Well of Mystery

"Oh, yes, outsiders usually feel quite confused when they come here to eat."

Su Zi laughed, and then pointed to a stack of pink paper on the side of the chopstick holder inside the table with her finger.

"The menu is on the blackboard next to the food delivery port. You can write what you want on the paper. After you finish writing..."

Having said that, he pointed to the wire on the top of his head again: "See the clip on it? Put the end of the paper on it, slide it to the side of the vegetable delivery port with a swish, and Lao Xu will start cooking!"

It turned out to be like this.Bai Xiuqi nodded to show that he understood, took the paper and was about to write the name of the dish, but Su Zi snatched the pen away.

"Hey, this is my territory, and I must invite you for this meal. Don't be polite to me."

Just as he was talking, the kitchen door over there had been pushed open, and Lao Xu came over with a tray containing a jug of wine, a plate of sliced ​​Sichuan-style sausages, and a plate of hot and sour Chinese cabbage and rice.

Su Zi explained: "I used to...stay in the mountains for a long time, and I always like to eat some spicy food to dispel dampness. Do you have anything you want to eat?"

Knowing that he couldn't escape this meal, Bai Xiuqi hurriedly said that he didn't have any taboos.So Su Zi ordered another tomato and egg drop soup, a plate of fried pork slices with wild rice and green peppers, a shredded chicken, a large bowl of rice, and a glass.

"Can you drink wine? This is the sweet-scented osmanthus wine I brewed myself. It's here to drink slowly at Lao Xu's place. Have a little?"

Before Bai Xiuqi could answer, he offered to pour a glass for Bai Xiuqi.

The wine is clear and has a light floral aroma.Bai Xiuqi took a sip, and felt a refreshing coolness slide down his throat, and he immediately relaxed.

"By the way, about your jade pendant. People from the committee said..." He told Su Zi the result of asking Ye Feng before. Although the result is not certain, there is still a glimmer of hope.

Su Zi listened very carefully, and finally asked: "Is there any shortage of people in the committee you mentioned? Do I have a chance to join?"

Bai Xiuqi answered honestly that he didn't know much about the committee, but Zheng Chuchen was the sponsor of the committee, and if Su Zi really wanted to join the committee, it would be no problem to find him.

"Forget it then." Su Zi chewed the piece of meat in her mouth.Shaking his head like a rattle: "That guy is a pragmatist. He always thinks about how to get back a little favor for others. I don't want to owe him, tsk."

As if he didn't want to mention this person anymore, he quickly changed the subject.

"By the way. Do you know what kind of person the new branch dean of Tailing is like? What hobbies or handles do you have? I heard that the family has quite a background, what is his personality like?"

"Well, how do I know?"

Bai Xiuqi smiled wryly, thinking that he really came here in a hurry.Even this background knowledge has not been carefully inquired about.Thanks to Su Zi's reminder, I have to find some materials to make up a supplementary lesson when I go upstairs later.

That's what he was thinking.Then Su Zi muttered again: "Hey, actually, the news about the inspection has already been spread—it is said that the people from above call it an inspection, but they are actually supporting the newly appointed branch dean of the Tailing Mausoleum. It is convenient to carry out work in the future... Tsk. Look at this powerful backstage."

"Sub-principal?" Bai Xiuqi repeated the title: "The person in charge of Tailing Mausoleum?"

Anyway, being idle is idle, Su Zi explained the administrative division of the entire Zhangling Research Institute to Bai Xiuqi while eating and drinking.

According to the six emperors buried here, the Zhangling Scenic Area is divided into six major areas, or six branches.Three of these areas are temporarily closed to the public, and two areas were damaged by geological disasters last year.At present, the excavation and protection work of experimental nature is being carried out, and only the Tailing Branch is officially open to the public.

In terms of comprehensive factors such as scale, passenger flow, and profit, Tailing Branch is the leader of the six branches; employees working in the park not only have higher bonuses, but also find jobs more easily even if they change jobs.

The branch dean of Tailing has always been a popular candidate to succeed the dean.In private, Tailing Branch even has the nickname of "Eastern Palace".

"By the way, you are the tour guide in Tailing, right?" Bai Xiuqi took out the business card he received that day from his wallet: "Are you a regular employee or a cooperative affiliation?"

"Hey, neither." Su Zi smiled slyly: "I don't have an ID card, so I'm a black household."

Just because I am a black household, I don’t have to abide by the rules and regulations of the research institute like an official tour guide, and I work from nine to five. The wind tugged.

"It's not bragging. Among the tour guides in Tailing, if I want to say that I am the second, then no one can really say that I am the first."

Although sweet-scented osmanthus wine is sweet, it will still be intoxicating if you drink too much.Su Zi obviously brewed the wine himself, but he was already drunk after only a few sips, his cheeks were flushed, but his eyes began to shine: "When you walk into Tailing, every grass you meet, every A tree, I watched it grow up..."

Bai Xiuqi glanced at the kitchen to make sure that Lao Xu didn't pay attention to this side, and then said in a low voice: "Of course, you are from that dynasty, who can be more familiar with Tailing than you?"

"No, that's not right." Su Zi muttered and shook her head: "I'm not from Zhang Kingdom, let alone see that man rule the world. Before that... I was already dead."

This "that person" should refer to Jiang Han, the owner of the Tailing Mausoleum, right?

Bai Xiuqi immediately remembered the mural on the north wall of the main tomb of the Tai Mausoleum, and the person in the painting was indeed Su Zi.What kind of love-hate relationship is there between the famous Zhang Dynasty Zhongxing Lord and the handsome young man in front of him?

No, now is not the time to be emotional.Since Su Zi is a ghost and an old acquaintance with Jiang Han, it is very likely that he has entered the underground palace of Tailing.

Thinking of this, Bai Xiuqi immediately took a piece of paper with the menu on it, drew the appearance of the tomb town beast on it, and sent it to Su Zi.

"Have you ever seen this thing? It was in the underground palace of Tailing before."

"Let me see……"

Su Zi squinted her drunken eyes, shook her eyes twice and finally settled down: "You mean the one in the underground palace? I've seen it before, but it's long gone now. It's gone together with my piece of jade... it should be It must have been snatched away by the Japanese at that time..."

Bai Xiuqi asked: "What is this thing for?"

"Ornaments? Well... I never noticed."

"Did it overwhelm Jiang Han's Zigong, or did it press on some special Fengshui dragon vein?"

"Huh? I don't understand what you are talking about." Su Zi tilted her head in confusion: "When a person dies, he dies, and he will not stay in the underground palace. How can there be such a saying? Besides, Such a thing wants to suppress a dragon vein, is it realistic?"

"..." That's true, but at least it is confirmed that the tomb-suppressing beast is indeed Tailing's thing.

Thinking of this, Bai Xiuqi didn't continue to struggle.

Su Zi had already drank the wine in her glass, and shouted to fill up Bai Xiuqi.The two drank back and forth like this for a few rounds, talking to each other a little bit tongue-in-cheek, and then ended the dinner in a dispirited manner.

Su Zi still wrapped herself into a ball, and walked out of the cafeteria to her rented apartment; Bai Xiuqi was also about to return to the guest house upstairs, but when she got up, she felt that she was on alcohol, and she staggered a few times before she managed to maintain her balance.

It's no wonder that I drove a few hours all the way here to do a big cleaning, and then I drank, and I hope I don't get a hangover tomorrow.

Because Su Zi had been dragging her to chat just now, Bai Xiuqi didn't pay attention to his mobile phone. He took it out to check when he returned to the room, but there was still no phone call on the standby screen.

This damn Jiang Chenglu.

Bai Xiuqi cursed in a low voice, taking advantage of the alcohol, and began to take off the alcohol-stained clothes one by one.After taking off everything, he grabbed the towel and put it on his shoulders and walked towards the bathroom.

I opened the leaking shower valve, and the freezing-cold tap water slammed down with a bang.

"what--"

Bai Xiuqi, who was accidentally challenged by the ice bucket, turned the hot water valve frantically while dodging, and was scalded again a few seconds later.

Could there be anything more unlucky? !

Resisting the terrifying thought of destroying the entire guest house, Bai Xiuqi patiently adjusted the water temperature to a relatively comfortable temperature and began to wash her hair.

Just when he was lathering with soap, the cell phone rang in the room.

Bai Xiuqi turned off the shower, first confirmed that the ringtone was not a hallucination caused by drinking, then wiped his hands on the towel twice, and ran out.

At this time, something even more unfortunate happened.

The slippery mosaic floor and the soap foam played the greatest malice together, and the non-disposable plastic slippers provided by the hotel became the evil accomplices. In short, before running two steps, Bai Xiuqi fell magnificently in the bathroom, left hand By the way, he pulled down the dirty shower curtain along with the pole and pressed it on his body.

Perhaps this is the greatest tragedy of a clean freak.

Bai Xiuqi's heart almost broke down, shaking the glass mirror on the sink to rattle, and the dust on the wall in the entrance rustled down.

Regardless of the phone ringing outside, he turned his head and crawled back under the shower to start rinsing frantically. He didn't stop until his skin turned red.At this time, more than half an hour had passed since the phone rang.

Jiang Chenglu's number appeared on the caller ID.

Do you want to call back?

The alcohol and hot water steam made Bai Xiuqi dizzy, and she started to daze with her mobile phone.A few minutes later, the standby screen was suddenly lit up again, and the sound of incoming calls immediately filled the quiet room.

Bai Xiuqi hurriedly brought the phone to her ear, opened her lips but closed them firmly.

The phone number was Jiang Chenglu's mobile phone number, but the person on the phone was Zheng Chuchen.