It was past four-thirty and the stage was cleared.
Not long after, someone brought up the brocade box containing the ghost seal.
"Congratulations to Mr. Wu Xiaosan." Yu Honghou, the female foreman wearing a peony cheongsam from before, personally held the brocade box and delivered it to Wu Xiaoxie.
Wu Xiaoxie opened it and checked it again, and then asked the younger brother to confirm that it was correct before taking out the black gold card and handing it to Yu Honghou.
After paying the bill, the card returned to Zhang Shuxun's hand.
Everyone on the second floor had already begun to leave, and Huo Xiangu didn't intend to stay any longer, so she stood up holding on to the armrest.
"Wait a minute." Zhang Zhuxun suddenly called out to her, "Mrs. Huo, I have something to give you."
Huo Xiangu paused slightly, held Xiuxiu's arm, turned around and said calmly: "I don't like ordinary things."
Zhang Zhuoxun smiled calmly and said, "Don't worry, you will be very satisfied with something like this."
As he spoke, he took out a small rectangular ebony box from the inner pocket of his suit.
Huo Xiuxiu stepped forward to take it and handed it to Huo Xiangu.
Zhang Shuxun made a gesture of invitation, "You can open it and take a look."
The ebony box is only the size of an adult's hand, with a lock on it.
Huo Xiangu opened the box, but the moment she saw what was placed inside, her pupils suddenly shrank.
"Where did you get this thing?" Huo Xiangu quickly closed the box and stared directly at Zhang Zhuxun. The expression on her face was a bit twisted and scary because of shock and trying to hide her emotions.
If you look carefully, you will find that her hands are actually shaking slightly.
"Grandma, are you okay?" Huo Xiuxiu didn't understand why her grandma's mood was suddenly so intense, so she worriedly stepped forward to support her.
She wanted to look at the box, but Huo Xiangu raised her hand to avoid it.
Huo Xiuxiu frowned and looked at Zhang Chuxun, "What did you put in the box?"
Zhang Zhuxun's expression was calm and composed, "Of course this is what Mrs. Huo has always wanted to know the whereabouts of."
Huo Xiuxiu wanted to ask more questions, but Huo Xiangu raised her hand to stop her.
In just a few breaths, Huo Xiangu's face returned to normal, but there was still a trace of unconcealable grief in her eyes.
"What do you want from me, or what do you want from the Huo family?" she asked in a deep voice.
"It's not so serious." Zhang Zhuxun smiled lightly, "I just hope you can be more honest, old lady. After all, there will be opportunities for us to cooperate in the future."
"Oh, and also, half of the price of today's auction, after all, Wu Xie was tricked by you, you still have to pay for the mental damage." Zhang Zhuxun pointed to the ball in Wu Xiaoxie's hand again. Brocade box.
Upon hearing this, the fat man immediately gave Zhang Shuxun a thumbs up.
Although he didn't know what was in the small box.
But that didn't stop him from gloating after seeing the old woman deflated.
Huo Xiangu was startled when she heard this. Seeing that Zhang Zhuxun's expression didn't seem to be fake, she made several turns in her mind and said with unclear meaning: "It seems you do know a lot."
Then he tilted his head slightly and said, "Xiuxiu, transfer the money to him."
Zhang Zhuxun smiled and narrowed his eyes, like a civet cat whose plan had succeeded.
You see, if you like to collect things, it’s useful to be prepared for any emergencies. Wouldn’t this make up for the extra losses?
"But..." Huo Xiangu changed her voice, "You must explain the ins and outs of such a thing to me clearly."
"No problem." Zhang Zhu looked at himself.
Within a few words, the people outside had almost dispersed.
The two parties walked downstairs one after another and went out from the lobby of Crescent Hotel.
Coincidentally, their car happened to be parked near the Huo family's car.
When Zhang Zhuxun opened the car door, his hand suddenly paused. As if sensing something, he turned around and walked to Huo Xiangu's Hongqi car and motioned for her to roll down the window.
"What's the matter?" Huo Xiangu's expression contained a trace of
Impatient.
After all, she was an old man in the world, so she didn't get any favors from these young men. Instead, she had an army conquered by them. Naturally, she didn't want to see these little fox cubs at the moment.
"I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you, old lady, to give us a lift." Zhang Zhuoxun said with a cheeky smile.
Huo Xiangu snorted and said, "Didn't you show that you were very skillful before? Why can't you protect something in your hand? You still need to borrow the strength of my Huo family."
Zhang Zhuoxun raised his eyebrows, "You mean Liu Lisun? He doesn't make me so afraid. I'm talking about another group of rats hiding in the dark."
Huo Xiangu realized something and her expression changed, "You mean..."
Then, as if he was avoiding something, he lowered his voice and said, "Then follow."
The two of them communicated like they were playing a riddle, leaving everyone else confused.
"Thank you, old lady."
Zhang Zhu thanked him, then asked Wu Xiaoxie and the others to get in the car, and drove the Mercedes-Benz they rented to join the Huo family's motorcade.
A dozen or so red flag cars drove up with great momentum. As expected, the rats in the dark were concerned about the power of the Huo family and did not take action on the road.
Zhang Zhuxun and his party successfully arrived at a mysterious compound. The guards at the door were armed with live ammunition.
When cars pass by, they can also encounter patrol teams inside.
This place is really big. The car drove in for nearly ten minutes before finally stopping at a place with many courtyard houses.
Various towering ancient trees grow out of the courtyard walls, providing lush shade. Roads and paths paved with bluestones crisscross each other, giving the place a sense of ancient charm with winding paths leading to secluded places and deep flowers and trees in the Zen room.
The old lady took her men and left by another road, leaving Huo Xiuxiu and a bodyguard driver named Xiao Li behind.
"Let's go." Huo Xiuxiu straightened her wrinkled clothes and carried a small bag. "I'll take you in from the alley. Give the car keys to Xiao Li to park the car."
Zhang Zhu and the others didn't say anything, and followed Huo Xiuxiu into the small alley with mottled trees. They walked to the end and saw an inconspicuous small wooden door there.
There was an old-fashioned mortise lock hanging on the door. Huo Xiuxiu took a small hairpin from her hair, fiddled with it twice in the keyhole, and the lock opened.
The fat man muttered in a low voice, "Why is this little girl more skilled at stealing doors and picking locks than the fat man?"
After hearing this, Huo Xiuxiu rolled her eyes gracefully.
Push the door open and go in. Inside is a neatly repaired, well-organized and large yard.
Mrs. Huo was sitting by the well under the persimmon tree in the courtyard, drinking tea.
The small ebony box Zhang Zhuxun "sent" to her was placed on the stone table at hand.
"Sit down." Huo Xiangu glanced at them lightly, raised her finger and pointed to the empty chair beside the stone table.
Zhang Zhu went over to find a few people and sat down.
The atmosphere was a bit dull, and no one said anything for a while, as if they were competing to be more calm.
Wu Xiaoxie held the brocade box in his arms and smiled intentionally to break the deadlock, "Grandma Huo, if you don't say anything, are you planning to let me light the sky lantern again?"
Huo Xiangu snorted angrily, "I, Mrs. Huo, will not do the same trick twice. The reason why I agreed to let you come to use the car is because I am willing to admit defeat, and I want to hear it from your mouth. Just some things."
Wu Xiaoxie turned to look at Zhang Zhuxun, and when he saw him nodding slightly, he said to Huo Xiangu: "As a matter of courtesy, please tell me about Xiang Lei first."
Huo Xiangu snorted softly, stood up with the ebony box, and said: "You just want to know the reason why I bought the style thunder. It doesn't hurt to tell you, but this is information that can only be told within the Nine Sects. The three of them do not belong to Jiumen, please stay outside the door."
Wu Xiaoxie turned around and winked at Zhang Shuxun and the others, then handed the brocade box containing the ghost seal to Zhang Shuxun, got up and followed Huo Xiangu into the wing.
Zhang Zhuxun and three others stayed in the yard, and Huo Xiuxiu was also nearby.
Seeing that Mrs. Huo was not there, she turned around and sat on the chair. She looked at Zhang Zhuxun several times with her head tilted up, blinking in an odd and strange way.
Playful, much more lively than when she was with Huo Xiangu before.
"Hey, I know you are definitely not Brother Wu Xie's little follower. Can you tell me what is in the little box you gave my grandma?" Huo Xiuxiu said in confusion, "I have never seen me Grandma lost her temper like that, so there must be something important in there."
The fat man clicked his tongue in surprise, "Brother Wu Xie? You called him so affectionately. Why didn't your grandma tell us the truth even once when she tricked us?"
Huo Xiuxiu scratched her ears and pouted, "How dare I? Besides, I don't even have your contact information, so how can I tell you the news?"
"Brother Xiaohua didn't tell me that the person who came was Brother Wu Xie. I only knew a little bit about my grandma's cooperation with him." Huo Xiuxiu herself was also very depressed.
Obviously she is 19 years old and has long since grown up, but grandma Xie Yuchen always treats her as a child and hides everything from her.
Zhang Zhuoxun poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and said calmly: "Your grandma has her own reasons for not telling you."
Huo Xiuxiu knew this would be the result, and then rolled her eyes, "How about this, let's exchange information, you tell me what's in that box, and I'll also tell you some information I know."
"Not very good." Zhang Zhuoxun was not fooled at all.
Although the little girl Huo Xiuxiu is still young, Mrs. Huo has personally trained her successors, who may look innocent on the surface, but are actually not very economical when they are serious.
"If you really want to know, you might as well ask your grandma, or take a look yourself." Zhang Zhu asked.
Huo Xiuxiu's thin eyebrows wrinkled, "Why are you like this? My grandma has never left the box since she got it. If I had a chance to peek, I wouldn't need to ask you." "
Zhang Shuxun raised his eyelids and said, "Then there's nothing we can do. I know roughly the information you know, and if we cooperate later, your grandma will tell me more detailed information."
Huo Xiuxiu was almost furious with this inexperienced guy. Knowing that she wouldn't get any information from him, she glared at him dully and walked away quickly on her high heels.
Seeing that the person was gone, the fat man poked Zhang Zhuxun and said, "Hey, Muyu, what did you put in that box? Why did the old woman react so loudly?"
Zhang Zhuxun smiled softly and uttered two words, "Forbidden Po."
"What the hell?" Fatty exclaimed and quickly lowered his voice, "How did you get that thing? No, when did you get it?"
The younger brother also turned his head and looked over, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
If he hadn't lost his memory, I would have guessed that the things Zhang Zhuxun put in the box were from when they were in the Golmud Sanatorium. When he entered the iron gate to save Wu Xiaoxie, he was scratched by Huo Ling, who had become a forbidden woman. claw, and then he cut off the claw and took it out.
At that time, I just put it into the box and put it in the inner space, but I didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.
Zhang Zhuxun explained softly, and the fat man said, "Wonderful, it's so wonderful. One claw makes a net profit of 300 million and 300 million."
"But there's one thing that's strange." The fat man said doubtfully, "The forbidden woman looks like a human and a ghost, with only one claw. How did the old woman recognize that it was Huo Ling?"
This has to be said to be a coincidence.
Zhang Zhuxun explained: "The paw I chopped off had a ring on it. It was imperial green. And I noticed that Huo Xiangu was also wearing the same ring on her hand."
"This kind of imperial green jadeite grown in Laokeng is a rare thing, let alone made into such a small ornament. It is very likely that the two rings were cut from a piece of material, so Huo Xiangu could recognize them at a glance. "
"Furthermore, I think Huo Xiangu still has some guesses about what happened to her daughter after she disappeared. The deeper reason why she asked Wu Xie to buy the style thunder was actually to cooperate with us." Zhang Zhuxun affirmed. .
"The previous behavior was more to test Wu Xie and test our abilities.
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The fat man was still puzzled, "It's so good. Why is she testing us? Could it be related to her daughter who became a forbidden mother-in-law?"
Zhang Zhuoxun nodded, "It's almost the same, otherwise her reaction wouldn't be so great, but this is also beneficial to us. In short, the style thunder that Tianzhen found is definitely the key to the whole thing, and it may also be related to Banai's There is some kind of connection between the Underwater Yao Village, and she should soon offer to cooperate with us."
The fat man took a sip of tea and suddenly thought of something, "By the way, we found some clues about the badge you asked me and Tianzhen to check last time in the old research institute that was about to be demolished."
Zhang Zhuxun looked at him expectantly, waiting for his next words.
The little brother stopped drinking tea and stared at him intently.
The fat man touched his nose and said in a low voice, "But don't get your hopes up too much. The information found there is only a little bit bigger than that of Little Thumb. All I know is that the badge was once the symbol of a very special unit. .”
Zhang Zhuoxun frowned, "Special Forces?"
"That's right." The fat man nodded, "We only found a piece of tattered paper in the corner. The pen writing on it was so wet that it was hard to see clearly. However, there was an outline watermark on the paper, which looked like the badge. The appearance."
Zhang Zhuxun stretched out his hand eagerly, "Where's the paper? Let me take a look."
The fat man took out a cigarette case from his pocket. He put his fingers between the aluminum foil and the cardboard shell, raised his fingers together, and pinched out a small piece of thin paper from the inside.
