Jiapingguan Chronicle

Shen Cha and Shen Haolin were at the door of the warehouse, and basically saw the box at the same time emitting a faint blue light in a completely dark environment. In order to confirm this, the two of them took advantage of the dead of night and everyone fell asleep. He sneaked out again and ran to the warehouse to authenticate.

As it turned out, their eyes were indeed fine, and the box did emit a little light in the dark.

The most important point is not just this one box, every box dug out from that abandoned vegetable field, no matter how big or small, will emit a faint blue light in a dark environment.

However, if you take out the contents and look at the box again, it is no different from an ordinary box.

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha felt that this box should not only be used for storing things, but also for other purposes, but they didn't know what the purpose was, and they still needed the owner of the box, Mrs. Ning, to answer their questions.

In the next few days, Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian, Jin Jing, and even the generals of the Shen family army were very busy. The duel that Qin Zheng and Yan Bo had been thinking about started again, and they all went to watch the battle in the past few days.

This duel is very important to the 20 soldiers of the Shen family army. It determines that in the next three years, some of them will be transferred from the front army to the left and right armies, and even the rear army may jump from the rear army to the left and right armies. former army.

Of course, the final result of this matchup does not explain anything, and it has to be seen in combination with the usual performance.

Everyone in the Shen family army must strictly demand themselves, no matter what division they belong to, they must improve their kung fu as much as possible. Good martial arts means that they have a greater chance of surviving on the battlefield than others.

Shen Cha and Xue Ruitian evaluated everyone in the Shen family army, such as physical fitness, physical flexibility, military strength, whether they are good at bows and arrows, firearms, etc. In addition, at specific times, they also had to conduct mental assessments .

During the entire evaluation process, they will find that some soldiers may not have good physical fitness, but they are very flexible and good at using weapons such as bows and arrows and firearms. Play to your strengths.

There are also some soldiers who are not very outstanding in other aspects, but their brains are easier to use than others, they are more active than others, they can think of things that others can't think of, and they can see places that others can't see. They are arranged in the rear army or need to make suggestions The place.

The reason why the Shen family army was able to sweep across the entire Jiaping Pass city and survive at the border was not only due to the personal abilities of the coach Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian, Shen Cha, etc., but the entire Shen family army and all factors. cumulative results.

The officers and men of the Shen family army also pay great attention to improving their own abilities and the ability to fight in teams. They are good at advancing and retreating, and know how to cooperate. This is the core of the Shen family army's true invincibility.

Although Shen Cha is also very concerned about this competition, she is more concerned about the hidden dangers. Therefore, during the day, in addition to handling official business, she watches the competition at the university grounds and makes evaluation records for the soldiers of the Shen family army. , she, Jin Miaomiao and Hongye, ran to the library pavilion of the Duke's mansion, and sometimes even stayed for a whole night.

Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian and Jin Jing would come over as long as they spared time in order to prevent them from working so hard, but for the sake of temporary confidentiality, they did not let Song Qiyun, Xia Jiu and Shen Jiu participate, and asked them to take good care of everyone. Just camp, and they don't have to worry about other things.

However, in order to ascertain the origin of the box and the golden relic, Shen Cha took the time to meet Mrs. Ning.

After hearing about Shen Cha's origin, Mrs. Ning confirmed that the box and the golden relic belonged to her, and she brought them from home.

"It's just that I don't know where the switch of this thing is." Mrs. Ning spread her hands helplessly, "No one has ever told me."

"I don't know?" Shen Cha frowned slightly, "Isn't this the old lady's dowry?"

"It's my dowry, but I've always regarded it as a bottom-of-the-box thing, and I basically won't take it out."

Hongye was sitting in a wheelchair, holding a notebook in her hand, on which she secretly drew and spent a lot of pictures. She originally wanted to show Mrs. Ning, but after hearing what she said, the hand that was about to reach out was retracted. came back.

"Does the old lady know how this thing came from?"

"I still know about this." Mrs. Ning nodded, "At the beginning of the founding of Da Xia, the Langya Wang family wanted to separate the family in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

"Separation?" Hongye tilted her head and looked at Mrs. Ning, "Why do you want to separate?"

"Probably to avoid misunderstanding by His Majesty of the new dynasty. A family with such a great prestige and influence is placed there. It is estimated that any Majesty will have a headache? If you can break up this family and break it up into pieces, right? The threat seems a little less?"

"That's true." Hongye nodded, "What does this have to do with the separation?"

"It must have something to do with it. The meaning of dividing up the family is to give the few pieces that have been divided some of the bottom of the box that can be used as family heirlooms, isn't that what it means?" Shen Cha looked at Mrs. Ning, "So, this golden relic is a division. Did you get it when you were home?"

"It can be said to be yes, but it can also be said to be no." Seeing the expressions of Shen Cha and Hong Ye, Mrs. Ning waved her hands lightly, and said, "I'm not fooling you, because this matter is very ridiculous and very Helpless. When the family was separated, the patriarch of the main family took out a lot of things for the separated branch patriarchs to choose. I remember my grandfather once said that there are whole boxes of orphan copies and boxes of high-quality Hui ink. , There are everyone's calligraphy and painting, and a century-old Guqin, etc., anyway, they are all things that scholars like, and of course there are some gold, silver and jewelry, many of which were rewarded by the former royal family."

"As expected of the Wang family of Langya, a distinguished family that has been standing for hundreds of years, it is really unique to divide the family." Hongye sighed, "When other families divide, they all want gold, silver, houses, and so on. Land, households, Langya Wang's divisions are all pen, ink, paper and inkstone, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and their styles are different from others."

"Then you don't understand that the main family and branches of the Langya Wang Clan have their own houses, land, farm households, and some branch families even have their own mines, so they don't care about these things, they don't care at all. "Shen Cha chuckled, "Big families are like this, but orphan copies, Hui ink, and Guqin with hundreds of years are all rare and priceless."

"The general has foresight. It is indeed the case. It is very remarkable to be able to save more than a dozen boxes, or even dozens of boxes of Hui ink. Since the patriarch of the main family is willing to share such good things with everyone, these people naturally I will pounce on it. Of course, the ancestors of my family are also like this, if such a good thing is not ahead of others, then it will be in vain to call yourself a person who has studied."

"Why would you choose gold relics after picking things that show your taste?"

"It wasn't chosen, it was forced to choose." Mrs. Ning was a little helpless, she spread her hands and said, "When the family was separated, it was stated in advance that it was put forward by the master's family, and it will definitely not be taken back. Yes, there must be a new owner to take it in. Therefore, this golden and very tacky looking thing was left after picking around."

"And then?" Hongye looked at Mrs. Ning curiously, "Why did you come to your house?"

"What else can there be?" Mrs. Ning rolled her eyes, "Although I am disrespectful to my ancestors, I still want to say that the luck of my ancestors is really bad." She looked at Shen Cha, then at Hongye, lightly Sighing lightly, he said, "They finally decided that whoever loses the boxing game first will give this thing to the family. As a result..." She spread her hands, "As you all have seen, my ancestors lost, so, This thing fell into the hands of our family. After I got it back, this thing has been kept in the warehouse. Later, when I got married, this thing became my dowry." She curled her lips in disgust, "I think my father It’s because it’s an eyesore at home, so I decided to move it to my yard.”

"It's possible." Hongye chuckled lightly and said, "Then have you ever heard your father say how this thing should be used? After all, it's not just a simple ornament, right?"

"When I was young, I heard my grandfather talk about this thing. In fact, to be precise, this is not our family's thing. It belonged to the last emperor. The last emperor found an old senior and specially built three identical ones. This It's the last one." Madam Ning looked at Shen Cha and Hong Ye, poured them a cup of hot tea, and said, "Do you know why this thing is called a golden relic?"

"I heard that there are relics of eminent monks here?" Hong Ye thought for a while, "Are those eminent monks forced to death by the former emperor?"

"The general thinks so too?" Seeing Shen Cha nodding, Mrs. Ning chuckled and waved her hand at them, "That's not the case at all. There are no relics of eminent monks. Being forced to death by the former royal family, there will be no relics."

"Then what's going on? Why is it called the golden relic?"

"Didn't you say it? Because there are relics in it."

"No, it's because the light and luster of gold is very similar to relics." Mrs. Ning smiled, "This thing is purely for hiding secrets. The last emperor of the previous dynasty had many secrets, so he asked someone to beat it up like this." Three things, my grandfather said that this is called a human-shaped mechanism, which is the most difficult mechanism to crack in the world, none of them. I don’t understand this very well, but as long as it is simply pressed to the bottom of the box, there is no danger, and I don’t bother to care about it Yes. The reason why this thing came to the Wang family was because it hadn’t been finished before the last emperor passed away, so the last emperor asked the head of the family at that time to keep it for him. Later, there was no one to take care of it, so this thing became the Wang family’s. "

"Then how to use this thing?"

"As I said just now, I don't know how to open it, but I know how to put things in it. My grandfather said that if there is something that needs to be kept secret forever and must not be let others know, it should be opened." It can be put in. There is an opening in the chest of that thing. If it is put in, no one will really know. But how to take it out, the last emperor did not say, and the previous Patriarch did not ask, so it is probably not very clear. Clearly, after all, everyone hates it to death, and no one will study it."

"That's true." Shen Cha nodded, "You don't even want to take a look, do you?"

"That's right." Mrs. Ning nodded, "I thought this thing would be idle forever, but I didn't expect that Xiaocheng stole a sheepskin scroll from Ning's house, and asked me anxiously if there was any place to hide it. And it hasn't been discovered yet, so I thought of it here."

"What is this sheepskin scroll?"

"Time is running out, I didn't have time to read it. According to Xiao Chengzi, the patriarch and elders of the Ning family still value this sheepskin scroll very much, and they are determined not to leak it to outsiders, otherwise they will be killed. When he heard it, this thing is so Well, it was stolen."

"It's too courageous. People know it's very important. Could it be that if you lose it, you can't find it?"

"That is to say, so, he was very worried and very scared. He was afraid that before leaving home, people from the Ning family would come to search for him if they found something missing. So, he asked me for advice, and I asked him to take this It's stuffed into the golden relic." Madam Ning sighed softly, "This thing is like a wild animal, it can only go in and out, you can stuff things in it, but if you don't know which mechanism, you can't get it out " She spread her hands, "If there is another place to hide, I won't let him do it. If the scroll is useful, it will be troublesome if you can't get it out after entering it. Xiaocheng said, this is the safest place. Yes, if they insist on dismantling this thing, then wait for these secrets to be destroyed together."

"You agree?"

"Yeah!" Mrs. Ning nodded, "It's definitely not a good thing that they value so much. If it is destroyed, it will be destroyed. It's no big deal. If I can see that they regret something because of this, I will be very happy Yes. It’s just that they didn’t dare to touch my things at all, so I don’t know if we took that scroll.”

"They know it's lost?"

"I know, the night Xiaocheng stole the sheepskin scroll, the people of the Ning family knew about it. They turned the entire Ning family upside down, and even ran to me to dig through the things that Xiaocheng and the others brought out. I asked them to rummage through it, and I put all the evidence that Xiaocheng brought out from the Ning's house into the box engraved with the mark of the Wang's house in Songjiang Mansion, and they just looked at it and didn't dare to touch it."

"So that's the case!" Shen Cha nodded and asked again, "There is one more question, old lady, what's the matter with that box?"

"Huh? What happened to the box?"

"In a dark environment, there will be light, not dazzling, only a little bit, why is this?"

"Oh!" Mrs. Ning waved her hand, "This is Langya Wang's own special production method. Because the warehouse is too big and open flames are prohibited, so when you look for things at night, you can't see anything. In order to solve this problem, I just researched such a kind of box, it will light up when something is put in it, if it is empty, this one is black, it is more convenient.” She looked at Hongye’s surprised expression and smiled, “If you also If you want, I will write back, and you can make a reservation with the Wang family as much as you want."