Chapter 376 Accidentally Discovering Qin Rong's Secret
"Take your time to read it. I'll go get you a cup of tea."
Ye Xiaomei just nodded, her eyes already attracted by the photos and scrolls.
Some of them are new photos, which were taken by Qin Rong on the spot at that time. The shooting location was undoubtedly on the 615 East Mountain.
But behind these there are three old, yellowed photos, one of which is damp due to age and is covered with spots.
The other photos are all in black and white. There is no large space at the location where the photos were taken, so it is difficult to tell where they were taken. However, there is no doubt that they were taken many years ago by looking at the year of the photos and their blurry appearance.
There are several black toad stones standing together, some standing alone, and one that is clearly placed in a bundle.
"Come, have some tea." Zhang Sanmao came in and placed a glass of water in front of Ye Xiaomei.
Ye Xiaomei didn't rush to drink her tea and asked, "How old are these photos?"
"It must have been around for decades, but the cameras used to be so ugly back then, the pictures weren't very clear, so it was easy to be exposed."
Ye Xiaomei thought so too. It was the kind of flaming cameras that she had only seen on TV. However, in that era, one had to be very rich or noble to own such a thing.
"Were these all lost?" Ye Xiaomei asked.
Zhang Sanmao obviously didn't care much about this matter: "Yes, they are all old criminal records, but most of these photos were provided by the research institute."
Ye Xiaomei subconsciously turned an old photo over to look at it, but she didn't expect that there was information such as time, location, and photographer on the back of the photo.
Qin Rong? Ye Xiaomei took a deep breath. How could it be Qin Rong who took the photo?
When Ye Xiaomei saw the time, her hands trembled. 1871? Wasn't that the fifth year of the Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty? It was more than a hundred years ago.
That’s not right. Were there scientific research teams in that era?
Zhang Sanmao saw that she looked unhappy, so he came over to take a look: "Yo, it's still an antique, but the picture quality is quite clear."
Yes, Ye Xiaomei also noticed this. Logically, the quality of the other photos is very poor. Judging from the years, they are only 20 or 30 years ago, but the quality is not as clear as this photo taken during the Tongzhi period.
"This photo is just a little faded." Ye Xiaomei muttered to herself. Obviously, this photo is not logical. Shouldn't it be black and white? Where can you find color photos in that era?
Zhang Sanmao was not interested in this information at all, let alone paying attention to these details. Anyway, the theft location was not under his jurisdiction, so he probably never took a good look at the information.
Ye Xiaomei wondered, could it be someone with the same name?
No, Ye Xiaomei's mind once again echoed with Qin Rong's words in the hot pot restaurant - there are many people here, it's safer for you to stay out of the spotlight, I will definitely take care of Ye Xiaomei's matter, and, boss, you have to know that it's not easy for us to come to this century. If the equipment hadn't been damaged, we could have gone back another 20 years and maybe caught a live human snake, but isn't this a last resort? It's not easy to find the host of the human snake, so don't rush.
Go back another twenty years? Maybe we could catch a living human snake? It was obvious that Qin Rong wanted to catch the human snake, which meant that she had known for a long time that I was the spirit host of the human snake.
But, if we go back twenty years, how could she go back? Could she have traveled through time?
Ye Xiaomei fell into deep memories. She also remembered that after Qin Rong said this, the man she called the boss also said something else - I only give you two years, otherwise, you will stay here and wait to die.
Stay here? Could it be that Qin Rong does not belong to this century?
"Sister-in-law? What's wrong with you?" Zhang Sanmao had called her several times.
Ye Xiaomei finally came to her senses and quickly picked up the teacup and gulped it down. Her shocked mood calmed down a lot:
"I'm fine, lend me this photo."
On the way back, Ye Xiaomei's heart kept beating fast. Could it be possible that Qin Rong could really travel through time and space?
This photo is the best evidence. Even if Qin Rong was a person with the same name a hundred years ago, the equipment at that time could not have taken color photos, and the quality was pretty good. It has been so long that it has only faded, but traces of color can still be captured in the reflection.
However, it is naturally the most difficult to find information about Qin Rong from more than a hundred years ago, because at that time, the information storage was not as complete as it is now.
But, Tang refused?
That guy was willing to spend money to collect old bamboo slips that were thousands of years old, so maybe he knew about it.
At the Tang family residence, Ye Xiaomei calmly sat there drinking tea, placed the photo in front of him and waited for his reaction.
Tang Buci looked complacent and lazy. He held the photo between two fingers and glanced at it half-deadly:
"There are many old photos of Black Toad Stone."
Not surprising? Ye Xiaomei thought: "Look at the time on the back of the photo."
"What's so good about this?" Tang Buci said as he turned to take a look. At first glance, he thought it was nothing special, but after taking another look, he suddenly sat up straight:
"During the Tongzhi era, where did you get this antique? How much did you pay for it?"
Tang Buci was so obsessed with antiques that he asked questions while carefully examining them. He had never seen an antique photo that was preserved so well.
Seeing his slow reaction, Ye Xiaomei said directly: "Look at the picture quality of the photo. Does it look like something from that era? And the name of the photographer is on the back of the photo."
Tang Bushi then looked at it carefully: "The picture quality is not that good. There were no color photos in that era, Qin Rong?"
"right."
Tang Buci stood up from his wheelchair, looked over it several times, and then asked seriously:
"You mean, this photo was taken by Qin Rong?"
"Well, I also know that she was doing research on human snakes. I overheard her conversation with someone once. She said that if she could come to this century 20 years earlier, she would be able to catch living human snakes. Don't you think there is a big problem with what she said?"
Ye Xiaomei looked at Tang Buci carefully. His handsome face was wrinkled and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
After pacing back and forth for a long time, Tang Buci let out a long breath and murmured as if relieved of a heavy burden, "It's possible that she is also a time traveler."
"A time traveler? How does he travel through time?" Ye Xiaomei was so excited that she knew she had found the right person this time. Tang Bushi was a walking dictionary.
Tang Buci sat down and stared at the photo on the corner of the table in a daze: "There are records of such people in ancient books, such as Wang Mang. The system he promoted was obviously from the late 20th century. He is not the only one suspected of being a time traveler in history books. As for how he traveled through time, some unofficial historical records say that he traveled through time due to an accidental disorder of time and space, and some say that he was struck by lightning and traveled through time inexplicably."
Ye Xiaomei was stunned when she heard this, and suddenly she found the problem:
"What you said was all about accidental time travel, but what Qin Rong said at the time - if we could come to this century 20 years earlier, maybe we could catch the human snake alive." Ye Xiaomei repeated word by word:
"That is to say, Qin Rong's time travel was not an accident at all. It was clearly controllable."
"Yeah." Tang Buci muttered to himself.
"I heard another man she was talking to say that if no results were found within two years, she would just wait to die here."
When Ye Xiaomei said this, Tang Buci's eyes widened.
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