Jiang Yun didn't pay too much attention, and focused entirely on exploring the ancient books.
Wei Tu looked at the fragments of Lu's book in the window, and his thoughts were suddenly brought back to his childhood.
At that time, he had just gone to the countryside with his parents and had changed from a city dweller to a farmer. It seemed that everything was difficult to adapt to...
*
"Go back in time to 1968"
Wei Jun took his wife Yang Hongying, eight-year-old son Wei Tu, and three-year-old daughter Wei Lan, and moved their family from the capital city to the remote Maogang Village.
Wei Jun: "Xiao Tu, come here and sing the children's song to dad again."
"If the king is not established, I will not speak, and the soap will not be white... When I see Qinglong, I will..."
Wei Jun showed a satisfied smile and gently touched his son's head: "Xiao Tu, you must remember that Lu's Lip Code must not be known to others!"
Eight-year-old Wei Tu was ignorant and did not seem to understand the meaning of his father's instructions.
It is said that time makes people grow old, and time flies by to 1974, and Wei Jun has reached the age of forty.
Yang Hongying, who was crying with joy, held her husband's hand: "Dajun, I heard that there are many opportunities to return to the city this year. Our family's longing for it is finally over!"
Wei Jun looked worried: "Go back? As long as we don't hand over the book for one day, they won't let us go back!"
When an opportunity arises to return to the city, the group may not be able to sit still!
"After all these years, are they still unwilling to let our family go?" Yang Hongying frowned.
Wei Jun's eyes flashed: "No, I have to leave a backup."
In the evening, fourteen-year-old Wei Tu led his younger sister home from school together. The cozy little home that used to be so cozy was now particularly deserted.
"Dad, Mom, we are back!"
The room was quiet, no one was there.
The Wei brothers and sisters looked at each other inexplicably, and heard many villagers coming outside. They shouted: "Xiao Wei, your parents were bitten to death by wild beasts on the mountain!"
On this day, Wei Tu cried very sadly...
After finishing his parents' funeral arrangements, he accidentally found a letter left for him by his father in the mattress.
There are a lot of words written in it, most of which are bits and pieces of daily life.
Just when Wei Tu was confused, he saw that at the bottom of the letter, his father specially wrote two small words - Qinglong.
!!!
This is a coded letter!
Wei Tu used the Lu's lip code taught by his father to outline the important words one by one, and finally gathered them into one sentence.
"The seventh tile of the kitchen beam"
!!!
Wei Tu was shocked! Could it be that his parents were hiding some secret?
He did not take action immediately, but waited until dark before quietly climbing onto the roof of the kitchen.
After removing the tile, there was a palm-sized oilcloth bag inside.
Wei Tu opened the cloth bag and found an ancient book inside. The writing on the cover was a bit blurry, and the words "Lü Shi Shu" could be vaguely seen.
This book was written by a member of the Lu family. This family has produced many master counterfeiters, and they cover a wide range of products, from gold, stone and jade to calligraphy and painting, and even bronze and wood.
These skilled craftsmen wrote down their exquisite skills and left them to future generations to revitalize their families.
In order to prevent the unique secret book from being leaked, they deliberately made up a special code word - Lu's Lip Code.
Only when the two are combined can we truly see the superb technology in the book.
Wei Tu carefully opened the yellowed and fragile paper, but unexpectedly a letter fell from inside. This was a letter written by his father to himself.
My son personally declares:
Brat, I hope you don't read this letter, because when you do, it means they are here!
Something must have happened between me and your mother!
And the cause of all this is that Lu's book, this evil book, the counterfeiting technology in it is too exquisite, once it falls into the hands of someone with intentions, the consequences will be disastrous.
Fortunately, your parents have been keeping it all these years. We have used the contents in the book for archaeological research and found many fake antiquities.
But after all, paper cannot contain the fire, and the secret of this book is still known to them!
These people stole half of my translation notes and framed your mother and me, causing our family to move.
son!
I am writing this letter to you not to seek revenge, but to hope that you can keep Lu’s book and never let it fall into the hands of thieves! Remember! Remember!
Take good care of Xiaolan for us!
Dad: Wei Jun
*
His thoughts were surging, and Wei Tu, who had come to his senses, was pulled back to reality.
He always thought that there was only one Lu book, but he didn't expect that there was another one!
And according to my own observation just now, this book is 80% authentic, but the content of the two books is different.
The book in his hand mainly talks about calligraphy and painting, while the book at the bidding meeting talks about gold, stone and jade.
Wei Tu sighed heavily. The amount of information he was currently receiving was too large, and he needed to smoke a cigarette to clear his mind.
"Xiaoyun, I'm going to smoke a cigarette outside. You stay with Uncle Gu and don't wander around."
After explaining, he turned around and left.
Light a cigarette and let your thoughts spread freely like white smoke.
Who are they mentioned repeatedly in father's letters?
The goal of these people is Lu's book.
The cause of death of their parents is related to them. Now that the fragments of Lu's book have appeared, will these people also be exposed?
Ever since his parents died, Wei Tu has never given up the thought of revenge.
He wanted to catch these people with his own hands and bring them to justice so that his parents' spirits in heaven could be sued!
Wei Tu took a deep breath from his cigarette and looked deeply into the distance. The white smoke rings he exhaled slowly dispersed in the air.
The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. Uncle Gu cannot know about this matter for the time being. Once he intervenes, this group of people will act more secretly.
If you bid in your own name, it will quickly arouse the vigilance of that group of people, and even provoke more powerful suppression.
Wei Tu felt that it was wise to keep a low profile and bide his time until he was ready.
"Brother Tu, you have smoked a few cigarettes, look at the cigarette butts here!" Jiang Yun came over with her little mouth pouted.
She continued: "The teacher asked me to call you. The bidding meeting is about to begin. By the way, I decided to take the bid for that ancient book. The base price is only two hundred, so let's just play it off."
Upon hearing this, Wei Tu suppressed the urge to tell the truth.
He couldn't let Jiang Yun know about this, because the more he knew, the more likely he would be in danger!
Similarly, Wei Tu did not want her to bid for Lu's fragments.
"There are so many rare things at the bidding meeting, why did you just fall in love with this book?"
Jiang Yun choked, how could this make people react?
You can’t say that this book is related to your wealth and life!
She thought for a while and held back two words: "I like it!"
Now it was Wei Tu's turn to choke, okay, everyone said they liked it, what else could they do.
However, I can just take this opportunity to see who will bid for it?!
Maybe, among these people, there is "them" that my father always mentioned!