The real mine owner, Jia Maocai, had already been moved into the closet. Dad now put on his suit and leather shoes, and wore a big gold Rolex watch. Not to mention, he looked a bit like a middle-aged entrepreneur.
It's just that the earthy flavor is too strong, and it looks like a nouveau riche at first glance.
But the only thing I can do now is let Lin Mo pretend, which is even more unlikeable and his age is wrong.
While his father was changing clothes, Lin Mo studied the bronze box in his hand.
This thing must have weighed more than fifty kilograms. The normal volume of bronze is not that heavy. No wonder Jia Maocai had to use a large suitcase to pack and transport it.
It's really hard to carry it.
What exactly is there?
This thing has no gaps and is completely integrated. Unless it is destroyed, it is impossible to open it.
Lin Mo carefully observed the complex patterns on it, and found many raised carvings like star diagrams on the top and back. They were actually raised dots of different sizes.
There should be something special about these dots, but it's a pity that Lin Mo can't figure it out.
Dad came out and asked Lin Mo to comment on how he looked now and whether he would seduce his mother who came in later.
Lin Mo couldn't tell the truth.
Growing up, my father had raised himself up alone and suffered a lot. He was much older than his peers.
Lin Mo said against his will, he would definitely be able to charm his mother.
Dad immediately grinned.
"Remember, our purpose is to find out what this thing is, and also to protect your mother."
"Don't worry, Dad, I remember everything."
"Hey, Xiao Mo, you are a college student and know much more. Can you tell me that if your mother was not injured in this memory world, then she would not die suddenly? If she did not die, what would happen next?"
This question stopped Lin Mo.
Lin Mo glanced at his father and found that there was some kind of expectation in his eyes.
Obviously hoping that Lin Mo would weave a beautiful fantasy for him.
Even though he knew it, this fantasy was not real.
Lin Mo understands.
So he said, "If you are not injured, of course you won't die. If you don't die, you will always exist in this world of memory."
"Right, I think so too."
Dad said something.
Lin Mo was suddenly stunned at this moment. He realized something, and his expression suddenly became serious.
"Dad, you, don't you want to..."
Dad smiled and was about to speak when, by chance, there was a knock on the door.
The two stopped talking immediately.
They know who it is.
The first ones to knock on the door were the two mysterious men.
Lin Mo went over and opened the door.
The two men were obviously stunned when they saw Lin Mo. They probably didn't expect that there were actually two people in the room.
"Come on, come in and talk."
At this moment, Dad was sitting steadily on his chair, and the musical score had already been set up.
A mine boss, a nouveau riche, must look like a nouveau riche.
Two men walked in.
They did not doubt their father's identity.
That's because they have never met Jia Maocai.
"You two, please wait a moment. I have made an appointment with someone. When she comes, we will talk together."
When Dad spoke, he gave Lin Mo a wink.
Lin Mo understood and slowly walked behind the two people.
talk?
It definitely needs to be discussed.
But both Lin Mo and his father had the same approach, which was to hold the person down first and then talk.
This is the safest.
The two people seemed to sense something was wrong, but at this time Lin Mo had already taken action.
There is no suspense. Even if these two people have some abilities, they have no chance to take action against Lin Mo and Dad.
She was stripped of her clothes, tied up, gagged and blindfolded, and the whole process was completed.
"Mom is coming in soon." Lin Mo whispered.
Dad nodded and said that this time he would open the door himself to welcome your mother.
Lin Mo nodded, pulled off the sheets on the bed to cover the two people's bodies, and then walked over to interrogate them.
Dad stood at the door early, and the doorman who came in couldn't hide the expectant look in his eyes.
A few minutes later, the knock on the door rang again.
Dad opened the door at once.
The person standing outside the door is my mother.
Of course, Lin Mo’s name is mom. In fact, the mom from twenty years ago was not old at all, she was very young. She didn’t look like she was from the same era as her dad.
To be honest, she looks more like her father's daughter.
Dad must be excited to have such a young and beautiful daughter-in-law for nothing; Lin Mo is actually also very excited to suddenly have such a young and beautiful mother.
Although it was the first time we met, the familiarity in our blood slowly emerged at this moment.
"Boss Jia?" my mother asked outside the door.
Dad was watching with affection. When he heard this, he realized and nodded: "Come on, come in and talk."
After saying that, let the door open.
At this time, Lin Mo hurriedly covered the two people with sheets.
It was not good for my mother to see this scene.
It hurts the eyes.
According to the result of Lin Mo's discussion with his father just now, he should do business first and not recognize each other.
The main reason is that the mothers in this place may not believe them.
If we really went up to him and got to know each other, no one else would be fooled.
My husband suddenly turned into a sloppy old man, and my son who had only been breastfeeding for a few months suddenly turned into a young man.
No woman would believe it.
Mom glanced around the room.
I saw Lin Mo.
"He is?"
"Oh, I'm another buyer, just like you." Lin Mo took the initiative to say something at this time.
This is more appropriate.
Dad secretly gave Lin Mo a thumbs up.
Obviously Lin Mo's idea was very good.
Just taking advantage of a few minutes, Lin Mo had already interrogated the other two buyers.
These two people didn't know much, they just knew that the bronze box was related to something strange. They actually belonged to the agency and the real big boss asked them to come.
As for who the real big boss is, the two of them don't know.
It's someone who gets paid to do things.
So they are only responsible for buying things and bringing them back, and don't know anything about the rest.
My mother didn't have any doubts, she said she wanted to see the goods first.
Dad pretended to take out the bronze box from the suitcase.
My mother's eyes lit up when she saw this bronze box.
"Can I see it?"
she asked.
How could dad refuse, so he handed it over immediately.
He was not afraid of anything going wrong. After all, Lin Mo had studied this bronze box just now, and he had studied it himself. There was nothing dangerous about it.
When the box arrived in my mother's hands, she turned it over and over, and then noticed the star pattern on it.
At this moment, my mother's eyes lit up.
It seems that something has been discovered.
I saw her pressing on the box and running her fingers over different raised points.
A surprising scene happened next.
The bronze box actually made a clicking sound.
opened.
In an instant, a strange breath came out of the opened box, and a black liquid flowed out of it.
Dad reacted the fastest. He knocked the bronze box out of Mom's hand without hesitation, and then threw her to the ground.
Streams of black liquid seemed to be alive, flying out of the box, most of it penetrated into Dad's body, and only a small part touched Mom.
In addition to the black liquid, there is also a curse.
Like an invisible snake, it emerged from the bronze box and fled outward.
Lin Mo understood when he saw this.
Why did the people in rooms 12 and 6 turn into murderous maniacs and be cursed by evil spirits?
It's because they were attacked by the curse released from the bronze box.
This is when it became weird.
It was the same as Lin Mo had speculated before.
But at this time, Lin Mo couldn't care about the escaped curses. He stepped forward and pressed the bronze box to prevent more weird things from escaping, and then went over to help his father up.
Dad looked very bad.
There was black liquid that got into his body just now. It was obvious that this thing was not a good thing.
Mom is fine.
There was relatively little contamination from the black liquid. Apart from the pale face and slight weakness, there were no major problems.
At this moment, my father was apologizing to my mother.
Say sorry.
After all, I was afraid of being misunderstood by suddenly throwing myself at the opponent.
Who knew that my mother was staring at my father with strange eyes at this time.
I don’t know what I saw, but my mother frowned and said nothing.
Lin Mo ran over to smooth things over and asked what happened just now.
"You don't even know what this box is and you dare to buy it?" His mother's eyes were very contemptuous, and Lin Mo asked, "Do you know?"
"Of course I know."
Mom said something.
This was not a lie, she really knew, otherwise she would not have been able to open the bronze box just now.
The method of opening the box is the same as opening the combination lock.
The raised dots on the box are like keyboards. As long as you press the right combination, the box can be opened. If you don't know the inside story, how can you think of this? Not to mention opening the box, you don't even know how to press the password.
.
Lin Mo glanced at his father at this time, and the latter made an "I'm okay" gesture.
Dad is now a serious nightmare. Things that are extremely dangerous to ordinary people are not so lethal to him.
Lin Mo also breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked at the bronze box in his hand and asked his mother for advice.
"This is an ominous thing. What spilled out of the box just now must be harmful. Fortunately, nothing happened."
Lin Moxin said that nothing happened because he and his father were here.
Otherwise, something big would have happened just now.
"I suggest you give it to me. If this thing falls into the hands of others, it will only bring disaster. Don't think I'm scaring you. Everything I say is true."
Mom scares Lin Mo.
But was Lin Mo so frightened?
"Tell me what you know and I will let you know."
Mom thought about it and said that she also knew it from some ancient books, saying that there used to be skilled craftsmen who were proficient in the art of mechanisms and were good at casting copper boxes to place valuables.
She did not go into details, but said that she needed to refer to a large number of documents and ancient books to know the function of the bronze box.
Anyway, at this moment, Lin Mo felt the dimensionality-reducing impact of high-level intellectuals on ordinary people.
He asked his father in a low voice, what major did his mother study in college before?
"archeology!"
"I knew it!"
Most people would definitely not read ancient books, only professionals like my mother would.
"As for the contents of this bronze box, ancient books say that it is the book of life and death in the underworld that a prince accidentally obtained during the Warring States Period more than two thousand years ago. Of course, this must be a fake. The book of life and death in the underworld and so on are all ancient legends.
, something of feudal superstition. Of course there won’t be any book of life and death in this world, but it must be a cultural relic. This thing is of no use in your hands, so it’s better to give it to me.”
After my mother finished speaking, she turned to her father and said, "Boss Jia, the price I'm offering you is quite high, please think about it."
Dad said nothing.
The current situation has actually deviated from the normal ‘plot’.
In fact, both Lin Mo and his father knew that after their mother met with Jia Maocai and others, she must have asked for inspection, and then 'accidentally' opened the bronze box.
But at that time, no one knew the box was so dangerous.
As a result, the weirdness and curses in the bronze box poured out unbridled. It is conceivable that even the visitors in the next room were affected, let alone the people in the house.
Mom was contaminated with something, which caused her to die suddenly a few hours later.
Jia Maocai and the other two buyers must have been affected as well.
Even if he doesn't die, his body must have been taken over by something.
It is even possible that the reason why this hotel became a "weird place" is because of this bronze box.
This was the truth back then.
But now, in this memory world, Lin Mo and his father have changed their established trajectory.
But the facts that have already happened cannot change because of this.
Lin Mo knows this, and so does his father.
The next thing to do is nothing more than two things. One is to see how to confess to my mother, and the other is to see what is contained in this bronze box and whether there is any curse of the undead.
As a result, at this time, Lin Mo felt that the bronze box in his hand wanted to open on its own.
It's like there's something inside that wants to come out.
Lin Mo used all his strength.
But the power is not enough.
Use two hands to press together.
Nope either.
"Dad!"
Lin Mo was also anxious at this time and shouted regardless. When his father saw that the situation was not good, he immediately came over and held Lin Mo's hand.
The father and son pressed together.
There was a strange noise coming from the bronze box, as if something was really scratching, making an irritating sound.
"I can't hold it anymore."
Dad said something.
Lin Mo said you go protect your mother.
Dad was also decisive, ran over, picked up mom, and hid in a room inside.
At the same time, Lin Mo let go of his hand.
There was a bang.
The bronze box was ejected.
The cover fell several meters away, bounced off the wall, and fell to the ground.
The remaining half of the box had black smoke coming out.
Then a hand stretched out from inside.
Then came a whole arm, two hands, and finally a person exuding a cold aura crawled out, revealing half of his body.
A person climbed out of such a small box. This scene was both scary and incredible.
But Lin Mo also saw a booklet falling on the ground next to him.
There are three complicated words written on the booklet.
Three words immediately popped into Lin Mo's mind.
Book of life and death!
No way?
Is that legend my mother told me true?
Lin Mo's heart skipped a beat and he reached out to pick up the booklet.
This thing is very light to start with, as if it has no weight, and the texture of the book is like pieces of dried human skin.
There are also lines and tiny fuzz on the skin.
Holding this thing, even Lin Mo felt a sense of discomfort.
He turned over a page and saw a person's name on it, but strangely, the other names were blurry and could not be seen clearly at all.