Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 9
Conscience, why is there such a thing in my briefcase?

I used to store documents in that bag. Now that the company is bankrupt, there are no other documents to store. I remember that there is only the housing contract that the Cantonese guy gave me in it. Why is it turned into scrap paper now?
The weird and bizarre situation in front of me reminded me of a folktale.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a rich family named Qian who gave birth to a son, who relied on his own power and power.

One night in the middle of the night, this Young Master Qian was so dizzy and deaf from drinking that he couldn't find his way when he was walking. He quickly lost his way and came to a busy street market.

Suddenly, he found a pair of grandpa and grandson selling yuanxiao on the side of the road.The old man looked senile with his back bent.

Look at that granddaughter again.

Yo, what a beauty.She has a melon-seeded face, willow-leaf eyebrows, a pair of big black and moist eyes under the eyebrows, a small cherry mouth, and a slender figure. No matter how she looks, she is beautiful, even though she is dressed in plain clothes, she can't hide her beauty.

Beauty confused people's hearts, Young Master Qian's wine suddenly sobered up, he had an idea, walked up to the grandpa and grandson, and said, "How do you sell your Lantern Festival?"

The old man said: "A bowl of five grains of money, young master, would you like to have a bowl?"

Young Master Qian snorted, waved his fan and said, "Ah bah. What kind of status am I, that I can stand on the side of the road and eat your broken Yuanxiao? I don't even have a seat." After finishing speaking, he smelt it, and said, "But just smell it. It's quite delicious, if you do it like this, I will give you a hundred coins, and you can make it for me in the back kitchen of my house, and I want to sit and eat at home."

"This..." The old man showed a embarrassed look, and said: "Master, I want to go with you, and the business can't be done tonight. Those who come are regular customers. If you lose your trust today, it will be difficult to do business in the future." business."

The granddaughter said, "Grandpa, why don't I go."

This remark was exactly what Mr. Qian wanted, and he immediately said: "You long-winded man, do you still want to make money? Okay, little girl, it's up to you." The old man also wanted to make money, so he agreed.

Young Master Qian led the girl to the house, and naturally showed her true colors.

The next day, when I was sleeping comfortably, I hugged him casually, and suddenly heard a puffing sound, as if something broke.He opened his eyes and saw that there was no beauty around him, but it turned out to be a paper doll that had been rotten for an unknown number of years.The paper doll had turned yellow, with a lot of mud on its surface, and the stench was unstoppable. When Young Master Qian hugged it, the bamboo skeleton inside broke instantly, and it was no longer shaped.

Young and old Qian was frightened to death, and fell seriously ill the next day.

This was not over yet, a few days after getting sick, there was a sudden knock on Young Master Qian's door.He opened the door and saw a leather man covered in mud standing outside the door, in the image of an old man. The leather man said: "I have good intentions and asked my granddaughter to make Yuanxiao for you. How can you give her to me?" Pierce it? You are heartless, you broke my granddaughter's skin, so you have to give it back to me..." After speaking, the wind blew up, showing a bloody mouth, sharp claws and fangs, and licked the skin of Qian Daxiao Flayed alive.

This matter sounds groundless, but it is not unreasonable.In the folk, there are a lot of stories about dead ghosts buying things. I know a taxi driver. He once told me something about a friend of his who drove late.One night, a mother and son were pulled over and asked where they were going. The mother and son said that they were going to the traffic cemetery in the south of the city.

This business is good.Because the driver was going home, he happened to pass by the cemetery, so he happily picked up the mother and child.

The next day I opened my wallet and saw, hey, the renminbi I received last night was gone, but there was a piece of paper money in it that was burned to the dead.

There are countless folk tales of this kind.I looked at the scrap paper contract in my hand, and couldn't help being stunned. I said to myself: Could it be that the person who signed the contract for me at that time was a dead ghost?
At this moment, after hearing my description, the middle-aged woman's complexion suddenly changed, and she turned blue for a moment, her arrogant expression also subsided instantly, as if she was afraid of something, she said: "Forget it, I don't care about you , Anyway, this place is going to be demolished, so you can live here if you like." She looked a little flustered, glanced at the two of us, and fled away.

The matter was really inexplicable, and it made such a fuss just after waking up, and no one felt uncomfortable.

Tofu lit a cigarette, smoked for a while, and said, "Didn't we encounter a ghost?"

My heart was already pounding, and now I thought of what the little girl said, could it be that this is really a murderous building?
At the same time, I thought of another level, took out my key, and said, "Even if there is a problem with the contract, what about this key? You see, the key is real, and the woman just looked strange. I guess, maybe It's because her husband wanted to make money from his own house, so he secretly took the key and rented the house to us. Even if there are ghosts in this world, we won't encounter all of them, so don't think so much, go, go out and find something to eat. "

Tofu is born with few tendons, and when it comes to food, it is forgotten.

We worked all night yesterday, and now we are hungry. Tofu suggested to eat a good meal, saying that we have been working in the hole for the past two days, and we have been exposed to too much moisture, so we should eat something hot.Together, we decided to eat hot pot. There is a hot pot restaurant across a street. Although the store is small, the couple are from Chongqing. The Chongqing hot pot they run is authentic and unique.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Tofu suddenly stopped and looked at a restaurant opposite.Following his gaze, I found that he was looking at a man and a woman.The woman was wearing a black dress with light makeup.

Her face is very attractive, she looks very pure, with a charming smile on her face, and she is holding the man's hand affectionately. The two of them just came out of the hotel opposite.

Tofu has always been a little short-sighted. Most people understand everything when they see this situation, but he carefully looked at my face and asked, "Isn't that your girlfriend..."

I stared at the woman coldly, and said: "It's not anymore." In fact, although I pretended to be calm on the face, the surging flame in my heart gave me the urge to kill someone.

I met Xiao Jing a year ago. She is a very beautiful woman who loves to dress up. Of course, she spends a lot of money.But we were in a passionate relationship at that time, and I had some money at that time, so I didn't care.In the days when I was rich, Xiao Jing was like glue to me, and if I brought her to any event, among my friends, I was always the one with the most face.

My family is very bad. I lost my mother when I was three years old, and my father died when I was four years old. I have no relatives except my grandfather.Later, my grandfather also disappeared, so I really hope to have a family, so I also cherish the relationship with Xiao Jing.

In Shenzhen, the flamboyant world, according to the size of my business before I went bankrupt, Xiao Jing was the only woman I had, and I didn’t go outside to flirt, which surprised many of my friends and praised me as a rare animal, peerless. good man.

After I went bankrupt, Xiao Jing was the first thing I thought of. I didn't want any help from Xiao Jing, but I was very decadent and depressed at that time, and I wanted to talk to someone I trusted.

But I didn't expect that when I told her about my situation, the woman was surprised at first, then hesitated, and then hung up the phone directly, as fast as swiping my credit card.

When I call again after that, the system always prompts: "I'm sorry, the number you dialed has been turned off." I'm not a kid who just learned about feelings, and I can understand why Xiao Jing did this after thinking about it.

I always thought that as long as I treat her well, as long as I really love her, we can live a good life. I didn't expect that once I went bankrupt, this woman wouldn't even answer the phone.

What do you mean, it's obvious.

The world is so small, I didn't expect to meet her here, and her new "card machine".According to my usual temper, I must go up and teach them a lesson.

But now I'm broke and have nothing left.After so many years in society, I still understand the word tolerance.

Tofu probably saw that my face was not good, so he said haha, grabbed my arm and said, "Brothers are like brothers and women are like clothes. If you lose it, you will throw it away. We will buy a new one when we get rich."

I feel very sad.

I have been helpless all these years. I have worked in all walks of life and worked hard to make money. I just hope to have a home and give my future wife and children a comfortable environment.

Money is not everything to a person.

But now, I have no money, but everything is gone.

Tofu was quite worried, and said again: "Chen Xuan, don't be like this, without love, we still have a career."

Seeing Tofu's worried look, I felt a little more at ease.At this moment, I have no money, no power, my wife betrayed me, but I still have a brother by my side. At this moment, I am really grateful to Tofu.

So I said: "That's right, a man, don't be sad over such a trivial matter, let's discuss our plan to make a fortune, and when we have money, it's better to find someone else!"

Only then did Tofu heave a sigh of relief, and he started to talk nonsense, saying: "That's right. Although you look a bit shabby, not as handsome as I am, and not as knowledgeable as I am, you are still Zhou Zheng anyway. The nose and eyes are intact. As long as you get a couple of banknotes to pack, you can easily grab such beautiful clothes.”

I was choked up, slapped him, and cursed: "Fuck you, are you comforting me, or are you putting gold on your face? If I don't teach you for a day, I won't know what I am. A few scallions."

As a result of Tofu's interruption, I really felt a little more relaxed. I knew that this kid was trying to divert my attention in different ways, and I accepted this kindness.

The two of us went into the hot pot restaurant while we were talking, and found a corner seat, eating hot pot, and discussing the next thing.

Last night, a coffin was dug out of the earth by accident. This is not a good omen, and this trip may be empty.If you want to find out the specific situation, you have to find out the coffin first, which requires some gloves and the like.

Grandpa wrote in his work notes that when encountering coffins and bones, you must never use novice hands to bang them. You must wear professional corpse-touching gloves.

Because there are many bacteria in the coffin, if you touch it directly with your hands, it is easy to get infected, so you must have gloves and a gas mask when touching the corpse.

While we were cooking hot pot, we chatted and ate. I felt a little urgent to urinate, so I went to the toilet.When I came back, I found that Tofu looked strange, staring at the door of the hot pot restaurant, as if looking at something.

Following his gaze, I saw a young man in a T-shirt just walked out of the hot pot restaurant, and disappeared as soon as he turned the corner.

I said, "What are you staring at at a man? Could it be your long-lost brother?" Tofu's parents once gave birth to one, but unfortunately, when he was three years old, he was abducted by traffickers.

Tofu said, "Don't make fun of my younger brother. Just now that person suddenly struck up a conversation with me out of nowhere, I don't understand what he meant."

"Striking up?" I said indiscriminately while cooking mutton, "You're not a bitch, why is he trying to strike up a conversation with you?"

Tofu said: "He said, 'Turn over the salted fish, set up the pot, and come to the door'. What do you mean by that? Old Chen, do you understand?" After I heard this, the chopsticks in my hand fell to the ground and opened wide. Mouth, can't close it for a long time.

(End of this chapter)