Chapter 68: The Secret in the Wooden Box
When I got home, I learned something even more "amazing" - Miss Su was going to settle here!
"There is a lot of strength in people, you two weak women, how unsafe it is to live in this big house!"
"I live alone, it's too small!" Xiao Ting said disappreciatively.
"Feel free, just don't pester me!" I don't care to say.
"Shan-" Su Bei screamed angrily, and walked over to hook my neck, "Don't do this...... It's great for everyone to take care of each other! ”
I ignored him, glanced at the wall clock on the wall, it was only five o'clock, and asked Xiao Ting, "Why did you come back so early?" ”
Su Bei replied: "There hasn't been much business in the store recently, anyway, there is a small party!" We Xiao Da Beauty, need to rest! ”
"Ting!" I walked over and said, "Don't worry, he won't be pestering you anymore!" ”
Afterwards, I asked the old lady, and she said that the time of the person's death back then was when he was a child, and the yin qi was extremely heavy, so he turned into a powerful ghost. The reason why it took so long to take revenge was because An Zhi surrendered the next day - according to legend, ghosts have two fears, one is the butcher, executioner and other people, they are so angry that non-fierce ghosts dare not approach. The second is the category of civil servants and officials, who have righteousness in their hearts. Of course, this is the ancient period, and now, if they don't do bad things, it is just that, otherwise it is easier to provoke "right and wrong". But in a place like a prison, there is not only righteousness, but also the evil spirit of a condemned prisoner, so the ghost has not dared to make trouble easily over the years. Now "he" has been overtaken by the old lady and will never appear again.
Su Bei proposed to go out to dinner, but I received a call from Xue Chen and didn't go with me. I made an appointment with him to sit by the window at a nearby café.
"Look at this, and this!" Xue Chen handed over a photo and a few pieces of paper.
The photo is only eight inches, old, black and white, and somewhat blurry. Judging by the dress, it is a group photo of several comrades-in-arms. I compared the photos of the old kings when they were young, and found that one of them was indeed the old king, as for the others......
"This person ......" I noticed a burly man with a handsome face who looked familiar, and said hesitantly: "If he wears glasses, does he look a little like Li Hao?" ”
Xue Chen cast an approving gaze, pointed to the pieces of paper and said: "It is written Hongjia Village, the ancient coffin cave, and Lao He Dutou, these are all right, especially this ......" He turned out a page that was different from other papers, "He San sees the platform, it is the inkstone, Lao Li Banzhi, Agui bend, it should be a bracelet, and finally this Ouyang umbrella." ”
"The old king is Agui!" I was amazed, "So he recorded this?"
His real name is Wang Guizhong, and it doesn't look like a person wrote it from the handwriting, and this one is obviously a Mr. White Letter. But ......" Xue Chen said with some doubts: "The cave cellar is written here, and there are ...... This word should be Hong Zhai, five people, these are a little different from what Li Lao said! ”
"Here it is written, 'He came back and took ...... Inkstone? The old king thought that He San came back and set fire to himself, causing himself to be injured, so he hated him so much? ”
Xue Chen groaned and said, "Maybe he knows something that Elder Li doesn't know, or maybe ......"
"Or maybe Li Lao has something to hide!"
Xue Chen was noncommittal: "Since the bracelets are a pair, it is necessary for us to find the whereabouts of the other one......"
"Tian Xiuhui is ...... because of this bracelet" I stopped talking, and I was a little cautious in my heart - if Ah Gui and He San had already encountered an accident, would the Ouyang family have escaped the catastrophe?
"Lin Shan!"
"Huh?"
Xue Chen stared at the wooden box and asked, "Do you think that the old king asked us to pay attention to this box, which is hinting at this matter!" ”
My head suddenly went numb, and I asked in a daze: "The copper bell was given to me by him, is this a coincidence, or is it a ......" I couldn't help but clench my fists and roared in a low voice, feeling sad and angry, "Why me!" ”
Xue Chen reached out and clenched his fist on the table, and comforted, "Calm down!" So far, haven't you accepted it? ”
I glared at him sadly: "Accept and accept, and I am not allowed to complain!" ”
"Okay!" Xue Chen quickly let go of his hand and asked curiously, "Then what do you do next?" ”
"I'm hungry, so I'm going to eat!" I complained, "I didn't eat much at noon!" ”
"Okay!" Xue Chen nodded, "I won't accompany you, there's something else!" ”
Hey, as if someone was rare for him to accompany me, I got up and walked out of the café, intending to go straight home to cook noodles and eat. After walking a few steps, Xue Chen caught up, and I said angrily, "Isn't there something?" ”
"Hmmm! Way! Xue Chen said in a pleasant tone.
I quickened my pace and walked forward, and I saw a very cute girl walking up.
"Handsome guy, what a coincidence!" The girl stepped forward and said.
I glanced at Xue Chen behind me in confusion, only to see an embarrassed smile on his face.
"She's the one you waited for last time?" The girl glanced at me with a different emotion in her eyes.
"Wait for me?" I looked at Xue Chen again.
Xue Chen shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have something to do, let's go first!" "Leave me behind and take the first step.
Naturally, I had no reason to stay, but the girl said, "You live in that neighborhood, and I work in the flower shop opposite!" ”
I was forced to make small talk with her for a few words, and learned that her name was Xiaowen, so I had time to take care of the business. Strange as it may seem, I had a dream about flowers that night -- a woman walked slowly towards me among the flowers. At first, I thought she was Xiaowen, but the closer she got, the more I couldn't see her face clearly, but I remembered that she was holding a flower in her hand, a red ...... Lotus!
In the morning, I made an appointment with Xiaoxue to meet at Li's house, first, I was going to Li's house to confirm the matter of Lao Wangtou, and secondly, I wanted to see how Li Lao would react when he saw the inkstone.
When I arrived at Li's house, Xiaoxue hadn't come yet. Zhang Yufen's eyes were red, as if she had just cried, and her voice was still a little hoarse.
"The old man is in the study, you can go over!" Zhang Yufen said.
"Hmm!" I comforted her a few words, and was about to go to the study, when Li Hao suddenly pulled me to the backyard.
"I'm sorry!" He let go of my sleeve, a little anxious.
I patted the folded place and knew in my heart: "Xiaoxue will come in a while, there are some things, you should make it clear in person!" ”
"I know!" Li Hao was a little hurried, "If what you said is true, I just want to know what to do to help her!" ”
"Help her?" I stared at Li Hao, and felt more and more that he was really similar to Li Lao when he was young, and I said a little abruptly: "Can you take off your glasses?" ”
"What?" Li Hao was a little surprised, but he still did so and took off his eyes.
I looked at him and suddenly remembered something, something I should have thought of a long time ago - I always felt that before I came to the Li family, it seemed that I had seen Li Hao and Xiaoxue somewhere.
"Last month, did you and Xiaoxue go to Yong'an Cemetery?"
"How do you know?"
"It's really you!" I have to sigh that some casual encounters have already kicked off this story.