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Qin Chuan rarely returned to this courtyard.

He spends most of his time at the Institute doing his research.Qin Chuan was a serious person, and he would only grin when he had made great progress in his work. At other times, he had a calm expression on his face, showing no emotion or anger at all.From the looks of it, people feel that this person is very deep.

Everyone in the institute was a little afraid of Qin Chuan.It's not that Qin Chuan has a bad temper, it's just that when you look at him, you always vaguely feel that there is a threat in his eyes, which makes people feel like a thorn in their backs.This feeling even General Luo is no exception.General Luo would only feel this way when the leader summoned him, and it was inconceivable that it happened to Qin Chuan.General Luo intentionally looked Qin Chuan's eyes squarely more than once, hoping to find something in Qin Chuan's eyes, so as to explain this sense of oppression for no reason.But apart from triggering a burst of tension in my heart, I found nothing else.Apart from smiling wryly, General Luo also tried to minimize contact with this person.

Luo Sihai never knew the nature of General Luo's job. General Luo didn't mention his job at home, and Luo Sihai was also interested and didn't ask about his uncle.Apart from going to school every day, he would go straight to Liulichang, and he could stay there for a whole day. General Luo would sometimes look for him, and he would often have to find someone in a few time-honored shops on the Liulichang side.Since the family is a master who has been immersed in this way for generations, Luo Sihai naturally has a lot of experience in antiques. Within half a year, this childish Luo Sihai has become well-known in the circle, and many shop names like to let Luo Sihai come from It not only enriched Luo Sihai's knowledge, but also surprised Luo Sihai. Most of the shops in Liulichang are ancestral properties passed down from time to time. Most of the owners of these shops and the people who haunt these places are They have their own skills in appreciating antiques and identifying authenticity, and Luo Sihai has benefited a lot from dealing with them.

This situation lasted until four years later, when Luo Sihai was actually favored by Qin Chuan, and was picked into the research institute, where he specialized in studying ancient books. (Originally he was called Master, but people saw that he was young, so he called him that).After graduating from high school, Luo Sihai did not go to college, but spent all day at Liulichang, earning commissions for antique dealers to make a living.Seeing his nephew like this, General Luo was very unhappy. He originally wanted to arrange for him to serve in the army, but Luo Sihai refused to go anyway.

General Luo has nothing to do with Luo Sihai, who spends all day in Liulichang. This may be the fate of the family. It seems that every generation of the Luo family will have an antique fan. As fate would have it, it was only the turbulence of the current situation and the decline of the family that failed to increase the collection at home. In the end, Qin Chuan proposed to recruit Luo Sihai into the research institute. General Luo's eyes lit up, thinking that his nephew might be able to do the job .Didn't he want to get together with antiques? Well, the antiques studied in the research institute are basically rare treasures, which are far from comparable to those at Liulichang.

In this way, Luo Sihai entered this institute with only a number but no name.Inside, he discovered that Yuan himself also replaced his name with a number.

042 Institute.

Luo Sihai, a researcher of literature and history, number 073.

Luo Sihai's daily workload is very heavy, but he still enjoys it.The collection here is far more than he imagined.Luo Sihai's daily job is to study some isolated ancient books. In addition to determining the specific era and classification, he also needs to search for some useful information from the books.The information Luo Sihai was looking for was just a noun: Zhumanlan.

Looking at the name, Luo Sihai felt that the bamboo orchid was a kind of flower or plant. Qin Chuan gave him no more information about the bamboo orchid except for giving him a note with these three characters.Meaning, apart from the name, there is nothing specific about this thing.

And Luo Sihai's job is to work in the warehouse of more than [-] square meters, which contains more than [-] volumes of ancient books.In addition, there are countless bamboo slips and silk books, etc., each of which is a priceless treasure.Luo Sihai remembered that when he stepped in, he was so excited that he couldn't close his jaw for a long time.

These books have been collected by the 042 Research Institute over the past few years.Most ancient books are excavated from various places.Qin Chuan introduced with a relaxed face, among which 330 six ancient tombs were secretly excavated, and a large number of isolated copies were collected from various places in the folk, and so on. The 042 institution seems to be very evil, and he seems to know the position of the ancient dignitaries very well, so the 042 Institute carried out the task very quickly.However, it is also conceivable that this excavation method can be directly regarded as destructive, and the excavated tombs will suffer serious damage.

Luo Sihai gradually discovered that the ancient books collected in the research institute were clearly divided into two periods, one was the ancient books from the pre-Qin period.Most of these contents are recorded on bamboo slips and brocade silk.But those handwritings are very vague, and what's more, he doesn't understand some ancient characters at all.These require the help of a paleographer to interpret them. Later, Qin Chuan called another paleographer to assist him, and he was relieved.The other part is concentrated in the period of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. At this time, notebook novels were very popular, and the content of notebook novels was mostly fox ghosts and monsters, and the content was mostly about seeking immortals and visiting Taoism.

After working in the research institute for a period of time, Luo Sihai discovered that the 042 research institute has a lot of research projects.From folk customs and strange people to historical relics, mythological backgrounds, etc., it is varied and all-encompassing.And Luo Sihai slowly discovered that all the research actually pointed to the same project.Everyone in the institute is working hard for a common project, which is called "Project 042" by the 001 Institute

The main task of the "001" project is to study the contents of an ancient book.A researcher of Luo Sihai's level naturally has no way to get in touch with such high-level secrets, but judging from the content he usually comes into contact with, the main thing he needs to do is to find relevant records from the existing materials that can confirm the contents of the ancient book.Even myths and legends will do.When every entry comes down to his hands, he is always so busy that he is dizzy.Because for most of the entries, he couldn't find the corresponding words from the vast pile of information.Over time, Luo Sihai also began to feel boring about this job.