Where do tomb robbers meet in their lives?

Qi Yu!

Wait, wait, I must have heard this name, I must have heard it, the time was not long ago, in, in-sea tomb, whip, right!At that time in Haidou, my brother told me that he remembered that there was a man named Qi Yu in the archaeological team 20 years ago, and he was carrying a whip from our family!

No wonder, no wonder!Everything is right!

For a while, I was full of thoughts, pointing at Bai Tao and whispering: "You have been in Haidou for 20 years, right, and you are still with my brother! By the way, by the way, that is Wang Zanghai's tomb." A light flashed in my mind Now: "Then you entered Wang Zanghai's tomb because of our family? The fire in 1933, if it really wanted to prevent the Zhang family from finding us, it could only be done by Wang Zanghai's descendants. They all want to know the secrets of the Zhang family...By the way, since you joined the archaeological team or were with my brother, did he find you in the end? Why hasn't the agreement been reached yet? You are clearly far away from my brother. So close!"

My series of running trains made Bai Tao almost unable to get in any words. He just looked at me quietly, with a calm expression, and did not agree.When I finished speaking and panting, he said to me in a calm tone: "I know you must have a lot of questions to ask me. If possible, I also want to have a good talk with you. As long as I know, I will I will tell you everything. But time is running out. So I can only tell you a few important things. After I finish speaking, you must leave me as soon as possible, find the exit, and never come back."

"What do you mean? Is there something wrong with your body? I say this, don't think I'm black, but, have you got some terminal illness?" To be honest, at this point I have long since stopped Treat Bai Tao as an outsider.In fact, he was always very polite to me when I was a child. If it weren't for my brother, I would really have a good impression of him.

Bai Tao still smiled and waved his hand: "I didn't say so much to discuss my problems with you. The important thing is that you must remember the things I said next." He seemed a little tired, and closed his eyes for a while , then said: "The first thing I want to tell you is that you have to pay attention to the prerequisites for reaching the agreement: members of the Zhang family must bring your family's Shuanglong half ring jade. In the past hundred years, people who call themselves Zhang Zhang Qiling, there are too many of them, but in the end they all turned out to be counterfeit—don’t get excited, I know you will be surprised when you hear this name, listen to me first. "

I shut my mouth and swallowed my surprise.

"Zhang Qiling is actually not a name, he is more like a title. The heads of the Zhang family in the past are all called Zhang Qiling."

I duang my head.

"The reason why I joined the exploration of the underwater tomb 20 years ago was because the Liang family learned that a man named Zhang Qiling had joined an archaeological team going to Xisha, and immediately tried their best to put me in, because I was the only one. People with foreign surnames are the least suspicious. To be honest, when I came into contact with Zhang Qiling, I believed that he might be the Zhang family that your family was looking for. Having suffered too many losses, your grandfather was very cautious, and he never dared to let me reveal my identity easily. Instead, he asked me to explore from various aspects and wait for everything to be confirmed before acting. Unfortunately, I never got any As a result, this young man named Zhang Qiling keeps secrets about anything that happened in the past. This is also the second thing I want to tell you." Bai Tao paused, and said in a very serious voice, "You must not Feel free to bring up anything about the agreement when you are not sure, unless you want to bring a devastating blow to the family. Any Zhang Qiling you meet after that may just be a bait for you to expose the family secret, which you must keep in mind .”

I said "uh" and could only keep my mouth shut.

Brother... Is it a cover to tempt our family to reveal the cards?Is it a pawn that the Wang family wants to insert among us?

But if that's the case, then the little brother... isn't he incompetent.

I recalled what my little brother did during the previous fights: Mama Zhang does seem to know a little about my family, but if he is some kind of enemy’s disguise, then he is really negligent of his duty, and he disappeared several times. Said that from the moment he appeared on the stage, he was so suspicious that people couldn't ignore him, and he always had an expression of "your business has nothing to do with me, so don't bother me". I didn't know his last name until the tomb under the sea.

Alas, no matter how you think about it, the little brother doesn't look like a conspirator, he even has a little obstacle in interpersonal communication, okay?

"But why did they do that? Actually, I find it very strange," I said to Bai Tao after thinking for a while, "The incident itself about September [-] is a bit weird. If it is said to prevent the fulfillment of the promise, then the Wang family Why didn't you find the person who retrieved the Shuanglong Half Ring Jade? Why did you choose our family? You know that there were hundreds of people in my family at that time, but the young man in the Zhang family was just alone. Wouldn't it be easier for him to attack? ?"

Bai Tao nodded approvingly: "Yes, this is what I want to tell you. The Zhang family was originally very low-key. Since the big family split, people from each faction have acted more cautiously and elected their own patriarchs. , all claiming to be called "Zhang Qiling". The young man lived in Guangxi for a long time and had almost no contact with the outside world. It is not easy to find the real head of the Zhang family. It can be said that from the Zhang family in Sizhou City In the hundreds of years after the death of the chief, there has not been a real "Zhang Qiling" who can be called the patriarch. The only one who can confirm the Zhang family's orthodoxy has become the Liang family. Because only the real Zhang Qiling will have Your family's Double Dragon Half Ring Jade, and only your family knows what the real Double Dragon Half Ring Jade looks like." Bai Tao paused and said, "Correct, only the heir of your family can finally judge the Double Dragon Half Ring Jade true or false."

Damn, this thing is getting more and more complicated.Why is my family always pushed to the cusp of waves for no reason!

"But if that's the case, then they shouldn't have destroyed our family!" I was a little excited, "If everyone surnamed Liang dies, who will determine the real Zhang Qiling? Are they brainless!"

Bai Tao sighed helplessly: "September [-] can also be said to be a tragedy that hurt both sides. This is the most serious mistake made by your opponent. Although your grandfather didn't tell me what happened at that time Things. But from some clues, I learned that something happened at that time, which made your family's opponents mistakenly think that they could help another heir of the Zhang family get back the secret through other means."

"So they judged that our family has no use value, and our existence will only threaten them, so they decided to kill them?"

Bai Tao nodded slightly.

I looked at him and was silent for a moment.

"You understand now, Xiao Jin." Bai Tao's tone softened a bit, "This is a very dangerous game, as long as the enemies think they have found the real Zhang Qiling, they will be the first to attack your family. The irony is that they need to find the Liang family at this moment to determine who the real Zhang Qiling is. So they keep testing your grandfather in order to trigger the Liang family's reaction."

"So there are many, many fake Zhang Qilings appearing?" I muttered unwillingly, "No matter what my family thinks, I really think that my brother is not a bad person."

Unexpectedly, Bai Tao nodded straightforwardly: "I think so too." He lowered his head halfway and said softly, "I've always had a guess... maybe..."

"Bai Tao...Brother," I said as I wondered if this man is 40 years old, should I call him uncle, "You've told me so much, tell me what you have now."

Bai Tao grinned at me: "You are more accepting of reality than I am. But this is just my personal guess, and there is no evidence to prove it." He rubbed his temples and said while thinking, "These few days have passed. In [-], judging from your family’s documents about the Zhang family and the transcripts of the Liang family, there are strange doubts in some places. For example, Liang Jincheng wrote several times that he visited the Zhang family several times and received the same old Zhang family Unexpectedly, several times it was "as if I met you for the first time, treating you like a stranger", but "looking at his behavior, he is gentle and polite, not like an arrogant person; in business, he is well-organized, concise and expressive, not like an old and dull person", It made him very confused. Similar narrations have been seen in some other Liang family secretaries. There was even a head of the Zhang family who asked someone to bring a book and read them one by one when the Liang family was talking about the past. , It seems to be confirming something. And during the days when I was in the archaeological team, I have been observing Zhang Qiling, and in some places we arrived, he showed a look similar to thinking about memories."

I faintly guessed a certain point, and asked: "So your conclusion is that the Zhang family has a memory problem?"

"It's amnesia, and it recurs intermittently."

Bai Tao stared at me so seriously that I had to restrain my incredulous expression, and said instead: "If you can make such a guess, I think you should have something else to prove your guess. After all, you The amnesia mentioned seems to be the only characteristic of the Zhang family, and it doesn't just happen to one person."

"That's right. The notes of Liang Tuo, the last big shopkeeper of the Liang family, record that the Zhang family is a very closed family. It has always been intermarriage within the family and never accepts people with other surnames. So I guess the Zhang family's amnesia, It is very likely that it is a genetic defect left by the marriage of close relatives. If Zhang Qiling really has occasional amnesia, it is very likely that he has completely forgotten the past. So no matter how I hint, he has no response."

I stared blankly at Bai Tao and said nothing.

This person looks like Wu Xie, does he look like Wu Xie when he thinks out of his mind?

But when you think about it carefully, it seems to make sense. Except for the big brain hole, the logic is really impeccable.The most important thing is that in the tomb under the sea, the little brother did admit that he lost his memory, and he really didn't know what happened in the tomb under the sea 20 years ago.

Wait, 20 years ago.

20 years ago...

I should have asked this question a long time ago!

"I suddenly thought of two big doubts in the underwater tomb." I restrained my excitement and said as logically as possible, "The first is the age of you and my little brother. You all said that you went to Wang Zanghai's sea 20 years ago. Dou, why haven't you two changed at all. That was 20 years ago. After 20 years, no matter how you maintain it, you can't change at all. The second is where are you and the little brother? What happened? According to Wu Xie, the entire archaeological team disappeared in that incident."

Faced with these questions, Bai Tao, or the former Qi Yu asked me instead: "I've said so many times about the 'ultimate end of the world', don't you guess what it is?"

How do I know.

I looked at him and felt that such an answer might disappoint him, so I could only calm down and think about the so-called "ultimate" and the secret that everything is two.

It is very attractive to the emperor, and Wang Zanghai tried his best to find it after he knew it, and the Zhang family has been with this secret for a long time, so they should be very clear about what the ultimate is... The appearance of the little brother has not changed since 20 years ago.

Little brother's appearance hasn't changed...

I took a closer look at Qi Yu in front of me again.

Although his fair skin has an unhealthy color, it is still so delicate and smooth overall. The gloomy environment makes his eyes darken, but there is no wrinkle in the corner of his eyes. He is a veritable young man.

In his early twenties, showing no signs of aging.

I rely on.

I seem to have realized something.

"You, aren't you, could it be that the ultimate is... I rely on it!" I was a little hard to calm down for a while, and my heart was turbulent, "Then you and my little brother will live forever, you, you are going to become immortals!"

I guess my performance was a bit exaggerated and funny, Bai Tao couldn't help laughing when he looked at me.

However, there was a hint of sadness in that smiling voice.

"I don't know exactly what Zhang Qiling's situation is, but I..." He couldn't help laughing again, but there was a clear sadness in that expression, which made people feel worse than crying.

He laughed for a while, then wiped the tears from his eyes, and said to me: "Actually, even I don't know what happened at the bottom of the sea. I just fainted suddenly. When I woke up, everything changed."

"Changed?" I had a bad premonition, I really wanted to comfort him who looked sad, but I couldn't help my curiosity, "What has changed? Isn't your situation a sign of longevity?"

"It's not so much a longevity, it's better to say it's a manifestation of overdrawing life."

I noticed that he seemed to be very concerned about the right side of his face, covering his right eye with his hand from time to time, and asked worriedly: "Brother Bai Tao, what's wrong with your eyes? Are you uncomfortable? "

These words seemed to touch something important, which shocked his whole body, and he looked at me with serious eyes: "Go back! Don't come close to me!"

I was taken aback by his sudden scolding so fiercely, and the ominous feeling became stronger and stronger.There must be something wrong with his body, but what is going on?However, in order to calm his emotions, I obediently took half a step back while carefully observing his situation.

Gradually, I noticed something strange.

The pupil of Bai Tao's right eye is darker than his left eye.

In my memory, Bai Tao's eyes were very light brown, plump and lustrous, and looked like a girl.But now his right eye is gradually turning gray-black. If it wasn't for the dim light of the flashlight, I should have noticed it a long time ago, and it became more and more obvious as soon as I noticed it now.

Hey, it seems that the legendary ultimate is not a very beautiful thing.

I said cautiously, "Did you...what happened to you?"

He caressed his face, smiled wryly and shook his head: "Even I don't know. The archaeologists with me, except for Zhang Qiling and Wu Sansheng, all fell into a coma unexpectedly. After waking up, we only put this As an accident, I didn't expect that everything changed after that. Not only did our appearance remain unchanged for several years, but strange symptoms appeared in some people. However, no matter how these symptoms are characterized, in the end It will all lead to the only ending..." The further he went on, the more he gasped, and then his whole body trembled.

"Hey, are you okay?" I really wanted to go up to have a look, but he stopped me by reaching out, so I could only stand aside and look through the cracks of his fingers covering his face to judge his condition.

After a while, his symptoms eased, and he gasped and whispered, "I'm fine."

No no, there is something wrong with you.

I looked at the ashen-faced Bai Tao, and didn't dare to ask what would happen in the end. I could only suppress the panic in my heart, and pretended to be calm: "Your situation is really... There is nothing you can do? Zhang Qiling If he wasn't with you at that time, then why didn't he age at all like you?" I now know that the eternal life in Bai Tao is definitely not that simple, but when I think about the little brother who will not age for some reason, Still gives me the chills.

"That's why I think he is a veritable Zhang family." Bai Tao said bluntly, "Over the past 1000 years, the Zhang family has guarded the ultimate and more or less mastered some secrets, so the life span of their clansmen It's always longer than the average person. What happened in the cemetery, I have been trying to find him to ask about the situation all these years, but..." He shook his head, unwilling to continue, and then said, "I also want to But what happened to me and other people, it seems that there is almost only one conclusion."

Bai Tao closed his eyes and sighed, "We have been treated as experiments."

I opened my eyes wide and blurted out: "What did you say!"

"Didn't you see it? There are some things that seem human but not human hidden in Wang Zanghai's underwater tomb."

A swollen white face appeared in my mind with lightning flashes - forbidden woman!

For a moment, I felt goosebumps all over my body one by one, and I was extremely surprised: "You, what do you want to say?"

Bai Tao laughed sarcastically: "In that sea bucket, there is a special ear chamber for storing rare and exotic objects, and there are all failed products of Wang Zanghai's experiments. It's just that those are not things, but living things. So they are not called rare objects. It's not a foreign body, but a rare beast."

I was still in shock, and grabbed a point and said, "You mean, Wang Zanghai has been doing experiments, using some information about the ultimate that he stole in Dongxia Kingdom, and wanted to copy the 'world's ultimate'!"

"Isn't this a natural thing? From a certain point of view, he can indeed be regarded as a scientist." Bai Tao shrugged, "If you go around that sea bucket, you will find that there are many unknown things in it." The famous drugs are semi-finished products used for experiments. I guess, someone fed some of them to us when we were unconscious." He clenched his fist involuntarily, and then loosened it, "Even after hundreds of years, human Your desires have not changed at all. For your own benefit, you can send many people to death. Xiao Jin, you must pay attention, these opponents of your family will do everything in order to grasp the secrets in your hands. You must be very careful."

I wanted to say something, but was speechless again.It all sounds so shocking! 20 years ago, Bai Tao, as the insider of my family, went to test my little brother and explore Wang Zanghai's underwater tomb, but there was someone behind him... This is really a series of loops, and the conspiracy is buried at a deep level. It's hard to guard against, how can I be careful!

I suddenly thought of a possibility, and immediately became nervous: "You said earlier that Wu Sansheng and Zhang Qiling disappeared when you were unconscious. Could it be that Wu Sansheng was the one who fed you medicine at that time?"

Bai Tao looked at me and asked, "Why do you only speculate that it's Wu Sansheng? Why can't it be Zhang Qiling?"

"I said, it's impossible for my brother to do such a thing. Anyway...he just can't."

"It's dangerous for you to have such thoughts." Bai Tao shook his head helplessly, "Could it be that I've told you so much before, and you still trust someone so easily? Over the years, your family is due to lack of vigilance. It is because of lack of thoughtfulness that you have been repeatedly recruited, so that your family has been exterminated several times. I am telling you this to tell you that since the failure of Xisha archaeology, your family has been targeted a long time ago, and everyone is trapped. In a huge conspiracy, there have been several times when the Liang family was on the brink of crisis, and they were pulled back by your grandfather. Now, our opponents in the dark, no matter who they are, have found a way to deal with the Liang family. The new breakthrough point, that is you."

"I?"

"It's you." Bai Tao resolutely emphasized, "I said earlier that the Liang family's secret will always be on one person, and who this person is, even the patriarch may not know. As for 'it', it is our opponent. , there is another headache, that is, it is still difficult to judge whether your grandfather Liang Youdao is the descendant of the Liang family who was almost wiped out at that time. In other words, there is no evidence that your family is the Liang who holds the secret of the other half of the ultimate Home. Over the years, so many temptations have been vaguely passed by your grandfather, so 'it' needs an easier breakthrough, so 'it' pointed the finger at you."

"'It' suspects that I am the heir of the Liang family?" I was a little puzzled, "But it's impossible, I don't know anything. You, what are you going to say next and hide a secret on me? , this is too crazy!"

"No, I'm also very sure, you don't know anything." Bai Tao nodded, "But unfortunately, you have a characteristic that makes 'it' have reason to suspect you."

The author has something to say:

Oh my god, the brain hole is too big, it seems to be written for such a long time, and I have to write another chapter to explain it.I finally realized how difficult it would be for the third uncle to fill in the hole.It's really hard to fill in!

Ah, looking back now, it seems that there is something missing, please fill it up~