Chapter 7 Chapter 6 Five-hundred-year-old shop

The two stared at me again: "Isn't it right?" I said: "Life activities can release energy, but non-life activities can also release energy. If these small pieces are radioactive metals, if these small pieces have the ability to receive external energy, they can also release energy." The Gobi Desert each clapped hands: "The general conclusion is still the same: this box can release some kind of power." Then Gobi said: "This kind of energy must directly affect the activities of the human brain and stimulate the human brain to receive it." The desert waved his hand vigorously: "So, Yi Lin has been constantly feeling that call."

I waited for the two of them to finish speaking, thought for about ten seconds, and then applauded: "Okay, this is an acceptable assumption." The Gobi Desert was very excited, I said: "Then, further, how to assume that the two people and the box disappeared?" The two blinked, and Gobi said: "Since the box has energy released, it can do anything, just like pressing a button, it can just turn on a light, or it can shoot a rocket." I said, "Please explain clearly." Desert said: "In short, it is the power of this box. All incredible things are caused by this box. This is a magic box with incredible magic power. According to you, Wesley, it is the power that does not belong to the people on earth. , from extraterrestrials."

I snorted and quoted what I often said to them. Naturally, I would not disagree, but they still did not express their specific opinions. At this moment, Bai Su said: "The concept you two proposed is very interesting. I don't know if my understanding is correct. Please correct me." The two hurriedly said: "Please speak, please speak, let's study together." These two guys, while talking, gave me a look, as if to show that Bai Su knew more than I did. Bai Su said: "The reason why Yi Lin kept listening to calls, and even her disappearance, and even Wen Baoyu's disappearance, is all caused by the box emitting some kind of power."

The two said: "That's exactly what we mean." Bai Su raised his eyebrows: "Then, why did the box itself disappear? Could it be that the box's ability can make it disappear by itself?" I couldn't help but interjected: "If someone can lift himself up by pulling his own hair, your question will be easily answered." Embarrassed and angry in the Gobi Desert: "Don't interrupt, okay?" I will not speak out anymore, because it is not easy for them to achieve such an analysis, and there is no need to ridicule them. However, they couldn't answer Bai Su's point, and they were very embarrassed.

Bai Su said: "Is there another power to make the box disappear, or this box already has the power to make itself disappear?" Gobi Desert smiled bitterly together: "To be honest, we didn't think of this." Bai Su looked at me, and I said: "I agree that the box is weird, and the Gobi Desert hypothesis can be established, so my next move is to trace the origin of this box, starting from Chen Min's thrift shop." The Gobi desert seemed very happy to hear that I finally supported their hypothesis, so they continued to play. The two said: "According to Wesley's deduction, the legendary magic weapon and other objects are all left on the earth by aliens──"

I nodded: "Yes, I really think so, this kind of statement can also be used in this matter?" The two of them are actually more proficient in applying my theory than I am, which makes me admire it very much. They said without hesitation: "It's so useful. Among the many magic weapons, there is one that can suck people in. With a sound of 'swish', people are sucked into the magic weapon. This kind of magic weapon, It can take many shapes, sometimes it's a gourd, sometimes it's a cloth bag, sometimes it's a box." When they said this, they suddenly shouted together: "Yes. This kind of magic weapon, some of them have psychics, can come and go freely, travel between heaven and earth, and even become human. This shows that Why is it possible that the box itself will disappear.”

They spoke with great enthusiasm, but the listeners were speechless for a moment, which was naturally because they needed to digest their assumptions. In fact, they have made it very clear that the box is a "magic weapon" that can suck people in and come and go freely. What they didn't mention was that most of the treasures of this type are connected with the owner of the treasure. Although people and treasures are far apart, as long as the owner of the treasure moves his mind, the magic weapon will be controlled remotely and will act according to the owner's will.Or, as they say, the magic weapon itself is connected to the spirit and has the ability to dominate behavior, which is even more amazing.

That box is not only weird, but also a so-called magic weapon.According to my theory, that is what the aliens left on the earth, and the possibility of aliens secretly hosting it is not ruled out. I said the conclusion I had digested, and the Gobi Desert said in unison: "That's it!" I took a breath: "It's a good assumption, I didn't sleep last night, and I didn't get such a result." Police officer Zhu was depressed: "Then, this is beyond the power of the police!" Gobi Desert said: "Otherwise, maybe after the box captured the two people, they were released in some wild mountain, and the police still have to keep an eye out."

Officer Zhu was also very convinced by the analysis of the two, and nodded seriously. I reiterated: "It seems that finding that box is a top priority, and it will be of great help to solve the problem. I'll go to Chen Min's thrift store." When we were discussing these issues, Yi Lin's parents were always there, so they couldn't get in the way, and they also had a dreamlike look on their faces. Until then, the two of them said in unison: " God! What happened?" Bai Su immediately answered their question: "Until now, I still don't know." Police Officer Zhu and I left with the Gobi Desert, but Bai Su insisted on staying in Yi Lin's room.

Although nothing happened in Yi Lin's room last night, the box has been analyzed by us as a "magic box", and it is very likely that it has the magic power to penetrate the secret room and come and go freely.Then, if Bai Su stays in the room, any unexpected things may happen. Therefore, I feel very uneasy, and I think it is impossible. Bai Su smiled and said: "Didn't you always say: If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch tiger cubs?" I smiled wryly: "What's the matter today, I was always being 'attacked with the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son'."

Bai Su smiled and said: "You always take risks, and I will also take advantage of the excitement and take a risk to enjoy myself──If something really happens." My heart was moved, and I thought: Yi Lin and Wen Baoyu suddenly disappeared, there was no news, it was because I didn't prepare in advance.If we are prepared and the disappearance happens to Bai Su again, maybe we can find a way to let us know where she is. As soon as I thought about it, I looked out to the Gobi Desert and explained what I was thinking of.The two nodded immediately, and Gobi took out an object the size of an ordinary watch: "The signal emitted by this instrument goes straight to the artificial satellite, and then reflected back to the earth by the artificial satellite. A person who sends the signal in Nepal can also know it in Sweden." where he is." Desert added: "As for what will happen when people leave the earth, since there has never been such an example, it is unknown." Bai Su took it over: "Okay, I'll take it for now—I hope I'm missing too, because I think the more people disappear, the faster the truth will be revealed." I looked at her for a long time, knowing that her resilience was better than mine, but I still felt a little uneasy. I had no choice but to find something to say: "Looks like Lansi is coming soon, if she finds anything, please let me know first." Bai Su agreed, and I reluctantly left. At the gate of the building, before the Gobi Desert broke up with me, he asked me in a low voice: "Your situation is a bit special, but what do you have a hunch?" I frowned: "It's hard to say, things are extremely weird, and we have no clue at all. Your assumptions are good, but a box can suck people in and come and go freely. A strangeness that I have never faced before!" The two spread their hands together: "Then we have to take a step forward!" I murmured: "If Bai Su and I were sucked in together, that's all right, if it's just her—" The two looked uneasy: "Our assumptions are not necessarily facts. Are you worried too much?" I was a little dazed: "I don't know." I looked up, and there were many buildings in this city with a height of more than twenty stories, with the exception of many windows.Although writers have said that there is a different story behind every window, but who would have thought that such a weird and inexplicable thing would happen behind one of the windows. I got into the car with a sigh, and drove to the address of Chen Min's thrift store that Officer Zhu found out. It was a very narrow side street, and there were quite a few thrift shops open, and they were of the old style—most of the items in this kind of thrift shop came from pawnshops: some people pawned things in pawnshops, and they arrived at pawnshops. If you don't redeem it in the future, this thing will become a "broken" item and end up in this kind of thrift store. As soon as I observed this situation, I felt a chill in my heart, because under such circumstances, it is doubly difficult to trace the origin of an item. Following the house number, I found "Chen Min Thrift Store". Among the many similar stores, it has a particularly narrow facade, with a window on one side of the store door.The display windows of other houses are of course goods, but in this one, a wooden sign about one meter wide and two meters high is erected on a very delicate mahogany frame.The wooden plaque was dark purple in color, and covered with small white grains of muslin, I was startled when I saw it, it was actually the best red sandalwood. Moreover, it seems that this large red sandalwood is still a whole piece.Red sandalwood, an extremely precious wood, can almost enter the palace of mythology.In the window of a thrift shop, there is such a picture of red sandalwood, which of course also shows that the identity of this shop is extraordinary. I came closer to have a look, and saw that on the red sandalwood, there was a piece of four or six parallel prose carved in exquisite relief, with about two hundred characters. I was very interested. At first I thought it was a commodity, because it looked like a screen. After reading the article, I realized that it was the store regulations of Chen Min's thrift store.Looking at the record at the end of the article, it turned out to be "the autumn moon of the first year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty". Good guy, it has a history of four hundred years! The meaning of that article is that it is difficult for the treasures in the world to be fixed in one person's hands, and they often flow indefinitely. If they are in his hands today, they may flow into your hands tomorrow.Treasures are impermanent, and the residents cherish them. Every treasure has been cherished by someone.The sale of second-hand goods is done in the middle, so it is not comparable to ordinary merchants. The purpose of this store is to only sell or buy high-quality boutiques, and never pass them off. This is the purpose of buying and selling antiques. If you don't know the goods, you can patronize other stores. Looking at this text, although it can also play a role in attracting customers, it seems that there are more elements in driving away customers. Of course, doing so can also prevent laymen or unintentional buyers from wasting time. It is known that Mr. Chen, who founded this thrift store in the late Ming Dynasty, was really a lover of antiques. As a "second-hand product", naturally there is a bit of disdain for peers, pretending to be modest. I thought to myself, from the end of Ming Dynasty to the present, at least it has been passed on for twenty generations. I don’t know if those descendants still maintain the original style. Judging from the storefront and window, there can be a positive answer to this point. The bigger question in my mind is: a thrift store with such an old style, it is said that it is difficult to have a relationship with a young man of the new era like Yi Lin. How did Yi Lin come here to buy things? Moreover, judging from the tone of the article engraved on the red sandalwood, the items in this store are all extremely rare treasures. How much did Yi Lin pay for the box? Can she afford it? As I thought about it, I pushed the door open and walked in—all the shops in this city open their doors for business, and rarely close their doors. As the door was pushed open, there were two very crisp silver bells, and then rang. The store was very dark, and for a second or two, it was almost impossible to see anything.I stopped for a while, and then I saw that there are very few shops, and there are no goods on display at all. There are only a set of chairs and a few tables. It is a rare piece of furniture from the Ming Dynasty. There was no one in the store, only a stack of books and periodicals on the table. I raised my voice: "Is anyone there?" When I asked, I saw a door leading to the inside. I asked three times before the door opened.A middle-aged man, with a lazy expression and casual clothes, came out, looked at me, and asked, "What can I do?" I thought to myself, this thrift store has no intention of doing business at all, and I really don't understand how Yi Lin came to buy things from them. I took a deep breath: "I just have something to ask for advice." As I said, I took out the photo of the box: "Please take a look, is this something that a girl bought in your store before?" The middle-aged man was first unwilling to come over to look at it, but after a look, he showed a look of astonishment, and nodded: "Yes. This is something sold by this store." My first question was: "Excuse me, what is this?" The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and he answered well: "This is a box." I waved my hand: "Why is this box called a treasure?" The middle-aged man shook his head: "Is it a treasure? I don't know where the treasure is, but I have to ask for advice." He asked about me instead, which really made me laugh and cry. His expression was full of doubts, but it didn't look like he was pretending. I was a little impatient: "What do you not know for sure about the goods you sell?" The other party was also a little annoyed: "Of course I know for sure, it's a box!" I said in a deep voice, "What is the origin of that box? What's special about it? Do you know for sure?" The middle-aged man's temper was not too good, he rolled his eyes: "What's the matter with you? Why should I tell you? Go! Please leave." He not only said, but also started to push me hard.This push naturally couldn't push me down, I didn't move at all, but I didn't fight back, it was because of my bad attitude, no wonder he.I took a breath: "Something happened. If you don't answer my question, the police will come to ask you. At that time, you still have to answer." When you run a thrift store, there are always some goods with unclear origins. Even if they are extremely clean, they cannot withstand interrogation of every item, so it is best to avoid contact with the police. When the middle-aged man heard what I said, he was stunned for a while. I took the opportunity to give my name and reached out to him: "Mr. Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you." He is the owner of "Chen Min Thrift Store", and his last name is Chen.After hearing my name, he was stunned for a while, and while reaching out to shake hands with me, he looked at me: "You are that...Wei..." I didn't wait for him to finish, and said, "It's a fake one." He smiled, although the smile was forced, but the atmosphere was obviously much better than before. He said, "Please sit down, please sit down." I sat down on the Ming-style chair, and he walked back and forth a few steps before he said, "What's the problem? Our ancestral old store has many goods that have been handed down from previous generations, like you are sitting now. The chairs in the store are over four hundred years old—no one patronizes them, so they’ve stayed in the store.” I asked, "You mean it's the same with the box?" He spread his hands: "Yes!" I became very suspicious, and looked around the shop again.In addition to this set of Ming-style furniture in the store, there are also a few calligraphy and paintings on the wall. Unless the box was also placed in the store at that time, otherwise, Yi Lin really has no reason to buy it from the store. I immediately asked: "Do you still remember who sold this box to?" The owner said: "Of course I remember, a female student. The situation at that time──" In the middle of his speech, he stopped abruptly and showed a very strange expression. He knew the situation at that time at a glance, which was a bit special. I took a breath: "Please tell me about the situation at that time - the more details the better, don't miss any details." The owner of the store sat down beside me, rubbed his hands, and his attitude improved greatly: "Mr. Wei, I am not afraid that you will laugh at me. Chen Min's old store has indeed sold many extraordinary treasures. The so-called store bullies customers, so, If there is no customer with background, he will not accept at all, this is clearly engraved on the red sandalwood painting in the window." I nodded: "Yes, I have personal experience." The owner of the shop didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but smiled proudly: "So, the people who come and go on weekdays are all famous people in the antiquities world, and most of them are by appointment, and they rarely come to the door automatically, so—" Therefore, when Yi Lin came to the door that day, the owner's attitude can be imagined. In the dark shop, Yi Lin asked "Is anyone there?" several times, and the shop owner walked out slowly. When she saw a young girl, she raised her head and asked lazily, "What's your business? " Yi Lin cut to the chase: "I want to buy something." The owner of the store just said the beginning, and I was very suspicious, because according to what he said, Yi Lin came to the store to buy things, not because she saw something and bought it. This is beyond words, how does Yi Lin know that there is something she wants to buy in this store? I refrained from asking, because it occurred to me that the shopkeeper had no reason to deceive me.Sure enough, the shopkeeper went on to say that the situation was many times weirder than I had suspected, it was beyond words. As soon as the owner of the shop heard what Yi Lin said, he was ready to chase away the customers. He said, "I'm afraid the shop doesn't have the goods that your lord wants!" What he sells are second-hand goods, and the second-hand goods he uses to speak, and the vocabulary he uses also have a three-pointed antiquity. Yi Lin's expression was very strange, amidst the curiosity, there was a bit of confusion.The owner of the store watched her, thinking that she was here to make trouble, but he was not sure what she wanted to do, so he was on guard. Yi Lin took a breath and said, "I want to buy a box, you have it in your shop." When she said this, it was extremely difficult to describe what kind of situation it was. In short, it was different from normal speaking.The owner of the shop thought for a while, and then felt that Yi Lin didn't seem to be speaking by herself, but seemed to be endorsing a book. This also made him feel that someone might have taught her to speak this way, and she had learned to speak, so she had this strange accent. The owner of the store thought of this, and naturally looked out.Through the window, you can roughly see the situation outside. On the street outside the store, pedestrians were in a hurry, and there was no one worth noting. Yi Lin's tone of voice, although weird, was very positive.For a while, the owner of the store didn't dare to neglect, and asked, "I don't know what kind of box it is?" The shop owner's question is very reasonable, because the utensils such as boxes are in a different category among the antiques. There are so many treasures, and there are indeed quite a few in his shop. Yi Lin asked, thought for a while, and said the shape and size of the box as if she was learning and buying now. The owner of the store listened, thought, and shook his head: "No, the store doesn't have this." Yi Lin insisted: "Yes, this box has a key with a plum petal-shaped head." The owner of the store wondered: "Where did the lady hear that there is such a box in the store?" Yi Lin's answer was even more unexpected, she actually replied: "I don't know!" When I heard the owner of the shop come to this point, I really couldn't bear it anymore, and snorted: "She doesn't know, is this plausible?"