Chapter 104 - It takes a few lifetimes to pay

The longevity lock he wore on his neck, although not very eye-catching, was actually handed down from generation to generation by the Fu family, and only passed down to the protagonist. Because in the generation of Fu Tian's mother, there is no male, and it was passed to Fu Tian's hands.

In the previous life, Fu Tian wore this longevity lock until he died, and later reborn, and the longevity lock never left.

And since rebirth, he rarely gets injured again. His original physique is very easy to bump and leave injuries, but except for the injuries he had just returned from the rebirth period, his physique gradually improved, but his chances of injury are less. It is not obvious, so I only noticed it now.

Speaking of which, this longevity lock is most likely something handed down from ancestors.

Removed the long life lock and placed it in the palm of the hand. Both of them carefully observed the silver jewelry. The simple and simple new lock held some weight in the hand, plus the color that has become brighter because of the year-round strap, but it looks a bit different. Exquisite.

Fu Tian looked at him for a while, but found nothing wrong, and looked at Chu XiangTian with questioning eyes.

Chu XiangTian frowned little by little, picked up the lock, and stared at an imperceptible hole above the lock.

After estimating the size, Chu XiangTian said, "Let someone get a needle."

Fu Tian opened the door and asked the maid to bring the sewing kit over, and a row of fine needles of different sizes were neatly inserted into the sewing kit.

Chu XiangTian took the thinnest one, aiming at the small hole and gently inserted it in.

The needle slipped into the small section, and then it seemed that something was in the way. Chu XiangTian condensed his eyebrows, flicked the needle left and right, and moved the needle two times before and after. The long life lock made a slight clicking sound, and the originally integrated lock body opened. There is a small gap.

Chu XiangTian opened the longevity lock with a needle and saw that there was a very small and delicate key inside the small longevity lock.

Bronze, with patterns engraved on it, and three small bumps on the front of the key.

"Where is the key I gave you before?" Fu Tian stabbed Chu XiangTian, ​​"Take it out and have a look."

"It's in the house." Chu XiangTian put down the longevity lock and went to the next palace to get the key. After a while, he came back and compared the two keys side by side. Except for the size, they were exactly the same.

Fu Tian suddenly remembered the strange small hole he found on the wall when he went to the dark library. At that time, he had carefully compared it, maybe it was really a keyhole.

"It seems we have to go back to Sifang Town as soon as possible," Fu Tian said: "This is the key to the secret library."

Chu XiangTian also twisted his eyebrows to look at the longevity lock. The longevity lock is very delicate. The upper cover is only a thin layer, and the lower part is sunken into a key-shaped arc, just enough to insert the bronze key, but...

Chu XiangTian suddenly moved his gaze. On the open side, under the pattern of the lock, he found another small hole.

He pinched the needle again, following the same procedure, opening the second layer of the longevity lock.

Unexpectedly, this little silver lock still hides a layer, Fu Tian watched Chu XiangTian move with some surprise.

Chu XiangTian squinted his eyes and slowly opened the other side——

The longevity lock was not fully opened yet, and the two suddenly felt an extremely refreshing breath, like a water wave, inspired by the longevity lock.

It feels very strange. It's like the surrounding air has cooled down for a moment. If you have to describe it, it's like the air of a winter morning, the stale air is emptied, as if you are in a deserted mountain, every time you breathe in and out. With a sober shudder.

The lock surface was completely opened, revealing what was hidden inside—a piece of dark green...Jade with a strange shape?

It may also be something else, Fu Tian stretched out his hand to take it out, but it was not as hard as jade, but rather soft, pinched at the fingertips, there was a refreshing coolness, and it was even closer to distinguish the faint fragrance.

Fu Tian placed it in the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully. Suddenly, Fu Zhi's heart pinched the corners of this thing and put it together. The green "nephrite" that was originally spread out and flattened was put together into a spherical shape.

The two looked at each other, Fu Tian hesitated and said: "Is this the fruit that Old Yushu said?"

It's just that the fruit that the old elm said can give birth to children, but the "nephrite" is only two fingers the size after being put together, and I really can't figure out how to make a child.

After covering the two people, they were not sure if this was the shell left by the fruit. The two pondered for a while, temporarily unable to guess the origin, so they had to put the thing back as it was, and let Fu Tian wear it on the body.

The next day, Fu Tian began to prepare the ship back to Qingyang.

After the canal was dug, the waterway went straight to Nanming County, Fu Tian bought a big boat, and this time went straight back by waterway.

I also brought a lot of goods along the way, which can be shipped back to the south for sale to offset the "traffic costs".

On June 21st, Chu XiangTian returned to Sifang Town with Fu Tian.

In June, the southern boundary had already harvested early rice and began to raise seedlings for late rice. After July, it can be planted and harvested after October.

It was not yet midsummer at this time, but the dry weather had already shown signs of early warning. Since the beginning of winter, there have not been a few rains, but the weather is hotter than usual.

After June, the weather became hotter day by day, and I didn't even notice it in Qingyang. After I got to the south, this feeling became more obvious.

Fu Tian wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, standing on the deck and looking at the farmland on the shore. Although the weather is not good right now, after the canal was dug up, water conservancy projects were also built in various places. Therefore, even if there were no rains this year, the people did not have the worries of previous years.

After leaving Fengshui, the ship entered Sihu River and finally reached the boundary of Nanming County.

The channel of the Shihu River was widened, and the boats sailed in without any reluctance, all the way smoothly to Sifang Town.

The construction of the pier in Sifang Town has been completed, but the place here is remote and there is little contact with outsiders, so it has never been used. Now the boats of Fu's family have docked, attracting a lot of people to stop and watch curiously.

It was Fu Tian who saw it, and the quick-reacting person hurriedly saluted, calling him Lord Hou. Other people who reacted with hindsight also hurriedly saluted.

Fu Tian was stunned for a moment, unexpectedly there was a sense of unreality that seemed to be a world away, he went to Qingyang only a few months, and then returned to Sifang Town, he felt strange.

Nodding to everyone, Fu Tian and Chu XiangTian returned to Fu's house together in the Fu's carriage.

The door of Fu's house, which had been closed for several months, finally opened, and the carriage that Fu Tian was riding in drove in and slowly closed it, shutting off outsiders from exploring.

There was no change in Fu's house. After they went to Qingyang, the house was taken care of by the old servants of the house. Apart from being quieter, it was just like they had just left.

There was a fire in the kitchen to cook, and after the two had lunch, Fu Tian waved back and took Chu XiangTian to the warehouse.

No one can enter the warehouse without the key, so there is no one to clean. When Fu Tian opened the door, a burst of shallow dust was raised in it.

After entering, closing the warehouse door, Fu Tian walked straight to the big vase, and after twisting a few times according to the method, an entrance appeared.

Chu XiangTian walked in front of Fu Tian with a lamp, and the two of them walked down with the faint light. The more they walked down, the darker they got. When they reached the bottom step, Chu XiangTian asked Fu Tian to wait first. The lamp was lit, and Fu Tian was allowed to enter.

The secret library is exactly the same as before, with boxes containing gold and silver treasures piled up in a mess. Chu XiangTian raised his eyebrows, "The ancestors of the Fu family are really rich and invincible."

Fu Tian shook his finger and said with a smile: "Isn't this a token of love for you?"

Chu XiangTian remembered the bronze key that Fu Tian had given him, and squeezed his earlobe amusedly, "I'm afraid it will be enough to pay you for several lifetimes."

Fu Tian smiled slyly, released him to the wall to find the keyhole he had seen before.

Chu XiangTian also followed him to search. His eyesight has always been good, but he didn't find anything special about the wall facing him. Who knows that Fu Tian looked at it carefully for a while, then suddenly pointed to a place and said: "Here ."

Chu XiangTian followed his fingers and found this tiny keyhole.

Fu Tian took down the long life lock and let Chu XiangTian open it, and then pinched the small key, aimed at the position and slowly pushed it in.

The key was inserted to the end, just filling the small hole on the stone wall, and looking from the outside at this time, even Fu Tian could not find a gap.

After the key was inserted, the stone wall was quiet, without the slightest movement. Just when Fu Tian was puzzled, a slight clicking sound suddenly came from the stone wall, which was very similar to the sound made when the long life lock was opened. , As if the mechanism inside was slowly starting.

After a while, the stone wall, which had no gaps at first, suddenly showed a slight depression. Then the whole stone wall slowly moved back, and moved to the left to close, revealing an entrance the size of an ordinary door.

The entrance is not black, and there is a faint light in it. Fu Tian and Chu XiangTian looked at each other, Fu Tian guarded the entrance, and Chu XiangTian went in to find the way.

Although it is a secret library left over by the ancestors, no one knows if there are any other institutions. It is better to be more cautious.

The aisle is very long, and the stone walls on both sides and the ceiling are inlaid with night pearls, so you can see the road without a candle in your hand.

After walking all the way, Chu XiangTian probed around and confirmed that there were no other organs in it before turning back and going in with Fu Tian at the door.