"It's hard to say." There are many types of plants that can produce toxicity when burned, and the closest example to life is tobacco. And this one, I can only judge by the color, which is made by burning fresh leaves.

Duo Xiao raised his eyebrows and beckoned me downstairs. What he meant was that it was made from local materials and could be found nearby.

It was very cold at night, and Duo Xiao sneezed several times in a row. In fact, he was already wearing rabbit skin, and he was shivering from the cold, probably because he was not in good health.

It was quiet everywhere, the doors of the restaurant were locked, and the tables stood outside by the windowsill. On the windowsill behind the table, there was a pot of calla lilies.

He took out a small key lamp from his shoulder pocket, and as soon as it shone on, we saw that one of the top leaves had been torn off the width of a leek.

The missing part of the flower and leaf is just right to match the ash roll upstairs. I heard that calla lilies are poisonous, so is it the culprit?

"You're right." Duo Xiao pinched a little soil from the basin and put it under his nose to smell it, and quickly shook it off and took a few steps back. I saw him frown and asked. He also stared in the direction of the pot, and raised his finger to the canopy on his head.

The canopy is a whole piece of plastic sheeting, but none of the supporting wooden strips are intact, and they are all tied with iron wire and reinforced with short lengths. A few of them are worse than bad, and they have cracked into a V-shaped corner, and the broken stubble is dripping with water.

I wanted to shine by his little lamp, and the canopy was broken, and the water dripping down did not look like rain, but smelled of sour rotten melons.

When I arrived, I noticed that there were pumpkin seedlings crawling on the roof of the second floor. Judging by this, the canopy should have been smashed by a rotten pumpkin falling down. No wonder I heard strange noises at night, and I don't know how many times this roof was smashed.

It dawned on me: "I didn't understand when you asked the boss to stop planting pumpkins, but now I do." The boss did this from the restaurant? ”

Duo Xiao asked me for the 1,000 yuan given by the boss, stuffed it under the leaves of the calla lily, picked up a broken brick and pressed it.

I immediately understood that he was not asking for money to rob while the fire was burning, but to calm the situation for the boss. It's a shame to think of how indignant I was. After squirming for a long time, he apologized.

"I'm sorry, just now, we all misunderstood you."

"I don't care." He lifted his feet and walked back.

I thought he was so measured, he didn't care at all. Who knew that he didn't take two steps and stopped, frowned and suddenly exploded: "Hey, I'll go!" Why can't I ask for money? Why can't I ask for money? No, even if I ask for this money myself, why can't I do it for myself? ”

"Well, don't get excited."

He raised his hand and pointed at me, with an expression that he didn't know where to scold.

"What don't you want money these days, can you tell me? I do things, I contribute, isn't this the income from labor deserved? Yes? Hey, I'm funny, you think it's that easy to help people? The upper lip touches the lower lip to help, and it is easy to say, you can do it, you go on? ”

"I, I, I...... I...... Don't be angry. ”

I really don't know how to appease him, I can only say that in the middle of the night, let him be quiet, don't alarm the people in the restaurant.

"Alas!" He Harper sighed meaninglessly, and his expression was actually a little blank.

"I'm not angry with you......" As soon as he finished speaking, he was energetic again, and his eyes glared: "I'm just angry with you!" ”

Didn't I just say that he robbed while the fire was hot, why did he go on endlessly? I have to ask, why are you angry with me? Why am I so angry?

"This restaurant is not simple, go back and say."

When I returned to the guest room, I could see more clearly, there were two and a half large pumpkins and some leaves on the canopy, and there was a lot of garbage such as melon seed peels and cigarette boxes.

"If I own a restaurant, it's sad enough to have such a neighbor."

Duo Xiao went straight to the quilt when he entered the house, and I sat at the foot of his bed and thought about the whole thing, thinking that I could probably figure it out. The pumpkin planted by the hotel owner repeatedly smashed the canopy of the restaurant, and finally angered the people, so he tore a calla lily leaf and put it on the mosquito coil, and used hallucinogenic poisonous smoke to trick the boss.

"It's boring enough, if you have an opinion, just say it." If Duo Xiao hadn't discovered the truth, the boss would still be confused if he was guilty. The pumpkin still falls, and the poisonous smoke continues?

Duo Xiao leaned on the head of the bed and thought for a while, saying that the boss was sent to the hospital, and the cause could not be found at all, and most of them would be considered epilepsy.

"Think about it, he is so manic, he can't take care of himself in a normal life, and the hotel will definitely not be able to open."

"So you want to settle things and get the boss to stop planting pumpkins, and the money you want is to compensate him?"

It was originally a small dispute between neighbors, but it had to use such a peculiar method. It occurred to me that ordinary people wouldn't do that, could it be that there is a leather door in the restaurant?

He nodded and said, "Not only that, but also the most difficult bandits. ”

Seriously, I seriously doubt that he is talking about bandits. And he gave me a serious science popularization, saying that the most valuable part of the resources in Pimen are firmly controlled by several big families, and the rest of the retail investors are either attached or can't make any money from small fights. Therefore, there are some people who specialize in keeping an eye on the expedition team under the name of the big family, waiting for an opportunity to steal or rob. Large teams come from afar, and they may not be able to fully understand the local situation, and sometimes they can only consider themselves unlucky when they are robbed.

"Calla lily is poisonous, but not strong. The pot we saw was filled with soil under the coffin after the grave was raised from the cemetery. This soil is soaked in corpse water, and the calla lily is very toxic, and if inhaled, it will quickly attack. The poison enters the lungs and enters the blood circulation, and the small insects that are born will constantly stimulate the nerves. And once it happens, there is no way to solve it, which is the usual trick used by those bandits when robbing. ”

It was the first time I had heard such a vicious inside story, and my mouth was wide open, and I shrank back into the bed in fear. Fortunately this time, the boss was able to get out of trouble with the minimum cost.

"So you say, the life of that old gambler plus my safety is more than a thousand yuan?"

"It's not much, I don't know, don't be angry." I'm too simple-minded. In fact, a master like him, let alone asking for money, even if he takes the money and asks for it, it is not certain that people are willing to do it. Now everything needs money, and his ability doesn't come out of thin air. He is angry not about the amount of money, but because we want to kidnap him with morality. The same hard work, if you ask for money, you will rob while the fire is hot, and not wanting money is a high style. If you want people to do things and don't want to pay the price, you just send a thank you, what's the difference between this and bullying?

Seeing him so angry, it must not be the first time he has been misunderstood. The other party is so unscrupulous, will he get into trouble if he helps?

He reassured me: "There is a watermelon knife in the boss's room, but he is holding a fly swatter, and the other party has shown mercy." They are also afraid that things will make a big deal and expose their identities. ”