Treasure Hunt Memo

Chapter 35 The Old House
I woke up from the dream and couldn't help but squeeze a cold sweat.The picture in the dream just now was too real. Thinking of Mr. Qi turning into a rice dumpling, I still feel shuddering in my heart.

I struggled to get out of bed and looked at the time, it was already ten o'clock in the morning.

When I opened WeChat, I saw the message from Xinran at a glance.

"I still can't get in touch with Grandpa, let's book a ticket to Luoyang."

After replying "yes", I directly booked the earliest flight.After my flight transits in Shanghai, I will arrive at Luoyang Beijiao Airport after [-]:[-] pm.After contacting Xin, she said that they would not arrive until after seven o'clock in the evening.

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, I arrived at Beijiao Airport on time, found a KFC in the airport, ordered a set meal, and waited for them while eating.

At [-]:[-] in the evening, I finally saw Xinran and her junior sister Jiesheng.

Xin Ran saw me from a distance, and then waved to me.

She wore a black down jacket with a white sweater underneath, and a pair of denim leggings underneath, and she looked as good-looking as ever.Jiesheng was also wearing a long down jacket and a fur hat. He looked younger than Xinran, and he didn't match up with those old masters who studied Fengshui in my impression.

In fact, Luoyang is not so cold now. They look like they came from the north with their outfits. They are fully armed and wrap themselves tightly.

"Long time no see! Hello!" I greeted them and held out a hand.

Xin Ran walked up to her and shook hands gently. Seeing that I didn't intend to stop, she shook my hand away and said mischievously: "Why, I haven't seen you for a while, the level of flirting with girls has improved, and you can't wait to see me." Do you want to take advantage of my junior sister?"

I took my hand back in embarrassment, said "no, no", and then greeted Jiesheng.

After a while of polite greetings, the two of them ate something casually at the airport.

After the meal, Xin Ran's expression also became serious. She put away her smiling face and said, "This is not far from the old house. Let's take a taxi directly to the old house after leaving the airport. I want to see what grandpa left behind."

The three of us found a rental car outside the airport and went straight to the old house.

The taxi stopped in front of an old house, and after getting off, there was an old-fashioned two-storey building in front of him.The building is large in size and has a garden.From the outside, although the overall style is a little dated, it doesn't look shabby.

I looked at the old house in front of me and asked, "Is this the place? It's much bigger than I imagined, it can be called a mansion!"

Nodding happily, he said, "That's right. It used to be a chamber of commerce in the last century, but it was bought by grandpa and became a private residence."

Xinran opened the door, and Jiesheng Daguang and I followed to the front of the building.Just when I opened the door and entered, a faint dusty smell rushed towards my face, making me cough, and under the light of the flashlight, a lot of dust was flying in the air.

I covered my nose, coughed and said, "It seems like no one has been here for a long time."

After Xin Ran turned on the light, he frowned, looked at us and said, "That's too strange, grandpa clearly said that he wants to go back to the old house?"

Jiesheng walked into the living room, ran his fingers across the table, and immediately left several fingerprints on the table.She looked at the ashes in her hands and said, "Look, there is dust everywhere here. It's true that no one has been here for a long time."

"Could it be that Mr. Qi didn't come back at all?" I wondered.

We checked around, and the things here are basically covered with a thin layer of dust, and there are no traces of residents' activities.

"Xin Ran, does Mr. Qi only have this one place to stay in Luoyang? Will he go to another place to live temporarily?" I asked curiously.

"No! Although there are other houses, the old house that grandpa mentioned is obviously here." Xin Ran shook her head, also puzzled, and said, "Otherwise, let's look for what grandpa left behind first. .Since Grandpa told you in the letter that you left something in the old house, there will be no fakes."

I looked around and looked at Xinran: "Is there any secret place in the old house, such as a secret room or something? Generally speaking, things are hidden in these places."

Xin Ran thought for a while, as if she suddenly thought of something, and shouted: "I know! Come with me!"

Xinran ran up the stairs to the second floor, and Jiesheng and I quickly followed Xinran up after seeing this.Along a long corridor, we turned into the study at the end.

There is a huge bookshelf against the wall in the study room, on which are neatly placed all kinds of books, some of which are even manuscripts, which look old.On the right side of the bookshelf is a large square table with an old-fashioned computer on it.

Xinran went straight to the side and looked at the safe in the corner.

"That's right! The safe is the best choice!" I slapped my head and suddenly realized, "Then do you know the password of the safe?"

Xin Ran shook her head thoughtfully, stared at the safe for a while, and then said, "I can give it a try."

She pressed a few numbers on the keyboard, and after a "beep", the password input area turned red.

Obviously, she entered the wrong password.

Xinran entered the password several times in a row, but the password was incorrect, and she also became a little impatient.

"Don't worry, think about it again. Since Mr. Qi pointed out that the things are for you, it means that he believes you can open the safe. You must know the password." Seeing that Xinran became more and more anxious, I patted her , said comfortingly.

"Sister Xinran, could the password be something like your birthday?" Jiesheng said from the side.

"It's not my birthday." Xin Ran said with a wry smile, "However, what you said makes sense. There is a possibility that this string of numbers is the day when I met my grandfather. Let me think about it, it was November 02, 11 .”

"021123." Xin Ran entered this string of numbers while reading.

With a bang, the cabinet door opened.

There is only a passbook, a note and a letter in the safe.

Xinran first took out the passbook, opened it, and found that there were more than 200 million deposits in it.

Then she took out letters and notes.After handing the notes to Jiesheng and me, he opened the letter and read it.

Jiesheng and I began to study the notes.

This notebook is used on both sides, but it is turned from the back to the front, and only a few pages are recorded, and all of them are some contacts and phone numbers, just like a phone book.

But flipping from front to back, the contents inside are much stranger.The notes recorded a lot of information about the tombs, and even had pictures and texts, depicting many strange things.

"Damn, is this the legendary tomb robbery notes?" The more I looked at it, the more surprised I was, and I couldn't help but complain.

At this time, Xinran who read the letter was also attracted to me.

"This is Grandpa's notebook. The tombs recorded on it are all visited before." Xin Ran flipped through them casually, pointing to a page of the note and said, "Look at this, it is a tomb of Hanlin scholars in the Song Dynasty, in Taiyuan, Shanxi .”

I nodded and continued to flip backwards.

When I saw the content of the next few pages, I couldn't help being taken aback, and said in surprise: "Isn't this the tomb of the general of Yan State that you went to? And the content recorded in it is similar to what was mentioned in Qi Lao's letter. It seems that this It's really Qi Lao's notebook."

"That's right, we've been there too! What's next?" Xin Ran asked curiously.

I turned over the next few pages, but found that there was only a blank space except for the five words "Shuangjiu Family Remains" written in the title and the location marked "Linzi, Shandong" below.

"It seems that Mr. Qi has reserved vacancies in advance and will make up for them when he returns." I expressed my conjecture.

I thought there would be no other content in the back, but I didn't expect that after a few consecutive pages of blanks, several large characters "Tomb of the King of Chu in Shimutan" appeared in the title.Below is a line of small characters that record the location of "Wuyang County, ZH City, Henan Province"

(End of this chapter)