Luo Fan and Li Jingyi left the county town. They walked leisurely for two days and arrived home at noon on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

There is only one day left before the Chinese New Year. Luo Fan's family has already prepared all the New Year's goods, and Li Jingyi's family is almost the same.

The next day, New Year's Eve, Luo Fan's family returned to the town.

It has been almost four months since Luo Fan came back last time, and the road in the town has been repaired and opened to traffic.

Luo Fan was a little surprised that the efficiency in the town was so high. Luo Fan originally thought that it would take several months for the road to be repaired and opened to traffic, but he didn't expect it to be completed so quickly.

When the family arrived at Luo Fan's grandfather's house, two old men were preparing lunch.

"Mom and Dad, why do you prepare so many things?" Cao Hongying asked.

"Brother and the others are coming over for dinner today at noon," Luo Fan's grandfather Luo Jianguo said.

Luo Hai was very surprised when he heard this. The eldest brother Luo Jianguo said was in charge of the old Luo family's ancestral hall and genealogy. In ancient times, he was the patriarch.

The current mayor of Xiahe Town, Luo Yang, is the son of Luo Jianguo's eldest brother.

According to tradition, during the Chinese New Year, the clan members below go to visit the clan leader. How can there be any reason for the clan leader to come to the clan leader’s home to have dinner?

"Dad, is it because of Leilei?" Luo Hai glanced at Luo Fan and asked.

Luo Jianguo nodded: "Although Leilei has not publicly donated, this matter is well known in our old Luo family. There are also children in our village working in Shanghai. They found out about Leilei's company after just a little inquiry."

"So, they came here just to see me when we were going home?" Luo Fan asked.

"Well, I heard that they encountered something big. It seems that the matter is related to that bastard Luo Jiang."

Luo Fan frowned when he heard this. When he mentioned Luo Jiang, Luo Fan's first impression was that he later bought many houses in the city, so Luo Fan always felt that Luo Jiang was the most promising person in the old Luo family.

But at that time, Luo Jianguo told him that Luo Jiang was an old man and a bad gambler who spent all day at the mahjong table, like a useless person.

It was impossible for Luo Jianguo to lie to him, so Luo Fan thought at that time that it was Luo Jiang who encountered some good things that fell out of the sky, and that was why he suddenly rose to prominence.

However, Luo Fan didn't pay much attention to this. Anyway, even if Luo Jiang had some adventure and made some windfall, it would be like that. It had nothing to do with him and it wouldn't have much impact on him.

But today the "patriarch" of the old Luo family came here because of this, which made Luo Fan a little interested.

At 11:30, three men came to Luo Jianguo.

The leader was a very energetic old man, wearing glasses, with gray hair, and looked like an intellectual.

Behind him, one was the mayor Luo Yang, and the other had a similar number of 4 and 5 to Luo Yang, so they were related by blood at first glance.

Sure enough, during the subsequent introductions, Luo Fan knew that the man in front of him was Luo Yang's younger brother Luo Jiang, and that the old man in the lead was Luo Jiandang, the patriarch of the old Luo family.

Luo Jiandang is 2 years older than Luo Jianguo. He was born in 1948. He is the only one among the older generation in the town who has graduated from high school. He also served as the mayor of Xiahe Town.

Luo Fan listened to Luo Hai. When he was a child, he thought Luo Jiandang was very kind and reasonable, much better than his father.

Luo Fan doesn't know what Luo Jiandang was like when he was young. In short, Luo Fan now thinks that Luo Jiandang is a somewhat boring person.

He doesn't talk much, and his few words always have an uncomfortable tone, like a leader.

Luo Jianguo, Luo Yang, and Luo Jiang have long been accustomed to this posture. Luo Fan and Luo Hai were not very comfortable, but the father and son had a tacit understanding and did not show it.

Generally speaking, Luo Fan didn't like to deal with such people and chose to stay away from them.

Luo Hai, on the other hand, would play it off for the sake of face, and actually go in with one ear and out with the other.

After dinner, everyone chatted about family matters, and Luo Fan quickly noticed that it was not only Luo Hai who was perfunctory with Luo Jiandang, but also Luo Yang and Luo Jiang.

It was even said that Luo Jiandang himself knew that they were perfunctory, but he couldn't change it. Luo Jiandang was used to this airy way of speaking. It became a habit and there was definitely no way to change it.

But Luo Fan was not used to it.

Luo Fan felt that it was uncomfortable to sit at the dinner table. He was not comfortable at all, so Luo Fan forcibly interrupted the elders' chatter and asked: "Is there something wrong with Grandpa coming here today?"

An ordinary junior who dared to interrupt his elders like this would have to be reprimanded, but Luo Fan is now considered an old hen and has become a duck. Besides, it is obvious that Luo Jiandang and his son still have requests from him, so naturally they will not blame Luo Fan.

Fan talks too much.

On the other hand, Luo Hai glared at Luo Fan, and Cao Hongying also gave Luo Fan a slap in the face. It was so rude for him to interrupt his elders.

Luo Fan ignored his parents' little gesture and said with a smile: "Grandpa, I'm sorry, I plan to go back to the city this afternoon. Time is a bit tight. Originally, I sent my parents here and only came over for the reunion dinner in the evening.

, so if you have anything, you might as well just say it directly!"

Luo Jiandang sighed after hearing this and said: "Oh! Then the uncle just said it directly, didn't the road in our town collapse before?"

"Well, I know that. There is such a big hole in the middle of the road."

"Actually! This hole existed when the cement road was being built, but I asked someone to seal it up. Who knew that it rained for so many days in a row, and the hole was actually washed away, and then...

...Oh! Lao Wu, you can tell the rest yourself!"

Luo Jiang scratched his head when he heard this and said: "At that time, I saw that there was something wrong with the entrance of the cave. It just so happened that some tomb robbing novels were popular recently! As soon as I got excited, I asked two friends to go down, and we really found something.

thing."

Luo Jiang took out something wrapped in cloth from his pocket. He opened the cloth and found a gold ingot inside.

Luo Fan's expression suddenly became weird: "Uncle Jiang, you won't tell me that there is really a tomb under this cave, right?"

"I...I don't know, I was just wandering around outside."

"Besides this gold ingot, what else did you pick up?" Luo Fan asked.

"There are also two silver ingots, a jade pendant, and a small porcelain bowl. There is also a signature on the porcelain bowl, which belongs to Xuande of the Ming Dynasty."

Luo Fan's mouth twitched when he heard this. He finally understood why Luo Jiandang and his son came to see him.

There is a real chance that there is a tomb under the highway, and Luo Jiang's behavior is no different from tomb robbing.

The town's move so quickly was probably because they wanted to cover up Luo Jiang's traces, but Luo Jiang didn't go down alone and was accompanied by someone, which is interesting.

It is estimated that Luo Jiandang was afraid that these two people would report his son, so he came to Luo Fan and wanted Luo Fan to help give him an idea on what to do.

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Chapter completed!