Age: Passionate youth, starting from graduation assignment

Chapter 97 I Will Be Yours All My Life

That compound was a bit far from where Xu Jichang lived, and Xu Jichang finally came to the gate of the compound after walking for nearly an hour in the dark.

I saw the door of the compound was open.In the night, Xu Jichang could clearly feel that the whole courtyard was much dilapidated and messy compared to the last time he came here.

The floor tiles in the entire yard had obviously been pried over by someone, presumably because of the need to collect evidence after the spy was caught.

The situation in the house was similar. Many boxes and cabinets had been opened, and the writing desk where the two secret agents had set up the radio station had been removed as a whole. It seemed to be one of the physical evidence.

"call……"

In the dark room, Xu Jichang lit a match, and the dancing flames illuminated the living room.

He took out a candle that he carried with him, and after lighting the candle, he took out an old newspaper folded into a square in his pocket, tore off a corner and wrapped the lower half of the candle to prevent the hot candle oil from dripping on his hands.

Starting from the living room, he checked all the rooms in the house in a counterclockwise direction, bending down from time to time and knocking on the floor tiles to see if there were any hollow ones.

After looking around the whole room, he was sure of one thing, that is, there were absolutely no hollow bricks in this room, which are common when hiding treasures, and all the floor tiles were solid underneath.

So could the treasure be hidden in the yard?Also unlikely.

If it was hidden in the yard, then when the previous yard tiles were pried open, the on-site personnel should have discovered it and spread the news throughout the county.

After all, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. It is not a secret to find treasure in a former rich businessman. It is normal for news to spread.

So is there a possibility that the news from those two secret agents is also inaccurate.

Because what they got was second-hand or even third-hand information, maybe the treasure they said did exist, but it was not in this yard.

And it is very logical to think about it this way, those who can become rich businessmen are all ghosts and ghosts.The location where they hide their treasure may be extremely secretive.

Here comes the problem. When the location of the hidden treasure is very secret, the person concerned may forget it in the end, or can't find the place.Then he must leave a so-called treasure map somewhere in his daily life.

Xu Jichang deduced in his heart, and began to knock on all the table legs, chair legs, and even window frames in the whole room, trying to find some clues to find the treasure map he deduced.

"Tuk Tuk..."

"Tuk Tuk Tuk..."

The sound of light knocking continued to resound throughout the house, and when Xu Jichang finally knocked on a section of wooden grille on the bedroom window, he felt that something was wrong.

This window grille is a pattern of an auspicious beast. According to the sound from the knocking just now, the piece of wood that makes up the head of this auspicious animal should be hollow.

Some attention should be paid to this situation.

Xu Jichang thought of this, held the head of the auspicious beast with his hand, and shook it gently.

After a while, he discovered the clue. It turned out that the auspicious animal pattern was not a whole, but composed of two parts, one of which was the body and the other was the head.

The opportunity to solve the problem is likely to lie on it.

We must know that in the old society, when dignitaries and dignitaries ordered craftsmen to carve window grilles, usually one pattern was a whole, and splicing rarely occurred.

There must be a secret hidden under this auspicious beast pattern!

After Xu Jichang decided on this point, he began to work hard on the pattern.

Instead of using brute force, though, he flicked his fingers around the head of the pattern in an attempt to spin it.

"click..."

He succeeded!The head of the auspicious animal pattern fell from the window after several rotations.

And just as Xu Jichang could tell from the sound just now, the wood of the head pattern is hollow!

Xu Jichang immediately picked up the head pattern, shook it lightly twice, and then a roll of paper fell out from inside.

Xu Jichang hurriedly held the candle in one hand and the paper in the other, and began to read carefully.

I saw a map drawn on the paper, with two red dots, one large and one small, not far apart, but the terrain and terrain looked very strange, making people confused about where it was.

Xu Jichang looked at this map and couldn't figure it out. After thinking for a long time while frowning, he suddenly realized.

Isn't this the mirror image of the county map!

The big red dot is his current location, the compound left by the rich businessman.Needless to say, the little red dot is naturally the place where the treasure is hidden!

Xu Jichang thought of this, and quickly put the head of the auspicious animal pattern back on the window grille. After confirming that the stitching was very firm, he blew out the candles and left the house, leaving the courtyard and walking along the direction indicated by the map.

It was already past three o'clock in the morning, and small autumn dewdrops began to condense on the side of the road, and the breeze blowing from time to time was full of chill.

But Xu Jichang didn't feel the slightest coldness, on the contrary, his whole body was hot and full of vigor!

After some hurried steps, he came to the location marked with a small red dot on the map, a forest on the outskirts of the county seat.

The area of ​​this forest is not large, and the trees are also very sparse, mostly low shrubs and few trees.

When Xu Jichang stood at the spot where the little red dot was, he found that besides the calf-high weeds, there was only a calf-thick and slightly decayed tree stump around him.

Hiss, it seems that I have to compete with this tree stump.

Xu Jichang took a deep breath, thought to himself, and lit the candle again.

By candlelight, Xu Jichang found a relatively thin stone around, and began to clean the soil around the stump with its sharp edge.

After working for about half an hour, the root system of the stump was exposed, and Xu Jichang could clearly see a few glimmers of light from inside the root system.

Sure enough, this is it!

Xu Jichang's heart skipped a beat, he immediately put down the stone, held the stump with both hands, and pulled it up forcefully.

Because a lot of soil had been cleaned away, which weakened the grip of the roots of the tree, and Xu Jichang himself was very strong, so he pulled out the stump at once, bringing out a lot of soil.

On the ground, a huge pit was also formed.

With a muffled sound of "dong", Xu Jichang threw away the stump and moved his eyes to the pit to check.

Hey, it's all here!
By candlelight, he clearly saw that the pit was filled with all kinds of gold, jewels, and antiques.

At this moment, these precious treasures are shining brightly under the candlelight!

The gold included dozens of small yellow croaker gold bars weighing over 30 grams, plus a large handful of large yellow croaker gold bars weighing more than 300 grams, and some exquisitely shaped jewelry!
In terms of jewelry, there are extremely rare ice jade bracelets, pearls the size of longan, and many pure-color, elegantly shaped accessories that are worth a lot of money at first glance.

Antiques include blue and white porcelain and carved jade vases, some of which are styles that Xu Jichang had seen at auctions before he traveled.

As for these few pieces, Xu Jichang clearly remembered their prices, they were all priceless, if you own any piece, you can eat and drink for three generations, like a villa overlooking the sea.

You've made a fortune, if you put it away and wait until it's re-opened, then you'll get it.

Xu Jichang quickly took a deep breath, calmed down and began to put these treasures into the space.

Small yellow croaker, big yellow croaker, longan-sized pearl...

Xu Jichang couldn't finish moving so many treasures in one trip. After shuttle back and forth several times, he transported all the treasures into the space.

After confirming that all the gold, silver, jewelry, and antiques in the pit had been transported away, he stood up by the pit, looked at the empty pit, and smiled alone.

Buried the treasure, and then planted trees at the location where the treasure was hidden, even the treasure map was placed so secretly.

This concealment skill is indeed high enough.

But it was useless, and in the end it wasn't all cheap for him.

Thinking of this, Xu Jichang's emotions surged again.

With high spirits, he set the stump back and backfilled all the soil, compacting it all down with stones, making sure his hands were completely clean.

After finishing all this work, the east was slightly pale, Xu Jichang left the woods and returned home along the path.

When he got home, he burned the treasure map just now with a candle, and then blew away the embers, and it was really gone.

Hurry up and catch up on sleep, you still have to go to work during the day.

After Xu Jichang finished burning the treasure map, he lay down on the bed and slept until the sun came out.

After washing up, having breakfast and going to work, Xu Jichang pedaled his bicycle to work as usual, and started his day's work.

After pushing open the door of the office, he saw that Du Xiaojing had arrived first, looking dejected.

What's wrong with this girl?

She is usually very lively and cheerful, but why does she look depressed now? Did something happen to her?

"Morning, Xiaojing."

Xu Jichang asked nonchalantly, walked into the back of the office, and sat down in his seat.

"Yeah... early."

On the seat next to him, Du Xiaojing agreed in a desperate manner, and continued to rest his chin on his hand, staring at the desk in a daze.

"What's the matter? We haven't seen you like this since we met."

Anyway, there was no one in the office, so Xu Jichang simply asked carelessly.

"It's nothing...I miss my parents..."

Du Xiaojing lowered his head, "I still don't know the whereabouts of my dad..."

Hmm... so it was for this.

Xu Jichang finally understood, nodded slightly, and began to comfort her.

"Remember what I said? Keep the clouds open to see the moon, and your family will be reunited sooner or later."

"Okay, let me borrow your good words..."

Du Xiaojing said in a low voice, still not very emotional.

Xu Jichang expressed his understanding that in the face of life and death, no normal person can take it calmly.

"Don't worry, I will start to pay attention now and help you find the whereabouts of your family."

"If there is a chance to travel, I will help you to find it in various places."

Xu Jichang once again reiterated his promise last time, with a very serious tone.

"Well... If you really help me find it, then I will be yours for the rest of my life."

After his words fell, Du Xiaojing raised his head, looked at Xu Jichang with a pair of bright eyes, and said in an unusually firm tone.

(End of this chapter)