Chapter 261: Ten Years of Hard Work
Liu Guiling's eyes were horrified, "Mr. Zhuge , what if it comes back!?"
I said, "No. With me, it doesn't dare."
Liu Guiling pursed her lips and hesitated for a long time before she mustered up the courage to say, "Three, anyway, you are looking for something near Dongyang Town, can you live with me temporarily?"
Murphy was puzzled, "We are not related to you, why?"
Liu Guiling lowered her head and said a little embarrassedly, "You said, grandpa is a tomb robber, and there are so many treasures hidden in the house."
"The last time I robbed the tomb, my grandfather was targeted by the bad guys, and he almost died in the wilderness."
"This time, grandpa is dead, in case there are other tomb robbers who come to take advantage of the fire......
Speaking of which, Liu Guiling did not continue.
I could tell that she wanted us to be bodyguards.
I didn't expect this little girl to be young and just lost her loved ones, so she could think of this step sensibly.
I couldn't help but glance at Liu Guiling and said in a condensed voice, "Okay."
Liu Guiling's eyes showed anticipation, "In return, you can take away the things that grandpa robbed the tomb as you like."
Me: "Not really. A pile of broken copper and iron, worthless."
"I kindly remind you that the artifacts in the tomb will not see the light of day, and your family background is solid enough, so don't be greedy for ill-gotten gains, lest there be a disaster of blood and light."
Liu Guiling said respectfully, "Thank you, Mr. Zhuge very much."
With Liu Guiling's permission, after eating, I immediately began to investigate Liu Wenju's belongings.
The structure of the villa is simple, and the place where you can hide things is nothing more than a study and a basement.
Sun Mingjin and I went to the basement to search, leaving Murphy, who is experienced in detectives, to look for valuable clues in the study.
In the basement of 50 square meters, there are tempered glass shelves on three sides.
On the shelves, there are a variety of antique toys.
Most of these porcelains are folk kilns in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and occasionally an official kiln is also broken.
As for the antiques, they are all vague rubbings, broken bracelets, and so on.
Underneath these things, there is a small sign indicating the source.
There is a box in the left corner, which contains Liu Wenju's tools for robbing the tomb.
Sun Mingjin took a flashlight and stared at the sign for a long time, "Big brother, I found that Liu Wenju's tomb robbers are all around the vicinity of Dongyang Town, and it seems that there is no other place."
"Before, I heard my grandfather talk about tomb robbers."
"What these Tufu people like most is to run everywhere in the world, so that it is easy to find the tomb, and it is not easy to be caught."
"It's the first time I've seen it, and the tomb robbers are also homesick, so they don't want to go out."
I also felt suspicious in my heart.
Judging from Liu Wenju's tomb robbery tools, he must be a top person who knows how to divide gold and set acupoints, and even use the terrain and astrology to determine whether there is a tomb.
Why do people like this only dig up some small graves?
Don't...... What was he looking for nearby?
I remember that when Liu Wenju first saw the seven-star life-sustaining lantern I painted, the shock in his expression could not be concealed at all.
An old man like him can't even manage his expressions, which shows that the seven-star life-sustaining lamp is particularly important to him.
Don't...... Liu Wenju has been wandering around the neighborhood in search of the Seven Star Life Renewal Lamp!?
With doubts, I went to the study.
At this moment, Murphy was sitting in the study drinking tea, pointing to a pile of papers on the table, "But everything valuable, I have placed it here, you can see for yourself."
When I opened the file bag, I saw an old photo at the top.
The old photo is taken of a copper foil, on which is written in seal script - seven stars continue to live, the lamp burns for a long time, the spirit is immortal, and the Tao lasts forever.
Sure enough, Liu Wenju, an old guy, has been secretly investigating the whereabouts of the Seven Star Life Renewal Lamp.
The quality of the photo is very poor, and it should have been taken in the late Qing Dynasty.
It is estimated that the phrase 'the lamp burns forever,' the soul is not extinguished, which attracted Liu Wenju to look for the seven-star life-sustaining lamp.
Ordinary people, especially old people like Liu Wenju, who don't want to live forever.
Then, I opened the second document.
The information is a thick pile of photocopied maps, covering the entire Dongyang Town, Jintang County, Jinniu Village, and the mountains and rivers within a radius of 50 miles.
The map data is collected in great detail, including a plate change in the pre-Qing dynasty and a change in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, that is, during the Jiajing period.
Liu Wenju took great pains to find the seven-star life-sustaining lamp.
I was about to continue scrolling down, but Murphy pulled out the geographical map of the Jiajing period and said keenly, "Qianlong don't you think that this map is very similar to the one you drew before."
Like?
I picked up the map, looked closely at it, and when I saw the main ridge curves, I was shocked!
Isn't this the original map?
At the beginning, I put together two seven-star life-sustaining lamps and saw a treasure map.
The point marked on the treasure map is the location of the third seven-star life-sustaining lamp.
And that treasure map is not quite the same as any terrain in China, and the only thing that can fit is very different is near Dongyang Town.
In Dongyang Town, the curve of the river is in line with the topography, but many mountains and hills are very different.
During the Jiajing period, this plain in Dongyang Town was originally a narrow valley.
There is no river at all in Jintang County, but a mountain that towers into the sky.
The mountains of the Jinniu District today are actually huge lakes.
The landform of the Jiajing period matches the original map!
The location of the red dots, which is marked very broadly, is within the scope of the three places, which proves that I am not looking for the wrong place, but I just didn't find anything.
I handed the map to Murphy and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "You've done a great favor this time!"
"Immediately print a copy with Liu Wenju's equipment, and you need a high-definition large picture, enlarge it, and put it together to fill a wall."
"No problem."
Murphy picked up the photo and busied himself with making copies.
I picked up the rest of the material and continued my research.
More than a hundred pages, I looked at it for two hours, and I didn't find anything too valuable.
What is recorded on the paper is Liu Wenju's situation of robbing tombs over the years, as well as the things he has stolen.
In the past ten years, Liu Wenju has robbed a total of 23 tombs in three places, including Dongyang Town, and the results are almost the same.
Twenty-three tombs, either ordinary graves or fake caves, Liu Wenju, who has been looking for ten years, has not found any clues about the Seven Star Life Renewal Lamp.
No wonder I threatened Liu Wenju with my life, and he was unwilling to tell the whereabouts of the Seven Star Life-Extending Lamp.
Ten years of obsession, it is estimated that he would rather die than tell the news of the Seven Star Life Renewal Lamp.
The Seven Star Life Renewal Lamp is no longer as simple as a treasure, but carries the hope of his eternal life.
After all the information was reviewed, the last one left was Liu Wenju's diary.
Sure enough, it was written: The sun and the moon have changed, and I feel more weakened and exhausted, and people are like grass and trees after autumn, withered and tired.