CHAPTER XLIII. The other side
1
Yuli was startled when she heard Sang Xiaoge say this. She looked in the rearview mirror, and sure enough, a white Mercedes was not far away. However, this alone did not determine that they were following, so Yuli decisively turned around at the intersection in front.
This section of the road is very narrow, with four lanes on the left and right, so after making a U-turn, Yuli's car passed by the white car, and through the window, I vaguely saw that there were people in the front and rear seats of the opposite car, and the one was wearing sunglasses at night.
Fortunately, the car turned right directly at the intersection, so Sang Xiaoge and the others were relieved, and since they turned around, they chose another road and went back to Xinling Bay directly.
The restaurant that can be eaten near Xinling Bay is the weak and the strong, and it is a little late today, and the hall is full. Fortunately, the restaurant is very familiar, and the manager arranged a small room inside - in fact, this is the manager's office. However, a restaurant does not have much to do, as long as you clean up the table, you can eat.
Let Xiao Dezi take Xinxin down, and the four of them ordered six hot and cold dishes, Sang Xiaoge's income has been booming recently, so he is naturally more willful in eating.
"Is there any news of Fushi in the past two days?" Sang Xiaoge asked Yuli as he thought about it while eating.
"No, I replied to a message the day before yesterday, saying that I was very busy, and my superiors asked for confidentiality, and I couldn't say anything about work. I only use my mobile phone for a while every day to report safety to my family. ”
"Well, I've been on the phone with her a few times and I haven't gotten through. If there is news, let's communicate at any time. Although Sang Xiaoge was worried about Wang Fuyi, he couldn't do anything.
After chatting for a while, Yuli was a little tired, so she went home to rest first. Sang Xiaoge also returned to the Institute of Unknown Events.
2
After washing, Sang Xiaoge sat cross-legged in the middle of the bed in his pajamas, with the letter and the set of keys in front of him.
Xin Xin and Mr. Lan were at opposite ends of the bed, staring at the letter and the key with her in a daze.
Sang Xiaoge knew that Xinxin had just had her current body because of what happened before, and at the same time she was a shy person, and she belonged to the type of person who didn't speak if she didn't have to. And Mr. Lan is a chatter when he doesn't sleep, so there must be a reason why he doesn't speak up now.
"Hey! Big Colored Cat! ”
Sang Xiaoge stretched out his foot in flower socks and kicked it: "Tell me, you must know something!" ”
"This is left to you by your father, and obviously you don't think I'm your father's reincarnation...... Kick me and bite your foot again...... The letter told you, you read it hard, and slowly some memories came in your head. Now the only thing missing is the key. There are three keys, one for the entrance and one for the basement. And what about another? I guess if you find the lock for this third key, you might know his true secret. ”
"Well, I haven't thought about it today, tomorrow, tomorrow I'll go and look everywhere to see where else is locked."
"He's hiding so many books and notes in the basement, that's probably the biggest secret he's left you. If you take a closer look, you might find some amazing secret. ”
After Mr. Lan finished speaking, he stretched his waist, gathered his body, and soon snored.
"Sister, can you take us with you tomorrow?"
Xinxin's eyes flashed with curiosity, and she looked at Sang Xiaoge pleadingly and asked. After all, without that powerful resentment, her soul was nothing more than a five-year-old child.
"Okay, you go to bed obediently, and I'll get up tomorrow and take you...... Let's take a look. ”
Sang Xiaoge herself, picked up the letter and read it for a while, after all, it was full of ghost drawings, and she really couldn't see anything, so she quickly put down the letter, replaced it with a notebook she brought back today, and read it.
3
The style of the notes is very distinctive. In Sang Xiaoge's memory, there is only one book in this style, and that is "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". In that book, an environment that does not exist in this world is described. Strange mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, strange plants and animals, strange tribes...... If it is connected by a story, it is a fantasy novel.
The same goes for this notebook in my hand.
It contains detailed records of landscapes that Sang Xiaoge had never heard of, strange weather, ghosts roaming in the skylight, strange plants and animals, and some terrifying monsters.
There is no plot whatsoever.
No matter how much you like to read, it is difficult not to feel sleepy when you read such a text that you don't understand at all. Sang Xiaoge watched it for dozens of minutes, but he was really sleepy. Looking at Mr. Lan, who was sleeping with his calf in his arms, Sang Xiaoge put down his notes and turned off the light.
Before she fell asleep, she kicked the fat cat twice, thinking to herself, this guy must know something, and he just wouldn't tell me.
Then she fell asleep in a huff.
4
I slept very deeply, and when I woke up, it was already half past eight. Only himself was left on the bed, and after Sang Xiaoge went to wash up briefly, he walked to the reception room outside, and saw Xiao Dezi and Xinxin eating breakfast, while Mr. Lan was holding a cup of coffee and drinking it.
"Good morning, you guys." Sang Xiaoge stretched and said.
"Sister, I left you hot milk and xiaolongbao." Xiao Dezi said while eating: "As soon as I opened the door in the morning, someone came, saying that it was the driver arranged for you by Lawyer Yao, when we want to go, he is waiting for us in the parking lot below." ”
Sang Xiaoge was stunned for a moment, but he didn't feel particularly unacceptable. In her memory, her father was originally a figure who turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain, and now that he has inherited that place, correspondingly, a group of his subordinates back then have been inherited by herself, and there is nothing that should not be done.
After eating breakfast, Sang Xiaoge asked Xiao Dezi to lock the door and go to Nai He Tianlu together.
A few people came out of the corridor for less than half a minute, a seven-seater black old Mercedes-Benz stopped at the entrance of the corridor, the driver was a horse-faced man, looking thirty or forty years old, very stable.
"Miss, please get in the car."
The driver ran down and helped Sang Xiaogela open the door, looking well-trained.
"Thank you." Sang Xiaoge nodded to him, got into the car, and asked casually, "What do I call you?" ”
"My surname is Qiu, Qiu Jiu, Miss can call me Lao Jiu in the future. From now on, I'll be in charge of Miss's travel. ”
The driver waited for several people to get into the car, pushed the door shut, and then took out the black gloves and put them on, and then started the car.
As soon as Xinxin got in the car, she began to look around curiously, while Mr. Lan continued to sleep on Sang Xiaoge's stomach, and Xiao Dezi took out his mobile phone and started playing the game.
Sang Xiaoge suddenly felt unreal. Originally, this half-dead "Institute of Unknown Events" was opened, and he lived a salted fish life every day, how did he suddenly become like this?
She lowered her head and reached out to rub Mr. Lan's head.
"It seems that all the changes started when I met this cat, right?"
5
No. 13 Tianlu.
The road is still quiet, but at the end of the road, the iron gate is open, and some workers are working.
Someone is weeding in the yard and someone is cleaning the building.
The window on the second floor is facing the house on Nai He Tianlu, and lawyer Yao serves as his "office".
One night, the room had been cleaned up.
Although I don't know how much strength this old man has, judging from the current situation, there must be a lot of energy hidden deeply. In just one night, I don't know what means he used, the electricity and even the heating of the entire building were done. The hardwood floor of the room was polished, the furniture was cleaned up, and an iron kettle sat on a cast-iron oil-fired stove by the window, "gurgling" and steaming.
Sending Xiao Dezi to take Xinxin around, Sang Xiaoge hugged the cat and sat down in front of Lawyer Yao.
"What is your relationship with my father?"
Sang Xiaoge asked his first question.
Lawyer Yao smiled gently, poured a cup of tea for Sang Xiaoge, and then took a sip of his cup, and then slowly spoke:
"On the surface, it's a 'perennial legal adviser', which is not false. But Miss Yi is so smart, obviously she has long seen that our relationship is more than that. Actually, it's a long story. To put it simply, you can think of me as your master's steward. Moreover, our two families are more than three generations of companions, and the first two generations of your father were all taken care of by our Yao family. ”
"Worldly Things ......"
Sang Xiaoge repeated the word, feeling a little funny: "It sounds like my family has been a god stick for generations." ”
6
"Sun."
"Huh?"
"According to my observation, Miss, you have learned that in this world, there are not only the yang world, but also the existence outside the yang world. That saved me a lot of trouble. Your father, he is not responsible for the affairs of this yang world. ”
Sang Xiaoge frowned and asked, "What is it exactly?" Could it be that he is still working part-time as a judge in the underworld? ”
Lawyer Yao shook his head with a smile and replied:
"I used to be curious when I was younger. But after some things happened, I came to realize that your father didn't let me know for my own good. Since my profession is to take care of his affairs in the yang world, I will do what I need to do well, and I don't ask about the rest. ”
"But, since he's left this place for me, must he let me know?"
"You know, you know. What I don't know is that the time has not yet come, or that the time is not yet ripe. ”
"What does it take to be when the time comes?"
Lawyer Yao lowered his eyelids and said, "He left you a letter, and it was all said in the letter. If you can't read the letter, the time has not come. You can read more of those books. And the notes in that study. I've heard your father say that those notes are a great treasure in both worlds. ”
Sang Xiaoge frowned and shook his head in some distress. She understood everything Lawyer Yao said, but she still didn't know anything.
His eyes fell, and when he saw the cat on his lap, he couldn't help but reach out and poke it.
"Show him the key." Mr. Lan reminded vaguely.
"Oh yes." Sang Xiaoge hurriedly took out the string of three keys hanging on the copper ring and put them on the table.
"This key is the one that opens the door, this one that opens the basement. And what about this key? Where is it opened? ”
Lawyer Yao looked at the smallest key, was slightly distracted, and then replied solemnly:
"It's going to the other side."