Chapter 3: Leprosy Village
Young Alex slapped the fat man Mo Yunshan in the face, "You still dare to say that the ring is yours?"
Through the light of the flashlight, Mo Yunshan saw a mysterious golden mask on the left and a common Monkey King mask on the right.
A female voice came from under Sun Wukong's mask: "Where did the ring come from?"
Mo Yunshan knew in his heart that this ring had just been sent to an auction center in Hong Kong a few days ago, and within two days of sending it, the auction center notified that the ring had been stolen.
"Speak quickly!" Young Alex slapped the fat man again, and at the same time flashed a sharp dagger against the fat man's neck, "If you dare to lie, you won't see the sun tomorrow." ”
The fat man was in pain, and the cold feeling of the dagger against the skin of his neck made Mo Yunshan completely sober up, "I said, I said, I will tell you everything I know." ”
The fat man Mo Yunshan trembled his voice and told what happened, "More than half a month ago, Li Dazhu from Leprosy Village came to me with this ring, Li Dazhu said that this ring was his ancestral thing, because his life was difficult recently, so he took it out and sold it, so I gave him 10,000 yuan to buy the ring." I knew that the ring was very valuable, and no one in the small county town of Baishan could afford to buy it, so I sent it to an auction house in Hong Kong, and then the ring was stolen. ”
What Mo Yunshan said was consistent with the information Alex had, and Ye Zhenzhen asked, "What else did Li Dazhu say?
"I'm not familiar, I didn't say anything else. The fat man Mo Yunshan hurriedly shook his head and denied it, "Li Dazhu has lived in leprosy village since he was a child, has no father and mother, is an orphan, and is also a poor ghost, with no income, relying on government relief all day long, in order to earn pocket money, he will occasionally take the mushrooms picked up in the mountains to the town to sell, each time he sells them for more than ten or twenty yuan, and use the money from selling wild mushrooms to buy some snacks and loose wine, I have bought him mushrooms twice, even if I know him, I am not familiar." ”
Mo Yunshan was anxious to clear up his relationship with Li Dazhu.
"Where does Li Dazhu live in the leprosy village?"
"No. 23 Leprosy Village, Leprosy Village is deep in the mountains west of Baishan Town, the houses in the village were built by the government more than ten years ago, they are rows of bungalows, and the house number is No. 23 from the beginning, Li Dazhu lives in No. 23. ”
"What else?"
"I really don't know the others, the ones just now were also what Li Dazhu told me when he was selling mushrooms. ”
Vera and Alex knew they couldn't ask for any more clues, so they didn't ask any more.
Alex approached the fat man wearing a golden mask and threatened in a deep voice: "Today's matter can't be said outside, otherwise it will ......"
Alex struck the dagger twice in front of the fat man's eyes.
"Know, know......" The fat man nodded like pounded garlic.
"Bang!" With a heavy blow, Alex slapped the fat man on the back of the head, and the person on the bed fainted.
"You?!" Ye Zhenzhen exclaimed.
Alex reached out and pulled the quilt over the quilt and covered the fat man who had passed out, "Don't worry, I'm just fainting, I'll wake up tomorrow morning, and we can't let him disturb our movements." ”
Ye Zhenzhen put away the ring and looked at the sky outside the window, the full moon hung high in the sky, and the slightly cool wind blew in through the window, and the time was close to two o'clock in the morning.
"Let's go, go to the leprosy village. ”
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At night, a dilapidated jeep carried the two of them jolting along the path.
Alex used GPS to locate the leprosy village, and the jeep followed the route indicated by the navigation into the depths of the mountain.
Winding dirt roads flickered in the mountains and forests, and the fog was thick in the mountains in the early morning.
Ye Zhenzhen drove in the driver's seat, and Alex sat in the passenger seat while looking at the navigation and the actual terrain around her.
After nearly two hours of bumpy driving on the mountain road, the off-road vehicle finally stopped at the entrance to a mountain pass, and the sound of machinery came from the navigation, "The destination has arrived".
Parking on the side of the road, the two walked into the leprosy village.
In order to avoid startling the snakes, Zhen Zhen and Alex sneaked into the leprosy village by moonlight without using any lighting equipment.
As described by the fat man Mo Yunshan, this leprosy village in the deep mountains is surrounded by dense primeval forests, dozens of small bungalows are neatly arranged in the mountain col, and only a dirt road at the entrance of the village leads to the outside world.
The village was pitch black, there was no artificial light source, and in the dead of night, the villagers were resting.
The two of them walked lightly into the village, looking for them one by one according to the house number.
"Twenty-three, it's found!" Alex whispered to Zhenzhen, who was looking in front of the other row of houses.
The small house in front of me is a very simple bungalow, a house is only a dozen square meters, with wooden doors and glass windows, the doors are closed and the windows are open.
Looking through the window, the furnishings of the room are very simple, a wooden single bed with a person lying on it, a table by the window, a wooden stool with a broken leg, pots and pans in the corner of the room, and the sour smell of rice in the room.
The door locks from the inside, and Vera and Alex deftly climb into the room through the window.
The two got to the bed and found a man with a pockmarked face lying on the bed, which matched the photo of the person in the information, it was Li Dazhu.
Ye Zhenzhen sealed Li Dazhu's mouth with tape, and Li Dazhu was immediately awakened.
Li Dazhu, who sat up from the bed with a bang, saw two strange black shadows in front of him, and was about to shout, but found that his mouth was sealed, and he couldn't shout, and he reached out to tear off the tape on his mouth, and was restrained by Ye Zhenzhen.
Immediately after a stack of renminbi appeared in front of her, Ye Zhenzhen came to Li Dazhu and whispered: "We have something to ask you, as long as you cooperate, don't shout, all this money is yours." ”
The temptation of money really worked, Li Dazhu stared at the money and nodded in agreement.
Alex tore the tape off Li Dazhu's mouth, and Zhen Zhen also let go of Li Dazhu's pinned hand.
The pock-faced Li Dazhu, who had regained his freedom, immediately took the money in his hand, and his hazy sleepiness was also smashed by the pie falling from the sky, "What's the matter?" ”
"Where did this ring come from?" Ye Zhenzhen took out the "Life Ring" ring.
Li Dazhu held the money tightly in his hand, looking at the ring, as if he was recalling something, "Oh, I picked up this ring, and later sold it to Boss Mo of Yunshan Jewelry Company, how did it get into the hands of the two of you? Boss Mo sold it to you, he gave me 10,000 yuan at that time, how much did he sell it to you?"
Li Dazhu talked a lot, but Zhen Zhen ignored his question, but asked, "Where did you pick up the ring?"
"In the mountains, I picked up mushrooms when I went up the mountain to look for them, and the ones I picked up were mine, I didn't expect it to be so valuable......"
"When did you pick it up?"
"More than half a month ago. ”
"When?"
"On the afternoon of May 24th, it had just rained, and I remember it very well. ”