Hearing someone talking outside, Uncle Chen glanced at me and said, "Xiao Xu, please put on your clothes first. It seems that a guest is coming."
When I got dressed in the back room and walked into the yard, I saw two people sitting on stone chairs in the yard.
Uncle Chen was pouring tea for the two of them. Because both of them had their backs to me, I didn’t recognize who they were for a moment.
I only heard the man holding the tea cup and drinking it all in one gulp and saying: "Uncle, this Chen Xu really knows how to enjoy it. As for the others, we looked for them for a long time before they found them...!"
After hearing what the other party said, I walked over and replied: "I am Chen Xu, you..."
Before the words came to fruition, I was a little surprised.
Looking at the fair and pure Li Dabao in front of me and the extremely cold Leng Yue, I stood there blankly.
The two of them looked at each other without speaking for a long time.
It was Li Dabao who was the first to break the short-term embarrassment. He stood up and laughed at me and said, "Good guy, Chen Xu, does it seem like you are doing well recently?"
"Did you know that we almost traveled across half of China to find you?"
"Also, this is your home. It has a great view! It is much more comfortable than our place in the Northeast. You Central Plains people will enjoy it!"
As Li Dabao talked, he didn't forget to ask Uncle Chen to help pour tea. He even shouted like an uncle while talking, completely treating this place as his home.
I looked at Li Dabao, who was wearing large floral trousers, and Leng Yue, who was wearing a black trench coat, and I was completely curious about how the two of them got together.
Also, didn’t Leng Yue go inside to find Qi Dachuan when the mountain collapsed?
With this doubt, I sat down and asked Li Dabao why they came suddenly?
He even looked at Leng Yue who was sitting next to Li Dabao.
Li Dabao glanced at Leng Yue beside him and smiled at me: "Well, it's going to be a long story. Let me tell you, my relationship with the eldest sister was..."
Just when Li Dabao was about to tell me a long story, Leng Yue, who had been sitting silently by the side, spoke.
"Let's get down to business!"
"Okay! Big sister...!"
I don’t know what leverage this living treasure Li Dabao has that Leng Yue has in his hands.
Leng Yue's three words of understatement caused Li Dabao to make a 180-degree turn.
I saw Li Dabao sitting up straight after returning to Leng Yue, and then glanced at Uncle Chen beside him.
"Well, uncle..."
Uncle Chen was also a visitor. Before Li Dabao could finish speaking, he put down the teapot in his hand and said, "You guys, let's talk first. If you need anything, call me."
Even if I said that Uncle Chen was not an outsider, it would be okay to listen, but Uncle Chen still waved to me and then returned to the main room.
Seeing Uncle Chen leave, Li Dabao said: "Actually, it was Boss Yan who asked us to come...!"
As soon as these words came out, I immediately lost my composure and stood up from the chair with a jerk.
"My Uncle Yan? Where is he now?"
Li Dabao spread his hands: "We'll talk about this later. Boss Yan asked us to leave this to you...!"
As he said this, Li Dabao glanced at Leng Yue beside him, smiled, and said with a flattering look on his face: "Sister, do you think...?"
Leng Yue didn't even look at Li Dabao, but took out a one-foot-square object from behind her. The object was wrapped in black cloth and she couldn't see what was inside.
But I can feel a bit of coolness from this thing, like the feeling of a popsicle on your mouth.
Li Dabao slowly opened the black cloth in front of me, and a pure white jade box appeared in front of me.
This box is nothing else, it is exactly what we took out from the Kunlun Blood Jade Coffin.
Li Dabao pointed to the box and said: "There are two things in this box. One was taken away by our boss, and the other is inside the box. Open it and see for yourself!"
I put my hand on the white jade box, and when I put it, I felt a cold feeling sweeping through my body, and I was stunned.
After a while, I discovered that I didn't know how to open it until Li Dabao smiled and pushed lightly with his finger.
Only then did I realize that this white jade box could be pushed open from the side by hand, just like a drawer.
There was something inside the box, which was a pure black nail. The nail was as thick as a thumb and had some blackened blood stains on it.
This nail and the white jade box in front of me form a very strong visual sense.
I stretched out my hand and pinched the black nail. It felt very familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen it before.
"Xiao Xu, is this nail the same as the one on your father's back?"
I turned around and saw Uncle Chen leaning against the door frame, smoking a cigarette. When he met my eyes, he nodded slightly at me.
"This nail is actually not the original thing in the box. It was put in by Boss Yan later."
Li Dabao looked at me and took the nail from my hand with a mysterious look on his face.
I asked him if he had anything to say, and Li Dabao looked at Leng Yue, as if asking Leng Yue if he could say it.
Leng Yue raised her head and glanced at me, her red lips slightly parted.
“This nail comes from Hubei Shien!”
When Leng Yue said these words, my head immediately buzzed.
My mind instantly recalled all the stories my grandpa once told about how they went to Hubei to rob Shi En's tomb.
Could it be that the black nail in front of me is the one on the forehead of the female corpse?
Li Dabao said: "Although we have not met Mr. Yan, our boss has. Mr. Yan has gone to work with our boss now and it will take a long time to come back."
"He asked us to give this thing to you. He also said that all decisions are up to you. He also asked me and the eldest sister to help you, but only if you decide whether to go or not?"
"But..."
Li Dabao stretched as he spoke and said, "However, whether you go or not, Boss Qian Yan has already paid half of it anyway. Even if you don't go, I can't refund the money that's due to me!"
I was stunned for a moment and asked where to go.
Li Dabao slapped his forehead suddenly.
"Oh my God, look at my bad memory. I forgot to tell you. I also know what happened to you, and the production process and materials of this black nail first came from the ancient Dian Kingdom!"
Ancient Dian Kingdom?
I have read about this short-lived country in history from some documents.
Historically, there are not many records about this ancient Dian Kingdom.
Due to the inconvenient transportation at that time and the backwardness of the southwest, Chu State regarded the southwest as a "barren land" and a "hometown of barbarians", and no one wanted to come here at ordinary times.
Therefore, most people know very little about the geographical environment, economic conditions, culture and art of Dian Kingdom.
In 278 BC, the State of Chu sent Chu general Zhuang Qiao to pacify the southwest. After completing the mission, he wanted to return to Jingzhou, Hubei.
Later, because his way back was blocked by Qin, he simply stayed in the southwest, established the Dian Kingdom, and became the king himself.
After the Han Dynasty discovered the Dian Kingdom, this ancient country disappeared within a few years.
According to "Historical Records": In the second year of Yuanfeng of the Western Han Dynasty, that is, 109 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to attack the Dian Kingdom.
The troops of the ancient Dian Kingdom and the Han Dynasty fought fiercely for several months. In the end, they were still defeated, and the king of Dian surrendered his country.
Although defeated, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still recognized the existence of the ancient Dian Kingdom.
He was also given a royal seal engraved with the words "Seal of the King of Dian".
At this point, the ancient Dian Kingdom was officially included in the territory of the Han Dynasty.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the promotion and consolidation of the prefecture and county system in the Han Dynasty.
According to Huang Yilu's "History of the Dian Kingdom", the ancient Dian Kingdom was completely destroyed in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
I asked if I wanted to go to the southwest region?
Li Dabao nodded and said yes!
I asked: "Is it possible that we are going to rob the tomb of the King of Dian?"
Li Dabao said very unhappily: "It's not that simple. The tomb of the King of Dian was robbed by a group of stupid roe deer thieves decades ago. When we go there, let alone the tomb, not even a hair can be seen."
"Then you also said it came from the ancient Dian Kingdom?"
Li Dabao said: "Brother Jiuri, I just said that this thing comes from the ancient Dian Kingdom, but I didn't say that it was going to steal the Dian King's Dou."
When I heard Li Dabao calling me, I became very angry. Why does this guy like to give others nicknames so much?
Then he said seriously: "Li Dabao, please speak up, what are you talking about for nine days and nine days?"
Li Dabao chuckled and was about to retort when he saw Leng Yue's sharp sword-like eyes and closed his mouth instantly.
Only then did Leng Yue begin to speak formally.
She put the black nail back into the white jade box.
"According to the information we received, the reason why the ancient Dian Kingdom was able to fight Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for several months without losing the battle was because the ancient Dian Kingdom had hundreds of thousands of mountains to rely on."
"To be precise, the place we are going to this time is not within the ruins of the ancient Dian Kingdom, but further south."
After speaking, Leng Yue stopped talking and looked at me quietly, waiting for my answer.
I just thought about it briefly. If the ancient Dian Kingdom continued to go south, wouldn't that mean...!
Rao Jiang...?
