Chapter 344: Birth Certificate Hidden in the Dark Grid
There is only one truth, no matter how incredible it may be.
The autumn rain was still pouring outside, and the already small room was a little dim.
Xu Lang walked to the old-fashioned sewing machine and sat down, looking at the dusty table, he stretched out a hand, and his fingers gently slid over the body of the sewing machine, leaving a deep imprint, so that the dusty body for many years revealed the tip of the iceberg, and this scene is a secret sealed in the heart of an old man who has been dead for ten years, and the secret that was temporarily brought into the soil was finally discovered after so many years, revealing the tip of its iceberg.
This sewing machine has not been used for many years, and for people nowadays, this sewing machine that has rusted and will fall apart at any time is just an old antique, either staying in the corner and eating ashes, or in the scrap yard, indeed, for so many years, this sewing machine has been eating ashes in the corner, in front of that not big window, silently waiting, quietly watching, waiting for someone to discover its existence and find the secret.
Since Xu Lang returned to Zhangjiazhuang with Shu Yue last year, and Ye Du left Zhangjiazhuang, here, this crumbling house, no one has taken care of it anymore, Xu Lang looked around, and found no towels or anything like that, so he simply took off his clothes and wiped the dusty sewing machine in front of him with his clothes.
After some wiping, the original face of the sewing machine was all revealed, Xu Lang casually threw away the dirty clothes in his hand, he stared at this originally very inconspicuous sewing machine, his fingers groped around on the body, and still found nothing, which made Xu Lang feel very puzzled, did he guess wrong?
Xu Lang shook his head, thinking that it was unlikely, the house left by his parents in the urban area, Xu Lang was careful many times before, rummaging inside and out, after all, that house was once a murder scene, if his parents really hid something at home, after that incident, when the police entered the house to search, they would definitely find something, but, no, although Xu Lang didn't believe it later, he rummaged through the house many times, especially after Xu Lang left, Xu Lang rummaged again, Still didn't find anything, since there is no one at home, the only place that exists is grandma's house.
In my grandmother's house, there are very few places to hide things, especially in the countryside, and for rural people like my grandmother back then, there is no place safer than putting it in my own room, there is no big closet, there is no bed, not even in the alley that my grandmother has been taking care of, then, the only place to hide things is the sewing machine in the room that looks a little redundant.
However, after Xu Lang's search, Xu Lang didn't find the hidden thing, and finally, Xu Lang's eyes were placed in the dark compartment where small objects were stored on the sewing machine table, and the dark compartment looked very smooth, since there were no other places, only here, if there was not even here, Xu Lang thought of this, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.
If you don't even have it here, then your guess may be fundamentally wrong, billions of people in the world, although the probability of meeting one or two people who look exactly like you is outrageously low, but it is not impossible, of course, there is also a possibility that grandma destroyed all the evidence when she was dying, and slept forever with this secret and underground.
This possibility is not impossible, after all, my grandmother lost her son in old age, and she lost her granddaughter before she died, which is a big blow to an old man, if the old man really knows something, for her only surviving grandson, the first thing she thinks of is protection, and the second is to bring everything she knows into the coffin, as long as Xu Lang does not know everything that has happened, then, he is safe, this is the best protection for him.
Xu Lang put his finger on the dark grid and thought a lot, and in the end, he still laughed at himself, what are you doing thinking so much, do you know soon after opening it.
So, Xu Lang opened the dark grid, and there was something in the dark grid that stung Xu Lang's eyes, it was not a long-lived lock of the older generation, nor a photo or anything, just a piece of paper that was seriously damaged and yellowed.
After Xu Lang saw this piece of paper, he exhaled a long breath, but there was no expression on his face, not knowing whether he was disappointed or happy.
Xu Lang stretched out his trembling hands and carefully took out the paper, the thin piece of paper was folded neatly, and Xu Lang slowly opened the paper.
Originally, Xu Lang thought that this would be a letter, a letter left for himself, as for who wrote the letter, it could be his father Xu Yuan, or his mother Zhang Lan, of course, the biggest possibility was his grandmother, but when Xu Lang opened the paper, he was suddenly stunned on the spot.
This is not a letter, but a well-preserved birth certificate, this is an old-fashioned birth certificate in twenty-seven years, the birth certificate has the dates of birth of the two children, looking at the date that has been a little confused, Xu Lang's eyes suddenly contracted, it was his birthday, and it was also the day he was born.
And behind the birth certificates of the two children, behind the upper child, there are two somewhat ugly and delicate handwriting, Xu Yi, and behind the child below, there is also a name, Xu Lang.
Xu Lang was stunned, completely stunned, even if he had this guess when he saw Xu Yi before, but the guess was just a guess after all, when he really found evidence to prove all this, Xu Lang was a little dazed and at a loss.
He guessed that Xu Yi might have some kind of blood relationship with himself, after all, the two of them were like carved out of a mold, and he had also thought of this possibility, however, the facts told him that Xu Yi was actually his twin brother, and this matter, in addition to his mother and grandmother, Xu Lang didn't know how many people knew, but Xu Lang was sure that there must be very few people who knew about it, otherwise, after so many years, it was impossible for him to know nothing and not be aware of it, knew that when Xu Yi appeared in front of him.
When Xu Lang knew that Xu Yi was his brother, Xu Lang's mood was very complicated, yes, yes, it was complicated.
He originally thought that after his sister Xu Chan was killed, he was left alone in the Xu family, so for so many years, he was very lonely, lonely, and painful, but now he found out that the Xu family was not only alone, but also had an elder brother, even if he only just knew about the existence of this brother, Xu Lang suddenly felt that the pressure that had been pressing on his heart for many years was suddenly reduced by half.
People are like this, when he experienced a series of changes, he suddenly found that his relatives left one by one, and in the end he was left alone, the loneliness can be imagined, and the pressure is needless to say, but when he finds out one day that he is not alone, then, this kind of loneliness that has always existed will be reduced a lot, and the same is true for pressure, because he will subconsciously think that someone will help him share part of this pressure, even if It's mental stress as well.
Human beings are complex animals, and human nature is even more complex, Xu Lang's relaxation at the moment is like this, however, in addition to relaxation, more doubts appeared in Xu Lang's heart.
Since he and Xu Yi are twins, why don't the family let others know? Is it because he is afraid of deliberate retaliation? Xu Lang felt a little unreasonable, Xu Yuan was an old policeman at the beginning, although he arrested many criminals, even if some of these criminals were extremely vicious, but these people were either sentenced to death or life imprisonment, and those criminals who were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment have no chance and no need to retaliate, of course, people's hearts are the most untenable things to withstand temptation, and no one can guarantee whether anyone will retaliate for an inconspicuous little thing?
This kind of thing has happened many times since ancient times, there are many well-known figures in history, all of whom died because of a trivial matter, although Xu Yuan is not a well-known figure, but he is the closest to the criminals, who knows if there are any crazy guys among these people?
However, even if this is the case, then why should the family hide the existence of Xu Yi? even has to hide it from his family and himself, as for whether his sister Xu Chan knows, Xu Lang is not sure, but when his sister Xu Chan is still alive, Xu Lang feels that she may not know, although his sister is a few years older than himself, but he still thinks that Xu Chan does not know about this.
Second, where did Xu Yi go after he was born? Could it be that he was sent to an orphanage in the west of the city as soon as he was born?
Third, the relationship between Xu Yi and Shangguan Jing is definitely not ordinary, and Xu Qi's relationship with the Chengxi Orphanage is also extraordinary, at least, he has been there, as for when he went and how long he stayed, I'm afraid only Shangguan Jing and Xu Yi themselves know.
Fourth, since Xu Yi is a member of 'Master Chang', is it Xu Yuan's arrangement or the acquired result that he embarked on the road of crime? If it was Xu Yuan's arrangement, Xu Lang wouldn't dare to imagine why Xu Yuan would do this, and if it was formed the day after tomorrow, Xu Lang wouldn't dare to imagine what kind of torture and brainwashing Xu Yuan had suffered.
Xu Lang looked at the birth certificate, which could be broken at any time, and was speechless for a long time.
He is twenty-seven years old this year, and his twin brother should be twenty-seven years old this year, he can't figure out what all this is for, it seems that the people who knew about it were all dead, his parents died, and his grandmother also died, and Xu Yi was young at the time and didn't know the truth, but from the time Xu Lang saw Xu Qi, judging from his attitude towards himself, Xu Lang suspected that he might know the truth, but he didn't tell himself.
Xu Lang's head hurt, his head hurt badly, he put down the paper in his hand, propped his hands on the table, lowered his head, and hit his head with his fist again and again, which seemed to be about to explode.
All this came too suddenly, although this result was discovered by Xu Lang himself, but he still couldn't accept it for a while, or rather, he accepted this fact, but he couldn't convince himself that if all this was true, Xu Lang didn't know what to do.
If Xu Qi was just a stranger, as long as he committed a crime, Xu Lang would definitely arrest him mercilessly and send him to the depths of the prison, if Xu Qi did not appear in front of him during Bu Zimo's case, Xu Lang would not think so much, if Xu Lang went to the orphanage in the west of the city again, Shangguan Jing did not suddenly show so enthusiasm, Xu Lang would not think so much, but there is no if in the world.
Xu Qi appeared, and he appeared as a criminal, although in the Bu Zimo case, Xu Qi did not do anything to violate the law and discipline, but his identity was so dazzling, 'Master Chang', in the 921 case, Xu Qi did not do anything, but the phone call that night showed that he had a great relationship with Shangguan Jing.
In 2010, the two major cases that shocked S City and H Province were related to Xu Qi, but Xu Lang knew his relationship with Xu Qi at this time, which made Xu Lang really at a loss.
Reason told him that he used to be a policeman, the captain of the second criminal investigation team, and now he is the criminal investigation consultant of the Public Security Bureau of S City, no matter who committed the crime, he should arrest him, but the emotion told Xu Lang that he couldn't do this, even if Xu Yi really committed a crime, when he faced this brother, was he really ruthless? The answer is obvious, he can't.
Why did Xu Lang choose to be a police officer? Isn't it to investigate the case of his parents, and isn't it to arrest the murderer of his sister Xu Chan? This is the simplest and most direct purpose for which he chose to embark on this road, not for the so-called justice, he just wants to know the truth about the murder of his family, but, as time goes by, when he really enters the police profession, or when he enters the police academy, Xu Lang's purpose has changed, that is, to fight crime and prevent crime and make hard efforts, so, over the years, Xu Lang has done a lot of things, solved many cases, and arrested many criminals, so, When he resigned and left the public security system, Xu Lang returned to the public security system as a criminal investigation consultant.
Now, when he knows that Xu Yi is his relative, after being separated for many years, how can he do it?
He didn't have his parents at the age of five, he didn't have his sister and grandmother at the age of fifteen, and since then, he doesn't have any blood relatives in this world, no matter how good and close his relationship with Shu Yue is, Shu Yue can only be regarded as a family, half a relative, and what about Xu Yi? He has the same blood as himself, and he has the blood of his father Xu Yuan and mother Zhang Lan, they are brothers, and now they have finally found a relative, how can Xu Lang do it?
When reason and emotion collided, when law and family collided, Xu Lang was confused, and he fell into confusion again.
"Knock"
Xu Lang stood up suddenly, the chair under the fart also fell to the ground with his violent movements, the expression on Xu Lang's face was hideous and complicated, he had doubts about his previous guess, and questioned the birth certificate in his hand, he didn't believe that Xu Yi was his brother, he didn't believe it, all this was true, he felt too ridiculous, he wanted to find Xu Yi to ask clearly, whether all this was true, he wanted to go back to S City, find Lu Ye to ask, did he have a twin brother back then, after all, Lu Ye used to be Xu Yuan's best friend and partner.
In fact, there is one of the simplest and most direct ways, which is to find Xu Yi for a DNA test, as long as the identification results come out, then everything will be revealed.
However, the question is, where to find Xu Yi? Xu Lang didn't know.
Xu Lang carefully folded the piece of paper in his hand, put it in his backpack, took a random piece of clothing from it and put it on, then walked out of the bedroom, came to the door, picked up the umbrella, and left the courtyard, he wanted to go back to the city, he wanted to find out the truth.
When Xu Lang took advantage of the umbrella to leave the yard, the light rain that had been dripping all the time, suddenly became violent and turned into a torrential rain, and the raindrops the size of beans fell on the muddy ground like stones, and fell on Xu Lang's confused heart.
It rained, thundered, the wind blew, the lightning cut through the gloomy sky, the raindrops fell on the man's umbrella as if they didn't want money, wetting the man's clothes, the rain was blown by the wind, slapped on Xu Lang's face, along his handsome cheeks, and slid down the muddy ground.
There was no one on the streets of Zhangjiazhuang, only a man wearing a black umbrella, a black backpack, and a man dressed in black, walking lonely and stubbornly in the layers of rain, and finally disappeared into this long-dormant village.
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The thunder was loud, the autumn wind was bleak, and the rain was pouring down.
After Xu Lang left Zhangjiazhuang, in a house not far from Xu Lang's grandmother's house, the door opened and a woman walked out.
The woman looked at the direction Xu Lang left, her eyes were complicated, and finally, she turned her head to look at the courtyard diagonally opposite, her eyes becoming more and more complicated.
The fire started, in this season of pouring rain, the yard where Xu Lang had just stayed was burning in the heavy rain, although the rain was very heavy, but the fire in the yard could not be extinguished, but it burned more and more, and the air exuded a smell of burning.
Those in Zhangjiazhuang who had been staying at home to rest noticed the burning house on this rainy day with lightning and thunder.
The woman held an umbrella, waited until the courtyard was reduced to ashes, and then turned around and left here, leaving only a pile of ruins and broken walls, and that's it.
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