It took me almost a week to recover from the constant rush. When I took a bath, I found that I was dark, my hair had grown, and my body had grown a lot stronger.

If I had before, I would have been excited to take a picture of myself and upload it to my blog so that my fat-headed, big-eared college classmates would be envious. But now, I don't feel it at all.

In the past few days, apart from eating, drinking, and sleeping, the only thing I have done is to read books. In that week, I probably read more books than I had read in the last twenty-five years. In the past, I always thought that it was good to talk about something between people, so why do so many people like to read? What a hassle. And after reading some books, I realized that reading books is actually a feeling.

To be honest, I didn't remember anything after putting down those few history books. However, the feeling of being at ease when I turned the pages was imprinted on my heart. When I read a book, I can let go of everything in my heart, follow the words in the book, and let the author take me to experience all kinds of feelings aimlessly.

The days passed so slowly that I almost forgot that in a few days, I was going to Xinjiang with my father. As soon as people relax, they don't want to think about those complicated things, and I don't even want to go to the "Phantom Snow Forbidden City" a little. But I'm like that, I have ideas, I don't decide, I hesitate, and a lot of things go around in my head and then they become "Break the jar, let it go." ”

Seeing that autumn is coming, the weather is much cooler. At noon that day, I wandered aimlessly to a mall to buy myself two sets of autumn clothes. I was supposed to pass the time, but I didn't expect that in less than ten minutes, I would buy all the things I wanted to buy.

When at the entrance of the mall. I saw a familiar back. I was taken aback and casually exclaimed, "Peanuts." ”

The man turned his head, and I realized that I had made a mistake.

After saying sorry briefly, I suddenly felt very strange, and I felt a little nostalgic for the mysterious and unbelievable things that came and went in my life and died before.

On the way back, I kept smiling bitterly, saying that I was really unstable, and after a few days of comfortable days, my skin began to itch again.

Arrived at the doorstep. I saw a big man in a black jacket standing at the door of my house. I don't know what he does, standing there twisting around, his legs between them.

I thought in my heart that I wouldn't be here to post a small advertisement, right? So he coughed twice to see how the man reacted.

As soon as the black jacket turned around, my eyes widened. Suddenly, he shouted: "Fat Cao! How did you find my house? ”

Dressed up in such a handsome and bombarded fat man, I still meet Lu for the first time. But he didn't know if it was a stomachache or something wrong with him, after seeing me. Although there was also excitement on his face. But then he bent down.

"What's wrong with you?"

The fat man's face turned red, "Damn, why are you talking so much nonsense, open the door, I'm about to pee in the corridor." ”

I smiled wryly, and said in my heart that I hadn't seen him for ten days. You still haven't changed your style of taking off your pants with me when you meet.

As soon as he opened the door and entered, the fat man's face turned green.

"Damn, how can you live in such a big house by yourself, I'm damn it. Where is the toilet? ”

After the fat man finished urinating easily, he came out of the toilet with a happy face. Stepping up to the couch and taking off his shoes, he crossed his legs onto the table in front of him.

I grabbed some beer and food from the fridge and threw it on the table, kicked him and asked, "How do you know I live here?" ”

"Didn't your father ask me to come here to find you, don't you know what to do?" The fat man opened a can of beer as he spoke.

I shook my head and asked, "Did he tell you everything?" ”

The fat man smiled, "Nonsense, what are you doing here without oil?"

This time, the fat man was hired by my father, and my father asked him to come to me for two days first, and when they were ready, we set off directly from Beijing.

The fat man is also a character in the industry, and he will disappear for a few days first, so as not to let others target him.

The fat man looked around while drinking, "Your house is in good condition, there is nothing to eat and drink nearby, and I don't know how long I have to stay here." ”

"If you don't like to go back, damn, you won't bring a change of clothes with you when you come to stay, and don't steal my underwear to wear when the time comes." I said casually.

The fat man didn't care, and suddenly asked me mysteriously: "I heard someone say a few days ago that your father and his gang had something to do in Shanxi, how is it?" A lot of people died, right? ”

I don't want to think about that now, I always feel that I hurt Yao Hui, so I casually perfunctory two words about the fat man. The fat man didn't feel disappointed, and continued to say to me: "Since I came back from Wenzhou, I have helped you inquire about those things. ”

I was stunned, "What are you asking me about?" ”

"Hey, isn't that the envelope in your pocket? We don't know about those things, but there are not necessarily no traces on the road. ”

As soon as the fat man said this, I immediately became interested. "Did you find out anything?"

"A lot of words have been released, and there has been no response, but I have eyebrows for that thing."

"Which one?"

"As for the one we saw in the circular corridor on the edge of the bone pit, didn't you have one printed on the envelope?"

After the fat man finished speaking, I went back to the bedroom and took out the envelope.

Placed on the table, the fat man looked at it and said affirmatively, "That's right, this is it." ”

"Do you know where this pattern came from?"

"I don't know the specifics, but there is an old man from the south, more than 90 years old, he said that when he was young, he saw it in Shanghai, how many years, I am afraid that he will remember it wrong, but the old man insisted that he would never forget it when he died. This pattern is the mark of a troupe in Shanghai. ”

"Troupe?" I frowned.

The fat man continued: "When I thought about it later, I thought it might be. The old man said, that is a Yue Opera team, when I was half dead and half alive in the ancient tomb, didn't I hear Yue Opera? It just so happened that this pattern appeared on the ground, and there must be a reason. ”

I nodded. "By the way, why hasn't the old man forgotten this mark after all these years?"

"Because back then, that troupe was popular in Shanghai for a period of time, and the old man was a small Luo at that time, and he spent all day selling cigarettes and newspapers in the theater garden. At that time, there was one of the most popular Danjiao in that troupe, called 'Hua Liuyue', which was very beautiful, and many people went to her at that time. Later, a rich second generation fell in love with the woman, and after the performance, he knelt on the ground and proposed to Hua Liuyue on the spot. Who knew that Hua Liuyue refused in one bite. The boy was angry at that time, and he stepped forward to do something to Hua Liuyue, and no one around dared to stop him, so the kid wanted to force Hua Liuyue to agree to him, but he refused to die. Hey. The boy felt that he had lost face and was angry. In front of hundreds of people in the theater garden. took off Hua Liuyue's robe. Including the old man, everyone inside saw Hua Liuyue's body. Hua Liuyue is a woman, so she naturally covered her chest with her hands and turned her back to everyone, at this time, those saw that her back was full of tattoos, and the whole pattern was exactly the same as the mark of their troupe."

It is necessary to say this. Yue Opera is the most representative Jiangnan opera, which pays attention to a beautiful and dignified one, so women's expressiveness is more suitable for this type of opera. Men are not very welcome. In fact, the development of Yue Opera is indeed supported by many women. The Dan Jiaoer in Yue Opera is basically played by women, among them, Yin Guifang, the founder of the Yin School, is the most famous.

In the years before the liberation of Lao Shanghai, the country was worried about internal and external troubles, and at that time, whether it was the troupe or other people who walked the rivers and lakes, there were more or less gangs in it.

As long as there is a little fame, even the troupe will have its own logo. Those things are actually not very useful, but they have a deterrent effect on those who are weaker than themselves.

The old man told the fat man that those who watched the play thought that the mark of the troupe was very strange. Someone inquired, but there was no news at all. After seeing it on Hua Liuyue's back this time, the big guys were all shocked.

The rich boy was also frightened. At that time, people who could get this kind of tattoo were generally very powerful behind them, and as soon as Hua Liuyue sang, her tattoo of such a thing was even more weird.

The crowd was talking about it, and then they broke up unhappily. But the old man said that the night after the incident, the rich boy and all the people in his family disappeared from Shanghai. It was also a big family in Shanghai at that time, and there was a lot of uproar, but after the investigation of the patrol room, it was not found that the matter had anything to do with the troupe. Therefore, the people of the troupe still performed as usual, but after they fought there, no one saw Hua Liuyue again.

"What happened to the troupe?" I asked hurriedly.

The fat man pursed his lips, "The old man went to Shandong with his family not long after, and he never returned to Shanghai after that, and he didn't know what to do." ”

I secretly thought to myself, it's a pity, this is definitely a very important clue.

But when I thought about it in my head, I felt panicked again. That pattern is the mark of a Yue Opera troupe, and it is not surprising that the fat man bumped into Hua Liuyue's ghost in Zhuge Ke's tomb. What puzzled me the most was, how could it appear on this letter that Liu Jinsun wrote to my grandfather?

After a while with the fat man, we came up with a guess.

This pattern may be the symbol of a big gang, and whether it is the Yue Opera team that Hua Liuyue is in or my grandfather or Liu Jinsun, they are all related to this gang. And this sign is likely to be a kind of identity proof for these people, such as the left foot of the Heaven and Earth Society repeatedly and the right foot is clear or something.

That's where it gets interesting. My grandfather and Liu Jinsun must be hereditary tomb robbers, a Yue Opera team, could it be that those people are also tomb robbers? They have all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, art and labor, not only have first-class ability to dig graves, but also have a good voice that can make a sensation on the beach.

"This is also a piece of news, if you really want to know Lu Dao, when we come back this time, I will accompany you to Shanghai for a trip, just to raise the national consumption limit." The fat man said.

I sighed, "Dead fatty, where are you so far away, and you have even heard about this kind of old sesame rotten grain?" ”

The fat man smiled mysteriously: "What is this, sue you, there is more news in my hand than this?" ”

"What else did you hear?" Seeing the fat man's fingers knocking on the envelope on the table, I suddenly became excited again.

The fat man lit a cigarette, took the picture out of the envelope, and pointed at the middle-aged man with strange gloves on the very edge.

"That's the man."

I almost jumped off the couch. "Have you found out who this person is?"

My heart was beating wildly, and I couldn't help but put my eyes on the person in the photo.

Now, my grandfather is dead, and no matter what the situation is, it is unlikely that I will see him again. The only possibility to unravel the hidden message on the photo is this man with strange gloves.

He seems to be much younger than his grandfather at the time. That is, it is possible that he is still alive.

The fat man exhaled his cigarette and said, "I also heard some news by chance, and I don't know who this person is." But one man told me that he had seen the gloves in a friend's antiques room. I couldn't show him the picture, and I wasn't sure if it was the thing, but I heard what he described the shape of the glove. It should be similar to the one in this photo. ”

I was a little discouraged, "Almost? Tut. This photo is blurry. That's a long way off. ”

"Listen to me." The fat man gave me a blank look, "The man who hid the glove was very perverse, he liked to collect some strange things the most, and that glove was his most proud collection, and he looked at it more than anything else. The most coincidental thing is. It was a 'six-fingered glove' on the right hand. ”

When I heard this, my scalp almost exploded.

How did the six fingers get on this?

I looked at the picture to get a closer look at the shape of the glove. But firstly, the photo is too blurry, and secondly. The man's gloved right hand was pressed against the coffin below, and it was so black that there were no fingers to be seen.

The fat man knew what I was thinking again, and said, "Don't look at it, you can't see it above, now that there is such a clue, we can at least make a hypothesis." Just assume that this person's gloves are indeed six fingers, and if you think about it, what does this mean? ”

I pondered carefully, and immediately looked at the fat man and said, "It means that he and my father may be related to our Yuan family." ”

"By the way, then think about it, are there any such people in your grandfather's generation?"

I frowned, "No, didn't even my father's six fingers know the way?" When I remember, I didn't hear that my grandfather had any brothers. ”

But when I think about it, I don't think it's right.

This tomb robbery gang of our Yuan family is of a family nature, whether it is the current guy under Daddy's hands or Liu Jinsun, they are all related to me. Since this person is in the same group as Grandpa and Liu Jinsun, even if I don't know, I can be sure that he should also be from the Yuan family. If there are also six fingers, then the blood relationship between him and Daddy may be very close.

But this inference is based on the fact that the man's right hand does have six fingers.

I then asked, "Fat man, do you have a way to get us to see the glove through your friend?" ”

The fat man shook his head, "I thought of it a long time ago, but people also said that the person who collected this glove is a big man, and ordinary people can't see it at all, and if he leaks the other party's information, others may kill him, so that guy won't tell me if he dies." ”

"What then?" I couldn't help but get anxious again.

"Don't be discouraged, it's better to have clues than no clues, we have eyebrows now, I'm not afraid of no chance. And I think it's best to start with that pattern. ”

"For what?"

"Tsk, why don't you have a heart, think about it, if we guessed correctly, then that means that your father hid from you that this person who also has six fingers. Such a coincidence can only happen in close kinship, if you move too much, your father will definitely know the truth, and when the time comes, you will not be able to hide the letter. ”

The fat man has a very good point. I think that Daddy's delay in telling me about his plan may have something to do with some weirdness within our Yuan family. At the same time, I realized that I was still a long way from the complete truth.

That night, I came back from packing some food and chatted with the fat man while eating. When I was half drunk, the fat man talked about Zhuge Xuan again and asked her if she had contacted me.

I shook my head, and after talking about Yao Hui's incident, I really didn't know how to face her.

It's okay not to mention it, as soon as the fat man said this, my drunken mind was full of Zhuge Xuan. It's wonderful to remember when we sat together by the lake and the feeling of her leaning on my shoulder. I don't know what she's doing now, and if we do, she'll be as vicious to me as she was that night.

Two big men are in the same room, and they are drunk, so it is inevitable that they will talk nonsense.

I asked the fat man: "You are also fucking rich, I don't think you are a good, good thing, why don't you see a woman by your side?" ”

The fat man has vomited three times and is still drinking.

"Damn, rich? Do you know what it means to be rich? There are more than 70 people in Lao Tzu's family with their mouths open, you go up, you took my 300,000 yuan last time, you can spend it as you want, and all the money Lao Tzu earns has to be handed over to the family. ”

"What the hell is your grandma, don't mess with Lao Tzu, why do you have seventy people in your family?"

"Don't believe it, sue, sue you, Lao Tzu's family is a big family in the village, so it's a little bit poor. When Lao Tzu really made a fortune and made a fortune, he would take my father, my mother, my uncle, and me to live in Beijing, one house per person."

"You still have Mom and Dad?" I was stunned for a moment, "Damn, I thought, I thought you, you or something." ”

"Your mother has had a family to support you since you were a child, and I have to help the family earn money when I walk, no money, no money to eat. Damn, you second generation thief, no, you don't deserve to discuss these big things with us. ”

I was almost lying on the ground, and immediately leaned my head on the sofa, "You, you still have a mother, I don't even remember what my wife looks like now."

When I'm drunk, I'm more vulnerable, and when I think of my mother, I can't help but wipe my tears.

The fat man wiped the socks in my face, "Miss, don't, don't cry, you old man." ”

I snorted, "Yanran, I am now, I only remember that time when my mother took my hand and went down the mountain to sell me sugar gourds at the market, woo woo she smiled at me while walking, said I was good, and sang to me, sing"

Memory, really, is a very strange thing.

As the images of the past gradually surfaced in my mesmerized mind, I suddenly began to tremble, and the cold hairs all over my body stood on end (to be continued......

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