Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 68 The Skull and Bones Society
I am not surprised by the Liren Group, the special operations team within the police: "One is because Seventh Sister may be dealing with the Liren Group, and the other is because of our future situation, isn't it?"

"You're so smart, Lin Tianyi." Lao Jiu said, "Tao Ran has been staring at me closely, and if what we did is strictly speaking a crime, it will be very difficult in the future."

I took another sip of beer. The beer was just taken out of the refrigerator. It was so cold that my teeth were on ice. Drinking frozen beer in autumn is really a sin, but drinking this in the middle of the night is really refreshing, " This method is not impossible." I said: "You are worried that even if the Liren Group recruits us as partners, it will also exclude you."

"That's right, you and Meng Luo have no problem." Lao Jiu said: "But I don't have any expertise in this area, so you and Meng Luo must make every effort to ensure that I join the Liren Group, please."

"Please say something," I waved the beer can in my hand: "We are in the same group."

Lao Jiu lowered his head and took a sip of beer listlessly: "Did she really go there to deal with the Li Ren Group?"

"She's not clean either. You know exactly what Qinghu will do." I said bluntly, "Go to the police station in a grand manner. I couldn't figure it out before, but now I know that there is the Liren Group. In the middle... It’s faintly visible.”

Lao Jiu said: "Tao Ran will be our guide, you two, be sure to take me to the Liren Group."

I snapped my fingers: "OK."

Feeling relieved, Lao Jiu drank the rest of the beer in one gulp. He probably drank too much, his eyes were red: "Please give me more advice in the future. I'm sleepy, so go to bed first."

He said he was going to sleep, so he went straight into my room, lay down and fell asleep, leaving me alone in the living room. After thinking about it for a long time, I still don't like sharing the same bed with a man, so I hugged a quilt Nested on the sofa, tossed and drank wine in the middle of the night, and immediately fell asleep. The next day the sun shone into the living room and shone on the sofa, so I struggled to get up.

Lao Jiu has already bought breakfast and returned, and the days are as usual. When I have free time, I will go to the store to check the situation, understand the business situation, and improve the areas that need to be improved. Unable to find any relevant clues, the rest of the time was spent by the two of them eating and drinking, spending their days in the kitchen in a relaxed and comfortable way, until a week later, Tao Ran called impatiently, and then the There was a ripple in the ordinary days.

Sitting at the dining table, Tao Ran took out a printed piece of paper, with a ferocious skull on it, and two crossed bones underneath, which was creepy, and under the two bones, there were three very eye-catching numbers——322 , just stuck at the intersection of the bones, "What is this?" I picked up the piece of paper, a little puzzled: "I've never seen it before."

"Skull and Bones." Tao Ran said: "The student on the passport, Yuan Zijie, is a member of the Skull and Bones. This pattern is the logo of their organization. This organization believes in a legend. It is said that in 322 BC, when the Greek orator De When Postini died, Eloquent ascended to heaven. The society called itself the Eloquent Club, and it is believed that Eloquent returned to earth in 1832. 322 thus became the code of this organization.”

This thing is from abroad, and it is beyond my cognition: "So, what is the relationship between this organization and Xiang Yu's treasure?"

Tao Ran said: "If those people are all members of the Skull and Bones, then it has a lot to do with it, and the first word of the Skull and Bones is KU?"

Really, "KU, Skull and Bones." I shuddered: "Is there any information about this organization?"

"The membership qualifications for this organization are very strict. Every year, only third-year university students are recruited to join the club. Students from the Skull and Bones Society later became important figures in various industries." Tao Ran said: "During 170, the elites who came out of the Skull and Bones Society countless."

I have already taken out my notebook and searched for information about Skull and Bones, and there is a line in the middle: "Look, this is a report sent by a reporter who went to visit. He failed to enter from the beginning to the end, but just observed it from the outside. ——It really looks like a tomb, there are no windows, and the granite walls make you unforgettable. And I used to live next to this building, and I almost have to pass by here every day. Once the initiation ceremony is held Within minutes, you could hear strange, creepy yelling coming from that building."

"Screepy shouts, how can a mysterious organization in the university use the word "creepy." Lao Jiu folded his hands on his chest: "This organization is a bit interesting."

"But this is the only reasonable explanation." Tao Ran said: "The members of this organization are all outstanding people. Now there are two conjectures. One is that Yuan Zijie happens to be a member of Skull and Bones, but this matter has nothing to do with Skull and Bones. It has nothing to do, but there is another organization, and the second is that all the people are actually from Skull and Bones, and this matter is a collective participation."

I said: "There are two other guys. If you catch those two guys, you will know their origins. Last time they rushed to arrest me, it was just to inquire about the whereabouts of the expedition team. Seeing how anxious they were, I used to They thought they were caring about their team members, but in the hanging coffin, the two of them died and their two companions were not sad, and they were talking and laughing happily. ?”

"Aside from the radio station, what else is there?" Lao Jiu blurted out.

This reminded me instead, I blurted out: "Diary!"

I threw the diary in the corner and tore off the title page, so the two guys didn't notice it. I took out the diary and opened it: "Look, there is nothing but Xiang Yu on the title page." Portraits, and the most common illustrations of Xiang Yu, there are only a few scribbles in it, and the rest of the pages are all blank, if it is for this thing, what is the value of this thing?"

Lao Jiu took the notebook, turned it over, looked at the light again, and suddenly smiled: "Fuck me, I didn't find this thing earlier. It's a pity, Lin Tianyi, where is the lighter?"

I don’t smoke, and it took me a long time to find one. Lao Jiu took the lighter and lit it, and asked me to hold the diary and roast it on the fire. Meng Luo muttered: “I’m not afraid of burning it.”

Lao Jiu rolled his eyes: "Ge Laozi, you really talk a lot. The bridges I have crossed are more salt than the salt you have eaten."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tao Ran said, "Look, there is something on the paper."

There were some white halos on the paper, as if something had melted on the paper, and then slowly overflowed to reveal the text inside, Munro's eyes widened: "It's amazing."

"This is the old technique used by the elders. The characters were originally written with candles. Due to the temperature drop, the solidified wax oil is white, so it is invisible. This piece of paper is like a piece of white paper. When the paper is roasted on the fire, the wax melts, and you will see transparent words appear on the paper." Lao Jiu motioned to me: "Hurry up and write it down."

Meng Luo flipped through the book instead of me. Lao Jiu held a lighter and burned it several times. For convenience, he sent Meng Luo out to buy candles and came back. It was transcribed. At first, it was some text, and later, it was a map. I couldn’t do it alone, and Tao Ran also helped to record it. For a while, the voice of speaking disappeared, and only the sound of paper and pen rubbing against each other was heard. , and the last page is all recorded.

Looking at the newly written words, Lao Jiu couldn't help laughing: "These people never dreamed that we would take advantage of them."

"Let's stop talking nonsense, let's see what is written." I only copied a part, and I have a general understanding. Adding a part of Tao Ran's record, the information is completely complete.

The four of us huddled together and watched carefully, and the more we looked at it, the more we felt that something was wrong, Tao Ran's expression changed immediately: "The diary in Yuan Zijie's hand records the final arrangement between Xiang Yu and the six counselors, which shows that there were more than one thing going on back then. It was handed down by the Mengluo family, and it is also mentioned that one of the counselors went to the desert, and the desert is the one in the tomb we found."

Lao Jiu said: "More than that, you see, the scope of the desert is clearly specified here, and the content behind it is more important. One of the six counselors passed away. This one should refer to the ancestor of Tao Ran. Only by specifying a person who went to the East China Sea, the underground palace under the sea, and left a message is at least better than the person who passed away later, will he know the whereabouts of other people."

Monroe was already very excited: "We have already found a piece in the desert, if we get another piece in the underground palace under the sea, we will have five pieces!"

Lao Jiu tapped Monroe: "Happiness came too suddenly, so you're dizzy with excitement?"

"Isn't that right, we already have four yuan in hand." Munro said, "So as long as we find the other three yuan, we can work together. If there is one piece in the underground palace under the sea, we will get another one, which is five yuan, only two yuan away. , Haha, Lin Tianyi, we are going to succeed, Grandpa's wish will come true soon."

This is indeed the case by addition and subtraction, but it is ideal.

Tao Ran stretched out his hands to hug his head: "Let me think about it, I'm a little confused, you have four pieces of broken jade in your hands, and the two pieces in Lin Tianyi's and Meng Luo's hands belong to Xiang Yu and Meng Tuo, the ancestor of the Meng family. Yes, the piece in Lao Jiu's hand was obtained from the desert tomb, and there is another piece in Mengluo's hand, which Lin Tianyi found by chance in a huanghuali box that Lin Tianyi found in the ghost market. Source not found."

"But it's not the one from your ancestor." I said, "I've compared the patterns, but it doesn't match."

Tao Ran nodded: "It's really not, so the origin of this piece is a bit unknown, Lin Tianyi, you are very lucky."

(End of this chapter)