Chapter 10: The Bottomless Pit
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Which one opened a pawnshop has no background, Achi didn't make a fuss for long, and was carried out left and right. When Dai Guozi chased him out, those people were still scolding and kicking Ah Zhi all the time: "You kid doesn't have long eyes, and even Changtong pawnshop dares to come to make trouble." Next time you dare to come, come and fight once. ”
Ah Zhi held his head in both hands, and he had no intention of fighting back, and he was beaten so hard that he didn't say a word. Dai Guozi still admired it when he watched it from the side, but Gu Changming's cousin would be like this, and he couldn't figure it out.
That Gu Wuduo should be regarded as Ah Zhi's uncle, these people are fighting hard today, and they are not afraid to come back tomorrow. Not to mention anything else, Dai Guozi and Gu Changming have been in contact for a while, and some people who know this person are still very protective and will not take it seriously.
Achi and the others who watched the excitement dispersed, wiping their nosebleeds and getting up from the ground. He wanted to redeem him, but the other party didn't fight to death, the rope of stringing money was a little loose, and Ah Zhi squatted down and carried it with his clothes, and slowly picked it up.
Dai Guozi looked a little sad next to him, and wanted to step forward to help, but he was afraid that Ah Zhi would misunderstand his family and distrust his family. He waited until Ah Zhi had collected all the money, turned his head and plunged into the casino again, before turning around and looking home.
"It seems that if he doesn't lose all this money today, he won't come out." Dai Guozi shrugged his shoulders and said, "In my experience, he really helped out when he was checking Aunt Jiang. To say that he and those who capture children are accomplices, I don't believe it. ”
Gu Changming was silent for a moment before saying, "I also hope that this case has nothing to do with him." ”
"You're cousins, why don't you help him when you look at him like this." Dai Guozi was a little angry for Ah Zhi, "When you usually talk about cases, so many ideas are useless when it comes to your own family?" ”
"Do you know what he's going to the pawnshop to redeem?" Gu Changming didn't mean to be angry at all in the face of Dai Guozi's aggressiveness.
"How do I know what he wants to redeem, I don't know him well, and besides, he only said that he wanted to redeem, and never mentioned that thing." Dai Guozi glared at him, "Do you know that?" ”
"A lamp, an eight-sided glazed lantern." Gu Changming saw Dai Guozi's sluggish expression, "This lamp is a rare thing, don't say you haven't seen it, Miss Liu shouldn't have seen it." It was my aunt's dowry back then, and I saw it when I was very young, lighting the lamp, and there were paintings of pavilions and pavilions in it, and the auspicious clouds were faintly moving underneath, staring at it for a long time, as if I was in the fairy palace. ”
"And such an elegant and interesting thing, why did it end up in the pawnshop?" Dai Guozi couldn't look left and right, and with Gu Changming's expression, he suddenly realized, "Is the glass lamp here for you, you put it away!" ”
"The fruit has become wiser." Gu Changming did not deny it, nor did he admit it.
"You're too bad, you know he's looking for this, but you don't tell him." Dai Guozi almost jumped on the spot, "I'm going to go to him, tell him the glass lamp is still there, and let him get out of that damn casino." ”
Gu Changming pressed Guozi's shoulder with one hand: "The glass lamp was sent to the pawnshop by himself when he was in a hurry to gamble." When my father found out about this, he quietly paid three times the price to bring the glass lantern back. If I give it back to him, it won't be long before I do the same thing. You saw him in pain, so you sympathized with him, and what if after sympathy, he became even worse? ”
"Why, I look at him and have a heart to repent." When Dai Guozi said this, he was a little hesitant. It stands to reason that Ah Zhi should not have returned home to regret after being heartbroken, the reality is that Ah Zhi turned around and entered the casino with all the money, "You mean, he has done this before, not once or twice?" ”
"Not just once or twice, there are always a dozen or so times a year. Guozi, what I want to say is that it is not that our father and son are cold-blooded and refuse to help their old relatives, it also depends on whether he is terminally ill and worthy of our help. Gu Changming let out a long sigh, "The family rules made by my father, Ah Zhi came to borrow money, and he could only borrow ten times at most, but Ah Zhi handled it really well, every time he opened his mouth, it was ten times, no more, no less, just take it and leave." ”
"Can't you find a way to close the casino, ten times the money is not a small amount, so a steady stream of money is sent inside, not an emergency but stupid, where is there a time to see the money back." Dai Guozi's original sympathy for Ah Zhi is all gone, "He didn't do anything more wrong, it's already a blessing in misfortune." It's your turn to tell me, what did you find? ”
Gu Changming motioned for Liu Zhuxue to come and give her a sense of superiority to participate in the whole process. Liu Zhuxue had already sorted out the information she got from the little boss in an orderly manner, and summarized a few points when she told Dai Guozi: "The case was first seven days ago, and these people basically only arrested children with congenital disabilities, and they started with little beggars who had no family members first. As for how Aunt Jiang's son Dabao was taken care of, it is difficult to say. ”
Gu Changming's slender fingers tapped twice on the corner of the table, and said in a deep voice: "In order to make up the number." Among the little beggars, all the ones who could be caught were arrested, because there were not many flower children on the street of Kaifeng Mansion, and Dabao was just the right age, and his legs and feet were inconvenient to meet their needs. ”
"What if you catch Dabao or not?" Liu Zhuxue was anxious when she heard this, as if it was a bottomless pit constantly pulling the child down, and no one knew what fierce beasts were hidden underneath. What would happen to these children, she didn't dare to think about it, and she already felt a pain in her heart.
"Wait for the little phoenix to come back." Gu Changming closed his eyes slightly, as if he was in a trance, and the information he collected flew quickly in front of his mind, gradually converging a complete clue. These people are doing shady and dangerous experiments on these innocent children. And as a bystander, he can't come to the rescue, where the hell is, where will these people be!
Gu Changming grew up in Kaifeng Mansion since he was a child, and the topography of Kaifeng Mansion at this time seemed to be a complete painting, clearly spread out in front of him. And his mind went straight ahead, filtering out the places that were not suitable for hiding, and the scope was gradually narrowing.
Dai Guozi made a gesture to Liu Zhuxue, and the two understood that Gu Changming was thinking about the case, and for fear of disturbing his thoughts, they tiptoed out of the study.
"I originally thought that the case of the female corpse on the Tongtian River was annoying enough, but I didn't expect this bloodless case to be more difficult to handle." Dai Guozi became inexplicably anxious, "Gu Changming said that he wanted to report to the official, that Lankao County official is not like a very shrewd and capable person, I think it's all in vain." ”
"Don't you understand why Brother Gu emphasized that he wanted to report to the official?" Liu Zhuxue asked softly.
"I've been a fast catcher for a few years, and I still know the trick." Gu Changming asked Aunt Jiang to report the case in Lankao County, no matter whether Qiu Yusheng did something or not, the case has already been filed, in case the case of the case goes to the back and there are various situations, the case file is there, Gu Changming can extract it at any time, and then report it to the higher level. What they are worried about is that there may be greater forces behind such blatant means.
Kaifeng Mansion is no better than other places, and any person who walks out may be a relative of the emperor who cannot afford to offend, a high-ranking official. Only those who are included in the case file can be traced to the end, and they will not give up halfway.
"Are you worried?" Liu Zhuxue lowered her head and kicked a small pebble on the ground, "I have always been proud of my father when I was a child, and my father was the Shaoyin Lord of Kaifeng Mansion. Since the last incident of the Nine Emperor Princes, what Shaoyin and what adults are just a pawn at the mercy of others under the imperial city, they will be abandoned and destroyed at any time. ”
Dai Guozi listened to her voice getting lower and lower, for fear that she would remember those unpleasant details again, so he quickly turned to her and said with a hippie smile: "At this point, I am different from you." We come out of a small place like ours, and we have never seen the world, so we are fearless. It doesn't matter what kind of big official or prince is in front of him, as long as he commits something, he will be treated equally, and he will be caught and closed. You forgot that Kaifeng Mansion still has the treasure of the town government, but he has never been able to rub sand in his eyes, who have you seen him afraid of? ”
The corners of Liu Zhuxue's mouth curled slightly, and she was amused by him a lot better: "Yes, be fearless, not afraid of anyone." ”
There was a sound of clapping hands not far behind him, and the little phoenix didn't know when he came, not far away from watching the two talking, with a faint envy in his eyes: "I heard your conversation, and suddenly felt that the people I followed were all going to do big things." ”
"Did you find anything?" Liu Zhuxue always felt that there was something in the little phoenix's words, and the back of her ears was slightly hot, "How long have you been back, hiding there and not talking, let's be in a hurry." ”
The little phoenix glanced into the study: "Gu Gongzi is alone in there?" ”
"Well, he should be thinking about the crux of the case, and no one should bother him." Liu Zhuxue thought of the strange appearance of the little gourd elf, and couldn't help asking, "Are those children in your family okay?" ”
"Only one of the little gourds is from the same door as me, and the others don't know where he got it from, so they obey him very much. He now has a lot of connections at his disposal, and he is much stronger than me. "Through the imprint of the same door, the little phoenix can easily see the little gourd in an uninhabited courtyard.
"Little Phoenix!" Xiao Hulu was really happy to see her, "You came to Kaifeng Mansion for a man." Ala yo yo, talk well, what are you doing with my ears? ”
"Let you learn how to speak well." The little phoenix and him are not polite at all, the little gourd is a big ghost, others can be deceived by his harmless appearance, she will never be, "What do you call for a man, which man?" ”
"What other man, isn't it the one surnamed Gu, who looks like a handsome, long body, and starry eyebrows. I've been in Kaifeng Mansion for so long, and I don't look better than him. Xiao Hulu looked at her with his hands on his hips, "Master often says that sisters love to be pretty, and there is nothing wrong at all." Little Phoenix, you are doing this for a man, and you don't even want Qi Kunmen. ”