Chapter 106 Characteristics of the Era 55
Chapter 106 Characteristics of the Era 55
They rode the train all the way until someone looked out the window and shouted, "We've entered Shanhaiguan."
Lan Hanlu suddenly turned around and looked outside the car. She didn't know if it was because of the original owner's emotions or something else, but her eyes unconsciously became red.
She finally understood the saying that home is where the heart is. She thought that maybe coming back was a good choice at that time, but when she saw those slender, white and delicate hands using a handkerchief to wipe the tears from her face.
Lan Hanlu did not regret her choice. She had traveled by train, car, horse-drawn carriage, ox-drawn cart, and on foot.
Although she was very tired, she did not complain or feel unhappy. She tried her best to take care of Lan Hanlu on the road. To be honest, Lan Hanlu felt very relieved to see her like this.
"Xixi, hold on a little longer and try not to stop on the way. Only when we get back to our hometown will we have time to rest."
Lan Lingxi knew her mother had something important to say and nodded in understanding. Then, mother and daughter changed their gear and began hiking up the mountain again. The deeper into the mountains and forests, the more wild animals there were. Along the way, Lan Lingxi witnessed her mother's thoughtfulness.
Various kinds of powders and pills, various daggers, crossbows, bows and arrows. After wandering around the mountains for nearly 4 days, we finally arrived at the destination.
The mother and daughter first rested for a while and caught some small prey around. On the second day, Lan Hanlu followed her mother's instructions in her memory.
When they reached a cliff, Lan Lingxi took off the copper seal she had been wearing around her neck. This was the seal her mother had given her since she was 5 years old.
Lan Hanlu found a gap according to her memory and pushed the seal directly in. About a quarter of an hour later, a huge stone door slowly opened from the mountain wall.
Lan Hanlu pulled the child and hurried in. The stone door opened and then closed quickly. If they had been a little later, they would not have been able to get in.
After entering, he took out a flashlight and found the stone table lamps hanging on the wall. Lan Hanlu lit one of the lamps, and the others lit up one by one.
From this we can see that although this is a secret room dug in the mountains, the ventilation is quite good. The entire secret room is dry and ventilated, neither stuffy nor humid.
Following the light, Lan Hanlu led Xixi inside. They did not encounter any mechanism, but soon came across a stone door. The mother and daughter pushed it open together. Inside was a hall of about 100 square meters filled with boxes.
Lan Hanlu walked over and opened one of the boxes. It was filled with gold bars, a whole box full of them. A few boxes later, she opened another box and found silver bars inside.
Lan Lingxi just took a look at the things in the boxes and turned to look at her mother.
Lan Hanlu began to explain to her the origins of these things. These were the dowry given by the Lan family to their aunt, and the pocket money saved by the aunt herself.
She explained the entire history of the Lan family. Lan Lingxi was shocked. She always thought her mother was amazing, the most beautiful in the compound, and knew everything and could solve any problem.
She didn't expect that her ancestors were all so powerful. She used to be proud of her photographic memory and super reaction ability.
Now, he was devastated by the stories her mother told him. He felt that the things here not only represented money, but each one was a testimony to the growth and decline of the women of the Lan family.
"There's nothing to see here. It's all gold, silver, jewelry, furs, fabrics, and so on. Come on, Mom will take you inside."
"More." She was a little shocked. This was already a lot, wasn't it? She accidentally opened a box and found it was full of US dollars.
Lan Hanlu rolled her eyes at her. Her expression, which seemed to be both coquettish and angry, made Lan Lingxi, her daughter, feel confused for a moment. She finally understood her father's feelings.
There are always unruly people who want to steal your business.
Being pulled to the back of all the boxes, Lan Hanlu opened the mechanism according to the steps, and another stone door was flipped open. Inside was a larger secret room.
Lan Lingxi was wondering how big this secret room was and how many boxes there were, when she heard her mother say, "According to your grandmother, there should be 2526 boxes in here and 140 boxes outside, which makes a total of 2666 boxes."
As she spoke, she took out two pairs of gloves, put one on her hands, and threw the other to Lan Lingxi, then explained, "These boxes have been smeared with a mild toxin. Contact with them will stimulate the nerves and cause mental disorder.
Ah! Oh, right, it's been so long, there's no guarantee there's no air in there. Let's each take a pill." Lan Hanlu said as she took out a small bottle from her backpack, poured out two pills, and each of them ate one.
"I tell you, the things in this secret room are the best, and those outside are just personal possessions." He opened a box, and the huge box only contained one thing.
A white jade Guanyin statue over 1 meters high. When the cloth wrapped around the statue is peeled off little by little, the statue is surrounded by a layer of halo. The soft and warm halo makes the statue even more holy.
Several boxes were opened one after another, and all of them contained national treasures. Not to mention that the boxes were all made of rare woods.
The box containing the medical acupuncture instruments was made of golden nanmu. Lan Lingxi had naturally gained a lot of experience under Lan Hailu's intentional training and knew how precious the things here were, but she was only slightly surprised and did not get carried away.
Lan Hanlu, after all, was a traveler who had already traversed many worlds, so she didn't care much for these owned things. She just wanted to save more survival supplies so that she could have fewer setbacks in the future world.
The main reason she came here this time was that the overall environment had improved, and she came to pick up some certificates and other things that had been left here by someone else.
She walked directly to the innermost stone wall and pushed it with her hand. A secret compartment appeared. A box 60 cm long, 30 cm wide and high was carefully taken out by Lan Hanlu.
The box was so heavy that she almost couldn't hold it steady. She slowly opened the box and found it was full of paper materials, including family photos of the women in the Lan family, corresponding to their positions at the time and the contributions they made.
There were IOUs issued by the recipients of the materials donated by the Lan family and the entire family, and other various certificates, as well as the intelligence and assistance that he secretly obtained for various troops as a spy at the time.
All the details were recorded and placed in this box. From the northeast to the southwest, there were always women from the Lan family in every battle, big or small.
So what Lan Hanlu knew before was just the tip of the iceberg in the face of these things.
It could be said that Lan Hanlu used these things as poison to kill her in the past, but now they were a kind of golden ticket to immortality. But for some reason, she felt only a dull heartache. This was paid for by the lives of 28 women and 4 men in the Lan family.
She did not regret her original choice at all. The Lan family must be honored.
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