merit book

The journey went incredibly smoothly, without any mishaps.Rong Yuan has already discovered that the accident physique brought to him by the "Book of Merit and Virtue", if it causes small disasters, it will happen continuously and even escalate; If there is no disaster, then you can get a window period for a period of time, and the specific length of time is directly related to the degree of the disaster.

The news of the earth that Rong Yuan is about to leave has not been told to anyone except Jin Yang, but the people around him seem to be aware of it, such as Rong Jing and Fat Mao, they may not know his plan, but they reveal that A kind of uneasiness that I didn't even notice, and I was joking and joking in the car, but there was still a sense of tension in the air that couldn't be ignored.

Rong Yuan has heard the name of the Xiao family's library in County E for a long time, but he has never come to see it with his own eyes.The image in his mind should be a few antique wooden buildings with carved beams and painted buildings. The collection of books for hundreds of years may form a group of buildings, standing tall and majestic from a distance; or it may be like the National Library. High-rise buildings with a modern atmosphere, precious books are all collected by high-tech means, and infrared pressure sensors and the like are even more indispensable.

However, when he actually saw it, the appearance of the library was beyond his expectation.

There are two bronze gates with a height of [-] meters. The four door hairpins on the top are painted with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum respectively, and the animal face in the middle is held in the ring. It has long beards on its feet and looks like a goat at first glance, but there are simple and rough strokes behind the animal's face to outline a lion's body.

That is Bai Ze, the legendary beast who knows astronomy and geography at the top, trivial details at the bottom, and knows the future through the past.

Behind the bronze door is not a building, but a mountain!

The library of Xiao's family was actually hollowed out and half of the mountain was built inside!

This library building was not open to the public, and they couldn't even find a photo on the Internet, so although Jin Yang and the others had heard about it, it was the first time they saw it with their own eyes, and they all showed shocked and surprised expressions.

Rong Yuan collected himself and walked to the door. The people Jin Nan arranged to be here had obviously received the order, they pushed the door open together from left to right, and a group of people walked in, looking up and around.

There are nine floors in the library building, with a height of nearly 40 meters. It is dark in the distance, and it is hard to see how spacious it is.I can only see the densely packed bookshelves in front of me, and there are only two sets of desks and stools for reading. There is also a simple wooden bed, which can be used for temporary rest, but it does not look comfortable at all. Obviously, this library was built Some people only hope that future generations can concentrate on studying here, and all other enjoyments are exempted.

On the walls of the library building, there are still traces left after repeated renovations and expansions, which seem to be deliberately preserved as a kind of memory.At first, it was a simple structure of earth, stone and wood; later, large pieces of bluestone were dug out, cut and polished, and piece by piece were spliced ​​together to form the walls and floors; Gold, if you look around, you can't figure out how much wealth they have hidden here, but most of the gold has been pried away now, judging from the traces, this may be what Xiao Qingcheng did a hundred years ago.

Today's library walls have been replaced with concrete and steel frame structures, and a layer of milky white protective paint has been applied.The bookshelf has also been replaced with the cold-rolled steel plate material commonly used in libraries, and the two sides are closed with glass sliding doors, but they are not locked, and there are sliding rollers installed underneath.Above the head is a very comfortable incandescent lamp, which is bright but not dazzling, and the switch uses an infrared sensor system.

From the message left by Yan Ce, Rong Yuan knew that what he was looking for was on the top floor, he told Jin Yang, and walked up the stairs alone.

The lights turned on and off row by row, and when they reached the third floor, Rong Yuan suddenly heard faint breathing in front of him.He paused, then walked up without changing his expression.

Stepping up the stairs and turning the corner, in the bright light, he saw a standing figure with a book in his arms.

She has long curly hair, is thin and tall, and has a natural childlike face that blurs her age, but her eyes are as pure as autumn water, and there is a sense of tranquility in time, as if she has the charm of stagnant time.

This is Shao Baoer.Although she is an orphan adopted by the Xiao family, she has her own life when she becomes an adult, and she will only be called back when Xiao Xiao needs it—in fact, except for a few old people who have served the Xiao family for generations, most of them in peacetime Xiao's adopted children all follow this path.

Shao Baoer was originally a special talent in the national security department, but after Xiao Xiao's death and Yan Ce's disappearance, she chose to resign from all positions and come back here to take care of this library. After Rong Yuan heard about his choice, he also agreed to it.

Although both of them had expected this meeting before, when they looked at each other face to face, they were slightly startled and fell into silence.

It is customary to ask "how are you" at this time, but they actually know each other's situation very well, such polite words are obviously unnecessary; when it comes to the joy of reuniting after a long absence, their relationship is not as close as it is For the sake of saying "goodbye", it seemed too indifferent.

After a moment of stalemate, Shao Baoer suddenly gave a "puchi" smile, showing the same cute and innocent smile as before, and now she looks like a teenage girl.She smiled and sighed softly, she didn't know what she thought of, and there was a bit of nostalgia and softness in her eyes, but she didn't say anything, she bowed slightly, turned and left.

Rong Yuan watched her leave, stood still for a while, and then continued to go upstairs.

They used to live and die together, fleeing together; she once bet her life to save him, and that soft body gradually stopped breathing in his arms; she was the opportunity and motivation for him to become the contractor of "Book of Merit".

However, he embarked on this road, but there was almost no intersection between the two of them.Goodbye now, just look at each other and smile, and go our separate ways.

I couldn't tell whether it was melancholy or sadness, but the faint emotions drifted across my heart like a wisp of mist, and soon disappeared.

The third floor to the ninth floor is just a short distance, and it will soon come to an end.Rong Yuan successfully found what Xiao Xiao left behind - on the only desk on this floor, there was a completely sealed metal box, there was not even a pattern on the four sides, and there was no keyhole.On the top of the box is engraved with "Minor Record Handbook" and a short explanation in beautiful fonts, which roughly means that only those who are destined to get the things in the box can get it, and warn future generations not to open the box violently, otherwise the mechanism inside will destroy all the items. Items are destroyed.

Rong Yuan could tell at a glance that this metal box was not an exchange item from the Gongde Mall, but was cast manually, and there were still various traces on the surface of the box caused by the unsophisticated craftsmanship of the maker.The box itself does not have any mechanism to open it. As for the inside...Rong Yuan explored it with string force, and found that besides a paper manual, there are a lot of powder and floc inside, as long as there is a little spark or With a strong impact, the manual will be burned to ashes immediately.

This design is not very subtle. In modern society, there are actually countless ways to take out the contents.But the thick metal shell cuts off almost all detection methods, and no one would dare to open it without really knowing the internal design.

But this is not a problem for Rong Yuan, his hands startled slightly, a gap thinner than a hair suddenly appeared in the middle of the metal box, even invisible to the naked eye without a magnifying glass.With a light push from Rong Yuan, the box split into two, and something like white silk came out, revealing the corner of a book.

Rong Yuan took out the last "Minor Record Handbook", shook off the debris on it, sat down at the table, meditated, and then opened it.

This handbook records the initial period when Xiao Xiao became a contractor of the "Book of Merit and Virtue".At that time, she was still called Xiao Qingcheng, but she was only in her teens, but she was able to support the army of the Sugar Kingdom with all her family's wealth in the war, and even helped many people without hesitation.Once the sugar army lost in the defense of an important hub city, the city fell, and the enemy army wanted to massacre the soldiers and civilians in the city who had put down their weapons and even the surrounding villages and towns.However, in the early morning of the second day after the enemy army massacred wildly, Xiao Qingcheng suddenly and miraculously appeared at the base of the city. Along with her, there were dozens of boxes of gold and silver treasures. The edge of the box overflowed, shining in the rising sun with a golden light that would drive anyone out of their minds.

She bought everyone's life with money.

The enemy originally only wanted to take away the treasure, and wanted to do something wrong to Xiao Qingcheng, but first, Xiao Qingcheng promised that as long as the other party kept his promise, he would give them twice as much jewelry in the future; But her eyes were clear and calm, her tone was firm and penetrating, and her demeanor was full of vigor and deterrence to the enemy soldiers who had killed and killed them to the point of losing their minds. No one dared to injure them.The commander of the enemy army was always very respectful and courteous to her, and there were twice as many treasures hanging in front of her. The massacre was abruptly stopped as soon as it started, and Xiao Qingcheng bought half a month for the sugar army's counterattack.

Half a month later, as soon as the personnel escorting the "treasure" entered the city, they broke the box, drew weapons from under the gold, silver and jewelry, and used the troops ambushing outside to capture the city gate.After a day and night of fighting, the enemy had to abandon the city and flee eastward. Before leaving, they set a fire. However, heavy rain followed, and the flames were extinguished within a few minutes.

This legendary story is still being circulated in the Sugar Kingdom, but Xiao Qingcheng's name in the story has been hidden.In the second half of the legend, the enemy army still did not forget to take dozens of boxes of treasures with them while fleeing, and many people were sacrificed for this.When they escaped for hundreds of miles and finally found a large team to settle down, the boss asked about the process and opened the box, only to find that it was full of stones, and there was no wealth as imagined.

But the box was intact, even the seal was intact, and the soldiers guarding the treasure box swore that no one had touched it.The inestimable treasure just disappeared out of thin air.

The story is very bizarre, but there were so many witnesses at that time, the authenticity is beyond doubt.It is said that the commander of the enemy army was tried as a war criminal decades later. Before he died, he could not forget the girl at that time. When interviewed by reporters, his only request was to know who she was.This story has been passed down to the present and has almost changed beyond recognition. It has been adapted into the climax of various anti-Japanese war dramas, and the girl has been assigned various identities, such as the righteous, brave and beautiful Sugar Country soldier, and the private officer of the Sugar Army high-level. A daughter, an aristocratic girl returning from studying abroad, a mysterious hermit family, an actor disguised as a woman, a cultivator who masters fairy arts, a low-level patriot with first-rate deception, and so on.

Rong Yuan knew that it would not be difficult to do this with the help of the "Book of Merit".The point is, after this incident, Xiao Qingcheng's merit reached one million, and a new rule emerged from it.

And this rule, Rong Yuan will never be able to see it.

Because there are two conditions for it to appear: first, the initial merit of the contractor must be positive; second, millions of merit must be obtained through good deeds, and if anyone actively kills anyone during this period—even negative merit For villains who have reached astronomical numbers, this rule will also not appear.