Half an hour later, Long Bufan and Mengshi arrived at Longteng Antique Shop, but when they entered, they only saw Zhou Kun.
Long Bufan asked solemnly: "Where is Jia Fang Mountain?"
"Mr. Long..."
Zhou Kun said with a grimace and hesitation: "I have tried my best to hold him back, but if he insists on leaving, I can't stop him."
Long Bufan's heart sank. He didn't know anything about Jia Fangshan. If he let the other party run away this time, he didn't know when he would show up again, so he immediately asked, "When did he leave? Do you know where he went?"
Where is it?"
"I left about twenty minutes ago."
Zhou Kun sighed, "But I don't know where he went."
The fierce lion paused and said, "How about this? I'll search the surrounding area with my men. Maybe he hasn't gone far yet."
"No."
Long Bufan sighed slightly: "It would be okay if we could come earlier, but it's already been twenty minutes and it's impossible to find him again."
"By the way, Mr. Long."
Zhou Kun frowned and said, "Jia Fangshan just put down a box when he came over. He said someone would pick it up in a few days."
"Box?"
Long Bufan hurriedly said, "Bring it to me and take a look."
Zhou Kun first looked outside the door to make sure no one was there, then carefully took out a wooden box the size of a basketball.
"That's it..."
Zhou Kun carefully placed the box on the table, "Jia Fangshan specifically told me before he left that this thing is very important and must not be seen by others. For this reason, he also gave me a 100,000 storage fee."
After Zhou Kun finished speaking, he wisely walked to the door and held it. After all, neither Long Bufan nor Jia Fangshan was easy to mess with, and he didn't want to get involved.
Long Bufan took a closer look. The box was made of some kind of wood, and there was a strange-looking lock hanging on the box.
The fierce lion tried to open the box, but to no avail. He looked at Long Bufan and said, "Long Shuai, why don't you just smash it open."
"no."
Long Bufan rubbed his chin, "People from Jiafan Mountain will come to pick it up in a few days. If they find anything unusual, they will be alert. Then we will be in trouble if we want to catch him."
This lock looked delicate and complicated, and I was afraid it would be impossible to open it for a while. At this time, Long Bufan suddenly thought of Tan Biao.
Tan Biao's men are mixed, maybe someone knows this lock.
He dialed Tan Biao's phone and asked: "Tan Biao, I have a problem here and need to find a locksmith. Do you have any idea?"
"unlock?"
Tan Biao chuckled and said: "Mr. Long, you have found the right person. I have a man who is known as the King of Locks. He can open any lock. I used to take him to break into the safes of my competitors..."
Tan Biao suddenly stopped mid-sentence. Perhaps realizing that he had made a mistake, he quickly changed the subject and said, "Mr. Long, where are you now? I'll let him pass right now."
"Longteng Antiques."
After Long Bufan finished speaking, he hung up the phone. He had no interest in Tan Biao's matter. The first priority was to open the wooden box.
After they waited for another half an hour, a dark and thin man in his forties came in and asked, "Is Mr. Long here? Brother Biao asked me to come."
"Come in."
Long Bufan pointed to the wooden box on the table, "See if you can open this box, and you must not damage the structure of the box."
The thin dark man looked at the box and frowned: "Nine-turn mechanism lock?"
Long Bufan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you know this?"
"I've just seen it before."
The thin black man scratched his hair and said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Long, this thing is not easy to open. I heard that this thing was made by Lu Ban thousands of years ago. It requires a special key to be turned nine times to open it."
The lion asked in surprise: "So this thing is still an antique?"
"That's right."
The thin black man nodded, "The interior of this nine-turn mechanism lock is not only intricate, but the most important thing is that there is a flint inside this lock. Once there is a problem when opening the lock, the mechanism will be activated and sparks will emit."
The fierce lion asked in confusion, "Flint and steel? Does it mean that if the lock fails to be opened, the contents inside will be burned to ashes?"
"If only that were the case..."
The thin black man smiled bitterly and said, "This box is made of the hardest huanghuali wood, and it must contain gunpowder. Once the unlocking fails or you try to open it forcefully, the gunpowder will be ignited instantly, and the box will become
A bomb and anyone standing nearby would be surrounded by splinters of wood and become a hornet's nest."
Hearing this, even the fierce lion broke into a cold sweat. Isn't this just a grenade?
Just now he wanted to smash it open, but luckily he didn't do it, otherwise he might be dead now.
But what puzzled him was what was in it that was worth Jia Fangshan's troubles.
Long Bufan asked in a deep voice: "Then can you open this box?"
The thin, dark man was filled with reluctance. He originally thought he was just here to open a lock, but who knew he would lose his life.
But the order Tan Biao gave him was to cooperate with Mr. Long unconditionally. If he ran away directly, Tan Biao would definitely punish him severely when he returned.
After hesitating for a while, he could only sigh: "I... let me try."
"good."
Long Bufan nodded and said: "Don't worry, if something goes wrong I will rescue you, and whether it can be opened or not, I will give you 100,000 in labor fees."
"Thank you Mr. Long."
The thin dark man wiped his cold sweat and took out a piece of wire from his pocket, then carefully started to open the lock.
Long Bufan and Mengshi stood aside and stared closely at the box.
The thin black man turned the wire while listening carefully to the sound of the gears in the box turning.
About an hour later, there was only a snap sound, and the nine-turn machine lock suddenly fell to the table.
"Mr. Long, it's open."
The thin, dark man sat slumped on the ground, smiling as if he had survived the disaster.
"Thank you very much. Lion will give him 100,000 yuan."
Long Bufan said and walked over. He opened the box and took a look. In the middle of the box was a raised wooden platform the size of a palm, and the surrounding area was indeed filled with black gunpowder.
There was something wrapped in red cloth on the wooden platform. Long Bufan picked it up and opened the red cloth. Inside was a red token the size of half a palm. Seeing this thing, Long Bufan's pupils shrank instantly.
"Xiaoyao Ling!"
The lion looked in disbelief and said, "Why is this thing here?"
The Xiaoyao Order is a symbol of King Xiaoyao's identity and power. As long as you hold this token, you can command the hundreds of thousands of troops under King Xiaoyao.
If this thing falls into the wrong hands, the consequences will be disastrous.
Long Bufan's face turned cold as he held the Xiaoyao Ling. He also had the same token, so he naturally knew the importance of this thing.
What made him wonder was where Jia Fangshan got the Xiaoyao Order. After all, King Xiaoyao would not hand over such an important thing to others casually.
