Chapter 6 People go to the empty building
Righteous knot Jinlan This kind of thing, Liu Yanzhi only knows a fur, far away said that he knew Taoyuan three knots, and closer said ** Ten years of social youth popular worship, but he didn't understand the specific process at all, thinking that it was just a head on the ground, shouting two sentences not to be born in the same year, the same month, the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month, the same day and other scenes are considered to be completed.
Fortunately, he did not take the initiative to show his timidity, because the procedure of the worship is not so simple, Mr. Sun Wen is an expert, he has a ready-made Jinlan spectrum in his bag, only need to fill in the blanks on it, the old worship procedure is cumbersome, not only to write the name of the brother with a different surname and the birth date, the place of origin, together with the name of the ancestors of the three generations must be written on the Jinlan spectrum, put on the incense case, burn incense kowtow, big rooster and wine are necessary, pay attention to the black cow and white horse as a sacrifice, now the conditions on the cruise ship are limited, can only be replaced by ham steak and lamb chops to replace pigs, cattle and sheep three livestock, The two of them knocked their heads on the deck, drank a glass of brandy, and became brothers, Liu Yanzhi was slightly older as a brother, and Sun Wen was thirty-six years old this year and was a younger brother.
The little maid came to renew the coffee again, Sun Wen was sitting precariously, not looking, it happened that Liu Yanzhi casually asked him about his daily life, Sun Wen said: "Walking alone in the rivers and lakes, no one around to take care of it is not tight, get used to it." ”
Liu Yan said straightly: "Yixian is busy for the country, and there is no one around him to serve, how can this be done." ”
Sun Wendao: "Brother Yan's concern, the younger brother remembers it, but you need people around you more." ”
Liu Yan looked at his little maid, and said in his heart I didn't mention that I wanted to give the maid to you to warm the bed, Xiaocui is not yet an adult, wouldn't it be evil to be sent to this kind of Lori control clutches? But since everyone has hinted at it, it's not easy to pretend to be confused, so he said, "That's it, Aki, you go and serve Mr. Sun." ”
Aki is the little manservant, born with red lips and white teeth, and a beautiful young man, when he heard that the master let him serve others, he immediately pouted, Sun Wen was a little embarrassed, but quickly returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I can't see that Brother Yan has other tastes, and he has a beautiful heart, and the gentleman doesn't take people's favor, so don't cut your love." ”
Liu Yan said secretly, damn it, why do I have another taste.
Knowing that Liu Yanzhi went to San Francisco to find his wife, Sun Wen offered to help, he had been overseas for many years, and was quite influential among the Chinese in Southeast Asia, Japan, and the United States. "In San Francisco's Chinatown, mentioning Sun Wen's name can save a lot of trouble.
Sun Wen wrote a handwritten letter to Liu Yanzhi, with which he could get help in San Francisco's Hongmen, Liu Yanzhi was naturally grateful, asked Sun Wen for an address, and agreed to donate a sum of money to Sun Wen when he arrived in the United States.
A few days later, the cruise ship arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sun Wen and Chen Yongren and other Chinese disembarked, Liu Yan went ashore for an excursion, continued the journey, and spent a full month and a half across the vast Pacific Ocean, arriving at San Francisco, an important port city on the west coast of the United States.
When it finally arrived, Liu Yanzhi couldn't hold back his excitement, and repeatedly explained to the two servants that they should be respectful and have eyes when they saw their wives.
"Yes, sir." The two of them replied in unison, it is a blessing for them to have a master like Liu Yanzhi on the stall, they have no temper, they have enough wages, and they have no special habits.
At the Port of San Francisco Customs, first-class and second-class guests can go ashore without going through inspection, and there is a special person to transport their luggage down, while guests in other cabins do not have this special treatment, not only have to go through customs interrogation, but also have to search for lice and flea parasites, and the Chinese are even more discriminated against, and they have to be locked up in the shelter for a period of time before being released.
Liu Yanzhi was a first-class VIP and enjoyed exemption from inspection, a group of sailors helped him carry his suitcase, the four-wheeled carriage was called on the dock, the luggage was loaded, and the coachman went straight to Chinatown according to Liu Yanzhi's instructions.
Chinatown, Yanzhi laundry, the carriage has not stopped, Liu Yanzhi flew down, he was excited, he was dressed, raised his hand and knocked on the door, and was suddenly stunned, it is business hours now, why is the store closed?
An ominous premonition came to mind, Liu Yan slammed the door into the store, and went straight to the second floor, the store was empty, the windows were bright and clean, there was a cradle next to the bed, and there were clothes that had not been washed and received in the store hall on the first floor, and it seemed that the owner was in a hurry and went out in a hurry.
Liu Yanzhi felt that his mouth was dry, he thought that this was a private crossing, which would not attract Hannibal's attention, it seemed that he had guessed wrong, Lin Su's mother and son were taken away by Hannibal's people, and he couldn't guess where they were taken, maybe it was the benchmark time and space, maybe it was any era.
It's useless to be anxious, Liu Yanzhi tried to calm down, came down from upstairs, and unloaded the luggage from the carriage, at this time, the neighbors came to see the excitement, the people living in Chinatown must be Chinese, people still maintain the clothes of the Qing Dynasty, the men have braids, and the women have small feet, they speak a dialect that Liu Yanzhi does not understand, and it is estimated that the Chaoshan generation is the majority.
Liu Yanzhi arched his hand around, pointed to the signboard of the laundry, and said loudly: "I, Liu Yanzhi." ”
He spoke the official dialect of the north, and some people could understand it and knew that it was the man who came back from the laundry, but when Liu Yan asked them where Lin Su went, no one could answer.
Liu Yanzhi thought of Sun Wen's letter, settled the two servants, and went to the local Chinatown overseas Chinese leaders for help, where there are Chinese, there are gangs, San Francisco Chinatown is the territory of Hongmen, with Mr. Zhongshan's letter in hand, it is really good, the overseas Chinese leader said that he immediately sent someone to find clues, and set up a banquet to entertain Liu Yanzhi.
At this time, Liu Yanzhi was in the mood to drink and socialize, politely declined, and returned to the laundry, Xiaocui had already straightened out the things in the suitcase, Aki was cooking on the fire, the enthusiastic neighbors sent some vegetables and fruits, and the three masters and servants ate their first meal in the United States at the table where Lin Su had sit.
After dinner, Liu Yan went straight to the upstairs bedroom, flicked the wind chimes on the cradle, and a crisp and pleasant bell rang, and there seemed to be a baby's giggling laughter in his ears.
In the desk drawer of the bedroom, there is a diary, and the lines of fly-headed small letters record Lin Su's experience after coming to the United States, using classical Chinese, concise and concise, and the various hardships in the process are vividly displayed on the paper, which makes people cry when they see it.
That night, Liu Yanzhi slept in the bed where Lin Su slept, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, Liu Yanzhi had insomnia, and there were traces of Lin Su and the child everywhere, which made him haunted by dreams and tossed and turned.
The next day, the big man in Chinatown came to the laundry in person and told Liu Yanzhi what he had found out, that Lin Su and the child were indeed taken away by several white people, and they left in a hurry, but they were not kidnapped, because Lin Su's face was full of happiness when he left.
Liu Yanzhi took out a piece of paper, which was a portrait of Hannibal that he had drawn with charcoal last night when he couldn't sleep.
"Is it Lin Su that this person took away?" Liu Yan asked directly.
The big guy asked people to take the portrait to find witnesses, and the feedback they got was vague, because the Chinese people look at ghosts and ghosts in the same way, and if ordinary people don't deliberately memorize, it is difficult to remember what they saw at a glance, and even if they recall, most of them are wrong.
The clue was broken, but Liu Yanzhi was basically certain that it was Hannibal's people who took Lin Su, and he spent money to advertise in the San Francisco newspaper to find Hannibal, and if the gang was still in 1901, they would definitely see the advertisement.
In the days of waiting, Liu Yanzhi continued to run the laundry, experiencing the sweets and hardships of Lin Su, it is recorded in her diary that when she first came to the United States, she was accompanied by a manservant named Chen Asheng, but it didn't take long for Asheng to fall ill and die.
The next day, the San Francisco Chronicle published a response to Mr. Liu's advertisement, which contained only four Arabic numerals on the size of a tofu block: 2018.
This is an answer that only Liu Yanzhi can understand, and Hannibal is waiting for him in the 2018 baseline plane.
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