Chapter 8 Chapter 7 A Weird Party That Happened Not So Long Ago

(The time is getting closer, the location is still the same, the characters are more, and the things that happen are naturally different, but there is no big difference: "There is nothing new under the sun.") Meeting foreign guests is nothing more than exchanging greetings, shaking hands like a ceremony, and it is very relaxed. When the meeting ended the formal procedure and started the casual conversation between the host and the guest, suddenly a person came up behind him and spoke in a low voice. The voice (this kind of voice reminds people of ghosts and ghosts, and it is dark) said: "Mr. Director, although you have found the population, you don't seem to have found the hidden treasure. This is really annoying."

The voice came out of the blue, at that moment, he never thought it was a real thing, it was just something he thought about day and night, and suddenly remembered it again. Therefore, his natural response was to sigh: "Yeah, it's really annoying──" He only said six words, and suddenly realized that it was not in his own mind, but that he actually heard someone say that, and the person who said it was behind him. But he didn't have the courage to turn around and take a look, his whole body seemed to be soaked in ice water - in fact, he was indeed more than half wet, that was the cold sweat coming out of the pores all over his body .When people are in extreme fear, they will break out a lot of cold sweat at once. This is a normal physiological reaction, and at this time, his normal physiological reaction also includes a beating heart, dry throat, and numbness in both knees. Softness, body trembling, scalp numbness, black eyes...etc.

His ears were ringing, he had been rolling in the wind and waves for many years, so he naturally knew how to protect himself, but at this moment, he was like a jellyfish that was picked up from the water, and he no longer had any ability to move. It sounded a bit gloomy, and it sounded again after Yi Yi said: "Mr. Director, your face is too ugly, wipe off your sweat, and you can't say that you are completely desperate." Finally, he could see something again. Among the swaying figures, he saw a handkerchief handed over to him. He quickly took it and wiped it vigorously on his face. At the same time, he turned around stiffly. Go, and saw the man who spoke behind his back and penetrated the secrets hidden deep in his heart for decades. When he looked at that man, the look of fear in his eyes seemed to be looking at the gallows that executed him. .

He recognized that person as one of the foreign delegations he met just now. It was an economic delegation of unknown origin.The man was tall and thin, with a slightly sinister look, and bright eyes.He was a little at a loss, not knowing what to say. The man smiled: "Mr. Director, we have to talk about it in detail, don't you think so?" He was a little surprised that under such circumstances, he could still express his agreement by nodding, although when he nodded, he could clearly hear the "cracking" sound of his neck bones due to the excessive stiffness. Come. The man pointed forward again: "Me, and one of my companions."

He turned his head stiffly again, and saw a rather tall Westerner making an ambiguous gesture to him, and he recognized that the Westerner was also a member of that delegation. The "vigilance" he has developed over the years makes him feel that he has been caught in a huge conspiracy. He will not be able to break free from the net, and everything about him, including his life, may end at once. Therefore, it was also a normal physiological reaction. His complexion now showed a very ugly moldy green. The man still lowered his voice: "Mr. Director, don't do that, we have no malicious intentions at all, please believe us, everyone's purpose is the same, you will only have greater benefits if you cooperate with us. For example, I know , the man who promised to get you a Paraguayan passport is not reliable at all."

His body couldn't help shaking, the man quickly put his hands on his shoulders, pretending to be very enthusiastic, and shook his body, the reaction formed by his extreme fear, so as not to provoke people pay attention. Next, what did the man say? He, the chief intelligence officer who holds great power, what else can he do besides nodding his head? So, at ten o'clock that night, in a corner of the barren garden of the huge mansion, next to the old willow tree, the three of them got together. This meeting can be said to be the strangest meeting in the world, because the identities of the three people are so different. far.When the two guests reported their identities, he opened his mouth wide, and it took him a while to let out an "oh".

The identities of these three persons are: Him: The intelligence chief of a big city. Qi Bai: He claims to be an expert in tomb robbery. BANDON: Originally a doctor, now a historian. Qi Bai, of course, is that Qi Bai, the weird guy everyone is familiar with, the only remaining tomb-robbing expert in mankind. Bandon, of course, is that strange doctor who played tricks in front of us and tricked that strange thing away. Bai Su and I are trying to investigate his ins and outs. The time of that meeting was, of course, some time before I first met Bandon. As for how long ago, it doesn't matter, so I don't mention it. In general, the more mysterious stories are vaguely mentioned, the more suspenseful the story will be.

I learned the details of this meeting, and naturally after some time, one of the three people who attended the meeting gave me a detailed account. As for who was telling me, was it one, two or All three of them, based on the principle of storytelling just mentioned, there is no need to pursue it. Mr. Director’s hand was still cold and stiff. He held hands with Qi Bai and Bandon. Qi Bai talked a lot, and his voice was deep and deep, which may be natural, not pretending to be mysterious—in fact, he himself is already The incarnation of mystery, there is no need to pretend to be mysterious anymore.

While Qi Bai was talking, he continued to play with a keychain that looked like a small ore (not to mention the director, even Bandon didn't know that the small ore was once a "strange treasure"). Qi Bai's opening remarks were: "Mr. Director, let us once again promise that the cooperation of the three of us will only make things more perfect. Don't say that you haven't found the hidden treasure at all. Even if you have found it, there are so many hidden treasures. Let alone three people, it doesn’t make much difference even if it’s thirty people. Besides, you don’t know anything about the outside world, so you always need some friends.”

The director cleared his throat and said yes repeatedly. Bandon had pulled away the weeds covering the tree hole, and let out a sigh of admiration: "What a wonderful design, who would have imagined that it would be in the middle of a big living tree?" , with a channel." Qi Bai is obviously more realistic: "Mr. Director, I came to this city 20 days ago. I can see your actions every night. Sorry, why are you shaking again? We are friends. You don't have to be afraid, we can use each other. By the way, I am an expert in tomb robbers, and I have a very deep research on all kinds of secret passages and secret exits. But to be honest, I can't think of the entrance in the middle of the tree. , Mr. Director, how did you find it?"

The director's voice was quite dry: "An old man told me." So, the director told the story between him and the old man, which is the paragraph described in the sixth part. Qi Bai and Bandon listened attentively, and when the chief finished speaking briefly, they looked at each other. After all, the director is a very shrewd and capable person, especially when he regains his composure, even if not all of his intelligence and intelligence come back, only half of them are back, and he can cope with the current situation. He shined a flashlight on the big hole in the tree trunk: "I haven't found the hidden treasure yet, can you two go down and have a look? I think the old man who told me the secret back then may only know one thing, but not the other." Bandon nodded again and again, his Chinese is extremely fluent, but foreigners always hit the rocks when learning Chinese, at this time he said: "Of course, and the information I read, it is 'only know the other' Two, I don’t know one of them’, together, it’s all.” Qi Bai grumbled: "I'm afraid there are three or four, then it will be troublesome." With that said, the three of them went down in order until they reached the bottom of the pipe.The director was very puzzled: "Mr. Bandon, are you a Westerner? How can there be information about the hidden treasure here?" Bandon shrugged his shoulders: "In the great turmoil more than a hundred years ago, many Westerners participated in it, some were treated with courtesy, and some took a lot of treasures away and fished in troubled waters. One of my distant ancestors was like this A few years ago, I stumbled upon some of the materials left by him...these materials changed my life." The director really wanted to ask Bandon about the details of the "remaining materials", but three people squeezed at the bottom of a one-meter-diameter circular tube was not a good place to make a long narrative anyway, so he refrained from going out. Voice. Qi Bai said: "The pipe mentioned in the materials is here." Bandon nodded, "Yes." He looked at the director again, with a very sincere attitude: "But the information didn't say how to enter this round pipe. If the old man hadn't told you, the secret entrance is in a tree. Among the big trees, I am afraid that no one will find it in a few hundred years." The chief had no time to be polite, his voice was a little trembling: "You mean, the treasure house really came from... here?" Banden nodded. Qi Bai was already busy working at this time, and Banden also turned on the lighting tools——the director looked at the advanced lighting tools used by Banden, and then looked at the flashlight in his hand. Understand what is backward.The tool in Qi Bai's hand is quite small and strange, its shape is indescribable, it seems to have many uses, and with the operation of his fingers, the tool will change into many parts. Qi Bai's main job was to squat at the bottom of the pipe - the director and Bandon had to climb up the iron rope to make room for Qi Bai to squat down and move around - using the small hammer in the tool to continuously knock. When Qi Bai knocked, he listened attentively.The director himself had done this kind of inspection, and now he felt that the expert tomb robber was nothing more than that. He reminded: "Listen to the sound, there is no passage below." Qi Bai let out a "hmm", and suddenly stretched out two slender metal rods from his tools.The body of the round pipe is made of iron, and the bottom of the pipe is also made of iron. The director has checked that it fits perfectly, and it is absolutely impossible to open it.Qi Bai moved his body and used his hand as a ruler to measure at the bottom of the circle. He raised his head and glanced at Bandon who was holding the iron chain with a tense expression. Bandon said: "Two points of the Tai Chi circle." Qi Bai's tool was already pressed on the iron plate at the bottom of the pipe as a compass. First, he found the center of the circle, and then used half of the radius as the radius to draw a circle. The metal rod protruding from the tool had a very sharp tip. Sharp, with shallow traces drawn on the iron plate. The director grabbed the iron chain with his hands and looked down. He could clearly see everything that happened below, but he really didn't know what Qi Bai was doing.While he was puzzled, he was also a little impatient. He coughed before saying, "What... are you doing?" Qi Bai said: "Find the entrance to a secret passage." The director smiled wryly: "The entrance to the secret passage? I've been looking for it for a long time, and I'm sure there is no entrance to the secret passage." Qi Bai laughed unceremoniously. His laughter sounded particularly harsh in a large round pipe: "Are you sure? You can't be sure of anything. I have dealt with various ancient tombs all my life. , and I'm not sure about anything." The director's dignity was hit, and he was a little annoyed, but Bandon was more polite to him: "The information I got mentioned the bottom of a big round pipe, and it said that as long as you can get into the big round pipe, you can be at the bottom of it." , found another secret." The director was satisfied, and he concentrated on watching every movement of Qi Bai, as if suddenly a large amount of treasures gushed out from Qi Bai's hands like spring water. Bandon was explaining: "The information I got said that the bottom of the circular tube is an invisible Tai Chi circle──" He paused, looked at the director, and the director hurriedly said: "I know what Taijiyuan is. But—" Bandon said again: "You can't see the circle pattern of the Tai Chi circle, can you? That's why it is called the invisible Tai Chi circle, and finding the black and white dots on the Tai Chi circle is the key to unlocking the secret." Qi Bai snorted, and pointed to the circle he drew: "These two points must be on the circumference of this circle, because the two points of the Taiji circle are located on half of the radius, and now we need to place these two points on the circle. Click to find out." As he spoke, he pressed the sharp end of the thin iron branch against the circumference of the drawn circle and moved it slowly.If he does this, if there is any mechanism on the circumference, he can find it. Naturally, it depends on his years of experience in searching for secret organs and the particularly keen sense in his hands. He was concentrating on it, and moved very slowly. After a long time, he took a long breath or took a deep breath. Bandon and the director were also very nervous. Qi Bai was still talking to himself: "I know there must be something weird here, there must be. No matter how secret you hide, I will find you out. I am Qi Bai, and I am the greatest hidden secret in the world. excavators." Dear smart readers, after seeing this, of course you already understand that the reason why I know the story is that Qi Bai told me the detailed story of the story afterwards. Yes, everything was told to me by Qi Bai, including the fact that the director met the old man when he was a teenager and told him the secret of the population of the treasure house. According to Qi Bai: Everything is arranged by an unpredictable force, one link after another, as long as there is any small link difference, there will be no future results. The links include: when the director met the old man who knew the secret that the big willow tree was empty in the middle of the willow tree when he was young, and after decades of vicissitudes of change, the young boy became a prominent director and could occupy the huge house corner; come and discover the secret. The link naturally also included that Bandon accidentally discovered the materials brought back from China by his ancestors, and asked Bandon to believe that the materials contained in them were all reliable, so that he resolutely gave up medicine and turned to study a part of Chinese history. A mysterious event. (About the information obtained by Benden, why he is so interested in it is not only because of the legend of the hidden treasure, but also for other reasons.) (This other reason is very closely related to this story and is extremely important, so there will be a special chapter to describe it, and I will only mention it briefly now.) (Treasures and money alone cannot touch Dr. Bandon's heart, because Dr. Bandon, as I expected, will be recruited by Leman Hospital because of his outstanding achievements in medicine. Although He never attacked the core organization of those talented doctors in Lerman Hospital, but everyone knows what Lerman Hospital does. Money is not a problem for them at all. Unusual interest is naturally due to other important reasons.) (The Lerman Hospital, which appeared in the "Backup" story, was originally in Switzerland. After I broke into it, they moved out. When they moved out, they didn't notify everyone in the hospital , Bandon was also one of the uninformed, but Bandon didn't care, because that's when he discovered the information and was mesmerized.) (Recently, a strange friend wrote me a letter, telling me about his experience with Leman Hospital. I was dumbfounded and surprised. This strange friend was nicknamed "Asian Eagle," his dealings with Lerman Hospital, are recounted in the story of "The Queen Bee.") When Qi Bai told me about everything he did, when he was at the bottom of the circular tube, trying to find out the secret while muttering to himself, calling him the greatest secret discoverer in the world, I Applauded sincerely, said: "Yes, you are." Qi Bai was very happy when he heard my praise, he raised his face and maintained his happy and complacent expression for a long time. At that time, there were others listening to Qi Bai's narration, including Bai Su, Hu Hua and Wen Baoyu, and of course the beautiful scenery on a good day. Qi Bai shouldn't be enough after being praised by me alone, he also wants everyone's approval, he looked at everyone, everyone nodded in agreement, but when he saw the beautiful scenery on a good day, the beautiful scenery on a good day At the same time, he curled his lips with a look of disdain. Qi Bai's temper was also strange, his face darkened on the spot, he was very unhappy: "Why? Isn't it?" We were all eager to hear the result, especially Wen Baoyu, who said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, everyone said yes." Qi Bai was even angrier: "What's the use of saying yes? They clearly think it's not." I thought that Liangchen Meijing was trying to make trouble again, and glared at them, trying to warn them not to offend Qi Bai, but their expressions were very serious, Liangchen said: "It's not that we don't admit it, but that you came to Wesley, which proves that you are not did not succeed." Meimei immediately followed up: "Yes, without success, how can you be called the greatest secret discoverer?" Qi Bai snorted: "It's not that I didn't succeed." Liang Chenmei said in unison: "Have you found the hidden treasure?" Qi Bai shook his head again and remained silent.When he was talking about something important, he suddenly stopped. Wen Baoyu scratched his ears and cheeks in anxiety, winked and gestured at Liang Chenmei, begging them not to interrupt, so that Qi Bai could continue speaking smoothly. Liang Chen Meijing also winked and gestured with Wen Baoyu, and I couldn't understand what they both wanted to express. Anyway, after flirting with each other, they obviously reached an agreement, and they said: "I'm sorry, we made a mistake just now. In theory, Whether you succeed or fail, as long as no one can match you, you are the greatest hidden discoverer." Qi Bai rolled his eyes, his expression became a little more cheerful, and he immediately started to continue his narration. Qi Bai's movements were very slow, and suddenly he stopped moving, a strange radiance flashed on his face, and there was also a murmuring, inexplicable voice that no one could understand, it might be a tomb robber A peculiar mystical cheer reserved for discoveries. Then, he pressed the thin iron branch down hard, only to hear a "slap", and the thin iron branch that was pressed down was bounced up, and a short piece of iron branch popped out on the iron plate at the bottom of the pipe. The iron rod is as high as a palm and as thick as a finger. Seeing such an unexpected change, Mr. Director was dumbfounded, and Bandon also gave a cheer. Qi Bai raised his head and glanced upwards: "The two points in the Taiji circle have already been found, and the other point is not easy to find." The thin iron branch in his hand quickly drew along the circumference until it reached the point that was completely symmetrical with the short iron rod that jumped up, and pressed down hard, and sure enough, the same short iron rod bounced up. The director breathed heavily: "What's next?" Bandon's voice was also different: "Turn left first, twelve degrees." Qi Bai made a gesture, expressing some doubts. After thinking for a while, he took hold of the short iron rod with both hands, and turned to the left forcefully, but it didn't move. Ban Deng jumped down, grabbed a short iron rod with Qi Bai, stepped on the wall of the pipe with both feet, borrowed strength, and the round iron plate at the bottom of the pipe made an extremely ear-piercing sound and began to slowly rotate. At that moment, the excitement in the hearts of the three people in the round tube was indescribable. If the circumstances allowed, they would definitely cheer loudly. The iron plate at the bottom of the circular tube was rotating, one was due to great effort, the other was due to excitement, and the third was due to the lack of air circulation at the bottom of the circular tube, so Bandon and Qi Bai were sweating profusely, and even had headaches. It feels like smoking.The director also felt the sweat streaming down his back, the state of mind that he was about to discover the treasure stretched every nerve in his body like a taut bowstring. Qi Bai just expressed a little doubt about the password that Bandon said "Turn left twelve degrees", because a circle can be divided into 360 degrees or 36 degrees, the former is Western The division method in geometry, the latter is the traditional Chinese division method, the so-called "twelve degrees", I don't know what it refers to. At that time, he was also very nervous, but he didn't show his nervousness.He is a person who has been digging ancient tombs for a long time, regardless of China or foreign countries, almost without exception, in the ancient tombs, there are "anti-theft" equipment, all kinds of traps and mechanisms for killing people, the settings are ingenious, strange, unimaginable, If you are not careful, you will fall into a trap, which is absolutely unreasonable. Although this is not an ancient tomb, a large amount of treasure is involved, and the anti-theft equipment is naturally stricter. If it turns a bit wrong and touches the arranged mechanism, it is really unpredictable what accident will happen. Therefore, when the circular iron plate began to turn to the left under the combined force of the two, he was very nervous, but after turning for a short time, there was a sound of "de", and then continued to turn the same There was another "get" sound. After the same situation happened three times, Qi Bai breathed a sigh of relief, and Bandon was also inexplicably surprised, and asked in a low voice, "One sound? It means one time?" Qi Bai nodded, licked his lips with his tongue, and wiped off some of the dripping sweat: "The whole circle is thirty-six degrees, twelve degrees, which is one-third, just hope you don't remember the wrong password." .” Bandon was so excited that his breath was short of breath: "How could it be? For many years, I have to read it hundreds of times a day, and I can never make a mistake again." While the two were talking, they had turned the round iron plate twelve degrees. Bandon said, "To the right, turn back three degrees." After turning the round iron plate once, turning it again was not as difficult as it was at the beginning. It quickly turned back three degrees, and Bandon read again: "Turn left nine degrees." He couldn't stop reading. At first, the director wanted to memorize the password silently, but after a dozen or so sentences, he couldn't remember it, and the sentences of the password were extremely sensitive (Bandon told him later, there were thirty-three sentences in total), Turning left and right, until the clothes on the two of them were soaked with sweat, Bandon let out a sigh of relief: "This design... seems to use this big round iron plate as the keyboard of a safe." Qi Bai panted: "That's right, after the turn is over, there will be a passage." Bandon said: "The information didn't say anything, it just said that thirty-three days, there is a sky beyond the sky, thirty-three turns, there is a ground under the ground." Qi Bai nodded: "That's it. The first two sentences are for foil, and the next two sentences are secret words. There should be changes in this iron plate." At this time, thirty-three rotations have been completed, but the eyes of the three of them were fixed on the iron plate together, but the iron plate did not move at all. , but two more short iron rods came out. After waiting for a few minutes, still the same, the three of them couldn't help becoming anxious, and they didn't dare to turn around any more, Qi Bai went to press the two short iron rods, after the iron rods bounced, they couldn't be pressed down any more, and they didn't move at all. The director was the first to lose his composure, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "This...what's going on?" Qi Bai also panted loudly, and looked at Bandon, with a look of doubt on his face, Banden also became anxious: "There is nothing wrong with that, I have definitely memorized the thirty-three lines of code .” Qi Bai still looked puzzled, and Bandon said again: "Those four sentences are not wrong, it means that there is another world under the iron plate." The director was annoyed: "Then what—" Before the chief's words came out, Qi Bai and Bandon looked at each other and suddenly burst out laughing "haha". When Qi Bai narrated this, I raised my hand abruptly, and looked at the four little guys: "Tell me, where is the problem?" Wen Baoyu was the most impatient, and he called out first: "Please, don't ask silly questions at this time." I shook my head: "The question may be boring, but it is worth thinking about." Wen Baoyu still objected: "For this kind of problem, buy a book called "Mind Gymnastics", there are hundreds of them." He just refused to use his brain, I was trying to convince him again, Liangchen Meijing laughed together, one said: "The two of you are so excited." The other said: "I didn't expect that I was still standing on the iron plate." Said: "Most of these mechanisms are extremely exquisite." The other said: "There are two people standing on it, and there are hundreds of catties more---" Then they both said in unison: "Even if there is any change, it will happen for no reason. .” The two of them were cooing, their appearance was cute, and their voice was pleasant, just as we had imagined. I was about to praise them for their quick thinking, but Wen Baoyu rushed to say: "Isn't it, too simple, so simple that it's not worth it What are you thinking about?" Liang Chenmei pouted his mouth in anger, Wen Baoyu was still complacent, looking at everyone, until he saw Bai Su was looking at him, shaking his head disapprovingly, then he blushed and lowered his head, muttering from his throat Ying uttered a sentence, like ventriloquism for beginners, and it was not clear: "I'm sorry." Although Qi Bai has a strange temper, he also has a good impression of the beautiful scenery on a good day. Later, he gave them a very interesting and expensive gift, which was two pieces of jade talismans matched in a pair. According to Qi Bai, even the weight is exactly the same, which is just right for their identical twins to wear. The beautiful scenery on a good day is by no means someone who has never seen treasures, but after seeing the pair of jade charms, he couldn't put it down. "Uncle Qi Bai" made people deaf. They went to excavate together, and the three of them, young and old, made a fuss. Mr. Director still doesn't understand why the two of them are laughing. Qi Bai and Banden Minjing scrambled to climb the iron chain and left the bottom of the round pipe. As soon as their feet left the round iron plate, the changes that happened can be seen. The three were dumbfounded, completely beyond their expectations. They already knew that if there was a mechanism, it must be very delicate, but they didn't expect it to be so delicate. The two people climbed the iron chain, and the iron plate at the bottom of the round pipe slowly rose up, about About fifty centimeters away, the three of them opened their mouths wide when they were about to cheer again, but the cheers turned into exclamations. Among the three, only Qi Bai was rich in experience after all, when the round iron plate went up, he had already heard a strange voice coming from under the round iron plate. When the sound was only in one's ears, Qi Bai still couldn't tell what it was, but immediately, he didn't need to use his brain to guess what it was, he already knew it. That was the sound of water, the sound of extremely turbulent water. The water gushed out from nowhere, and it was extremely rapid. It came out from under the raised round iron plate, like a fountain, and it rose up all at once. He was half a person tall, submerged Bandon's calf at the bottom, and passed the calf bend very quickly. Bandon screamed, the director also screamed, Qi Bai hurriedly shouted: "Quick, climb up quickly." The one at the top is the director. He uses both hands and feet to climb up. The iron rope is quite thick. The three of them are also strong and healthy, and the speed of climbing up is naturally very fast. However, the water coming up from below is also extremely fast. Banden, who has been climbing up, has not been able to get rid of the calf being immersed in the water. The water rising up quickly, biting Banden like a monster Deng refused to let go. Bandon made a sound of extreme fear all the way. After climbing about 20 meters, the water rose faster. At this time, the entire circular pipe was like a very deep well. The director was at the top and let out an involuntary exclamation, Qi Bai was at the second, although the water hadn't soaked him, he couldn't help but screamed: "Your password is not reliable." Bandon was yelling, "Come on, I'm going to be screwed." Bandon was lucky enough not to be submerged, and the rising tide of the water stopped about half a meter away from the exit. The chief got out of the tree hole first, followed by Qi Bai. Under the moonlight, the two of them looked pale. After a while, they didn't see Ben Deng come out. still there?" Bandon's voice came up: "Yes, yes." Following his answer, he climbed up dripping wet. Of the three of them, he was the most embarrassing due to what happened to him.