Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 27 Information
The purpose of the old man Zhao made me a little puzzled, why is the stone so precious?Before the whole operation started, he was willing to spend 400 million on me. What kind of treasure should that stone be?

Seeing that I didn't answer, Tofu was a little anxious. This kid has always been restless. He poked my waist and said, "You're fucking dumb, why are you talking to me?"

This kid, if you ignore him, he can keep tearing you down, so I said: "I don't know what kind of stone it is, maybe there is a problem with Mr. Zhao's values. There is a saying that goes like this: A thousand dollars are hard to buy Good intentions, maybe someone will like that stone. However, mentioning the stone reminds me of telling a story."

I used to be a fishmonger for a while. At that time, I had no money, and I usually collected illegal fish, that is, those fish that were caught illegally.

Fishing smugglers is a risky job. Generally, the equipment for sailing is not very good. You have to worry about inspections and resist the changing environment on the sea. Therefore, if you do this business, the family conditions are not good, but if the conditions are good, you will not do it. A risky job.

I often buy from a private fishmonger surnamed Feng once a week. I am also an old acquaintance. When I go out, he prepares the fish.As a result, I went there once, but there was not a single fish.

Feng Shangzi said: "Oh brother, I'm sorry, am I sick? I just came back from the gate of hell a few days ago, and I forgot to notify you. I'm sorry for causing you to go for nothing."

I cursed in my heart: This Feng's brain is wrong, and he didn't inform me earlier if he didn't have any fish. Who can I ask for the transportation cost of my trip?Although I don't like it in my heart, since he is sick, I can't make trouble, can I?

So I said: "Where is it? Since I am sick, I will rest. I will go to another house to get some. I came today, just to see you. Old Feng, you are usually in good health. You don't often tell me that you With strong bones, strong kidneys, strong waist and great strength, is he the little overlord of the South China Sea who can't fall down with a golden gun? Why has he become so soft after not seeing him for a week?"

Feng Shangzi smiled wryly, and said: "Don't make fun of me, it's unlucky to talk about it, do you know what I met when I went to sea this time?" Before I could speak, he started talking to me.

It turned out that when they go fishing, they dare not go too far or too deep because they are private boats. They are usually in the offshore, and they often salvage some shellfish.This kind of thing is generally not sold because it is loosely beaten, but when you meet a big one, you usually cut it open on the spot to see if there are any pearls inside.

Although the chance of this is small, it is not unheard of.

That day, he caught a big one in one go, a very big old one, the shell on the surface was calcified, and the species was completely invisible, so two people could lift it.

I used a crowbar to pry it that day, but I couldn't get it open, and I didn't dare to smash it. I was afraid that if there was something inside, what should I do if I smashed it?It was late at night and everyone was sleepy, so they decided to wait until the next day to open the shell.

That night, Feng Shangzi had a dream, dreaming that the shell spoke to him.Bei Ke begged Lao Feng to let him go, saying that it was not easy for him to live such a long time, and he didn't have any pearls in his stomach.

When Lao Feng woke up the next day, he just thought it was a strange dream, and he didn't take it to heart. He greeted a few relatives who were fishing together on the boat, and immediately pried open the clam, and there was a pearl as big as a longan inside. .

The price of pearls fluctuated greatly, but the better the color, the bigger the price, the price would double. A pearl as big as this is probably more powerful than the top pearl on Emperor Qianlong's head.

After getting the pearls, everyone was overjoyed. Immediately, Merchant Feng took the lead, found out the right way to sell them on the black market, and made a fortune.

As a result, when he was at night, the people on the road came to him, and he beat up the businessman Feng, and the money was forced to be transferred back. He said that the pearl was just a rotten stone.

Merchant Feng was beaten and lay on the bed, he couldn't believe it, he was obviously selling pearls, how could he turn into a rotten stone?
When Tofu heard this, he immediately said: "It must be that old clam has become a spirit. He was killed by Merchant Feng. He was unwilling to retaliate and turned the pearl into a rotten stone."

I couldn't help laughing, and said, "It's just that you believe in everything. I think the people there saw that Feng's businessman had no power and power, and wanted to cheat. The origin of the pearl was unknown, so if you robbed it, you just robbed it. Feng Can the dealer still call the police?"

Tofu argued endlessly with me on this issue, and we both went back to our residence, doing our own business, waiting for someone from Mr. Zhao to come in the evening.

I was lying on the bed, calculating the 500 million things.The money must be divided in half with the tofu. The two of us are 250 million each. After paying off the debt on my side, there are only a few words left.As for tofu, I suddenly became a millionaire. I turned my head and looked at the tofu who was sitting on the sofa, watching TV and scratching my feet.

A lack of tendons in the brain is a disease that can be cured.

No wonder throughout the ages, people like Cao Mengde and the overlord of Chu have been digging graves for military pay.

While waiting, I couldn't help but took out my grandfather's work notebook again. Looking at the not-so-clean handwriting on it, I made countless turns in my heart.This is not a work note, this is clearly an encyclopedia of tomb robbers that hides countless wealth!

I used to think that grandpa didn't come back later because he was too old and was folded in some mushroom.Thinking back carefully now, my grandfather often looked at me with a worried look, and finally left this notebook to me. I think he was worried about the curse at that time.

Grandpa was in his 60s when he disappeared, and 14 years have passed in a blink of an eye. If he was still alive, he would be close to 80 years old.

I think the chances of him surviving are very slim, but I am a little confused, where did Grandpa go the last time?
Will he not give up and enter the tomb of King Juer again?
At that time, I was young, ignorant, and didn't think deeply.Recalling the events of those years now, I suddenly found a lot of things that were wrong.Before leaving, my grandfather said, leave this notebook to me, so that if something happens, I can think about it.

From the looks of it now, he might have had a premonition that something unexpected would happen.And this notebook is not like ordinary work notebooks.In the early stage, I wrote some tomb robbery experiences of my grandfather and some skills taught by Bai Laosi, but they were not exhaustive.

However, in the later stage of the notes, the style suddenly changed, and the writing was extremely detailed, almost equivalent to an introductory guide to tomb robbers.I reckon, the old man kept his hands back at that time, he was afraid that if he was folded outside and cursed to me, I would not understand anything and could only sit and wait for death, so he left this work note as a guide.

Thinking about it now, Grandpa really had good intentions.

So in this work notebook, will there be any clues left?I flipped through the notes from beginning to end, and it took me more than four hours to read them. I have read the contents here countless times, but every time I read them, it gives people a different feeling, but there is still nothing. Find something special.

Not long after reading it, someone came to the door. It was the bald middle-aged man who came, who is the "eye of the eye" for our next operation. Now that we have cooperated and taken the money, naturally we can't be tense anymore.

He looks fierce on the outside, in his 30s, but when he relaxes, he is still a nice person, and his speech is not vulgar.I ended up saying that my surname is Wei and my first name is Nanjing. People on the road are used to calling him Baldy Wei.

Tofu said: "Defend Nanjing?"

Guangtou Wei smiled, "Yes, my grandfather's generation is from Nanjing."

Immediately afterwards he said, "You two, how are things prepared?" Tofu pointed to the table, and when all the items were ready, the 'Ghost King Yulong Cup' was also placed on the table safely, with There is a bottle of white wine, ready to be used when fetching information.

Baldy Wei nodded, walked to the table, and directly transferred the other objects beside the sofa to the sofa.Immediately afterwards, he opened the wine bottle and poured wine into the glass.The jade cup was as thin as paper, with an ancient and clumsy shape, when the wine was poured down, it was faintly transparent.

Immediately afterwards, Baldy Wei took out a 'Jade Beauty' from his pocket, which is a white candle in jargon.

As the lights went out and the curtains were covered, the room was suddenly plunged into darkness.Bald Wei lit the Jade Beauty, and the candle flickered, emitting a faint orange light.The wine in the glass was slightly rippling, and was dyed a warm color by the halo, which made people dazzled.

And at this moment, Guangtou Wei held up the Ghost King Yulong cup, leveled it to the position of the candlelight, and gestured to us, motioning us to come forward.

The three of our heads were almost stuck together, our skins were scorched by the candlelight, and it was a little itchy. In the transparent jade cup, the wine oscillated slightly. With this turbulence, some strange orange lines appeared like a mirage.

These orange lines change with the vibrating of the wine, some are like people, some are like buildings, some are like words, and they outline the transformation effect like a movie, dazzling and blurred, which is fascinating.

This extraordinary skill can no longer be described as uncanny workmanship.According to legend, it was made by a tomb robber in the Qing Dynasty. At this time, I have some doubts whether it is something that can be made by human power.

The content in the jade cup is very abstract, about 3 minutes at a time, and then calm down.We turned our faces away, blinked our eyes that were sore and swollen from staring for a long time, and the three of them looked at each other with shocking expressions.

Thinking about it, although Bald Wei had already expected it, he still couldn't hide his shock when he saw this extraordinary skill with his own eyes.

(End of this chapter)