Chapter 45. A phone call
After I sent Hu Zongren home that night, I reminded him to go back and let Fu Yunni look at the Eight Pole Seal behind him from time to time, and if there is a change, talk about it immediately, and everyone should be prepared for each other. Hu Zongren agreed. Two days later, Hu Zongren called and said that it seemed that the Baji Seal had not changed, and it was still the same as before. I'm relieved to hear him say that, yes, we're really in need of luck right now. So I asked Hu Zongren, does this mean that you have passed this test? He said yes, but he wasn't sure. I said that if you pass this time, then the next test should be on the Kun position, right? Hu Zongren hesitated for a while, and then said to me, I hope so, if not, then I can only accept my fate.
As a friend, I know Hu Zongren well. So I know very well that he is definitely not a person who "accepts his fate". Even he is a person who likes to go against his own life. Since even he said so, I was embarrassed to continue to say anything, but I simply explained it to him and asked him to pay more attention and not be careless, and then hung up the phone.
Just a few days later, Hu Zongren called me again and told me that Mr. Huang had asked him to come out and wanted to pay us this honorarium. I originally said that you can just go by yourself, and you can just give me some when you get back. Hu Zongren said to me, don't you want to ask something from him? It occurred to me that even if we passed this test, we still hadn't been able to find the person who introduced the business to Hu Zongren. In fact, this person is quite crucial to us, especially Hu Zongren. So I said yes to Hu Zongren, and I will come too.
Mr. Huang told us that it was inconvenient for the school leaders to come forward in person for this matter, so he gave him carte blanche to handle it, and after saying that, he took out a pocket, which was very much like a paper pocket for takeaway in a fast food restaurant. There is cash in it this time, and judging from the degree of bulging of the bag, it should be quite impressive. After Hu Zongren turned out to be in the money bag, he began to interrogate Mr. Huang, hoping that he could tell the introducer who finally introduced Hu Zongren to him this time, but who knew that Mr. Huang refused to say anything, and he tried to play sloppy with us, and he refused to answer this question head-on. If Hu Zongren and I are based on social experience, we must be much richer than the teacher in front of us who has been teaching all my life, so his little tricks can't be hidden from us at all. Hu Zongren saw that Mr. Huang really didn't want to say, so he looked at me, which seemed to say, what should I do now? Do you really want to be rude? Personally, I still like Mr. Huang as a person, even though it is just an ordinary employment relationship between us. But here's the problem, Mr. Huang is probably the easiest person to find clues about Xuanyuan and the Eight Pole Seals among all the people we have met recently. So I nodded to Hu Zongren, which means that there is no way, since we can't ask it, let's be really violent.
So I asked Mr. Huang like this, I said, Mr. Huang, do you know the way? If you don't tell us who your friend's friend is, we could be in big trouble. Although we took your money, we helped you anyway, didn't we? So please don't hide it and tell us directly. What I mean by this is to tell Mr. Huang that your sloppy tricks are useless for the two of us, and we won't eat yours. But who knew that when Mr. Huang heard me say this, he smiled with an embarrassed face, then shook his head, lowered his head and picked up the teacup.
Hu Zongren stood up, walked to Mr. Huang's side, grabbed Mr. Huang's teacup, and then snatched it away and put it on the table. Then Hu Zongren sat next to Teacher Huang, tilting his head and staring at Teacher Huang. This is a threat, although Hu Zongren didn't say a word, Teacher Huang smiled bitterly and said, two little brothers, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but the other party has made a special explanation, I can't say his name and contact information, think about it, people do me a favor, I really have no reason to sell others anymore, right? I was also a little impatient when I heard this, so I stood up and walked to Hu Zongren to confess, pulled up his clothes, pointed to the eight-pole seal on Hu Zongren's back and said to Mr. Huang, Mr. Huang, do you see clearly, do you know this thing? This is the trick of another group of people who want to yin my stupid brother, and from what we have so far, the person who introduced us to you is very likely to be the person who knows about this matter, although you don't want to cause trouble, but you are already a part of this matter, you can't hide from it, just do us a favor, tell us.
When it came to the last sentence, I was already anxious and helpless, and even a little pleading.
Teacher Huang sighed and said, "Alas, I'm sorry for you to wait for me, I'll go to the toilet and come back." After saying that, he got up and left, but after waiting for a long time and didn't come back, Hu Zongren asked me, do you want me to go to the toilet to have a look? I rubbed my eyebrow bone, shook my head and told him that there was no need to go, he must have slipped away. In fact, when Mr. Huang left the table, I vaguely guessed that this would be the result, and the reason why I didn't stop him was because you had any reason not to let people go to the toilet, and personal imprisonment would not come to this point, not to mention that this was not imprisonment. On the other hand, we are not afraid even if he runs away, because we know where he works, even where the office is and where he sits, so at least he will not even want to work for decades in order to hide from us. Moreover, he is more afraid of our retaliation than we are afraid of him not telling the truth.
I said to Hu Zongren, let's not wait, let's go. He asked me where I was going, and I said where else could I go home? He said, aren't we going to go to the school to look for him? I said that you are not in a hurry to find this day, since he is willing to come out to see us today, it means that he is relatively idle today, and he will go back to school, you may not be able to find someone. So we called the waiter to settle the bill, and the waiter said that the old gentleman had already settled. That's when we left.
But just as we walked downstairs, Hu Zongren's mobile phone suddenly rang. It was the voice of a message, Hu Zongren took it out and looked at it, and then handed me the mobile phone, the message was sent by Mr. Huang, the first half of the message was to apologize to us, please forgive us for leaving so quietly, and the second half gave a phone number, and a name surnamed Ma. And told us that we hope that when we contact this person, we can avoid suspicion for him as much as possible.
Hu Zongren said with a smile, it seems that this person who is a teacher is really different, and he has a sense of justice. I said don't be too happy, who is the surname Ma on the other side of this number, we haven't even scored. Hu Zongren shook his mobile phone and said to me, then should we fight or not?
Fight, of course you have to fight.
Looked at the time, 11 a.m. At this time, there will be no one resting, nor will it be the busiest time of the day. So Hu Zongren and I went back to the car, closed the doors and windows, and changed the mode of the mobile phone to hands-free, so as not to have a deviation in our mutual communication later. Hu Zongren dialed the number provided by Mr. Huang.
After about four or five rings, there was a click, and someone picked up the phone and said to us, "Hello?" "The other party's voice is relatively low and hoarse, judging by the voice, at least over 40 years old, and I feel that he is the kind of person who is not very good at talking. Hu Zongren hung up the phone in a panic at this moment.
I was puzzled by his sudden approach, so I glared at him and asked, "What's the matter with you?" The person you're looking for has finally been found, and you hang up the phone without saying a word, you're sick. Hu Zongren smirked and said to me, no, it feels so exciting, like being a spy. I yelled, when has this been, are you still playing? What if this guy is really one of the people who want to kill you this time, aren't you startled? I was a little angry, because I really didn't expect Hu Zongren to be so playful at this moment.
Hu Zongren said, yes, what if I call someone to turn off the phone later? I scolded and said you just reacted now? Isn't your brain the size of a boogie? Hu Zongren, can you tell me, is your stupidity born or family inheritance? When you were a child, did your mother hit you in the head with a blunt object when she had something to do? Hu Zongren said impatiently to me, "Oh, don't scold, won't I be done if I hit one more?"
Without waiting for me to say yes, he continued to dial in hands-free mode. After a click, we heard the other person pick up the phone, but it didn't make a sound. So Hu Zongren and I were on the other end of the phone, and we had such a silent stalemate with each other. I nodded to Hu Zongren, which means that you have something to say quickly, Hu Zongren opened his mouth and was about to speak, when the low and hoarse voice suddenly said on the other end of the phone, you are Hu Zongren, right?
When the other party asked this, Hu Zongren and I were a little caught off guard. Hu Zongren actually began to stammer, ah... Only... It's me, you're the master Ma, right? I shook my head painfully, because Hu Zongren's momentum at the moment had already lost half of the first.
The other party sneered, and then said, did you find it yourself?