I was shocked, "What's the matter?" ”

"It's that "Painting", I found some clues, let's talk about it later, because I have to send you a lot of pictures, and it's not easy to say on the phone."

I was amazed that the matter of "Painting" had been shelved for a long time, but it had always been on her mind.

"What's the matter, isn't there no time? If you don't have time, then find another time appointment, or I will send you the picture directly, and then send you a WeChat explanation. ”

"No, no, you say, where to go, I'll come right over."

Xue Xiaxia paused, said a very ordinary hotel, not far from the hotel, I guess she is to save time for me, so she chose the location of the hotel, she is really very caring, I feel extremely guilty when I think of this, but I can't help it.

More than 20 minutes later, I arrived at the 2nd floor of the hotel, she picked a window position, fortunately there is a private room on the 2nd floor of this hotel, although it is not so private, secret, in short, there is a partition wall that can make us feel that the eyes around can't see.

When she saw me come in, her expression was very calm, as if the previous incident had never happened, but I was embarrassed to say it.

"Sit down, I'll show you this." She pulled a chair for me, I sat down stiffly, and she pulled out her phone and flipped through some photos.

"You see, these are the contents of the original "Painting", and I asked them to take pictures of each page and send it over."

"This is the original version of "Painting"?" I was amazed.

"By the way, I forgot to explain to you, I asked my friend to help me find the original version of "Painting", which was indeed published in 1948, and is currently in a small famous collector, but the other party is unwilling to send the book over, and people also have his concerns, and I dare not force it anymore, so I asked him to take a photo and send it to me."

Speaking of this, she said apologetically, "I'm sorry, after all, as a collector, every piece of his product is very important to him, and he is afraid of any mistakes." ”

"I understand this feeling, it's okay, it's good to be able to take pictures."

"You can see that all the pages of this book are here, but there is no ink painting with the poem "Cold River Snow"."

I frowned, took my phone and looked at it carefully.

Xue Xiaxia continued to explain, "In the book you showed me before, the ink painting appeared on page 36, but in fact, page 36 of the original version of this book is such a New Year painting, so page 36 of the book you got has been replaced by the ink painting, and the New Year painting is missing. ”

I looked carefully at the New Year's painting on page 36, the Chinese style is particularly strong, the New Year's picture doll on the New Year's painting is cute and cute, chubby, and the big carp that marks the surplus every year, everything looks so festive and peaceful, and in the book "Painting" I got it, it is such an ink painting, which will look extremely eerie and terrifying when compared.

"I thought that ink painting was deliberately added by someone, but I didn't expect that the original version didn't actually have this painting, and I thought about whether the painting could have traveled through time, and the truth turned out to be like this."

"You don't have to doubt the original version of "Painting", it is definitely genuine, and the collector is very experienced."

"Of course, I didn't doubt it, thank you for taking so much time to help me find this book, to be honest I didn't spend any time on it."

Xue Xiaxia lowered her head and smiled shyly, "No, after all, I know a lot of people, and I am involved in a wide range of fields, just ask around, I didn't make any effort." ”

"But thank you for your willingness to help me inquire, thank you."

The three words "thank you" made Xue Xiaxia's face stiffen a little, she raised her head to look at me, and said a little angrily, "Every time you say the three words 'thank you', I feel as uncomfortable as eating cockroaches, can you not say these three words?" ”

I was taken aback and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to." ”

"And the word 'sorry' you always repeat, and I think it's really tiring to talk to you sometimes."

I scratched the back of my head indifferently, "I really can't speak, you should bear more." ”

Xue Xiaxia glanced at me, revealing an angry and funny expression, "Then do you think there is a big problem with the bookstore Boss Ma now, after all, the book was brought back from his bookstore, why don't I ask a friend to help you get to know this Boss Ma from the side?" ”

When I heard this, I quickly shook my head, "No, don't investigate him, he is a cunning person, and he is unpredictable about many things, so it will be very dangerous for you to let your friends investigate him." ”

Xue Xiaxia frowned, and asked with some puzzlement, "Is that Boss Ma so powerful?" I think he's just a mysterious person who doesn't want to reveal his own affairs, and it shouldn't be as amazing as you think. ”

"No, I have been in contact with him many times during this time, he is indeed a person with a deep city government and very high means, don't investigate him, I have now basically determined that he is a core member of a demon organization, and the level is relatively high, you must not contact him, promise me, you must not to, don't even inquire." I solemnly admonished.

I shuddered when I thought of Ma Yuan's complicated face, it was so hard for me to fight him, let alone Xue Xiaxia, who was just an ordinary person.

Xue Xiaxia pursed his lips tightly and looked at me, his eyes were worried, and he nodded for a long time before he said in a deep voice, "Okay, you have to be careful." ”

After eating, I went back to my home, took out the "Painting", and took a closer look at the photos that Xue Xiaxia sent me just now, and sure enough, on page 36, my "Painting" appeared in the weird ink painting, and in the photo was the joyful New Year's painting.

All of this is a bureau that the demon organization has long arranged, and the fish seller in the ink painting has become a core figure in this case, as well as Ma Yuan, he is the black hand who controls behind the scenes, in fact, not only behind the scenes, he even controls everything under my nose, but I can't do anything about him.

Now that I have synthesized a lot of clues, I can be sure that he is an evil person, whether he is Lin Jun who traveled from that time and space or not, in short, he is the embodiment of evil.

However, I can't rush into a direct war with him now, because he has a lot of secrets and plans of the evil organization in his hands, and if I start firing with him, the whole thing will collapse.

After lunch, I called that number, and it rang for a long time before the other person answered, "Who are you and what are you doing?" ”

It is a middle-aged woman's voice, the voice is very rough, like a man's voice, lacking femininity, and mixed with a thick country accent, which sounds particularly awkward.

"Hello, is it the Golden Immortal? I am a person who sincerely wants to join the church, I have already transferred 1000 yuan to the church account last night, when can I join the church? ”

"Oh, what's your name? When and where did you get the money? ”

I answered the question carefully, and after she checked the information, "Then you wait, I'll call or text you before the church starts." ”

"Okay, okay, Jin Xianren, I'll wait for your call."

"So be it!" After the other party said this, he hung up the phone directly.

This is a bit different from the process I imagined, we all thought that the other party would be like a pyramid scheme organization to interrogate me strictly, where I was born, where I was born, where I was born, where I lived, occupation, age, social relations, and matchmakers, but we didn't just ask me if I was going to make a payment.

But I still can't take it lightly.,Sometimes the problem that is very simple at the beginning becomes more and more complicated later.,A lot of games that fight monsters and upgrade are like this.,It's always a simple level at the beginning.,Very small pediatric monsters.,The more difficult it is to conquer the big boss later.

It should be only a week until the time of the church, when will the Golden Immortals notify me? Where is the church held this time?

The Cult of the Gods is becoming more and more confusing now.

The next evening I was about to go to dinner when Manman called, and I hesitated for a long time but picked it up.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Hehe, you really didn't come that night, you are indeed a man with a lot of character, but I like it."

"I'll hang up the phone if you're okay, I hope you don't call me in the future, it will be very bad for your boss to know."

"Why is it bad? I asked for your contact information in front of him before, after all, you are his tenant, so what's wrong with me contacting you for him? "Manman's weird explanation made me very uncomfortable.

"Then I'll hang up the phone......"

"Don't worry, you can meet me in the park next to Xinsheng Elementary School now, I have something important to tell you."

"Miss, I'm really busy, I don't have time to play these ambiguous games with you, you can find someone else!" After saying that, I hung up the phone directly, and she called again, but I still didn't answer.

When I arrived at the hotel restaurant, Zhao Heizi was already waiting there, and when he saw me coming, he smiled and asked, "What's wrong, I feel a little in a bad mood." ”

"It's nothing, it's just a little depressed, Manman called me again just now to annoy me and asked me to go to the park next to Xinsheng Primary School to meet, but I directly refused."

"That park next to Shinsheng Elementary School?" Zhao Heizi frowned.

"What's wrong with that park?" I ate my meal and looked at him curiously, I was not very familiar with every area of the whole Qiu Ying City, so my mind was a little blank when I mentioned that park.

"That park is the earliest park in Qiu Ying City, it doesn't even have a name, next to Xinsheng Primary School, or it was built later, and most people call it Xinsheng Primary School Park."

"So what?" I couldn't help but laugh, as if he hadn't made any inferences that would give me any very useful clues.