The floating clouds on the top of the mountain flow into the courtyard like a clear spring, and the air exudes a refreshing and graceful feeling. There are still dewdrops hanging on the petals, like beautiful jade after being sprinkled by autumn rain, and it is extremely transparent. The rest of the flowers, which had not yet tasted the sweet rain, bent down to the clear water in Duan Sanniang's hand like pious disciples eager for favor, and lowered their heads. The clear water came out of the scoop to infiltrate the land, she suddenly felt that it was her own illusion, her eyes were confused for a moment, and she still failed to continue the stubbornness in her bones. Duan Sanniangzhuan (shēn) saw Jinqiu standing in the doorway, her tears digging countless tiny holes in her heart like moths, ready to occupy her eyes like victors. Duan Sanniang raised her eyes lightly, took a deep breath and exhaled a long breath, and the battle of tears was lost.

The beast in Duan Sanniang's heart was roaring wildly at this time, and the table (qíng) was as cold as white paper. Looking at the son in front of her, she was stubborn without words, just like when Jinqiu left her with a rebellion that didn't look back. Duan Sanniang walked to the stone table in the courtyard and sat down, the tea leaves stretched at the bottom of the cup, as if connected with the world, and seemed to be beyond the mortal world. Duan Sanniang motioned for Jinqiu to come and sit down, Jinqiu hesitated for a moment and walked to the stone table and sat down respectfully like he did when he was a child. Duan Sanniang handed the teacup to him and said.

"I didn't move your room."

"Mom..."

As soon as the word mom came out, Duan Sanniang's sharp eyes pointed at Jinqiu's eyes like knives, and her intuition told Jinqiu that as long as he dared to say no words, he would definitely get out immediately. Jinqiu shrank his neck slightly like when he was a child, and said.

"Mom, I came back this time to bring you some nutritious products, you remember to eat."

Jinqiu's original intention was really to ask about the cobbler's news, and then accompany his mother to have a meal and leave. But it certainly doesn't seem that simple at the moment.

"Just leave it there."

Jinqiu put away the nutrients and took a sip of tea. Duan Sanniang was unhurriedly sipping tea on the side, Jinqiu's hands kept rubbing on his pants, he didn't know what to say to his mother, who he hadn't seen for many years. Shh It's not a little too pretentious, but it's a matter of course for my mother to care about it. Duan Sanniang unhurriedly splashed the rust on the green brick floor, and Jinqiu secretly squinted at his mother's watch (qíng), and his calm and comfortable appearance seemed to be waiting for Jinqiu to speak. Jinqiu coughed and said.

"Mom, how are you (shēn)?"

Duan Sanniang sneered and said.

"After so many years of not coming back, is this the only question you have?"

As soon as the words fell, Qing'er came back with a bucket, her little face was flushed, and fine sweat was quietly spilling out of her forehead. Qing'er poured water into the tank and came to Duan Sanniang (shēn) and said.

"Sanniang, the water is full."

Duan Sanniang took out a handkerchief to wipe away Qing'er's sweat and asked softly.

"Is Qing'er tired?"

Qing'er shook her head, her two small braids shook again, and said.

"Qing'er is not tired."

Then she pointed to Jinqiu and said.

"I saw my brother just when I came down the mountain."

Duan Sanniang pressed Qing'er's hand and said.

"Didn't I tell you that you can't just point your finger at someone."

Qing'er blushed and lowered her head and said.

"Qing'er knows it's wrong."

Seeing such a scene, Jinqiu's heart suddenly felt sour, which reminded him of his childhood. His father has been a mysterious man since he was a child, and not only that, but Jinqiu has never even met his father. In his impression, he could only find a back, and his mother was like a stone statue in the back mountain in his impression, majestic and unsmiling. But it is like a gentle spring water, perhaps inherited and nurtured by the mother's (xìng) personality. Jinqiu is just like his name, strong, stubborn and with a little sadness. Jinqiu was so engrossed that he didn't notice that Qing'er had been staring at him, and suddenly Qing'er took Jinqiu's hand and asked.

"Brother, are you going to live here?"

Jinqiu lowered his head and said softly.

"That's right. Are you welcome? ”

Qing'er grinned, revealing a few jagged (rǔ) teeth, and said.

"Of course you are welcome."

Then Qing'er glanced at Duan Sanniang, and then whispered to Jinqiu.

"It's boring to stay with Sanniang every day, someone will play with me when you come."

As soon as the words fell, Duan Sanniang coughed vigorously, Qing'er trembled in fright, and quickly stuck out her tongue. Sanniang said.

"Qing'er, go and help your brother clean up the room."

"Got it."

Qing'er jumped up and went to clean up the room for Jinqiu, and Jinqiu looked at her happy back and said.

"Mom, where did this little girl come from? (tǐng) can do. ”

"She was given to me by heaven."

"Is she my own sister?"

Duan Sanniang glanced at Jinqiu and said.

"I picked her up at the bottom of the mountain. I thought I wouldn't be able to live, but I didn't expect to grow up healthy like this, and I hope her individual (xìng) won't be too strong. ”

Jinqiu looked at Duan Sanniang, and stopped talking. At this time, Qing'er ran over and said.

"Brother, the room is cleaned up."

Jinqiu touched Qing'er's head and said.

"Thank you, Qing'er."

At the top of the mountain, the first thing you see is (rì) out, and the last thing you see is (rì) fall, and the clouds and birds in the middle are all gifts of the month. Here Jinqiu does not feel the noise and boredom of the past (rì), and is accompanied by only the quiet and quiet of the high places.

"Brother, it's time to eat."

Jinqiu jumped down from the tree, landed lightly, and handed a few fruits to Qing'er with a few fruits in his hand. Then he picked up Qing'er and walked to the house. On the table is tofu soup with vegetables and scrambled eggs with tomatoes (ài) that Jin Qiu eats, in addition to a small piece of pickles. Jinqiu put down Qing'er, Duan Sanniang said.

"Let's eat."

When the soup of eggs and tomatoes enters the mouth, Jinqiu regains the taste of his childhood.

"Mom, there's something I want to ask you."

"Shut up."

Jinqiu was stunned for a moment, so he continued to bow his head to eat. After the meal, Duan Sanniang handed Jinqiu a cup of tea and said.

"What did you want to ask me?"

Jinqiu hesitated for a moment and said.

"I wonder where the current cobbler is?"

Duan Sanniang (shēn) asked with a slight tremble.

"What do you ask him for?"

Jinqiu told everything the cobbler did in Zhonghai City, Duan Sanniang's face became more and more ugly, and Jinqiu asked.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing. So you're going to bring him to justice? ”

"That's right. Since he kills someone, then he should be punished by law. ”

Duan Sanniang took the case, startling Qing'er who was waiting on the side, and Jinqiu hurriedly said.

"Qing'er, let's go back to the house and play for a while."

Qing'er looked at Duan Sanniang, who was pale, nodded cautiously and went back to the house. Sanniang said.

"You can't catch him."

"Why?"

"Because he's your dad."

Jinqiu froze in place as if he had been struck by lightning, and he never imagined that his father would be a murderer.

"Why didn't you sue me earlier."

"Sue you, you go and learn from him how to peel people's skins, and then you go his way?"

Sanniang sighed and said.

"There have always been two cobblers, but in your father's generation, he is the only one. He had intended to take you into the cobbler's journey, but I repeatedly stopped you from going down this path. Then your dad started hating me and never came back. Then you left home, and I could only face the flowers and plants that couldn't speak in front of the courtyard. Didn't you ask me before why I didn't stop the thunderstorm? I'm afraid that if I object, the entire Sanyun Gang will be finished. I've lost two of the most important people in my life, and I can't afford to lose anything, even if it's riddled with holes. ”

Tears inadvertently slipped down, and Sanniang raised her hand to wipe them away. Jinqiu suddenly knelt down and said.

"Mom, I was wrong."

Duan Sanniang immediately said sharply.

"Get up, the man has gold under his knees, and he will die on his knees."

Jinqiu cried and shook his head, Duan Sanniang walked over to help him, and said.

"Son, get up. You're right, I'm glad you're on the right path, but you can't catch a cobbler, he's your dad anyway. ”

"No, I have to arrest him."

"Do you listen to me?"

"Mom, I can't listen to you in this matter, if you let him go on like this, there will be more and more innocent victims."

Duan Sanniang sighed and said.

"Well, make up your own mind."

With that, Duan Sanniang walked towards the house, talking as she walked.

"It's all sin."

When Jinqiu returned to the house, he saw Qing'er still lying by the window looking out, he gestured to Qing'er to sleep, Qing'er nodded and went back to sleep. Jinqiu couldn't fall asleep lying on the chuáng, and the tone in which he had just spoken to his mother was too stiff, but Jinqiu would certainly not give in on matters of principle, even if the prisoner was his father. Speaking of his father, there is no concept of father in Jinqiu's heart, and the only time he saw his back as a child has long been unconsciously discharged from his body.

Times (rì) In the early morning, Jinqiu was chopping firewood in the courtyard, and Qing'er was playing in the courtyard with the teddy bear that Jinqiu gave her. Jinqiu wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Qing'er's back and smiled, and asked.

"How old is Qing'er this year?"

"7 years old."

"Then do you want to go to Zhonghai City with me?"

"Is there anything interesting there?"

"Of course."

Qing'er lowered her head and rubbed the teddy bear, hesitated for a moment and said.

"What about Sanniang? Sanniang can't live without Qing'er. ”

"Then you go and discuss with Sanniang and let her go with us, okay."

Qing'er nodded, and jumped to find Sanniang. After a while, Sanniang walked to the courtyard angrily and asked Jinqiu.

"You want to take Qing'er away?"

Jinqiu put down the axe in his hand and said.

"Mom, don't be angry. I don't mean anything else, I don't want to see Qing'er grow up and it's time to go to school. So I plan to take her to school in Zhonghai City. ”

"That's not going to work."

"Why is this old lady so stubborn? When the child is older, she has to go to school, she can't stay with you (shēn) for the rest of her life, she also has her life. ”

"Don't tell me that, I heard enough when you left. In short, Qing'er doesn't need your (cāo) heart to go to school, I asked Lei Zhen to arrange it for me. ”

"What are you looking for him?"

"He's more reliable than you, and he knows to come and see me every once in a while."

"You don't know who he is, do you?"

"I don't care who he is, just worry about me."

"Hey, this old lady."

Qing'er tugged at Jinqiu's sleeve on the side, asking him not to quarrel with Sanniang anymore. Jinqiu said.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything, you can do whatever you want."

After that, Duan Sanniang called Lei Zhen and asked him to come over. After a while, Lei Zhen came, bowed respectfully to Sanniang, and asked.

"I don't know what Sanniang has to tell me to come to?"

Duan Sanniang hadn't spoken yet, but heard someone shouting loudly,

"I tell you to change your ways and turn yourself in."

Lei Zhen suddenly looked up and saw Jinqiu sitting at the door of the wing, Lei Zhen asked Sanniang.

"Who is this?"

"My son."

"Oh, it turns out that you are the current director of the Security Bureau, disrespectful and disrespectful."

Jinqiu slowly walked into the courtyard and looked at Lei Zhen and said.

"Don't dare, don't dare, you and I don't have the same path, and we can't talk about anything respectful or disrespectful. However, if you decide to plead guilty and surrender yourself, then I respect you as a man. ”

A cold light flashed in Lei Zhen's eyes, and then he said to Duan Sanniang.

"Sanniang has something to do, just tell me."

Duan Sanniang gave Jinqiu a look and asked him not to make trouble here, Jinqiu stepped aside, and Sanniang said.

"It's not a big deal, just help me arrange for Qing'er to go to school. There is only one condition, you have to come back to me every day. ”

"No problem, it will be done tomorrow."

Jinqiu clapped on the side and said.

"It's amazing, Boss Lei really has the means. I don't know if you can do murder quickly and well? ”

Lei Zhen smiled at Jinqiu, then bowed to Duan Sanniang and said.

"Sanniang, just wait for my news. I'll take my leave. ”

Before leaving, Lei Zhen glanced at Jinqiu, who avoided Lei Zhen's gaze with disdain, and Sanniang said.

"How can you have that attitude towards Lei Zhen?"

"I'm kind of that."

Duan Sanniang shook her head and walked towards the house, Jinqiu followed behind and said.

"Mom, you haven't told me where the cobbler is."

"I can't tell you, and you don't have to ask me again, just find it yourself."

Jinqiu came out of his mother's room with some disappointment, he was lying on a large rock at the top of the mountain, and the sun was just blocked by the clouds. He fell asleep while lying down, and when he opened his eyes again it was evening. Jinqiu returned to the courtyard and found that Lei Zhen was here again, and this time he came with two people. Several people sat in the living room, and Qing'er stood in the middle. Jinqiu listened outside, and it turned out that he was here for Qing'er's schooling, and he didn't see that this Lei Zhen's work efficiency was still high. After a while, several people followed out of the room, and Jinqiu met Lei Zhen again. Lei Zhen said.

"I didn't expect to meet again so soon."

"Well, I didn't expect you to be so (yīn)."

Lei Zhen laughed and said.

"Farewell."

Duan Sanniang called Jinqiu into the house and said.

"Lei Zhen has already arranged everything for Qing'er, and he will arrange someone to pick up Qing'er to and from school every day."

"Oh, I think I'll go back tomorrow."

"Let's go. Before leaving, go and offer incense to your ancestors. ”

Jinqiu walked into the ancestral hall, the ranks of the ancestors of the Sanyun Gang were neatly placed, looking at the rows of tablets, Jinqiu muttered to himself.

"Are you willing to watch the Sanyun Gang that you built up become what it is today? Presumably, the ancestor knew the appearance of the Sanyun Gang now, and he wouldn't be at ease under Jiuquan, right? I will use my hands to completely change the Three Clouds Gang, and if I can't change it, I will completely crush it. ”

After that, Jinqiu inserted incense into the incense burner. When he was about to go out, the door of the ancestral hall suddenly closed automatically, and he suddenly felt a chill (yīn) behind him, and after a while, that feeling disappeared. When he opened the door of the ancestral hall again, the moon hung high in the sky, pure and immaculate.

The next day, Jinqiu said goodbye to his mother and Qing'er and returned to Zhonghai City, where he went to the (chūn) taste bar first. In the past few days, Fang Fan and they have been recuperating (shēn) their bodies, and Zhang Ze has been almost suffocated. As soon as he saw Jinqiu coming back, he became excited. Asked.

"How? Is there any news of the cobbler? ”

Jinqiu shook his head and said.

"No, Mother won't say anything anyway."

"So what do we do now?"

Jinqiu said with a sigh.

"I can only wait for him to commit the crime again."

Zhang Ze sat back in his seat with some disappointment, and then Han Shuo said.

"Found it, found it."

"What did you find?"

"Find the location where the cobbler was last seen."

"Where?"

"Gambling ships at sea."

Jinqiu smacked his lips and said.

"If I had known you would find me, I wouldn't have bothered to go back."

"It's not like Fang Fan has always asked me to monitor the monitoring of all casinos, otherwise it would not have been possible to find it so quickly."

"And when are we leaving?"

"Fang Fan is on his way back, and it will probably be there in a while."

After nightfall, Fang Fan came back, Han Shuo told him about the clues he had found, and Fang Fan said excitedly.

"Very well, let's go now."

Jinqiu walked over and said.

"Can you take me with you?"

Fang Fan looked at Jinqiu and said.

"Why?"

"I want to do my part, but I can't always rely on you."

Fang Fan pondered for a moment and said.

"Come on, then. But only if you listen to the command. ”

"No problem, I'll be at your command."

After a little preparation, Fang Fan, Zhang Ze and Jinqiu set off, and Mishima was still in charge of support. The three of them came to the dock and looked at the boats, large and small, Zhang Ze said.

"Wait a minute, I'll rent a boat."

After Zhang Ze negotiated with the boatman in the past, he came back and said.

"It's all said and done, let's go."

Zhang Ze's green snake power had been restored, so he was both excited and a little nervous now. Fang Fansui (shēn) took the Qi Lingsan given to him by the father of the shroud shop, he didn't bring a whip, and the gambling boat explicitly ordered (jìn) not to carry weapons, and as for Jinqiu, he didn't have any weapons at all. Not long after the three of them got on the boat and set off, they saw the brightly lit Monrona gambling boat on the sea, and after some negotiation, the gambling boat stopped, and the three of them went in after some search (shēn).

"Old Fang, this ship is really not small."

The three of them formed a circle, Fang Fan said.

"Don't patronize the play and bubble girls, find the cobbler first."

The gambling boat has one floor, so you can have an unobstructed view of the stage by standing on the entrance steps. Fang Fan asked through the headset.

"Han Shuo, did you see the cobbler in the surveillance?"

"No... Nope..."

At this moment, the signal on the ship became weaker and weaker, and Han Shuo's voice in the headset had completely turned into a murmur. Fang Fan ran to the deck, he thought that the signal outside might be better, and when he stood on the deck, he found that the ship had not moved since the three of them got on the boat, so it was not the reason for the signal. Could it be that there is some magnetic field here that is interfering with signal reception?

Fang Fan came to the captain's room with questions. He knocked on the door, and it opened, but he couldn't see who had opened it, and it was pitch black inside. Fang Fan looked at the dark captain's room and was stunned for a moment, but then calmed down. From the outside, not only was the captain's room lit up, but the captain was still standing there holding the rudder. But when he walked into the captain's room, it was pitch black, and the captain was nowhere to be found. This is too strange, could it be another hallucination? Fang Fan pinched his thigh hard, the pain rushed down his thigh to the trigeminal nerve, Fang Fan thought that he was too himself.

When he returned to the casino, the same thing happened to the captain's room (qíng), the casino was pitch black, and through the moonlight, he could see that the inside of the casino was already in a mess and in tatters. Fang Fan's brows furrowed more and more, and when he ran to the deck again to look inside the casino, the casino was still full of people and bright lights, but as soon as Fang Fan's feet stepped into the casino, everything he saw changed.