Lieshan

Chapter 38

After leaving the Forbidden City, Qi Xiu drove the car very fast all the way, in a daze to shuttle back and forth among Beijing's traffic jams, breaking out of the encirclement.The metropolis has just woken up in the morning. Looking down from the viaduct, the wide asphalt road is full of traffic, and it is a completely different world from the ancient and quiet Wenyuan Pavilion just now.

Chu Min didn't think too much when he followed Qi Xiu into the car, but after the car drove out of the Fifth Ring Road, he finally realized something was wrong: "Where are we going?"

"Xianyang." Qi Huaiyuan was reading the book, and replied without raising his head.

"Has anyone asked for my permission before..."

"No."

"Then can I call the police and tell the police that someone is abducting people?"

Qi Huaiyuan finally raised his head on the co-pilot, reached out and dialed 110 with the car navigation.

"Hello, Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, job number 017, please tell me."

"..." Chu Min was speechless for a while, "It's okay, it's just...just, thank the people's police for starting work so early."

"You're welcome, we should..."

Chu Min didn't dare to interfere with other people's business anymore, so he hurriedly leaned forward from the back seat and hung up the phone, while giving Qi Huaiyuan a hard look.This person really has no social morality at all. Don't you know that 110 cannot be dialed casually!What to do if a major case is delayed!

It takes about 12 hours from Beijing to Xianyang. The long journey is boring and boring. Chu Min fell asleep unconsciously.

In a trance, Chu Min, who was sleeping, heard Maoyan yelling to relieve himself, and Qi Xiu kept complaining.After a while, Chu Min opened his eyes in confusion when he felt someone pushing him.

"Come down?" Qi Huaiyuan turned sideways to let out the door, and Chu Min saw that the wool was happily running towards the service area.

Chu Chu didn't make any movements, and still maintained the posture of dozing off just now.

Qi Huaiyuan was silent for a while, then sighed slightly: "You continue to sleep."

In fact, he really wanted to go out to get some air, Chu Min sighed in his heart, and looked at the roof of the car speechlessly: "Give me a hand."

Qi Huaiyuan, who was about to close the car door, stopped in doubt.

"It's numb."

"..."

By the time Chu Chu sat down on the chair at the service station, Mao Xian had happily gorged on his braised beef noodles with braised beef in braised pork, sucking non-stop, and raised his head to invite vaguely: "Come on?"

Chu Min resolutely shook his head in disgust and refused.

"It's delicious."

"Junk food...don't eat."

"Pretentious." Mao Xian commented in disapproval, and buried his head in the bucket again.

Qi Huaiyuan's gaze stayed on the instant noodles for a while: "Qi Xiu, go find something to eat."

Qi Xiu, who is always concerned about his master, got the task, and immediately rushed into the staff's rest area like chicken blood.

Although Chu Chu rejected the instant noodles, it was really not a pleasure to appreciate the wind-blown and relished appearance of wool, so he slipped behind the service station alone and sat on the river bank to breathe.There are farmlands on both sides of the expressway, and the air is fresh, unlike the serious pollution in the city.A round of not-so-bright moon dimly reveals a third of the moonlight in the light clouds, and a few sparse stars are shining in the sky. The beauty of such a good day is really comforting.

If you ignore some bad people.

Qi Huaiyuan also came over quietly at some point, sitting on the ground as well, his arm touching Chu Min's.

"What are you doing?" Chu Min looked vigilantly at the person sitting next to him. This kind of overstepping the social distance between people made him very uncomfortable.

"What are you doing?" Qi Huaiyuan turned his head and asked calmly.

"..." Chu Min squeezed out a smile, "I'm looking at the scenery."

Qi Huaiyuan nodded when he heard the words: "Coincidentally, me too."

Chu Chu was angry, but had nothing to say, so he could only throw stones into the river to sulk.People who know Chu Min all think that he is famous for his good temper, high business intelligence, and good friends with all kinds of teachings.But he himself doesn't know why Patriarch Qi gets so angry every time...

"What exactly do you want to do?" After groping for about 5 minutes, Chu Min finally couldn't restrain the irritability in his heart, turned his head and asked fiercely, but found that there was no one beside him at some point.

damn thing……

Chu Min felt that he was just worrying blindly, being disturbed by that bastard for nothing, so he got up and went back to the service station.At this time, Qi Xiu, who is very powerful, had already borrowed the kitchen from the staff in various ways, and cooked two small dishes with the ingredients he had.

Qi Huaiyuan nodded at Chu Min, and set the table and chopsticks in front of him.

Originally, Qi Xiu thought he was running errands for his master, but now that he saw that he was taking advantage of outsiders, he was heartbroken, and his whole body was full of resentment.

Chu Chu was not polite, and returned to the car after eating quickly.This time, Qi Huaiyuan didn't act like a monster anymore, but leaned on the co-pilot and closed his eyes to rest.

After a long journey, we finally arrived in Xianyang in the middle of the night.After a long day of exhaustion, Chu Min was extremely sleepy. Even though he slept in the car, his back was sore and he just wanted to have a good rest, so he was taken to the guest room to rest in a daze.

In the early morning of the next day, Chu Min woke up to the sound of birds chirping.

The Qi family's old house is on the outskirts of Xianyang, and there are no tall buildings around it. Naturally, there are many birds inhabiting it, chirping non-stop in the morning.

Chu Min stared at the surrounding scene for a long time before remembering where he was, lazily got up and walked to the door, and unexpectedly found Qi Xiu guarding the door.

"The master asked me to wait here, and I will take you there when you come together." Qi Xiu said in a muffled voice, "Let's go."

"Wait," Chu Min called out to him suspiciously, "Where are you going?"

Qi Xiu waved impatiently: "Why do you care so much, come with me."

"But I haven't washed yet, are you going to let me go out like this?"

"It's so troublesome..." Qi Xiu muttered softly, but he didn't forcefully drag him away.

When Qi Xiu was about to lose his patience, Chu Min finally packed up and followed him to the main hall.

As soon as he entered the door, Chu Min saw Qi Huaiyuan wearing the black shirt he wore when he first came to Qi's house today. It was not very formal, the top button of the neckline was undone, and the sleeves were rolled up to the elbows. Leaning on Erlang's legs, he sat on the Taishi chair directly opposite the door.

The carpet in front of him was embroidered with complicated patterns, and a middle-aged man in a Mongolian robe was speaking impassionedly.

Qi Huaiyuan didn't look at the Mongolian, but just looked at the tabletop with his head propped up, as if he was very interested in the layer of paste on the rosewood wood of the table.After Chu Min came in, Qi Huaiyuan finally raised his eyes and took a look, then nodded to signal him to sit beside the wool.

Chu Chu walked over hesitantly, his eyes still fixed on the Mongolian who stopped his speech and looked at him.

"Hello, Chu Min." Out of politeness, Chu Min stretched out his hand in greeting.

"Hello," the Mongolian shook, "Wuzhutaiqin."

Qi Xiu stood outside the door and did not come in. Chu Min saw Qi Huaiyuan winking at him, and Qi Xiu left in a hurry.

"What's going on?" Chu Min asked in a low voice, who had obviously been watching the show for a long time.

Mao Xian curled his lips: "The thing the Qi family is looking for this time is said to be in Outer Mongolia. The Mongolian, who said he was sent by Chashiya Elbegdorji."

"Wait, why does this name sound familiar to me..." Chu Min thought for a while, "Isn't that the president of Mongolia?"

"No wonder you have such a big face," Mao Xian looked stunned, "I came here to share a piece of the pie, saying that I could help the Qi family find Genghis Khan's tomb, but the things in the tomb belong to them."

Legend has it that the Mongol Empire plundered huge wealth, and most of it was buried underground with the death of Genghis Khan.

If you want to find a place, you may not be able to find it based on the Qi family's ability alone. Who is willing to share it with others for nothing, no wonder Qi Huaiyuan didn't give him a good face.

"This is the treasure of our Mongols, and it should belong to the descendants of Mongolia. Allowing you to get one is already a reward. How can..."

"Mongols? If you want to say that the real Mongols are Temujin's tribe, who else deserves to be called Mongols besides the Jin family?" Qi Xiu walked in with a horsewhip.

Wuzhutaiqin turned her head and was about to refute, but couldn't help being stunned when she saw the whip in his hand.

Qi Xiu bowed down respectfully and presented the whip to Qi Huaiyuan: "My family's ancestors once said that if the dog slaves in the family are disobedient, they should be whipped."

Chu Min had heard this sentence before, it was a famous saying of Genghis Khan: If a dog is disobedient, it should be whipped.Then the Mongolian man whipped the whole world as his dog...

However, what does Genghis Khan's famous saying have to do with Qi Xiu's ancestors...

"Who are you?" Wuzhutaiqin asked in surprise.

Qi Xiu straightened up and gave him a sideways glance: "Borjijin Xiongkulu."

"Hey, isn't your name Qi Xiu, why did you become that so-and-so catty again?" Mao Xian asked innocently.

"..."

Wuzhutaiqin's face was not very good-looking, but he didn't give in at all: "Who knows if you are real or not, what's more, even if you are really a descendant of the Borjijin family, those treasures now belong to the country."

Qi Xiu snorted: "Since it's yours, you should look for it. Why are you yelling here? Get lost!"

Borjijin Temujin once conquered two-thirds of the world's land at that time, and he declared that wherever horses went, it was the land of nomads, and he, Temujin, was the king of nomads in the world.

This kind of contemptuous aura was well reflected in his descendants at this time, and Wu Zhutaiqin was so choked that he couldn't speak, and after a long while, he walked away angrily and angrily.

"I will tell Mr. President truthfully!"

As soon as the outsider left, Qi Xiu immediately returned to his pug-like appearance, and ran up to Qi Huaiyuan with a triumphant smile: "Let me tell you, this kind of person, next time you just don't see him." That flattering gesture , Chu Min suddenly seemed to see a tail wagging.

"Are you really a descendant of Genghis Khan?" Chu Min couldn't help questioning.

"What did I lie to you for?" Qi Xiu seemed very dissatisfied with such doubts, pointing at the horsewhip and said, "This is the horsewhip handed down from generation to generation in my family."

If Genghis Khan saw that his descendants were so loyal, he might crawl out of the ground in anger...

☆、No.30 Nine

Logically speaking, the Qi family would definitely not leak the news casually when they made a move. How could the Mongolian officials know about this?It was only later that Chu Min learned that in Outer Mongolia, the government was actually not so... in control.This landlocked country sandwiched between the two big countries of China and Russia has always been in a very awkward position. Since independence, it has maintained a pro-Russian attitude, but it dare not turn against its old home China, so it can only pretend to be false on both sides.

Without marine resources, lack of foreign trade exports, and no resources to squander like the local tyrants in the Middle East, this country seems to have no future.

In addition to these bad international environments, the domestic situation in Outer Mongolia is not very good.Although the government is a government, there are also many anti-government forces. Besides, there are still very serious remnants of nobles in the country.Those Mongolian princes Taiji back then are not willing to be content with the status quo now.

The Qi family went to Mongolia this time. For some reason, they contacted some old aristocratic forces in Mongolia and promised Genghis Khan's wealth.And those Mongols didn't do a good job of keeping secrets, so they vaguely let the president send it to them, and that's how Wuzhutaiqin came to him.

"Tell me, what does Qi Huaiyuan mean by telling us this?" After learning about the cause and effect, Chu Min asked Mao Xian in the room, "I feel that he is conspiring with unknown foreign forces to subvert the government of other countries. .”

"It's more interesting," Maoxian snorted, and curled his lips, "Let's get on the thief's boat."

"I'm a good citizen." Chu Min said seriously, "I can't afford to get involved in this kind of thing."

Mao Xian seemed to take it lightly: "The Qi family is not a fool, how could they really join a foreign political movement? Do you think that Qi Huaiyuan is the Communist International? In my opinion, he can at most provide a little help to those Mongolian nobles and let them fight on their own." , will never make myself feel fishy... But it's weird, in the place of Outer Mongolia, the poor and the poor can't get out of the sky, is he in a hurry?"

Chu Min thought for a while, "Because of Qi Xiu?"

Mao Xian was taken aback when he heard the words: "I forgot about this, what is this guy's background, is it possible that the surname Qi wants to send him to Outer Mongolia to be the boss?"

While talking, someone knocked on the door suddenly, Chu Min and Mao Xian hurriedly fell silent.

"Both, long time no see." Kong Zhao's smiling face came in from outside the door.

"Who am I?" Chu Min stood up to greet him, "Please come in, please come in."

"Hey, no more," Kong Zhao stood at the door and waved his hand, "On behalf of Huaiyuan, I'm here to invite the two of you to go to Xi'an this afternoon and join a meeting."

"Meeting?"

"Yes, it's the families. Let's get together and talk about... what we need to talk about." Kong Zhao squinted his eyes, showed his white teeth in a smile, and gently rubbed his hands, "Don't worry, we have no malicious intentions."

You don't look like you are harmless, but like a smiling tiger...

"Multi-party talks, this is, it's like the Kuiqiu League. Why, Patriarch Qi wants to be Duke Huan of Qi?" Chu Min joked, "Invite us too, this is a big gesture."

"That's not it, it's just that everyone gets to know each other."

"Cough," Mao Xian replied first, "We don't want to get involved in your northern affairs."

Kong Zhao looked at him meaningfully when he heard the words: "Don't refuse in a hurry, think about it later. I'm leaving first."

Before Chu Min could react, Kong Zhao had already closed the door and left. The whole process took only 2 minutes: "This invitation is too informal."

Yarn seemed to be in a bad mood, rarely showing a serious expression.

"What's wrong?" Chu Min asked after taking a sip of tea.

"I don't have any good intentions." Mao Xian muttered, seeming quite annoyed.

"I don't think it's good intentions or bad intentions," Chu Min was a little puzzled, "It's just that our north and south have never interfered with each other, and we don't communicate with each other at ordinary times. Even if the Qi family wants to rectify the north, it's a matter of his own backyard." , What did you tell us to do?"

"I just want to make a statement and show that the Chen family of the Chu family has a friendly relationship with him. Pooh! He has a good idea!"

"..." Chu Min didn't know where the wool got so angry, "Didn't my grandfather cooperate with the Qi family before? It's okay to say that they are friendly. What's more, the Qi family's domineering boss style, who can say nothing?" How dare you find him unhappy? If you want to show your sovereignty, there is no need to drag us two outsiders to support the scene."

"The old man is a fox who has become a spirit. He cooperates with the Qi family to get what he needs. If the Chu family and the Qi family reconcile in this way, the old man will not do it." Mao Xian angrily circled the room with his hands behind his back, "The one with the surname Qi just wants to pretend to be good with the brothers of the Chu family!"

"Who are you pretending to be?" Chu Min asked following the trend.

"Isn't it just pretending to be..." The woolen words suddenly stopped on the lips, and he made a full circle, "It doesn't matter who he pretends to be, anyway."

"For that... what Chang's family?" Chu Min guessed something from the unfinished mouth shape of the yarn.

Last time in Beijing, the Chang family in a wheelchair obviously didn't have a good relationship with the Qi family, and they didn't show awe at all, they looked evenly matched.It's no wonder that the Yellow Emperor managed to make Emperor Yan docile, so the Qi family was still defeated in the early years.

Just, why has he never heard of the existence of this family?As the orthodoxy of China, after the Yellow Emperor, is it too low-key?

Mao Xian just hummed a few words, without affirmation or rebuttal, after a while, he turned around and pressed Chu Min on the chair, and said with a serious face: "Don't get too close to the surname Qi."

"You told me not to get too close to him. You are going to eat, go to the Forbidden City, and go to Mongolia. Aren't you the most active?" Chu Min couldn't help laughing, looking at the rare and serious wool.

Yarn almost blurted out: Let's go back now.But he still held back in time, lowered his hands dejectedly, and rubbed his head depressedly, muttering in his mouth: "Fortunately, I was prepared for it, and the surname Qi has thousands of plans, so don't even try to succeed. "

Chu Min looked at him inexplicably.

"In short, our dealings with him are limited to those British guys, and we have little contact with others."

"Okay, okay, listen to you."

"..." Seeing him smiling and waving his hands, Mao Xian knew that his left ear went in and out of his right ear.

Every time I deal with Grandpa Chu's nagging, I have this virtue...

"I'm going out for a walk." Unwilling to be lonely, Chu Min decided to take the opportunity to explore the Qi family's old house, and slipped out the door regardless of Mao Ya's reaction.

Chu Min had been to famous old houses in Shaanxi such as the Zhou Family Courtyard in Sanyuan and the Tang Family Courtyard in Xianyang in the past, but the house of the Qi Family was slightly different.

Perhaps because of the accumulation of wealth over the years, the Qi family's old house is different from the structure of the traditional Shaanxi mansion with three courtyards, but somewhat similar to a large garden, combining the north and the south, with mountains and water.

The most surprising thing is that there is no screen wall in the Qi family's old house.Yingbi was called Xiao Qiang in ancient times, that is, Xiao Qiang who caused the disaster.The ancients believed that ghosts would constantly visit the mansions where living people lived.If the soul of one's ancestors returns home, it's okay, but if a lonely ghost sneaks into the house, it will bring disaster, so the screen wall can play a role in welcoming ancestors and preventing wild ghosts.

There is no shadow wall in the Qi family's house, isn't it because the ancestors can't find a place to return to, but the wild ghosts can come and go freely?

However, as long as there is a fierce god who wields the ghost-slaying Tang knife living inside, dirty things dare not come in...

While Chu Chen was bending over to admire the exquisite carvings on the wood and stone, he suddenly noticed something very familiar.It is common to carve some peonies, suanni, etc. on northern buildings.But this... three-legged phoenix, butterfly toad, and Zhaolong decorations are all totems of the Southern Man in Xiangxi and Jingchu.And looking at the material of these stones, the surface is smooth and black, which is obviously very old.

"strangeness……"

"What's strange?"

Chu Min was startled by the sudden question, turned his head in horror, and saw Qi Huaiyuan standing behind him with his arms folded: "Are you a ghost?! Walking without moving? What if you scare people to death?"

"It's you who are too engrossed in your own eyes. What are you blaming me for?"

Chu Min patted his chest, calmed down his heartbeat, and pointed to the stone sculpture on the wall pillar and asked, "Your Qi family also practice witchcraft? Why do you carve these?"

Qi Huaiyuan bent down to look at it, and replied indifferently: "I don't know, maybe some ancestor is interested."

"Really?" Chu Min was suspicious.

"This house is thousands of years older than me, so I don't know what the builder thinks." Qi Huaiyuan looked upright, without any hint of concealment, but then changed the subject, "It's just that these decorations may be different from ours. It is related to some stories of the ancestors of the Qi family."

As soon as Chu Min heard it, he immediately became interested: "Let's talk about it."

Qi Huaiyuan glanced at him: "The family is secretive, and it is not appropriate for Patriarch Chu to inquire."

"..." This kind of behavior that arouses people's curiosity and then deliberately doesn't say anything is really wicked.

Chu Min couldn't be bothered to talk to such rotten people anymore, and turned around to leave, but was stopped again, so he had to turn back impatiently: "Why, do you want to tell me?"

Qi Huaiyuan shook his head: "How do you think about Kong Zhao's words?"

"No." Chu Min rebuffed.

"Why? This matter is harmless to the Chu family. If it is the old Patriarch of Chu, he will definitely agree, and then take the opportunity to get in touch with those small fish and shrimp, and come to my Qi family's territory to share a piece of the pie," Qi Huaiyuan's deep eyes Staring at Chu Min for a while, "Chen Mo won't let you go first?"

Chu Min naturally wouldn't sell the wool: "I'm curious, it sounds like it's not good for Qi's family, are you full?"

"You suspect that I have other plans?"

"I heard that the Xuanyuan clan is very powerful after that."

Hearing this, Qi Huaiyuan turned his head and sneered: "I'm not so downcast that I need to scare the Chang family with you."

"Then why are you hurting yourself and benefiting others so much? After contacting the devil, you ended up being influenced by Christ Jesus?" Chu Min didn't believe it, "We are not relatives..."

"I thought we could be counted as life-and-death friends." Qi Huaiyuan suddenly took a step forward. Chu Min was startled by this action, and had no choice but to retreat to the wall, "It's my thank you, okay?"

Even though Qi Huaiyuan's hands were still behind his back, because he was taller, Chu Min could still feel the pressure when he was forced into a corner, so he could only raise his hands with a dry smile to prevent the opponent from moving forward: "Thank you, there is no need..."

"As the saying goes, the kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring."

"It can't be said that it can't be said. Helping others is a requirement of our socialist harmonious society. How can we ask for rewards. What's more, we help each other..."

"Then just be a good person and do it to the end, send the Buddha to the west, and follow me."

"Didn't you say there's no need to scare the Chang family with me?"

"Really?" Qi Huaiyuan denied it without changing his expression, "I don't remember saying that."

"..." Chu Min didn't expect Patriarch Qi to play a scoundrel so well.

"Why refuse a good thing that comes to your door." Qi Huaiyuan softened his tone again, there was no impurities in his amber eyes, and he was pure.

Chu Chen was at a loss for words for a moment, unable to say anything to refute.

This person has learned to pretend to be pitiful? ?What's more...it's hard for me to resist...

"Okay, okay..." Chu Min, who had always been soft-hearted, agreed hesitantly when he heard himself.

I'm sorry wool, I can't stand other people's softness, and it's not the first day you know...