Nothing was said all night. I woke up the next afternoon, talked to Qin Yiheng on the phone, and he came to my house, and then drove me straight to the largest small commodity wholesale market on our side.

I was a little disappointed when I asked him, and he told me to meet people for a while, try to be as lively as possible, speak louder, the old man has some ears, and don't like people who don't talk much.

This is really a test of my acting skills, how can it be considered lively? The kind that is alive and kicks your face and has to blush on your face? This old man's preferences are really in line with the standards of the masters, and they are different.

After getting out of the car, I followed Qin Yiheng around the wholesale market while pondering, and stopped in front of a store at the end. Qin Yiheng told me that he had arrived, and after speaking, he pushed the door in first. I wasn't in a hurry, so I looked outside. This shop is estimated to sell Spring Festival couplets, New Year's paintings or paper-cutting and other things, anyway, they are all posted on the door of the house, it looks very festive, and there are two red lanterns hanging outside the door, but there is no obvious signboard, and I don't know what the name of this store is.

I said in my heart that this is the so-called "big hidden in the market", although the store of this small commodity wholesale market is small, but the things are not cheap, I still want to invest in a few earlier, but I have no choice but to be robbed of it long ago. This old man can afford to rent a shop for selling Spring Festival couplets, is the profit really that high?

Anyway, anyway, let's go in and have a look. I pinched my cigarette and pushed the door in. Qin Yiheng had already sat down and chatted with an old man at this time, and there was a piece of paper on the table where he had transcribed the typo.

The old man didn't look very old, there were not many folds on his face, his beard was not long, he was wearing an Adidas sportswear, and he looked like a very ordinary little old man, and when he saw me coming in, he nodded at me, and smiled quite obscenely.

Qin Yiheng didn't help me introduce it, but just pointed to a plastic stool next to me and told me to sit down, and continued to discuss with the old man.

Qin Yiheng spoke very loudly, and the old man's voice was not small, and the two of them shouted back and forth for a long time, but I heard it very clearly. Qin Yiheng asked the old man if there was any beginning to these words.

The old man picked up the paper, squinted at it for a while, laughed "hehe", and said, "This thing, not a word, is called a sign." Earlier, many word testers would use it, and they could measure many things, but it did not include marriage. And sometimes it is also used in prisons, for example, on some specific days, it is said that Lord Yama only accepts odd-numbered ghosts that day, and the death row prisoners to be killed are even-numbered, they will draw a sign internally to delay death, which is considered to give face to Lord Yama. This thing has a lot of strokes, which can be dismantled and filled, and it is a bit similar to a mind game, and it is indeed a test of people's IQ. When the test is taken, a sign is shown first, and then the person who draws the lot fills in a stroke according to his feelings, and the most difficult person starts to calculate from this stroke, and the person who sinks the most can avoid death. ”

The old man's voice was clear, but I was very confused, who was the lottery for these internal magazines? Is it a fun little game? Isn't that? I looked at Qin Yiheng, but he glanced at me, and then applauded. I applauded in understanding, and was about to cheer for the old man.

The old man looked around, nodded, expressed his satisfaction, took a gel pen in his hand, and continued to speak while writing on the paper: "This ancestor made words, which contains the mysteries of heaven and earth, and it is not as simple as it seems. Take these lots, for example, the reason why they are ever-changing and can be used for divination is because of this painting. This painting, however, contains five elements in it. The so-called vertical, a straight wood vertical, this is wood; The so-called horizontal, a line of boundless horizontal, this is the soil; The so-called point, a one-star diamond point, this is gold; And the apostrophe rests on the left and right of the word, the left is the fire, the table is rushing; On the right is water, surface discharge. These are just the most basic strokes, and to elaborate on them, it's a long story.

Therefore, this small sign, in the eyes of those who know, is not so simple. Combined with the birth date of the person who filled in this item, there will naturally be a conflict or a mutual birth, which also produces a difference in the weight of this sign. ”

The old man's narration is indeed wonderful and insightful. Without waiting for Qin Yiheng to remind me, I couldn't help but nod my head in agreement. The old man also praised me: "Very sensible." He casually took out a box of dry tobacco leaves from his pocket, rolled it and threw one to me, lit one himself, and continued, "This kind of signature is generally the same thing, as for the one you brought, it must be one of them, but these signs are written a little out of order, and one of the five elements is eliminated on each one, so it looks so complicated and obscure." ”

As he spoke, he asked Qin Yiheng: "Where did these things come from?" ”

I don't seem to want to tell the old man about Qin Yiheng's posture, but I'm afraid that the current situation won't solve the problem without talking about it.

Qin Yiheng hesitated for a moment before telling the old man the origin of this thing, but he didn't say that it was in the company's internal magazine, but said that he unintentionally turned it out when he was helping a friend move, and wrote it by hand in a few old books at his friend's house, looking very curious, so he made a special trip to ask.

The old man nodded, coughed lightly, and told Qin Yiheng: "I actually have a guess of my own, but I think it's a bit outrageous. To me, this thing doesn't look like it's measuring anything, it seems to be a missing person notice. ”

The old man's words made me dumbfounded, and I was also taken aback when I saw Qin Yiheng's appearance.

The old man probably expected this reaction from the two of us, "Hehe" laughed twice, picked up the pen and wrote and drew on the paper for a while, and then handed the paper to Qin Yiheng.

Qin Yiheng stared at the paper a few times, and his brows were about to be twisted together.

My curiosity was like a cat scratching in the chest, and I looked up for a long time, but the angle was limited, and I could only see the back of the paper. I simply stood up and glanced at it a few times, the mess on the paper was similar to the straw paper used by students for exams, and I couldn't see anything, so I had no choice but to sit down again, patiently waiting for which of them to explain.

As a result, since then, neither of these two people has talked about this matter again, and they even began to chatter without saying a word, that is, asking each other about their current situation or something.

Following the conversation, the old man asked Qin Yiheng if he had seen Liu Cripple recently, saying that Liu Cripple had come a few months ago, bought a few pairs of Spring Festival couplets, and gave him a hat, saying that he was waiting for the weather to be cold and warm up, and threw 2,000 yuan to leave a message, saying that he would not come to visit the old man if he had something to do in the New Year, which was regarded as a New Year's greeting to the old man in advance.

Qin Yiheng heard the old man speak, and his body shook slightly. I also chuckled in my heart.

According to the old man, from the time calculation, Liu Cripple had made a special trip here before he disappeared, and judging from the words left by Liu Cripple, he was obviously preparing to disappear for a while. He wouldn't be in league with that fake lame Liu, would he?

I glanced at Qin Yiheng, and he pouted at me, probably because he was afraid that I couldn't help but interject, so he quickly took the conversation and asked the old man what the hat was.

The old man didn't notice that the two of us had ghosts in their hearts, so he happily took the hat and handed it to Qin Yiheng to see.

The hat is black as a whole with a red rim, which looks really good at quality. I didn't touch it, and I don't know what the material is specific to the road, it looks like it's leather. Qin Yiheng took it in his hand and looked at it inside, nodded and praised the quality of the hat twice, and put it on the table.

My seat is still two steps away from the table, Qin Yiheng held it in his hand just now, I didn't pay attention to it, now from my point of view, this hat is a little higher than the average hat, I don't know if it is a design mistake, or this style is popular this year, anyway, it looks very unpleasant at first glance. However, I saw what the old man meant, and I liked this hat quite a bit, so I couldn't help but open my mouth, and simply lit a cigarette and gaged my mouth.

After smoking a cigarette, Qin Yiheng and the old man had almost finished chatting, so he said goodbye to the old man, carefully put away the paper, and took out a wad of money from his wallet and put it on the table. The old man was not polite, he sent the two of us out of the door with a smile, and stuffed Qin Yiheng with two couplets, and then turned around and went back.

When I went out, I was finally able to speak after holding back for a long time, and I wanted to ask him, but I didn't think about where to start for a while. However, Qin Yiheng said first, everything will wait for the car, and directly took me out of the wholesale market.

got into the car, Qin Yiheng was not in a hurry to light the fire and return, but leaned on the back of the chair and pondered for a while, telling me that the old man's surname is Fang, and he is one of the few word measuring masters in China now. Don't look at the old man's smile, in fact, his temper is very stinky, and when he is in a bad mood, he speaks very impulsively, so he provokes a big man who comes to measure the word, and is ruthlessly rectified by the other party, and the teahouse is closed. After the last, the old man rented a small store in the wholesale market, looking at the Spring Festival couplets and New Year paintings, but in fact, he was still in the business of measuring words. Therefore, when the old man Fang was asked to approve the words just now, no one opened his mouth. Old man Fang also remembered that he was an old acquaintance, otherwise, as long as he opened his mouth, he would have to shoot 10,000 yuan on the table, which would be considered a business.

After Qin Yiheng finished speaking, he took out the piece of paper that the old man had approved and showed it to me. I looked at it carefully for a while, and it was really similar to what I thought before, and it was really like playing straw paper, there were several vertical forms, and I didn't know what the road was calculating.

I said in my heart, how many strokes can you get 10,000 yuan? It's a lot of money!

Ask Qin Yiheng, and he explained to me that this is the five elements of the old man Fang's calculations, don't look at only a few strokes, the mysteries contained in it are not trivial. Judging from the conclusion drawn by the old man Fang, this thing may really be a missing person notice, because the first four signatures, which represent the year, month and day, are combined together, which is a birthday eight characters, and the other sign, the old man Fang has not calculated the exactly, and we have no way to know what Lu Dao is, anyway, there is really a problem with this thing.

When Qin Yiheng said this, his tone suddenly became serious, and he stared into my eyes and said: "The reason why Old Man Fang said that this missing person notice is outrageous is because the eight characters of the deduced birth date are the day of the first month of the first year. ”

He read these words word by word, and each word smashed into my chest like a sledgehammer.

The time he spoke of was so familiar to me that I never mentioned it, but I did think about it in the dead of night. Isn't this year, month and day the day engraved on that coffin board? Jiang Shuo, died on the second day of the first month of the first year. Isn't that my death?

I quickly lit a cigarette and tried to calm myself down.

There are too many questions that are difficult to guess. I haven't taken this so-called death period seriously, but I still instinctively have some panic, it's better not to mention it, as soon as I mention it, my whole body will be uncomfortable.

I pondered for a while, and felt that this fact of missing people was outrageous, not to mention whether it had anything to do with the so-called date of my death, just this day, but a few years later. Even if it's a missing person notice, how can you find a person from the future? According to the eight characters of birth, this person has not been born yet! So what's there to find? Or, the old man miscalculated, is this still my death? Damn, why do you want to curse me for dying that day?

I asked Qin Yiheng: "Does this have to be a birthday?" If it's just time, it's entirely possible that it's a record or a plan for the future. When he heard this, he still shook his head very seriously, and said: "This is pushed out by the Yang Pushing Method, so your guess is untenable, the only one who can meet the conditions is only one person's birthday, presumably the person who posted these signs will not put an animal's birthday eight." ”

Qin Yiheng's voice fell, and the car fell silent. I wasn't really thinking about anything, I just didn't want to talk. It took a full ten minutes before he broke the silence and said, "Today is not in vain, and I unintentionally got the information of Liu Cripple." Originally, when I heard the old man say this, I thought that Liu Cripple had left some clues, but I looked at the hat carefully, and there was no mystery. Now it seems that Liu Cripple has not encountered an accident, and he should have hid when he saw the situation. ”

"But there's something strange about that. Since Liu Cripple expected that there would be danger, why didn't he ask for help? Although Fang Wanjin is now in decline compared to the past, he is still a well-connected and powerful master, and in this circle, he is a well-known figure, and it stands to reason that it is more than enough to settle some things. Since Liu Cripple can come to the door to say goodbye, he can ask Fang Wanjin for help. ”

Listening to Qin Yiheng's chatter, I also guessed that the old man in this house is so old, no matter how tough his legs and feet are, it will definitely be unfavorable, it seems that Liu Cripple doesn't want to cause trouble to the old man.

Qin Yiheng shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Even if this is true, then Liu Cripple can completely ask me for help." ”

My head was dizzy, I couldn't think anymore, so I simply closed my eyes and rubbed my temples. Suddenly, I understood that the reason why Liu Cripple didn't ask anyone for help was that there was only one possibility, that is, the trouble he encountered could not be solved by others, and he knew that asking for help was useless, so he could only carry or hide by himself. In that case, he didn't kill someone and run away, did he?

I hurriedly told Qin Yiheng about the conclusion, and he let out an "ah" when he heard it, saying that my speculation was very reliable. Then he looked down and thought for a while, but still shook his head, saying that now it is impossible to find the answer by guessing out of thin air, I'm afraid we still have to start with Hongda Group, everything can only be seen and seen, after speaking, he started the car and returned the same way.