Chapter 3: Clifford's whereabouts
"Huh?" Opening his hazy eyes and staring at the white ceiling, Zheng Hanfei blinked, and his mind began to recall what had happened before, and he seemed, as if, probably, maybe he fell asleep while discussing the teaser.
No way?! Zheng Hanfei was stunned by his thoughts, and quickly sat up, seeing the quilt covering his body, Zheng Hanfei smiled bitterly, well, he had to admit that he did fall asleep at that time, and the most embarrassing thing was that he actually fell asleep under the gaze of everyone, how can he see people in the future.
"Yo! You're awake! At this time, the door of the room suddenly opened, Ouyang Xiu was holding something in both hands, and he was still holding a steaming xiaolongbao in his mouth, seeing Zheng Hanfei who had woken up, he was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile, "You can really sleep, how do you feel?" Are you feeling better? ”
"How long did I sleep." Zheng Hanfei rubbed his heavy head, then looked at the sky outside the window, and asked, in his impression, he slept for a long time, at least one day and one night.
"One day." Ouyang Xiu put the things on the dining table, swallowed the whole xiaolongbao, and said vaguely, "Today is November 21st, and there are still 38 hours before the afterimage appears. ”
"Really?" Zheng Hanfei moved his arms and slept on the bed for a day in a row, his joints were almost rusty, and suddenly he seemed to remember something, and asked Ouyang Xiu, "By the way, do you know where the afterimage appeared?" I didn't bother to remember it yesterday, so I forgot. ”
Did you not remember it with your heart? At that time, you were asleep, and I didn't even say anything, big brother, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand the situation. Ouyang Xiu complained fiercely about Zheng Hanfei in his heart, but he knew that since Zheng Hanfei asked like this, it was obvious that he didn't want to say that he suddenly fell asleep.
Ouyang Xiu, who understands human feelings, naturally will not do such a boring thing to debunk, although he has a little expectation in his heart, looking forward to seeing Zheng Hanfei's embarrassment, but now is the time to discuss serious matters, he temporarily held back his curiosity and answered Zheng Hanfei's question: "I don't know about the location of the afterimage, although I have been to London many times, but I am not British, and I don't know much about some places." ”
"That's right." Zheng Hanfei pinched his chin, but Ouyang Xiu's words gave him a lot of inspiration, and two qualified characters suddenly appeared in his mind, Clifford and Sheriff Tim, although I don't know if these two people were born and raised in London, but in terms of familiarity, none of them can compare to one of them.
That's right, and Diro! Zheng Hanfei patted his head, he forgot about this guy, since he was born in a local tyrant family, and his father is British, he must know something about London, the capital of the United Kingdom, it is better to ask Di Luo first, if it is really not good, and then ask Clifford and Sheriff Tim, especially Clifford, if it is not necessary, Zheng Hanfei really does not want to see him again.
"I got some information from Diro, would you like to take a look?" Ouyang Xiu took out a notebook from his pocket and threw it to Zheng Hanfei, who was still sitting on the bed, and at the same time opened the laptop on his bed, pointed to the glowing screen, and said slowly, "I also found some information about London architecture in the computer, you can take a look, but don't get your hopes up too much, I think it's better for us to go find Sheriff Tim." ”
Ouyang Xiu and Zheng Hanfei are the same kind of people, Zheng Hanfei thought of him, he naturally thought of it, in Zheng Hanfei's sleeping day, he had basically completed the search for information, in addition to looking for Sheriff Tim and Clifford, of course, it was not that he didn't want to look for it, nor did he wait for Zheng Hanfei to wake up to find it, but because he didn't know where the two of them were, Sheriff Tim said that Clifford was simply a dragon, and it was more difficult to find him than looking for a needle in a haystack, in addition, he was the same as Zheng Hanfei, if there was no need, He felt that it was better not to see Clifford, and the last hug had hit him deeply.
This guy! Taking the thick notebook, Zheng Hanfei smiled slightly, and then opened it, which recorded some detailed information about London architecture, but none of it was related to the "two sharp swords piercing the earth" or "32 deaths" in the preview letter, which made Zheng Hanfei feel slightly lost.
"We'll go to Sheriff Tim in a moment." Closing the notebook, Zheng Hanfei sighed, so far, they only have this one plan left, but I don't know if there is time, Sheriff Tim is a police officer, and the workload is definitely not what those of them who have been in a leisurely state can imagine.
"You'd better have breakfast first and change your clothes. After a day's sleep, some people will feel distressed if they can't be nourished by nutrition. Ouyang Xiu put a plastic bag of things in front of Zheng Hanfei's eyes, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Menghan and they were sent out by me to find clues, as for Sheriff Tim, I have already looked for him yesterday, and he said that he has no time these days, but he gave us a clue." ”
"What clues?" Zheng Hanfei didn't refuse, picked up the bowl and drank a sip of porridge, when he heard the word "clue", his eyes burst out with a hint of light, and he hurriedly raised his head, his voice was a little hurried, "Say it quickly." ”
"Clues on how to find Clifford." Speaking of this, the corners of Ouyang Xiu's mouth hooked up a strange arc, and he could imagine what Zheng Hanfei's reaction would be next.
"Huh? You just didn't ask me anything. Leaving a sentence, Zheng Hanfei continued to drink the porridge in the bowl, without even looking at Ouyang Xiu.
"Huh? Aren't you curious? Ouyang Xiu thought of Zheng Hanfei's thousands of reactions, but how could he think that Zheng Hanfei's reactions were so bland, could it be ...... Did he already know Clifford's whereabouts?
Curious? Of course, Zheng Hanfei is curious, there are only 38 hours left before the afterimage appears, and if he doesn't hurry, it's too late, but since the other party is Clifford, Zheng Hanfei feels that everything is the same, and he is not in a hurry, Ouyang Xiu will definitely be in a hurry, if he goes to Clifford it is best, then he won't have to see Clifford, and the province should be 120% energetic to avoid Clifford's embrace, don't forget, his principle is not to be a base.
"I said it wasn't possible." Ouyang Xiu knew that he was defeated, he didn't dare to face Clifford alone, he would have a sense of security with multiple people, not to mention that now was not the time to joke, so he cleared his throat and began to say: "According to Sheriff Tim's information, Clifford seems to use a fixed location to 221BBaker Street every day to play and sing, which is the Sherlock Holmes Memorial Hall, and now that the time is almost up, let's hurry up." ”
Syllable! Zheng Hanfei put down the night in his hand, wiped his lips stained with rice with a tissue, then got out of bed, took out a set of clothes from the suitcase, and after putting them on, he stood in place and looked at Ouyang Xiu, as if waiting for him to lead the way.
Ouyang Xiu shook his head helplessly, so he had to play the striker and lead Zheng Hanfei out of the room to the Sherlock Holmes Memorial Hall, the hotel where they lived was not far from here, so he ran over.
"Ouyang Xiu, what do you think the 'two sharp swords pierced into the earth' and the '32 Grim Reapers' refer to?" On the way to the Sherlock Holmes Memorial Hall, Zheng Hanfei asked as he ran.
"I don't know, I think these keywords should represent the characteristics of the afterimage's appearance. But I know what's going on with the King's Card. Ouyang Xiu stared at the road ahead and said slowly, "The king is represented as 'King' in English, so the King card represents the king in the playing card, and the number is 13."
"I know that, but there are a lot of buildings in London that have to do with playing cards like K or 13, and it's a bit of a problem." Zheng Hanfei scratched his face, a little annoyed, "The rest of the things can only rely on Clifford, if he doesn't know, then we can only look for a needle in a haystack." ”
"It's actually very simple, as long as we know what 'Death' and 'Sword' represent, then everything is settled. Okay, here we are. After speaking, Ouyang Xiu stopped, his eyes kept scanning around, hoping to find Clifford's figure.
"It doesn't seem to be there!" Zheng Hanfei looked around, didn't see anyone sitting or holding an antique violin, and said with some disappointment, "It seems that we can only rely on it now." If it doesn't work, let's go and disturb Sheriff Tim, just take a moment of his time, and I'm sure he won't mind. ”
"I don't think we need to." Ouyang Xiu shook his hand, then pointed in one direction and said, "Look, Clifford is here!" ”