Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Man Under the Tree
The next day, Ning Hao came to the Tao Mansion at the appointed time with dark circles under his eyes, and sent a message to inform Chu Yunshan.
Entering the house, Ning Hao felt that it was even more gloomy here than outside, and this feeling was even more obvious than when he first came.
It was unusually cold in this room.
Ning Hao handed the prepared materials to Ms. Hu. She flipped through a few pages and said with a smile: "Mr. Ning is very serious about doing things, so I can rest assured now." And I would like to ask, what has been the recent progress of the case? ”
Ning Hao said: "I went to the cemetery and copied the list of visits for the two days before and after the exhumation. It was found that at 7:10 on November 22, Chu Yunshan had been there. ”
"Then you mean Chu Yunshan is a gravedigger?"
"It's not for sure," Ning Hao glanced at his watch, and then continued to explain, "To dig a grave and carry a corpse, not to mention a woman, even if it is a man, it is estimated that it will take at least two people to do it, and if it is really her, it is estimated that a helper will be needed." ”
When Ms. Hu heard this, she also felt that it seemed reasonable, and she immediately said: "Why don't Mr. Ning go to the cemetery again and investigate the people on duty that day." ”
"That's exactly what I wanted, because when I went to the cemetery that day, I spent some money to get a list of visitors, and the security guard gave it to me."
Ning Hao lied, he couldn't honestly tell Ms. Hu that he paid the security guard to divert his attention and let Tomie copy the information.
Therefore, it is said that it is a waste of money to get a visitor record.
Ning Hao continued: "So I suspect that the gravedigger must have paid the security guard on duty at the time and completed the grave exhumation case with his help. However, I really don't think Chu Yunshan did this now. ”
"Why do you say that?"
"Do you want to," Ning Hao sniffed, the room was so cold that he felt a little uncomfortable, "If Chu Yunshan bribed the security guard, then she doesn't need to register at all, so I deduce that there is someone else who digs the grave." So I'll find the officer on duty that day and look for clues. ”
Ning Hao knew in his heart that it was not difficult to find the security guard on duty that day, and a few hundred-yuan bills could be done.
At this time, the footsteps of someone going upstairs were heard.
Could it be that Chu Yunshan has the key to this?
Didn't she ring the doorbell at that time, Ms. Hu was in the middle of opening the door, and Ning Hao could drop the umbrella.
Now how did she open the door and come in by herself.
Ms. Hu also heard the footsteps and muttered, "Who will it be at this time, Tao Liang shouldn't come back now." ”
After a while, a middle-aged man with a majestic figure and leather shoes appeared in the living room. When he saw Ning Hao, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked Ms. Hu coldly: "Who is this?" ”
Ms. Hu said: "This is Ning Hao, a student at Hillman University, who came over to give me the investigation report of Hillman University. ”
After Ms. Hu finished speaking, she immediately handed him the information on the table.
The man glanced at the information, his expression eased slightly, put the information back on the coffee table, and then said to Ning Hao: "Hello, I am Tao Liang, Hu Yuexin's husband. ”
"Hello." Ning Hao and Tao Liang shook hands, but they began to beat the drum in their hearts.
This man appeared at this time, completely disrupting his original plan, even if Chu Yunshan came now, he couldn't divert the eyes of two people at the same time, so it became very difficult to change the umbrella.
Ms. Hu asked her husband, "Why did you suddenly come back at this time?" ”
"A friend of mine wants to see the antique umbrella I brought back from Europe some time ago, he is also a connoisseur, I came back to take this umbrella to give him a taste."
Ning Hao was even more helpless when he heard this.
At this moment, the doorbell rang.
This time it must be Chu Yunshan, but she is already late, and Ning Hao has lost the best opportunity to transfer the contract.
"Who is this?" Ms. Hu stood up, looked puzzled, and walked out of the living room.
Tao Liang took down the umbrella on the Bogu shelf, there was still a little moisture on the umbrella, and he complained: "It's autumn now, even if it rains this season, the air in this room should be dry, why is there moisture on this umbrella?" ”
He took out a clean cotton cloth from a nearby closet drawer, wiped the moisture off the umbrella, and walked over and sat down.
Ning Hao looked at the umbrella and felt the yin qi emanating from the umbrella.
Since experiencing the out-of-body incident, Ning Hao's supernatural sixth sense has become more and more obvious.
Tao Liang said: "Look at this umbrella, but it is some age, this is an item in the first year of Kaibao in the sixth year of Qiande in the Northern Song Dynasty. It has to be said that Westerners do have a hand in protecting cultural relics. ”
This is an item from the Northern Song Dynasty?
The souls of the dead in there must have lived in it at that time.
In the first year of Kaibao in the sixth year of Qiande, this era name should be 968, and there are more than 1,000 years so far.
This time is very close to the time mentioned in Tomie Kou, and the owner who held the umbrella at that time has also been dead for more than a thousand years.
Ning Hao glanced at the umbrella again, and the strange thing was that the water vapor that had just been wiped off naturally appeared again.
Ms. Hu's voice came in: "Why did you come here at this time?" ”
"I just wanted to come and see you." Chu Yunshan replied.
The two walked into the house, and Chu Yunshan saw Ning Hao and Tao Liang, with the same helpless expression on her face as Ning Hao.
After Ms. Hu deliberately introduced Chu Yunshan to Ning Hao, Tao Liang picked up the umbrella, wiped it again, and said to Ms. Hu: "Yuexin, go buy an air dehumidifier tomorrow, this house is too damp, it's not good for me these antiques." ”
"Got it, you're only concerned about your stuff all day."
"Then I'll go first, and you guys talk slowly."
After Tao Liang said goodbye to them, he walked out of the living room, but forgot his umbrella on the table.
Chu Yunshan saw that there was still a chance, and immediately gave Ning Hao a look, and said to Ms. Hu: "Auntie, I want to go to see Tao Jing's room again, can you go with me?" ”
"People are already gone, so don't look at it, the more you look at it, the more you can't let it go. You're a good girl, forget about my son, find someone else and start over. Ms. Hu said in a comforting tone.
"I'll take one last look."
"Alright then, I'll go with you."
After the two went upstairs, Ning Hao was just about to take out another umbrella in his backpack and drop his bag, when Tao Liang actually came back.
said in his mouth: "Look at my memory, I almost forgot to take the umbrella again." ”
After speaking, he picked up the umbrella and smiled at Ning Hao: "You can do it, I'll go first." ”
It seems that there is no chance at all.
As soon as Tao Liang went out, Ning Hao heard a clanging sound. He immediately ran out, and Tao Liang fell down the stairs.
Ning Hao caught a glimpse of a man, standing next to Tao Liang, and disappeared in an instant.
"Mr. Tao, are you alright?" Ning Hao hurriedly went downstairs and helped him up.
Tao Liang stood up on the wall and said, "It's strange, when I went downstairs just now, this umbrella pulled forward and knocked me down, what is the situation?" ”
Ms. Hu and Chu Yunshan, who heard the movement, immediately came over, and Ning Hao handed Tao Liang to them and said, "I'll go out and take a look." ”
The three of them looked at Ning Hao in confusion.
Ning Hao ran to the front yard and saw the man who had just disappeared standing under a big tree.