Chapter 131
Han Shengyi didn't know that those few harmless words he said so easily exposed his true purpose.
Maybe he himself didn't realize that the hatred in his eyes when he mentioned Ruan Mengru was not something that could be eliminated just by seeing her once. His grandson knew very well that whatever he wanted to do could not escape Grandma Han's eyes.
But Grandma Han didn't say it, so Han Shengyi just kept it that way and continued to pretend. Ruan Mengru had the support of two families, the Ruan family and her current husband's Guo family. Neither of these two families was particularly powerful, but they should not be underestimated, especially the Guo family. Ruan Mengru's current husband, Guo Deshu, was the director of the Revolutionary Committee. When the Han family fell, it was Guo Deshu who brought people to arrest Grandpa Han and Grandma Han, as well as Han Shengyi's father, Han Jixin.
His family fell, the Guo family rose, and now his family is back again, but the Guo family dares not even fart and just pretends that they don't exist.
So far, the Revolutionary Committee is still the most important among all government departments. Even if Han Shengyi wants to touch them, he has to be patient and start from the simpler places first.
After work that day, Han Shengyi was walking on the road and saw a mailbox. He casually stuffed a letter into it. After putting the letter in, he went to a store nearby and bought some storable food from there.
Chief Qi's affairs were finally settled. He was going to take his two grandchildren to recuperate, and he also took Chu Jiujiu, who had just graduated and had nothing to do, with him. Whenever Chief Qi went out, he was surrounded by a large group of soldiers to protect him. Chu Jiujiu was absolutely safe from external dangers when she went out with him.
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It has been so long, but Chu Liqiang still firmly believes that Chief Qi looks honest but is treacherous at heart, and he might take away his Chu Jiujiu at any time.
She was repeatedly told not to run around and to come back as soon as the due date came. Even if Chief Qi didn't let her go, Chu Liqiang would go and pick her up when the time came.
Chengde is a bit far from Chu Liqiang's military area, but Qinhuangdao is very close, especially the coastal area, which is closer than him going back to the city.
Chu Jiujiu's mind was full of thoughts about the Summer Resort and collecting shells at the beach. How could she care less about his psychological needs, which were comparable to those of an old father? No matter what he said, Chu Jiujiu just responded with a "hmm, I know". Finally, Chu Liqiang finished speaking, and Chu Jiujiu quickly got into Chief Qi's jeep. After getting in, she rolled down the window and said goodbye to everyone with great joy: "Goodbye, I will bring you some local specialties!"
Grandma Han and the others smiled and waved to her: "Goodbye, call us when you get there."
Chu Liqiang: "..."
It feels so bad not to be understood.
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After setting off, they stayed in Chengde for three days. Commander Qi met with his old friends and also spent two days playing in the Summer Resort.
The royal gardens of the past, now after wars and renovations, may not look as prosperous as they once were, but their grandeur remains. Furthermore, most of the scenic spots were closed at that time. After they entered, there were no other tourists here. They were the only ones in the entire Summer Resort. During the day, Chu Jiujiu felt particularly refreshed, but at night, she felt particularly eerie.
What's even more annoying is that the brat Qi Baoguo insisted on dragging her and Qi Baozhu to tell ghost stories after dinner. The location was in the Summer Resort. Qi Baoguo didn't know where he heard it from, but he insisted that there were dead palace maids walking around with lanterns at night.
His storytelling skills were average, but he was very good at scaring people. In the hot summer, Chu Jiujiu's hair stood on end when she heard him, but for the sake of face, she still forced herself to sit still.
After returning to her room, Chu Jiujiu lay on the bed. The originally quaint room instantly transformed into a dark and terrifying haunted house. The doors and windows were especially old-fashioned, covered with window paper. The shadows of the trees outside the door swayed, and the moonlight seemed to tremble with them, just like the lantern in the palace maid's hand, the flame flickering...
“Woo!——”
Chu Jiujiu didn't dare to look anymore and immediately covered her head with the quilt. Even if she was suffocating, she was unwilling to pull the sheet down.
At this time, she missed her cell phone very much. If she had a cell phone, she could call Chu Shao. No one else could do that, only Chu Shao was the most useful, because Chu Shao had a righteous spirit. No matter what kind of monsters, they would be scared away by the formulas and parts in his head.
In a research base not far away, Chu Shao was wearing goggles and grinding a steel plate. Suddenly, his nose felt a little itchy and he sneezed violently.
If it were someone else, they might think that someone was scolding them, but Chu Shao was a nobody. He only had science in his mind, so he rubbed his nose and continued to work.
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With her fanatical longing for Chu Shao, Chu Jiujiu thought about it for half the night before finally falling into a deep sleep. The next day, she walked out of the room, and Qi Baozhu also walked out from the opposite side.
After checking their eyes, I found that they all had dark circles under their eyes.
Chu Jiujiu: “…”
Qi Baozhu: “…”
Chu Jiujiu gave a tired smile, "You didn't sleep well last night, did you?"
Qi Baozhu nodded painfully, "It's all Baoguo's fault. He insisted on telling ghost stories."
Chu Jiujiu almost burst into tears. No one in her family was afraid of this. They didn't believe it, so every time, it was only Chu Jiujiu who was scared to death. She had long wanted to talk to people like her, but she never had the chance. Now, her chance had come.
"You're scared too! Woohoo, I thought I was the only one. Did you have a nightmare yesterday?"
Qi Baozhu sighed, "Of course I did. I dreamed that a palace maid holding a lantern came to me. I wanted to run away but couldn't..."
At this point, she paused, as if she had thought of some particularly terrifying scene. Chu Jiujiu suddenly became curious, "And then what?"
She is afraid, but she still likes to listen to it. This must be the legendary person who is addicted to food but still has a strong addiction.
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Qi Baozhu covered her head and said with great fear: "Then, she chatted with me all night, asking me all the time, what's your name, do you like singing, or do you like dancing? It was so scary!"
Chu Jiujiu: “…”
Why are your socially anxious nightmares so socially anxious too...
Because of this incident, Chu Jiujiu always looked forward to going to Qinhuangdao as soon as possible. She had only been to the beach during her childhood. Since coming here, she had never seen seafood, let alone the sea.
Crabs, octopus, mantis shrimp, and oysters, recalling the taste of these things, Chu Jiujiu was eager to try them. She even prepared the recipe for garlic seasoning.
When Chief Qi heard her reading out the types of seafood, he laughed out loud and promised that when they got to Qinhuangdao, he would let her try all of them.
Chu Jiujiu was very happy and said a lot of good things to Chief Qi. However, accidents happen all the time, and misfortunes may happen to people at any time. On the afternoon of the day they arrived in Qinhuangdao, Chu Jiujiu received a call from the capital.
Don't worry, it's not that something happened at home, but Director Ma went through a lot of trouble and went through several people to call me.
"Jiujiu! There's an ancient Shang Dynasty tomb in Henan that's opening up for exploration. Director Liu and I are both going. I was thinking, since you're on vacation too, would you like to go?"
After Chu Jiujiu came here, she lived in a sanatorium, but this sanatorium was different from the apartment-style ones she had seen in TV dramas. This was also a single-family courtyard with various shared facilities only in the center. Each courtyard had a telephone, but there was only one, and it was placed in Chief Qi's bedroom.
Chief Qi and Qi Baozhu were listening on the side, and they saw Chu Jiujiu's eyes widen instantly.
"Shang Dynasty?! Can I go too?"
Director Ma nodded. "Yes, oh, I forgot to mention. This tomb was unearthed two years ago and has been under excavation for the past two years. Ah, it was just finished in April. So we went there, not to excavate, but to take a look at the excavated tomb chamber and the burial objects and other things."
"This is a project that Lao Liu and his team are working on. He asked me to come over and take a look. You'll just follow me, and we won't be able to get involved in the specifics. But if we talk to Lao Liu about it, maybe he'll be able to make some concessions."
This Old Liu is the director of the Institute of Chinese History. He also knows Chu Jiujiu, but Chu Jiujiu's name has always been listed under the Institute of World History. Poaching is not advisable, especially since everyone is in the same institute and they see each other every day.
Poaching is not advisable, but if the star wants to leave, then you can't blame others.
Director Liu has sinister intentions, and the simple Director Ma will probably never know it in his lifetime.
Chu Jiujiu's toes curled up as she listened. She looked at Qi Baozhu and Chief Qi beside her, feeling conflicted but unable to make a decision. She squeezed the receiver and asked, "Director Ma, whose tomb is this? Is it that of a commoner from the Shang Dynasty, or a minister or noble?"
Chu Jiujiu didn't dare to guess too much. After all, compared with the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the Shang Dynasty was almost three thousand years ago. She didn't expect that a big figure was buried inside.
However, the next second, Director Ma's answer made her realize that her imagination was still too narrow.
Director Ma said, "It's the tomb of the Shang queen."
Chu Jiujiu immediately jumped up: "I'll go, I'll go, I'll go right away!"
Qi Baozhu: “…”
Commander Qi: “…”
Between seafood and the Queen's Tomb, Chu Jiujiu chose the latter. As for her good friend Qi Baozhu? Sorry, she had forgotten that she even had a good friend.
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Although Chief Qi was helpless, he also knew that this was an important matter and a good thing. It was also a rare opportunity to broaden his horizons. Seeing Chu Jiujiu about to leave, Chief Qi asked his two grandchildren if they wanted to follow Chu Jiujiu.
Director Liu didn't say whether he could bring other people, so Chief Qi tacitly agreed that he could. Of course, even if he couldn't, he had to force himself to say that he could when he saw Chief Qi.
But Qi Baozhu didn't want to go. She had followed Chu Jiujiu to the courtyard before and had experienced the atmosphere of the History Research Institute. There were so many men, all middle-aged men. She felt suffocated just imagining it.
Qi Baoguo originally wanted to go, but when he heard his sister say she was not going, he had to change his mind.
Qi Baoguo was no longer young and had grown up. He knew that if Qi Baozhu was not with him and he went to such a far place alone with Chu Jiujiu, it would cause gossip.
He didn't say these things, but just stood obediently beside his sister. Chu Jiujiu understood what he meant, and looked at him with more loving eyes.
Restraining the urge to touch Qi Baoguo's head, Chu Jiujiu said the words she had said countless times, "When I come back, I will definitely bring you some local specialties!"
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