picked up the enamel porcelain teacup and took a sip of black tea, his position was just facing the sun, the light was a little dazzling, and the sparrow arranged for him to sit here should be intentional.

Song Changjin smiled: "You are Miss Ma, I heard Luo Lie say, it turns out that you have known each other for a long time, and you are all old friends." ”

Sparrow glared at Luo Lie fiercely, Luo Lie heard that Song Changjin clearly meant to betray himself, he was not angry, and smiled: "Sparrow, this is Mr. Song, we have cooperated many times." ”

Sparrow said: "I have admired the name for a long time, but the purpose of our trip to the West Sea this time is for archaeology, not to do anything like a chicken and a dog thief." ”

Song Changjin heard her speak like this, clearly insinuating herself, and said with a smile: "I don't understand archaeology, but I have done a lot of things about chicken and dog thieves, taking people's money to eliminate disasters for others, and someone paid me to be a guide, if Miss Ma dislikes it, you can ask another master." He said to Luo Lie: "Big nephew, let's go!"

Sparrow couldn't help but be stunned when she heard Song Changjin's name for Luo Lie, she had been away from the country for quite a long time, and she didn't know what had happened during this time. Based on her past understanding of Luo Lie, Luo Lie didn't hear that he had any other relatives except for the blind man who depended on each other, Luo Xingmu was his uncle, but Luo Xingmu was dead.

Thinking of Luo Xingmu, I can't help but think of their adventure to Changbai Mountain, although the sparrow is cold to Luo Hunt on the surface, but she is a person who does not hold grudges, not to mention that Luo Hunt is not her enemy at all, since I saw Luo Hunt in the National Library yesterday, Sparrow has been constantly recalling the past, and the memories are all kinds of good things that Luo Hunt has done to her, Sparrow realized that going to Europe to study did not let her forget Luo Hunt, and all the feelings of the past came back at the moment when she and Luo Hunt reunited.

Sparrow picked up a box of cigarettes on the table and handed it to Luo Lie, who raised his hand and refused, "I have quit smoking." ”

Sparrow's eyes were full of surprise, in her memory, Luo Lie was an old smoker who never left his hand, he could actually quit smoking, it seemed that everything had changed. The sparrow took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and lit it skillfully under Luo Lie's gaze, she took a puff of the cigarette, and looked at Luo Lie with beautiful eyes full of provocation.

Luo Lie's smile was as warm as the sun: "I've grown up." ”

Sparrow frowned, she felt irony from this sentence, and she extinguished the cigarette she had just lit in the ashtray: "I used to wonder why someone would like to smoke, so I tried it, and I couldn't think of quitting." ”

Song Changjin interjected: "What is this, I want to know what it means to quit, you should go and smoke a lot." ”

His words angered the sparrow, who glared at Song Changjin and said, "Do you want to take care of it?"

Song Changjin said with a smile: "Yes, I can see it, it is superfluous to dare to love me here, you talk, I wander around the yard, and you reminisce about the old feelings." ”

The sparrow couldn't wait to grab the ashtray and throw it on his head, the old fox was clearly irritating himself, but he still had some eyes.

Song Changjin squeezed his eyes at Luo Lie and got up to leave.

After he walked away, the sparrow said to Luo Hunting, "Is he your uncle?"

Luo Lie didn't hide it, nodded and said, "Yes, third uncle!"

The sparrow snorted, full of disdain.

Luo Lie looked at the sparrow's eyes, and always felt that the sparrow in front of him was a little different from the past.

Sparrow said, "Didn't I see you and Lan Ximei together?"

Luo Lie smiled secretly, it seemed that the sparrow still remembered the events of the year, and he said softly: "I will always bring misfortune to the people around me, so wise people will choose to stay away." ”

Sparrow said: "I have not been a smart person since I was a child, let alone wise, you should know." ”

Luo Lie nodded: "Tell me about your plan." ”

Sparrow said: "Do you remember what I told you about Jiuding back then?"

Luo Lie nodded: "Remember!"

Sparrow said: "According to the notes left by my father, combined with his research materials in the past, I have made some discoveries that there is an inseparable connection between Yushen Monument and Jiuding. ”

Luo Lie's expression was as calm as ever, and he didn't feel any surprise at the sparrow's discovery, which made the sparrow feel that his interest was not here.

Sparrow continued: "The so-called Jizhou Ding in the underground palace under the Old Summer Palace is actually an illusion, the Chinese Jiuding is the important weapon of the country, whoever controls the Jiuding can determine the Central Plains, so such an important treasure, naturally will take sufficient precautions, the same from ancient times to the present, there are countless emperors in order to consolidate their own rule, but also according to the legend cast a lot of their own Jiuding. ”

Luo Lie said: "You mean that the Jizhou Ding we have seen is fake. ”

Sparrow nodded.

Luo Lie remembered the Yongzhou Ding he met in the Heavenly Temple, judging from its complex structure and sophisticated structure, it should be true, but according to his father, all the Jiuding must be destroyed in order to eliminate the hidden dangers of the future of mankind. If the father and they succeeded in destroying the Yongzhou Ding, then in the future after a few years later, after Lop Nur dried up, why would there be an intact Yongzhou Ding? The only explanation is that the parents and their teammates entered a historical context in the process of traveling through time and space. If that were the case, the history that my father told him might not have happened in this context.

If this is really the case, even if he can destroy Jiuding, in another time and space context, Jiuding may still exist intact, so what is the point of his father's efforts?

Sparrow said: "We will set off in half a month and go to the West Sea, and if everything goes well, we will arrive before August." ”

Luo Lie said: "One of the nine tripods is in the West Sea?"

Sparrow said: "It is likely that all of them are in the West Sea." ”

Luo Lie said: "What's the point of finding it, if Jiuding sinks under the West Sea, do you think you can drag them up one by one?"

Sparrow said: "I just want to witness the civilization of my ancestors with my own eyes, and there is no need to change anything." ”

Luo Lie looked at the sparrow: "You are the organizer of this archaeology?"

Sparrow nodded: "I'm in charge of the organization, and all the funds are sponsored by Sean." ”

Luo Lie said: "A foreigner is so enthusiastic about our Chinese affairs, I really don't believe that he has no purpose. ”

Sparrow said: "Sean is different from you!"

Luo Lie laughed.

The sparrow leaned forward and lowered his voice, "You don't like him?"

Luo Lie said: "When we meet in Pingshui, we can't talk about whether we like it or not. ”

Sparrow said: "I can see that you don't like him, you ...... Aren't you jealous?"

From Sparrow's words, Luo Lie could tell that she was deliberately using Sean to stimulate herself, and said with a slight smile: "I'm just worried that you will be used." ”

Sparrow shook his head and said, "I'm not as stupid as I used to be, I won't believe anyone but myself." ”

Luo Lie hoped that the sparrow could really be like what she said, he seemed to have found the familiar sparrow, and secretly made up his mind that he must protect her this time, no matter what kind of conspiracy was hidden in this trip, he would not let the sparrow be harmed.

Luo Lie said: "What do you need me to do?"

Sparrow said: "We need your knowledge and experience, and we have arranged other things." ”

Luo Lie said: "In other words, all I need to do now is wait for departure?"

Sparrow nodded: "By the way, why don't you ask for a few more helpers?"

"There's no need for that!"

Luo Lie's real thoughts were because the whole thing was a conspiracy planned by Feng Jiuqing, this trip was full of dangers, he didn't want to lead his friends into this huge quagmire, after the incident of the Hong family's grandson, Luo Lie became more and more cautious.

Song Changjin was wandering in the yard alone, he realized that the middle-aged woman's attention had never left him, Song Changjin couldn't help but stop, looked at Li's mother and said, "Haven't you seen such a handsome man?"

Mama Li sneered and twisted her face to the side.

At this moment, Luo Lie also walked down, and Song Changjin greeted him and asked, "How are you talking?"