I saw a mess of old tables and chairs on the left side of the lobby, and Zhu Pan explained: "All the computers that used to open Internet cafes were all cheaply disposed of by us, and now there are only these old tables and chairs that no one wants." ”

In addition, there are traces left by rows of tables and chairs on the ground, and there seem to be several marks on the seat against the wall.

I pointed to those boxy marks and asked Zhu Pan what they were, and Zhu Pan said: "In the past, when the business of Internet cafes was good, there were a few small single rooms on this side against the wall, and of course the price would be more expensive. ”

"Where did the person who died suddenly? Is there a private room? I asked again.

"That person seems to be surnamed He, I remember, he first came to us to surf the Internet, and then my dad took a fancy to him and asked him to be our network administrator here! He was indeed in a private room when he died, and I remember it as if it was ......"

Zhu Pan recalled while inspecting the imprints of the single room on the ground.

Soon, he reached out and pointed to the second imprint from right to left.

"It was in this private room that my dad found him at six o'clock in the morning. At that time, because of the construction going on in the surrounding area, the business of our Internet café was already very poor, and after 12 o'clock in the evening, there were basically no people. I guess this network manager is because the guests are gone, so they hide in a private room to surf the Internet, and the result is ...... That's what happened. ”

He shook his head as he spoke.

"The network management of the Internet café is in two shifts, one shift is twelve hours, which is a bit long, but it is very leisurely, just sit in the bar and take care of it, and occasionally help the guests debug the computer. In the past, my brother and I also worked as network administrators, and I really didn't feel any tired, but the salary was a little low, so we didn't do it later, and my dad had to hire someone else! ”

When he said this, he glanced at Zhu Laozhi with hatred.

"It's all my dad, two years ago the developer came to our village to buy land, and the rest of the village was happy, but my dad refused to sell this foundation, and as a result, people bypassed our broken house to start construction, and the dust in the sky made us basically no one here! But just like that, after the sudden death of the network manager, their family still made trouble with us, saying that it was we who made the network manager work for too long and died suddenly. We couldn't explain it clearly, and in the end it cost tens of thousands of dollars to deal with this matter. ”

He sighed and shook his head, I looked around carefully, and couldn't help but ask him, "Your wife once said that there was a basement dug in the ground, where is it?" How to go down? ”

"You said the basement, there was a mess in it, and after the Internet café was closed, the entrance to the basement was also sealed. I'll have to look for it, and I don't know if I can open it! ”

As he spoke, he walked down the stairs, first pushed open the old bar under the stairs, pointed to the ground with his hand, and said: "This is the entrance to the basement, there used to be a pull ring on this backing board, and then something happened, my dad was so angry that he directly unscrewed the pull ring!" ”

I saw the bar be pushed open, revealing a square plank neatly embedded in the floor.

There is a broken mark on the board, presumably where the pull ring was once installed.

Zhu climbed to the corner of the wall, found a shovel and brought it over, pushed the tip of the shovel into the gap in the wooden board, and then pulled it up.

Fortunately, the plank immediately turned up a big crack with such a pull.

I bent down and reached out to grab the big slit and lifted it upwards with all my might.

The planks were thicker and heavier than I had expected, but I lifted them all together with such a force.

A dark hole immediately revealed below, and a wooden staircase stretched diagonally downward.

The light casts down, reflecting the ground below, and it feels more than two meters deep.

"You go down with us, lest there be any valuables, and it will be difficult to say when the time comes!" I told Zhu Pan.

In fact, I have a heart, with Zhu Pan following us, that weird-tempered old Zhu stubborn will not do anything irrational.

Zhu Pan didn't think about it so much, just said casually: "What valuables are there, it's just some tattered things piled up underneath!" ”

He spoke, and had already taken the lead and walked cautiously down the wooden stairs.

I followed, and Bai Xiaohe followed behind me.

Zhu Pan stretched out his hand and touched a corner, and soon turned on the electric light, and the bright light immediately illuminated the entire basement.

I looked closely at the basement and saw that the area of the basement was only about fifteen or sixteen square meters.

The seat on the left side of the stairs is also full of clutter.

On the right side of the stairs was a chair and a wooden table.

I reached out to the wooden table and asked, "Look, there used to be a lot of people sitting down here, right?" ”

Zhu Pan couldn't help but show embarrassment and said, "It's not that ...... Often people sit down and just ...... At that time, after the surnamed He was invited by my dad to be a network administrator, his temper was also very weird, my wife and I didn't like him, but he got along with my dad! So...... My dad knew that his family was poor, so he gave him this basement for free, and usually he lived in this basement when he wasn't working! However, after his accident, we thought that the things he used were unlucky, and threw away all the wooden beds and bedding he slept on. ”

"When the police came to investigate, did they go down to this basement?" Bai Xiaohe asked.

"I've been here!" Zhu Pan nodded, "But the surname He is sure that it was a sudden death, although the police came down to take a look, they didn't take away the things he used!" Later, his sister and brother-in-law came over and moved all his luggage! ”

The basement was really small, and I carefully rummaged through the pile of clutter and found nothing strange.

But I just have a gut feeling that this basement is definitely not so simple.

I deliberately stomped on the ground with my heels and knocked on the walls on all four sides with my hands.

Zhu Pan saw the movement, and said with a wry smile: "This comrade really doesn't need to be so careful, this is solid on all sides, if you don't worry, I can take a hammer and smash it for you!" ”

Since I heard him say this, I was afraid that if I took the hammer down, I wouldn't smash the result, so I had to look at Bai Xiaohe, and then climb up the wooden ladder with Zhu Pan.

Zhu Pan still used the wooden board to cover the entrance to the basement, and said to us with a smile: "This time the two of you should rest assured, right?" What kind of tombs are there, there is no such thing at all! ”

Bai Xiaohe had nothing to say, but I said to Zhu Laoqi, who was staring at us with eyes on the side: "Uncle Zhu, we are now very sure that the murdered man and woman must have something to do with He Chao, who died suddenly in your place before, so we hope you think about it, if you can think of any useful clues, be sure to contact us as soon as possible!" Otherwise, maybe a third person will be killed in a short time! And this person is rampant on the Internet, if you don't stop him quickly, maybe it will lead to even greater trouble! ”

I am by no means alarmist, but the reason why I will say it to an old man with a strange temper is because I always think that if He Chao's soul really remains in the world, then this soul-preserving factor is in this Internet café.

And Zhu Laozhi must be an insider.

It's a pity that Zhu Lao stubbornly listened to me coldly, and still stared at me without saying a word, as if he wanted me to disappear quickly.

However, Zhu Pan said: "Comrade, don't worry, although my father has a bit of a strange temper, he is not a person who knows what to do, if you really want to think of any important situation, he will definitely contact you!" ”

I nodded. Bai Xiaohe didn't wait for me to say, then took out a business card and handed it to Zhu Laoqi.

After that, I said goodbye to Bai Xiaohe, and when I got into the car, Bai Xiaohe asked me what I thought.

I shook my head and said, "I can't say anything about it yet, I just feel that there is still something strange in that basement, but we can't see it with the naked eye!" ”

"But the basement is so big that you can see it at a glance! What do you mean...... Do you want me to mobilize the police and use the equipment to search carefully? ”

"If it doesn't work, maybe the police will have to be mobilized! I had a gut feeling that there might be a deeper basement down there! ”

"Probably not, right? That's a lot of work! What are they going to do? Bai Xiaohe disagreed, "Or...... Do you really suspect that their house was built on an ancient tomb? ”

"This ...... Until things are investigated, I think anything is possible! I replied honestly, "But there is no need to mobilize the police immediately, everything will wait until the entrepreneur who has seen the Zhu family brothers' calligraphy and paintings!" ”

Bai Xiaohe nodded in approval. But the entrepreneur couldn't go back to Guanghai City until tomorrow, and he couldn't do anything that afternoon, so Bai Xiaohe simply took me to a scenic spot in Guanghai City to take a turn and relax.

The next day, we first had a phone call with the entrepreneur to make an appointment to meet at a location, and Bai Xiaohe and I drove to the entrepreneur's office.

The man's surname is Wang, and his office is in a high-end office building in the most prosperous area of Guanghai City.

When we arrived, Boss Wang was already waiting for us.

He looked rich, but his demeanor was elegant and he talked well, and when I asked later, I learned that he used to be a university professor, and it was not until the reform and opening up that he went to the sea to do business.

"You two are here today, I don't know what you want to ask?" Boss Wang got straight to the point.

Bai Xiaohe glanced at me, meaning to let me speak.

I was also straightforward and asked Boss Wang: "We heard that you bought two fakes of Tang Baihu's calligraphy and paintings from two brothers surnamed Zhu more than ten years ago, I wonder if you can show us them?" ”

(See Chapter 394 "Strange Ancient Calligraphy and Painting")