After sailing for a while on the boat, the family realized that they had lost the recipe book. They wanted to turn back, but found that the soldiers had already occupied the north bank densely, so they had to give up.
Seeing the abandoned carriage, the officers and soldiers immediately requisitioned the horses. Everything on the carriage was thrown to the bottom of Chaoyang Lake, and the carriage itself was chopped into firewood and burned!
"So it sank to the bottom of Chaoyang Lake!" Little Lu showed Old Lu what he had found. "Can we get it this time?"
"Okay." Old Lu nodded in agreement. "You have an hour's window between when they leave and when the soldiers arrive. That's plenty of time!"
"Why does it take an hour? One minute is enough!" Xiao Lu said, then he rewound the time hole back to that point in time, opened it, and reached out to take the package back.
"I got it, I got it! I'm going to give a big gift to the boss!" Xiao Lu said as he was about to go out to the street.
"Wait! Don't go yet!" Old Lu called out to Little Lu.
"ah?"
"You said yesterday, and you found it today. Don't you think that's unreasonable? How can archaeology be that simple? Why do you think it takes me ten days or half a month every time I come out?"
"Uh... I was careless!" Xiao Lu said, "Then I'll send it off the day before I leave?"
"Well! Think about how to make up a story these days?" Old Lu reminded him. "Where did you find it? How did you find it? These are the details they might ask. Have you thought about your answer?"
"No..." It seemed they had to go to Zhaoping Lake again. Fortunately, the journey was not far. They would then see if there was anything hidden by the lake that had remained undiscovered for hundreds of years.
"Let's deal with the imperial seal first. By the way, ask the boss for some details he knows, so that we can have a reasonable and well-founded case." Lao Lu said that they would go to the area near Zhaoping Lake to take a look and then make a decision.
"Okay! Then I'll go have another bowl of soup today!" As he said that, Xiao Lu changed into his going-out clothes and rode his motorcycle to the crossroads again.
It’s the same restaurant, and they serve the same thing: a bowl of soup, a serving of pot stickers, two side dishes, and a takeaway.
While eating, I talked to the owner about many stories passed down from his ancestors. And there are actually many different versions!
After having a clear idea in mind, Xiao Lu told his boss that he would go to Zhaoyang Lake next week to see if he could find his family's ancestral recipe.
Although the boss asked him not to force it, his eyes were clearly excited. How could he not be happy to have his ancestors' things back?
After laying the groundwork, Xiao Lu returned to the B&B.
He used the nano-sealing material he brought from Jincheng to spread out the silk scroll and seal it. After looking at it, he felt it wasn't enough, so he ordered a plaque online and framed it to give to the mutton soup shop owner.
After finishing all this, Lao Lu also finished his lunch, and the two of them discussed how to intercept the jade seal.
"We need to cover Li Congke and Empress Liu with a fireproof cover so that the high temperature after the fire grows will not excessively damage the jade seal." Old Lu said, pointing to the photos taken in the past two days.
"I feel a little sick." Xiao Lu had just finished eating and looked at the charred corpse. He felt that it would be better not to eat.
"The smell is even stronger! Anyway, it's not a very pleasant scene!" Old Lu also felt uncomfortable.
"How much time do we have?"
"The fire started at midnight. From the time the fire started until the servants discovered it, it took about an hour. The fire started around Empress Liu's wing of the palace, and about fifteen minutes later it burned the two of them."
"Burned alive? Isn't that a bit tragic?"
"Yeah! But because the thick smoke had already put them into shock, they weren't in too much pain, and there were no screams."
“What a sin!”
"The two men were hugging each other, their bodies covered in charcoal ash, and the kang bed was also piled with firewood and coal briquettes, all of which were dug out from under the kang."
"It looks like this has been planned for a while," Xiao Lu commented.
"Yes, it took about 20 minutes after the fire reached them to melt them into two charred skeletons. That's the time it took us to cover the bodies."
"So, from this point in time until the servants discover the fire and begin extinguishing it, we have a 20-minute window?"
"Yes! Only 20 minutes." Old Lu nodded. "It will take ten minutes to cover the fire and cool it down to a temperature that can be touched. There are two layers of fireproof cover, one to cover the two people, and the other to cover our workspace."
"So the actual interception was only ten minutes?"
"Well! In these ten minutes, we have to complete the scan, go back to the B&B to download the scan file, set the time for the air door to open, then return to the scene, take out the jade seal and pack it. Then we can remove the protective shield and leave the scene."
"Why do you feel like time is a bit tight?"
"It's a little tight, but it's not impossible to complete. It all depends on the integrity of the jade! If it's a whole piece that can be taken out of the shell intact, then it's more than enough."
"Where is our space-time gate?"
"It's right below the brocade box that holds the imperial seal," Old Lu said. "The seal is very heavy, so gravity will hold it up. Remember to hold it securely! Don't drop it!"
"Am I that unreliable?" Little Lu rolled his eyes at Old Lu.
"Finally, we were able to take some photos at the cemetery where the servants buried the two bodies. I think this would be better displayed 20 years from now."
First, the degree of corrosion can be so real that it can be mistaken for the real thing. Second, when it comes to digging graves, an experienced person can tell the difference between fresh soil and hardened soil after twenty years at a glance.
"Digging up graves is such a sin! Should we erect a tombstone for them?"
"Hmm! I think it's a good idea. The remains of our ancestors have been left unattended for thousands of years. It's time for the world to continue the legacy of this history!"
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