Mountain and Sea Treasures

Chapter 670 Xu Fu Begs Penglai

"Isn't it good to be like us?" The gopher turned to look at me, and then asked me with a smile, did I think they were getting old, so they looked down on everything?
I didn't speak, but I did have such a thought in my heart.The gopher doesn't need me to answer, he obviously saw my thoughts, just smiled and said: "We are not bearish, we just know how to deal with certain things better! Chang'an, the way you want to go It's still far away, if you've been like this, I don't think 701 is suitable for you at all."

In fact, I can't hear such words. Since Lao Yan intentionally asked me to take over as the team leader of 701, they have had this idea many times, thinking that I am not suitable for the place of 701.

But in this case, why did they insist on letting me take over?

Although it is what Lao Yan meant, but I don’t believe that in such an important department as 701, Lao Yan can decide who the next team leader is. Since everyone agrees with me as the next team leader, why do they always feel that I am not suitable?
The gopher saw my thoughts again, this time he didn't smile, but looked a little serious: "Do you know why Lao Yan took over the position of team leader back then?"

why?
I looked at Lao Yan, he seemed to be forced by the situation back then, Lord Bai rebelled, and while the white team disappeared, he was also accused of stealing national treasures.No, he didn't have any orders to accept, he just wanted to keep 701, so he broke through and stabilized his position in the precarious situation.

I can't imagine how he persisted in the siege of a group of people at that time?After all, he was not very old at that time, but he was only in his early 30s. Liu Hanqiu was an elder, and he still wore the hat of a sinner's apprentice on his head. I don't believe that the higher authorities would help him.

The gopher shook his head and said that's not the case, did you forget Minister Hou?

I suddenly woke up, Lao Yan never mentioned his relationship with Minister Hou, as if this person didn't exist at all.But looking at the way they got along just now, it doesn't seem like there is any deep hatred between the two of them, and they even have a good relationship.

"Because I want to avoid suspicion." The gopher tried to find the agency, and chatted with me like a family: "Minister Hou is the leader of 701. He was promoted to the higher department before the white team had an accident. He was not a minister at the time, but he was in a very good position, but once something happened to the Bai team, the situation for Minister Hou and Lao Yan would be difficult..."

There is no deeper analysis of the gopher, but I already understand it.

At that time, Minister Hou might have gained a firm foothold in the superior department. If he helped Lao Yan without any evidence, the fire would inevitably burn himself. At that time, Lao Yan's only support would be gone, so he Can't help Lao Yan.

Although it may seem that Lao Yan did not get his help, in fact, with him, others would at least look at his face and dare not kill Lao Yan.

The higher authorities will not really believe that the white team did such a thing without enough evidence. After all, the white team has led 701 for so many years and has worked hard.

Otherwise, Lao Yan would have no way to stand out from the encirclement.

I let out a breath slowly, and I also wanted to understand what the gopher was going to tell me!

The reason why he thinks that I may not be suitable for 701 is because I don't have my own team.How should I put it, now the people in 701 are all left to me by Lao Yan, and the only ones I can trust are Yazai, Kumbu and Miss Qiu.

Because they are the second-generation backbone that Lao Yan kept to follow me, and because I experienced life and death with them when I first performed the mission. Distinguish among things, so I trust them more.

"Senior, I understand." I replied slowly.

The gopher patted me on the shoulder and said that I am still young, and I can learn these things slowly, but there is only one thing to remember, that is, you must keep your original intention no matter what, and don't be half-hearted during the task.

I smiled wryly. Indeed, I am easily half-hearted, and it is easy to have a certain degree of doubt on the people around me because of other people’s words. Maybe I will not do anything, but if I am the decision maker and I don’t trust the team members enough, I’m afraid I won’t. Any task can be done.

They reminded me many times, but it is still difficult for me to get rid of it.

The gopher didn't say anything, because the boy had already discovered a trap, and successfully opened it, revealing a half-person-high passage!

"Hehe, this craftsman is quite courageous. He dares to use such a passage for the emperor, and he is not afraid that the emperor will pick off his head." The boy clapped his hands.

Professor Xu glared at him and said, how do you know the emperor didn't take his head off?

Yazai froze for a moment, didn't say anything, just giggled twice.

"Minister Hou, do you think it's here?" Professor Xu turned his head to look at Minister Hou.

Minister Hou was right behind him. Hearing this, he squatted in front of the passage and observed for a while, touching it with his hands from time to time, finally nodded lightly, and said yes, there are spices specially used by Qin Shihuang in this passage, even after thousands of Years will not fade away.

He has studied it specially, so he is very familiar with the smell.

"Have you also studied the spices used by Qin Shihuang?" I was surprised.

Minister Hou glanced at me and said that he not only studied Qin Shihuang, but also studied half of the emperors. Is there something wrong?

I didn't know how to answer, but Lao Yan immediately smiled and said, "Chang'an, don't you know? Your uncle likes to pour these spices the most. A big man, who smells good all day long, is not afraid of making people laugh."

We made a few jokes, and the heavy atmosphere dissipated a bit before Minister Hou proposed to enter the passage.

But this proposal was rejected by Hou Chengcheng, she thought it was not time to enter the tunnel yet.

Minister Hou snorted and asked her when it was suitable to enter the tunnel.

"Naturally, we need to find out where the elixir of life is refined in the basement." Hou Chengcheng said.

I looked at her in shock, does she think there really is an elixir of life?
It is recorded in history that Qin Shihuang sent the alchemist Xu Fu to Penglai Xiandao to obtain the elixir of life. Unfortunately, Xu Fu has never returned since then. There are also rumors that Xu Fu actually got the elixir, but he took it himself. After all Who doesn't want to live forever?

There is also a saying that Xu Fu died in the process of obtaining the elixir of life, because Penglai Xiandao was so far away that they didn't even reach the place.

I think the so-called elixir of life is nothing more than an illusion that the emperor has been in the supreme position for a long time.

Hou Chengcheng shook his head and said he didn't believe it, but this did not prevent Qin Shihuang from back then might have actually refined something.

"Have you forgotten the man-eating beast just now?" Hou Chengcheng stared at me: "Chang'an, you said that your ancestors had records, but did your ancestors record it before or after the Qin Dynasty?"

I thought about the records in "Xingguan Yaojue", and estimated that it should be after the Qin Dynasty.

Although the Black Spirit Star Official had appeared as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, the records about the man-eating beasts came later, and it is not difficult to deduce that it was after the Qin Dynasty after a little calculation.

After I returned, I suddenly came to my senses: "You mean that this man-eating beast was actually made by Qin Shihuang?"

Hou Chengcheng snorted, saying that this man-eating beast is not a normal beast, no matter its size or attack power, it is afraid that only ancient dinosaurs can suppress it.

Having said that, she turned to look at Minister Hou, questioning how he got in, why didn't he meet a man-eating beast?
I patted the back of my head. I thought of this question when Minister Hou appeared, but I forgot it in a blink of an eye. Unexpectedly, Hou Chengcheng still remembered it.

"Man-eater?" Minister Hou said in confusion, "There is nothing in the place I came in."

No?

Hou Chengcheng immediately asked him where he came in from, but Minister Hou didn't hide it, he said he came in from an abandoned tunnel, walked all the way down the railway track, and saw the bloody handprints we saw, But no cannibals were seen.

Strange, is it possible that the man-eating beast is also attacked by humans?
But no matter how you look at it, Minister Hou who is alone is easier to deal with than the few of us, right?
Minister Hou shook his head and said that there is no need for us to lie, so there are only two possibilities.

"Which two?" I asked curiously.

"The first one is that the man-eating beasts have intermittent attacks, and I happened to come in during the intervals." Minister Hou also felt that something was wrong after speaking, so he continued directly: "The second one is that when we don't know, they come out." Something happened."

My heart sank suddenly, what could have happened to make those ferocious man-eaters dare not attack Minister Hou, or could they not attack at all?

As for why they cannot be attacked, of course they no longer exist.

The magnetic gate is not far from the tunnel, and man-eaters are not monsters that can be killed casually. Even if someone can deal with them, it will definitely cause a lot of commotion, but we didn't feel anything.

Minister Hou shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about you, even I came right after you and stood outside the iron gate when you entered the magnetic gate, but I still didn't hear anything."

"Xiao Cheng, what are your thoughts?" Lao Yan turned around and asked Hou Chengcheng.

(End of this chapter)