Ninth Symphony

"Dongzi, do me a favor."

When Du Nian stopped to refuel halfway, Xi Le whispered to Li Dong who was also standing beside him.

Li Dong thought that there must be nothing good, but he still asked in a low voice: "What do you want?"

"Du Nian will come over later, help me hold him back, I want to drive away alone." Xi Le looked ahead, with a chill in his eyes.

Li Dong: "Are you crazy?! Who was the one who kept telling me that the road was dangerous?!"

"I'm not crazy. But if I continue to stay with him like this, it won't be certain." Xi Le's eyes fixed on Li Dong's shocked face, "Just help me again, even if you don't help me, I will to go."

"Xiao Liu, let's not be impulsive, okay?" Li Dong's tone softened, and after thinking for a few seconds, he said: "I know you are holding back fire in your heart. They are indeed too unkind. Competing with them at this moment is really not a wise choice. Listen to me, let’s settle the manuscript first, and wait for the situation to stabilize later. If you want to run away from home, play missing, and play Shenyin, can I help you? ?”

Seeing Li Dong's expression moved, Xi Le insisted, "I've already made up my mind, don't try to persuade me anymore. Just say whether you want to help or not."

"You..." Li Dong sighed helplessly.

The two of them stared at each other silently for a while, finally Li Dong gritted his teeth: "If not, I'll help you, let's go together and dump him!"

Xi Le: "No."

Li Dong: "...Hey, I said, can you have a better attitude when you ask someone for help?!"

"...Don't be poor." Xi Le glanced at the direction of the car. Du Nian had already fueled up and was waving for them to pass, "Dongzi, it's not like you don't know Du Nian's ability to chase people. If the two of us If you go together, he will overtake you within a short distance, so you have to stay and drag him."

"It's true to say so, but I don't feel relieved to let you out alone."

"What are you worried about? Now those people are all staring at Xi Yin. No one should know that we are going to Iloka to get the authentic works. There will be no danger." Xi Le said, gesturing to Du Nianyuan. They are going to the supermarket to buy something.

Seeing this, Du Nian walked towards them, and Li Dong asked very quickly: "How do you know the things are in Iloka? I haven't heard him mention it. Also, even if you can really get to Iloka by yourself, you And how do you know where the manuscript is stored? You can’t just search for it aimlessly, right?”

Xi Le also quickly replied: "You don't need to tell him, I already guessed where the things are. I'll talk about the specifics later. Let's lure him away now."

"...I was dragged onto the pirate ship countless times by you." Li Dong cursed bitterly, but when Du Nian came up to him, he put on a smiling face, "Brother Nian, buy some Snacks and drinks or something, otherwise the road will be too light."

"Yes." Du Nian looked at Xi Le, "Whatever you want to eat, let's go in and choose together."

"You guys go, I don't have an appetite, give me the key and I'll go back to the car first." Xi Le's expression faded, it seemed that he was very resistant to Du Nian.

Du Nian was quite helpless, but thinking about Xi Le's attitude, it was normal. The child had been lied to time and time again, so it is understandable to throw a tantrum now.

In fact, if there were only the two of them, Du Nian would have started kissing, hugging and begging for forgiveness.

But now that Li Dong is present, Du Nian has to take into account the influence, so he thought for a while and said, "Then I'll go back with you and let Li Dong buy it."

"If you want to go back, I won't go back." Xi Le put his hands in his pockets and looked at him with disdain.

Hearing what he said so bluntly, Du Nian felt that it would be pointless to force him at this time, so he thought it would be better to just let him be alone for a while, maybe he would be able to figure it out after a while.

So, Du Nian threw the car keys to Xi Le, Xi Le caught the U-turn and left, Du Nian looked at his back and smiled wryly, as if talking to Li Dong or talking to himself: "I can't coax him. "

Li Dong turned his back to him and rolled his eyes, "I didn't see that you have any sincerity to coax."

"Does he feel that way?" Du Nian turned around and asked.

"I don't know, anyway, I think so." After Li Dong finished speaking, he entered the supermarket, Du Nian laughed at the way he vowed to wear a pair of pants with Xi Le.

If he hadn't known about Li Dong's "honorable deeds" when he was chasing a little girl, intercepting and besieging her, and finally got her parents to report to the mayor's office, Du Nian would definitely be jealous of him and Xi Le.

However, the two of them were just good buddies, so he had nothing to say.

Smiling, Du Nian glanced at the direction of the car again, seeing that Xi Le had already sat in, he also turned around and walked into the supermarket.

What he didn't know was that Xi Le was actually looking at him when he was looking at Xi Le.

Until it was confirmed that he was completely inside, Xi Le quickly started the car, skillfully backed up and shifted, and the car ran away with noisiness as soon as he stepped on the accelerator.

Although he hasn't got a driver's license yet, Xi Le has mastered the skill of driving since he was thirteen or fourteen years old, and he is very comfortable driving.

He remembered that there were no manual checkpoints on the way to Iloca, and the toll gates were all automatic, so he was not afraid of checking.

As for where Uncle Zhong hid the manuscript, based on Xi Le's understanding of him, it should be in the old villa of the Xi family.

Apart from Xi Yin and himself, Uncle Zhong, Uncle Du, and Uncle Wu can deduce the password Xi Zhuyun left on the outer wall.But they also saw it when they went in last time. There was nothing in the villa, not to mention hiding things, even a shadow could not be hidden, making people lose the desire to explore at a glance.

But maybe this is exactly what Xi Zhuyun and Uncle Zhong want.

As the designer of the house, Xi Zhuoyun would not be happy if he didn’t dig out a few tunnels and secret doors for you. How could the house be as clear as it looks.

Xi Le thought there must be clues that he hadn't found.Last time he was in a hurry and didn't have time to look carefully at many places. This time he had to search carefully, but he still didn't have much time, so he had to get the things and leave before Du Nian came after him.

He no longer wants to be restrained and "protected" by others.

Thinking of this, Xi Le couldn't help but increase the strength of his right foot on the accelerator, the dashboard steadily deflected at an angle clockwise, and the car body seemed to be floating on the road.

Xi Le had to concentrate all his attention on the road in front of him, in order not to let himself be sadly caught in a traffic accident.

Because of this, he failed to notice that just one or two hundred meters away from him, there was an inconspicuous black car following him all the time, neither far nor near.

In fact, this car has been there since they left Xinfu.

***

Xi Le has a good memory, and he found it easily after running twice.

Parked the car two streets away from Xi's house, got off the car and glanced at the mobile phone that he had turned into silent mode, he had already accumulated a series of missed calls, but he just put it back after looking at it in the pocket.

There are also times when you are in a hurry, Xi Le thought.

He walked to the door of the old house, imitating Du Nian familiarly once and twice, reached under the doorknob to find out the code disk, the code was still the same as before, the door opened in response, Xi Le took a second look inside before Step in cautiously.

Still nothing.

Think about it, think about it carefully... If my own father who thinks wild and unconstrained style was here, where would he choose to hide his things?This place not only satisfies Xi Zhuoyun, but also makes Uncle Zhong feel at ease. He is very sure about the safety of preservation. Where could it be...

Inside the wall?Or under the floor?No, although these places seem hidden, they are actually easy to think of.And if someone destroys the entire house in a simple and rude way, the manuscript may not be preserved.

But it shouldn't be outside the house.God knows how many pairs of eyes are staring at this place. If you want to tamper with outside the house, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not be noticed no matter day or night.

Where is that left?

A manuscript is so fragile that it can be invaded by water and fire, and it is also easy to be folded and crumpled. With the security of Xi's method, there must be a protective layer on the outside, and this protective layer needs to occupy a certain amount of space no matter how thin it is, and it must be strong enough just work.

Where is such a thing most suitable?

Xi Le paced and walked around the room. Suddenly, his eyes stopped on the doorknob located inside the room.

When he came last time, he noticed that the doors Xi Zhuoyun chose for this house were all made of pure metal, which was very modern and heavy, and couldn't be pushed open without a little force.

But to be honest, this kind of metal door doesn't match the style of the whole villa very well. It looks a little bit inconsistent, but it doesn't hurt. , and thinking that the metal door is convenient for setting up organs inside, it is probably for this reason that they are all made like this, so I didn't delve into it at the time.

But now, Xi Le began to feel that he wanted to be simple.

Aesthetics can go astray, but some things are deeply ingrained, engraved in the bones from birth, and it is not so easy to change.

But for Xi Zhuyun, this deep-rooted thing is—— Hao.

Whether it is the castle-like villa of the Xi family in Xinfu, the exaggeratedly exquisite "small" garden behind it, or every decoration, table, chair, bench, and even the tiled floor in the house, all of them are of great value, because Xi Zhuo Yun just likes the feeling of "everything is expensive at first glance".

Of course, Xi Le has always been noncommittal about this interest, he just suddenly felt that the gold-plated door handle was particularly eye-catching at this time.

Gilded? Excuseme? !Putting a pure gold one here is Xi Zhuoyun's style.

Although it's a bit rusty...

Xi Le muttered a few words silently, walked over and held the doorknob and pressed it up and down, confirming that the feel is definitely not pure gold, but the imitation is not bad, and the quality is not much different.

He squatted down to observe under the handle carefully. At first glance, there was nothing unusual, but after a while, he could feel some clues—there were many small lines on the metal door, but just under the handle, there was a piece of A square area the size of a baby's palm, some of the lines do not correspond to the lines on the surrounding edges, as if a patch was placed there.

"It's not too troublesome..." Xi Le was a little speechless about this discovery. He pressed his fingers on the square area and felt a little loose. Yes, revealing a small gear-shaped mechanism underneath, but it is now in a closed state, otherwise it is very likely to wring your fingers off.

Xi Le has already roughly figured out the principle here. I am afraid that the combination lock that opens the door outside is connected to the gears inside. Only when the door is opened with the correct combination, the mechanism here will fail, allowing people to take out the door intact. stuff in.

He reached out to explore the inside of the mechanism again, his slender fingers went around the gears and groped inwards, and soon he touched a protrusion similar to a switch. Xi Le pressed it lightly, and only heard a "click", the door There seemed to be a spring inside to bounce something up, and the gear on the side of the finger also retracted inward, revealing a notch with a slight angle, and then a thumb-thick tube protruded from the notch.

Xi Le: "Oh, I'm going..."

He carefully took out the thin tube, and found that the tube was completely sealed. He couldn't tell what material it was made of, but it must be very tight.

Xi Le thought that if his guess was correct, then the original manuscript of the Ninth Symphony was rolled into a long and thin strip and sealed inside.

Really strenuous.

There was some disdain and disgust in his heart, but then Xi Le shook his head, as if to drive out these thoughts, he felt that it was not polite, after all, the person who did these things was his own father.

"Forget it, the goal is accomplished, retreat." Xi Le sighed and stood up, and saw that the sky outside was completely dark, guessing that Du Nian and the others were coming soon, he didn't want to be caught, so he didn't dare to delay any longer. After stuffing the precious tube into his bosom and hiding it, he opened the door and walked out quickly.

"Should I find a place to live first, or should I drive back to Xinfu overnight..."

Xi Le was walking towards the parking place while muttering silently in his heart, but just as he passed the first corner of the street, he suddenly heard a very soft explosion sound behind him, his heart tightened instantly, but it was too late for any The reaction felt like something had already got into his shoulder in an instant.

It's bullets!

Boom—boom—there were two more dull sounds in succession.

Xi Le was caught off guard and hit another shot from the lower back, but the other shot might have been missed by the opponent in the dark, and the shot missed and exploded at his feet.

Xi Le felt a strange warmth coming from the two places where he was shot. Fortunately, he was not stunned at this moment, and his mind was still clear, aware of his current situation After that, he ran away without saying a word. The wound seemed to be hurting before he could feel the pain, so he desperately ran to the "base" where Du Nian had led him to before.

The situation there is complicated and it is not easy to be found. You must find a place to hide first, maybe you can hide there.

Xi Le can only hold on to this only thought now.

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