"Trouble, lend me a look!!" Shen Yu didn't care about the man's reaction and pulled the newspaper. The photographs have become a little blurry after printing, but they can still be identified by the distinctive window lattice. There is a bright flame in the window, and in the middle and upper part of the flame there is a faint human face. Of course, these are not the things that surprised Shen Yu the most, what surprised him the most was that the face he had seen was Du Yunsheng, the owner of the auspicious cloth workshop who died in the fire two years ago!!

"How is this possible......" Shen Yu muttered, completely unable to believe his eyes. He saw Du Yunsheng's photo in the old newspaper of the Historical Museum yesterday, and he would never admit it!

Shen Yu pinched the newspaper and was so shocked that he couldn't speak, but the man who robbed the newspaper over there was unhappy: "What's the matter with you?!" Read the newspaper and buy it yourself! As he spoke, he ripped off his newspaper.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" Shen Yu came back to his senses and quickly apologized. The man gave him a blank look, and muttered a few words that he didn't know what to say. And Shen Yu didn't care about his reaction, he hurriedly ran to the little newsboy, and bought a copy of the New World Newspaper himself, and then he opened the newspaper and read the news carefully.

"Yesterday was the 15th day of the seventh month, and it is said that on this day, all the ghosts will be released from the underworld, and the deceased ancestors can go home for reunion. However, my Chinese people have worshiped their ancestors for many years, but I have rarely heard of anyone really seeing their ancestors reborn from the underworld. However, the scene that happened in Taixing Watch last night makes people wonder if perhaps our ancestors' so-called 'ghost door open' is not a false rumor......"

Skipping the beginning of the chatter, the explanation of this photo is actually very simple. It was the reporter who wanted to take some photos of the Midyear Festival the night before, but he didn't want to meet a ghost fire in Taixing Watch Shop, so he took a picture, but when he developed the photo, he unexpectedly found that the appearance of the dead Du Yunsheng inexplicably appeared in the photo. Then this report began to review Du Yunsheng's life, telling how he made the auspicious cloth workshop from small to large and stood tall in the wave of foreign goods. According to the report, at that time, the competition between foreign and domestic products was fierce in Kanto Castle, and domestic products had been defeated in many fields because of price and quality. As the head of the domestic cloth workshop, the auspicious cloth workshop was almost the only hope for domestic products in Kanto City at that time. However, just when Boss Du Yunsheng said that the technical improvement was about to make better fabrics, a fire suddenly burned down the shop of Jixiang Cloth Workshop on Middle Street, and Boss Du himself was also killed in the fire. Hit by this, the business of the auspicious cloth shop plummeted, and the shop was also bought by Taixing Watch Company, although the deceased wife of Boss Du still adheres to the name of the auspicious cloth workshop, but it is difficult to show the glory of the past.

Reading the entire report, Shen Yu's brows furrowed. He only knew that Du Yunsheng died accidentally in the fire before, but now that he looks at it, things don't seem to be as simple as he thought.

"Needless to say, nine times out of ten, this thing is done by foreigners!" At the breakfast stall, some people were already expressing their opinions, "I told you that a cousin of mine used to work in the auspicious cloth workshop, according to him, Du Yun didn't live in the store at all in his life, and it was said that he was going to study some new technology during that time, so he planned to stay for a few days." But there was a fire the day after he moved in, do you think there was such a coincidence?! ”

"Who said it wasn't, you said that the whole street was a foreigner's shop at that time, just such a shop was owned by us Chinese, and as a result, this store caught fire, which happened to me and I don't believe it."

"Ahem, have foreigners played fewer ghost tricks over the years? Not to mention anything else, isn't this big smoke all over China brought in by foreigners? It is said that although Boss Du is dead, this realm should still be the Du family, right? But who do you see is doing business there now? Aren't you a foreigner? ”

"So don't you see Boss Du coming back to manifest himself? Eh, hey, this is called 'don't do bad things and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door', now Boss Du has found it back, hehe......"

Shen Yu listened to the discussion of the crowd, and the more he listened, the heavier his heart became. He didn't expect that there were so many dark twists behind this matter. Yesterday, he also looked through the report of the fire in the newspaper archive, and he remembered that it did mention that the cause of the fire was "a fire in the wire", but now when he heard other people talk about it, he suddenly realized that there were indeed too many doubts about the original fire. Could it be that someone deliberately created this fire, as those people just said? What happened to the patrol house back then...... No, it's too normal that the patrol room hasn't been found out, haven't the police in the patrol room always been for foreigners? As long as foreigners give them some benefits, they will definitely turn a blind eye. So what was the truth of what happened back then? What role did Taixing Watch & Company and the foreigners behind him play in the whole thing? And—Shen Yu picked up the newspaper in his hand again—what about this haunted photo?

Speaking of Shen Yu, a young man, he actually has a bit of young people's enthusiasm and infatuation. He was determined to be a reporter, and he also had a dream of "helping the common people", so when the editor-in-chief arranged for him to report on some trivial matters, he also argued with the editor-in-chief for a long time. This time he encountered such a strange thing, or it was related to the news he reported, Shen Yu felt that this was probably God asking him to find out the truth for the deceased, so he suddenly made up his mind: he must find out about this matter.

After making up his mind, Shen Yu immediately took action. He wanted to go to Taixing Watch Store first to find out, but Taixing Watch Store has been the door of General Tie since noon yesterday. A white paper on the gate is plastered with a notice, and Yunyun is temporarily closed for three days due to internal renovations. I think there must be a ghost in the heart of the black mark on the ground, so I have to close the shop and repair it to cover it up, so I probably won't see the people inside today. In this case, there is only one place left to explore - the auspicious cloth workshop.

Although today's auspicious cloth shop is not open in Middle Street, it is not far from Middle Street. It's just that the white-walled and black-tiled building in front of me is not the same as the tall and spacious western-style building on the middle street. When you walk into the store, there are two rows of counters on the left and right, each with several pieces of cloth on each table. There were three or five female guests who were holding a piece of cloth and measuring it.

"Look, I'll just say that the color of this cloth is very good for you." The one who spoke was a woman in her thirties, the woman was wearing a cotton cheongsam, although the fabric was not expensive and the color was not bright, but when worn on the woman, it did not show a charm. She compared the cloth in her hand to the young woman opposite, and said with a little joke in her gentle voice, "When it is made into clothes, it will definitely show the beauty of your bride." ”

The young woman blushed at the words, she looked in the mirror herself, and then nodded to the woman: "Okay, I'll listen to the shopkeeper Sun." ”

"Okay," the woman replied with a smile, and then pointed to a clerk with a tape measure around her neck, "Let the master measure your size, and you can tear the cloth according to the size." ”

Listening to the conversation between the two people, it is obvious that the cloth seller is the current shopkeeper of the auspicious cloth workshop - Sun Yajun, the widow of Du Yunsheng. Shen Yu raised his feet and wanted to walk over, but he didn't want to move yet, but a person greeted him first.

"Is this little brother going to buy cloth?" It was a man in his forties, with a kind face, but his movements were a little imperceptible. He pointed to the counter on the other side and said, "The men's cloth is here." ”

"Oh," Shen Yu's mind spun quickly, and he pointed to Shopkeeper Sun's side, "I want to buy a piece of cloth for my mother." ”

Shopkeeper Sun obviously heard Shen Yu's words, so she walked over and asked with a smile:

"What kind of clothes does the little brother want to give to his mother?"

"I ......" Shen Yu had never paid attention to a woman's clothes, and he was a little stammered for a while. When he was thinking about the words, he suddenly noticed the cheongsam on Sun's body, and inspiration came, "I want to make a cheongsam for her!" ”

Shopkeeper Sun smiled: "It seems that the little brother is very filial to his mother!" As she spoke, she led Shen Yu to the counter, "If you want to make the material for the cheongsam, it is best to count silk, but silk is expensive and easy to wear, so it is not suitable for ordinary people." I recommend this kind of twill for little brother, the texture is fine, the price is not too expensive, and it is quite classy. ”

Shen Yu listened to Shopkeeper Sun's introduction, but he was thinking about how to lead the topic to the fire that year. He touched the cloth according to the introduction of the shopkeeper Sun and asked, "Are these all produced by you yourself?" ”

"Yes," Shopkeeper Sun nodded, "our family's cloth is all produced in our own factory. ”

"I heard my mother say that the cloth of Jixiang Cloth Workshop is the best domestic cloth in our Kanto City, and I also opened a store on the middle street back then." Shen Yu continued to bring the topic to the events of the year, "My mother always said that if it weren't for that fire, Jixiang Cloth Workshop would be bigger than those foreign cloth shops now. ”

Hearing Shen Yu mention the past, Shopkeeper Sun's expression changed slightly, but before Shen Yu could distinguish the joy and sorrow, Shopkeeper Sun had already regained his smile just now: "Thank you Lingtang for your kindness." Little brother, I don't know how tall your mother is, how fat and thin she is, so I can ask the master to tear the cloth for you according to the size. ”

Shen Yu heard that Shopkeeper Sun wanted to divert the topic, and asked persistently: "Shopkeeper Sun, I heard my mother say that the fire back then was because the wires went off, but Jixiang Cloth Workshop was only there for two or three years at the time, why did the wires leak and go off?" You really didn't suspect there was a problem? ”

"This little brother," the male clerk wanted to interject just now, but Shopkeeper Sun gently raised his hand to stop him.

"What happened back then, the patrol room had already come to a conclusion, it was an accident." Shopkeeper Sun looked at Shen Yu and said, "This little brother, I don't want to mention these old things anymore." If you don't want to buy cloth, please go back. ”

After saying that, Shopkeeper Sun turned around and walked towards the store, and the man also walked to Shen Yu's side to invite him out. Seeing this, Shen Yu quickly took out the newspaper from his bag, and said loudly at the background of Shopkeeper Sun: "Someone photographed Boss Du's ghost in Taixing Watch Store yesterday, does Shopkeeper Sun know about this?" ”

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Sun stopped suddenly, and the male clerk also showed a shocked expression. As soon as Shen Yu saw that it worked, he immediately took two steps forward and held the photo up in front of Shopkeeper Sun: "Shopkeeper Sun, do you think this is Boss Du's appearance?" ”

Sun Yajun picked up the newspaper and carefully looked at the photo on it. Shen Yu observed carefully, and saw that the emotions in her eyes surged, which seemed to be both surprised and incredulous. Sun Yajun stared at the newspaper for a moment, and then returned it to Shen Yu: "This little brother, I don't know how this person made this photo, but my husband died two years ago. I'm sorry I still have something in the store, so I won't send it. ”

After speaking, Shopkeeper Sun turned around and walked away. The moment she turned around, Shen Yu saw that there seemed to be faint tears in her eyes.