The story told by Aunt Ming and the fat man are familiar to me, although there is a bit of wild history, but in the process of her narration, we did not interrupt.

The streets outside the "Quiet House" are now completely shrouded in the darkness of the night.

The room we were in was completely dark. Only the location of the entrance is left with a limited area of light illuminated by the lights lit by the shops opposite.

This kind of light stretched for a few meters before stopping, and behind me was a very ornamental screen, and I thought that even if this light could extend to me, it would be blocked by the screen.

The fat man and I were so quiet, quietly listening to Aunt Ming's narration in the dim light.

People's attention is easily affected by the environment, and if there is no such dark and unlit environment, it will be brightly lit. I think that for the episodes of the wild history told by Aunt Ming, I probably can't listen to them as seriously as I do now.

The fat man next to me is the same, and even listens more carefully than I do.

The three of us are two listeners and one lobbyist, and we have always maintained a balance. It wasn't until Aunt Ming's words that this balance began to be broken.

"The two teams sent by Emperor Shun, after thousands of years of reproduction, eventually formed two families. All the clansmen of the family in the bright place are surnamed Su, and the other family name hidden in the dark is surnamed Zhang ......"

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Xu Xianlou, a small four-story building, stands behind a wave of clear water.

In the clear water, an elegant statue of Xu Xian stands still in the water, leading his neck to look up at the sky, hoping that Ganze will bring the lady from the sky.

This is the silence that has been waiting for a thousand years, with a hint of the gentleness of the south of the Yangtze River.

I am not as good as a fat man in terms of the enjoyment of eating, just as I am not as good as he is in the tea ceremony.

This foodie place that has just been opened for a few years but has an excellent reputation, how can it escape the eyes of the fat man.

After we left the "Qing Xianju", the fat man brought me to this place with a literary atmosphere and a Jiangnan charm.

I think that in addition to the food here, the elegant and elegant Jiangnan makeup on the surrounding walls is also one of the reasons that attract him. Being here, I don't feel the heroism of the north at all, only gentleness.

After we left, Aunt Ming didn't come with us. She was still hiding in front of the lacquered mahogany table behind the dim screen of the "Quiet Residence", watching me and the fat man leave.

"Miss, please, the two gentlemen are inside."

The voice of a waiter dressed as a Jiangnan genius came from the door of the open private room.

Immediately afterwards, a touch of the temperament of the Jiangnan water town in the private room where we were located rushed straight from the beautiful woman who entered the door.

Our reunion is organized by Yiyi. After the fat man and I walked out of the "quiet house", the fat man received a call from Yiyi.

Yiyi, who hadn't seen her for a few days, walked in wearing the wide school uniform we had met for the first time.

"Yiyi, you're here."

The fat man deliberately showed excitement and said to Yiyi who was walking towards us. I can understand this emotion, after knowing his background and the mission of our two families, he has been suppressing his emotions.

I'm different, I'm really excited. I don't know if Yiyi's outfit is intentional or casual. Her outfit reminded me of the difference I had when I first met.

For our true and false enthusiasm, Yiyi did not have the light and lively performance when he was in Hangzhou. After a brief reply, he pulled out his chair and sat down. We sat in the same position as the restaurant on the edge of the West Lake.

Not long after Yiyi sat down, a group of waiters dressed as Jiangnan talents served the dishes we ordered one by one.

After that, when the door of the private room closed, the three of us were left looking at the dishes on the table, and none of us moved. Obviously, each has something on their minds.

It was the fat man who took the lead in breaking this oppressive atmosphere, brought a plate of chicken in the middle of the table with all the color and flavor in front of Yiyi and me, and said to us both in a happy tone:

"Yiyi, Xiao Su, do you know what this plate of chicken is called? It's called "Fairy Chicken"! It's the signboard in this Xu Xianlou, and it only sells ten copies a day! If I didn't know the manager here, I guess neither of you would have taken this orally! ”

Compared with the emotions of the fat man, I am better, after all, the second uncle has been mysterious to me for so many years. And in the conversation with Aunt Ming, although the burden on my body is heavy, my body is lighter. Because the second uncle had already intended to share the burden with him, the nephew, and I had some of it. But the fat man is different, originally he didn't have any burden on him, and he suddenly had an extra identity, no matter how optimistic his personality is, it also takes time to digest.

I don't know what's going on in Yiyi today, and my mood has been very low. It wasn't until I clamped a piece of "fairy chicken" in front of her that her emotions exploded completely uncontrollably.

"Senior brother, I know where my father is."

Yiyi looked up at the fat man. Although she pretended to be calm, tears flowed down her snow-like skin without lying.

The sudden pear blossom brought rain, which made me feel a little distressed sitting next to her.

As if afraid that her fragile emotions would affect me and the fat man, she quickly reached out to wipe the tears from her face. He turned his head down and ate the "fairy chicken" I picked up for him.

I glanced at the fat man, and from the way the fat man looked at me, I could tell that he was also just as concerned about Master Liu's whereabouts as Yiyi.

"Where did my master and his old man go?"

The fat man deliberately soothed his breath and asked Yiyi, who was eating "fairy chicken".

"Lop Nur..."

Yiyi stuffed the chicken without raising his head and said vaguely. I could clearly see new tears running down the corners of her eyes, and she didn't dare to look up at us until she was emotionally stable. Seeing her look, I really felt a little distressed. Obviously very fragile, but pretending to be strong because he is afraid that his emotions will affect others.

"Senior brother, last night, I received a phone call from Xinjiang."

Yiyi dragged the tissue on the table and wiped her mouth, and when she saw that the fat man and I didn't interrupt her, she continued:

On the other end of the phone was a multinational company called "Europa", and my father was invited by them to go to Lop Nur to help them hunt for treasure. Originally, everything was going well, but when I was about to reach the hinterland, an accident suddenly happened. Father, as well as one of the main teams of their company, are all gone! ”

Yiyi said that her father disappeared, and tears appeared in the corners of her eyes again. She immediately lifted her head to keep the tears from falling.

"You mean, Master, they disappeared into Lop Nur?"

The fat man asked.

Yiyi nodded.

"Yiyi, if you don't call me, Xiao Su and I will leave for Xinjiang tomorrow... It seems that everything is providential..."

The fat man said as he looked at me.

I also think it's a bit too much of a coincidence.

For the fat man's words, Yiyi made an inquiry with her already reddish eyes. After the fat man and I went to the "quiet house", Aunt Ming's series of narratives were told again for Yiyi.

In our last exchange with Aunt Ming, Aunt Ming conveyed the guessed location of the Su family and the Zhang family, Xinjiang.

The story that Aunt Ming told me and the fat man, as well as the origin of the Su family and the Zhang family, were all relayed to us by the second uncle and Aunt Ming.

I don't know how the second uncle and Aunt Ming got in touch, but it is certain that with the situation of the second uncle, his every move will be monitored, and he will definitely not contact Aunt Ming by phone.

Regarding the secrets of our Su family and the Zhang family, Aunt Ming actually knows what is being told for us. As for the rest, the second uncle didn't tell him too much, and the fat man's father and the current patriarch of the Zhang family didn't reveal anything to Aunt Ming.

This is the protection of Aunt Ming, and I have personally experienced the same protection method in the "little black house" of the old mansion. At this moment, I truly understood what my father had done to me.

"Yiyi, you are studying history, how much do you know about the "headless country"? ”

I asked Yiyi.

In the past, the mysteries that plagued me could only be borne by me alone, but now, I, Yiyi, and Fatty, the three of us know the same thing. Although there are more and more mysteries, it is far better for the three of them to bear it together than it is for me to bear it myself.

"My father must have been involved in the affairs of your two families..."

Instead of answering my question, Yiyi asked another question.

In fact, before she came, I also discussed this issue with the fat man.

The fat man has been in the Liu family for more than 30 years, although Master Liu has always regarded him as his own, but he has always conveyed the message of his surname Zhang to him intentionally or unintentionally.

The sentence "All cause and effect are predestined, and it is not yet time." When the time comes, you don't need me to say that you will know", which has always been on Master Liu's lips.

Master Liu's sentence "Heaven is destined" probably refers to this time.

"Su Mo, I once read a similar record of "headless people" in "Xuzi is silent". ”

“... Some people floated to an island, thousands of men and women, all fat and short, headless, with two breasts as eyes, sparkling and moving; Take the umbilicus as the mouth, take the food to the front, suck and chew it, and the sound is indistinguishable... Zhizhi said, this "Classic of Mountains and Seas" contained in Xing Tian's also. ”

The above is what Yiyi recounts about the headless that she knows.

And about this record, I have also seen it in the "Taiping Yulan".

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, as Yuzhang Taishou Jia Yong, he was ordered to leave the country to beg for thieves. During the fierce battle, he was beheaded by thieves, but he did not deliberately die. Instead, he became a leaderless man. When he returned to the barracks, the soldiers came to see him, and he said in his chest: "The battle is not good, the thief is wounded, and the princes regard it as good to have a head kiss and a headless one?" ”

All the soldiers cried and said in unison: "There is a good head! ”。 Jia Yong said: "Otherwise, it is better to be headless." After saying that, he fell to the ground and died.