Chapter 187: Hometown
"Because he's having fun, like a director, taking the picture he wants."
"Isn't he a murderer?" Fan Jingxuan muttered.
"You can say that, but he's far scarier than a murderer."
It seemed that he was tired of hearing Xu Ran's words, and Fan Jingxuan stared at him with blinking eyes.
"Do you know this person?"
"Acquaintance, the number one man of our time, the Grim Reaper, he has come to Beijing."
Fan Jingxuan was very unfamiliar with this name, but she knew the identity of the other party just by hearing the name - the killer.
There was actually a killer who sneaked into the country.
"He's coming for me, you have to be careful, don't stay here after you are discharged from the hospital tomorrow, and leave Beijing immediately."
Xu Ran's face looked very calm, but the light in his eyes was extremely sharp, he was longing, and finally met his opponent again, presumably this person must have been invited by Li Guangtao with money.
The atmosphere suddenly seemed very solemn, Li Ju pushed open the door from the outside, and when he saw the expressions of the two at first glance, he couldn't help frowning, and he asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Xu Ran shook his head and said that it was okay, and then said the idea of the traffic accident, Li Ju did not show much surprise, but nodded calmly. As for the killer coming to him, he didn't mention a word, and he didn't let Fan Jingxuan say it.
After sitting for a while, Xu Ran and Fan Jingxuan said goodbye and left.
returned to Fan Jingxuan's sick leave, and it didn't take long for Xu Ran to leave.
At night, Xu Ran had nowhere to go alone, so he casually stopped a passing taxi and got on it, and the destination was the hotel where he was staying.
This night he felt that he slept very unsteadily, and he always felt that something bad was happening.
At dawn, Xu Ran unexpectedly received a phone call, it was Lan Ying from Minghai City, and the first thing she said was that it was not good, and then she told Xu Ran that Ertong was gone.
What Xu Ran was worried about finally happened, and he hurriedly asked Lan Ying how the person disappeared. Lan Ying told him that the people were gone this morning, and there was no one in the entire celebrity villa.
Xu Ran could hear that Lan Ying on the other end of the phone seemed very anxious, but he had no choice but to comfort her and tell her to go to the police first.
Ertong is a very smart child, and they are the only ones who can catch him, maybe this matter has something to do with Li Guangtao. They used to play together.
Hung up the phone, Xu Ran got dressed and left the hotel, Fan Jingxuan was discharged from the hospital early this morning, returned to her home, according to the message she sent, is rushing to the airport to take the earliest flight to Minghai City.
Cars on the road went back and forth, and suddenly a car stopped in front of him.
The car window opened to reveal a handsome face: "Get in the car" He glanced at Xu Ran, and said nonchalantly: "I have news for you." ”
This person is his junior brother Meng Qiuhe.
Xu Ran opened the door and sat in the back seat.
"What's the news?"
Meng Qiuhe didn't answer Xu Ran's question, but took him to a very quiet place.
This is a remote mountain village, the surrounding farmland is planted with vegetables, there are a few fruit trees on both sides of the road, the age has reached 20 years, very large, almost the entire road is covered with very shade, sometimes there are children passing by, looking up, to see if there is a ripe fruit falling.
"How long has it been since you went back?" Meng Qiuhe stopped the car and glanced out the window, but the words were said to Xu Ran.
"It's been more than ten years." Xu Ran said calmly, and at the same time looked out the window.
"You should go back and see if the house is collapsing." Meng Qiuhe knocked on the car door and came to a dilapidated house.
"It's about to collapse!" Xu Ran looked up at the house in front of him, and his childhood memories emerged one by one.
It was a family without a woman, only three grandchildren, who had lived here since they were children and lived ordinary, but their lives were very harmonious and full of warmth.
"Do you have news of him?" Xu Ran asked.
Meng Qiuhe didn't answer, but pushed open the rotten wooden door and stepped inside, Xu Ran frowned when he saw this, and walked in as well.
A thick layer of dust had fallen from the interior because it had been uninhabited for many years, the ground was covered with moss, and a few weeds had emerged from the corners around it.
"A year ago, he met a guy and he hasn't heard from him since." Meng Qiuhe spread out his palm to reveal a note: "Just listen to what he left." ”
Xu Ran took the note and looked at it, the handwriting on it was indeed written by the old man, and the content was simple, "I have found her, you don't have to worry about it." ”
The font is neat, and it is drawn with an ink pen, which is quite in the style of artistic words.
"But I went to look for him, and I didn't find any trace of them." After Xu Ran finished reading the words, Meng Qiuhe continued: "Maybe the person was found by him, but there was also an accident." ”
Xu Ran knew what he meant, something happened to the old man, maybe he was threatened by someone.
"Good thing there's no other news?"
"Yes! His disappearance has something to do with a person! ”
"Who is it?"
"A man who came to trouble you, Death!"
"It's him!"
The old man's martial arts are so powerful, why was he defeated.
"Don't forget his identity, a killer can do anything to achieve his goal."
Meng Qiuhe's words reminded Xu Ran, yes! He is a killer and the old man is a warrior, and there is no fair duel between the two.
"You have to be careful lately, the old man will leave it to me." Meng Qiuhe walked out of the door with his hands behind his back.
Xu Ran raised his head and glanced at the hole in the roof, where a ray of light was falling right at his feet.
It has not been returned for many years, and the roof above has become mottled and unbearable, and it is estimated that it will not be far from collapse.
He then exited the house and closed the door again.
"In the future, I will renovate this place to make it look like a home." Meng Qiuhe's eyes were full of anticipation, as if he had made up his mind.
"Are you going to marry that female celebrity?"
Meng Qiuhe didn't answer, but glanced at Xu Ran deeply: "If she wants to, I won't mind." ”
After saying that, the two returned to the car.
On the way back, Xu Ran received a phone call, it was Xia Han calling, she invited Xu Ran to come to her house tonight as a guest, Xu Ran wanted to refuse, but Xia Han's words were very tactful, and after some matchmaking, Xu Ran finally decided to go.
Meng Qiuhe glanced at Xu Ran through the rearview mirror.
"Have a beautiful woman meet?"
Xu Ran said with a little helplessness: "It's that female star surnamed Xia." ”
Meng Qiuhe was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth twitched: "Come to the door to recognize relatives, their ideas are really old-fashioned." ”
Obviously, he already knew the general meaning from Xu Ran's words just now.
It's really old-fashioned enough, but Xu Ran never escapes.
"The most unpalatable thing in the world is not only the Hongmen feast, but also this feast."
The car quickly got on the right road, and after more than an hour's journey, it was finally back under the jurisdiction of Beijing.
Meng Qiuhe sent Xu Ran back to the hotel, and then drove away.
Xu Ranxian was bored and managed to get in touch with Xu Mei, and she and Huang Jing were still taking care of her sister Huang Ying in the mountains, which was her sister's original name.
After chatting about the current situation, Xu Ran began to get to the point, the question he asked was quite important to him, that is, the identity of the march, Xu Mei listened carefully, she wrote down Xu Ran's words and hung up the phone.
Huang Jing's sister Huang Ying was originally the leader of the God Organization, and she must know the identity of the march, but whether she wants to say it or not is another matter.
Xu Mei didn't let Xu Ran wait too long, and after about ten minutes, she called Xu Ran.
Xu Ran saw that it was Xu Mei calling, and immediately connected the phone, and before he could speak, Xu Mei took the lead in speaking.
"She has already said that she has not seen her true face, only that she is a young woman, and nothing else."
How could it be so coincidental?
Xu Ran's two eyebrows furrowed tightly, and then he heard Xu Mei say again.
"Each generation of the Divine Lord has its own march, and the two communicate with each other, as long as the Divine Lord retreats, then the march around him will also be news."
In other words, Huang Jing's sister only knows about the march of her generation. As for the military advisors around Li Guangtao, she didn't know. It could be a handsome young man, an old man, or a beautiful woman.
Xu Ran's face was slightly heavy, he nodded, and said, "I know, you pay attention to your body, I'll hang up first." ”
Hanging up the phone, Xu began to doubt the identity of the march, according to Huang Jing's sister, there should be two "marches" in this world now
Since the time was in the afternoon, Xu Ran tidied up his appearance, then left the hotel and went to the address pointed out by Xia Han.
This is an independent courtyard house, the surroundings are very quiet, not in the downtown area, but the traffic is very convenient, much better than the environment in the downtown area.
The taxi stopped in front of the gate, Xu Ran got out of the car, said thank you, and then paid, and looked up at the ancient building in front of him.
This is the Xia family, there is a huge plaque "Xia's Residence" on it, the wall here is very old, and the material of the Forbidden City is almost the same, and it has more historical value after the baptism of the years.
Xu Ran glanced at his surroundings and found that there was no one, so he could only step forward and knock on the door.
The lights were shining inside, and through the crack in the door, Xu Ran saw a figure walking towards him in the courtyard inside.
Originally, he didn't pay much attention, but when he saw his appearance clearly, Xu Ran couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, he was really guessed by his junior brother, the person who came to open the door was no one else, but Liu Mingxi, who had met him the day before yesterday.
"Hello, we're meeting again." The door slowly opened, and with a little movement, Liu Mingxi's smiling face was revealed.
Xu Ran smiled and nodded, chatting with a match.
Because he knew in advance that it was him, Xu Ran didn't show much surprise.
When I came inside, there was a row of various flowers in the courtyard, and as I got closer, a faint fragrance of flowers blew in my face.
After passing through a rockery, you will come to the main hall inside.
At this time, it was full of people, the food had been placed on the table, the table was round, and everyone was waiting in a circle for Xu Ran to start the meal.
This is something Xu Ran doesn't like, the big family has a lot of rules, and he can't adapt to this kind of life.