When I walked out of the study door, I happened to see Chen Mo and Yu Yan walking towards me.
"Chen Mo," I spoke first, "I have thought about it and will do as you say."
Chen Mo looked at me and nodded, but said nothing.
"Master Zhou Cang," Yu Yan looked at me and made a gesture of invitation to me.
I looked at Chen Mo, who also nodded towards me.
Then, I held the bronze 8-corner brocade box with one hand and the square rice paper with the other hand, and followed Yu Yan out of the gate of Wuweiju.
What I didn't expect was that there were two bicycles at the door.
"This road is a bit far. We usually ride bicycles when walking around Chen's house. Master Zhou Cang, please." Yu Yan pointed to a black variable-speed mountain bike next to her and said to me.
"Ha, everything in my grandfather's house is really environmentally friendly."
As I said that, I put the bronze 8-corner brocade box and the piece of paper into the hanging bag on the barrel of the bicycle, and then rode on the bicycle.
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"Master Zhou Cang, the road in Chen's house is winding and winding. There may be flat land here and a swamp on the other side, so please be careful and I will lead the way in front of you." Yushi said,
Then he got on the bicycle and rode forward.
Throughout Chen's house, there are many independent small courtyards, both in the front house and in the back house.
However, as far as I know, my grandfather only had three children, namely the professor, Chen Mo's father, and my mother.
The professor never married for unknown reasons, and Chen Mo's father only had one child: Chen Mo.
Although Zhou Lan was later forcibly brought back and raised in Chen's house, with him, the population was also extremely sparse.
I really don’t know what these small courtyards are used for and whether anyone lives in them.
However, if no one lives inside, the front door of each courtyard is full of flowers and plants, and the courtyard walls are also very beautifully built, so it doesn't look like no one lives there.
I was riding a bicycle on the winding paths of Chen's house. In a trance, I felt like I was back on the university campus.
The servants we met on the road were also very respectful to us. They all immediately stepped aside when they saw us, and they bowed slightly, which was probably to say hello to us.
As my sister-in-law said, it was true. We rode mountain bikes from Chen Mo's Wuweiju to my grandfather's residence, which really took more than ten minutes.
I don’t know how much the Chen family’s house alone is worth.
What makes me a little surprised is that the courtyard where my grandfather lives does not have any plaque on the gate, just like an ordinary farmyard.
As for the old man, he was pruning a dwarf conifer pine bonsai on a stone bench in the yard.
Yushi stopped the car at the entrance of the courtyard, "Master Zhou Cang, the old lady is over there. Please come in. Just leave the car to me."
After he said this, he freed up his other hand and grabbed the front of the bicycle in my hand.
My grandfather should have heard my conversation, but he did not raise his head or even move his body. It seemed that he was immersed in pruning the bonsai.
"Yu Yan, please excuse me." I smiled at Yu Yan, and then handed him the bicycle in my hand.
"Grandpa," I stood in front of the courtyard door and called softly, knocking on the door.
Grandfather then raised his head, as if he had just realized that I had arrived.
"Come in." He said slowly, then put down the scissors in his hand and reached out to clean up the cut leaves scattered on the stone table.
"Grandpa, I'll come." I walked up quickly, and then placed the bronze 8-corner brocade box in my hand and the folded small rice paper on the table.
I originally thought that my grandfather's attention would be attracted by this brocade box, but who knew that he forcefully lifted the pot of dwarf pines on the table and placed it on the original stand.
This pot of dwarf needle pine should weigh several dozen kilograms. I can't believe that an old man who is nearly a hundred years old can move it easily.
I swept the leaves on the stone platform into the palm of my hand, and then walked to the door of the courtyard, where the person was in the trash can.
"Sit down, I'm so impatient that I haven't even eaten breakfast. I'll ask Aunt Fu to set out more bowls and chopsticks later." Grandpa sat down next to me, and then began to roll his cigarette.
This scene reminded me of my grandfather.
When we lived in the Zhou family's old house, my grandfather and grandson would often sit on the bamboo and cane chairs in the yard on early mornings like this, waiting for grandma to bring us breakfast.
I didn't say anything, but pushed the bronze 8-corner brocade box on the stone table over.
Originally, I thought that what my grandfather had been chasing for so long was now within easy reach, and no matter how good his mentality was, he would always be beaming with joy.
Unexpectedly, my grandfather just glanced at the brocade box lightly, and then returned his gaze to my face: "Have you really decided to put it here with me?"
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I didn't expect him to ask such a question.
At this point, I am gradually leaning towards Chen Mo's statement. The old man in front of me is actually a pretty good person, but his temper is a bit bad.
"Well, it's decided." I stared into his eyes and nodded seriously.
"I don't regret it. This thing is in my hand and I can open it at any time." Grandfather added another sentence.
"I believe in grandpa, and I have no regrets." I said this from the bottom of my heart, without the slightest hint of hypocrisy.
My grandfather nodded towards me, and I seemed to see something approving in his eyes.
"Things from the Og Kingdom. The Og Kingdom was originally a short-lived country. The things unearthed from it are all filled with ominous evil spirits. If you carry these things with you for a long time, they will confuse people's minds."
He spoke very slowly, as if he was telling me what he was saying, and he was asking me to remember it.
"This thing can confuse people's minds? Could it be that someone has put a poison on it?" I said in surprise.
"Appearances come from the heart, and circumstances change with the heart. It's not just the human heart that is causing trouble." Grandfather said, seeming to sneer.
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"Grandpa, let me show you this." I watched my grandfather staring at the bronze 8-corner brocade box in a daze, so I opened the rice paper in my hand and handed it over.
At this time, an old woman who looked a little older came out of the house behind the yard.
"Old Master, you can have breakfast now. Young Master Zhou Cang is here too." The old woman said respectfully to her grandfather, and then smiled at me.
"Hello, Aunt Fu." This person must be Aunt Fu.
"He is a good boy," Aunt Fu said with a smile.
"Aunt Fu, let's eat in this courtyard." Grandfather tilted his head behind him and said to Aunt Fu.
When he spoke to Aunt Fu, he had no airs of being a master at all, as if he were speaking to a family member at home.
It seems that Chen Mo's words are still credible.
"Okay, old lady." Aunt Fu was still smiling, then turned around and walked into the back room.
When my grandfather saw Aunt Fu's back disappearing behind the door curtain, he put in the rice paper I just handed over and picked it up again from the stone table.
Who would have known that as soon as my grandfather opened the paper, his expression suddenly changed.
"Cang'er, where did you get this symbol?" Grandfather asked, but his attention was still on the paper.
"This symbol was left by my father." I said.
1 I felt that I should tell all the situations in which this symbol appeared. This story is really a bit long, so I will simply tell it like this.
"Your father?" There seemed to be disbelief in my grandfather's eyes.
"Yes, in fact, I have seen similar patterns in the Wawushan Ancient Temple, but not this one." I said.
"Where have you seen this pattern before?" Grandfather continued to ask.
"Last night, a mysterious figure sneaked into my room and stole the note on this brocade box, but also left such a symbol." I said.
"Who else could be a mysterious figure who could sneak into this Chen's house without anyone noticing? And the person who also knows this symbol must be someone related to the astrolabe. Who could it be?" Grandfather seemed to say.
Talking to himself.
He should be very confident in Chen Zhai's defense system.
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"Later, Chen Mo and I did some research. It should be Wang Zhishui, another university professor who entered Wawu Mountain with us before." I continued.
"It turns out it's him." Grandfather said, raising his voice.