Chapter 50: Shadows
The next day, Long Jue and the others rested in the hotel until noon before getting up, and after the three of them had lunch together, they took Ryoma out of the hotel and rushed to the downtown described by Guan Lingli. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Soon after, the dragon dueled and the others arrived at their destination.
It is a bustling street, the entire street is closed to cars, and everyone is on foot. Both sides of the street are occupied by all kinds of stalls, because this is a tourist city, there are many tourists who come to this downtown to shop, everyone has a walk and a look, so lively.
"It should be here, let's go in and take a look, and pay attention to the surroundings to see if there is anyone we are looking for." Long Du said to Jin Yong and Mo Qishu, and then took the lead and walked into the street.
After walking for about ten minutes, Jin Yong saw a stall on the side at a glance, and there were two big characters written on the stall: fortune telling. It's just that no one is in the stall at the moment, "Long Shao, look there!" After Jin Yong found out, he told Long Du as soon as possible.
"Oh? Check it out! Long Du waved his hand and led the two of them to the booth in front.
The stalls were empty and there were no people. The three of them watched in front of the booth for a while, "It seems that no one came today?" I'll ask. Long Jue was a little puzzled, and then decided to ask.
"Auntie, may I ask if the fortune-telling booth next to me didn't come today?" Long Du asked the owner of a stall selling fruit next to him.
"Oh, you said he, he was still there yesterday, but he didn't come today, and I don't know why." The aunt at the fruit stand said.
"Still yesterday? Has he ever been like this before? Long Jue became even more puzzled after hearing this, and continued to ask.
"Not before, he usually comes to open every morning, and he is very punctual." Aunt Fruit Stall replied.
"Do you know where he lives? Or where does he usually go when he's not setting up a stall? ”
"I don't know about this, although we are neighbors, we only talk occasionally and don't know each other very well."
"Oh, that's it, thank you, Auntie."
Long Du thanked the owner of the fruit stall, and then frowned.
"What do you guys think?" Long Du asked at Jin Yong and Mo Qishu.
"It's a coincidence that he disappeared when we came to him? Or is there some reason? Mo Qishu thought for a while and said.
"Well, there are only two possibilities, the first is that he didn't come to open for some reason, and the second reason is that he doesn't want us to find him, and I personally prefer the second option. But if he really avoided us, then how did he find us? Could he really have predicted? Jin Yong also analyzed.
"I remember Guan Lingli said that this fortune teller once told her that in the future he would find someone who was very important to him because of her relationship. Maybe he could have predicted it. Long Jue stood in place and was silent for a while.
"I always thought his disappearance was too much of a coincidence, and if he really predicted that we would come looking for him, why would he hide? We're not bad people. Jin Yong continued.
"So what do we do next? Waiting here? Mo Qishu asked at Long Duel.
"Let me think about it." Long Jue was silent, he had traveled so far to find someone, it was absolutely impossible for him to give up and go back like this, so he was thinking, hoping to come up with a way.
"Huh!?" Long Jue looked at the bottom of the fortune-telling booth in surprise.
"Huh? A newspaper pressed underneath? There seems to be a word! Mo Qishu and Jin Yong followed Long Duel's gaze and found something strange under the fortune-telling booth.
"Pick it up and take a look!" Long Jue hurriedly said.
Mo Qishu squatted down and took out the newspaper that was pressed underneath, and the three of them began to read the contents carefully.
"I know your intentions, from one o'clock in the afternoon, within five hours, find me, and I will grant your request." The newspaper wrote such a paragraph.
"What time is it?" Long Jue asked Jin Yong.
"Twelve forty, twenty minutes to go." Jin Yong looked at his watch and replied.
"Long Shao! This is the newspaper of the day before yesterday! Mo Qishu looked at the date of the newspaper and said to Long Duel.
"That is to say, at least since the day before yesterday, this fortune teller knew that we were coming, and left such a passage." Jin Yong analyzed.
"Why did he let us go to him? What are his intentions? Long Du groaned, his brows furrowed, it was obvious that this fortune teller was not simple, and it was not so easy to find him.
"Is it because he doesn't want to see us?" Jin Yong offered his opinion.
"If you don't want to see us, just don't show up, why stay like this to guide us?" Mo Qishu asked rhetorically.
"Whatever he did it, what matters now is how exactly do you find him?" Long Du raised his head and said to Jin Yong and Mo Qishu.
"It's only five hours, and we don't even know what he looks like, so it's not easy to find him." Mo Qishu sighed and said.
Long Jue also felt a little frustrated, but it was absolutely impossible to make him give up, so he simply sat down at the fortune-telling booth, holding his chin in one hand and holding the newspaper in the other and began to think quietly.
Ten minutes passed, and Long Jue read all the newspapers carefully, still without any clue, and his expression was heavy.
Another ten minutes passed, and it seemed that it had reached the time that the fortune teller had said, but the three of them were still at a loss.
"Why did he start at one o'clock in the afternoon? Is he really so good that he can even count what time we arrive? Long Jue seemed to think of something, but he couldn't catch it, and this feeling made him have the urge to go crazy.
Just when the dragon was thinking hard but couldn't think of why, a voice appeared: "Hehehehe! Mom, this is fun! It will run with me! What is it! ”
Long Jue looked up, and it turned out to be a young mother with a little boy about three years old who passed in front of Long Jue and the others.
The mother crouched down and grabbed the little boy and smiled at him, "This is called a shadow!" As long as there is light, it will appear! ”
"Shadow!? It's so fun! Follow me all the time! It must love me! Hee-hee-hee! The little boy said innocently with the big eyes in his eyes.
"Huh?!" After Long Jue heard this, his whole person froze, and finally grabbed what he seemed to have thought of before.
Long Jue stood up abruptly after thinking about it, then folded the newspaper in his hand back to its original appearance, and then carefully pressed it under the fortune-telling booth.
"Long Shao! What are you? "Jin Yong and Mo Qishu are both puzzled by the strange behavior of the dragon duel.
After putting the newspaper away, Long Jue squatted on the ground and looked up at the sky, then lowered his head and carefully looked at the newspaper in front of him.
"I see! Interesting! The dragon suddenly realized, the corners of his mouth rose, and a smile appeared, and he became more interested in this fortune teller.
"Long Shao, what's wrong? Got a discovery? Jin Yong and Mo Qishu stepped forward and asked Long Jue.
"Well, this fortune teller is interesting, fortunately the mother and the little boy just now, otherwise I really can't guess what he means." Long Jue smiled and said.
"Long Shao, don't sell it, tell us quickly." Even Jin Yong and Mo Qishu, who usually have a calm personality, are also curious, urging the dragon to come to the showdown.
"Hehe, have you ever wondered why this fortune teller wants us to start at one o'clock in the afternoon, and if we come in the morning, wouldn't we have to wait until the afternoon in vain?" Long Du asked the two of them.
"You're saying there's a problem at this point in time?" Jin Yong asked.
"Well, I couldn't figure this out before, but I realized that when I heard that little boy's words, it turned out that the problem was the shadow!" Long Jue said with confidence on his face.
"Shadows?" Jin Yong and Mo Qishou were even more puzzled.
"You see, this newspaper was pressed under the stall in this way, and the shadow of this corner of the newspaper at one o'clock in the afternoon when the sun shines on it happens to be a straight line, and this straight line forms a shadow on the newspaper. Connect the words in the middle of this shadow in the direction of the shadow and you're the answer! Long Jue squatted down and said to Jin Yong and Mo Qishu.
"Huh?" When Jin Yong and Seven Kills heard Long Jue's words, they immediately looked carefully at the shadow part of the newspaper.
"No. 45 Shanghong Road! It's an address! Long Shao, you are so powerful! Jin Yong read out the shadow-covered words in the newspaper, and finally found a clue, and his worship of Long Duel was overwhelming.
"Let's go!" Long Jue waved his hand, hugged Ryoma and walked out.