I am not repairing cultural relics in the Forbidden City

Chapter 69

When Tao Xiu rushed home at 2 o'clock in the morning, he opened the door and anxiously checked the time on his phone. He knew that the three-day countdown had already begun, so he couldn't help feeling a little panicked.

After finally poking the key into the keyhole to open the door, he had planned how to read the information, how to find maintenance materials, etc., and so on, all of a sudden disappeared. He stood in the door in a daze, and the box had already fallen to the side. what can we do about it?Tao Xiu stared blankly at the room, not knowing what to do for a while, the pain from being pinched still remained on his neck, Tao Xiu covered his neck with both hands, and slowly sat down on the ground.

A few days ago, this was the home of the two of them, but in an instant, there was nothing. Maybe, maybe the worst kind of possibility, he returned to a life alone, a lonely and ordinary life.He tilted his body and leaned against the shoe cabinet, and suddenly felt very cold. Only then did he realize that he left in a hurry and didn't even wear his coat.At that moment, he felt as if he had suddenly returned to the classroom of that junior high school. The sound of other people's reading was the noisy background in his ears. He only heard his aunt yelling at him: "Your parents are dead!" !"

died!Who knows what death means?Tao Xiu thought blankly, it's just that they will never see each other again, it's just that their cold and broken bodies can no longer be whole and warm, and it's just that they have no home and no love anymore.

What if Qintang died?Tao Xiu suddenly thought that his body should disappear completely. Few people knew of his existence. If he disappeared, few people would be sad. Traces of his existence would gradually disappear, just like he did back then. Even he himself forgot the way he had to go to school every day.

Tao Xiu managed to recover when his whole body was freezing cold. He stood up and prepared to go to the kitchen to boil some hot water.

There was no difference between the kitchen and before he left. Tao Xiu looked around, and he saw a small note on the wall. It was pasted by Tao Xiu before. There were some precautions for using the kitchen on it, and it was for Qintang , When Qintang first came here, he was very interested in these kitchen equipment. Tao Xiu thought it would be better to teach him how to do it directly, and he really wrote out a note, what is the location of sugar, salt and soy sauce, how big is the fire, How to use the induction cooker, how to use the microwave oven... Qin Tang learned quickly, he stayed at home for a while, and Tao Xiu really ate the prepared meals when he came back.

It's not enough to impress him.

Tao Xiu smiled and pulled the note down, suddenly he found a small heart drawn at the end of the note.

"What does this mean?" Qin Tang showed Tao Xiu the phone.

Tao Xiu saw the little heart on the screen at a glance, and smiled and compared his hands to him: "I just love you, which means comparing my heart."

This is a very simple conversation that happened before they went to temporary. This kind of inquiry has never stopped when Qintang was here. He really wanted to integrate into the life here, or he really wanted to It is necessary to integrate into the life with "I".

Tao Xiu suddenly cheered up, there is still time!These three days are enough!Tao Xiu secretly calculated his plans for the next few days, grabbed the little note and ran into the bedroom.

Until dawn, Tao Xiu didn't raise his head. He rubbed his brows anxiously. He didn't read fast enough. He read most of the unfinished materials, but there was no useful information. Knowing the year when this pocket watch first appeared, there is no way to estimate the age, which brings great difficulties to the restoration.

Tao Xiu called his master Zhong Qi, hoping to take that pocket watch to a professional appraisal bureau for appraisal, and discuss the next plan with his master by the way.

Zhong Qi got up when he received the call, and when he was about to wash up and went out, he happened to see Chen Yuda who was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper. Chen Yuda was stunned, pushed his glasses and said strangely: "What are you doing up so early?" Zhong Qi stared He glanced at him, turned around and went to the study without speaking to him.

"Hey, what's the matter?" Chen Yuda quickly put down the newspaper and went to the study.

Zhong Qi rolled his eyes at him: "Tao Xiu will come over right away."

Chen Yuda was taken aback when he heard the words: "Didn't he go on a business trip to a neighboring city?"

Zhong Qi was a little annoyed: "How do I know! I must have come back for something! Why don't you call me so early?"

"..." Chen Yuda suddenly realized, "Are you angry for getting up? You don't want to scold your apprentice, so you take your anger out on me?"

Zhong Qi turned to look at him.

Chen Yuda immediately returned to his smiling face: "Yes, yes, sprinkle it on me, whatever you want."

"Get out." Zhong Qi said angrily.

Chen Yuda leaned over and said distressedly: "What are you looking for, I'll help you find it, you eat first? I cooked porridge."

Zhong Qi turned around and kicked him.

"Okay, I'll go out first." Chen Yuda sighed.

Zhong Qi still couldn't see it and added: "We'll eat together when Tao Xiu comes over."

After Tao Xiu called Master, he grabbed a few books that might have contents and stuffed them into his schoolbag, then rushed out.

It didn't take long to arrive at Chen Yuda's house.

Chen Yuda heard the knock and came to open the door. He probably knew that he was in a hurry, so he didn't ask him about the exhibition. But when Tao Xiu opened the door and saw Chen Yuda, he suddenly remembered, and quickly explained: "Xu Congcong is over there. Here...something happened, so I came back first."

"It's all right." Chen Yuda waved his hand, "It's all right, your master is in the study. You just go and ask him to come out for dinner."

Tao Xiu nodded and rushed into the study.

Although Tao Xiu didn't say anything on the phone, but in such a hurry, Zhong Qi guessed that it was Qintang's business, so he found out the previously compiled information in advance.

"What's the matter this time?" Although Zhong Qi guessed that it was Qintang's business, he didn't expect Qintang's body to be useless so soon, he thought it was something else.

Tao Xiu took out a small box from his schoolbag, Zhong Qi went over to open it, and was shocked, how could it be seen that it was a pocket watch, the entire pocket watch was almost completely broken, and the parts were piled up scatteredly aside, Only the dial is still slightly shaped.

"What's going on?" Zhong Qi asked in surprise.

Tao Xiu wanted to be as calm as possible: "He can't support his body anymore, I have to bring him back and fix it quickly."

Of course he could hear the choking in Tao Xiu's tone, but instead of asking, he said seriously, "How much time is left?"

Tao Xiu coughed, and calmed down his trembling voice a bit: "Dai Chuan said there are still three more days."

"Dai Chuan is the one who came here last time?" Zhong Qi remembered.

"Well, now Qintang's body is preserved with him..." Tao Xiu explained, "There should be no problem."

"Okay." Zhong Qi sighed, stepped forward and dragged Tao Xiu to go out.

"Why!" Tao Xiu asked strangely, didn't he want to study it?

"You don't eat anymore?" Zhong Qi glared at him, "Woke me up early in the morning, I didn't even eat, why don't you want me to eat now?"

Tao Xiu's momentum immediately weakened: "Then you go..."

"Go eat!" Zhong Qi said angrily, "What's the matter with me and your leader waiting for you all morning, you don't even want to eat a meal!"

Tao Xiu could only go out with him.

Chen Yuda didn't ask what happened. He wasn't really interested in these things. The only thing he was interested in was that he couldn't be in a hurry now, but where he could help, he could still help.

"Do an appraisal?" Chen Yuda thought for a while, "Okay, I'll make a call later, they won't go to work until at least nine o'clock, and there are still a few hours left. I'll take you there when I get to work."

"Thank you Uncle Chen." Tao Xiu was very grateful.

Zhong Qi gave him a blank look: "Why thank him, he is a public servant of the people, he should serve the people, don't thank him, thank me!"

Tao Xiu: "..."

Chen Yuda smiled indifferently: "It's okay to thank him, anyway, thanking him is also thanking me..."

"Hello!" Zhong Qi snorted.

"Eat, eat!" Chen Yuda quickly changed the subject.

After eating, the two of them went back to the study room, leaving Chen Yuda to tidy up outside. Tao Xiu was a little bit sorry at first, but now he has no other intentions.

Although Zhong Qi found a substitute for the pocket watch and temporarily repaired Qintang's body, his research has never stopped. Although there are no direct clues, it adds up to a lot. I threw the page-numbered book to the master, and I read the materials beside me.

To his surprise, Zhong Qi also found some news about the Jin family. The Jin family was a big family in this city. It was very famous before the fire broke out, and it had a history of hundreds of years. The time cannot be verified, but the first record was in the Tang Dynasty. Master found much more information than him. Tao Xiu soon discovered a strange place. During that time, their place was actually a very In the large cultural relics trading market, there were also cultural relics in ancient times. Even in the Tang Dynasty, people also sought after the things left by the predecessors. If there is a pursuit, there will naturally be transactions. Although most of these transactions are between the aristocratic class , but a very small number of them flowed into the market and entered the pockets of wealthy merchants. In addition, the economy of the Tang Dynasty was developed and the world was peaceful. Such a thing is not impossible, but it is strange that they are neither important cities nor political places. , why is there such a big market?

Tao Xiu wrote down this point, and then he saw another place marked by Master.

It was a recorded case of missing persons, which has been left in the literature unresolved, and for what purpose, this case has never been erased by history, and it has been passed down for thousands of years.It was only after Tao Xiu read it that he understood a little bit, because this is really a large and weird case.

"More than [-] people entered the country, but no results were found, no corpses, pending."

This is the final conclusion of this case. Tao Xiu was a little terrified when he saw it. More than 800 people disappeared in this place. No one was alive or dead. No clue at all?

Tao Xiu didn't know why Master marked this passage, he didn't ask, but re-marked it and put it aside.

Apart from these, Tao Xiu was a bit at a loss. If this pocket watch was made in the Tang Dynasty, it is not impossible for the strong economic strength and manufacturing level of the Tang Dynasty. But because of such a huge manufacturing level, why is there no record at all? ?Not even another contemporary?

Suddenly Daxiu raised his head abruptly, and asked, "Master... where is that little Zhong Ling?"

Zhong Qi was suddenly taken aback by the question, and then said seriously: "She rarely comes out, and she hasn't come out since the last time she was brought out."

Just as Tao Xiu wanted to speak, Zhong Qi hesitated and said, "I think Zhong Ling is a bit strange."

"What do you mean?" Tao Xiu was taken aback.

"Zhong Ling knows Qintang, right? I guess they belong to the same era, so go check or disassemble her watch, and you should be able to find out."

Tao Xiu's eyes lit up, he thought so too.

"But no, Zhong Ling said that she and Qintang are not in the same era, but just happened to see something there." Zhong Qi frowned, "She even hid, as if she knew that I wanted to take her for an appraisal."

Tao Xiu suddenly thought of something: "Didn't she say she wanted to help him find the owner? Did you find any clues?"

Zhong Qi smiled wryly: "She doesn't even give me an appraisal, what else can she look for?"

"Can't you find her now?" Tao Xiu asked strangely.

"Why are you looking for her?" Zhong Qi glanced at him, "She doesn't accept my help, she would rather hide and not let me know where she is, why am I in a hurry?"

"But..." Tao Xiu thought of that little girl.

Zhong Qi said something lightly, but seemed to mean something: "She is not human."

"..." Tao Xiu forced a smile, "But now we have to find her, maybe we have to test her."

"Ah."