Courtyard House: Why is my time-travel experience so shabby?

Chapter 1088 National Treasure

Du Weiguo frowned and tried hard to recall this Zhao Mingwei.

In his impression, this guy was just a small figure like a megaphone, very cautious. But he suddenly behaved so stubbornly, even a little bit ignorant of the consequences. It must be something very important.

"Whoo~"

Du Weiguo exhaled a long breath of smoke, feeling emotional in his heart that some things were really unavoidable and could not be given up.

Just like he couldn't choose his original family, he couldn't choose his origins. There were some things that he had to deal with even if he knew they would definitely cause trouble.

"All right, bring me the letter."

A moment later, a letter was delivered from the gate.

The so-called letter did not even have a cover or signature on the outside of the envelope, and it was not even sealed. There was only a thin piece of letter paper inside.

Du Weiguo is now immune to all poisons, so naturally there are no taboos. He takes out the letter paper and unfolds it directly.

"Ok?"

When Du Weiguo saw the contents on the letter, his brows immediately raised, then he frowned tightly, his eyes gleaming, without even a trace of drunkenness.

  There was only one line of words on the letter paper, which was a little sloppy. It was obvious that it was written in a hurry just now, and the notes were not even dry yet:

I am Lao Guo, and I am outside now.

Old Guo, the moment Du Weiguo saw this name, his eyes narrowed. Among the people he knew, there was only one person with the surname Guo who dared to speak to him like that.

Sijiu City, Special Service Division, Guo Hanhong.

Du Weiguo stood up suddenly and walked out, but he stopped after only two steps when he remembered something.

"Xiao Ma, go and personally invite the people who came with Zhao Weiming over here. Don't come here. Go to Room 5."

Seeing Du Weiguo's serious tone, Xiao Ma quickly replied in a solemn voice: "Yes, sir, I understand."

Room 5 of Baishawan Villa is less than 300 meters away from the main building and is also one of the guest villas.

In the living room, Du Weiguo met Guo Hanhong after three years.

When we met again, he looked much older, with a weather-beaten face and a haggard look. Even his hair had turned grey. He looked to be in his 60s. If I remember correctly, Lao Guo is only 52 years old this year.

Lao Guo was wearing a brand new wool coat that didn't fit him well today, but he was wearing old three-piece leather shoes.

After entering the room, he first looked Du Weiguo up and down, then looked away and looked around the furnishings in the villa, his tone slightly exaggerated.

"Good fellow! Master Du, you seem to have grown taller, and you look more energetic than before! Tsk tsk, look at your house, made of white jade and gold, you have become a wealthy landlord now."

Seeing Du Weiguo again, Lao Guo was a little excited, with mixed feelings in his heart, even his eyes were red, so he quickly looked away, but he refused to give in and continued to joke.

Hearing him say this, Du Weiguo felt relieved. Seeing how relaxed he looked, it seemed that nothing had happened to the person he cared about.

"Haha, what landlord? That's nonsense. I should be called the evil capitalist. Comrade Lao Guo, do you like this house? No problem, I'll give it to you."

Goodbye, Lao Guo. Actually, Du Weiguo was a little emotional, but now he has become more sophisticated, so he calmed himself and joked in a relaxed tone.

Anyway, there are only two of them in the house at the moment, so they can talk without restraint.

Xiao Ma was very perceptive and understood Du Weiguo's intention immediately. Zhao Mingwei was not allowed to enter the villa area at all.

  Lao Guo sighed in a fake manner:

"Alas, Master Du, you are indeed very wealthy now, but I am used to living in poverty. I am afraid I cannot enjoy your extravagant lifestyle."

"Okay, stop being sour! Lao Guo, long time no see."

Du Weiguo didn't allow any explanation and put his arm around Guo Hanhong, hugged him tightly and patted him on the back.

"Du Weiguo, long time no see."

Lao Guo also pounded his steel-like back hard, and took the opportunity to wipe his eyes. He cried.

  After a long time, the two separated. Du Weiguo smiled and took out a cigarette box, handed him a cigarette, and took out a lighter to help him light it:

"Come, sit down and chat, and try the cigarettes I made. By the way, Lao Guo, have you eaten yet?"

Lao Guo took a deep puff and slowly exhaled the smoke:

"I ate it. This is the famous Kunpeng cigarette. Look at the packaging. It exudes a sense of luxury. Mm, it tastes good too. No wonder it can be sold for 10 US dollars a pack and there is still no demand."

Du Weiguo also lit a cigarette and rolled his eyes at him: "Alright, that's enough. When did you come to Hong Kong Island?"

"This morning."

"Is everything alright at home?"

Lao Guo nodded:

"Everything is fine. Your men at the steel mill, including Wang Yang, have become successful. The Yanwang Courtyard is now well-known, and the scoundrels have retreated. Your mother-in-law is also in good health.

Lei Qianjun, Gou Sheng, Wang Li and the others have now returned to the Special Service Division and reorganized the King of Hell Squad. They are all doing a good job. Chief Hu is old, but he is still in good spirits. "

Hearing Lao Guo mention these strange yet familiar names, Du Weiguo felt mixed emotions, and his thoughts seemed to be instantly pulled back to the city of Sijiu thousands of miles away.

  Alas, I don't know when I can go back and take a look. Du Weiguo let out a long breath, suppressed his chaotic thoughts, and got straight to the point:

"Old Guo, did you come to Hong Kong Island this time just to see me?"

Seeing that they were getting to the point, Lao Guo suddenly looked serious and said, "Yes."

Then he added, "I heard that you were in Hong Kong Island recently. I rushed here from the city of Forbidden City."

Damn it, he clearly guessed that I would spend the New Year's Eve in Hong Kong Island and calculated the time. He came to block me on New Year's Eve. It must be something bad.

Du Weiguo complained in his heart but remained expressionless on his face.

"looking for me?"

"help."

"What's the deal?"

Lao Guo originally reached out his hand to put out the cigarette, but seeing that there was still half a cigarette left, he held back and replied in a deep voice:

"Chasing national treasures."

Du Weiguo raised his eyebrows: "National treasure? What is that?"

Lao Guo's voice was muffled: "Empress Wu's Zhouzhang, the founding golden book, and the white jade Buddha statue."

"Empress Wu?" Du Weiguo frowned and asked in surprise, "The Qianling Mausoleum was opened by someone?"

Qianling Mausoleum is one of the 18 Tang Tombs in Guanzhong. It is the joint burial tomb of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, and Empress Wu Zetian. The mausoleum is large in scale.

It is the best preserved tomb among all the tombs of emperors of the Tang Dynasty, with a known location and having been robbed many times but still not excavated.

Back then, Huang Chao mobilized an army of 40 to rob the Qianling Mausoleum, but he only dug a ditch more than 40 meters deep, but did not find the entrance to the tomb. There is still a Huang Chao Ditch in Liangshan today.

In order to raise military funds, the warlord Wen Tao during the Five Dynasties also led a large army to rob the Qianling Mausoleum, but failed.

Later, Sun Lianzhong led a division of troops to rob the Qianling Mausoleum using real guns and artillery exercises. They flattened half of Liangshan Mountain but still failed to find the entrance to the tomb.

From this we can see that Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in history, was not only powerful during her lifetime, but also extraordinary after her death.

However, no matter how powerful something is, it cannot resist the passage of time, or perhaps it could be said that it was God's will. In 58, a few farmers blasted rocks with explosives and accidentally blew up the entrance to Qianling Mausoleum.

However, Qianling Mausoleum was immediately given the highest level of protection, and it was the old man who gave the order himself. Before Du Weiguo traveled through time, it had not been excavated.

The Zhou Zhang of Empress Wu is the jade seal of Wu Zetian. The regime she established at that time was Zhou, so her seal was called Zhou Zhang. It was carved from a whole piece of Hetian jade and weighed six Tang Jin, making it the largest seal in history.

As for the Golden Book of Founding the Country, also known as the Golden Book of the Great Zhou, it was exclusive to the reign of Wu Zetian. It was used to record her important deeds, such as civil and military achievements, as well as her bestowals, enthronements, and sacrifices to heaven. It was equivalent to Wu Zetian's diary.

As for the white jade Buddha statue, Wu Zetian was a devout Buddhist. During her reign, she cast countless Buddha statues. This white jade Buddha statue is an eight-armed Guanyin statue carved based on her face.

Each of these things is priceless and is also a national treasure.

  Of course, Du Weiguo, an illiterate man, didn't understand these things. He just heard them from Lao Guo. His tone was dry, his face was full of shame, and he was heartbroken:

"That's right. Due to the special situation in China recently, Qianling Mausoleum has been neglected in protection, and these damn tomb robbers took advantage of it. "We only caught one of the rats who was responsible for backfilling, and we found out about the national treasures that were stolen."

A fierce light flashed in Du Weiguo's eyes. No matter what time it was, he would never forget his Chinese identity.

His voice was harsh and full of murderous intent: "Who did it?"

Lao Guo shook his head dejectedly: "Don't know? We~"

The story goes like this: the local gangster who was in charge of backfilling the stolen hole was named Lian. He was accidentally caught by local militia when Foxiao was leaving Qianling Mausoleum after he finished his work.

The reason they were able to rob the Qianling Mausoleum was because there was a recent military exercise nearby. Under the cover of gunfire, they used explosives to break open the tomb passage.

There were four people responsible for backfilling at the time, but his three accomplices escaped and were shot dead on the spot, and only this guy was captured alive.

He was just a local second-rate guy in Qian County, not a professional tomb robber.

He was promised tangible benefits such as rice, flour, cigarettes, alcohol, and small yellow croaker, and came to do some physical work. He didn't even know who the organizer of the tomb robbery was.

Moreover, he was secretly fed a chronic poison. When the matter was reported to higher authorities, Lao Guo rushed to Qian County in a hurry.

Several days had passed since this incident, and the guy had already lost consciousness and died shortly afterwards.

According to his account, all they knew was that these three treasures were taken out of the tomb, and that on the night the treasures were taken out, a middle-aged man who had never been seen before came and took the things away.

Fortunately, in addition to this, he also confessed the broker who asked him to work, as well as some people he had met at the cemetery at that time.

Lao Guo and his friends were no pushovers. They unraveled the case and soon found the broker, who turned out to be quite cunning.

While working, he secretly brought compressed biscuits with him, and he vomited the food given to him by others. Therefore, when Lao Guo found him, he was just poisoned and hospitalized, but not dead.

With this clue, Lao Guo found a guy nicknamed Lao Gou. He was the deputy chief and a professional local robber in southern Hunan. He had been doing this before liberation.

Following this clue, Lao Guo and his team first went to Hunan Province, then entered Sichuan and Yunnan, and continued to the border of Lincang and Zhenkang.

At present, Lao Guo can only confirm that the old dog must have left the country to the south and entered the territory of the triangle. However, this happened half a month ago, and it has been more than 20 days since the old sea dog left the country.

  After listening to this, Du Weiguo put out his cigarette and stood up:

"Old Guo, I am quite familiar with the Triangle. Tell me the physical characteristics of the old sea dog and I will ask for you right away. As long as this old man is still here, he can't run away."

Lao Guo smiled: "Okay, I'll wait for your news."

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, at 4: in the morning, it was about to dawn.

On Hong Kong Island, you can occasionally hear sporadic firecrackers.

"Lao Gou, originally Gou Daifu, left Sanjiaodi Old Street on January 1 and took a bus to Yangon. On January 15, he took a flight from Yangon Airport to Kuala Lumpur under the alias Zhang Chongshan.

On January 1, I once again used the alias Chen Guangsheng, departed from Kuala Lumpur Airport, and arrived at Bandaranaike Airport in the evening of the same day.

Having said that, Du Weiguo paused and put down the telegram in his hand.

"Old Guo, the information I have collected so far only shows that this old Biden went to Sri Lanka."

Old Guo's face lit up and he gave him a thumbs up:

"Awesome! Really awesome! Du Weiguo, you are really amazing now, you are simply omnipotent and all-knowing!"

Although Lao Guo's tone was exaggerated, he really was not flattering. The news just now, although seemingly simple, was actually very valuable.

This information was collected by the Brotherhood, the Triangle, MI6, and even the KGB working together to help him. He is probably the only one in the world who can be so efficient.

  Du Weiguo automatically filtered out his rainbow farts:

"Okay, stop it. I really have nothing to do with Tianzhu. Lao Guo, what are you going to do next?"

"What do you mean?"

Upon hearing this, Lao Guo's eyes widened instantly:

"Du Weiguo, are you just going to give up? I'm totally clueless, what can I do? Why do you think I came to you?"

Perhaps he felt that his tone was a bit too much, Lao Guo smiled and lowered his voice:

"As the old saying goes, good people should do their best to the end. Du Weiguo, you have great connections now. Since you have already found out this far, you should bear the burden and continue to help recover the national treasure."

Du Weiguo shook his head and refused decisively: "No, I don't have time. I have more important things to do. I will leave Hong Kong Island soon."

"What?" Old Guo stood up suddenly, his face flushed: "Du Weiguo, this is a national treasure, what else is more important than this, you, you must not forget~"

Fortunately, Lao Guo still retained a bit of rationality and held back the words that were about to come out of his mouth, but Du Weiguo's face still darkened.

In fact, he left a message when he took Yang Caiyu out of the grassland and left a large box of information.

The kindness and righteousness are cut off, so we can do it for ourselves. From now on, we will forget each other!

Moreover, Du Weiguo has done enough all along and he owes nothing to anyone. His not going to Sijiu City to kill the "poisonous" dragon now is his biggest concession.

Helping now is a favor, not helping is my duty, and Du Weiguo is not shirking his responsibility, he really has something to do now.

First of all, Shiina Shouta, Kamishima, Kagura and their subordinates are still hiding in the mountains, climbing on ice and sleeping in the snow. They must be taken away.

Secondly, the martial law in Taiwan has been lifted, and we have to find a way to take away Dollar Woodblock, Ghost Hand, and Impermanence.

The most important thing is that the Lord of Light, Marsar Bidden, is now gathering a group of evil spirits and is ready to deal with him covetously. This cancer must be eradicated as soon as possible.

In addition, Mikhail from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs must be dealt with. Almost every one of these things is urgent.

To be honest, although national treasures are important, Du Weiguo has never been interested in antiques. To put it bluntly, they are just a few old objects. People should live in the present.

That's why he is illiterate. People with shallow consciousness are all like this.

  Lao Guo probably figured something out, and his tone became awkward:

"Du Weiguo, I know you must have your own things to do, but you also know our current situation. Alas, as for overseas, we really don't have the spare energy now."

"You, you can't just sit there and watch and let our national treasure drift overseas."

Du Weiguo frowned and hesitated for a moment, then picked up the intercom phone at hand: "Xiao Ma, please ask Shopkeeper Yu to come over."

After a moment, Du Weiguo flicked the cigarette butt and slowly stood up:

"Anyway, I'll entrust Shopkeeper Yu with full authority to help with this matter. Just let me know how much you need in return."

  At this point, his tone suddenly changed and became murderous:

"Also, please help me spread the news. Anyone who dares to buy these things is against me. No matter how well they hide it, sooner or later, I will come to your door."

At this moment, in Villa No. 5, besides him and Guo Hanhong, there was also Shopkeeper Yu. Du Weiguo entrusted the task of recovering the national treasure to the Brotherhood.

In fact, strictly speaking, it would be more appropriate to entrust this job to MI6, the KGB, or even the CIA, intelligence agencies with eyes and ears all over the world.

However, considering Lao Guo's special identity, he could not come into contact with these forces. After repeated consideration, he entrusted it to the Brotherhood.

The Brotherhood already has its own intelligence channels and has in-depth cooperation with major intelligence agencies. Hunting down a few tomb robbers is definitely a piece of cake.

  "Hahaha!" Shopkeeper Yu laughed heartily, patting his chest and promising:

"Wesley, I'll take this job for free. I promise to recover these three national treasures intact. Don't forget that I'm also Chinese!"

There is also a chain of contempt among these monsters and demons of the lowest class.

Among them, assassins are ranked first, while these unscrupulous tomb robbers are definitely ranked at the bottom, even worse than prostitutes who sell their flesh.

What's more, the Brotherhood is mainly composed of people with special abilities. It is the world's top assassin organization. Naturally, they have no psychological pressure in dealing with tomb robbers.

Du Weiguo was very satisfied with his advice and gave him a thumbs up: "Good! Shopkeeper Yu is so righteous, I'll leave this matter to you!"

Guo Hanhong also said politely: "Thank you very much, thank you, Shopkeeper Yu."

Although he said this, there was a sadness in Lao Guo's eyes that was hard to conceal. He knew that his hidden mission was bound to fail.

Du Weiguo was clearly out of control and was even extremely reluctant to establish a link again. Operation National Treasure aborted before it even started.

Compared with a few antiques, the invincible evil god is the national treasure.