After about half an hour, Old Man Chen said that he was tired and asked someone else to play mahjong for him, and then walked limped with a cane.

Ruan Jingtian followed, and saw that Old Man Chen was mixed with stones on the road, and he was about to fall to the ground. He hurriedly ran over, hugged Old Man Chen, and said, "Uncle Chen, I'll send you home." ”

Old man Chen glanced up at him and said, "Now in this world, there are not many young people like you, thank you." ”

The two of them came to No. 22 Haihe Road, which was the home of Old Man Chen. As soon as I entered the courtyard gate, I heard an old lady's voice coming from the house: "Dead ghost, you still know how to come back, why don't you fight until midnight?"

"Old woman, don't say a word, there is a kind brother who sent me back, why don't you hurry up and prepare tea. Old man Chen said loudly.

Ruan Jingtian helped Old Man Chen into the house, and under the dim kerosene lamp, an old lady with flexible arms and legs was making tea.

Old man Chen sat down on the chair, looked at Ruan Jingtian, and said, "Little brother, you have something to do with the old man." ”

Ruan Jingtian was a little embarrassed by the old man's heart, so he had to say: "Uncle Chen, I heard you tell you the story of Haihe Road just now, I think it's very interesting, there are some things I want to ask you for advice, and if you are presumptuous, you will always take care of it." ”

"It's rare for someone to like me for being a bad old man, if you have anything, just ask, see if I can help you. ”

"You said that the side branch of the Chen family moved to a village outside the city, where is this village?"

"Hehe, you listen very carefully, this village is Xianlong Village. ”

Ruan Jingtian thought to himself that this was indeed the case, and Chen Jiashi was most likely a descendant of the Chen family's side branches. He then asked: "You said that No. 1 Hailong Road was No. 99 Haihe Road that year, then No. 4 Hailong Road should be No. 102 Haihe Road that year, are you familiar with the people who live in this place?"

"The people of Zheguo are crazy to find No. 102 Haihe Road, and you are also inquiring about it, you will not be a spy of Zheguo. Old man Chen said hehehe.

"Old man, don't get me wrong, I'm from the Assassin Country, and I saw that the Zheguo people were looking for this place, but I was just a little curious. ”

"Hehe, it's okay to talk to you, No. 4 Hailong Road is now inhabited by Zheguo people. ”

"Who lived before the Zheguo people?"

"This place has changed a lot of people, my grandfather once said that the first to live at No. 102 Haihe Road was a nursing home of the Chen family, surnamed Pei, which is one of the few families with foreign surnames who live on Haihe Road. ”

When Ruan Jingtian heard the surname Pei, his heart moved, and he remembered that Qinghui, also known as Wei Keya, was on his deathbed and entrusted him with a jade pendant to give Pei Yiyi, a reporter from the Qianrong Evening News in Yurong City (see Chapter 11), at that time he only knew Qinghui and did not have time to ask his surname carefully, Qinghui was most likely surnamed Pei, and Pei Yiyi should be Qinghui's sister. Most of Qinghui's ancestors lived in the Pei Nursing Home at No. 102 Haihe Road, and Qinghui always remembered the old house of his ancestors, and he may occasionally mention No. 102 Haihe Road, which was picked up by He Laoliu.

The mystery in Ruan Jingtian's heart was gradually solved, and he remembered No. 16 Haihe Road, that is, Yuxiu's grandmother's house, and he continued to ask: "No. 16 Haihe Road, are you familiar with it?"

Old man Chen suddenly looked at Ruan Jingtian with strange eyes, and said after a long time: "Little brother, it seems that you are interested in a lot of things, first tell me why you inquired about No. 16 Haihe Road." ”

"The girlfriend of a friend of mine has something to do with this place and he asked me to come and see it. ”

"What is the relationship between your friend's girlfriend and No. 16 Haihe Road?" asked Old Man Chen very sternly.

Ruan Jingtian frowned, he really didn't want to say anything about Leng Ruosong and Yuxiu, but lying to deceive this old man Chen, this was not what Ruan Jingtian wanted, he thought for a while, and felt that Old Man Chen's character was good and should be reliable, so he said: "Uncle Chen, what I said below is very important, it involves human life, after you hear it, remember not to sue anyone." ”

"Little brother, I've lived for such a long time, how can I not tell the severity? Don't worry, what you say will rot in my stomach. ”

"My friend's girlfriend's grandmother's house is No. 16 Haihe Road. ”

"Who are you from the Leng family?" Old Man Chen suddenly asked coldly.

Ruan Jingtian thought to himself that Old Man Chen had already guessed who his female companion was, and it seemed that Yuxiu's weight in Old Man Chen's heart was not light.

"Uncle Chen, I have nothing to do with the Leng family. Let me be honest with you, my friend is Leng Ruosong, the fourth son of the Leng family, I just saved Leng Ruosong, and then Leng Ruosong asked me to come and see No. 16 Haihe Road. ”

"How's Yuxiu?" Old Man Chen grasped the crux of the problem.

"Yuxiu died under the stray bullets of the Zheguo people, and my ability was limited, so I didn't rescue Yuxiu. Ruan Jingtian's expression was gloomy, and he thought that Yuxiu's death had something to do with him.

"Poor Yuxiu," Old Man Chen said sadly.

Old man Chen asked Ruan Jingtian to tell the story in detail, Ruan Jingtian said that he strayed into Jiang Xuezi's secret stronghold on Chunshen Street, and accidentally found Leng Ruosong and Yuxiu who were locked up in the dungeon.

Old man Chen listened carefully, and then said for a long time: "Thank you, little brother, although Yuxiu is gone, after all, you saved her." I am Yuxiu's third grandfather. ”

Ruan Jingtian was a little relieved in his heart, no wonder Old Man Chen cared so much about Yuxiu.

Old man Chen said to himself: "Yuxiu often came to Haihe Road to play when she was a child, and when she grew up, she rarely came here, hey, I really can't figure it out, why would Yuxiu agree to marry Leng Jianqing, this bastard, according to her temperament, she is not such a person, and she is mixed with Leng Jianqing's fourth son, isn't this a waste of her own reputation? I really can't understand, poor Yuxiu, she must not have a good life in the Leng family, hey, how can life be better if she is small for others." ”

Ruan Jingtian didn't squeak, just listened silently.

"Little brother, Yuxiu's grandfather is my eldest brother, five years ago, my eldest brother's whole family went to Nanyang, the house at No. 16 Haihe Road, and my eldest brother asked me to help take care of it. I don't usually go there, but I go there every ten days and a half a month to clean it, I think Yuxiu may have been thinking about it all the time, you go and see it for her, I'll give you the key. ”

Ruan Jingtian entered the courtyard at No. 16 Haihe Road and found that there was a musty smell everywhere that had been uninhabited for a long time. Seeing this scene, he was also full of emotion.

He found the largest tree, it was actually a ginkgo tree, although no one took care of it, but it was still lush and green, showing strong vitality, Ruan Jingtian looked at this tall and thick ginkgo tree, and estimated that it was at least a hundred years old.

Ruan Jingtian found an iron shovel and began to look for the buried thing Leng Ruosong said. Soon he dug up a jar about thirty centimeters high.

He carefully washed the jar and carefully pulled out the contents. When the thick linoleum paper was lifted, four things came into Ruan Jingtian's eyes: an object of unknown material that looked like a brand or key, a knife that could be bent and rolled into a ball, an antique pamphlet, and a very delicate diary.

Ruan Jingtian did not examine these things carefully, but carried them in his arms, leveled the ground with an iron shovel, and then returned to Old Man Chen's house, returned the key to Old Man Chen, thanked him, and finally left Haihe Road and returned to the small courtyard of Iron Hat Hutong.

Li Butterfly was practicing Jiugong in the courtyard, and when she saw Ruan Jingtian coming back, she was very happy and said some things about the school and cultivation. Ruan Jingtian checked her cultivation and felt that she had made great progress, and gave her the invisibility technique.

Ruan Jingtian returned to his room, took out the things he had just dug out of the ground, and examined them one by one. He reads the booklet. This booklet is about the secret of the key to the Dragon Hidden River. He suddenly remembered to kill Hu Shitian at the source of the Longyin River, and obtained a pamphlet that also told the secret of the Longyin River, that the underwater side of the Longyin River was a small town in ancient times (see Chapter 20), and described in detail the method of entering this underwater city, but entering the underwater city required a special key (see Chapter 24).

He read the booklet he had just gotten in his hand, and understood that this booklet was about how to use the key, and that the thing that looked like a brand and a key was the key to the underwater city.

Ruan Jingtian guessed that Jiang Xuezi and Bingbing did everything possible to get close to the Leng family, and their purpose might be this key. He put away the key and the booklet, and examined the knife with great toughness. He unfolded the knife and used the Xuan Essence produced by the Xuan Gang Technique, and the blade made a crisp buzzing sound, becoming extremely hard. He used the heavy knife trick, only to see that the knife in the house was full of sword energy, and the killing intent was pressing. He withdrew the Xuan Jing, and the blade began to become extremely soft.

Ruan Jingtian was overjoyed in his heart, this knife is good, it can usually be wrapped around the waist, similar to a belt, and it is inconspicuous. When fighting, the performance of this sword is not inferior to the long knife of the warriors of Tetsukoku.

He named it a soft knife, and it was looped around his waist, much like a belt.

Finally, he picked up the journal, which was clearly used by a girl. He flipped through it, feeling a little guilty in his heart, after all, watching a girl's life is not something to show off.

"We must take back the dragon card!" these words are written on the first page with teeth and claws, and the font is heroic, not quite like a girl's style.

After Ruan Jingtian quickly read it, plus some analysis and speculation, he generally understood some of the past and secrets of Yuxiu and the Chen family.

The ancestors of the Chen family have passed down the secrets of the Longyin River for generations, and one branch of the Chen family is in charge of the key, that is, the dragon card, while the other is in charge of the method of entry. More than 100 years ago, the Chen family wanted to enter the underwater city to explore the secrets, but the Chen family, who was in charge of the method of entry, did not agree, and had to move to Xianlong Village. The Chen family, who was in charge of the dragon brand, continued to stay on Haihe Road.

But for some reason, the Leng family knew the secret of the Chen family, and the Leng family did everything possible to frame the Chen family, coupled with the unscrupulousness of the Chen family's descendants, this dragon card fell into the hands of the Leng family. Only a few people in the Chen family knew that the dragon card was taken away by the Leng family, and Yuxiu's grandfather was one of those who knew about it, so he ordered future generations to retrieve the dragon card at any cost. Although Yuxiu is a grandson, she has a very good relationship with her grandfather and grandmother, so she is also determined to regain the dragon card. Finally, she tried her best to marry Leng Jian, the head of the Leng family, as the ninth concubine, and successfully stole the dragon card. She picked up Leng Ruosong and ran away together, but after Yuxiu hid the dragon card and the ancestral key in her grandmother's house, she was caught by Jiang Xuezi on the way out of Dongshan City, and what happened later was what Ruan Jingtian experienced.