Chapter 265: Showing Up
It wasn't hard to find Francis, and Mr. Liu gave me his contact information directly. [No pop-ups. 】
Xiao Ai and I had lunch, and after going around the west, we finally came to a house in the East Block.
There was a little boy playing football in front of the door, and another young black buddy was leaning against the door, talking to someone on the phone, smiling very brightly, showing a mouthful of snow-white teeth.
Finally, when the black buddy called, I stepped forward and asked, "Hey, buddy, does old Francis live here, we are friends with the fire crow, come and ask him something." ”
When the black buddy heard that we were the fire crows, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly replied, "Yes, my grandfather is in the house, I'll take you in." ”
When I walked into the back room, I found that it was really shabby, with no decent furniture, and the fat man sitting in the back watching TV should be old Francis.
The black buddy said a few words to old Francis, and then went out on his own, I hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Hello, Grandpa Francis, I am the son-in-law of Mr. Liu, who met you yesterday, and next to him is his daughter Xiaoai, about what you said last night, we still have a few questions I want to ask." ”
Old Francis looked at us in some surprise, turned off the TV, and asked, "What's the problem, I told you everything I knew last night, you don't want the money back?" ”
I coughed lightly and asked, "We're not here to ask for money, a few days ago, we found a cave under the cliff in the suburbs, and found a dragon robe in it, you should have heard of it." ”
At the mention of the cave, old Francis was obviously stunned for a moment, but quickly shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I'm old and not interested in these things. ”
I knew he wouldn't admit it so readily, and I said, "Grandpa Francis, the cave is very simple, with a few paintings painted on the rock walls inside, and traces of the voodoo rituals. ”
As I spoke, I observed old Francis's expression, and saw that he had become a little unnatural.
I continued: "When I was in the cave last night, I found a small line engraved on the altar, if I guessed correctly, it must have been engraved by you, don't worry, my father-in-law didn't know about it. ”
Old Francis seemed to be a little moved, but still shook his head and said: "I don't know what small print, I'm not a voodoo member, I already told everything I know yesterday, I just want to get a $5,000 bonus." ”
I don't like to threaten people, but sometimes I have to.
Old Francis, like Dean Zhu, relied on the old and sold the old, thinking that he could avoid the past when he was old.
I said, "Grandpa Francis, Xiao Ai and I just want to ask Lao Zhu about something, and I won't hurt him, if you know where he is hiding, please tell us, otherwise, if Mr. Liu and the fire crow know about the things in the cave, I am afraid that not only you will be hurt, but also your family." ”
Old Francis's face suddenly became ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "Who are you, why are you looking for Lao Zhu, he is a good person." ”
Of course, I was looking for a secret treasure, but it was hard to say this kind of thing, but listening to the tone of old Francis, it seemed to loosen up, and I decided to use the tactic of side-knocking.
I didn't answer Old Francis's question, but continued to ask: "I want to ask, did you really rescue Lao Zhu and the Chinese family from the sea back then?" ”
Old Francis nodded and said, "Yes, it's true, the five of them were sitting in the lifeboat at that time, except for Lao Zhu, the others were dying and seriously dehydrated. ”
I said, "You seem to have mentioned it yesterday, saying that the man once said that he had encountered a ghost warship, but after going ashore he flatly denied it, is there such a thing?" ”
"Yes, I remember it clearly, but he was delirious at the time, it is possible that he was talking nonsense, I walked this route many times when I was younger, and I never saw any ghost warships."
I sighed and continued, "Then when you got them up, did they have any suitcases or anything like that in their lifeboats?" ”
Old Francis blinked, nodded, and said, "There is such a leather suitcase, which is locked and no one is allowed to touch it." ”
That's right, if there really is a secret treasure, it should be stored in this suitcase at that time.
I asked, "Do you know what the name of that family is and where they came from?" ”
Old Francis said: "The surname is Chen, it seems that he said that he came from Brunei,"
Just as Old Francis was answering, the phone next to him suddenly rang, he quickly answered, nodded several times in a row, and suddenly threw the phone to me and said, "Young man, Lao Zhu is looking for you." ”
Lao Zhu looked for me, great, he finally showed up.
I took the phone and said, "Lao Zhu, are you okay, you were gone when I returned to the hospital yesterday." ”
Lao Zhu sighed and replied: "Don't worry, you can't die, I think you should know something about me, I just didn't expect that you would be so close to the people of the fire crow, and I wouldn't have done much if I had known it." ”
The matter here is very complicated, I can't explain it for a while, I said: "Lao Zhu, things are not what you think, I and the fire crow are not all the way, can we meet, I have something very important to ask you." ”
Lao Zhu was silent for a while, and said: "The church in the northern district of Port-au-Prince, I'll wait for you over there, don't bring anyone else, and don't harass the Francis family, they don't know much." ”
Lao Zhu quickly hung up the phone, and I motioned for Xiao Ai to hurry up and follow me.
The two of us called a taxi and headed all the way to the church in the North End, but when we reached our destination, we didn't see even half of the people.
I waited for more than an hour, and just as I was anxious, a man dressed as a priest came up to me and said, "Please follow me." ”
Xiao Ai and I followed the priest into the hut to the east.
Originally, I thought Lao Zhu was in the hut, but who knew that there was a tunnel inside.
The priest pointed to the entrance of the tunnel and said, "Go down the tunnel, the person you are looking for will be waiting for you at the exit." ”
Lao Zhu is Lao Zhu, and his anti-reconnaissance ability is quite strong, he may be afraid that Mr. Liu and the fire crow will follow us, so he found such a place.
The tunnel is quite long, and we walked around and around in it, and finally reached the exit.
After pushing open the door, he found that he was in a private house, and Lao Zhu was standing aside with a smile on his face.
I was just about to speak, but who knew that Lao Zhu motioned for us to continue with him.
There was a very broken car parked outside the house, and Xiao Ai and I got into it and let Lao Zhu go around the city.
About half an hour later, Lao Zhu took us to a remote place in the suburbs.
As soon as I got out of the car, I couldn't wait to ask, "Lao Zhu, are you the immortal hero painted in the cave paintings?" ”
When Lao Zhu heard the words immortal hero, he smiled bitterly and said: "Heroes can't be talked about, the word immortal is even more ridiculous, no one hates these two words more than me." ”
Xiao Ai said with some doubts: "Lao Zhu, you have an immortal body that everyone envies, is there anything you are not satisfied with?" ”
Lao Zhu shook his head and said: "Not being old and not dying is against the principles of heaven, it is not so much that I am not old and immortal, it is better to say that I am cursed by God." ”
Lao Zhu said as he took off his clothes again.
After a while, a body full of holes and even tattered appeared in front of us.
There are many small black holes in the chest, and yellow-brown pus is constantly flowing out of them, and the skin on the arms has fallen off a lot, revealing bright red flesh, and there is not even a whole piece of skin on the back.
Lao Zhu quickly put on his clothes again, and laughed at himself: "In addition to this face, I can see people, there is no skin on my body that is good, every time I die, my body will be a little more decayed, so many years have passed, I don't even have the slightest feeling of being a human being, such immortality, what is there to envy." ”
Looking at Lao Zhu's broken body, I didn't know what to say, I wanted to comfort him, but I found that I couldn't comfort him at all.
Lao Zhu sighed heavily and said: "I'd rather not be old and immortal, but enjoy family life with my wife and daughter, but unfortunately, this has become a luxury, why do you want to find me in the whole city, what do you want to do." ”