Chapter 338: The Courtyard on the Suburbs
There were no customers in the antique shop at the time, and when I heard the conversation between me and the man with glasses, the other guys gathered around.
"Boss Huang won't hide Jiao in the golden house!"
"! He lives in the store almost all the year round, hiding what is delicate. ”
"Speaking of which, our boss is a little weird, that time it was my turn to look at the store, I heard a movement on the second floor, after I went up, there was a gap in the door of his lounge, and I saw the boss hanging on two ropes."
"You've been in this house?" The other immediately asked.
"No! Didn't Boss Huang say it! No one is allowed to set foot in this room......"
Hearing this, I knew in my heart, it turned out that Lao Huang, like the antique Li, couldn't sleep normally at all, and had to be suspended with a rope when resting.
"I'm worried that something has happened to you Boss Huang - can you go to the house they said on the second floor to have a look?"
Hearing me say that something might have happened to Lao Huang, the glasses man's face changed instantly. Lao Huang once said that the glasses man was taken in by him, and after he finished his secondary school, he stayed in the store and has always been regarded as a godson.
"Okay!" With that, he took the lead up to the second floor.
Lao Huang's lounge is divided into two rooms, inside and outside, there is a mahogany bed, a table and four chairs, it is the room where we drank tea and chatted last time, and there is a door in the inner room, which is a secret lock at a glance.
"Boss Huang won't be in the house, will he?" Seeing that the door seemed to be locked from the inside, I asked casually.
"Impossible! Yesterday afternoon, I saw my boss go out with my own eyes - could it be that he came back in the middle of the night? ”
Another guy hurriedly stood up, waved his hand and said, "Impossible! I was in charge of the store last night, and the store closed at 9 o'clock, and no one knocked on the door! ”
The man in glasses nodded and glanced at me, "I went out yesterday and just came back this morning...... Teacher! Is the teacher in the house? He knocked on the door.
When there were no outsiders, the man with glasses called Lao Huang "teacher", and I don't know why he called him that.
There was silence in the room.
The man with glasses hesitated for a moment, took off a key from his waist, found an earthy yellow one, and inserted it into the keyhole.
The door slowly opened, and everyone took two steps back when they saw what was inside.
Unexpectedly, the house here is more spacious than the outhouse, there are no windows in the house, only a dirty incandescent lamp overhead, and a circle of antique cupboards.
The most surprising thing was that several black belts were torn from the roof in the middle of the room, and each belt had a loop around its head. The color of the ring has been worn off, and it can be seen that it is often in a state of friction.
"There is no bed here, how can the boss sleep!"
After a full minute of silence, one of the fellows spoke.
The man with glasses was also full of surprise, and a minute later, he stepped inside.
The cupboard was full of all kinds of utensils, paper, wooden blocks, bamboo slips, and human bones, and another elderly man pointed to the contents of the cupboard and said, "These things look a little old, they should all be ...... before the Qin Dynasty."
The more I look at it, the more I wonder - the cook's stuff is not too valuable! Although it has a long history, it has no price, how can the boss hide these things here!
After turning over a few cooks, the man with glasses muttered, "It's like some information!" Could it be that the teacher has been checking something all these years? ”
At this time, a fellow shouted, "There seems to be a letter here!" ”
Looking for prestige, the man held a brown paper envelope in his hand.
The man with glasses took a deep breath, walked over, picked up the letter, and opened it.
There were two pages in the envelope, and the first page turned out to be a notarial certificate.
Roughly speaking, from today onwards, Boya Xuan and all the items in the store will be owned by Xiaode, and there will be bank deposits, of which 3 million will be reserved for Xiaode, 3 million will be divided equally among other store employees (300,000 each), 3 million will be given to Chen Xiaozhen, and the rest will be given to charity. Everything in this room was immediately burned, and not a single one was left, and then it was redecorated.
The notary turned out to be a notary office in the district, and it was stamped with a clear seal, and below was Lao Huang's signature, and the time was yesterday.
Seeing this notarial certificate, everyone was stunned, and a sense of foreboding spread, at this time, even a fool understood that Lao Huang was afraid that something really happened.
I was also very surprised, I have only met Lao Huang three times, it is considered a general friendship, but I didn't expect my name to appear on the notarial deed, and give me three million!!
The man in glasses was stunned for a moment, and forced himself to turn the second page with a few lines of handwritten words.
Xiaode and brothers: We have worked together for many years, but in fact, we are fate, and there is no banquet in life, for my Lao Huang, the meaning of running around for half a life is to relieve the pain of the body. Everyone in the world is afraid of death, but I am not afraid - death is a cool summer night that allows people to sleep peacefully.
Boya Xuan will be handed over to Xiaode, and he must be kind to the brothers in the store, don't take the good for the small, and don't take the evil for the small. You won't understand my business, so just know about it, and don't call the police. Remember!
After reading it, the tears of several people fell, and Xiaode even cried and hurriedly asked me what happened.
I'm also confused, where do I know what's going on, and when I think about it, this is clearly a suicide note! Could it be that Lao Huang spent twenty years to find that other flower not to save himself, but to let himself die? Just like the people who looked for treasures that Chen Laosan told back then.
Come to think of it, this is!
The question is, where has Lao Huang gone now?
- Antique Lee! I suddenly thought of antique lees. There seem to be too many secrets between Lao Huang and Antique Li, and there is one thing they have teamed up to deceive me - the two have been in contact for years!
I immediately took the man with glasses to the house rented by Antique Li, and when I pushed it, the door was unexpectedly hidden, and there was no one in the house.
I hurriedly pushed open the inner room again, but there was still no one in the inner room, not even the belt that had hung on the purlin before, and I vaguely felt that something had happened to the antique lee.
As soon as I left the inner room door, I saw a fat woman pushing the door in.
"You're friends with Boss Hua?" Seeing the three of us, the fat woman was not in the slightest surprised.
I nodded.
"Who is Chen Xiaozhen?"
"I am!" I shouted.
"Boss Hua has already checked out - how did he make this in this house, a boss...... Ay! - Boss Hua asked me to convey a sentence. ”
The doubts in my heart had reached the climax, and I hurriedly asked, "What words!" ”
He said...... said that he would not let you look for him again in the future, his business has been ...... It's done, and the rest is up to you......"
As soon as I heard it, my head was "buzzing" again, Lao Huang is like this, and Antique Li is like this, the two of them are obviously explaining the future, is it possible to discuss going to Elysium together?
After walking out of the house, I heard the fat woman behind me muttering, "Sitting in such a good car, but living in such a place, is this old guy sick!" ”
After getting into the car, the man with glasses collapsed a little, looking out the window and crying.
Li Xiaobai also wondered: "Xiao Zhen, you said that you have a yard but don't live there, and don't let anyone set foot on it, is there any rare treasure hidden in this yard!" ”
When I heard it, it was like a lightning bolt in my brain.
That's right! How did you forget this yard.
"Brother De, do your business first, and quickly take us to Lao Huang's yard."
Habitually, as long as it is on the edge of the city, it is collectively referred to as the suburbs, I thought that Lao Huang was so rich that he chose to buy real estate in the suburbs, it must be quiet, and he would not rely too much on the suburbs, who knew that the glasses man commanded Li Xiaobai all the way out of the city.
The car was parked outside the wall of a tall compound, and although the courtyard wall was high, it was very old, and the masonry on the wall was also very weathered, and it was clear that it had not been repaired for many years.
"This is Master's courtyard, it's very remote!"
The man with glasses looked at the courtyard in front of him and smiled bitterly, trying to hide the sadness in his heart.
"It's remote enough, there is no village around here, at least five miles away from the city!" Li Xiaobai looked around.
The gate was wooden, and after looking at least twenty centimeters, it closed tightly.
"Brother De, do you have a key?" I asked casually, too, thinking to myself that since he hadn't even been in, how could he have the key here!
The man with glasses said "yes", and then took out the key.
"It's weird! After you looked for him last time, Master gave me two keys, one from the previous lounge and the other from here. Xiao De took out a very strange-looking key.
With a "squeak", the door opened.
Seeing the scene in the courtyard, the three of them were taken aback again.
The one-man high thatch almost covered the yard, which was rarely frequented, and the stone road facing the door of the house was already badly damaged, and the small grass and wild vegetables arched the stone slabs into cracks.
"There's no one here! It's a shame that such a nice yard is so deserted! ”
Li Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh.
"That's not right! Someone has been here! The man with glasses standing in front of me suddenly exclaimed.
"Brother De, why do you say that?" I was startled by his sudden sound and hurriedly turned around and asked.
"Look!" As he spoke, he bent down and pointed to the mottled slate.
As he pointed out, I saw a faint footprint on the ground.
This footprint should have stepped on the wild vegetables first, and the juice of the wild vegetables was stuck on the soles of the shoes, and then left on the stone road, and everyone should know that the juice of wild vegetables can only be kept on the ground for a day or two, that is, someone has been here in two days!
After a little analysis, I knew that this person should be Lao Huang, and the time was yesterday.
The wall of this courtyard is more than two meters high, and there is no trace of damage to the gate, unless there is a key, it is really difficult to enter! Lao Huang returned home in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, and after going out yesterday evening, he never came back.
All three looked up at the room almost at the same time.
It was a three-room brick and stone house, and the first thing that came to mind was that it was dilapidated.
The black wooden door was a bit creepy, and what was even more strange was that there was not a single window in front of the whole house. There are no windows in the main house! It's almost the same as a joke, isn't there a black rumbling in such a house? How to live in people!
The door was hidden, with a gap of a few centimeters between the two doors.
"Could it be that Lao Huang is in this house?" Li Xiaobai's voice trembled a little.