Chapter 29: I Can Help You
After breakfast, the three of them went straight to the bus station, and there was a long-distance bus from Kunshi to Lishi.
There are more than 700 kilometers from Kunshi to Lishi, and it takes more than 10 hours for long-distance buses to arrive.
While waiting for the bus, Guo Xiang found a phone call nearby to call back to southern Yunnan.
Calculate the time at this time, it should be to Gu Zhennan, if you don't call back, Wang Guiying will definitely be worried, and when the time comes, when you ask Gu Zhennan that she hasn't gone over, she will be exposed.
So report safety first, Wang Guiying and they will definitely not spend money to make phone calls.
The phone called the village committee and asked the village chief to help convey it, saying that she had arrived at Gu Zhennan safely, so that the family should not worry. The village chief promised to help her tell her.
Sitting in the car, bored on the road, Yi Zichen took out a book about jade to relieve Guo Xiang's boredom, because the main purpose of this trip was to buy jade, let her know in advance.
Jade here refers to jadeite.
Southern Yunnan is the main distribution center of jadeite jadeite, many people think that southern Yunnan produces jadeite, but in fact, 95% of the world's jadeite comes from Myanmar, and China is also imported from Myanmar.
It's just that because southern Yunnan and Myanmar have inherent geographical advantages, many people buy jadeite from southern Yunnan and mistakenly think that southern Yunnan produces jadeite.
The most important cities are Lishi and Tengxian.
This time, Guo Xiang and the others went to Lishi.
Yi Zichen probably told Guo Xiang about the jade market in Lishi at the moment.
It is said that it is to purchase, but it is actually an illegal gambling stone, because at this time, Lishi has not yet formed a legal jade market.
It is still the early 80s, the relations between China and Myanmar are relatively tense, the economy and trade have not been liberalized, and most of the jadeite rough is smuggled and imported.
However, because of the huge profits of stone and jade, many merchants flocked to it, and over time it formed an underground gambling stone field.
Guo Xiang knew that southern Yunnan was still very chaotic at this time, and it was an underground gambling quarry, so it was no wonder that Yi Zichen wanted to hire two bodyguards.
"How do you have a way?" Guo Xiang couldn't help but be curious.
"Actually, my ancestors were in the jade business, but it gradually declined due to various reasons during the turbulent years. Now that the reform and opening up country encourages the private economy, the elders in the family want to return to their old jobs, and I am also here to explore the way. Yi Zichen said.
Guo Xiang nodded, at this time, he had this sense of business, and it seemed that he was worthy of a business family.
In my previous life, my mother only started to go to the sea to do business in the early 90s, and later she also made a world, so opportunities are very important.
It wasn't until about eight o'clock in the evening that the car arrived at Lishi.
At this time, Lishi was not a prosperous tourist city like later generations, but a very small county-level city, like most small cities in the eighties, old and dirty, not to mention that it was a border city, and it was a little more unstable.
After getting off the bus, the three of them found a small hotel near the bus station, and stayed first, it was already late, and they rested first and then went to the gambling stone market tomorrow.
After eating, Guo Xiang returned to his room to rest, planning to take a shower, and after a few days in the car, his body was almost rancid.
There was no hot water in the small hotel, so I took a cold shower, but fortunately the weather was very hot and the cold water did not feel cold.
After taking a shower, Guo Xiang changed her clothes, but she was still wearing trousers, a small hotel gave people an unclean feeling, and secondly, she had no sense of security about this place, and if there was a situation, she could run away at any time wearing clothes and pants.
When I slept until midnight, I suddenly heard a noise from the window, because the weather was hot, and the window was not closed, leaving a slit for ventilation.
Guo Xiang's ears pricked up suddenly, this place was too messy, she slept very alertly, and woke up as soon as there was a sound.
The window was pulled open with a bang, and a dark figure jumped in.
Guo Xiang sat up and just said, "Who?" ”
His mouth was suddenly covered, and a dagger was pressed against his neck.
"Don't move!" A muffled male voice came from behind him.
"I don't move, don't mess around!" Guo Xiang raised his hands, even if he had a little kung fu, but the dagger on his neck was not a joke, and if he didn't make a good stroke, he would die.
"I just want to hide here for a while, as long as you don't scream, I won't hurt you!" The man in the back said.
"Okay, I won't scream, you take the knife away first!" Guo Xiang tilted his head back, trying to stay as far away from the dagger as possible.
The man hesitated for a moment, as if he didn't quite believe Guo Xiang and refused to let go.
Suddenly, Guo Xiang smelled a strong smell of blood coming from him, so he said, "Are you injured?" I'm a doctor, and I have medicine in my bag to help you bandage your wounds. ”
"Really, I don't lie to you!" Guo Xiangcheng said, "I can open the bag and show you." ”
The man hesitated for a moment, glanced at Guo Xiang, and still removed the dagger, "Hurry up!" ”
Guo Xiang nodded, took out a flashlight from her bag, she didn't turn on the light, since this person said that he wanted to hide, someone must be chasing him, and turning on the light was easy to expose.
Her skills may be okay, but if the other party is a vicious criminal, she is not sure that she can be subdued, so it is better to be a personal favor, maybe for the sake of dressing his wounds, he will let himself go.
The flashlight shone on the man's face, a man who looked fairly good, but his complexion was slightly dark, and his cheekbones were a little high, he should be a local, or a neighboring province.
The man was a little annoyed by the photo, and blocked it with his hand, "What are you looking at?" ”
Guo Xiang moved the flashlight to him and found that his arm was injured, like a knife wound, the wound was a bit big, and it was still oozing blood.
Hurriedly took out alcohol and gauze, as well as some wound medicine.
The man's eyes flickered in the dark, maybe he didn't expect what Guo Xiang said to be true, she was really a doctor?
Guo Xiang didn't pay attention to the man's expression, took out a cotton wool dipped in alcohol and pressed it on the man's wound, the man's hand trembled, but he couldn't hold back and didn't say anything.
Guo Xiang was a little impressed, the alcohol rubbed the wound was already very killing, such a big wound must be very painful, but the man endured it, it seems that he is not an ordinary person.
After cleaning the wound, pouring the wound medicine, applying gauze and preparing to bandage it, there was a sudden noisy sound below.
"Quick, this is it, give me a room search!"
"Don't let him run!"
Guo Xiang's hand tightened, and the man snorted.
Quickly tied the bandage, Guo Xiang walked to the window to take a look, and several people below ran here.
"What should I do?" Guo Xiang asked nervously, the people below should be here to chase this person, and if he runs out now, he will definitely be discovered, where to hide?
What if you take this person in in your own possession and are found out by those people and it is not good for you?
The man was also a little nervous and walked around the room, but the room was so big, the furnishings were simple, a bed, a wardrobe, a table, it was easy to find out if he hid in the wardrobe, and it was not safe under the bed.
Cold sweat broke out on the man's forehead, couldn't he hide it?
Guo Xiang sat on the edge of the bed, touched the straw mat on the bed, and with a thought, he uncovered the straw mat and saw that the bed was a wooden bed, which was made of a piece of bed boards about 20 centimeters, and suddenly had an idea.
"You come here......"
After everything was done, Guo Xiang wrapped the bloody cotton in a bag and hid it in the bag, took out a cool oil and sprinkled it on a wet towel and quickly waved it in the house.
There is a smell of blood in the house, and the cool oil is extremely volatile, and the smell is relatively strong, which can cover up the smell of blood.
The group of people outside had already searched the first floor and went upstairs, starting from the first room and slamming the door.
Guo Xiang put on his shirt too, lay on the bed, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
There was a person who was woken up next door scolding, and suddenly there was no sound again, he should have been frightened.
Finally someone rushed over, and kicked the door open without knocking, Guo Xiang pretended to be frightened and screamed "ah", sat up nervously, and hugged himself with both hands and trembled.