Chapter 8: The Trick Gate
Ivy Wei's eyes glistened with tears, and her voice was low.
"The reason why I went to the prison again and again to find you was because Sister Su Ya asked me to go. She told me that if one day, I am desperate, I will go to you, and you will definitely help me.
There was a sudden disaster in my family, and I had nothing to do.
I don't know who else in this world can help me but you. ”
Avrilvi said, suddenly looking at me very seriously.
My expression was solemn, and my heart sank," you continued. ”
"I grew up without a mother, and I asked my dad countless times who my mom was, but my dad never told me, and because of that, our relationship was strained.
I really wanted a mother, and there were a lot of women around my dad, but they didn't treat me well.
Later, Sister Su Ya appeared.
She would comfort me when I was in a bad mood, cook me a delicious meal when I was hungry, and accompany me shopping when I was bored.
I really want to call Sister Su Ya a mother, her age is enough to be my mother.
I could see that my dad really liked her, and she really liked my dad.
Our family of three often happily eats and chats together.
Her presence changed my life and my dad's life.
I always thought we would live like this for the rest of our lives, but things weren't as rosy as I thought.
One night a year ago. I didn't want to go home for the show that night, but the show was cancelled and I went back.
As soon as I walked to the hall, I heard the quarrel between Sister Su Ya and my father in the study, and the noise was very strong.
It was the first time in a long time that I had heard them arguing, and I wanted to persuade them, so I quietly leaned against the door of the study and eavesdropped.
Because if you want to fight, you must also know what they are arguing about.
I listened to it for a long time, and I couldn't understand what they were saying at all, and the word they said the most, 'ghost gate'.
In order to eavesdrop more clearly, I quietly opened a crack in the door, and I heard my dad say, have you long forgotten the original intention of the creation of the door.
Sister Su Ya said, I haven't forgotten. I always remember that when my grandfather founded the Trick Gate, it was to recover the treasures that were robbed by foreign powers.
At this time, my dad saw me eavesdropping, the two stopped talking, and my dad suddenly came over and opened the door.
I pretended to be casual and greeted Sister Su Ya.
I saw that her eyes were red, as if she had suffered a lot of grievances.
When Sister Su Ya saw me coming, she ran out after saying hello to me.
I saw my dad standing in place stupidly, so I went to chase Sister Su Ya for my dad.
I chased outside the gate, and Sister Su Ya looked at me and touched my head, like a mother looking at her child.
She said, Weiwei, if one day in the future, you are cornered, go to find a person named Zeng Jing, he is 28 years old this year, and he is my apprentice. Whatever happens to you, he will help you.
She said, pulling out her phone and showing me your picture.
I wondered why he was suddenly telling me this.
I told her it was too late and told her to leave tomorrow, and she just smiled and disappeared into the night in her car.
Little did I know that this would be the last time I would see her. If I had known it was the last time I saw her, I wouldn't have let her go.
After Sister Su Ya left, my dad stood by the window, and he could see Sister Su Ya leaving from the position where he stood.
I asked my dad, what's wrong with them?
He turned his head and looked at me very seriously, Vivi, what did you just hear?
I had never seen that look on his face, like a great enemy.
At first, I wanted to be sloppy and cover up the past, nothing.
My dad reprimanded me and told me the truth.
I had to tell him honestly that I heard the ghost gate, the ancestral master, the mission, and the original intention. However, I had no idea what they were talking about.
My dad smiled and said, it's normal that you don't understand, if you studied hard according to what I taught you when you were a child, you can understand it now.
When I was a child, my father always forced me to study calligraphy and painting, and once, he forced me to run away from home, and since then, she has not forced me. ”
I was a little surprised: "I can't see that you are still so rebellious." ”
"I was lucky enough to meet a big brother who saved me, otherwise, I don't know what I'm like today."
Avrilvi said, looking at me seriously again, with a hint of gratitude in her eyes.
"Off topic, you still continue to talk about your dad."
"My dad said that the ghost gate you just heard is a trick, not a ghost of a ghost. The history of the Trick Gate begins in 1860, when the founding patriarch of the Trick Sect wrote a very important book called "The Secret Record of the Trick Gate". ”
Trick the door!
"The Secret Record of the Secret Gate"
My whole heart lifted up completely.
After being in the rivers and lakes for so long, I have heard that there is a very mysterious organization in the antique world, called Weimen.
This organization is known only to themselves.
I once asked Master if she had ever heard of the Trick Gate, and she said no.
At that time, I wondered how it was possible that such a well-known figure in the antique world as Master had not heard of it.
So, Master knows about the trick, why didn't she tell me?
"It was at this time that the agent called me out of the blue to arrange an event for tomorrow. I hung up the phone and asked my dad what the "Secret Record" was, and he said that he recorded some old things. He also said, let me rest early, work matters.
I was a little unwilling, and continued to ask, what is the old thing.
He said that these things will not be clear for a while, so let me go about my own business first, and then talk about it when I have a chance.
I don't think my dad will say anything anymore. I went to sleep. ”
My heart suddenly galloped, what kind of broken phone call did your agent make.
I suppressed the emotion in my heart: "What happened later? Have you ever looked for another chance to ask your dad. ”
"Yes! I put some things off the next day and went home early, and as soon as I got home, I asked my dad about the trick, and he didn't say anything. I felt that he was a little hesitant, as if he hadn't decided whether to tell me or not. However, he said something serious and serious. ”
"What?" My nerves tightened immediately.
"My dad said, Weiwei, you don't like to learn treasure appreciation since you were a child, you are a big star now, and you will become an international superstar in the future, and when you see the treasures lost abroad, you must find a way to get them back, even if you can't get them back for a while, you must also record when and where you saw it.
I said, you've told me this many times. I know.
He smiled, you know that's enough.
I asked him why he always stressed about it, and he didn't explain, he just told me to work hard, and as for the trickery, he would find a suitable opportunity to tell me.
Now that I think about it, my father may have realized the danger at the time, so he wanted to tell me about the trickery, but when the words came to his lips, he had some concerns, so he didn't say any more. ”
I suddenly remembered that when I was a child, my master would say every time I taught me to appreciate treasures, apprentice, you should remember this picture well, what is going on with this antique, and if you see the real thing one day in the future, you must find a way to get it back no matter what, even if your ability will not be enough for a while, you will have to find a way to get it back.
I sometimes wonder why I want to get it back.
Master always said that because they had robbed it in the first place, they would give it back to the other in their own way.
What Ai Wenfeng said to my master meant the same thing.
Why would they say the same thing.
"Your dad didn't talk about the trick anymore?"
Ai Weiwei looked away.
"Then, what about my master? You just said that this was the last time you saw my master, and what happened after that. ”