Notes on Tomb Raiders of Liu Bowen's Descendants

Chapter 23 Confidential (1)
Beijing Shichahai, in the old alley, has many courtyards.The environment here is beautiful, next to the water, and many courtyard houses are the former residences of some celebrities.

Nowadays, although Shichahai is bustling and is no longer quiet as before, there are still many old-fashioned families and wealthy households who are willing to spend thousands of dollars to buy a courtyard house here, and live in a classy and wealthy family.

Cao Kui's face was gloomy and cold, staring at the family members who rushed in through the door, "What's the matter in panic?"

"Patriarch, the tracker on Tsui Hark's body suddenly lost its signal."

Hearing this news, Cao Kui was shocked, but he concealed it well and looked calm, but the hand holding the tea was trembling slightly, showing the turmoil in his heart.

"Understood, let's go down." Cao Kui said coldly.

Watching the servant's back disappear into the courtyard, Cao Kui raised his hand, and dropped Tuanlong's blue and white porcelain imperial tea bowl to the ground with a bang.Like a hungry wolf, he walked around the house anxiously, gnashing his teeth, "Tsui Hark is eager to reveal the secret, and he is still a young chick. I am afraid it is unlikely to destroy my plan. Guo Lao Si, Guo Fourth brother, Brother Cao, I still underestimated you!"

"Patriarch, do we still need to contact those foreigners? Or, the plan is suspended?"

When Cao Kui heard this confidant's words suddenly coming from behind the screen, he raised his hand and said, "The plan is still the same. Guo Laosi and the others are really lucky to come out of this kiln. I have a way to let them fetch water from the bamboo basket!"

In Qingtian, Zhejiang, Liu Zhongzheng squinted his eyes to taste the pot of Jingshan Yinhao he had just brewed.

There were messy footsteps outside the house, and Liu Ji's father opened the door and walked in and said anxiously, "Father, look at Liu Ji's natal lamp!" Since Liu Zhong asked Liu Ji to leave, he ordered his son to find Liu Ji when he came back. For Ji's usual objects, he placed a natal array in his room, which is equivalent to sending a spy to follow Liu Ji. The flame of the oil lamp can also tell whether he has encountered any danger or whether something has happened to him.

If you don't care about things, you will be chaotic if you care about them.Since Liu Bowen, the Liu family has been an only seedling for generations. If there is any danger to Liu Ji, the family may be wiped out, and Liu Bowen will be able to crawl out of the grave to play with his descendants.

This natal lamp method was originally a secret method of their school. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang Wuzhang used the natal lamp to absorb the power of the stars to preserve his life. Later, because of Wei Yan's recklessness, he kicked the lamp, so he realized that it was his own destiny. In the future, it will be stipulated that disciples should not use this method unless it is absolutely necessary.

Although it looks like a few items, adding a bronze oil lamp is so simple, in fact, the person who set up the formation will have to lose three years of life to make the formation work normally.

So, when he heard that Liu Zhong was going to use this formation, Liu Ji's father felt scared for a while, knowing that Liu Zhong must have calculated some risk, so he wanted to keep Liu Ji safe at the cost of his three years of life.

Since the light was lit, Liu Zhong ordered his son not to go out, and sat in the wing room every day looking at the light.

Unexpectedly, the flame that has been stable has changed today, scaring Liu Ji's father away with three souls and missing six souls. He only wished that he could fly to his son and exchange his life with his own.

Liu Zhong, who has always been calm, also changed his face when he heard what his son said, and when he put down the teacup, he even spilled water all over the floor.He didn't care about the embarrassment of his clothes being soaked in water, he hurried out to his grandson's room, walking all the way so fast that Liu Ji's father felt ashamed of himself.

After entering Liu Ji's room, the formation was laid out on the ground facing the door. Eight pieces of tortoise shells were used to press the formation in eight directions. Inside the human figure, there are Liu Ji's birthday characters scattered out of reed ashes, and a small bronze lamp is placed upright on top of the reed ashes.

The shape of the lamp is simple and unsophisticated, three inches high and low, with cloud patterns engraved on the lamp socket.The neck of the lamp between the mouth of the lamp and the lamp body is swollen, and it looks a bit like a Tibetan ritual wheel from a distance. The lamp body is a flat pot body, which is exactly the legendary Wuhou natal lamp.

There were eight or sixty-four such lamps originally, but even today it is hard to find even one.

This lamp in the Liu family is the main lamp in the lamp. It is rumored that it was the last one when it was built. Unexpectedly, before the lamp was completed, the mysterious iron from the sky descended and merged into the mold of the lamp. The steel meteorite we are talking about now is said to be more spiritual than other natal lamps because the black iron itself is rich in cosmic rays or star power.

The purple ointment used in the lamp is also handed down from the ancestors, but I don't know what it is.This ointment has a characteristic, that is, the burning flames are golden, and the light has a radius of an inch, which is extraordinarily brilliant.

But looking at it now, the situation of the flame is really not good, the light is dim, and the color has become grayish blue.The small flame looked as if it could be extinguished at any time, but a gust of wind blew outside the door, and the flame jumped and then shrunk to the size of a bean, making Liu Zhong's heart tighten.

After walking around the formation three times, Liu Zhong couldn't see any expression on his face. Suddenly, he laughed, turned and walked out.Liu Ji's father hurriedly followed behind, tiptoely and carefully closed the door, and then followed Liu Zhong back to his house.

"Father, Xiao Ji..."

Liu Zhong found a cloth and wiped off the tea on the table, refilled another cup for himself, then took a sip, nodded and said, "Don't worry, there is no danger. But what is there in it? It's hard to see through." He said, his brows were slightly frowned, as if he had made up his mind, "Do you still remember that Xiao Ji went to the mass grave with the children to play, and came back seriously ill? ?”

Liu Ji's father didn't know what he meant by mentioning this matter, so he nodded and said, "Of course I remember, Liu Ji has been very strong since he was born. I never thought he would have any sudden illness. The older children in the village cheated to play, and ended up in the former mass grave in the outer village while playing hide-and-seek. After returning from there, he felt like he had a cold, shivering all over his body, and he was always unwilling to talk. Every night the situation It's getting worse." Thinking about it now, Liu Ji's father still couldn't help but have some red eye circles, which is what parents worry about.

At that time, the village said that the child could not be saved, and several doctors were invited, but no injections or medicines worked.In the end, he went to Qiantang to find a famous Chinese medicine doctor and begged him to go home with him to see Liu Ji. As a result, when the Chinese medicine doctor came, he looked, heard and asked, and then dropped two words: Convulsions.Then he shook his head and said that he couldn't be cured. After trying a few needles, he politely said goodbye and asked Liu Ji's father's day to be sad.

Seeing that there was no hope of treatment, Liu Ji's mother also fell seriously ill in desperation.The disease came on quickly, and Liu Ji's mother passed away quickly.Only Liu Ji's father was left to worry about the child.At that time, communication was not well developed. After repeated divinations, Liu Ji's father only vaguely felt that the child was saved, and he had to rely on his father.

However, when Liu Zhong went to visit friends in Tibet, he was suffering from being unable to contact him. When he returned home, his family had changed drastically, and little Liu Ji was also so ill that he seemed to be on the verge of death.Seeing the catastrophe at home, Liu Zhong also felt quite guilty. Fortunately, he could not save his dead daughter-in-law, but he could save his grandson.

I don't know what method he used to bring Liu Ji to his room for three days and three nights.On the fourth day, Liu Ji walked out of the room alive and well. Liu Ji's father was overjoyed, only to find that the old man followed him out of the room, and his black hair had turned gray.

Liu Zhongchang sighed and said, "Are you still complaining about my late return from going out and the tragic changes at home, which made this child lose his mother?" Liu Ji's father hurriedly lowered his head and said, "My son dare not, in fact, this is our Liu Ji. The bad luck of the family." Liu Zhong sighed and said: "Since ancient times, who do you think has changed his fate against the sky, or turned the world around without being punished by heaven? Ever since the ancestors helped Zhu Yuanzhang to determine the country with the help of fortune-telling, he has made it clear before his death. , the descendants of my Liu family are destined to have sons but no daughter-in-law, think about it, your mother died when you were two or three years old, even if your grandfather is better than me, there is nothing I can do."

It was the first time he heard his father tell such a secret, and Liu Ji's father's eyes widened in shock.Liu Zhong took a sip of tea and continued: "This day, one life is punished. The ancestors said that there are descendants who can reverse it, but it also requires great merit. This person should be in Liu's family. The characteristic is that he is born with heavenly eyes. I didn't expect it. This person is Xiao Ji. When he arrived at the mass grave, his eyes were opened by the Yin Qi. He was unwell for a while, and the Yin Qi gathered in his body, and then he developed the symptoms of wind and cold. To keep him safe, I can only seal his body. Tianyan, let Yin Qi flow into his whole body, although it seems to be getting better, in fact, there is no cure. But this time he went to the north, I knew that he must have some adventures, or he can use the best Yang in other great Yin to solve the problem. That stubborn disease, reopening the eyes of the sky, can complete merit and reverse fate."

Hearing this, Liu Ji's father's face changed drastically, and he knelt down and begged Liu Zhong, "Father, can you find a way to help Xiao Ji again?" Returning to the world in an instant, Liu Ji's father felt a little warmth.

"I think, why don't I want to." Liu Zhong said helplessly, and there was more pain in his expression, "Heaven is reincarnated, but who can really make it clear, if I can help, I will give up my life to help him A gang, unfortunately I can do too little, I only know that Liu Ji needs help in the future, I have already put down my old face and begged an old friend. He has a blood corpse with owl face, although that thing is extremely ferocious, but I know it can Help Xiao Ji once."

Having said that, Liu Zhong returned to his usual expression, he waved his hand and said, "Go and stare at the natal lamp first."

When his son went out, the expression on Liu Zhong's face changed. In fact, he had calculated the outcome of this matter many times, and he only felt that the matter was a big one, and there were many dangers, some of which were difficult to resist.

Liu Zhong sighed, thinking to himself, I am afraid that this time he not only asked others to help, but also himself.I'm not afraid of my old life dying, I just hope that my grandson can really turn the bad luck into good luck.

Here Liu Zhong was secretly worried, while Liu Ji's father was already busy there.When he entered his son's room, he closed the doors and windows first, lest the wind would blow out the lights, he still seemed uneasy after finishing, picked up the thin quilt on the bed, and covered the back of the door and the window with all his heart.

It was dark in the room, only the flame of the small lamp was flickering faintly.Because the air was not circulating, after a while, he was sweating profusely all over his body.

He stared at the flame without blinking, even so, he saw the flame jumping suddenly, as if it was about to be extinguished.He walked over nervously, wanting to squat down and protect the fire with his hands, but in a panic, he turned over the small lamp with his hand while squatting down.

His heart seemed to be emptied, he became extremely frightened, his face turned pale, he couldn't believe that his recklessness killed his son like this, Liu Ji's voice and smile and the crisp voice of calling Dad when he was a child passed by his eyes and ears .Regardless of the temperature, he raised the little lamp with his hands in a panic.

Everything in front of him made him feel overjoyed, he became as cheerful as a sunny day after the rain, the flame of the lamp became bright again, and the light was brilliant, he danced and danced, as happy as a child, and hurriedly knelt down towards the cemetery of his ancestors He went down and knocked his head heavily.

Liu Ji gradually regained consciousness.The first thing he saw was Chang Sheng's innocently smiling face, and this guy punched Liu Ji in the chest recklessly, "Yes, I knew you wouldn't die."

(End of this chapter)