Ring of Seven [Online Version]

Several people sat on the broken gold cup, and the car finally started after starting the engine for the third time.This aroused cheers from the crowd, the beauty raised her eyebrows, knowing that the boys were laughing at her, she sneered, and slammed on the clutch, and then the Jinbei rushed out like a "broken" horse that had run loose, and everyone hadn't joined His mouth opened wide again, this time not in mockery but in exclamation.Jinbei then transformed into a Land Rover.

In such a perverted state, the car drove into the urban area of ​​Nanjing at an unimaginable speed, and then stopped at an inconspicuous house next to Nanjing University. The hot beauty jumped out of the car and opened the door.Zhou Jue followed her out of the car with trembling legs. Everyone's faces seemed to be covered with dust, and their exhausted spirits were on the verge of collapse due to the torture of this beautiful woman's driving skills.Fat San covered his mouth and retched several times.Chen Hao squeezed his hands and walked out of the car with difficulty, although he insisted on maintaining the image of a cool guy.

At this time, a strong man walked out of the building. It is rare for an Asian to grow into a European physique and an African domineering. Looking at the head is elegant, just looking at the body is strong, and looking at it together is weird.

There is an old man next to such a strong man, his hair is slightly bald, his silver-white hair looks very dark, and he is wearing an old-fashioned brown jacket. At a glance, he can be seen as a researcher who has been going to and from research institutes and historic sites all year round. .As soon as he saw Chen Hao and the others, he immediately went up to them, took Chen Hao's hand and said, "You kid finally knows to come and see me, what's the matter? What's the use of talking to Li Fang secretly? Hey, you say you It doesn't matter if I don't study gold and stone, why do you even dislike me, an old man now?"

Chen Hao laughed dryly and said, "I don't think academics are more suitable for the study of folklore. Besides, don't you already have two proud students, Li Fang and Guo Mei?"

The old professor waved his hand and said, "Hey, the two of them still need more practice and theoretical accumulation. The knowledge that epigraphy needs to master is not only comprehensive and extensive, but also deep. This is very difficult..."

Chen Hao lowered his head and looked at his feet, the beauty took out his mobile phone, only the four-eyed King Kong was still listening to the old man's nagging very seriously, the old man saw that no one was complaining, he coughed to calm his emotions and said: "Come on, no Talking about this, let’s talk about what you want Li Fang to prepare these things for you. You know that you should report to the local cultural department as soon as you find the ancient tomb. If you dig without authorization, it is tomb robbery, which is illegal. "

Chen Hao said, "No, we didn't find the excavation, and we can't even be sure if there is such a place. So we want to ask you, teacher, to look for us, but for some reason I can't let you participate. Because of this incident ...has something to do with Rulan."

The old professor's face sank, and he lowered his voice and said, "Have you heard about Rulan? She..."

Chen Hao said: "It's not confirmed yet, but there are clues, so I hope you can help, teacher."

Zhou Jue's eyes flickered when he heard this, but he immediately returned to normal.He was glad that no one noticed his expression.He looked at the others and found that no one had any intention of exposing Chen Hao's lies.

The old professor's eyes dimmed, and he murmured: "Hey, she is a talent, Ah Hao, although my old man shouldn't say this, but Rulan's matter is too weird, you can't do it, you should find her." Police, if it’s really impossible, I’ll come forward and talk about it for you, and if I make the last effort, maybe Rulan still has hope.”

Chen Hao originally made him very painful because he confirmed Rulan's death. Although the old professor's words were out of good intentions, when Chen Rulan was mentioned, Chen Hao's expression changed obviously.He bowed his head and didn't want to explain this matter.

The old professor saw that Chen Hao was silent, and knew that he might have brought up his sadness: "Let's put it down first, I think you have a little rest first, I have an important meeting to be held, after the end I will be in Jinling Book a table at the restaurant. Count my friendship as a landlord. Then you are talking to me carefully, how can I help. "

After finishing speaking, King Kong with Four Eyes helped the old man get into the Broken Gold Cup, and he also sat in the driver's seat and started the car and drove away.

Seeing that the old man had finally left, the hot beauty put down her phone and said with a smile: "Hey, Li Fang must have been scolded by the old man for his aggrieved appearance, well, I'll go and prepare a room for you first, come with me. "

So everyone followed the beauty to a small hotel next to the university with their luggage. This place is generally reserved for scholars who come to visit or study at the university. .

So Chen Hao and Zhou Jue share a room, and Fat San finds Shou Hou as a matter of course, so the two weirdest characters are forced together.But I didn't expect Lao Jiu to actually say that if there is no way to share with other people, he will live alone. In short, compared to when Zhou Jue and the others were wary of him as a living dead, he would reject Ye Wei. Ye Wei just sneered at this With a single sound, he walked into the guest room to pack his luggage.

After seeing Ye Wei leave, the thin monkey asked Lao Jiu, "Why do you have so much hostility towards him?"

Lao Jiu frowned and said, "He has a very cold aura about him."

The thin monkey nodded and said: "That's true, this person gives people a very gloomy feeling."

Lao Jiu frowned even deeper: "But that cat's aura is even darker."

The thin monkey looked at Lao Jiu puzzled, and Lao Jiu said: "I don't know either, but his participation is too suspicious. Why did he have that clay tablet. What is his relationship with Chen Hao?"

The thin monkey said, "I'm not sure, but you don't believe Chen Hao, do you?"

Lao Jiu looked into the thin monkey's eyes and said: "Although the things in my grandfather's suicide note are not comparable to those of the beggars, the most important thing he said is that they were betrayed at the last moment. Me and Zhou Jue is different, he doesn't trust anyone, especially the descendants of those two people, who knows if one of them will have a ghost."

The thin monkey asked: "Then who betrayed your grandfather?"

Lao Jiu shook his head and said: "I don't know, my grandpa didn't explain who it is, as if he was very afraid to say the name of this person. This person may be a ghost. In short, grandpa said that after they left the grave where they took refuge, there were people who were not human. But it didn’t say who it is, I think the power of this book remains to this day, that person or that thing must still be there. Do you understand?”

When the thin monkey heard this sentence, even his hair felt cold.He gritted his teeth: "How did you get that solid soul amber?"

Lao Jiu subconsciously touched his pocket for the first time, and immediately put his hand down, he stood there blankly and said: "After my grandfather came back alive, he knew that one day someone would think of Guhunpo, he knew that this thing is very important, and he But he always felt that something was staring at him, so he finally chose to put that thing back in the grave where they took refuge. According to my grandfather’s notes, I went there.”

The thin monkey said, "What kind of grave is that?"

Lao Jiu said: "I don't know, but it should be the tomb of an ancient nobleman. I'm not researching this aspect."

The thin monkey said: "This has to be studied by Chen Hao, we are all laymen."

Lao Jiu didn't answer, and the thin monkey realized what Lao Jiu was thinking, and said, "Look, maybe you can find something valuable at the starting point. I'm not Zhou Jue, and I can't speak. But I don't think you have a choice."

Lao Jiu looked at Shouhou, and Shouhou looked at him firmly, he was just stating the facts.And from the eyes of the thin monkey, Lao Jiu still sees more or less taboo, Lao Jiu knows there is no way, after all he should be a dead person.

In the end, Lao Jiu lived alone in the innermost room of the hotel.After the arrangements were made, he received a group text message from Chen Hao: After dinner, read a book.

Lao Jiu held Guhun Po in his hand, and finally he closed his eyes as if he had made a final decision. At this time, a strong blood began to fill his surroundings, and many figures were reflected on the pale wall, shaking , twisted.Finally turned into a cloud of black gas.As if to hug Lao Jiu, Lao Jiu would feel that kind of breath every night, as if feeling a ritual.Corrupt blood filled his body, and he felt that his body was exuding this stench.But he couldn't smell it, just like a drug addict would feel eaten by ants all over his body, but there were no bugs on his body. All this was the reaction of his brain, which was filled with blood in the depths of his brain.Suddenly the door of the room was pushed open, Zhou Jue looked at Lao Jiu and said, "Lao Jiu..."

Lao Jiu raised his head abruptly, put Gu Hun Po in his pocket in a panic and said, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Jue didn't move, he stared at the wall warily, Lao Jiu repeated behind him: "What's the matter?

Zhou Jue came back to his senses and said, "It's time to have dinner."

Lao Jiu stood up and walked towards him. Zhou Jue took a step back subconsciously, but suddenly stopped. He reached out and patted Lao Jiu's shoulder: "Let's go, everyone is waiting."

Zhou Jue closed the door of Fa's room. To Lao Jiu's surprise, Zhou Jue didn't ask him.He knew that this was Zhou Jue's kindness, whether it was sincere or intentional, it was in line with Zhou Jue's style.Lao Jiu smiled bitterly and followed him out of the hotel.

When we arrived at Jinling Hotel, we didn't expect that the old professor had already taken his seat, the four-eyed King Kong was beside him, and the beautiful woman ran over to ask the waiter to order.Zhou Jue’s law of no-duality was broken again. In his impression, professors are reserved, refined, and hard-working scholars, but this old man’s style is completely similar to that of a township contractor with dirt and scum. .

Old man Ma took Chen Hao's hand to let him sit next to him, and Chen Hao quickly asked Zhou Jue in his ear, "Are you drinking well?"

Zhou Jue didn't understand what was going on, so he was dragged by Chen Hao to sit next to old man Ma.Then everyone sat down one by one.

The old man said: "Children, you are Chen Hao's students. In terms of seniority, you are my disciples. Okay, okay, if any of you are interested in epigraphy, you can come to me. This knowledge needs successors." ah!"

Everyone hunched their shoulders and stared at the old man and talked. Finally, after the cold dishes were served, the waitress seriously opened the beer for us. Finally, the old man stopped lobbying everyone like a pyramid scheme criminal, but turned to the waitress with dissatisfaction. Said: "Beer? Isn't that mouthwash, it's white."

Zhou Jue's face turned pale, and he looked at Chen Hao in panic. Chen Hao smiled slyly. At this time, the brawny man said, "Teacher, Chen Hao will ask you to study the problem at night. Look..."

Old man Ma stared at the four characters of Shuanggou Daqu reluctantly for a long time, and then said: "Come on yellow, Miss opened five bottles of Golden Years. Well, I have something important to do, take it easy, I withdraw this mouthwash .How can this be drunk?"

Hearing this, Fat San squirted out the tea he had just drunk, but Old Man Ma didn't see it, so he quickly interjected and gave Zhou Jue a look who was sitting next to Old Man Ma.

And Zhou Jue's palms were already sweating, and his alcohol consumption was only at the stage of beer, and now he jumped directly into rice wine.It is really possible to drink directly to the ground.

Old man Ma seems to have entered the best state. He touched his mouth and filled his mouth first. After drinking it, he cleared his throat and said: "I want to drink, everyone is free, but Chen Hao must drink. .”

Chen Hao is heroic, and when he lifts it up, he will be suffocated. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and said to old man Ma: "Mr. Ma, I suddenly want to show you an inscription. I have never touched this text before. Can you help me see."

Mr. Ma snorted with interest, and then Chen Hao handed over a piece of A4 paper, and he said, "It's just these few words."

Mr. Ma put down his wine glass, and Chen Hao immediately pushed the old glass away.At this moment, Zhou Jue stared at Chen Hao's performance, and then he understood what it means to be naturally cunning, and the old man was immediately attracted by these words.Zhou Jue took a look and found that Chen Hao hadn't written all the content in the clay tablet, and some places were broken.So Zhou Jue reckoned that he drew conclusions for the rest of the words from Chen Rulan and his daily accumulated knowledge, and he couldn’t be sure about these. He needed an authority to help him confirm, and he couldn’t give everything to him. He, let alone take out the original.But Zhou Jue didn't expect that he would use such an important thing as an excuse to stop drinking, so it has to be said that this old man's alcohol is stronger than a tiger.

Old man Ma unconsciously pushed away the wine glass, and said solemnly, "This thing...where did you get it?"

Chen Hao said without changing his face: "In the hands of an old man, the original is no longer there, and the person is dead. Just leave this thing. It is a cultural relic dealer who wants to make a fake to trick me. Naturally, I will not If you give it to him, there will be no contact. But I am very curious about these words, so I want to ask the teacher."

Zhou Jue watched Chen Hao make up a lie in surprise, he felt that this excuse was perfect.But old man Ma said: "Don't lie to me, Rulan showed me these words, and I can only decipher one word so far." After speaking, he pointed to one of the words that looked like a hook and said: "These characters cannot be translated into modern languages ​​accurately, because the ancient meanings are too different from the modern ones. According to my experience, I can only say that it is roughly read as a worm, which is a kind of worm. The ancients believed that the cold worm could absorb Yin Qi, a small black insect. In ancient times, it was used as another name for cicada for a period of time, but in fact it is a ghost insect. It is hidden in historical documents, but as soon as this word appears, it will appear immediately. Disaster, and then hide it until the next time. It's almost like a ghost."

When everyone heard this statement, they all showed surprised expressions, but Chen Hao had been listening quietly. At this moment, Zhou Jue understood that Chen Hao was tricking the old man. He didn't care whether the lie would be exposed, he just wanted confirmation. .

Old man Ma put the paper on the side and said: "Because of Rulan's disappearance, I started to classify this character. As long as this character appeared in the era, I would classify it. In the literature records I know , found that this character first appeared in the Chu and Han Dynasties, that is, the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the most active period was the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, during the Yellow Turban Uprising. It will not be seen after that, but it cannot be said that it did not appear, it can only be said that it was extremely the hidden. And the one who can do that..."

Chen Hao rubbed his chin and said, "Only centralization, that is, the emperor concealed the word."

Old man Ma knocked on the table and said: "That's right, so this word is actually only monopolized by the emperor, so we can at least conclude that this thing originated in the late Qin Dynasty, flourished in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and declined after the Jin Dynasty. But this is only a narrow sense. The conclusion is the time when the word is used, and its extended meaning will be longer."

Mr. Ma closed the A4 paper and handed it back to Chen Hao, saying, "Xiao Chen, tell me honestly what happened to you and Ru Lan. Back then, Ru Lan refused to tell me desperately and left without a word. Now you The same is true. What is it that connects your siblings to these dangers? Don't follow Rulan's old path, just give up if it doesn't work. Nothing is more important than your own life."

Chen Hao said: "Don't worry, I won't take risks. I'm just curious about what my sister left behind. Could you please tell me more about the scorpion?"

Mr. Ma saw that Chen Hao was so decisive, just like Chen Rulan back then. Even if he was impatient, he had no choice but to continue: "It doesn't make much sense just as a bug. At most, it is an extremely rare type of cicada. It means that there was a tribe in the past, or it is more accurate to call it an organization in today's words, that is the Li tribe. That is very... dangerous."

It was only when Chen Hao heard this that he realized that Mr. Ma had finally reached the point. He asked, "Alchemist?"

Mr. Ma said: "That's right, according to the legend, they are a group of alchemists who were forced by Qin Shihuang to make alchemy, but there is no elixir of life in the world, but they have to make the illusion that they are alive, even... only for a few seconds Zhong. At least let the emperor see with his own eyes the dead things come back to life... So the alchemists at the beginning of the Li tribe studied the method of resurrection from the dead, and many of the techniques of deceiving corpses and decapitating their heads are also from that period Continuing."

Lao Jiu suddenly dropped his chopsticks and stood up. Mr. Ma looked at him, his face was extremely pale, and he forced a smile and said, "I'm going to the toilet."

Zhou Jue looked at Lao Jiu, and the thin monkey stood up to look at him, but was stopped by Ye Wei, who whispered to the thin monkey, "Listen, the next thing is the important point."

The thin monkey sat back in his seat, and Mr. Ma looked at Chen Hao innocently. Chen Hao suggested that he might have drunk too much: "Mr. Ma, so what do these alchemists have to do with the scorpion clan?"

Mr. Ma picked up his chopsticks and said thoughtfully: "Yes, some of those alchemists came from Miaojiang. I found a kind of bug that can revive dead objects in a short period of time. According to the current scientific explanation, it may be an extreme activation of cell regeneration. But the time is very short, and it can only last for an hour at most."

Fat San interjected, "Isn't this very similar to Lao Mouzi's story of the ancient and modern war against the Terracotta Warriors? Swapping dead things, the emperor's IQ is generally not high, and he really thinks it's an elixir of life."

Mr. Ma smiled and shook his head and said: "How could it be possible to drop the bag? It is a crime of deceiving the emperor. You must know that the incident in Qin Shihuang, as long as it is discovered once, then their clansmen will be completely wiped out, so it will be sooner or later to hide it in front of Qin Shihuang. It’s meaningless to try to cheat, I think Qin Shihuang knew about it. But he thinks it’s just a half-finished product, at least it’s not a failure.”

Chen Hao said: "So Qin Shihuang asked this group of alchemists to continue to study, and the method used by these alchemists is to use those bugs? And this is the prototype of the scorpion clan?"

Mr. Ma said with a smile: "That's right, it was at that time that the Libido tribe entered the stage of history, but they were only in the corner, secretly studying this kind of behavior similar to the resurrection of zombies. The key is that in the entire Libido tribe There have been many catastrophes and changes in the process of change. In the last catastrophe, the only surviving people of the Li tribe were slaughtered. And there is only one kind of people who can wipe out these mysterious alchemists who are almost ghostly. do it."

Chen Hao said: "It is still the supreme ruler. The emperor."

Mr. Ma nodded in satisfaction, but Chen Hao's eyes shone with chilling coldness. After a long silence, he breathed out and said, "Thank you, teacher. Let us handle the rest, please." Lend me the equipment. It's for Rulan's sake."

Mr. Ma sighed and said: "Hey, what can I say, these things are actually not mine. If I borrow your equipment, I must contact the school. At that time, your selfish actions will definitely attract attention. It was left to you by Rulan. Back then, she threatened me with her life to keep this set of equipment for you. How can you be such a stubborn girl? Forget it, but I’ll say it again, it’s definitely not easy , If it doesn’t work, withdraw, don’t take risks.”

Chen Hao silently took a sip of wine, he nodded and said, "I know."

Guo Mei felt that the atmosphere was too depressing, she smiled and said, "Let's eat first, and go to bed early after eating, everyone is tired."

Perhaps because of Chen Rulan's relationship, old man Ma was not as elated as before, he just picked up his glass silently and took a sip.This kind of dinner was very unpleasant, but everyone in Zhou Jue didn't care about it. Zhou Jue tried hard to digest the conversation between Chen Hao and Old Man Ma, and got some favorable reasoning from it. However, as Mr. Ma said, the Li tribe has changed too much throughout the changes. At the beginning, they were just alchemists gathered to make zombies. After thousands of years, is this still the original intention?If it was just because of this, then why did they suffer the disaster?As for the time of their demise, it seems that it should be a matter of the Southern Dynasty. At that time, the five chaos and the warlords of various forces in the Southern Dynasty replaced each other, but that kind of organization is what any emperor wants to keep. .Why would they be wiped out by the biggest backer in the end?What role did the emperor play in it, and what is the role of the owner of the tomb?

And most importantly, what does all this have to do with the events of more than 60 years ago in the novel?

Zhou Jue picked up the wine glass, he was drinking while thinking, suddenly his glass was touched, he looked up at Chen Hao, Chen Hao picked up the wine glass and shook it in front of him, then took a sip, Zhou Jue realized When Chen Hao was toasting him, he picked up the glass and took a sip, only to realize that this was actually the first time Chen Hao had drunk.In fact, strictly speaking, his contact with Chen Hao is not deep. If it is not because of the book "Ring of Seven", maybe he will do everything possible to avoid this stinky hooligan, but now Zhou Jue suddenly finds out that he is wary of Chen Hao. He has let go a lot, at least he doesn't think about whether what Chen Hao said will pose a threat to himself.

And even Zhou Jue himself finds this very inconceivable, perhaps trusting this kind of thing is based on the emotional connection.It's just that maybe even Chen Hao doesn't know about Zhou Jue's subtle change in his heart. In a sense, his reservation is a distrust of himself and the so-called relationship between people.

The meal ended in such a complicated atmosphere. Old man Ma even shed tears while drinking. He said he didn't stop Rulan, and he didn't help.He can actually help, but he is afraid of getting into trouble.He knew it was dangerous and against discipline, and now he still couldn't help.

Speaking of the old man's incoherent speech at the end, even some academic inside stories that shouldn't be said were revealed.To be honest, Fat San was stunned for a while, even Zhou Jue felt that the relationship between literati was so complicated.

After that, Four-Eyed King Kong sent the drunk old man home, and Guo Mei stayed to check out and collect the invoice.And Chen Hao and the others got up and went back to the hotel. They needed to continue to summarize and decide how to go on the next road.

But Guo Mei stopped a few people suddenly, because the meal was invited by others, and they booked the hotel, and they ate and stayed in other people's houses, so they were really embarrassed to pat their buttocks and leave.

Guo Mei said, "Is it true that I can't take this matter with me?"

For the first time, Chen Hao said in a serious tone: "This matter is really not a matter of "can't bring another one". If you don't want your sister Rulan's hard work to go to waste, then leave us alone. Thank you for helping us. We take care of everything, but we really can't let you in."

Guo Mei pouted and looked to the side, obviously Chen Rulan could really hold down this hot girl.She finally said, "Oh, all right."

After Chen Hao and the others left, Fat San whispered to Zhou Jue beside him, "You think this girl will really give up like that?"

Zhou Jue said: "I don't know, but I really can't make it public, and no one will believe it if I tell it. I dare say that if the old man really knows everything about us, maybe he will definitely let us all go for a mental appraisal. Now I suspect that we are risking some kind of ancient tomb. If we tell him that it is supernatural? He will probably drink two more bottles of Erguotou'Xinghangjiu'."

Fat Three continued: "So how much does what he said help us?"

Zhou Jue shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, what he said was only one of the words, and it was his later explanation, and it's hard to say how much meaning this word has for us. But there is one thing I found that Chen Hao must be sure gone."

At this time, Shouhou and Laojiu also came over, Zhou Jue said: "This matter probably has something to do with the emperor. So maybe we will make things bigger in the future."

Fat San smelled the words, and he said excitedly: "Could it be that we are going to secretly explore the imperial tomb next?"

Before Zhou Jue could open his mouth, Chen Hao, who was walking in front, said, "It's not that I'm hitting you, you're going to that imperial tomb? Basically, all the noble tombs that can be called names have been excavated here. You still expect to let you explore?" Qin Ling? Still spying on the imperial tomb."

Several people immediately shut up, but Chen Hao changed the subject and said, "But we probably have to go to the tomb where they took refuge first."

After finishing speaking, everyone looked at Lao Jiu in unison. Lao Jiu was startled by their stares, but he said coldly: "It's useless, that grave has been destroyed."

The author has something to say: Summary of the previous article: The appearance and answers of the old nine finally let everyone know that the story of the ring of seven people is true, and the old nine, like Chen Hao, belong to the descendants of Lin Xu's generation of seven people, Lin Xu Beggar kept the book, while Qi'er had the rubbings, and Lao Jiu's grandfather Feng Luxi kept the Guhunpo, so when Laojiu appeared in front of everyone again with Guhunpo, the progress of the seven people was advanced again. .And Lao Jiu's scruples towards Ye Wei and distrust towards Chen Hao made Zhou Jue and the others even more uneasy...