Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 257 Jade Bi
Under Gu Wenmin's reminder, we stripped off the clothes on the corpse. The corpse had rotted and only the bones remained. With a little force, the bones in the clothes fell apart, and the white skull rolled aside. .Tofu chanted Amitabha, and said: "Don't blame the injustice, we also accidentally offended the corpse, please don't take it to heart." After speaking, he carried the skull back and put it in the pile of bones.

It was funny to me, and I thought to myself that you are a native, are there still few offended corpses?It's time to start reciting scriptures.I ignored him, and took out all the things in the pockets of my clothes. Apart from some relatively small tools, I also found a photo taken with me, which was in the wallet of the corpse.

Perhaps it was for the purpose of hiding my identity. There was an old-fashioned ID card in my wallet, but Gu Wenmin had a sharp eye, and after looking at it, he said: "The ID is forged." In this way, I didn't pay any attention to the ID , but staring at the photo in his hand.In the photo is a completely unfamiliar middle-aged man with a cropped cut and dark skin. If this photo is the deceased himself, then I can rest assured because he is not my grandfather.

Just when our attention was attracted by the photo, Tofu with the skull on the side suddenly let out an exclamation and said, "I picked up a piece of jade pendant." Pulled out a piece of jade the size of a copper coin, at first glance, the color looks good.

I said: "This jade wall is very good, put it on yourself."

Tofu showed a disgusted expression, and said: "Can you not disgust me, Tu Fuzi also has dignity." After a pause, Tofu said: "I have seen cicadas and lotus carved on jade biscuits, but I have never seen one. over-engraved letters and numbers."

letter?number?
When everyone heard the words, they couldn't help but leaned over to take a look, and saw that Zhuan Rui's face changed, and he snatched the jade bi, half of his handsome face was as cold as ice, half of his face was disfigured, and his red muscles twitched, looking extremely terrifying.I have never seen Zhuanrui show such an expression before, and I couldn't help asking: "Does this have any special meaning?"

If you look carefully, you can see that there is a combination of letters and numbers on it, surrounding the jade bi: B403C270001
Jade biscuits are a symbol of auspiciousness, and generally do not have ornamentation. Even if there are, they are mostly auspicious patterns. As Tofu said, there are things like cicadas engraved on them. Cicadas have the meaning of blockbuster. In traditional Chinese culture, The implication is very important, and jade was hailed as the stone of enlightenment in ancient times, and it became a ritual vessel in the later period, so there is a set of rules for the specifications of decorations. Will make some mess on it.

I stared at the string of letters and couldn't help thinking: What does this mean?
After I finished asking, Zhuan Rui said, "Yes, I have seen it before."

Tofu asked curiously, "Where did you see it?"

Zhuan Rui glanced at him and moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just frowned and said nothing.I was annoyed in my heart, since this person knew about the situation, he held back and kept silent, which is really tantalizing.Tofu belongs to the dog skin plaster type, so it didn't care whether Zhuan Rui's face was ugly or not. After waiting for a while, seeing that Zhuan Rui was silent, he rushed over and said, "Don't keep silent, local tyrant. Where have you seen this letter?" What's the point?"

Zhuan Rui frowned even tighter, glanced at Tofu, but remained silent.

Tofu is thicker-skinned than the city wall, and he didn't care about Zhuan Rui's expression at all. He rolled his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Give it to me." His outstretched hand was held by Zhuan Rui in an instant, and he screamed in pain, "You bastard surnamed Zhuan, don't think that being rich is so important, this is an artist's hand. If it breaks, can you afford to pay for it...Ahhh, I was wrong, let it go, the thing is yours."

After a while, Tofu covered his hands and hid behind me in despair, and gave me a helpless expression.At this time, I saw Zhuan Rui slowly putting away the jade bi, paused for a moment, and said, "This is a long story, I never thought that I would see it again after so many years." Looking at Zhuan Rui The look on his face seemed to be about to let go, and it seemed that Tofu's nonsense was not without effect. Immediately afterwards, he heard Zhuan Rui talk about an old story.

When this incident happened, Zhuan Rui himself was still very young. He had an uncle from the same family who suddenly disappeared 20 years ago.

Before disappearing, something happened that made him remember deeply.What is the cause of the incident has become confusing, even Zhuan Rui himself is not clear.As the future successor of the Zhuan family, Zhuan Rui's childhood life can be imagined. He started to practice all kinds of kung fu very early, and all kinds of homework added up, often until very late.

At that time, the old house of the Zhuan family was still a courtyard house. One summer night, when it was dark, Zhuan Rui wiped the sweat from his forehead, and prepared to return to his room after a day of practice.The Zhuan family is a century-old family with strict rules and regulations. Before finishing training, he must first report homework to his father.

When he walked outside his father's study, Zhuan Rui suddenly heard the sound of arguing.The lights were on in the closed study room, and there were two silhouettes, his father and his uncle, who were arguing fiercely, talking so fast that Zhuan Rui couldn't hear clearly for a while.

Zhuan Rui's uncle is a worthless thing, the Zhuan family has a very strict family education, but this uncle has a perverse personality, when he is kind, he spends money like money to help the poor, and when he is evil, he even leads people to kill the whole family at night.The Zhuan family has always been a single lineage, and in the father's generation, suddenly there is a younger uncle, Yao'er, who is naturally loved by the grandfather, so this younger uncle is even more lawless.

As the head of the family and the elder brother, it was common for his father to quarrel with his uncle because he restrained him, Zhuan Rui was not surprised.Since his father was educating his uncle, he didn't have to bother him. When he was about to leave, his ears suddenly picked up some key words: strength, change, fighting, and cooperation.

These words were all spit out from my uncle's mouth. The members of the Zhuan family grew up in a different environment.He originally planned to leave, but suddenly caught these words, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart: what power?What changed?Uncle wants to fight?The cooperation he mentioned, who is he cooperating with?
It was him that the little devil was talking about. Hearing this, Zhuan Rui gave up his thoughts of leaving, and quietly hid in the corner outside the study to listen to the wall. Then, he suddenly heard a bang. It was his father who smashed a vase. Immediately afterwards, I heard my father say: "I don't allow you to do such inexplicable things! I have the final say on this family!"

The uncle said angrily: "Brother, you are too unreasonable, I am discussing with you."

Father sneered: "You white-eyed wolf who eats inside and out, is it easy for our Zhuan family to build a century-old foundation! Are you hooking up with that kind of person to pay for the entire Zhuan family!"

The uncle was silent for a moment, then sneered and said, "So you disagree? Good, good, good." He said three good words in a row, and then rushed out of the door.At this moment, his father's voice came from the room, calling Zhuan Rui in. It seemed that Zhuan Rui was not able to hide and was discovered.

He bowed his head and went in, saying respectfully, "Father."

Zhuan Rui's father nodded slightly and said, "Did you hear everything?"

Zhuan Rui said honestly: "I don't understand what you heard. Father, what did my uncle do to make you angry?" Although this uncle is perverse and disliked by his family, he is still good to himself. I did my homework.His father didn't answer Zhuan Rui directly, but Zhuan Rui suddenly discovered that there was an extra fine jade biscuit on the coffee table next to him. Seeing the fineness of the jade bi, he saw a string of letters and numbers on the jade bi at a glance.

The numbers and letters on it are exactly the same as the current piece of jade.

He couldn't help but let out a gasp, similarly, he was very puzzled that someone would engrave such a thing on a jade bi.

Where did this piece of jade come from?

Why haven't I seen it before?

Could it be that father and uncle quarreled because of it?
Just when Zhuan Rui was thinking about this, his father rubbed his forehead wearily, and said, "You have to remember that the century-old foundation of our Zhuan family involves the lifeblood of countless people. The most important thing is, don't learn from your uncle's bastard." Zhuan Rui originally wanted to ask his uncle what he did to make his father so angry, but he was keenly aware that now is not the time to ask about it. So he nodded and said, "Yes."

Immediately afterwards, after the routine homework report, Zhuan Rui went to rest. Before leaving, he saw his father put the jade pendant in the dark compartment of the study.Only people in the family know about that secret compartment.

After playing there, my uncle seldom went home. The last time he came home, Zhuan Rui was in the practice room, with a row of various soils in front of him, practicing Wengong.The uncle looked a little excited at the time, grabbed a handful of five flower soil when passing by, and asked: "Xiaorui, are you tired, uncle will take you out to play."

Zhuan Ruizheng'er said: "I'm not tired, I want to practice."

The uncle sneered, and said, "Just like your father, he is old-fashioned, and you are little old-fashioned." After finishing speaking, he patted Zhuan Rui's head and said, "Uncle is going out for a long time, Zhuan Rui The family depends on you, boy, come on." Staring at the back of his uncle leaving, Zhuan Rui didn't realize at that time that the so-called long period of time would be such a long time, a full 20 years.

(End of this chapter)