Chapter 128: Old Man with Newspaper Clippings

Liang Shumei did not break her promise, Yan Yu handed over the book list to the caretaker early the next morning, and Rongda came back soon.

"The caretaker at the library said you want the books...... There is no ......"

Although Yan Yu had expected it, he was inevitably disappointed: "Not a single one? ”

Cheng Rongda shook his head: "There is no ...... at all"

"Where's the newspaper?"

Yan Yu wants some magazines and periodicals, magazines and periodicals are more expensive these days, and it is normal that there are no hospital libraries, but there should always be newspapers.

After all, what he wants to investigate is Zhao Kehan, who can only be found from magazines and newspapers, and I am afraid that there will be no books in them, and unless it is a biography, the real name will be hidden in the book.

Besides, he doesn't know anything about the character of Zhao Kehan, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The reason why I chose periodicals, magazines and newspapers was just to try my luck, and who would have thought that even newspapers could not be borrowed.

"Newspapers can only be read in the library, because newspapers are easy to be kept privately......" Cheng Rongda was a little embarrassed, after all, he just told him to do something, and he couldn't do it well, so he was a little unhappy.

Yan Yu nodded: "You go and tell Liang Shumei to let me go to the library to read the newspaper......"

"This ......" Cheng Rongda was a little embarrassed.

"What? Can't figure it out? Yan Yu raised his eyebrows, Cheng Rongda gritted his teeth and nodded firmly: "I'll do my best." ”

Not long after Cheng Rongda went out, he returned to Yan Yu's side, but his expression was a little complicated.

"What conditions?" Yan Yu didn't think that Liang Shumei would agree easily, which was also expected.

Sure enough, Cheng Rongda said with some hesitation: "Director Liang said...... It's okay to read the newspaper, but you have to tie your hands and wear a mask......"

Yan Yu didn't say anything more, and stretched out his hand: "Tie it up." ”

Cheng Rongda was not ambiguous, tied Yan Yu's hands with restraint straps, and put a fasting mask on Yan Yu, which brought Yan Yu to the library.

The library is not very large, with bookshelves against the wall, tables and chairs in the middle, and newspaper shelves by the door.

At this time, there were not many newspapers, most of them were official media, and the circulation was not much, each newspaper only had two or three copies, and the frequency of updates was not high, and some newspapers had even been yellowed and were still piled up on a table in the corner.

For others, these newspapers have long lost their value, but in Yan Yu's eyes, these old newspapers are more meaningful than new newspapers!

There were few people in the library, a few old men were playing cards on the tables and chairs, although it was already a cold day, but they were all wearing slippers, socks with exposed toes, toenails like old horns, and black and hard dirt inside.

Yan Yu didn't read much anymore, and hurried to open the newspaper, while Cheng Rongda accompanied him carefully, not daring to leave an inch.

Yan Yu didn't care, the more dedicated Cheng Rongda became, the more he could have the opportunity to enter the library again.

But all the way down, Yan Yu quickly frowned.

These are old newspapers, but they are like fishing nets, which cannot be described with a thousand holes, and there is not a single picture in them, and the pictures have been cut off.

"Who did this?"

Yan Yu dropped the newspaper and asked Cheng Rongda.

"It should be the old man Hu Guangzhong......"

"Hu Guangzhong? Which is it? Playing cards? ”

Yan Yuben didn't have much hope, because Cheng Rongda had been a doorman and had no way to enter the library, but he didn't expect him to be so clear.

But it's relieved to think about it, after all, the doorman is the one who knows the inside story best, and there are many people who come in and out to greet each other.

If you want to know the confidential inside information of a certain unit, the doorman may not know anything, but if it comes to corner gossip and gossip, then the doorman is the right one.

Cheng Rongda pointed to the old man sitting on the card table, lowered his voice and said, "It's the one with glasses and a pipe, but it's ...... This old man is a bit weird......"

"Strange? No wonder you can live in a mental hospital? Yan Yu also smiled, and asked casually: "What kind of strange method is he?" ”

Cheng Rongda wanted to speak and stopped, but he still replied truthfully to Yan Yu: "He said that he had done something against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty......

"Anti-Qing and Restoration of Sight?" Yan Yu also couldn't cry or laugh, the anti-Qing Dynasty restoration occurred in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and it has been two or three hundred years since this time, so if you can live until now, isn't it a living immortal?

However, Yan Yu quickly understood.

This Hu Guangzhong may be a mentally ill person, but he is by no means a stupid person.

If you want to create a character who has lived for two or three hundred years, you must know all kinds of things well, and newspapers and books have become his sources of information, so it is no wonder that he likes to pick newspapers.

Yan Yuben was still disappointed because the newspaper was destroyed, and even a little annoyed, but now it seems that he can pick up a bargain!

In order to create the image of his two or three hundred years of living immortals, Hu Guangzhong must have memorized the information he had collected, and he really knew something!

Thinking of this, Yan Yu walked to the edge of the table.

Watching chess is not a true gentleman, and he is asking for others, Yan Yu didn't dare to disturb abruptly, just watched quietly.

These old men play long cards, also called leaf cards, which is a very old kind of cards, and there is a popularity of this kind of cards all over the country, but the styles of cards are different everywhere, and the rules are similar.

There are also a lot of patterns of cards, and the number of cards in each deck is also different, such as Nantong long cards and the like, and some characters are also drawn on it, including characters or monsters in Journey to the West, and characters from the Water Margin of the Three Kingdoms and so on.

On the long cards played by Hu Guangzhong and several old people, there are characters from the Water Margin, with simple lines, but quite charm, full of simple style of folk art.

Several old men lost badly, threw their private cigarettes and other bets to Hu Guangzhong, and left with a scolding.

Hu Guangzhong was there, smoking a pipe, very satisfied with his performance, but he didn't seem to value the "trophies" scattered on the table.

"I've been watching it for so long, do you want to play it?" Hu Guangzhong was quite provocative.

Yan Yu shook his head and said, "No, I can't beat you ......"

Hu Guangzhong snorted: "Cowardly! ”

Yan Yu sat opposite, lowered his voice and said, "I only have two hands, where can I win your old man with three hands?" ”

Hu Guangzhong's eyes sharpened: "What nonsense at a young age!" ”

Yan Yu leaned back and pointed to Hu Guangzhong's sleeve: "It's hard to lose if you use two decks of cards to play other people's decks of cards, right?" ”

Hu Guangzhong subconsciously pinched his bulging sleeves and glanced at Yan Yu, but he didn't dare to argue loudly.

He flicked the things on the table with his pipe, and pushed half of the pack of cigarettes in front of Yan Yu: "I don't like cigarettes. ”

Seeing that he was soft, Yan Yu was not polite, so he took his pipe, lit a cigarette, and took a puff.

"I want to find someone, but the newspapers are all cut into holes, I wonder if my brother has any way?"

Hu Guangzhong sneered nonchalantly.

"There are only obituaries in the newspapers, and unless you look for a dead person, you can only ask for fish."

"Obituary?" Yan Yu didn't think about this section, he has always had a preconceived idea that the character of Zhao Kehan is a real person, but what if he is not alive, or is he not a person of this era?

In this way, it is no wonder that He Shufen and Hong Dafu can't find it through the household registration system!

Hu Guangzhong just said it casually, but it opened up Yan Yu's new ideas!

"Brother, I heard that you have done anti-Qing and Ming restoration, you must be well-informed, have you heard of Zhao Kehan?"

When Hu Guangzhong heard this, he leaned forward and asked Yan Yu a little mysteriously: "You don't want to tell me, your name is Zhao Kehan, right?" ”

Yan Yu pondered for a while, and replied seriously: "It can be said that it can be said that it is not ......."

Hu Guangzhong was stunned, a puff of cigarette was held in his chest, he coughed violently, and then laughed, pointed at Yan Yu and said, "I didn't expect you kid to be more sick than me!" ”

Yan Yu was a little puzzled: "How do you say this?" ”

"Old man, I just did the anti-Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, you kid is older than me!"

Yan Yu was also surprised: "Am I older than you?" ”

Hu Guangzhong coughed out a mouthful of phlegm, "Ah Tui" spit on the ground, knocked his pipe, and said to Yan: "If I hadn't been old and confused, there would be only one person named Zhao Kehan in my memory." ”

"This person is Zhao Shentong, the commander of the Fu Division of Nanming Jinyi Weibei Town, and his expression is Ke Han, he is a big man who is all over the world!"

"You said you are Zhao Shentong, old man, I saw a big-headed ghost today! Hahaha! ”

When Yan Yu heard this, he was also blindsided, thinking that he had opened up a new way of thinking, Zhao Kehan may not be a living person, who would have thought that Hu Guangzhong, an old liar, would be able to talk so far!

"I'm bothering."

Yan Yu snuffed out the cigarette in his hand and got up to leave, Hu Guangzhong was also a little unsatisfied, he was riveting enough to show off his knowledge, but Yan Yu didn't cooperate, where would he let it go.

"Don't go, sit down and tell me about you!"

Yan Yu frowned: "You and I are not from the same world, there is nothing to say." ”

Hu Guangzhong pursed his lips: "Eat dry and wipe clean and don't recognize people, are young people so realistic now, I'm just afraid that you are a Xibei goods, I'm afraid that I will debunk it, right?" ”

Yan Yu also couldn't laugh or cry: "It's as if you really did the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, everyone is half a catty, it's better not to put it bluntly." ”

Hu Guangzhong shook his head: "Whether I am true or false is still up for debate, but you, it will never be Zhao Shentong, I'm not wrong, right?" ”

"Why?"

Hu Guangzhong snorted and took a puff of his pipe: "If you are Zhao Shentong, why are you looking around in the newspaper?" ”

Yan Yu didn't expect this old man to be so clear-minded, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, so he raised his leg and was about to leave, but he heard Hu Guangzhong stop him and say: "Don't go, you don't know, then let me tell you, the story of Tingting Zhao's command is better than being locked in the number, right?" ”

Although it was very nonsense, after all, it was the first time I heard something related to Zhao Kehan, Yan Yu thought about it, and had no clue, so it didn't hurt to listen to it, so he sat back again.