Leaving the police station, Xu Bingqing said to Xu Minghao: "I think it is necessary for us to go to the Qiantang ancestral tomb to see what happened there, no matter what happened before, the people of the Qiantang faction would not leave the ancestral tomb like this." ”

That's exactly what I mean. Xu Minghao knew that since he couldn't get anything out of the mouths of these two people, he could only go to their nest to see what was going on: "Where is the ancestral tomb of Qiantang?"

"Uh... Xu Bingqing was stopped by this question, although she knew the place, but she had never driven to it by herself, and now two people who couldn't read the map got together, but I was afraid that it would be a little difficult to find this place. However, Xu Minghao likes to face difficulties very much: "It's okay, let's look at it while walking, and enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way by the way." ”

Xu Bingqing could only nod helplessly, but fortunately, she had some general impressions of this place, and she would not get lost if she drove over. Xu Minghao first went to the supermarket to buy a lot of snacks and prepared to enjoy them in the car. Xu Bingqing said a little unhappily: "You said that you are a big man who can't drive, and you eat so many snacks." Does that sound like a word?"

"This... It doesn't seem to matter if it's a man or not. When Xu Minghao said this, he looked at Xu Bingqing intentionally or unintentionally: "Besides, this big man... Where does this big word come from? His meaty words made Xu Bingqing's heartbeat suddenly intensify, his face turned red, and then he stopped speaking.

The two drove along the provincial road for two hours, and when they passed through a small town, Xu Minghao was a little familiar, and he immediately shouted to stop. Xu Bingqing followed his gaze and said in surprise, "How do you know that you are here?"

"What?" The strange feeling in Xu Minghao's heart gradually rose, this place was the place where he had been rescued from distress. He looked at the archway at the intersection of the town, and the word Zumu was written on it, and he remembered that the name of this place was Zumu Village. "It can't be such a coincidence. The ancestral tomb you are talking about is not a tomb of a tomb, but a wood of wood?"

"This ancestral wood is naturally also an ancestral tomb, and there are tombs that they have guarded for generations, but in order to sound good, the tomb was changed to wood. The Qiantang faction has always lived here. Everyone was friendly to the guests, but Elder Kong and Zhang Xiu didn't know why they betrayed Qiantang. Xu Bingqing also followed his example and put on a mask and hat, because she had been here and didn't want to be recognized. The two didn't want to be too ostentatious, so they parked their car in a parking lot next to the entrance of the village and got out of the car on foot. Coming here again, Xu Minghao had the illusion of being in a different world. During the cautious period, he and Xu Bingqing entered the village one after the other again, and the two were separated by a distance of a full hundred meters, but the two of them were extremely similar in appearance, looking like a quarreling couple. Xu Minghao walked in the streets and alleys of the village in a daze, looking for the family who had saved him, and he still remembered that the child's name was Zhang Wenqiang. "Bingqing, why is this village so deserted today, there are only old men and old women, and I don't see any young ones. He was a little strange that at this time, just in time for lunch, not a single young man in the village was seen. So he found an old man with an amiable face and asked, "Uncle, I want to ask where Zhang Wenqiang's house is?"

"Ahhh The old man's eyes were dull, his eyes kept looking at the ground, and he kept screaming when he heard him speak, and he didn't say a word. Xu Minghao was a little depressed and asked someone else, but it was the same situation. Only then did he realize that something was wrong: "The old people here don't seem to be able to speak." He remembered that the last time he was here, he had seen a few old people, and there was no such thing as them.

"There's something wrong with that. I seem to know where the young people have gone. Xu Bingqing saw a calendar at the door of a house, and today's day was circled by a pen, and wrote next to it: "Sea Festival." ”

"Sea Festival?" Xu Minghao looked at the sea not far away, and the shadows of several fishing boats could be vaguely seen. Xu Minghao hurriedly went back to find Xu Bingqing, then pulled her to the edge of the dock, pointed to the sea and said, "Look at the boats there, will the young people all go to worship the sea?"

"Quite possibly. Xu Bingqing squinted at the sea, her eyesight has been bad recently, and she uses her eyes too much at night, and now she is in a trance when she sees things in the sun.

"It's time for you to get a pair of glasses. Xu Minghao looked at her very uncomfortable, and then made a joke: "Otherwise, you won't be able to tell who is who at night." ”

As soon as Xu Bingqing heard this, he immediately took a look at his crotch, and said with a smile: "I still recognize this." “

"You... You're getting more and more lewd now. Xu Minghao looked around nervously, for fear that someone would see their indecent behavior.

Xu Bingqing said nonchalantly: "This is called the black of the near-ink." ”

"I'm in vain. While the two were quibbling, suddenly there was a loud noise in the distance from the fishing boat, and then the fire soared into the sky, and a thick black smoke soared into the sky. The two men on the shore were startled by the loud noise and almost fell to the ground.

The two supported each other and looked into the distance, Xu Minghao said a little anxiously: "It's not good, there was an explosion." The ship is close to each other, and it is difficult not to be implicated. ”

"What now?" Xu Bingqing looked at the billowing smoke on the sea uneasily, thinking to himself what had happened to the Qiantang faction.

"I'll call the police first. Xu Minghao took out his mobile phone to make a call, and when he looked back, he found that the old people in the village were looking at the place where the accident happened with their hands folded, and no one had a panicked look. He subconsciously patted Xu Bingqing beside him: "Bingqing, look, these old people look so strange. ”

Xu Bingqing looked back, the eyes of these old people were not dull just now, and they seemed to have regained some vitality, and when she looked at the sea again, the fire on the sea was gone: "Just like that, the fire will be extinguished?"

Xu Minghao also thinks this is incredible, it seems like a fantasy. At this time, I saw the fishing boats in the distance getting bigger and bigger in their field of vision, and it seemed that they were returning home. This is the first time these two people have seen this kind of strange thing. As the fishing boats returned to the dock, the smoke from the sea gradually faded. Xu Minghao stopped the first fisherman to go ashore, and it was a coincidence that this person was Zhang Wenqiang's father. Xu Minghao pointed to himself with a little excitement: "Brother Zhang, do you still know me?"

Zhang Wenqiang's father, Zhang Gang, recognized Xu Minghao at a glance, and he also patted him on the shoulder excitedly: "Brother Xu, why are you here?"

"I happened to be passing by here, thinking that you were living here, and I came to see you. Xu Minghao didn't tell the truth, he was afraid of causing trouble to them: "What about Wen Qiang?"

"Big brother?" Zhang Wenqiang jumped off the boat at this time, and the moment he saw Xu Minghao, he was much more excited: "Big brother, are you coming to see me? Is this your girlfriend?"

Xu Bingqing's gaze stayed on Zhang Gang, and after recognizing it for a long time, she finally recognized that Zhang Gang was the tomb keeper of the Qiantang ancestral tomb, that is, the current leader of the Qiantang faction. She quietly stabbed Xu Minghao from behind, and carefully reminded: "He is the leader of the Qiantang Sect. ”

"What, sect leader?" Xu Minghao shouted out directly, and then looked at Zhang Gang dumbfounded.

Zhang Gang was stunned for a moment, then looked at the familiar woman behind him, and then at Xu Minghao: "It looks like Brother Xu is passing by." ”

"Hey, hey. Xu Minghao scratched his head: "It's not a secret, it's really something." ”

"Let's go. Let's talk as we go. Zhang Gang walked in front alone, while Zhang Wenqiang circled around Xu Minghao and Xu Bingqing, asking this and that from time to time. After chatting with him, Xu Minghao finally knew about their customs of this sea festival. It turned out that on this day, men and women, young and old, could only speak when the sacrificial boat had completely sunk to the bottom of the sea, and the young and middle-aged people in the village had to go to the sea to watch, which is why only the old people were left in the village, and the old people did not speak.

Xu Minghao suddenly realized: "It's really a coincidence

We're just in time for your magical sea festival. ”

"Big brother, if you come earlier, we can still take you to the sea to watch. Zhang Wenqiang thought of the scene of the explosion just now, and the excitement on his face had not yet passed.

"Shut up!" Zhang Gang suddenly turned his head, looked at his son with sharp eyes, and was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out, and then he said with a hint of apology: "The child's family is not sensible, this sea sacrifice is a serious matter, listening to him is like playing at home." ”

It was the first time Xu Minghao had seen such a stern Zhang Gang, he nodded stupidly, then pulled Zhang Wenqiang and continued to walk towards their house. Entering the small courtyard, Zhang Gang stopped: "Wen Qiang, you go inside to boil some water and make some tea." Zhang Wenqiang was taken away, and Zhang Gang beckoned the two to sit down in the courtyard.

"Brother Xu came here this time, I don't know what's going on?"

Xu Minghao realized at this time that he couldn't see through this honest and unsmiling man, his perennial face like a stone sculpture rarely had expressions, but today there were a few subtle expressions, which was intriguing. Zhang Gang rubbed his eyes, his eyes were slightly red, he should have been smoked by the smoke from the explosion just now. After rubbing it for a long time, he felt a little more comfortable, and then said apologetically: "I'm sorry, my eyes are a little sore." "361 Reading

Xu Minghao waved his hand with a smile on his face, and then said, "That's the case, Brother Zhang, we are here for the affairs of Zhang Xiu and Elder Kong. ”

Zhang Gang's expression did not change significantly, and even his tone was not unusual: "What's wrong with them?"

"They are suspected of murder. Xu Minghao stared at Zhang Gang motionlessly, wanting to take a good look at his reaction. Unexpectedly, what disappointed him was that Zhang Gang did not show surprise and fear. At this time, Zhang Wenqiang walked out of it with tea: "Big brother, come, drink tea." ”

"Good, good. Wen Qiang is really good. Xu Minghao kicked Xu Bingqing at the foot of the table, and then said to Zhang Wenqiang: "Wenqiang, you take Sister Bingqing to play, and I will talk to your father about something." ”

"Gotcha!" As soon as Zhang Wenqiang heard that he wanted to play, he immediately jumped up and down: "Sister Bingqing, I'll take you around." ”

Xu Bing glanced at Xu Minghao innocently, and then left with Zhang Wenqiang. Zhang Gang took a sip of tea, then sighed and said: "Zhang Xiu and Lao Kong went out of the village without permission a few years ago, and the rules of my village are that they will never return to the village after leaving the village for half a year, so they are no longer counted as people from my ancestral wood village." ”

"That's right. Why did they leave the village?"

"Hey, it's not good to blame me for this. At this time, Zhang Gang's face finally rippled. "At the beginning, Zhang Xiu's mother was seriously ill, and the hospital in the town could not treat it at all, and when she was sent to the big hospital in the city, she only had half a life left, and the medical expenses were not ordinary and expensive. Our village, as you have seen, is not rich economically, and I am not able to lead the Qiantang faction out of poverty, and finally he left the village in despair. Elder Kong watched him grow up, and because he couldn't worry about him, he chased him out, and there was no news of them after that. ”

I didn't expect there to be such a thing in this, it seems that this Zhang Xiu and Elder Kong are also forced to be helpless. In the end, Xu Minghao asked Zhang Xiu's mother about the hospital where her mother lived, and then he was ready to get up and say goodbye. Zhang Gang also stood up, and he suddenly said, "It's the Ice Heart Saintess who is traveling with you." ”

Xu Minghao hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "That's my sister - Xu Bingqing." ”

At this time, Zhang Wenqiang and Xu Bingqing also came back, Xu Minghao touched Zhang Wenqiang's big head, and said with a smile: "Wenqiang, my brother will leave first, and I will come to play with you next time." ”

After the two got into the car, Xu Bingqing immediately said: "This Qiantang ancestral tomb is by no means as calm as it seems on the surface. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Just now I intentionally or unintentionally asked Wen Qiang about the Sea Festival. Xu Bingqing picked up the water cup and drank a sip of water to suppress the shock: "He said that the Sea Festival needs to sacrifice to the sea with living creatures in order to exchange them for a year of peace." When I asked what it was, he didn't know, but it wasn't an ordinary animal, not even an animal. With that, she drank the water again, then took a deep breath: "He said that he sometimes heard babies crying outside the boat where the sacrifices were kept. ”

Xu Minghao's heart was cold: "No, it shouldn't be that he heard it wrong." ”

"No, I asked him several times, and he said yes. The muscles on Xu Bingqing's face twitched involuntarily, obviously thinking about the worst.

Even Xu Minghao's stomach rolled a few times: "You... Did you ask Wen Qiang to keep it a secret?"

"Well, I made him forget about our conversation. Xu Bingqing nodded, she was still a little overwhelmed, and in the face of such a thing, she couldn't keep calm no matter what.

"Let's forget about this for now. Xu Minghao forcibly kept himself calm, because at this time Xu Youhui called.

"Hey, Brother Xu, have you found the information?"

"Yes. Is it convenient for you now?"

"We'll be here for you in about two hours. Xu Minghao didn't expect Xu Youhui to be so efficient, and he got a full set of information about Li Jingsong in just half a day. After hanging up the phone, Xu Bingqing immediately drove to Xu Youhui's house at full speed, and she only took an hour and a half to travel for the previous two hours. When he arrived at Xu Youhui's house, Xu Minghao knocked on the door for a long time, but no one came to open it, and Xu Youhui's phone couldn't get through. This couldn't help but make him feel that something was wrong.

"Where will the others be?" Xu Minghao pondered.

"I went in through the kitchen window to take a look. Xu Bingqing found that the window next to the elevator just happened to see his kitchen, and the kitchen window had a small crack, which should be used for ventilation.

"It's ten stories tall here, can you?" Xu Minghao glanced down from the window, and his legs went limp.

"Rest assured. Didn't I carry you up to the top floor? As soon as the words fell, Xu Bingqing disappeared, and when Xu Minghao saw her again, she had already hooked the downspout with her hand and opened the window of Xu Youhui's house with her foot.

Seeing that she entered the room at once, Xu Minghao immediately came to the door, and after a while, the door also opened. "There was no one in the house. "Xu Bingqing's movement into the house is so big, if there are people in the house, they should have found out a long time ago.

Xu Minghao took out two shoe covers from the shoe cabinet, put them on with Xu Bingqing one by one, and said, "Don't leave traces, otherwise they will be embarrassed when they happen to come back in a while." With that, he began to look around, and suddenly a detail caught his attention. On the shoe cabinet at the door are two door keys and a car key. "Look, there are two keys and car keys here. They probably didn't go out, or the keys wouldn't have been left at home. ”

Xu Bingqing said with some concern: "They will be fine." ”

Xu Minghao comforted: "Don't worry, let's take a look around." I'll call him again. He looked around as he made the call. At this moment, there was a sudden buzzing sound in the room, and the two of them looked at each other at the same time. "Look for it. In the end, they found Xu Youhui's mobile phone under the sofa.

"What now? He didn't have his phone with him. Xu Bingqing only felt that there were a lot of strange things today, one after another, which made it impossible for people to deal with them.

"This phone. Xu Minghao looked at his mobile phone for a while, and suddenly his eyes shot two fine lights: "He deliberately left it for us." ”

"How do you know. ”

"Because ... Xu Minghao lit up the screen of his mobile phone, and then held it up in front of Xu Bingqing: "Look, this is his call record, a minute after he called me, he answered a strange call, and then he tried to call me a few times, but each time he hung up before he could dial through, indicating that his heart was very tormented and hesitant at that time, and something bothered him." He wanted to tell me, but reality told him he couldn't call me. ”

"What could be about him so entangled?"

"If my guess is correct, someone should have threatened him with his wife. You see, although the house is neat and clean, the kitchen utensils are half washed, and if it were you, would you wash half of the dishes and then people would go out?"