Chapter 137 Destiny
Han Zhong didn't say anything, but Qin Jiawang didn't expect him to answer this question. Instead, he told a story.
More than a hundred years ago, the country was at the transition between the old era and the new era. The situation was chaotic and wars were raging. The Qin family moved south to avoid disaster. On the way, they met a Taoist priest who blocked their way and asked them to save a pregnant woman.
The Qin family ancestor softened his heart and agreed to save the pregnant woman. Fortunately, both mother and child were safe in the end.
To express his gratitude, the Taoist gave the Nine-Layered Palace Bell to the Qin family ancestor. The Qin family ancestor saw that the Taoist was in rags and did not want to accept the bell until the Taoist said something thought-provoking.
"A hundred years from now, this bell will be able to save the lives of your descendants and save your family from danger."
The Qin family has been around for hundreds of years and has many branches. However, every time the family is about to prosper, the one in power will suddenly die of illness, and then there will be sibling rivalry and internal strife, and eventually the entire family will fall apart.
Afterwards, the Qin family will struggle to survive in the end, relying on their wisdom and wisdom to make the family prosper step by step, and then civil strife will occur again, repeating the previous tragedy again and again.
At that time, the world was in chaos and many Taoists traveled the world to save the country. Many people had witnessed mysterious things that were difficult to understand. The Taoist's words were like a needle piercing the heart of the Qin ancestor.
The bronze bell was kept, and the Qin family prospered again in Qin Jiawang's generation. Qin Jiawang was then diagnosed with hereditary hemophilia. He knew that the time had come and the curse that had haunted the Qin family had come again.
Han Zhong was puzzled. Modern medical technology can make the life expectancy of hemophilia patients close to that of ordinary people. This disease is no longer considered a terminal illness, and with the financial resources of the Qin family, it is not enough to call it a curse.
“My body started to rot.”
Corruption?
Han Chong was slightly stunned. Hemophilia simply refers to an abnormal coagulation function caused by a genetic defect in the coagulation factor gene. Patients are prone to bleeding throughout their lives, often accompanied by joint bleeding and muscle hematoma, but there are no symptoms of body decay.
"I know that hemophilia does not cause the body to rot, but I did smell the odor of decay on myself. Others could not smell it, and the hospital could not find out. I thought it was my own illusion until one morning I was awakened by the pain in my heart."
Qin Jiawang murmured, "A crow pecked my chest. It wanted to eat me."
Crows are carrion eaters and generally won't eat living people unless the person is already dead. However, Han Zhong noticed one thing, "How did that crow get into your room?"
"I don't know." Qin Jiawang shook his head. Since he fell ill, there was always someone in his room 24 hours a day, but on that day, for some reason, the nurses and servants in the room were not in the room one after another due to various reasons. The windows in the room would be closed at night, so the crow could not fly in at all, but that crow appeared on his bed.
When he looked at the crow's dark eyes, he thought he saw the Soul-Calling King Yan. He screamed in fear and fainted. When the Qin family arrived, they saw him lying on the bed covered in blood, with blood gushing from his heart, the window wide open, and the crow had disappeared.
He knew that those people did not believe in crows and thought he was seriously ill and hysterical, but he knew that the crow really existed and was definitely not an illusion.
Han Zhong was silent for a while. Although he already knew that Jiang Wu was an ancient man who was reincarnated from thousands of years ago, he still didn't believe in ghosts. He got straight to the point and said, "I heard that your illness was cured by a man named Liang Leshan."
"It seems that this is what Yuyan said you wanted to know from me."
"yes."
"Unfortunately, I don't know how he cured me. I just rested in that hospital for a year, and then when I went for a physical checkup, I found that I was cured."
"Then do you know someone named Chang Yi?"
“No.”
"Then do you know where Liang Leshan is now?"
"He died. Ten years ago, there was a fire in an art museum called Xinxing in Linhai. He was inside."
“…”
Han Zhong's pupils shrank slightly, and a chill gradually spread from his back to his entire body.
An hour later, Han Zhong drove a black Maybach away from the Qin family. Qin Yuyan stood at the window of the second-floor corridor and watched the car go away before turning around and walking into the study.
"Dad, you're looking for me?"
Qin Jiawang, who looked unusually old, sat quietly behind his desk. When he saw her come in, he raised his eyelids and glanced at her, and asked, "What's the matter with your engagement with Han Zhong?"
Qin Yuyan said calmly, "Alliance with the Han family will be beneficial to the group's upgrading and transformation. It's just an intention, and it hasn't been confirmed yet."
"I heard that you sent Yu Shu to the annex?"
"He had been trying to stop me from treating you before, and I had no choice but to have him sent to stay in the hospital for the time being. I plan to let him come to see you when you get better."
“…”
Qin Jiawang looked at his daughter calmly, knowing what she was planning, but he didn't say anything, "What is the relationship between Jiang Wu and the Han family?"
"I heard that he saved Han Zhong before, and the two have a good relationship." Qin Yuyan paused and said tentatively, "Jiang Wu is currently filming in another place, and he probably won't be back before the New Year."
"Try to invite someone here." Qin Jiawang looked serious and said, "Be polite."
"yes."
"Yu Shu has been abroad for several years. Let him not go back this time."
"……OK."
At the same time, Han Zhong, who had just left the Qin family, sent a message to Rong Anzhou, asking him if he could get the list of victims of the Xinxing Art Museum ten years ago.
Less than a minute after the message was sent, Rong Anzhou called. His tone was different from his usual nonchalant tone and he said seriously, "What do you want that list for?"
"It works, can you get it?"
Rong Anzhou was irritated by his calm tone, "Tell me what you want to do first? Why are you suddenly bringing up something that happened ten years ago?"
Han Zhong was silent for a while, and whispered, "I just want to know what happened back then."
The other end of the phone was filled with heavy breathing. Rong Anzhou was obviously very angry, but he couldn't say anything to persuade him. In the end, he could only throw out a sentence, "Does Aunt know that you want to investigate this matter?"
"Don't tell her."
"I'll tell her! I'll tell you, I'll tell her now!"
"Please, as soon as possible."
Han Zhong hung up the phone without paying attention to the yelling from the other end.
Yao Ping, who was sitting in the front driver's seat, also heard Rong Anzhou's roar that penetrated the microphone. He glanced at the person in the back seat through the rearview mirror and said, "The TV station has sent the demo interview we did last week to your email. They asked you to review it. If there are no problems, it will be released to the entire network this afternoon. At that time, we will release the first promotional video here."
"Just take care of it."
"……OK."
Yao Ping was now really sure that his boss was worried about something. After all, his boss attached great importance to the Wantu project and personally took care of every aspect. Now everything was handed over to him. This didn’t happen when Mr. Jiang moved out last time, so it seemed that this matter was not small.
As he was thinking about this, he suddenly heard a voice from behind, "Assistant Yao."
"Um?"
"Do you believe in fate?"
“…”
Yao Ping was stunned, and it was a red light, so he looked up at Han Zhong in the mirror. The other person's face was still as calm and composed as ever, but he inexplicably heard a hint of confusion in his previous words.
This guess surprised him. Could his boss, such a determined and strong man, also be confused?
“I believe that man can conquer nature.”
After he replied, he thought for a moment and added, "But if I really see my destiny one day, I will probably believe it."