Chapter 55: The Story of Hou Wan
Jokes aside, we are no less worried about fat people. But now everything is still in the fog, and we can only hope that the Skynet system within the public security can catch the whereabouts of the Iveco.
After Liu Rumei and I returned to the store, the two of us sat around the tea table and waited for news. Liu Rumei continued to use the tablet computer to remotely direct the security personnel of the Liu family to run around, filtering and filtering the information sent back from time to time, in short, it should be considered orderly. There are still customers coming and going in the store, and I don't have the heart to deal with it, so I leave it all to Wen Bo and Xiaojie to deal with. I'm sulking alone with a teacup, and now the fat man has an accident, but I feel like I can't help at all, and it's no wonder that the fat man calls me "waste" all day long, at the moment I feel like I'm really a waste, useless waste.
Just when I was sad, Liu Rumei, who was sitting next to me, suddenly spoke, and she said, "Qin Fen, there is news." ”
I was amazed and hurriedly asked, "Found that Iveco?" ”
"Iveco?" Liu Rumei heard me ask, and said a little embarrassedly: "It's not Wang Bo's news." ”
"Oh......" I came back to my senses and asked, "What's the news?" ”
Liu Rumei raised the tablet in his hand and said, "I just heard some news about Qiao Er. ”
I was surprised, this girl's information channel is too wide, and it has only taken a little time for Qiao Er to inquire about it. So, I asked, "So, have you figured out Qiao Er's origin?" ”
Liu Rumei shook his head and said, "Not yet, just some things about him." ”
It dawned on me that I was thinking too much, and this girl hadn't reached that point. Since it was news related to Qiao Er, it was naturally good to hear it, so I asked, "What have you heard?" ”
Liu Rumei didn't answer me, but asked, "Qin Fen, have you heard of 'Hou Wan'?" ”
"Hou Wan?" I was stunned for a moment, I had not only heard the story of this man, but also knew it very well. Of course, this is mainly due to the fact that I have a grandfather who is the director of cultural relics, and I also listen to his old man's story.
This Hou Wan is a tomb robber, to be precise, the leader of the largest tomb robbery gang in the southern Jinnan region. Their gang has basically realized the one-stop operation of "production, supply, and marketing," and has formed a community system with the nature of an underworld. They robbed tombs, stole murals, and even attacked the Buddha statues in temples, committing crimes everywhere without any scruples, and dealt a devastating blow to the remains of historical sites in the southern Jinnan region. Their gang was destroyed about 10 years ago, when my grandfather was retired and still applauded when he heard the news.
I secretly wondered, this Hou Wan is a character ten years ago, Liu Rumei suddenly mentioned this person now, could he be related to Qiao Er? So I asked, "Xiaoliu, why did you remember that Hou Wan was here, could it be that he has a connection with Qiao Er?" ”
"Hmm." Liu Rumei nodded and said, "Just now, Uncle Shi was inconvenient to ask, so I asked a few retired uncles and uncles to inquire, and it turned out to be really rewarding, they all heard of this person named Qiao Er." ”
"Oh?" I was surprised and asked, "Is this Qiao Er famous?" ”
"Not really." Liu Rumei shook her head, and then said, "Here's the thing......"
Hou Wanzhi was arrested, and he had to start with a horse boy named Guo Million under his command. It is said that this Guo Million has always been Hou Wan's confidant, and he is the soul of the "production line", of course, the so-called "production line" refers to their theft of cultural relics. At the beginning, the chain of "production, supply and marketing" was not good enough, so all links were not aware of the problem of uneven distribution of benefits. Later, after Hou Wan's "efforts", he basically achieved a "one-stop production, supply and marketing", but in this way, the problem of the distribution of interests in each link gradually became prominent, and the conflict of interests became more and more intense. The discordant factor that contributed to these things was Guo Million, who felt that he had contributed the most and got the least oil and water, so he began to suppress people who were robbing him of benefits everywhere. Under his planning, "black eats black", "weapon fighting", "assassination" and so on began to appear within the group, so that their hidden force in the dark was gradually exposed, and finally they were wiped out.
After Hou Wan was arrested, he refused to confess, and he showed a confident look, which made people in the public security system suspicious, suspecting that this Hou Wan was not the real boss, and there might be a deeper hidden behind-the-scenes promoter behind him.
Although Hou Wan didn't speak, Guo Wan, who was also caught, didn't have that kind of toughness. This kid is a very death-scared master, after being caught, his mouth was hard for less than a day, and as soon as he heard that he would lose his head, he immediately coaxed, and took the initiative to break the news and ask for leniency. According to his confession, there is indeed a behind-the-scenes boss behind Hou Wan, who is the spokesperson of someone in the imperial capital, who can call the wind and rain to the point of being ridiculously strong, and this person is Qiao Er. However, because Qiao Er is more secretive, even Guo Million, who is Hou Wan's henchman, only hears his name and does not see him.
According to insiders' recollections, Guo Million's confession at that time was regarded as a lie that he wanted to escape responsibility, because there was no evidence to prove that there was a person like Qiao Er in the world, and it was widely believed that a dignitary in the imperial capital had colluded with tomb robbers in a small place, which was absurd in itself. It wasn't until the moment before their gang was collectively shot that Hou Wan looked up to the sky and shouted "Second Master save me", and more people still thought that the Second Master in Hou Wan's mouth referred to the sage Guan Yuguan Second Master of Hedong City, as long as a small number of police officers knew that he was shouting "Qiao Er", they also realized that Qiao Er, who Guo Wan confessed, really existed. realized that he was conscious, but he had no clue, and in the end, the matter of tracking down Qiao Er was shelved.
So there are not many police officers who know about this matter, and Captain Shi Qiang is one of the few people who know, and he has not yet sat in the position of captain at that time.
After listening to Liu Rumei's speech, I became contemplative, judging from this matter, maybe Qiao Er's group has been looking for something, and Hou Wan's gang may just be the chess pieces they use, and the chess pieces will become abandoned if the chess game is abolished.
"Grave robbers...... Qiao Er ......" I repeated it, and after thinking for a moment, I said: "According to this, Qiao Er's forces have made a move more than ten years ago. ”
Liu Rumei nodded and said, "Yes, I just still don't know what they're looking for." ”
I thought about it for a while and said, "What haven't you seen as a dignitary in the imperial capital?" Cultural relic? Wealth? This is definitely not what they are after, and they probably won't be in the company of some grave robbers for this kind of thing. ”
Liu Rumei continued to nod.
I continued, "There are many things that cannot be obtained by the power of Tongtian, but judging by the way they are bound to obtain the ruins of the Feathered Humans this time, their purpose may be as we expected. ”
Liu Rumei frowned and said, "But to say that they want to find such a thing as resurrection, no matter how you hear it, it doesn't feel reliable." ”
I thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's just that we misunderstood it by preconception, maybe the secrets of the Feather People are more than that. ”
"It's possible." Liu Rumei thought for a while and said, "However, isn't it a bit unreliable to say that they want to find the ruins of the Feather People by relying on a group of tomb robbers?" ”
"It's really unreliable." I continued, "Maybe they just want to rely on the tomb robbers to gather clues about the Feather Clan, but if that's the case, I think Hou Wan's main theft target should be bronzes with inscriptions, or other things with words." ”
"It's simple, and you should have the answer if you ask." Liu Rumei nodded, and after finishing speaking, she went to fiddle with her tablet again, and after a while, she gave me a thumbs up and said, "I really let you guess, Hou Wan is mainly aimed at the bronzes before Xia Shang, and relatively speaking, he has touched relatively few things from other eras." ”
I nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "I still have a question." ”
Liu Rumei was puzzled and asked, "What?" ”
I continued: "If this Qiao Er had been able to call the wind and rain everywhere more than ten years ago, then how old would he be now." ”
Liu Rumei was stunned, and then asked: "His ability to call the wind and rain has nothing to do with age, right?" ”
I heard her say this and immediately realized my mistake, the reason why he was able to call the wind and rain was mainly because he had someone behind him, not his age. Thinking of this, my face was a little hot, and I hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Isn't there any news about that Iveco yet?" ”
"Uh...... I'll follow up......" Liu Rumei didn't dwell on the topic I diverted from, she lowered her head and continued to fiddle with the tablet.
"The Iveco was found, and it was abandoned on a country road on the outskirts of Beicheng District." Liu Rumei looked at the tablet in her hand, and then said: "The criminal investigators are already at the scene, and it is estimated that the news will come back soon." ”
I was a little worried that the fat man was killed and thrown away, you must know that the man in black and hooded has already killed someone in the hospital, the killer's blood is cold, and it should be common to kill more fat people, so I asked: "The fat man is not in the car, right?" ”
"Not there." Liu Rumei shook her head and said, "Empty car, I didn't find Wang Bo." ”
I put my heart back in my stomach and said casually, "It's good that I didn't find it......"
Liu Rumei was puzzled and asked, "What?" ”
I immediately realized that there was ambiguity in my words, and hurriedly explained: "I think the fat man is not in the car, then he should be fine, the other party must still want to ask something in the fat man's mouth, if they just regard the fat man as a trouble to track themselves, then the fat man is probably cold, after all, the other party is a killer, and there should be no pressure to kill one more person......
Liu Ru frowned suddenly and said, "It makes sense." ”
I sighed and said, "Alas! I can't be sure that the fat man is okay now, I hope he can turn evil into good luck this time. ”
Liu Rumei nodded.
Just as I was talking to Liu Rumei, a customer came to the store. He ignored Wen Bo and Xiaojie, who came forward to greet him, and stood at the door, staring at me and Liu Rumei with his eyes intended.
I noticed something unusual, looked back, and immediately felt my scalp tingle when I saw the person coming......