Chapter 22 [Routines Deep] (1)
The sparrow said: "I have found out that the people who hijacked me came from Pale Mountain. They were a group of bandits entrenched there. The bandit leader was called Zhenshan Hu Xiao Tianxing. In fact, his real name was Xiao Tianxiong!"
Luo Lie was shocked when he heard this name. He suddenly thought that one of the targets Ye Qinghong wanted to eliminate was also called Xiao Tianxiong. Are these two Xiao Tianxiong the same person?
The next words of the Sparrow further confirmed his speculation: "According to what I have learned, Xiao Tianxiong used to be an official in the Qing Dynasty, following Prince Rui Yixun for many years, and was responsible for protecting his safety. After Yixun was assassinated in Yokohama, he participated in the Qing Dynasty's suppression of revolution many times, his hands were stained with the blood of revolutionary patriots. Later, the Qing Dynasty was destroyed. Because he was worried about being liquidated, he fled to Manchuria and mixed into the Black Tiger Ridge of the Pale Mountain and became the fifth leader of the Langya Village. He was very skilled in martial arts and was good at winning people's hearts. He had eliminated dissidents in seven years and became the leader of the Langya Village, entrenched in the Heihu Ridge, and was powerful in the Pale Mountain and became the famous bandit leader in the Northern Manchuria."
Luo Lie was secretly happy. It was because he had searched for something without any effort. Ye Qinghong tried every means to find Xiao Tianxiong's whereabouts, but he unexpectedly learned it by himself. He whispered: "In this way, you are very dangerous! If I were you, you should leave Manchuria as soon as possible."
The sparrow said: "Luo Xingmu tried his best to lead me out, with the purpose of finding the Yu Shen Monument."
Luo Lie said in confusion: "Why did he have to find you? Is it just because you know a few ancient characters?"
Sparrow said: "He used the search for the Yu Shen Monument as bait to deceive my father and Fang Kewen and accompany him to search for treasures. Luo Xingmu had a treasure map that he got from somewhere. The text on it was marked with Xiawen. My father translated some of the texts. I don't know what happened to them in that adventure, nor do I know whether they found the Yu Shen Monument. The entire team was almost destroyed during that adventure. Fang Kewen and other eleven other team members disappeared, only Luo Xingmu and my father escaped. My father went crazy. Luo Xingmu broke off contact soon after he came back. In order to cure my father's illness, our whole family chose to go to Japan."
Luo Lie also knew a little about what happened, but this could not show that everything was Luo Xingmu's conspiracy. If Luo Xingmu said, all the people who participated in the expedition were victims.
Sparrow said: "On a boat heading to Japan, someone intends to shoot my father. Fortunately, our father and daughter are very lucky and escaped that disaster. After that assassination, my father seemed to be a little clearer. After arriving in Japan, he asked me to contact his old friends. With the help of those friends, we temporarily live in seclusion in Kyoto. Although my father has recovered his sanity, he cannot recover his memory. He has nightmares almost every night. He often tells me that he dreams of a huge bronze coffin every night, floating upright in the void and slowly rotates. This is true every night, and has never changed."
Luo Lie took a breath of air conditioning secretly. Luo Xingmu had told him what was happening in his dream before. Now hearing what Maqu said, it is equivalent to proving that Luo Xingmu and Ma Boxuan both had the same dream, and they were also lost in a memory of that year. Could it be that the dream they mentioned were a fact that they witnessed with their own eyes? Luo Lie suddenly remembered the shocking four big words behind Luo Xingmu - the one who was good at entering died. Those four words were all written in Xiawen. Luo Xingmu could not have engraved the four words on his back. So who was the person who engraved the words? Is Ma Boxuan? Judging from his understanding of Xiawen alone, there is indeed such a possibility.
Sparrow said: "My father aging very much after he came back, almost at a speed visible to the naked eye. He had completed the whole life in just three years. During that time, he was very autistic and refused to talk to outsiders. It was not until the last few days of his life that he told me about his repetition of the same dream. He taught me the Xia Wen he mastered, and said that I should be wary of Luo Xingmu." She bit her lip, endured the grief in her heart, and took out two photos from her pocket, one of which was a man's back. Luo Lie saw four words on the man's back in the photo at a glance - the one who had no choice but to die! He felt
The person in the photo should be Ma Boxuan, but these four words are different from the scars from the knife and chisel behind Luo Xingmu. They should be burnt marks, pale skin and black burn marks. Although they are not as shocking as Luo Xingmu is close to each other, they also make people feel shivering in their hearts. This is the case with Luo Xingmu and Ma Boxuan. It seems that something extremely terrible must have happened during their exploration. Someone who carved these four words behind them must be there. What is even more terrifying is that this person imprinted their bodies while erasing their memories.
Sparrow said: "The person in the photo is my dad!"
Luo Lie nodded and whispered: "But you can't prove what Luo Xingmu did to him."
Sparrow said: "Luo Xingmu is just a despicable tomb robber. He used my father's enthusiasm and curiosity to use his professional knowledge shamelessly. When my father discovered that his real purpose was to dig the tomb and buy and sell national treasures, the conflict between them had become inevitable. I have mastered the actual evidence that Luo Xingmu's robbery and sell national treasures."
Luo Lie pondered for a moment and finally made up his mind to say, "I have indeed seen Luo Xingmu, but he is very old now. According to his words, he will not live long." As Sapphire said just now, her father also ageed quickly after returning from the expedition with Luo Xingmu, and the same bad luck also happened to Luo Xingmu.
Sparrow said: "I'm not trying to seek revenge on Luo Xingmu, and my father wouldn't agree to me to do this. I just want to figure out what happened back then? Luo Lie, can you help me?" Her clear eyes were full of expectations.
Luo Lie said: "If your speculation is true, Luo Xingmu and Xiao Tianxiong should have joined forces to oppose the largest bandit leader in Cangbai Mountain. You should consider the consequences first."
Sparrow said: "Luo Lie, have you ever thought that Luo Xingmu might have found the Yu Shen Monument? Otherwise, why would he have to try his best to lure me out?"
Luo Lie whispered: "You mean, he wants you to crack the secret of the Yu Shen Monument?"
The sparrow nodded and said, "It's very likely! I suspect that the Yu Shen Monument is hidden in Pale Mountain. Luo Lie, do you know the significance of the Yu Shen Monument to our Chinese nation? Such a national treasure must not be allowed to fall into the hands of outsiders!"
Luo Lie poured a glass of wine and silently dried the wine in the glass. Now he began to become interested in this matter, not because Sparrow convinced him, but because he found the common point between the two, to be precise, the common point between Sparrow and Ye Qinghong. The future enemies of the two may be Xiao Tianxiong. From this point of view, there is indeed a possibility of cooperation between the two sides. But what basis is the cooperation between Xiao Tianxiong and Luo Xingmu based on?
"If you are willing to help me, I can pay you a considerable amount of money."
Luo Lie laughed silently. Did he look like a person who is so greedy for money? Ye Qinghong is like this, and now the sparrow is like this. But he still asked curiously: "How much are you going to give me?"
The sparrow said: "As long as you help me find out this matter, I will pay you three thousand dollars acres of ocean." This price is already high enough, but with Ye Qinghong's pearls and jade that have appeared in the ocean in front of him, these three thousand dollars can no longer touch Luo Lie's heart. Luo Lie said: "What if I refuse?"
The sparrow picked up the wine pot and filled the wine glass for Luo Lie, then picked up the wine with both hands and delivered it to Luo Lie, and whispered: "If you refuse, everyone will soon know that you are Luo Xingmu's nephew. He gave you a treasure map. Every man is innocent and possesses a treasure. You should know the consequences."
Luo Lie looked at the glass of wine sent by the sparrow: "Who will believe it?" The little girl actually had such a sinister trick.
Chapter completed!