National treasure

The Rolls-Royce Phantom drove smoothly along Salisbury Road, and on the left was a piece of blue Victoria Harbour, shining with golden light.

Cheng Ling looked up, and on the tall buildings along the way, every few blocks, there were huge advertisements for autumn auctions.

The streets are crowded with people, and the neon lights flicker in the daytime.This is the No. [-] free port in the East, the hidden Asian spy center.

The annual city-wide event has already kicked off.

Zhong Zhe brought Cheng Ling to the hotel, and before he could check in, he went directly to the auction preview.

When Zhong Zhe walked into the venue like walking into his own living room and handed over the invitation letter, Cheng Ling realized that from here on, it would no longer be the world he was familiar with.

In the hall, there was a light fragrance, and the well-dressed guests talked softly in twos and threes, and looked at the exhibits carefully.

Zhong Zhe exchanged a few words with others, then pulled out and motioned Cheng Ling to go to the center of the hall.

The spotlights formed a circle of light to isolate the surrounding area. On a special stand, there lay a piece of bone as white as ivory, densely covered with red writing.

"Oracle bones?"

Cheng Ling was a little uncertain, this was a bit far from the oracle bone fragments in his impression.

"It is a very special oracle bone. In the Shang Dynasty, divination was important, and divination was required for everything. Kings used armor, also known as tortoise shells, and nobles used bones, which were called animal bones.

Look at this oracle bone, it is written with cinnabar, not carved with a knife as you usually see.

No less than 15 oracle bones have been discovered so far, but among the 15 pieces, less than a hundred are "book pieces" rather than "cut pieces", and the piece in front of you is the tortoise shell among the book pieces. "

After explaining this, Zhong Zhe's gaze was completely fixed on the ivory-white tortoise shell, as if everything around him had disappeared into nothingness.A few minutes later, he straightened up, as if he had confirmed something, and then turned sideways to Cheng Ling.

In order not to be heard, he had to lower his voice and move closer to Cheng Ling, with his lips almost touching his ear, "I'm sure this is a piece of Luo Shu. Luo Shu was written by a huge and rare ancient turtle plastron. .

This kind of sea turtle has been extinct as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, and its turtle shell is like ivory, which has remained unchanged for thousands of years.The inscriptions recorded above describe a certain self-contained law of heaven and earth.I have seen one of them, and this and the other I have seen are part of this essay. "

Cheng Ling should have memorized every word Zhong Zhe said without any effort, however, the very light smell of aftershave water constantly permeating from the tip of his sensitive nose constantly disturbed Cheng Ling's senses.

For a moment, he even wanted to stop Zhong Zhe from using any smelly things, even though he had just promised Zhong Zhe not to interfere with his private living habits, even if the smell even smelled nice.

Damn, it just smells too good.

Just at this moment, Zhong Zhe backed away a little, and An Xiang faintly left.

"Are you sure they'll take a fancy to this piece of oracle bone?" Cheng Ling didn't show the slightest trouble inside.

"I'm [-]% sure. There are seven pieces of Luoshu's tortoise shell, and three pieces have long since disappeared. Of the remaining four pieces, the one I've seen has been destroyed, and the details of the other two pieces are unknown. location, but I can guarantee that the security there is as tight as our country's protection of Hetu. Now, the only remaining area is the easiest to reach.

Speaking of which, how was the river map stolen? "

Zhong Zhe has always been puzzled by this. He followed his father to see the security measures of the National Secret Vault with his own eyes. In recent years, he has been invited to participate in discussions on the protection of Hetu every once in a while. He is watching the security of the secret vault. Constantly being updated.

"It wasn't stolen from the secret vault. When it was taken out for maintenance and research in the repair room, someone took advantage of it." Cheng Ling recalled the stack of materials that Huangjiu handed him at that time.

"I see."

"Why don't these people get Luoshu first, and then steal Hetu, wouldn't it be easier to expose?"

"If the two are inseparable as you said, then stealing the Luoshu first will only arouse the vigilance of the secret library, and these people will never have a chance to succeed. Compared with the danger of being exposed afterwards, it is obvious that they cannot get the Hetu The risk is even more unacceptable.”

"In addition," Zhong Zhe followed Cheng Ling's words and remembered a point he had overlooked before, "The repair and maintenance of Hetu will only be carried out every three years, and within a fixed period of time, the other party will have to wait if they miss it once." For three full years, who knows what will happen three years later."

Cheng Ling glanced at Zhong Zhe approvingly.

When Zhong Zhe received the signal, he accepted it naturally.

They started to walk out of the exhibition hall, Zhong Zhe suddenly said: "The other party will not wait for the auction, so let's start at the preview time."

"No. I don't think they'll have a hard time here."

Zhong Zhe looked around. This is a typical private negotiation preview, which is not open to the public, and there are no glass cabinets for the exhibits.He was puzzled and said, "But the security here is not as good as that in the repair room?"

"Yes. But not by that."

Cheng Ling took a sideways step, leading Zhong Zhe to stop in front of a painting without any trace.

"Don't look back, look behind the dark decorative mirror on your left front, see that man sitting in the corner armchair?"

Zhong Zhe responded.

"That's from the Japanese side."

"Okay, it's up to you to start, go to the showcase on the right."

Zhong Zhe's heart beat faster, and he tried his best to control himself to walk to the right naturally, and he even nodded his head to an acquaintance on the way.

"It's fine here. You go straight past the display case, and there is a blonde woman wearing a Chanel suit at 10 o'clock. Don't look up, remember, don't stop looking."

Zhong Zhe acted according to his word.

"This should be from the British side, and it may also be from the United States, intelligence sharing."

Cheng Ling finally said to Zhong Zhe: "Look at me now and pretend to listen to me."

Zhong Zhe turned to Cheng Ling.

"The person who walked past me is the third pair of eyes in this room, but I still can't guess what aspect he is."

Zhong Zhe blurted out, "How did you find out?" He immediately thought, "Will we be discovered by these people?"

Cheng Ling rarely laughed, "Good question. Because you are an obvious target, everyone will look at you after the accident, so I can follow you with peace of mind."

Zhong Zhe understood, it was dark under the lamp.

The more this is the case, the less likely anyone will suspect Cheng Ling.

Those who should be confirmed have been confirmed, and those who should be inquired have been inquired clearly, and the two returned to the hotel together.

In the evening, Zhong Zhe, who had been tense all day and night, was going to go to the hotel's swimming pool to relax.

He stands on a huge semi-open terrace, across the harbor, and in the distance are continuous mountains and overlapping high-rise buildings, which together constitute a wonderful view of the city.

The setting sun is just right, and the infinite sunlight shines on the sapphire blue water. Surrounded by tall Roman columns, the gods carved in relief are playing and hunting, wanton joy.

When Zhong Zhe walked to the edge of the pool, there was only one vigorous figure in the pool. He did not rush into the water, but stood by the edge of the pool, watching that body comparable to David's in a difficult butterfly stroke. He pounced.

Zhong Zhe's breathing accelerated uncontrollably.

The last one touched the wall, foam and spray floated away, Cheng Ling leaned out of the water, took off his swimming goggles and climbed ashore.

He stood barefoot in front of Zhong Zhe, looking down at him slightly.

Zhong Zhe raised his head, and the water droplets rolled densely from the opponent's perfect chest muscles, unwilling to be lonely, merged into a line from several paths, and slowly flowed down to the lower abdomen.There are six exquisite abdominal muscles carrying it, and as the breathing rises and falls, all the waterline is engulfed in the deep concave muscle texture.

Zhong Zhe's throat tightened, and somehow he felt that it was a complete mistake to go swimming.

He tried his best to say hello calmly, and jumped into the water eagerly. The cool water in the pool allowed him to breathe a little bit.

Cheng Ling turned around and looked at Zhong Zhe's walking figure. What he couldn't get out of his mind was the scene he saw when he just took off his swimming goggles and climbed ashore.

Standing beside the water is a beautiful woman with her head bowed, a strange mixture of youthful softness and masculine maturity. This unique temperament, which is at a critical point, seems to be revealed only at the moment when she is half naked, because of her too slender waist.

Cheng Ling looked around, and there seemed to be one figure missing from the gods in the murals, the boy by the water—Narcissus.

When Zhong Zhe entered the locker room, he unexpectedly ran into Cheng Ling who was about to leave.

He was slightly taken aback, Cheng Ling had already understood his expression, "I went to the gym, and it was too late when I came out."

Zhong Zhe looked at Cheng Ling, with loose casual clothes wrapped around him casually, and he suddenly realized a problem that was almost ignored.

"You come to see me after dinner. We have to hurry up and make you a suit, so you won't be able to enter the auction."

"I brought a set." Cheng Ling said indifferently.

Zhong Zhe raised his chin, "You are my temporary worker, so I have the final say on what to wear."