Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 615 Identity
Tofu's words were naturally heard by Bai Sanye, but he was smiling and let the two of us figure it out like an old fox, which made people feel very angry.Tofu couldn't hold back, and said, "Laugh, laugh, laugh, what's so funny! Wu Shui gave you this map, right?"

Bai Sanye said: "In my eyes, Chen Ci or Wu Shui are the same person."

Tofu said again: "Then when did Chen Ci give you this thing?"

Bai Sanye said: "He gave it to me before he left. This map is a deal he made with me. Otherwise, why would I send people to him?" , this map should have been given to him by the mute when he went to the tomb of King Juer.Wu Shui probably drew it from his own memory, but in this way, things are a bit strange, because the time does not match at all.The map was obtained by grandpa after Chen Ci's death, so how can the mute remember the contents of the map?
Unless, this map is not the only copy of the grandfather, and the mute has done something for more than 20 years. Could it be that he has seen this map in other places?So after the memory began to recover, the map was drawn?But this map, no matter how you look at it, was two or three years ago. The dumb man at that time should still be in Japan.

What did he mean by giving this map to Mr. Bai?
Grandpa and Wu Shui have never met or crossed paths, but why do they have the same map in their hands?
Now that I've thought too much myself, but I'm still confused. Instead of this, it's better to ask the person in front of me directly, and I said: "What's the use of this map? Why did Wu Shui find you?"

Bai Sanye said: "Since I am looking for you to work, I will not hide some things from you, but I am not doing charity. If you want to know some secrets, you need to pay a price." He pointed to the booth on the coffee table He opened the map and said: "Back then, Chen Ci and I fought to the death for this map. Unfortunately, he disappeared from the world all of a sudden. I thought he was dead long ago, but I didn't expect it. 28 Years later, he will find me with the same face as when he was young."

Tofu was surprised, and said: "You and Chen Ci once snatched this map? Where did he get his map? You knew each other when you were young?"

When Chen Ci was still alive, he already had a map in his hand, so where did this map come from?I thought of Si Taiping who claimed to be Chen Ci's apprentice. He once followed Chen Ci for a whole year and traveled to many places with Chen Ci. He said: Chen Ci seemed to be looking for something all the time.

After those three years, Chen Ci died in the tomb of Juer King, and then when I was 14 years old, my grandfather went to the tomb of Queen Baoxiang and got a map that was exactly the same.Even if Bai Sanye didn't make it clear, I also understand that the period when he and Chen Ci snatched the map should be the two years when Chen Ci was looking for it.

I can't imagine how many things he experienced during Chen Ci's traveling years.As far as I know, he has searched for red rock paintings, been to the Xuanbing Tomb, and had a fight with Mr. Bai, and even visited many other places that I don't know.All this, only three years, what happened to him in these three years?
Just thinking about it, I feel a heavy exhaustion, how can a person face so much alone.I consider myself to be an independent person who can survive any situation, no matter what the odds, but I ask myself that I am not someone who can fully tolerate being alone.

These years, when I first started doing business, whether it was drinking and eating, whether it was drunk, whether it was flirting or intrigue, at least there was always a group of people around me, even when I was bankrupt, there was still Tofu without hesitation Follow me down the fight.

But the statement has always been one person.

How many roads he traveled and how many things he experienced in those three years, the mute didn't mention it at all before he died. Without that time, perhaps it was not worth mentioning for him.

After Tofu asked, Bai Sanye chuckled, as if lost in memory, he said: "How did we know each other, this is my privacy, so I won't tell you. I don't know, Chen Ci has been alone for a long time, and his whereabouts are hard to figure out. I don't know him well. I didn't get the content of the map after all. When I gathered forces to deal with him, this person disappeared. He paused when he said this, obviously concealing some things on purpose, so he said: "I left China because of some things. I thought he had died somewhere, but I didn't Thinking about it, it didn't take long for him to come back again. Seeing his young face, I knew that he had succeeded."

"Success?" Tofu asked, "What do you mean?"

Bai Sanye said: "What do you think all of us are pursuing? Immortality? Immortality, eternal youth, everyone has this dream, but we are not fools. In this modern society, immortality requires The price to pay is too high. You need to constantly forge your identity, and the people around you will also grow old. Some people have searched for the legendary magic lamps, but what can they do if they get them?"

I said: "So, what you really want to find is not the magic lamp. What you want to know is the source of the magic lamp and the method of making the magic lamp. Knowing this method is equivalent to opening the door to another world." right?"

Bai Sanye said: "Throughout the ages, we are not the only ones who pursue these things. How many emperors are superstitious about alchemists and take pills of mercury, and how many alchemists are superstitious about alchemists, spending their lives to understand Taoism. Although the methods are different, the pursuit is the same. However, Compared with those emperors and generals who only know how to force alchemists to make elixir, we are more like warlocks, because what we are looking for is the method of 'alchemy'." As he spoke, his eyes shifted to Tofu, and said : "And this method, only he knows now."

Tofu laughed dryly under Bai Sanye's strange and hot eyes, shrank his head and hid behind me in a useless way, saying: "Old man, I'm not a big girl, don't look at me with such penetrating eyes, okay?" ? But I'm curious... how did you know about the magic lamp? How did you deal with Chen Ci when you were young?"

Bai Sanye smiled mysteriously, and said: "You don't understand such an obvious thing, but he should already understand it." As he spoke, he gestured to me with his eyes.

At this moment, my mind is spinning rapidly. More than 20 years ago, Bai Sanye and Chen Ci, more than ten years later, grandpa went to the Yashan Palace, and the leader was a person whose surname was Bai and who was nicknamed "Qianbian". Today, 16 years later, Mr. Bai returned to China, and the mute cooperated with him.

Everything immediately became a thread, and a guess appeared in my mind. If I guessed correctly, the Bai Sanye in front of me was the 'Thousand Changes' back then.

When Grandpa was dying, there was a white character in the unfinished part.At that time, I couldn't figure out whether the Bai he mentioned meant "Thousand Changes" or the fourth son of Bai Dao, but now, I guess, this Bai probably refers to the person in front of me.

In Tofu's puzzled eyes, I stared at Bai Sanye, and said: "You really put in all your effort to deal with the Yashan Palace."

Tofu finally came to his senses, and exclaimed: "Ya Mountain Palace? Damn, are you the one with the surname Bai? The one with Yirong?" As he spoke, he moved his face closer, almost touching the third master Bai's face. The eyes were round and round, and he said, "Is this face of yours also fake?" While speaking, he stretched out his hand, and the next second, the short-haired woman on the back of his hand stopped her, and she said, "Don't move your hands. .”

Tofu rubbed his nose embarrassingly, and said: "I'm not interested in touching an old man." Immediately afterwards, he probably remembered the Yashan Palace, his expression changed, and he said angrily: "It's you old man , killed old man Chen, I said you have the guts to attack an old man! And...and that uncle Zhuanrui, did you kill him too?"

I let Tofu ask questions, but my heart was peaceful. This person can be said to be my enemy, but in fact, it was my grandfather's choice to go to the Yashan Palace.Only three people survived that time, and the grandfather was resurrected by a magic lamp after death, so he is no longer considered human.The remaining three are Bai Sanye, Zhuan Donglai and Lu Su.

Facing Tofu's questioning, Bai Sanye did not change his face, and said: "Everyone depends on his ability, I didn't put a knife on his neck. As for Zhuan Donglai... Humph." He snorted heavily, and said : "You don't need to ask more about him, I will settle accounts with him sooner or later."

When I heard this, I couldn't help being taken aback, thinking that these two escaped after birth, could something have happened again?Now it looks like the two of them have formed a deep hatred.Tofu fell silent, glanced at me, and said in a low voice; "Isn't there a rumor in the Tao that the 'Thousand Changes' is that..."

The "that" mentioned by Tofu refers to some official thieves or archaeologists who have been among the tomb robbers. There have always been rumors in the Tao that "Qianbian" has a mysterious identity and is likely to be an official thieves. But I think of Bai San Grandpa shook his head and said, "If he was a spy, he wouldn't have been able to handle the big case last time."

Tofu scratched his head, looked at Bai Sanye very angry, and said aggrievedly: "Old man. After talking for a long time, you didn't tell me why you knew about the magic lamp. The old Chen's family was investigating the curse. What is your reason?"

(End of this chapter)