The woman standing aside with a stern face raised her head slightly, glanced into the house in awe, and then replied with great respect: "Yes, village chief."
"Come with me." Aunt Ma walked directly into the house without even looking at Chen Tianqi and others.
Chen Tianqi and the other two looked at each other and then followed.
After entering the villa, Aunt Ma asked everyone to put on their slippers and then walked into the huge main hall.
This villa is really very big, with a visual inspection of at least more than 1,300 square meters. Chen Tianqi even believed that ordinary people entering here would not be able to tell the difference between east, west and north.
However, the furnishings inside the house are different from the modern exterior scene. On the contrary, the interiors of the villa are mostly antiques, and most of them are bronzes.
In addition, there are human servants in many places in the room. These servants are well preserved and the colors are still there, which is in sharp contrast with those unearthed in the terracotta warriors and horses pit.
I don't know if it was because of something strange in his heart, but Chen Tianqi always felt that these servants still had some breath of life left, but it was not the breath of normal life.
It's an indescribable weird feeling.
After walking inside for about five minutes, the three of them finally followed Aunt Ma into the main hall.
The main hall is very large. There is a tea table in the center. There are no chairs beside the tea table. An old man in a fiery red robe is kneeling in front of the table, calmly and calmly drinking the famous Ziyang Maojian from Western Province.
The fragrance of tea floats into the nose, just like the old man in the hall, giving people an extremely comfortable feeling.
But Chen Tianqi knows that people's appearance is often a disguise. If you are easily fooled by appearance, you may die without knowing how.
This old man, as the village chief of Mengjia Village, is definitely not a kind person.
You know, the Meng clan were famous generals in the Qin Dynasty.
How could someone from a family of warriors be elegant?
"Sit down and have a cup of tea first." The old man said calmly after filtering out the first tea and replacing it with the second.
"Village Chief Meng, we are not drinking tea with you today. Our palace master is already here. Let's talk about business directly." Cao Xingwei said coldly.
The old man raised his head slightly and glanced at Cao Xingwei. His eyes were as vast as the starry sky and the deep sea. Even Chen Tianqi was afraid.
Cao Xingwei was even more scared.
The old man just glanced at you, and then continued to pour his tea: "Master Cao, you are also a person who knows your destiny quickly, but why are you not as calm as two young people in their twenties?"
What he said was naturally referring to Chen Tianqi and Wen Tingjun.
Chen Tianqi walked forward, bowed his hands politely, and said: "Village Chief Meng, since we entered the village, the juniors have repeatedly wanted us to endure the exposure to the sun for such a long time even outside the door, but we didn't care. Now,
Since Village Chief Meng has seen us, it’s better to talk about business as soon as possible.”
"Business? What is business?" Village Chief Meng suddenly stopped what he was doing and smiled lightly: "For me, sleeping and drinking tea are the most important business in life."
When Chen Tianqi heard this, he smiled calmly and knelt down opposite Village Chief Meng: "So, Village Chief Meng doesn't regard the matter of the underground palace as a serious matter?"
Village Chief Meng seemed to have known that Chen Tianqi would say this for a long time, and sneered: "Who would like to be a tomb keeper and deal with a group of dead people for generations? To me, the matter of the underground palace is indeed not a serious matter."
"In this case, why did Village Chief Meng interfere with our excavation of the underground palace? If you want compensation, you can offer a price. No matter how much, I can afford it." Chen Tianqi said directly.
Village Chief Meng raised his head and glanced at Chen Tianqi, and then said disdainfully: "I know you can afford it, but I don't need it. All the villagers in our Mengjia Village have been living and reproducing here for generations, and we have everything we need. What you gave us
No matter how much, we won’t be able to use it.”
"What does Village Chief Meng mean?" Chen Tianqi asked doubtfully.
Village Chief Meng picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and said: "The meaning is very simple. Although guarding the mausoleum is not my main job, it is my mission. The Meng family will never betray the mission."
"Meng Village Chief, times have changed. Now more than two thousand years have passed since the Qin Dynasty. Why do you have to trap so many Meng family members in this small Lishan Mountain? You can have a broader world, don't you think?
Are you willing to be trapped here?" Chen Tianqi said.
Village Chief Meng shook his head and said: "What you said makes sense, but it doesn't move me. You don't understand faith. As a Meng family member, loyalty flows in my bones and blood. No matter how tired I am of such a mission,
Even if I know this is a stupid behavior, I, we, will continue to carry out it and protect it."
"One generation, two generations, descendants, and ancestors will continue like this."
Chen Tianqi frowned: "Village Chief Meng, is there no room for negotiation? Then what's the point of calling me here?"
"The whole point of calling you here is to make you give up on this idea." Village Chief Meng was still sipping tea calmly, as if everything was in order.
laugh!
A bronze tea cup was suddenly crushed into powder in Chen Tianqi's hands.
Chen Tianqi had endured it for so long, but he didn't expect that what he got in exchange was such a playful remark, and he suddenly lost his temper: "Village Chief Meng, I have decided to dig the underground palace, and no one can keep it!"
When Village Chief Meng saw Chen Tianqi crushing the bronze cup into powder, his expression was moved, and then he smiled sarcastically: "Palace Master Chen, do you want to use force?"
"It was Village Chief Meng who forced me to do this!" Chen Tianqi said coldly.
Village Chief Meng shook his head and said, "I know that Palace Master Chen is extremely powerful, but if he wants to act recklessly in Mengjia Village, I'm afraid he's just asking for trouble."
"Really?" Although Chen Tianqi felt that everyone in this village was extraordinary, they were still too weak to be his opponents.
It is imperative for Chen Tianqi to excavate the underground palace. If he does not enter the underground palace and obtain the Imperial Seal and the Ascending Dragon Secret, then Chen Tianyu will not be rescued, and Chen Tianqi will not be able to live in peace in his life.
"Palace Master Chen must dig up the underground palace?!" Village Chief Meng took a breath and asked when he saw Chen Tianqi's tough attitude.
"Definitely!" Chen Tianqi replied without hesitation.
hiss……
Village Chief Meng suddenly fell into silence. After about a cup of tea, Village Chief Meng spoke again: "Since Palace Master Chen has made up his mind, let's go according to the rules."
"What rules?" Chen Tianqi asked.
"Break through!" Village Chief Meng said: "If you can pass through three levels in a row, then I will no longer have anything to do with you entering the underground palace."