Chapter 55: The House Turned to Ashes
"That person is known as the jade-faced scholar, the sound of the piano he plays is very pleasant, the paintings he draws are vivid, he can also do martial arts, know medical skills, can be said to be a versatile person. Especially his painting work, which can be said to be the best in the world. Many women would ask him to paint a portrait of themselves, and some women had a purpose other than the portrait. ”
Song Ruilong smiled faintly and said, "Do those women want to marry the jade-faced scholar?"
Zhao Zhenxiong said: "Of course, there are not a few people who want to marry him. But this jade-faced scholar doesn't look down on any of them, and he has never been in love with any woman. This jade-faced scholar also has a hobby, that is, he likes to show mercy everywhere. ”
When Zhao Zhenxiong said this, he was a little sad.
Song Ruilong had already heard what Zhao Zhenxiong meant, and after he and Su Xianrong exchanged a look, Su Xianrong looked at Zhao Zhenxiong and said, "Boss Zhao's daughter-in-law won't be ruined by this jade-faced scholar, right?"
Zhao Zhenxiong's angry eyes seemed to be able to kill anyone, and said: "He used the time of the portrait with Liu Piaoxu to talk tricks and get Liu Piaofu's consent, and he got along with Liu Piaoxu." At first, my father Zhao Hongfei didn't take this matter to heart, he thought that the jade-faced scholar was a righteous man and a gentleman, and it was impossible to do something that violated conscience and morality. ”
Su Xianrong said with some disbelief: "Your father Zhao Hongfei's eyesight should be much better than yours, so the person who can make your father look away is indeed not an ordinary person."
Zhao Zhenxiong smiled bitterly: "What the girl said is reasonable. The jade-faced scholar is really like a poisonous snake and a beast. At first, he painted a very realistic portrait of my father with his skillful hand, and then he cured my father of his heartache for many years. My father is very grateful to him, so he regards him as the most honored guest, so my father will not ask what the jade-faced scholar does in our Zhao family. Because of this, my son and I also trust him very much, but who knows, this brute is actually ......"
Zhao Zhenxiong was a little sad, he couldn't say the words later, but Su Xianrong and Song Ruilong had already guessed the meaning of those words.
Song Ruilong's face did not change and said: "He actually walked with Liu Piaoxu, that is, Boss Zhao's daughter-in-law, right?"
Zhao Zhenxiong did not admit it, nor did he deny it, and said: "What a sin, our Zhao family doesn't know what hurts nature and reason in the previous life, and in this life, it will fall to the point of cutting off children and grandchildren."
Song Ruilong said: "Since the jade-faced scholar treats you like this, have you ever asked him to settle accounts?"
Zhao Zhenxiong said: "My father is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, so he asked our Zhao family not to embarrass him, and from then on we broke off with him and no longer interacted."
Song Ruilong said: "You said so much, but you haven't told us who the jade-faced scholar is?"
Zhao Zhenxiong gritted his teeth angrily and said word for word: "Guo - Fei - "
Su Xianrong took the lead and asked, "Where is his home?"
"South of Ping'an County, Tieshi Road, Baihua Lane, the house number is one hundred and one."
"Thank you!" Song Ruilong got up and said: "This matter, this county will definitely find out."
South of the city, Tieshi Road, Baihua Lane.
Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong passed through the bustling crowd and had already come to Baihua Lane.
In Baihua Lane, there are a lot of flowers planted in each house, and now it is the time when the flowers are in full bloom, and the fragrance of those flowers spreads everywhere.
Su Xianrong took a deep breath and said in a comfortable mood: "This Hundred Flowers Lane really lives up to its name. It's like a fairyland on earth. ”
Song Ruilong also looked around and said: "This place is indeed very beautiful, and an elegant person like a jade-faced scholar who knows how to play the piano and painting will certainly not live in a very vulgar place."
Su Xianrong saw that the house number of the family was eighty-two, and said: "This one is eighty-two, and after a dozen or so, you will arrive at the house of the jade-faced scholar, Brother Song, do you think the jade-faced scholar will be at home?"
Song Ruilong also realized this problem and said, "If the jade-faced scholar is not at home, where do you think he will be?"
Su Xianrong thought for a moment and said, "If the person who haunted the morgue is the jade-faced scholar, then I think he should live at home."
Song Ruilong shook his head and said: "I came to the house of the jade-faced scholar just to find out about him, even if he is not at home, it is reasonable."
When Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong walked to the one hundred and one hundred and one of Baihua Lane, they were taken aback.
It turned out that the one hundred and first room had been burned to ashes. Elsewhere, flowers are blooming, and this place is like a cemetery, desolate.
Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong were both a little surprised.
Song Ruilong said: "It seems that this Guo Fei must have been hunted down by others. Now that his house has been burned to the ground, it is difficult to say whether this man was burned to death or not. ”
Su Xianrong said angrily, "Do you think it could be someone from the Zhao family who did it?"
Song Ruilong said: "Very likely!"
"However, if someone from the Zhao family did it, then Zhao Zhenxiong should know very well, why did he tell us Guo Fei's residence?"
Song Ruilong smiled and said, "I want to cover it!" He didn't actually tell us where Guo Fei lived, but just talked about it in passing. Since the painting of the jade-faced scholar Guo Fei is so good, and he is a famous Langzhong, then his reputation in Ping'an County will naturally not be small, and it is not difficult for us to inquire about Guo Fei's whereabouts. Also, this one hundred and one room has been burned to the ground, and even if we come here, we can't find anything, so why should he lie to us? ”
Su Xianrong also smiled and said, "It turned out to be a favor from Shunshui."
Song Ruilong looked up at the number 105 and saw an old lady in her seventies sitting on the stone in front of the door, her eyes indifferent to the front, and her crutches leaning lazily in her arms.
Song Ruilong glanced at Su Xianrong and said, "Let's go over and ask the old lady to see if she knows anything about Guo Fei."
Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong walked side by side and walked in front of the old grandmother, Song Ruilong asked politely: "Grandma, the junior wants to ask the old grandmother about someone." ”
After Song Ruilong said this, most people would open their eyes wide to see what the person who asked looked like, but the old lady was very strange, she was still sitting peacefully on the stone, holding the cane tightly in her hand, as if she hadn't heard Song Ruilong's question at all.