Records of modern dartists

Granny Luo sat in a wheelchair and asked "Li Yanyan" to push her out of the hospital.Zhuo Yang and Lu Ying followed her, not knowing what this centenarian was going to do.

When Granny Luo arrived at the door, she suddenly asked, "Does anyone have a cell phone?"

Lu Yingyi didn't have such extravagant equipment around him. He looked at "Li Yanyan", and "Li Yanyan" smiled regretfully and said, "I usually don't bring that with me when I go out to work." Lu Yingyi knew that she didn't want to expose Own every useful phone number.

Zhuo Yang took out a mobile phone from his pocket, Lu Ying took a look at it, and immediately burst out laughing.What age is it, and there are still people using non-intelligent small LCD screen mobile phones, and this mobile phone looks very old, the outer paint shell has peeled off, and the vicissitudes left by the years are mottled. .

Granny Luo seemed to want to reach out to take it, but her fingers were trembling. After a while, she had to give up and said, "Please dial a number for me."

As soon as Lu Ying looked at Granny Luo, his eyes became a little complicated. At this moment, he felt that Granny Luo might not have completely lied to them. Her previous stroke recurrence should be true, but she woke up with her own perseverance. Is it because you have something important to do?Zhuo Yang dialed a number as instructed, and then stuck the phone to Granny Luo's ear. After a while, the call was connected.

Granny Luo said: "Hey, please pick up Liu Wenjun for me. Who am I? Just say, I am Luo Wanling, the widow of Hu Yingqi, the former owner of Qiangwei Villa, also known as Qiangwei Escort Bureau."

When Lu Ying looked at Granny Luo, Qiangwei Villa had become a powerful bodyguard agency, which completely confirmed the last guess in his mind.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, with the abdication of the last emperor, many old systems collapsed, and many old industries also disappeared. One of the most eye-catching ones was the escort agency.Accepting people's money, protecting people's safety, and adhering to the spirit of advocating martial arts, benevolence, integrity, and helping the weak, for hundreds of years, countless bodyguards have relied on their good skills and the intertwined relationship between black and white to walk in the gray world. danger zone.Trusting people, things, trust, and money, avoid not lighting up the flag, not stepping on the plate, not being correct, disrespecting "ghosts and gods", three rules and four laws, five elements, six precepts and seven stops, receiving darts as if they were ordered... Countless inheritance , Countless brilliance, so many heroes, but they were all wiped out in the sound of artillery bombardment by the Eight-Power Allied Forces.

The unique doorway design at the entrance of Qiangwei Mountain Villa is unique to the Escort building. Lu Yingyi once stood on the narrow doorway and thought about the time when the Qiangwei Escort was in the past. Judging from the scale of the building, now it only has a backyard. , and not too big, but in its heyday, it may not have been full of people.He can even imagine countless years ago, when the two blue-gray brick walls were still brightly colored, there must have been engraved gold plaques on the left and right walls, or "De Rong's influence"*4, or "Yi Chong Jie" "骖"*5, each gold-plated character is the pride and glory of those heroes who walk on the road all the year round!Lu Yingyi didn't have that much ability to set many traps in Zhuang Nei in one morning. He just obeyed Qiangwei Escort's own wishes and woke it up from its long slumber!

Granny Luo put down the phone, but the ten-minute call seemed to have exhausted her whole body. She sat on the wheelchair and rested for a while, and then said: "Now, let's go back to Qiangwei Villa."

When they returned to the gate of Qiangwei Villa, three cars had already parked in the alleyway. A man of short stature but very burly with a dark face was already standing outside the gate, followed by a group of boys in black suits. There is also a cowardly Hu Bowen.Seeing Granny Luo's wheelchair approaching, the man actually took the initiative to take a step forward, and then imitating the ancients, he wronged his feet, folded his fists and bowed: "He Wu, I have seen Mrs. Hu."

Granny Luo also gave a slight salute: "Hey, I have seen the head of Liu Da."

Hu Bowen looked at Liu Wenjun and looked at his grandma. He didn't understand why they knew each other and had such a conversation. He didn't even understand what they were talking about.

Liu Wenjun said: "Madam Hu, since you invited me here, you must have something to explain?"

Granny Luo smiled. She was approaching her twelfth birthday, but this smile revealed a magnificent smile. She gestured to "Li Yanyan" behind her, and "Li Yanyan" pushed up the wheelchair again and faced Liu Wenjun. Said: "Leader Liu, please come with us."

The wheelchair passed through the courtyard of Qiangwei Villa all the way, entered the building, and finally stopped in the living room.

Granny Luo said: "Master Liu wanted to buy my dilapidated house. I guess most of them have listened to the rumors in the world. What did the rumors say? Did it mean that before the death of the former leader of the Qiangwei Escort, I once 30 taels of gold are stored in the underground treasury, and no one has discovered this amount of money so far?"

In the past, the escort agency needed a temporary storage place after picking up the darts and before leaving the darts. This is the origin of the underground vault.Where is the underground vault of each escort agency and how to open it is a secret that only the leader and the head escort know. Even the family members who are in charge of the escort agency do not know all about it.

Liu Wenjun couldn't help being embarrassed by Granny Luo's words, and he said softly, "Mrs. Hu..."

Grandma Luo said: "Needless to say, I taught Sun Wufang, and I am afraid that Qiangwei Villa will really die when it is handed down to me." When she said this, her voice was low and full of helplessness and pain, but After a while, she raised her head and looked at Lu Yingyi again, "Fortunately, before it really 'died', I still let the old woman see a little hope. Liu Da is the head of the family," she said, "Since you want to It’s just something from the underground treasury of Qiangwei Villa, and now I’ve taken it for you, so please let this dilapidated house of mine go, okay?”

There was ecstasy in Liu Wenjun's eyes for a moment, but he suppressed it immediately. He said: "Since Mrs. Hu said so, then Liu would be more respectful than obedient."

But Granny Luo said: "Wait a minute. People in the Jianghu have always valued promises, but now it is the era of the legal system. I also ask Mr. Liu to write me a letter, so that the old lady will not be mediocre."

Liu Wenjun thought for a while and said, "Of course, as long as Mrs. Hu is willing to open the underground vault, and I have confirmed that the property in the vault is mine, then it will not be a problem."

Grandma Luo said: "Let's ask Master Liu to make a written statement first. Since the death of my husband, the underground vault has not been opened again. Master Liu doesn't have to worry about the old woman playing the trick of stealing the day. That sentence can also be written together.”

Liu Wenjun hesitated for a moment, but the desire for money finally surpassed everything else. He called his younger brother to fetch a pen and paper, and wrote down in his own hand that as long as he took the treasury property, he would never provoke anyone in Qiangwei Villa, nor He promised to continue to harass the construction nearby, and then signed it, cut his finger with a knife, and pressed his handprint on the document with blood.

Zhuo Yang could not help but frown slightly when he saw his set of Jianghu actions, but turned to look at Lu Yingyi, but saw that he was neither panic nor surprised, as if he knew the rules well.When he looked at Lu Yingyi, his gaze became deeper and deeper.

Granny Luo said: "Host Lu, please show me that contract for me."

Lu Ying was called out suddenly and said, "Huh? Me?" Under the watchful eyes of everyone, she had no choice but to go forward and take the bloody letter of commitment for Granny Luo to read.

After reading it, Granny Luo said, "Please keep it for me." Then she said, "The treasury is under the counter, Zhuo Yang, please move the counter for me."

Zhuo Yang has worked in this store for more than a year, and it was the first time he knew that there was a secret hidden under the counter.He pushed the set of dark brown wooden furniture aside vigorously, and didn't stop until Granny Luo shouted "OK".I saw a carpet exposed under the counter, and after the carpet was uncovered, there were pieces of rectangular bluestone tiles exposed underneath.

Granny Luo beckoned, Zhuo Yang walked over suspiciously, but Granny Luo said, "It's not you, Empress Lu, come here."

Now when Lu Ying heard Granny Luo calling him, his back would shudder, and he always felt that something was wrong, so he dawdled for a while, and then he heard Liu Wenjun cough coldly, obviously impatient, so he had to walk over.Then, under the gesture of Granny Luo, she bent down.Granny Luo said, "It's up to you to open the vault."

Lu Ying was taken aback for a while, and when he straightened up, his expression became calm and composed, but there was a bit of helplessness in the calm and disturbing himself.He went to the brick floor and squatted down. First, he carefully looked at each of them one by one. While watching, he pressed his fingers lightly, and occasionally tapped the ground with his knuckles. Soon, he circled a piece about [-] centimeters long. , about fifty centimeters wide.

Hu Bowen said: "What are you doing, hurry up..."

But Liu Wenjun stopped Hu Bowen's yelling with a wave of his hand. He could tell that Lu Yingyi was looking for an agency.Why didn't Luo Wanling tell him the correct switch method?Could it be that even Luo Wanling herself didn't know how to open the underground vault?Thinking of this, Liu Wenjun was overjoyed, but he couldn't help but backed up a little bit, and asked his younger brother and bodyguards to stop around him, so as to guard against possible back arrows shot from a certain corner.

Zhuo Yang's expression also changed, apparently he also saw Lu Yingyi's current situation, he couldn't help looking at Granny Luo, but Granny Luo just sat quietly on the wheelchair, staring at Lu Yingyi for a moment. Look, there is an inexplicable look rolling in the eyes.

Lu Ying stood up suddenly and scanned the entire living room. He stretched out his arms and compared them along the eight directions of east, south, west, north, northeast, southwest, southeast and northwest, and then walked north first.After removing the sundries piled up in the north corner, he bent down and reached out his hand to gently brush off the floating soil on the bricks below. Zhuo Yang saw sharply that the word "Ding" seemed to be engraved on the edge of the bricks under the floating soil, and followed , Lu Yingyi found the remaining bricks along other directions in turn.

A, B, C, D, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Rengui, Zi Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Siwu, Shenyou, Xuhai, the heavenly stems and the earthly branches constitute the year, month, day and hour.As soon as Lu Ying came back, he said softly: "Combination lock." Then he gestured back and forth on the square with his thumb and forefinger according to a certain length, and finally stopped on a stone brick.

Zhuo Yang looked around, but saw that Liu Wenjun was also observing Lu Yingyi. At this time, his expression changed slightly, as if he was a little surprised and a little... alert.Zhuo Yang made a sudden move in his heart, and moved half a step forward without any trace, which happened to block the line where Liu Wenjun could attack Lu Yingyi. Liu Wenjun found out, glanced at him, and didn't make a sound.

Lu Ying tapped the square brick lightly again, as if confirming it, he stretched out his hand: "The crowbar."

"Li Yanyan" found it in the tool table under the counter and handed it to him. He took it, inserted one end into the brick, took a breath, and then gently pried it.Only a slight "click" sound was heard, as if some mechanism was touched. After a while, the wall baffle above the living room made several "bang bang bang bang" sounds one after another, and they were broken one by one, and the crossbows were pushed out one by one. , blow darts, flying spears and other hidden weapons.These institutions are very old, but they still retain their vigor. For a moment, Zhuo Yang stood in front of Lu Ying keenly, and at the same time pulled Granny Luo's wheelchair to him with one hand, and Liu Wenjun also hid in the crowd. After a while, however, nothing dangerous happened.Even so, none of them relaxed, because they all knew that as long as Lu Ying and his party made a wrong step at this time, all these organs would be activated in unison, and they would come roaring with the killing intent of a hundred years ago.

Lu Yingyi seemed unaware of the danger around him, and there was even a smile on the corner of his mouth.He took out the brick, revealing the mechanism underneath.

"It turned out to be a copper seven-ring combination lock." He said.I saw two rows and four rows of small brown copper runners impressively exposed under that brick. Each runner was engraved with several Chinese characters in a circle, but nothing was engraved on the last runner.Lu Ying obviously had an idea after he found the reminder in the corner just now. At this moment, he concentrated for a while and started to turn the copper wheel.

For a moment, the whole room was silent, and even the younger brothers brought by Liu Wenjun seemed to have noticed something at this time, and they all held their breath and watched Lu Ying unlock it.As soon as Lu Ying turned the Chinese character wheel, the hidden weapons that had just revealed their ferocious minions kept making shocking sounds, moving quietly, the crossbow machine slowly adjusted the angle, and the arrow opening opened to reveal sharp hidden weapons , The pointed net made of flying spears moved slowly over the house until it covered the heads of everyone.

One of Liu Wenjun's younger brothers finally couldn't bear it any longer. He pulled out a watermelon knife from his back and wanted to chop down the crossbow machine closest to him.As soon as Lu Ying found out, he hurriedly shouted: "Stop him!"

Zhuo Yang's eyes were sharp and his hands were quick, he was already approaching behind the younger brother in an instant, but without seeing him move, the machete in the younger brother's hand deviated from the direction, the tip of the knife was raised, and narrowly passed by the side of the crossbow.

Suddenly a light flashed in the corner of Lu Ying's eyes, Lu Ying was startled, and shouted urgently: "Be careful of the puppet silk!" It turned out that there were several transparent filaments stretched around the crossbow that were hard to see with the naked eye. Weaving into a spider web, I don't know what mechanism is affected, but if there is a change, it must be activated.It was too late to say it, and it was so fast, seeing that the point of the knife was about to cut off one of them, but Zhuo Yang turned his palm over, protruding forward with his index finger and middle finger, and unexpectedly accurately passed through the dense puppet silk net. Passing through the middle, there was a light and heavy "boom" on the blade, the blade was struggling, and it changed direction in a blink of an eye, this time it plunged into the wall.

There were three twists and turns in this incident, the younger brother's cutting the crossbow machine is the first change, Zhuo Yang's grabbing the sword is the second change, and Zhuo Yang's knives is the third change. There must be speed, there are twists and turns, but it happened in just a few seconds, the rabbit was ups and downs, the stone was shocked, and Zhuo Yang quietly resolved a crisis.

Even Lu Yingyi couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat at this moment.In the past, the Escort’s treasury was not only located in a secret location, but there were often traps around it. However, the owner of the Qiangwei Escort was obviously proficient in mechanism skills and thought deeply. In addition to the obvious traps, there were also hidden ones. Taking things, it will probably end up with the treasure and the jade in the end.Thanks to Zhuo Yang!

Lu Ying was lucky but had no time to think about it. There is no time limit for unlocking. Even though there is no time bomb like the time bomb in the TV series on the copper seven-ring combination lock, the organs around it have never stopped. Judging from the movement, the owner of the Qiangwei Escort must have taken this matter into consideration, so Lu Yingyi has no time to take care of other things except for the two exit warnings just now. He is constantly calculating the data of this set of passwords in his heart. , Soon, he has completed the rotation of the seven wheels.

Liu Wenjun looked around, and asked softly after a while, "Why is there no movement?"

At this time, Granny Luo's eyes were shining brightly, she just looked at Lu Yingyi fixedly, her eyes were full of warm expectation.As soon as Lu Ying stretched out his hand to touch the last position where the wheel should be, there is no Chinese character engraved on it, but it can still turn.Year, month, day, hour and quarter.How long will it be? Lu Ying frowned and thought about it, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, he turned the last wheel gently but firmly for one click, the crossbow machine leaned forward, two clicks, blowing the arrow Push forward, three squares, all hidden weapons are ready to launch, and there is a sound of "click, click" in the room.The younger brothers under Liu Wenjun were all terrified. None of them gangsters have experienced dangers, and those who can follow Liu Wenjun to protect them are even elites. But for some reason, at this moment, it is clearly daytime , obviously it was just in the lobby of a family hotel, and there were no enemies with live ammunition around, but everyone felt the pressure like Mount Tai was pressing down on top.

The "click click" mechanism kept running, and from nowhere came the sound of "bang bang bang bang" like a cannonball being loaded, and Zhuo Yang quickly dodged to protect Granny Lu Yingyi and Luo again.The house vibrated like an earthquake, and people looked at their feet and around them in fear. Hu Bowen wanted to flee, but Liu Wenjun's younger brother held him back and did not dare to move. He was so frightened that he burst into tears. However, after a few minutes of commotion, the commotion stopped unexpectedly.

At noon on Ding Si's day in Ding Wei month of Ding Chou's year... three quarters!Time to behead!

Lu Ying let out a long sigh of relief, and there was another soft "click" sound from the ground, followed by a chain reaction, the mechanism was in motion.Not long after, the slate floor around the combination lock that Lu Ying had just circled sank slightly and shrunk forward, exposing a thick iron-clad plate underneath.As soon as Lu Ying pushed the dust away, he saw the words "Hu Yingqi hand-sealed at three o'clock in the noon on Ding Wei month and Ding Si day in the year of Ding Chou" engraved on the board. There were still two broken vertical stripes on it, which shows that it was originally It was sealed, but over the long years, the seal has rotted away.

Liu Wenjun was relieved so far, because this proved that the underground vault had never been opened as Luo Wanling said.

Granny Luo said: "The head of Liu Da's family has seen clearly that this vault has never been opened."

Liu Wenjun said, "Yes."

Granny Luo said, "Then I can open it."

The author has something to say: Notes 4 and 5: The content of the plaque on the doorway comes from the real Yuanshun Escort Bureau in history. Its owner is Wang Zhengyi, a well-known knight in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. He died heroically against the Eight-Power Allied Forces, but according to his successor, Wang Zhang, who called it the Boxer Rebellion, he was informed and arrested by the Qing government. Wang Wu was arrested in order to protect the young and old who took refuge in the bodyguard bureau, and was later handed over to the Eight Kingdoms The coalition forces were shot and killed by the Germans on the east riverside outside the front gate. ——Kang Baocheng, editor-in-chief of "Boarding".