The car was speeding away, and as it was near dawn, they came across a manor. The manor is on the side of a tributary of the Dongjiang River, surrounded by green belts and green trees, and the crooked river is like a silver cloud band shining in the morning light. Behind the estate is a vast meadow with a small river surrounding a beautiful village. The white clouds in the blue sky also gradually turned a warm red, reflecting a dazzling golden light.

"The sun is out." Lang Xiaobai took a deep breath and looked at the village where there was no one and no livestock came out, and everything was silent. Except for the occasional rooster crow, the world remains silent.

"Where do you live?"

"Nearby, look, in that place." Following the direction of the girl's guidance, Lang Xiaobai saw a beautiful landscape. The tree-lined mountain paths, the faintly visible houses and stone gates, and the small river that snakes around the houses. Perhaps out of fear and nervousness, the girl's eyes almost jumped out of the house.

Lang Xiaobai felt that there must be a mystery in her escape.

When she realized that this was her home, she expressed a desire to go home and see it. "I have to go home, I have the key to the back door, and I can get in through the back door to avoid people's eyes."

Lang Xiaobai opened the door on the girl's side, carried her down, and walked to the locked back door together.

"I don't want to disturb your emotions to ask the reason for the matter, I can ask Xiao Bin. Do you know Xiao Bin?"

The girl nodded affirmatively, "Because the farmhouse he rented happened to be our neighbor's, and he often talked about you, that's why I decided to go to Dongzhou to ask you for help."

"Oh, that spare key turned out to be lent to you by Xiao Bin."

"I didn't borrow it, I smuggled it out. I knew the key was underneath the clock. ”

"Please give me the key, and I'll put it back where it was, so no one will know that you stole it. And remember, don't tell anyone about me. ”

"I understand that. I promise not to tell anyone, and no one will know about it. ”

"Remember to do not know me at all, you don't act on your own, you have to do what I tell you, you must remember."

"Yes, I know perfectly."

"Okay, then please sign it!"

Lang Xiaobai took out a document that had been prepared long ago from the folder, and wrote: In order to investigate the truth of the matter and ensure the safety of my personal life, I give all the power to Mr. Zhou Guoxiong.

The girl signed "Juanzi" very neatly at the bottom of the document.

"Is this your name? I know. Rest assured, I'll do my best to keep you safe. That's it, goodbye. ”

Juanzi's heart welled up with gratitude. Under Lang Xiaobai's gaze, she nodded lightly and confidently entered the mansion through the back door.

By this time, it was already dawning. The whole sleepy village was still surrounded by the mist of morning light and moisture, and it did not recede for a long time. Lang Xiaobai knew that Xiao Bin's house was in the black houses around it.

So, he returned to the car, drove not far from the house indicated by Juanzi, drove the car into the empty house in the forest, and then walked into the house where Xiao Bin lived. Lang Xiaobai opened the unguarded lock and walked straight in.

Lang Xiaobai found that Xiao Bin was sleeping with his head covered, so he quietly put the key under the clock and went downstairs lightly. After driving for hours after watching the play, he was exhausted, so he fell asleep on a worn-out straw mat bed in the corner of the kitchen. In a daze, I only felt that the bell had struck six times, and I didn't know anything. Lang Xiaobai felt that someone was shaking his body, and stood up with a "whoosh", only to see a person standing at the head of the bed, it was Xiao Bin.

"Haha! It's so fragrant. ”

"Thank you so much, you came. Hey, what time did you get here?"

"When it's almost dawn. After a few hours of driving, you really should take a good rest. ”

"You have to stay awake, this is a big deal, it's not a small matter."

"What the hell is going on? That's what you said on the phone. ”

"It's just weird, it's muddled. It's a lot of things, it's a long story, and I can't say it clearly for a while, so let's have breakfast first! We'll talk more about that later. ”

"Someone prepared breakfast?"

"It's been empty for a long time. Look at the peasant woman, she is in charge of my daily life. ”

The peasant woman smiled and brought the egg noodles and the tea that had been brewed, and she looked well.

The early summer morning in the countryside is very fresh, refreshing, and the trees are shady, and when you look out the window, you will see the verdant green forest. Eating delicious noodles and drinking rich hot tea, Lang Xiaobai's spirits were lifted and he felt a lot more relaxed.

"Now, you can tell me what's going on."

"I'll tell you. This place is known as the Gold Rush Bridge. ”

"That's an interesting name."

"There is a historic manor not far away, called Xiejiazhuang, and there are two sisters living in the manor......"

"Wait, I'll know when you mention the manor. In the middle of the last century, there lived the son of a wealthy man named Xie Yunqing, who married a wife and had children here when he grew up, and settled down. But this man seems to be too unlucky, his wife and children left him early, leaving only two granddaughters to accompany him in his old age. The two sisters who live here are the two granddaughters, the eldest granddaughter is named Xie Yan, and the younger sister is called Xie Juan. ”

Grandfather Xie Yunqing lived in Dongzhou City, but he came to the countryside twice a year, returning to the manor for more than a month in March after the Spring Festival and around the Mid-Autumn Festival. My sister has long been married to Jiang Kai, a well-known industrialist in Dongzhou. He is smart and capable, and he dares to do things. It has established extensive economic and trade relations with country E. Am I right?"

"That's weird, how do you know? Xiao Bin stared at Lang Xiaobai with round eyes, his heart full of confusion.

Lang Xiaobai said with a smile: "Don't ask me first, let me say it first." After her sister got married, her younger sister Juanzi returned to the city and lived happily with her grandfather. ”

Juanzi was cheerful, active, and romantic, especially fond of sports and reading, and was very interested in the estate, so she always returned to the countryside with her grandfather every year. sometimes swim in the river; Sometimes I go up to the top of an old apple tree to play. After playing, I lay peacefully on the grass, looking up at the blue sky and the sea of clouds, while listening carefully to the joyful cries of the birds flying in the sky, what a romantic free life!"

"Grandfather Xie Yunqing dotes on his little granddaughter very much, but his personality is different from Juanzi's, he doesn't talk much, he doesn't socialize much, and his behavior is a little weird. He liked to stay alone in his study, devoted himself to the study of chemistry and metallurgy, dreamed of refining gold from various metals, and fantasized about refining immortal elixirs. Although the technology was not successful, there are still many experts who have worked tirelessly on it, thus laying a good foundation for modern chemistry. He also had a great interest in primitive magic, and the villagers said that he had become enchanted. ”

"I know this very well, and I have already done my investigation."

"You've done your research too?"