Chapter 105: Unexpected Clues

Xia Jinzhong went out to run errands, bowed his head and walked quickly, two young people, a man and a woman, chased and fought and ran head-on, the girl who ran in front accidentally bumped into him, he suddenly raised his head, the girl looked embarrassed, and apologized to him: "I'm sorry - I'm sorry!"

"It's okay-" Xia Jinzhong left a sentence and continued to hurry, passing by a young man, Yu Guang glanced at it, his heart was shocked, and he shouted softly: "Pillar?"

Xia Jinzhong stopped, the young man did not react, and ran away in an instant, and the girl's giggles and laughs, from near to far. Xia Jinzhong was stunned for a moment, pulled his legs and chased after him, thinking: Whether it is a pillar or not, find someone first, and then talk about it, it is better to make a mistake than to let go of any clues, if it is really a pillar, what a happy thing it must be for the eldest brother and son to reunite!

Xia Jinzhong chased after him and entered a fishing village, where the roads in the village were lined with fish stalls, and the air was filled with a heavy fishy smell. A pair of young people disappeared, Xia Jinzhong ran from the head of the village to the end of the village, and then from the end of the village to the head of the village, looking around anxiously, still without the slightest clue.

In desperation, Xia Jinzhong had no choice but to ask the fishermen who set up stalls one by one: "Excuse me, do you see two young people, a man and a woman, running over from here?"

The people who asked all shook their heads, indicating that they didn't see it, or didn't pay attention, Xia Jinzhong wondered in his heart: What about people? Could it be that the two of them have the ability to escape from the world? No, I have to continue to look for them, and I obviously saw them running in!

Xia Jinzhong continued to walk forward, this time the pace was not fast, he looked as he walked, looked very carefully, and when he walked to the end of the village again, he saw a group of people sitting under the trees on the side of the road, chatting happily, and involuntarily walked over.

Xia Jinzhong stood outside the crowd, his eyes kept searching the crowd, thinking: It's not good, maybe they are mixed in!

A woman said mysteriously: "Everyone knows about Uncle Lian's family getting a young man from the river, right?"

"I've heard that when he picked it up, the young man was only half breathed away, and his body was white—"

"But it's not! The person named by Lord Yama was snatched back by Xiao Cui Nanizi——"

"Do you know how that kid came back to life?" When everyone heard this, they shook their heads again and again, and stared at the speaker curiously.

"It is said that in order to save the young man, Xiao Cui Nan Nizi stripped naked, got into a quilt, and dragged him back from the hands of Lord Yama little by little——"

"Huh, that's too immoral, shameless, isn't it?"

"Didn't you see the sticky strength of the two of them?

"Uncle Lian actually allowed such a thing to happen right under his nose? I think he's old and confused, right?"

"There is such a bad thing, which angers the dragon lord in this river, and we all have to suffer!"

"It's not like that, we should unite and drive them away-" Everyone was gossiping and talking, Xia Jinzhong heard a little understanding, but he also knew a rough idea.

Xia Jinzhong was suspicious in his heart: Could it be that the young descendant they just met was the person they said was fished up from the river, and that girl was the woman they said was a bad woman?

Xia Jinzhong pushed through the crowd, squeezed to the front, and asked respectfully, "Excuse me, who can tell me how to go to Uncle Lian's house?"

All the people turned their eyes to Xia Jinzhong, the same vigilance, but no one answered, it was a scene of twittering and noisy, and suddenly there was silence and a pin drop could be heard.

Xia Jinzhong felt strange and thought: Fang Cai was still chatting enthusiastically one by one, scrambling to speak, why did they all become dumb now?

With a turn of his mind, Xia Jinzhong put his hand into his pocket, thinking, if money can make ghosts grind, I don't believe it, I can't pry your mouth open!

When Xia Jinzhong's hand was taken out, he took out a stack of colorful banknotes, held them in his palm, and said with a smile: "Whoever told me where the old man's family lived, the money will belong to him!"

Everyone's eyes lit up, staring at the money in Xia Jinzhong's hand in a daze, with an expression of disbelief. The woman who spoke first reacted first, jumped up from the ground, snatched the money from Xia Jinzhong's hand, and shouted excitedly: "I'll take you there!"

Everyone woke up like a dream, but it was too late, and they couldn't help but regret that they had missed out on money.

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After walking a long way, far away from the fishing village, the surroundings were desolate, just when Xia Jinzhong suspected that he had been deceived, the woman walked to the side of the road, stopped, raised her hand and pointed down: "That's Uncle Lian's home!"

Xia Jinzhong was full of suspicion, and stepped to the side of the road in two steps, and there was an old fishing boat parked by the river, which looked like it had gone through decades of wind and rain. He asked in surprise, "Even the old man's family lives on this ship?"

"No, I've lived for more than twenty years—" The woman sighed, and Xia Jinzhong asked, "Who are the people in his family?"

"Originally, only Uncle Lian and her granddaughter Xiaocui depended on each other, and a while ago, there was another offspring who was fished up in the river-" Xia Jinzhong heard from the woman's words that Uncle Lian's family was full of stories, but at this time he had no time to inquire, what he wanted to do most was to see the young man for the first time and confirm whether he was a pillar.

"Sister-in-law, thank you!" Xia Jinzhong dropped a word of thanks and hurriedly ran towards the river.

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The woman stood on the hill for a moment, full of doubts in her heart, and thought: This man spent so much money just to inquire about the address of Uncle Lian's house, I'm afraid, this matter is not so simple;

The woman ran back to the big tree where the crowd had just gathered to chat, the crowd dispersed a little, and the rest of the people were still sighing that the money in their hands flew into the pockets of others.

"Oh yes - it's a shame you're all here! I can tell you, the young man that Xiao Cui saved has a lot of background!" the woman was startled, her expression was realistic, as if she really had first-hand information.

"What's the matter?" everyone stared at the woman in surprise, their faces changed with her expression, and the woman made a fool of herself and lowered her voice: "He is not a rich child, he must be a fugitive - in short, he must have been persecuted and fell into the river-"

"Fugitives?" everyone looked at each other, their faces changed drastically, and they were all terrified.

The woman stood up, patted her buttocks, and made a horrible expression: "You guys have to be careful, if you don't do it, that kid will be a scourge—harm our village—"

"How is this good! Our ancestors have been keeping to ourselves for generations, but in the end, we will be implicated by an outsider—"

"No, we have to hurry up and find the village chief and ask him to come forward and drive away the old uncle and grandson and that kid together!"

"Yes, hurry up, or it will be too late—" The woman slipped out of the crowd amid the angry pleas of the crowd, touched the thick stack of bills in her pocket, and walked towards home full of joy. This windfall came so easily, it could be used as her family's income from fishing for a year.

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Xia Jinzhong stood next to the fishing boat by the river and shouted loudly: "Is there anyone on the boat—is there anyone on the boat?"

Even the old man was napping in the cabin, and when he heard the shouting, he felt strange in his heart, and thought: My fishing boat is parked far away from the village, and there is no shop in front of the village.

"Uncle Lian, are you on the boat?" Xia Jinzhong shouted again, and stepped on the fishing boat with one foot.

When even the old man heard the shouting, he felt more and more strange, the person who came actually knew that the owner of the boat was him, and he could be sure that it was not from this village, so who was he?

Xia Jinzhong's other foot was lifted in the air, and when he was about to step on the deck, Uncle Lian got out of the cabin and looked up at him coldly: "Who?"

Xia Jinzhong was shocked, his foot retreated to the riverbank, and the other foot was also retracted, and he looked at Uncle Lian with a smile: "Uncle Lian, my boss heard that the fish you caught is very good, so he sent me to order!"

"Who is your boss? Who did you hear about it?" Even the old man was wary, he had a lot of raw fish, but he was usually a regular customer's business, and his reputation was out, and as soon as the net was collected, all the fish were discharged, and the supply exceeded demand, so where was there time to do other people's business.

Xia Jinzhong felt that even the old man could be described as a scheming person, asking these questions, should be testing him, he had an idea, and thought: The He family is one of the few big families in L Province, Mrs. He has a good diet, and every ingredient in the house is carefully selected, and naturally fish is no exception! I might as well borrow Mrs. He's reputation to try the depth!

Xia Jinzhong smiled all over his face: Don't hide it from Uncle Lian, my boss has a lot of connections with the He family, and he listened to the recommendation of Mrs. He in the He family's compound-

There is only one compound of the He family in L Province, with a prominent reputation, Mrs. He has always lived in a simple house, there are not many people in the society who know her, and there are even fewer people who know that she loves to eat fish; since the other party has moved out of Mrs. He, even the old man has no reason to doubt it.

Uncle Lian changed his smile and stepped forward: "Mr. came all the way, the road has been hard, please go to the cabin to rest!"

Xia Jinzhong naturally stepped back onto the deck, followed behind Uncle Lian, and got into the cabin, a pungent fishy smell came to his nose, stirring his stomach upside down, he endured it, and looked around at everything in the cabin.

There was no one else in the cabin, the pair of young men had not yet returned, Xia Jinzhong was secretly depressed, he could not predict how long he could endure in this cabin.

Looking at the simple and smelly living environment, Xia Jinzhong's heart ached faintly, and he thought: How distressed would my eldest brother be if he knew that Zhu Zi lived in such an environment? I must quickly confirm Zhu Zi's identity and take him back! The bathrooms at home are a hundred times better than those here!

Uncle Lian poured a glass of water from the black thermos and handed it to Xia Jinzhong: "Come, please drink water!"

Xia Jinzhong glanced down at the tea jar covered with tea dirt, his stomach churned more and more, he raised his eyes to meet the expectant gaze of Uncle Lian, and hurriedly forced himself to bow his head and take a sip of water.

Uncle Lian's face showed a happy smile, and the wrinkles on his face were stretched out by the smile, revealing white marks, like a chalk mark painted on a black briquette.

Xia Jinzhong chatted with Uncle Lian without a match, his mind was all outside the cabin, and he listened to see if there was a sound of two young people returning. He made up his mind that even if he put anything aside today, even if he sat through the planks of this ship, he would have to wait for them to come back—

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(Nine-headed Bird Academy)