Volume 1: Ghosts of the Underworld Wail

  Chapter 71: The Tomb Raiders - The Chu Family (1)

  The drive from Zhengzhou to Luoyang takes more than two hours, but since we were driving ourselves, it was a bit faster. We arrived at Hongshan in Luoyang around noon.

  Hongshan Township is located in the northwest of Luoyang City, with 19 administrative villages and 43 natural villages under its jurisdiction. The total population is approximately 33,000 people, including 27,000 agricultural population. The total area is about 33.4 square kilometers. Due to its proximity to the airport and the presence of Xiaolangdi Tourist Expressway, National Highway 310, Lianhuo Expressway, Southwest Ring Expressway, and Longhai Railway passing through, the rural roads are quite accessible.

  After entering the village, Chen Long clearly felt that the treasure mark on his chest was slightly warming up, so he asked: "Is it here?"

  Xie Nan nodded slightly, and after a while, the car stopped in front of a two-story building. This place is located on the west side of the village, with few residents, which meets several basic conditions for kidnapping and captivity.

  Chen Long looked around and found that the room was very exquisite, the environment was also very good, so he had a feeling that Lao Zhu's son didn't seem to be imprisoned, but rather like he came on vacation.

  Xie Nan led a few people through the hall and upstairs, greeted those inside, and pushed open a door to let Chen Long and others enter together.

  Inside sat a middle-aged man, with an elegant temperament, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and his hair was also neatly combed. He was sitting on a stool, looking at a book, completely ignoring the large group of people who had just entered, without any intention of speaking first.

  "Mr. Chu, do you have time?" Xie Nan, although a member of the underworld and the mastermind behind this person's captivity, appeared quite gentlemanly when facing his own captive.

  Lao Chu's son slightly turned his body and then stood up, his height was about 1.75 meters, with a straight nose and thin lips, looking more like a university professor overall, Chen Long and others found it very difficult to associate him with the tomb raider.

  He glanced at Xie Nan faintly, nodded slightly, and that was the greeting. He then pushed his glasses up and looked directly at Chen Long with a very calm tone: "Is Father gone?"

  The temperature of the mole pattern on his chest rose a lot, he knew that Mr. Chu must also feel the mole pattern on his body, since this thing was in Chen Long's place, it was no wonder that Mr. Chu guessed that Old Mr. Chu had passed away.

  Mr. Chen nodded in agreement: "The old man saved many people's lives, he is a respectable elderly."

  Mr. Chu's face was calm, but the sorrow in his eyes couldn't be hidden: "Uh-huh, I see. Thanks for telling me this news. So..."

  Chen Long knew what he wanted to say, so he looked at Xie Nan and said: "Xie Lao Da, can I have a private conversation with him for a while?"

  "Of course, you convince him not to bother us again, and he can leave naturally." Xie Nan waved her hand for everyone to back off, taking a deep look at Chen Long, "But after everyone has taken the antidote."

  Chen Long understood his meaning and gave Jiang Feng a wink, hinting that he should take good care of Li Yun. "Don't worry, Boss, I'll get everything ready here."

  After everyone left, Chen Long helplessly shrugged his shoulders. His spell to conceal their auras had no side effects, it was just an expedient measure in the face of crisis at that time, and now he could only play along until the end. Fortunately, Xie Nan didn't dare to joke about her own life, which allowed Chen Long and the other two to survive.

  "Mr. Chu, this is your father's ashes." Chen Long carefully took out a delicate and antique urn from his bag ---- it was the best he could buy, and also quite suitable for the old man.

  "Just call me Chu Tingyi, no need to be too polite." The middle-aged man took it from Chen Long's hand and then held the ashes box in his arms. He spoke very politely, with a hint of respect for Chen Dragon. After all, he also knew that his father would not casually hand over the family heirloom to an ordinary person.

  "Then I'll call you Uncle Chu!" Chen Long had a pretty good impression of this person, who was definitely not an ordinary person. "Old Master Chu entrusted me to give the seal to you and gave me many good things for it, so there's no need for you to thank me for anything." As he spoke, Chen Long took out the seal from his bosom.

  The black stripes on Fah Chou Bao Yin's forehead faintly revealed a red glow, looking very mysterious and unusual.

  Chu Tingyi gazed at the treasure seal for half a moment before sighing, "If this were just my personal item, I'd be willing to give it away. But this is after all a family heirloom, looks like I have no choice but to accept it." A small, pale yellow bead appeared in his hand out of nowhere. He lightly stroked the dragon's head with his left hand, then flicked his right index finger, and a strange scene unfolded. The bronze dragon seemed to come alive, its mouth opening to swallow the flying bead, while the red color on the seal immediately receded.

  Watching this scene, Chen Long thought for a moment and said: "Even if I swallow this thing, I probably won't be able to exert its power in the future, right?"

  Chu Tingyi smiled: "It's not just that it can't be played out, but even counter-attack its master, leaving many disasters. Only when this pearl and seal are combined, the energy is full, can the effect be exerted."

  "Aren't you afraid that I'll snatch it away now?" Chen Long's face was not pleasant, but thinking of the seal box pearl being separated before Old Chu went to the ancient tomb, his expression immediately returned to normal.

  "Hehe." Chu Tingyi took a sip of tea, "This is the old man's precaution against those people, not against young brother. Since he let you come to return this thing, it means he trusts you. Young brother, do you understand the Chu family of Luoyang?"

  Chen Long scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. The Chu family, even if they were famous again, wouldn't have risen to prominence until a thousand years ago, would they? How would I know that?

  Chu Tingyi didn't mind Chen Long's ignorance and said to himself, "The surname Chu is homophonic with the clear 'Chu' and is not among the top 100 surnames. There are many sayings about our ancestors in the Chu family. However, this branch of ours originated from the Zi surname, as a descendant of Gong Gongzi, the son of the Song State during the Spring and Autumn period, and was named after the place name. According to the records of "Wanxing Tongpu" and "Tongzhi Shizu Lue", the Chu surname originated from the Zi surname and was originally a descendant of the Yin and Shang royal families. During the Spring and Autumn period, Song State Gong Gongzi's son was named Duan, with the courtesy name Zishi, who was enfeoffed in Chu County, which is now Luoyang, because 'his virtues can be learned from', so he was called Chu Shi. His later generations removed the character 'Shi' to become the surname Chu."

  It was as if Chu Tingyi had fallen into a deep memory, and his eyes showed a hint of nostalgia and reverence: "That was a distant era, as for why our ancestors started robbing tombs, it all began in the Ming Dynasty."

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