Early the next morning, Zheng Xiaofeng and Xiao Sa got up early, and the two drove out with photos and began to make plans for translating ancient books.

The first of the two to visit was the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Antiquities and Cultural Relics, and the daughter of Professor Chen Jinyi, the deputy director, was one of Zheng Xiaofeng's admirers, and Zheng Xiaofeng met Professor Chen with a cheeky face with this relationship. For the sake of safety, Xiao Sa did not directly take out all the photos in his mobile phone, but first picked up a few small paragraphs, copied them and handed them to the other party. After researching, Professor Chen said that these words have not yet been recorded in the world, either they have not been discovered by archaeological work, or they are simply made up by idlers, which coincides with the judgment of Wang Lifa of the ghost market. Professor Chen's academic status in paleography can also be called a world authority, and he said so, and it is estimated that the same result will be found by other experts.

Zheng Xiaofeng didn't forget to ask Professor Chen if he had heard of Cheng Di, but Professor Chen said that many archaeological operations are confidential, and even if he is the deputy director, he may not know about it, and he really has no impression of this name.

Zheng Xiaofeng had no choice but to give up, the two left the General Administration of Scientific Research, and tried to find some other experts, but the results were similar. Later, Xiao Sa said that maybe you can find friends on the underworld to try, maybe there are capable people over there, Zheng Xiaofeng said, can people on the underworld still have ghost markets? If there were really capable people, this matter would have been asked clearly in the ghost market.

The two of them were busy until four o'clock in the afternoon, and they didn't find any useful clues, to say that this ancient book is really mysterious, mysterious words, mysterious paintings, I really don't know where my father got such outrageous things.

At half past four in the afternoon, in the café, Zheng Xiaofeng and Xiao Sa finally found a seat to sit down, giving their legs a chance to cushion after a hard day. The two of them each ordered a cup of coffee, while tasting the relaxation brought by coffee, while enjoying the bustling street scene under the sunset, Zheng Xiaofeng never thought that this long street, which he had walked countless times since he was a child, turned out to be a beautiful scenery, the surging crowd, the fading sunshine, people really had an inexplicable touch. Sure enough, when people's mood changes, the things they see naturally become different.

Neither of them spoke, but sat quietly until the sun went down. The sky was a little overcast for a while, and a dark cloud stopped over the city, urging pedestrians to quicken their pace and gradually dissipate into the streets. Zheng Xiaofeng picked up the cup again and took a sip, only to find that there was not much coffee left, and he realized the passage of time.

"A storm is coming." Zheng Xiaofeng muttered.

"yes." Xiao Sa looked up and nodded, "What do you want to do next?" ”

Zheng Xiaofeng was silent, pondering for a few seconds, but he never answered. Xiao Sa said: "I thought about it just now, maybe we can start with that bodyguard, such as finding out who instructed him." ”

"If I could find out, my dad would have found it a long time ago, and I don't have any hope for that." Zheng Xiaofeng said with a wry smile.

The two were silent again, a cool breeze was already blowing outside the window, and the yellowing leaves were falling and dancing in the air. After a long time, Zheng Xiaofeng suddenly said: "I hope that this matter will slowly pass with time......"

Xiao Sa was stunned and asked, "Why do you suddenly think like this?" ”

"Maybe it's because I suddenly feel ...... Dad is actually the same as before, he only did it because he had a hard time. Zheng Xiaofeng was actually a little dazed, he didn't know if this was the answer in his heart, and Zheng Xiaofeng's words Xiao Sa actually didn't understand much, he couldn't understand the tacit understanding and feelings between his son and father like Zheng Xiaofeng, but he still said: "Anyway, no matter what, I will always stand with you." ”

Zheng Xiaofeng smiled, fortunately with Xiao Sa, he didn't have to face so much alone, he was really grateful to him. Needless to say, the relationship between the brothers was too much, and the two just drank the coffee in the cup and stood up one after another.

The car started and they set out on their way home. Zheng Xiaofeng thought to himself, let's just say this for the time being, if nothing happens, he is willing to let himself slowly forget all this, this is a kind of tolerance he treats his father as a son, and it is also a humble compromise he made for this family to live a stable and happy life, for this reason, the truth is not so important, he is willing to believe that a father who still cares about himself and loves this family, no matter what kind of mistakes he makes, he will do his best and know that he is lost.

Back home, as soon as he entered the house, Zheng Xiaofeng saw that his mother was busy in the living room, the sofa was full of all kinds of gorgeous clothes, Zheng Xiaofeng was very careful, and he could see at a glance that many of them were worn by his mother who had been reluctant to take them out for a long time, he was a little puzzled, and asked his mother: "Mom, what are you busy with here?" ”

Meng Yun raised her head and smiled kindly: "Isn't tomorrow your birthday party?" Mom wants to choose a beautiful dress to wear, it has to be worthy of your coming-of-age ceremony, and it can't be embarrassing for you, right? ”

Zheng Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Why bother so much, I'm already very satisfied with this birthday." ”

"You, you don't care about anything, although we can't be that kind of gentleman, but you are still too young master." Meng Yun sighed, but the tone was not accusation, but more relieved, "Xiao Sa, you too, on such an important day tomorrow, you still take him to play so late, oh, this is the process of tomorrow's banquet, you hurry up and take a look, don't go wrong then." ”

As she spoke, she pointed to the booklet on the coffee table, Zheng Xiaofeng knew that his mother was going to start chattering again, but now that he has experienced so many things, his mind is no longer the same as before, but he feels that these chatters have become much more pleasant, it turns out that there is a person who is willing to be by his side all the time to tell himself these trivial things in life, which is also a very happy thing. Changing his previous temper, Zheng Xiaofeng would definitely pick up the booklet and run back to the house, casually flipping through it twice and perfunctory, but this time he didn't, he and Xiao Sa sat on the sofa, and while accompanying his mother to choose clothes, he patiently read the banquet process carefully little by little.

After a long time, the two of them went upstairs, and Meng Yun finally picked out a satisfactory dress and was ready to rest. Zheng Xiaofeng was lying on the bed, sighing and praying in his heart, life, it would be good if he could go on like this, his mother could always be healthy and happy, what about his father, he could handle his affairs well and live a normal life, and he really had nothing else to ask for. He turned off the lights and lay down on his side, tomorrow is his birthday, he really hopes that this coming-of-age ceremony can become a new starting point in his life, everything starts from scratch, and starts a new life for himself.

There seemed to be a broken sound in his ears, feeling that the sound was very close to him, Zheng Xiaofeng closed his eyes and didn't care, thinking that it might be the sound of the wind blowing leaves outside the window, a storm was really coming.

Some people are born to stand in the light, some people are born to live in the dark, the sun cannot shine into every corner of the world, there are people, there are shadows. Darkness will accompany everyone in their life, but even in the dark, no one does not want to be born to the sun, so if anyone is really so lucky to have the sun, then he should cherish it more, and no one should go deeper into the darkness, nature traps people in the darkness in order to force people to yearn for the light forever.

At midnight, Zheng Xiaofeng woke up again, he didn't know why he woke up, he didn't dream that night. A little fire seeped in through the crack in the door, and it should have been the fire in the stove again, and it seemed that my father had stayed up late into the night again.

Zheng Xiaofeng turned over and wanted to get out of bed, but as soon as he lifted the quilt, he felt an inexplicable weight on the quilt, as if something was pulling the other end of the quilt, he reflexively reached out and touched it, as if he had touched a wet thing. Zheng Xiaofeng had just woken up, his mind was not very clear, he just mechanically brought his hand to his eyes, wanting to find out, but he didn't expect that it didn't matter if he didn't look at it, when he saw it like this, the whole person was suddenly energetic, his heart jumped violently, and he almost jumped out of his body.

The hand he stretched out was clearly dyed red, this is blood!

Zheng Xiaofeng hurriedly turned on the light, and when he looked back, the scene in front of him completely scared him stupid, he only felt that the hairs on his body stood up, and his body almost fell off the bed. I saw a person covered in blood lying beside him, his skin was covered with wounds cut by sharp weapons, his eyes had been stabbed blind, and if he looked closely, it was actually Aunt Xue!

Man is not breathing, he is dead!

"Ahh

Zheng Xiaofeng really wanted to control his body, but he failed, he couldn't help but shout, stumbled out of the bed, and stuck against the wall. It's horrible, what's going on? What's going on! Everything in this room seems so normal, except for this corpse that suddenly appeared, how did it get to its bed?! Who killed Aunt Xue? Why? Why is this happening?!

Wait, the window is open, but I closed it before I went to bed! Someone has come in while he's asleep!

For more than ten seconds, Zheng Xiaofeng's heart kept hitting his chest, the door suddenly opened, and Xiao Sa rushed in from the corridor with a "swish", with his bodyguard instinct, naturally he would not be unable to hear Zheng Xiaofeng's shouting. But when he saw Aunt Xue's corpse on the bed, his face turned pale, he looked at Zheng Xiaofeng, and his lips trembled a little and said, "This, what's going on?" ”

Zheng Xiaofeng covered his heart and stumbled and said, "I don't know...... As soon as I woke up, I found her next to me......"

Both of them were stupid, and before they were in shock, there were bursts of footsteps outside the corridor, and neither of them had time to react, and when they looked back, they saw Zheng Huairen suddenly walking in with a gloomy face.