After joining Hades

There is only one "Zhong family" that the teacher can point out so deliberately, the Zhong family in Yangcheng.

Wen Bai is from Nancheng, but he has also heard about the Zhong family in Yangcheng.

Fang Leming used to joke that Lin Yaosheng was the leader and ceiling of the Nancheng real estate circle, but if Lin Yaosheng was compared with Yangcheng Zhongjia, there might be five or six Yaosheng Groups between them.

Because the Zhong family in Yangcheng is not a late star, but a family that has prospered since their ancestors. They have been rich for hundreds of years. One of the landmark buildings.

When Wen Bai first saw the word "Zhong Shining" on the broken chapter, he also thought about whether it was related to the Zhong family in Yangcheng. After all, the surname "Zhong" is too loud, so he went to antique Tan searched for Chen Shiwen, asked him carefully, and finally gave him no.

First of all, after Chen Shiwen and those suppliers confirmed, it can be basically confirmed that this seal was picked up from a wild mountain in Nancheng, and the ancestors of the Zhong family have always been in Nancheng.

Secondly, this jade is brittle, and the material is not considered good. With the financial resources of the Zhong family, if it is true to what Truth heard, it should not be able to be used as a funeral object.

Thirdly, a supplier who made friends with Chen Shiwen was from Yangcheng. After hearing Wen Bai's question, he shook his head and said that in Nancheng or other places, the surname "Zhong" might be quite rare. But it is definitely not in Yangcheng, not only not rare, but also very common.

But this is not a problem of population migration, or the "same surname village" caused by the gathering of people with the same surname, but a change of surname in return for gratitude.

This "en" refers to the Zhong family in Yangcheng.

The grandfather of the Zhong family once opened a warehouse to release grain during the natural disaster, and rescued the people in the three surrounding villages. He is a well-known benevolent person.

Such a kind person, everyone, logically speaking, should have everything.

The Zhong family did not lack anything else, except for one thing, that is, the population was not very prosperous, and two generations were even single-handed, which was relatively rare at that time.

For the people at that time, the kindness of rice water was the kindness of saving lives.

The common people were grateful for his kindness, but they had nothing to repay, so many people chose to change their surnames in order to help the Zhong family prosper and increase their popularity.

Then the "Zhong" surname spread in Yangcheng, and it is still one of the common surnames in Yangcheng.

So just relying on a "Zhong" surname can't be determined at all.

Most importantly, no one had ever heard of the name "Zhong Shining".

Given the reputation of the Zhong family in Yangcheng, coupled with the fact that the descendants have made great achievements from generation to generation, across the fields of business, politics, and scientific research, if you just pick one out, it will be the kind with several pages in the encyclopedia. If it is really the Zhong family It is impossible that no one has heard of it.

Combining all kinds of information, Wen Bai did not go to Yangcheng Zhong's house to look for it.

The reason why he asked Professor Li to help him pay attention is also because he felt as if he had seen or heard the name somewhere, and it seemed that this fragment had been around for some years, and it didn't seem like something in recent years.

Who knows, in the end they were transferred back to Zhong's house.

"Teacher, are you sure it's the Zhong family in Yangcheng?" Wen Bai asked.

"The Zhong family is the Zhong family in Yangcheng, and the Zhong family also has a Zhong Shining, but I don't know if the 'Zhong Shining' you mentioned is the same person as this 'Zhong Shining'."

Professor Li paused in the middle of his speech, and then continued to ask: "Xiaobai, the teacher wants to ask you, where did you hear the name 'Zhong Shining'? Why did you suddenly ask about him?" ?”

At that time, Wen Bai was just trying his luck, so he mentioned it to Professor Li, and he didn't mention the "broken chapter", so Professor Li didn't know about it.

Wen Bai considered it for a while: "I picked up a seal from an antique stall, it looks like it's been a few years old, the seal is broken, and the word 'Zhong Shining' is engraved on the seal."

"I always feel as if I've heard this name somewhere, but I can't think of it, so I'm here to ask you."

The other end of the phone didn't speak for a long time, and after a while, he said: "It's been a while, about how many years, do you know?"

"Or the owner of the antique stall, did you mention it?"

How old is this fragile jade, Wen Bai really can't recognize it, but he knows how many years it has been dead.

Because Lu Zheng mentioned it once.

At that time, he said that the dead breath on the fragile jade had been left for five or sixty years, and with the age of the owner of the seal, Wen Bai made a rough guess: "About six or seventy years."

"I don't know the exact year, but it should be 50 years, just a little more." After all, it was stamped by Lu Zheng himself.

"Then it seems that the 'Zhong Shining' you mentioned is the one from the Zhong family in Yangcheng." Professor Li said slowly.

Wen Bai had a general idea in his mind, but he was still a little puzzled: "Teacher, in fact, I also thought about whether it might be related to the Zhong family in Yangcheng before, so I went to check a lot of information, but..."

Professor Li took Wen Bai's words: "But there is no such person."

Wen Bai: "Yes."

"Because when Zhong Shining disappeared, he was just out of his infancy, so he didn't even have the genealogy in time." Professor Li said.

"Just out of swaddle? Missing?" Wen Bai imagined many possibilities, but this was the only one.

"Teacher, you..."

"Want to ask how I know?"

Wen Bai laughed, the teacher seemed to always know what he was going to say next.

It was precisely because of this that the matter of the seal was revealed.

Originally, I could make up a random excuse to deal with it, but in the end I told the truth.

The professor was also very personable and didn't ask too many questions.

"The school's centennial celebration, we plan to invite Zhong Yun to do the unveiling ceremony for the school history museum."

This time is so busy that Wen Bai almost forgot about the school's centennial celebration.

He also naturally recognized Zhong Yun.

Although he had never seen a real person, he was listed on the first wall of their NTU honorary alumni wall, and he was also the current heir of the Zhong family.

Hearing this, Wen Bai thought of another thing: "Mr. Zhong Yun's son, has he also come to our school?"

When Wen Bai was doing homework for the Zhong family, Fang Leming mentioned that the youngest grandson of the Zhong family had just taken the college entrance examination this year, and he seemed to have applied to Nantah. one.

"The news is quite well-informed," Professor Li said. "His name is Zhong Hao. Coincidentally, he applied for finance. He is your direct student."

Wen Bai smiled, it's not a coincidence, for those like Zhong Hao who want to inherit the family business in the future, they can't escape the financial major.

Wen Bai was not surprised that the school invited Zhong Yun to unveil the school history museum.

Because Nantah University’s centennial celebration has been underway since last year, the first established rule is not to use the scientific research funds allocated by the state, and all funds come from alumni or other social donations.

If the funds are sufficient, it will be large-scale, and if the funds are not sufficient, it will be simple.

The school is also ready to simplify the operation, but Nantah University has a century of peaches and plums all over the world. The school underestimated the enthusiasm of the "tao Lis".

And Zhong Yun directly funded the expansion of the school history museum on this centennial occasion, and he was naturally present at the unveiling ceremony.

"The school is just a tentative invitation, and it depends on his time in the end, so I called him in the morning." It was only at the end of the call that he remembered Wen Bai's request, so he asked casually.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Yun's tone, which had always been calm, became anxious, and after being hastily covered by him, he called Wen Bai.

Professor Li briefly explained the matter, and Wen Bai finally asked, "Teacher, who is this Zhong Shining from the Zhong family?"

There was a pause on the other end of the phone, and then Wen Bai heard Professor Li's voice: "Young master of the Zhong family."

When I heard this, there was a gust of wind from the window, and a gust of wind poured into Wen Bai's throat.

Wen Bai choked heavily, and was startled by this "little master" again, coughing so hard that he almost passed his breath.

"Little master?" Wen Bai finally came to his senses.

"Based on seniority, it's Zhong Yun's little grandfather, Zhong Hao's great-grandfather." Professor Li said, "Zhong Yun didn't say much about what happened, except that when his little grandfather was just out of his infancy, he was People stole it."

"Back then, the Zhong family's grandparents were old and loved their young son very much, especially the Zhong family's grandmother, who was greatly stimulated by it, and have since avoided talking about it. Even the genealogy is after the Zhong family's grandmother died of illness. It was just added."

Wen Bai gave a soft "hmm".

It's no wonder that no information can be found, it turned out to be deliberately concealed.

"I heard from Zhong Yun that before the old man of the Zhong family passed away, he was still thinking about his missing brother, and finally died of regret."

"If the seal you mentioned really belonged to the young master of the Zhong family, it would be a wish of theirs."

The topic suddenly became a little heavy, Wen Bai was silent for a while, and said: "Teacher, the matter of the seal may have to be slowed down."

Professor Li: "You mean you can't tell the Zhong family yet?"

Wen Bai: "Yes."

Wen Bai has his own concerns.

If this is just an ordinary seal, it can be returned immediately after confirming that it belongs to the young master of the Zhong family.

But the problem is... this seal is not "ordinary".

The seal is broken, and there is still life on it.

If you rush to return it to the Zhong family, if something happens, you will regret it.

And if this seal is really a funerary object, then maybe you can follow it and find more things.

Although Professor Li didn't know why Wen Bai said that, but he knew Wen Bai, it would be better to be more thoughtful, so as not to be disappointed, so he said: "It's okay, you deal with it first, I'll block the Zhong family first."

"Trouble teacher."

After hanging up the phone, Wen Bai kept looking at the phone in a daze.

Zhong Shining is Zhong Yun's little grandfather, and the eldest son of the Zhong family. Based on his age, he should be at least ten years younger than Grandpa Zhong Yun.

And Lu Zheng said that the dead air on the seal has been around for five or sixty years, that is to say, when Zhong Shining passed away, he was only in his 60s?

Wen Bai was so engrossed in his thoughts that Xiao Lian Deng didn't even hear him call twice.

It wasn't until the door of Lu Zheng's office opened with a "bang" that Wen Bai recovered from the noise.

From the time Wen Bai stood at the door of the office, Lu Zheng actually noticed it.

At the beginning there was still Yu Fan, but this Yu Fan was not for Wen Bai, but for Di Ting who had just had a fight.

Thinking of the words of Di Ting, Lu Zheng felt like a fire was burning in his heart.

He didn't know what he was anxious about, he only knew that when he realized that the man was at the door, this feeling didn't decrease but increased.

I was even thinking about whether I should let myself calm down first.

Then, it was really "cool" for a long time.

But it wasn't that he was calming down, it was that the person outside the door left him alone for a long time.

Then, it became the current situation.

Wen Bai looked at the door that opened suddenly, then at the boss who appeared suddenly, and then at the boss's not-so-good expression: "?"

He doesn't seem to be doing anything?

Wen Bai didn't know, but he "didn't do anything" to annoy Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng: "The wind blows well at the door?"

Wen Bai didn't understand, so he shook his head.

"Then you don't come in for a long time, what are you doing here?" Lu Zheng said with a cold face.

Wen Bai raised the phone: "I answered a call, it's from the teacher."

"Did I disturb you?" Wen Bai asked in a low voice.

He thought it would be far enough to stand by the window, can he hear this?

By the way, I almost forgot, his boss is not human.

After revisiting the setting of "the boss is not a human being", Wen Bai said, "I will pay attention next time."

Lu Zheng: "..."

Truth heard that the person in front of me is transparent, where is the transparency.

Obviously don't know anything.

"Come in." After Lu Zheng finished speaking, he turned and entered the office.

Wen Bai hugged the little lotus lantern and followed behind.

The picture of offering sacrifices to the night that covered a whole table yesterday has disappeared. If the scene of the black water and river lanterns was not so profound, Wen Bai might have wondered if it was a dream of his own.

"Has the Night Sacrifice Picture been taken back?" Wen Bai broke the silence.

Lu Zheng couldn't quite hear Wen Bai's tone, and thought he wasn't enjoying himself: "Want to watch it?"

"No." Wen Bai shook his head, how could such things as river lanterns be put on every day.

Moreover, listening to Di Ting's previous words, it took a lot of effort to find out the picture of offering sacrifices to the night, but he couldn't bother him again, so he said: "It's just that the picture is gone, ask."

When it came to the picture of offering sacrifices to the night, Wen Bai remembered that there was another sentence he forgot to say: "I had a great time yesterday, thank you boss."

I should have said it last night, but I was too sleepy to hold on, so I forgot.

Wen Bai looked at Lu Zheng, raised his face and smiled: "And thank you boss for covering me with the quilt yesterday."

Lu Zheng: "..."

Does this guy even know what he's talking about?

"Yuan Yuan had a great time too." Xiao Lian Deng immediately raised her hand in agreement.

Wen Bai stroked its small head.

Seeing that Lu Zheng's expression improved a bit, Wen Bai said what happened on the phone.

"That fragile jade?" Lu Zheng's only impression of this matter was this.

Wen Bai: "Yes."

"The dead energy above has been purged by Yuan Yuan, but I heard that it may only be purged temporarily. If you don't find the other half of the broken chapter, there will be troubles in the future."

Lu Zheng: "How do you plan to investigate?"

"I've asked around before, and I roughly know the location where this seal appears." Next, I may have to try my luck.

Lu Zheng frowned: "Is there no record of Zhong Shining in Yin Division?"

"Hmm." That's why I haven't found any clues for so long.

Before finding the whereabouts of the other half of the seal, Wen Bai still wanted to collect some information about the Zhong family, so that it would be convenient to confirm Zhong Shining's identity at that time.

And if the previous investigation is correct, the location where this seal appeared is on a barren hill in Nancheng where no one moves around.

I really want to look for it, and I'm not in a hurry at this moment.

So after briefly explaining the situation with Lu Zheng, Wen Bai went home first.

As soon as he entered the door, the little lotus lantern floated in front of Hualing, and told him in detail about how Wen Bai asked him to write his name and put a gold ingot on him yesterday.

Hearing that Wen Bai had put more than one lamp, Hua Ling said, "Xiao Bai put two lamps on, your gold ingot has your name on it, so is there a name written on the other lotus lamp? whose name is it?"

Xiao Lian Deng was dumbfounded by the question.

It saw the words on the lotus lantern last night, but it didn't know it.

"Bai Bai, whose name did you write on the little lotus lantern yesterday?" The little lotus lantern immediately floated towards Wen Bai and asked.

Wen Bai was reading the materials, and after hearing Xiao Liandeng's words, he replied, "Your father."

The little lotus lantern tilted its petals.

Wen Bai smiled: "Lu Zheng."

The little lotus lantern slowly descended: "No, no."

Wen Bai: "?"

"Yuan Yuan can write Lu Zheng's name, but Yuan Yuan doesn't know the two words written in vain yesterday." Xiao Lian Deng said hurriedly.

Wen Bai was puzzled.

What he wrote last night was indeed the word "Lu Zheng".

But since Xiaoliandeng said so, there must be a reason for it.

Wen Bai spread out his palm, followed its words and said, "Maybe I made a mistake."

"Then Yuanyuan write down Lu Zheng's name and show it to me."

Wen Bai originally thought that Xiao Lian Deng misunderstood the words, and only after it finished writing did he know what went wrong.

Xiao Lian Deng didn't recognize the wrong word, and he didn't write it wrong either.

Because it says "Lu Zheng", it may really be Lu Zheng's name many years ago.

Xiaolian Lantern finished writing: "Don't write it wrong in vain, Lu Zheng's name is written like this, next time when you release the river lantern, you must write like this."

Wen Bai smiled, took a pen, and wrote the word "Lu Zheng" stroke by stroke on the notebook in front of him.

"remember."