Chapter 1: Asking for help
In the middle of summer nights, the cool breeze is blowing, and the scorching day is a little cooler at this time.
Jianghai City, located on the bank of the Yangtze River, has also ushered in the most lively time.
The bustling streets are filled with pedestrians, and the cries of hawkers come and go. The barbecue restaurants on both sides are doing good business, and the aroma of barbecue and beer fills the corner. In front of my eyes, there were white thighs and shirtless men, as well as some old people enjoying the coolness.
A young man walked leisurely on the street with an army-green bag, his eyes glanced around, and when he saw the beauty, his eyes couldn't move, and he naturally fell on someone's lap, and his mouth blew a hooligan whistle at the right time, causing the girl to keep rolling her eyes at him.
At first glance, it was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, so it didn't take it seriously.
The boy grinned, walked to the mouth of a remote alley, pretended to light a cigarette and looked around to see that no one noticed it, and went into the alley.
"Knock Knock"
The boy knocked on a quaint wooden door in the alley.
The person who opened the door was an old man over sixty years old with gray hair, his spirit was strong, his eyes were shining, and when he opened the door, he saw the young man at the door and immediately smiled: "Yo, what good things did you bring this time?" ”
"It's nothing, it's just that it's not common, is the market open?" Ye Tian flashed into the door with a big bag.
"It's only seven o'clock, and it's going to be a while." The old man poked his head out and looked at both sides of the alley, and closed the door: "Lin Ping, the money for the meteorite last time has already hit your card, but the buyer wants to see you." ”
"Want to see me?" Lin Ping walked into the yard, moved a rocking chair and lay down: "Old man Xu, we said at the beginning, I am only responsible for delivering the goods, as for how the goods came from, you are not allowed to ask, and I don't see buyers, is it a bit unruly for you to sell my information?" ”
"You kid." Old man Xu's name is Xu Jie, and he is Lin Ping's middleman: "It's really not the information I sold, the buyer's eyes are poisonous, and I know at a glance that this thing is not in my hands." But people also abide by the rules, they didn't force them to ask, just let me ask your opinion, if you are willing to meet, a meeting gift of 50,000 yuan, if you don't want to meet, forget it. ”
"What? Fifty thousand dollars? Lin Ping jumped up from the rocking chair: "I'll give 50,000 yuan when I meet, who is so arrogant?" ”
"I'm not old, forty or fifty years old, I look like I have a bit of a family background, and I didn't even ask for the price of your meteorite iron, what do you think?" Old man Xu opened the package brought by Lin Ping, and stacked the contents into a cardboard box, there were not many things, only four or five pieces, all of which were carefully packed in transparent glass tubes.
"Hehe, what do I think? The price of people is out of this share, you have to say no, you have to live, you have to say it, it's a broken rule. Lin Ping crossed Erlang's legs and said leisurely: "Now I can do this kind of business, and I am the only one in the entire Jianghai City." It's okay to see, but according to the rules, if you leak my news, the consequences should be clear. ”
"Don't worry, I'm a guarantee, if the wind leaks, I won't wash my hands from now on." Xu Jie swore and said.
"Heh, Old Man Xu, I'm afraid this person doesn't know you, right?" Lin Ping's brows furrowed, and he could hear the taste.
To be the most taboo guarantee in the underground market, if you are not familiar with your own people, no one dares to say this easily.
"Hehe, it's a friend of mine who wants to ask you for a favor." Xu Jie smiled and shouted into the inner room: "Lao Zhang, come out." ”
Out of the back room came a middle-aged man in a Mao suit, with a flat haircut, a few strands of white hair occasionally seen between his temples, a ruddy complexion, and bright eyes. After seeing Lin Ping, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he strode over.
"I'm really sorry, it's really abrupt to disturb me late at night. He also asked Old Man Xu to make an exception and break the rules, hoping that the little brother would not be surprised. The middle-aged man smiled at Lin Ping.
"I'm not surprised, it's just that you spend so much money just to see me, which makes me a little weird." Lin Ping looked the middle-aged man in front of him up and down.
Dressed very refreshingly, wearing a Mao suit, wearing a pair of leather shoes, with a ruddy and full complexion, strong hands, the green tendons on the back of the hand appeared when he gave his hands and hugged his fists, looking like a practitioner.
"It's not a secret, it's true that I have something to ask my little brother for help, I searched all over Jianghai City, and no one can do this except you." The middle-aged man took out a bank card from his pocket and handed it to Lin Ping: "According to the rules of this industry, this is 50,000 yuan, and the password is written on it, and you can take it out at any time." ”
Lin Ping took the bank card and looked at it, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and threw the bank card to Xu Jie: "Old Xu, you can transfer it to my account." ”
Lin Ping pursed his lips and thought for a while, and said, "I'm just looking for goods, how can I help you?" ”
"The little brother is humble." Lao Zhang smiled slightly: "Your shipments are rare in the world, meteoric iron, star stones, flowers on the other side, yellow spring water, immortal patterns and even the holy blood of the West, not to mention the space station of the Space Agency, even those Tufuzi who touch gold and rob tombs, may not be able to get them." ”
Lin Ping listened, his brows furrowed tightly, twisted into a "Chuan" character, and turned his head to look at Xu Jie: "Old man Xu, how much information did you sell me?" Divide my money. ”
Xu Jie waved his hand and shook his head to deny: "These are not what I said, I have been in this business for so many years, and I still understand this rule, and let Lao Zhang come to see you this time, and it will be a break this time." ”
"Little brother, don't blame, this is what I found out myself, after all, although these things are also in the underground black market, they are all fakes, and the few real goods are still from Lao Xu, and I also traced it clearly, and confirmed that those things are real, so I begged Lao Xu to see you." Lao Zhang explained.
"Sit down and talk." Xu Jie took out two chairs from inside.
Lin Ping pouted and sighed: "Okay, I don't know if it's true or false anyway, so I believe it." Since you spent 50,000 yuan to see me, tell me what you want to do when you see me, my shot is very expensive. ”
Lao Zhang smiled with relief: "As long as the little brother is willing to sell, the price is easy to say." Here's the thing, I have a little daughter, who is seventeen years old, and about four years ago, suddenly had a serious illness and has been bedridden ever since.
For this reason, I spent millions of dollars to hire various famous doctors at home and abroad for treatment, but to no avail. It's strange to say that this is sick, there are no obvious symptoms, but it makes people weak and sluggish, and they have taken a lot of medicine and spent a lot of money, but so far it has not worked.
There is a friend who specializes in treating incurable diseases of the door to see, said that there is a Lushena Buddha in the Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan, according to legend, there is a pill hidden in the Lushena Buddha statue, which was given to the Japanese emperor when the monk Jianzhen of the Tang Dynasty traveled east to Japan to receive ordination from Emperor Shengwu Taishang, this pill has the effect of curing all diseases, and later in order to commemorate the Jianzhen monk, the then Emperor Xiaoqian sealed this pill in the Lushena Buddha statue.
Subsequently, this incident was forgotten by the world, and only slightly recorded in some ancient books. My friend, who was a good reader of old books and had a large collection of scrolls in his house, came across this page and told me about it. ”
"So what do you mean? Do you want me to steal that pill? Lin Ping said: "This legend is not true or false, even if it is true, but it is all a matter of the Tang Dynasty, more than a thousand years have passed, even if there is, it has long been turned into ashes, even if I take it back, what is the use?" You can't expect a cloud of ash to save someone, can you? ”
Lao Zhang nodded and said, "That's right, that's why I came to find my little brother." First, I hope you can give the palm of your hand to confirm whether the pill is really something from the Tang Dynasty, or if the descendants randomly made a pill and put it in it in order to make up myths. Second, if you can, see if you can give it? ”
"I can't." Lin Ping directly refused: "I am looking for goods to find ownerless things, as far as the things I sold before, even if ordinary people see them, they may not know what they are." These treasures that have been left behind are my goal, and now you are asking me to go to Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan to steal things, you might as well let me carry a machine gun and go directly to rob it, aren't you embarrassing me? ”
"Little brother, I also know that this matter is indeed very difficult." Lao Zhang said apologetically: "If it weren't for the little girl's illness, I, Zhang Qingshan, would not have begged someone to do this kind of stealing chicken and dog, but I am just this precious daughter, I can't watch my daughter suffer from illness and ignore it, if I don't know, it's just that, now there is this glimmer of hope, how can I ignore it." Little brother, as long as you can help me get that pill, you can pay as much as you want, even if you want all the property of my Zhang family, I Zhang Qingshan is willing to give it to you. ”
"Playing so big?" Lin Ping thought in his heart: "How much property does this old Zhang Tou's family have to be able to say this?" Forget it, it's still important to be safe, in case you accidentally put yourself in, it's not cost-effective. But how can he be a friend of Old Man Xu, it's not good to refuse directly, so let's find a reason to shirk it. ”
"I don't know Japanese."
"I found a translator and am proficient in four Chinese."
"If something happens, will you save me?"
"I've already said hello to the consulate, you can get a consulate certificate, if something really happens by then, you can prevaricate and say it's a misunderstanding, everything will be settled by the consulate, and I can ask a friend to dredge up the local Yamaguchi group in Japan."
"Is this a prepared person?" Lin Ping's brows furrowed slightly, and his eyes kept rolling.
"Why do you have to look for me when everything is arranged?" Lin Ping found a reason that was not a reason.
"Huh." Zhang Qingshan smiled bitterly: "I can't hide it, the main thing is to worry about that pill." This kind of thing is almost untouched, even if those inverted buckets get some ancient pills from the ancient tomb, but when they encounter the air, they rot, and almost all they take out are some medicinal foam, which is more poisonous than poison. I asked other people to go, and even if I could get it back, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to take it, and I wouldn't be able to tell the real from the fake. ”
"It's true." Lin Ping nodded in agreement.