For a few days, Yun Qi ran to the godmother's house, hoping to meet Uncle He's brother before the dart, so that he could hear some news about the Japanese from their mouths, and he heard from the godmother that since the death of Xiaohong's father, these brothers would often come to visit them, and sometimes leave a little money or things, but their lives were not very good, so in general, the godmother was not very willing to accept their gifts.

In the second year of junior high school, I didn't see them.

In the third year of junior high school, I didn't see them.

On the fourth day of the new year, Yun Qi stayed in his godmother's house for a long time, and played with Xiaohong for a long time, seeing that it was noon, it was estimated that he would not wait for anyone anymore, so he wanted to go back to the dart game, after all, he was going to leave tomorrow, and he had to prepare something. Coming out of Xiaohong's house, Yun Qi walked and looked at the crowd on the street boringly, the New Year is different from usual, everyone has become leisurely, and there are many smiles on their faces, many shops have not yet opened, but this does not prevent everyone from walking around the street, visiting relatives, visiting friends, and stepping on spring, everyone seems to be very happy, maybe they are under the happy expression, and they also hide a lot of bitterness, but Yun Qi can't see it, he only feels that he is the only one on the street who is sad.

Back to the dart board, Yun Qi made a bag of luggage, checked it again, and found that he really had nothing to bring, and went to the backyard to go around, the dart car for travel has been loaded, there are five big carts, covered with tarpaulin, and tied with ropes outside. In addition, there are two empty cars, I don't know what to do, I am studying the room, and suddenly a person walked in from outside the door, and I saw that it was Qiao Zhong, he said hello to Yunqi, hurriedly walked in, and only after asking did he know that he was going to Yangzhou together this time, so he came back from Hangzhou in a hurry, Yunqi was overjoyed, in the dart game, he was most familiar with Qiao Zhong, and now he had a companion, and there was at least one person to talk to along the way.

After lunch, Yun Qi decided to try his luck one last time and go to his godmother's house, if he couldn't meet anyone again, he would be dead set on it, and he would wait until he came back after this trip.

To his surprise, before he arrived in the courtyard of his mother's house, he heard the voice of a man talking in the house, and the voice was a little deep and low, "Sister-in-law, don't shirk it, Brother Bin was not thin on us back then, he took care of us very much, without him, there would be no us today, now that Brother Bin is gone, we usually can't take care of you, I am really ashamed, you still accept this, otherwise we will be uneasy." ”

Yun Qi was overjoyed, the hard work paid off, and finally waited for the person to wait, and rushed into the door with his feet in a hurry.

As soon as Yun Qi's feet stepped into the door, suddenly it was dark in front of him, and the strong wind was blowing, Yun Qi secretly screamed in his heart, and hurriedly turned to the side, and saw a stool passing in front of him, and fell into the courtyard with a bang, and the stool legs were suddenly broken two, Yun Qi was shocked, what is the situation? Busy hunching his knees, lifting his center of gravity lightly, putting on a defensive posture, only to hear the godmother inside say anxiously: "Brother Meng, don't be impulsive, this is the godson I recognize, my own person." ”

Immediately, two people came out of the room, followed by the godmother, in front of him was a lean man, about thirty years old, the stubble on his face was very short, the color of green and blue, he was not tall, but the person seemed very spirited, his hands and feet were very long, especially his palms, which seemed particularly large and disproportionate. He looked Yun Qi up and down, and asked Aunt He suspiciously: "Sister-in-law, when did you recognize Gan'er, why don't I know?" ”

Aunt He explained: "This child is a hard-working person, his parents died very early, and now he is doing fast feet in the Sanjiang Dart Bureau, our Xiaohong likes this brother very much, so I recognized him as a god, that is, I just recognized him a year ago." ”

The man's face finally relaxed, and he glared at Yun Qi and said, "Didn't the adults in your family teach you?" How can you rush directly into someone's house recklessly? ”

Yun Qi bowed his head to indicate that he was taught, but muttered in his heart: "This is my godmother's family, what are you afraid of?" Just your rules. ”

Then the three of them turned around and entered the house, Yun Qi saw the man again, and after being introduced by the godmother, he knew that this man's surname was Meng, called Meng Kaijun, who was He Bin's good brother back then, and was once saved by He Bin, after He Bin died, he has been taking care of this orphan and widow, and he will come to see and bring something during the New Year's Festival.

This Uncle Meng looks thin, but he didn't expect his temper to be quite impatient, and he talks like a firecracker, and he can't allow you to speak, if it weren't for the news he wanted from his mouth, Yun Qi really wanted to brush his sleeves away, but there was no way, he had to laugh with him, sit there and talk to Uncle Meng, and try to pull the topic to a few years ago.

"Uncle Meng, you and Uncle He were brothers back then? I heard from the godmother that you are very water-based. Yun Qi struggled to give a look of adoration to his face.

"That's it, you don't inquire about my brother Bin's water nature, among the sailors who eat water and rice in this Wan Zi, he said second, who dares to say first, I am far worse than him, but that's also compared with Brother Bin, compared with other hands and water, I really don't care." Meng Kaijun said proudly.

"I've heard that people with good water skills can catch fish in the water with their bare hands, and a fierce man can go out for miles, and I've heard that you can even sleep under the water, is it true?" Yun Qi asked as if he didn't understand anything.

"Haha, where did you hear this, there are really fish caught underwater, but there are generally tree stumps or stone caves or something underwater, slowly drive the fish in, it can't run, it's not difficult to catch, it's impossible for a fierce man to pierce a few miles, Brother Bin can't do it, but forty-five zhang is no problem, as for sleeping underwater, this is ridiculous, it is estimated that only dead people can sleep underwater. Haha......" Uncle Meng laughed, and his attitude towards Yun Qi gradually eased, and he seemed a lot closer.

Yun Qi saw that the time had come, pretending to have an idea, and suddenly thought of it, and said to Uncle Meng: "Uncle Meng, I heard from my godmother that you and Uncle He also caught a few widows at the mouth of the sea back then, is this true?" ”

Uncle Meng's laughter suddenly stopped, he looked at Yun Qi suspiciously, then at Aunt He, and said to Yun Qi: "Of course it's true, we did arrest four widows, why are you asking this?" ”

Yun Qi hurriedly explained: "I often hear people in the county say that they have blue faces and fangs, and they look like ghosts, so when I heard my godmother say that you once arrested the Japanese Kou, I felt strange in my heart, and I wanted to know what the Japanese looked like?" ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Uncle Meng's mouth: "This widow is actually exactly the same as our Ming people, there is no difference, but they are ruthless and ruthless, so after we caught them, we tied them up with stones and sank them into the sea to prevent future troubles." He turned his head and said to Aunt He: "Sister-in-law, don't tell outsiders about what we encounter in the future, I'm afraid that if someone hears it, it will be bad for you." He said solemnly to Yun Qi: "You can't spread it everywhere, if this matter is known by the Japanese Kou, the lives of your godmother's family will be in danger, and they may come to retaliate, you must pay attention, do you know?" ”

"Uncle Meng, don't worry, I won't talk nonsense." Yun Qi assured. After thinking about it, he asked again, "Uncle Meng, how can you be sure that this is a wolf?" The godmother said that they came to our county and killed a lot of people, why did they do this? Is it just to grab money? ”

Uncle Meng pondered for a while, scratched his hand on his forehead a few times, as if thinking about words, and after a while, he said: "Our Wanzi County has always been the gateway to the sea in Zhejiang, and for hundreds of years it has traded with merchants from the East and the South Seas, including the Japanese, which is the so-called Japanese people, so in our eastern Zhejiang, there are many merchants and fishermen who will speak a little Japanese language, and the four people we caught, they are speaking Japanese language, and we will know it as soon as we hear it." Through interrogation, we also know that they have done a big bloody case in the county not long ago, and they are on the run, and we are angry and sink them into the sea. ”

Yun Qi originally had a lot of questions to ask, but Uncle Meng blocked the exit all of a sudden, which made him not know how to continue, whether to keep talking about it, or break the casserole?

No, this Uncle Meng is an impatient person, if you ask him forcibly, he will definitely be disgusted, if you give up and you are really unwilling, Yun Qi's heart suddenly moved, should I tell him my true life experience, let him have compassion, so that he may tell me the whole process of the matter, this thought, Yun Qi was secretly startled, his secret has been hidden for six or seven years, including Grandpa Wu and Bu Zang don't know, and Professor Zhang, the little fat man, he has been tight-lipped, now, Do I really want to tell this stranger I've never met? Just to know some of these things, am I going to risk telling him? Is this person reliable, will he know that after the news is spread, will it affect Buzang and grandpa? No, I can't say, now that I know the general direction, I must have other ways to verify it, and the light has been revealed, then it must be one step closer to the truth, I can't be in a hurry, there must be a more appropriate way.

"The last question, please Uncle Meng tell me, otherwise I will always remember it in my heart" Yun Qi raised a finger, Yun Qi said: "How did my Uncle He die, isn't he very water-based?" Why did he die? ”

Uncle Meng's face changed suddenly, he gritted his teeth, his eyes looked straight at the desktop, he didn't move for a long time, as if he was fighting fiercely in his head, and as if he was looking for a suitable language, after a long time, he stared at Yun Qi with red eyes and said: "Your Uncle He is a good man who stands up to the sky, he was injured in the struggle with the Japanese Invaders, he was injured in order to save us all, we will definitely avenge this revenge, it is always in my heart, but there are some things you don't ask too clearly, there are many things in this world that cannot be explained, Sister-in-law, don't worry, although Brother Bin is gone, we are still there, and we will definitely avenge his revenge. Uncle Meng assured Aunt He.

"Uncle Meng, plus me, I will take revenge with you, and I will also take revenge on Uncle He." Yun Qi jumped up and finally found a breakthrough, as long as he could integrate into them, the truth of the matter would definitely be solved soon.

"Fart, what does this have to do with you, you get out of the way, children don't mess with adults." Uncle Meng seemed very annoyed and reprimanded.

"Okay then, I'm not involved." Yun Qi lowered his head and said to his godmother: "Godmother, I will go to the dart board from tomorrow, this time I will go to Yangzhou, it may take a long time to come back, you have to take care of yourself." ”

"Okay, Qi'er, you have to be careful on the road." Aunt He said with concern.

"Sanjiang Dart Bureau is going to Yangzhou this time?" Uncle Meng suddenly interjected, and there was a gleam in his eyes, and he disappeared immediately.

"Yes, we'll leave tomorrow," Yun Qi replied honestly.