The real mine owner, Jia Maocai, had been taken into the closet. My dad now put on the other's suit and leather shoes, and wore a big gold Rolex watch. It must be said that he looked a bit like a middle-aged entrepreneur.

It just has too much of an earthy feel, and you can tell at first glance that it's the work of a nouveau riche

But this is the only thing we can do right now. If we let Lin Mo pretend to be him, he won't look like him because his age is not right.

While his father was changing his clothes, Lin Mo studied the bronze box in his hand.

This thing must weigh more than 50 kilograms. Bronze of normal size is not that heavy. No wonder Jia Maocai had to use a large suitcase to hold and transport it.

I really can't lift it by carrying it.

What on earth is inside this? This thing has no gaps, it is completely integrated, and it is impossible to open it unless it is destroyed.

Lin Mo carefully observed the complex patterns on it, and then found many raised carvings on the top and back that looked like star maps. In fact, they were raised dots of different sizes.

There must be a meaning behind these dots, but unfortunately Lin Mo couldn't figure it out.

Dad came out and asked Lin Mo to comment on his current appearance and whether he would charm Mom who would come in later.

Lin Mo couldn't tell the truth.

From childhood to adulthood, my father raised me alone. He suffered a lot and looked much older than his peers.

Lin Mo said against his will that he would definitely charm his mother.

Dad grinned foolishly.

"Remember, our goal is to find out what this thing is. Also, protect your mother."

"Don't worry, Dad. I remember everything."

"Hey, Xiao Mo, you are a college student and you know a lot. Tell me, if your mother had not been injured in this memory world, then she would not have died suddenly. If she had not died, what would have happened next?"

This question stumped Lin Mo.

Lin Mo glanced at his father and found that there was some expectation in his eyes.

Obviously he hoped that Lin Mo would weave a beautiful fantasy for him.

Even though he knew that this fantasy was not real.

Lin Mo understood.

So he said, if you are not injured, you will not die, and if you don’t die, you will always exist in this world of memory.

"Yeah, that's what I thought too."

Dad said something.

Lin Mo was suddenly stunned at this moment. He realized something and his expression suddenly became serious.

"Dad, you, you don't want to..."

Dad smiled and was about to speak when there was a knock on the door.

The two stopped talking immediately.

They know who it is.

The first ones to knock on the door were the two mysterious men.

Lin Mo went over and opened the door.

The two men were obviously stunned when they saw Lin Mo. They probably didn't expect there were two people in the room.

"Come on, come in and talk."

Dad was sitting steadily on the chair at this moment, and the music score had already been laid out.

The mine owner, a nouveau riche, must look like a nouveau riche.

Two men walked in.

They did not doubt Dad's identity.

That’s because they had never met Jia Maocai.

"Please wait a moment. I have an appointment with someone. When she comes, we can talk together."

Dad winked at Lin Mo while speaking.

Lin Mo understood and slowly walked behind the two men.

Talk? Of course we have to talk.

But Lin Mo and his father both used the same approach, which was to detain the person first and then talk.

This is the safest way.

The two men seemed to sense something was wrong, but Lin Mo had already taken action.

There was no suspense at all. Even if these two people had some skills, they had no chance to fight against Lin Mo and Dad.

They were stripped of their clothes, tied up, gagged and blinded, and the whole process went through.

"Mom will be in soon." Lin Mo said in a low voice.

Dad nodded and said that this time he would open the door himself and welcome your mom.

Lin Mo nodded, pulled the sheets off the bed to cover the two people's bodies, and then walked over to interrogate them.

My dad was standing at the door early, like a doorman waiting for a VIP to come in, and he couldn't hide the expectation in his eyes.

A few minutes later, there was another knock on the door.

Dad opened the door immediately.

The person standing outside the door was my mother.

Of course, Mom is what Lin Mo calls her. In fact, Mom wasn’t old at all twenty years ago. She looked very young and didn’t seem to be from the same generation as Dad.

To be honest, she looks more like daddy's girl.

Dad must be excited to have picked up such a young and beautiful daughter-in-law for free; Lin Mo was also very excited to suddenly have such a young and beautiful mother.

Although this was the first time we met, the sense of familiarity in the blood slowly emerged at this moment.

"Boss Jia?" My mother asked outside the door.

Dad was looking at me lovingly. Hearing this, he finally realized what was happening and nodded: "Come in, let's talk."

After saying that, open the door.

At this time, Lin Mo hurriedly covered the two people with the bed sheet.

This scene was not good for my mother to see.

It's an eyesore.

According to the discussion between Lin Mo and his father just now, they decided to deal with the business first and not recognize each other.

The main thing is that the mothers in this place may not believe them.

If they really went up to each other and recognized each other, anyone would be confused.

My husband suddenly turned into a sloppy old man, and my son, who was only a few months old and was still breastfeeding, suddenly became a young man.

No woman would believe it.

Mom glanced around the room.

Saw Lin Mo.

"He is?"

"Oh, I'm another buyer, just like you." Lin Mo took the initiative to say this time.

It is more appropriate to say this.

Dad secretly gave Lin Mo a thumbs up.

Apparently Lin Mo's idea was a good one.

Just now, Lin Mo took advantage of the few minutes to interrogate the other two buyers.

These two people didn't know much. They only knew that the bronze box was related to weirdness. They were actually agents and were sent here by the real boss.

As for who the real boss is, the two of them don't know.

Someone who does things for money.

So they are only responsible for buying things and taking them back, and they know nothing about other things.

My mother didn't doubt it, she said she wanted to take a look at the goods first.

Dad pretended to take out the bronze box from the suitcase.

When my mother saw the bronze box, her eyes lit up.

"Can I see it?"

She asked.

How could my dad refuse, so he handed it over immediately.

He was not afraid of anything going wrong. After all, Lin Mo had just studied this bronze box, and he had also studied it before, so there was no danger.

When the box reached my mother, she turned it over and over, then noticed the star pattern on it.

At this moment, my mother's eyes lit up.

It seems like something has been discovered.

She pressed on the box and ran her fingers over the different raised points.

Then a surprising scene happened.

The bronze box actually made a clicking sound.

It's opened.

Dad reacted the fastest. He knocked the bronze box out of Mom's hand without hesitation and then threw her to the ground.

Streams of black liquid flew out of the box as if they had life. Most of it penetrated into Dad's body, and only a small part touched Mom.

In addition to the black liquid, there is also a curse.

It was like an invisible snake crawling out of the bronze box and escaping outside.

Lin Mo understood after seeing this.

Why do the people in rooms 12 and 6 become murderers and are cursed by evil spirits?

It was because they were attacked by the curse released from the bronze box.

This is what became weird.

Just as Lin Mo had speculated before.

But at this time Lin Mo didn't care about the escaped curses. He first stepped forward and pressed the bronze box to prevent more strange things from escaping, and then went over to help his father up.

Dad looked very bad.

Just now some black liquid penetrated into his body, and it was obvious that this thing was not a good thing.

Mom is fine.

He was less contaminated by the black liquid, and other than his face being a little pale and a little weak due to fear, there was no serious problem.

At this moment, Dad is apologizing to Mom.

Say sorry.

After all, if I suddenly pounce on the other person, I might be misunderstood.

Who knew that at this time, my mother was staring at my father with a strange look in her eyes.

I don’t know what she saw, but my mother frowned and said nothing.

Lin Mo ran over to smooth things over and asked what had happened.

"You dare to buy this box when you don't even know what it is?" Mom looked at him with disdain, so Lin Mo asked, "Do you know?"

"Of course I do."

My mother said something.

This was not a lie, she really knew, otherwise she would not have been able to open the bronze box just now.

The method of opening the box is the same as opening a combination lock.

The raised points on the box are like a keyboard. If you press the right combination, the box can be opened. If someone doesn't know the inside story, how can they think of this? Not to mention opening the box, they don't even know how to press the password.

Lin Mo glanced at his father at this time, and the latter made a gesture that said I'm fine.

Dad is now a real nightmare. Things that are extremely dangerous to ordinary people are not so lethal to him.

Lin Mo also breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the bronze box in his hand and asked his mother for advice.

"This is an ominous thing. What just spilled out of the box must be harmful. Fortunately, nothing happened."

Lin Moxin said that nothing happened because he and his father were here.

Otherwise, something big would have happened.

"I suggest you give it to me. If this thing falls into the hands of others, it will only bring disaster. Don't think I'm trying to scare you. What I said is true."

Mom scares Lin Mo.

But was Lin Mo brought up by being frightened?

"Tell me what you know, and I'll give it to you."

My mother thought about it and said that she also knew it from some ancient books. It was said that in the past there were skilled craftsmen who were proficient in the art of mechanisms and were good at casting copper boxes to place valuables.

She did not go into detail, but only said that one would need to refer to a lot of documents and ancient books to understand the function of the bronze box.

Anyway, at this moment, Lin Mo felt the dimensionality reduction attack of high-level intellectuals on ordinary people.

He whispered to his father, what was his mother's major in college?

"archeology!"

"I knew it!"

Most people certainly wouldn't go and look through any ancient books; only professionals like my mom would do that.

"As for the contents of this bronze box, ancient books say that it is a book of life and death from the underworld that was accidentally found by a prince during the Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago. Of course, this is definitely fake. The underworld, the book of life and death, and so on are all ancient legends, feudal superstitions. Of course, there is no such thing as a book of life and death in this world, but it is definitely a cultural relic. It is of no use to you, so it is better to give it to me."

After saying that, my mother turned to my father and said, "Boss Jia, the price I'm going to give you is not small, please consider it."

Dad didn't say anything.

The current situation has actually deviated from the normal 'plot'.

In fact, Lin Mo and his father both knew that when his mother met Jia Maocai and others, she must have asked to inspect the goods, and then "accidentally" opened the bronze box.

But at that time, no one knew that the box was so dangerous.

As a result, the weirdness and curse in the bronze box poured out unbridled. It is conceivable that even the visitors in the next room were affected, not to mention the people in the room.

Something had come into my mother's system that caused her to suddenly die a few hours later.

Jia Maocai and the other two buyers must have been affected as well.

Even if he is not dead, his body must be occupied by something.

It is even possible that the reason why this hotel became a "weird place" is because of this bronze box.

This is the truth of that year.

And now, in this world of memory, Lin Mo and his father changed the established trajectory.

But the facts that have already happened cannot change because of this.

Lin Mo knew this, and so did his father.

There are only two things to do next. One is to see how to confess to my mother, and the other is to see what is in this bronze box and whether there is a curse from the undead.

As a result, at this time, Lin Mo felt that the bronze box in his hand wanted to open by itself.

It was as if something inside wanted to come out.

Lin Mo used all his strength.

But the power is not enough.

Switch hands and press together.

That doesn't work either.

“Dad!”

Lin Mo was also anxious at this time and shouted regardless of the consequences. When his father saw that the situation was not good, he immediately came over and held Lin Mo's hand.

The father and son pressed it together.

A strange sound came from the bronze box, as if something was really scratching, making a creepy sound.

"I can't hold on any longer."

Dad said something.

Lin Mo said you go and protect your mother.

Dad was also decisive. He ran over, picked up Mom, and hid in a room inside.

At the same time, Lin Mo let go of his hand.

With a bang.

The bronze box popped open.

The lid fell a few meters away, bounced on the wall, and fell to the ground.

The remaining half of the box was emitting black smoke.

Then a hand stretched out from inside.

Next came the entire arm, two hands, and finally a person emitting a cold aura crawled out, revealing half of his body.

A person actually crawled out of such a small box. The scene was both scary and unbelievable.

However, Lin Mo also saw a booklet lying on the ground next to him.

There were three complicated and difficult to understand words written on the booklet.

Three words immediately popped up in Lin Mo's mind.

The Book of Life and Death! No way? Is the legend my mom told me true? Lin Mo's heart skipped a beat and he reached out to pick up the book.

This thing is very light in the hand, as if it has no weight, and the texture of the booklet is like a piece of dried human skin.

There are also skin texture and fine hairs on it.

Holding this thing, even Lin Mo felt uncomfortable.

He turned a page and saw a person's name on it, but strangely, the other names were blurred and could not be seen clearly at all.

Only one name is very clear.

"Lin Mo!"

His own name.

(End of this chapter)