Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 228

Old man Zhao's next explanation made my mood gradually dignified.

It was an ancient silk book, and the words and patterns on it were combined. The patterns were weird and messy, with no rules, and the words were never seen before.Old man Zhao has been in this industry for decades and has seen too many ancient characters. Only this silk script makes him feel like reading a heavenly book.With keen directness, old man Zhao concluded that the content recorded in this silk book must be very important, so he became greedy and concealed it. After a period of time, he worked hard to study it, but unfortunately there was no gain, and then he gradually abandoned it. After the back of the head, until the matter of the civil official's tomb came out, and I saw Tofu and me.

At that time, he wanted to exchange this silk book and use my ability to obtain the Eight Carp Doujiao Zhenhai Stone, who knew that Lu Su would take it away in the end.There is something very strange about this, Second Master Zhao was naturally unwilling to hand over the things to me, that's why what happened later.This time when I entered Shu with Zhuan Rui, the two had an agreement that the old man Zhao promised to return to me the things left by the statement, but when I came back, I found the box was empty.

After finishing speaking, Second Master Zhao narrowed his eyes and said, "Those who can steal from my territory should not be underestimated."

Even now, I don't know if what he said is true or not, but if he can't understand the contents of that silk book, I'm afraid it will be useless in my hands.

When the matter came to this point, the clues were completely broken, and I was full of one question: Who was the one who stole the thing?

Why did that person steal the silk book?Could that person understand the contents of the silk script?

Zhao Erye saw that I didn't answer, so he started smoking. Suddenly, I smelled the smell of smoke. I am also a smoker, and I am sensitive to the smell of smoke. greasy taste.I sniffed it, then looked at his cigarette butt, and found that the shredded tobacco inside was a little black.

I remember that Mr. Zhao Erye is a "Wenjia". Generally, Wenjia pays attention to protecting one's sense of smell, so he quit smoking. The last time I saw him, we had a long interview, and I didn't see him smoking. Why? Suddenly become an old cigarette bag?

Probably because he noticed my gaze, old man Zhao smiled and said, "There is something added here."

I had already guessed more than half of it, so I got up and left the Dengfeng Tower without saying anything.If I'm not wrong, old man Zhao's shredded tobacco should be used for analgesic. There must be something wrong with his body, he must be enduring some kind of pain, that's why he smokes this stuff.

Old man Zhao obviously didn't mean to explain just now, what happened to them when they entered Shu this time?
Where is Lu Su?

Has the Eight Carp Fighting Jiao Zhenhai Stone been taken back?I am afraid that this series of questions can only be answered by Zhuan Rui.

There was no news from Zhuanrui for a long time. I waited for two days, but I couldn't wait. My sixth sense told me that this matter was not easy.In the past two days, I took out the jade tablet of Princess Gegeer for research, and handed the jade tablet to Cyclops Zhangyan. He touched, smelled and photographed, and finally said: "This is an object from the middle Ming Dynasty. I can't read the text, I think it's a bit like a prayer."

"Prayer?" His words aroused my interest, and I asked, "Tell me in detail, what does this prayer mean?"

The one-eyed dragon shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. Prayers are just a general term, representing characters in a certain environment, such as Taoist talismans. Can't you understand them? It looks like some lines and paintings, but in fact it is a kind of characters. Another example is the foreign cross, which belongs to a prayer, which can represent words, or some kind of symbol, or some kind of power.”

I immediately understood, and said: "So, the thing on this jade tablet is likely to be related to some ancient religions, and it is a religious text?"

The one-eyed dragon nodded, and an idea immediately popped up in my mind, and I said to myself: Could it be the shaman's divine language?Perhaps, I have to find an old shaman to identify the text on it.But most of the shamans live in the northern area of ​​Inner Mongolia. It is definitely not possible to go now. After thinking about it, I decided to go back to my hometown first to investigate the family affairs clearly.

The injury on Tofu's body has also healed, and he looks like a dragon and a tiger again. Recently, his life has been very nourishing, his face is radiant, and after only a month, he hooked up with the beautiful woman in cheongsam from the tea house opposite.I've seen that girl before, and it seems that she has a heart as high as the sky and a deep scheming. Tofu and her are absolutely useless. From the perspective of countless people I have seen, there are only two results for the two of them to be together. First: Tofu is not chaste. Second: Tofu loses her virginity and is cheated.

Although I shouldn't be so lenient, even my brother's personal happiness is involved, but Tofu has no heart, and I can't just watch him jump into the fire pit. Before the two of us are glued together, I said to Tofu: " Tomorrow, I will go back to my hometown, and you will follow, and Zhang Sheng will take care of the store."

Tofu has gained three catties in more than a month. With a popsicle in his mouth, he shook his head and said, "No, I have an appointment with Qiqi to go fishing tomorrow."

I said, "Brothers are more important than women?"

Tofu was stunned, and said: "Why do you ask such a question? Who do you think I am, nonsense, of course women are important, women can sleep with me and give birth to me, brother can?" I choked, Said: "That girl is not for you."

Tofu was very persistent on this issue and said, "Why, I think Qiqi is pretty good."

I said: "Yes, she is very good. She has a slim figure, an oval face, and smooth skin. She is wearing a cheongsam. She sits there, like a vixen. Nine out of ten male tourists passing by want to enter her shop." .”

Tofu got angry and said, "You can't call her a vixen!"

"I didn't say she was a vixen, I was praising her, what a woman, there are so many excellent men, such as me...why did you fall in love with you?"

Tofu was speechless for a while, looking very hurt.I said: "It seems that you are not too stupid, you should have noticed that she is playing with you."

Tofu sighed, and said: "Men are not bad, women don't love, in this world, women like bad men. Lao Chen, from now on, you have to stay 100 meters away from me. If you are with me, all girls will be fucked by you." I snatched it away." Seeing that Tofu had opened his mind, I said, "Okay, don't talk about what you have, just pack up and get ready to go tomorrow."

Qiqi is a beautiful girl, but it's a pity that she failed to seduce me two days ago, and now she turned around and seduced my brother again. Is this trying to sow discord or sow discord?

Fortunately, tofu is not really stupid, and I probably saw the clues. The next day, like the eggplant beaten by Shuang, I set foot on the way home, and kept talking about my lost No.18 spring along the way.

My hometown is Longnan. Strictly speaking, that place is not my hometown because my grandfather and I are immigrants, but the local folk customs are simple and honest, so we have not been excluded.There was still a mountain road to go to reach his hometown. Tofu disliked him fiercely and said, "It turns out that you came out of this poor mountain valley. It's really embarrassing to be a brother with you."

I said: "Okay, let's think of myself as the second generation rich. If you talk nonsense in this barren mountain, I will murder you directly." It was getting late now, and we walked on the rugged mountain road with flashlights For about an hour, in the difficult conditions of the impoverished mountainous area, there was a dim light in a ravine in the distance.

I looked at the quiet mountain village in the night under my feet and said, "Here we are, here we are."

There is no change from the memory. We are standing on a high place, and the mountain village is located in a ravine. Although the location is remote, but fortunately, the electricity is connected, and now we can see the quiet lights, but many people in the village have moved. out, so the lights appear sporadic.I walked all the way down the mountain with tofu, and entered the village in half an hour. The chickens and dogs in the village had never seen outsiders, and the chickens and dogs barked for a while, which shocked everyone in the village.

In the blink of an eye, for more than ten years, people in the village came and went, and many of them no longer knew each other. Under the reception of Uncle Ge, we lived in his house.

Uncle Ge is more than 50 years old this year, and we used to be neighbors of our family. Needless to say, he heard that I came back to clean up old things. Uncle Ge looked a little embarrassed, as if something happened.Looking at his gray hair, I wondered, "Uncle Ge, what happened?"

"To tell you the truth, there is no one in your family, and you haven't come back for more than ten years. Those things in the house, if anyone in the village lacked them, they took them away. There is nothing left now."

I was a little surprised. I didn't care about the old furniture, but I was worried that some clues would be destroyed, so I asked, "Did they find anything special when they moved things?"

Uncle Ge recalled it for a while, shook his head, and said, "No, why, you came back to look for something?"

Uncle Ge is a righteous and honest person, and I didn't hide it from him. I said that I came back this time mainly to check on Grandpa's belongings and to know the clues of his disappearance.Everyone in the village knew that my grandfather disappeared suddenly, so Uncle Ge just sighed and said, "You are a filial child, it's getting late now, you should rest first, and look for it tomorrow."

Tofu and I slept at Uncle Ge’s house that night. In the middle of the night, I fell asleep in a daze and was suddenly woken up by the tofu. Since there were only two beds in this house, Tofu and I were squeezed together.Being woken up in the middle of the night, I was very annoyed and said, "What are you doing?"

In the darkness, Tofu said nervously, "Listen, there is a woman laughing."

I listened carefully, and I heard a sound like a woman laughing, but I know the origin of this sound very well. It is not a ghost or something in the middle of the night, but a kind of animal unique to this place. With long hands and long legs and a monkey-like appearance, it is the incarnation of the mountain god in the mountains.No one has ever seen this kind of animal, but at night, their voices are occasionally heard, and it is not a big deal.

(End of this chapter)