Chapter 219: The Hardest Man
When we heard my cousin say this, we couldn't help but be stunned, because no one expected that my cousin, who had always been kind, would suddenly embarrass the shopkeeper so much.
The owner of the antique shop looked very embarrassed, looked at his cousin, then at us, opened his mouth a few times, but stopped talking.
At this time, my cousin's tone softened: "Actually, I can guess that you must have another reason for coming to me, you must hope that I can help you, but if you don't tell the truth, then how can I help you?" Don't worry, they are all my juniors, but they are all old friends, and they are absolutely reliable friends, of course, if you have concerns, there is no need to force you to say it."
After such a hard and soft persuasion from my cousin, the owner of the antique shop sighed and said: "Alas, since you have always guessed, I don't need to hide it from you, to be honest, what you said is right, I encountered this kind of thing tonight, according to common sense, I should call the police, but I do have a hard time, I wanted to escape to you, ask you about some things, but I didn't expect you to have these friends here, so I can't help but be a little worried, but since you said, these are all trustworthy friends, and I have nothing to hide, Then say whatever you have. Anyway, with the current situation, my life is about to die, so I let it go.
Actually, it's a bit complicated. The silver ingots you have seen in the past today were bought from a regular customer, and I suspect that he is the one who wants to kill me tonight."
"Oh, then, is the old man who sold you the silver ingot the old man who is going to kill you tonight?" I couldn't help but ask next to me.
The shopkeeper shook his head again and again and said: "No, no, to be precise, the old man who killed me today, I suspect that the customer instructed me, and I don't know where he found this strange old man, who has this ability; My customer, who is in his thirties, is white and chubby, and wears a pair of glasses, but he wears a very traditional one, and he wears that kind of placket 'Tang costume' every time, but this is not unusual, originally our industry, many collectors, like to wear more traditional Chinese clothes. ”
Listening to the shopkeeper say this, several of us tacitly glanced at each other a few times, and it seems that this so-called "customer" is likely to be a blind man in disguise.
The cousin interjected: "Then since he is your customer, why would he hire someone to kill you for no reason?" ”
When my cousin asked, the shopkeeper seemed to be a little ashamed, and plucked up the courage to reply: "Speaking of shame, they all blame me for being greedy, because this customer has been delivering goods to me for two or three years, sometimes it is silver ingots, sometimes it is gold ingots, to be honest, I don't make less money from him, but as soon as I come and go, I am very curious, where did this kid get so many 'yellow and white goods'?"
And these silver ingots or gold ingots were obviously minted in the early Qing Dynasty, I think about it, I think this kid must be a tomb robber, and judging from the number of each shot he makes, it is obvious that he has a lot of goods in his hands, so I will fight with a bad idea.
Coincidentally, one of my nephews came to join me a few months ago - that is, my cousin's son, because his parents were dead and he didn't know anything else, so he came to my shop to help.
My nephew, a little lazy to eat, thinks about getting something for nothing all day long, always hopes to make a windfall suddenly, has been in our county for half a year, and has no other achievements, but has made several friends, all of whom are in their early twenties.
Generally speaking, I don't like to use this kind of person, but because I am a relative after all, I let this nephew barely eat with me.
A while ago, I suddenly wanted to find out where the customer's gold and silver came from, so I asked my nephew, who was responsible for tracking the customer, and my nephew was very excited when he heard it, and he felt that if he found out the source of the customer's treasure, it might really break out, but he didn't dare to do it alone, so he called two fox friends and dog friends, and I agreed at the time, thinking that although these three boys are usually idle, they are also clever in doing things. If someone who is too kind does this, it may not be suitable.
Generally, when the customer comes to the store to trade, it is at the end of the night, because at this time, the store has the least number of people;
About ten days ago, the customer came again, as usual, in addition to bringing silver ingots, he also brought a few gold ingots, I asked the master in the store to identify it, and found that the color and the like, are the same as before, there is no problem, so I quickly paid him, to be honest, because it is an old customer, so the price I give him is still okay, but this customer is more strange, he rarely speaks, and does not want to say anything more to me. Except for trading, there is no other gossip, but I can also understand that this is for fear that I will ask him about the source of the gold and silver, of course, I also pay special attention, and never take the initiative to ask what should not be asked, so we trade, cleanly, and in a very short time.
When the transaction was finished, the customer turned around and walked out as usual, and this time, I asked my nephew and his two friends to quietly ambush near the shop, and when I saw the customer go out, I immediately followed him secretly.
As soon as the customer went out, I hurriedly walked to the door of the store and found that my nephew and the three of them were already following the customer not far away, and I was relieved. That night, for some reason, I was so excited, thinking that if the three boys managed to track down and find the customer's accommodation, we might really have an outbreak.
At that time, I waited until the early morning for more than two days, and I didn't see my nephew come back, so I couldn't help but be a little worried, but because it was done in secret, it was difficult to tell anyone about it.
Until the next day, the three of them still didn't come back, and I was worried one day at a loss, as if something was wrong, and by the third day, there was still no news of the three of them...... Until now, the three of them have not heard from me, I have been restless all these days, my mind is always cranky, and the customer has not appeared since that time, and today this happened, I thought about it, if the matter of my stalking of him was exposed, and that person hired a killer to kill me, because other than that, I can never think of anyone I have ever had a feud with."
After listening to the shopkeeper's story, we didn't speak immediately, because we knew that the shopkeeper's nephew and other three people dared to follow Gao Blind at night, it must be a lot of bad luck, although the shopkeeper didn't know the true origin of his so-called "old customer", but, with his shrewdness, he should also feel that something must have happened to his nephew, however, in the final analysis, this matter is still because he was wrong first, so this is also the reason why he didn't call the police tonight.
But what kind of help did the shopkeeper want to find from his cousin? We couldn't guess yet.
After the shopkeeper finished talking about this, he seemed to be relieved, his cousin handed him a cup of wrapped hot tea, he took it and drank a few, moistened his throat, and didn't wait for us to ask anything more, he continued: "The ins and outs of the matter, probably like this, the reason why this happened to me, the first thing I thought of you, Mr. Wang, is that there are some questions, and I have to ask you for advice."
The cousin felt that the shopkeeper was quite sincere, so he said very kindly: "Brother, you don't have to be polite, although you have done something wrong in this matter, but no matter how you say it, you shouldn't be killed for nothing because of this kind of wrong thing, that would be too much, if you have a problem, just say, where I can help, I will definitely help." ”
The shopkeeper nodded gratefully: "Thank you Mr. Wang, I always heard some friends praise your character and knowledge, this contact, only to find out that this is really the case, I am not a sycophant, it is from the heart, as for this time I want to ask Mr. Wang for advice, is there a big tomb in our area, in history there are princes and generals buried in our area?" Because only people of this level are buried here, there may be a lot of burial goods, or, in our area, are there more famous tomb robbers and the like?
You are always an expert in the provincial cultural system, and you should be familiar with these situations, because only by figuring out these can you find out the address and origin of the mysterious customer, which are important clues. ”
After listening to the situation introduced by the shopkeeper, we were all a little disappointed, I thought that we had found the place where the blind man haunted, and we could squat, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to suddenly appear again, which is equivalent to this clue, as if it was broken again.
Could it be that this blind man really has God's help? Does the personality belong to the hardest people? Because in the world, it is said that there is a kind of person whose life is extremely hard, and in the seemingly inescapable danger, he can always turn the danger into a safe and sound situation. And those who are his enemies, no matter how powerful, will be defeated at his hands.
From the duels and battles again and again, the blind man seems to have such a fate, and it seems that the opponent can kill him immediately, but he always has unexpected luck. What a terrible, too difficult enemy to deal with!
The cousin saw that the shopkeeper had said so much from the bottom of his heart, and of course he had to answer his own questions, so he nodded slightly at the shopkeeper and said, "Since you have told us all these things, then I will no longer hide anything from you, to tell you the truth, your nephew and two other young people should be more than lucky."
"Oh? Why? How do you always know? This was perhaps what the shopkeeper was most afraid of hearing, and although he had thought of this result in his heart, he was still very shocked when he really said it from someone else's mouth.
"Because that old customer of yours is the old man who killed you tonight in disguise!"
"Ahh Is it true? The shopkeeper's mouth was open, and his face was frightened. Next to us, we told the shopkeeper about the blind man in a concise and concise manner.
When the shopkeeper heard this, there was only one expression on his face - surprise. However, this shopkeeper is also fateful, and he came to his cousin's house by mistake, and several of us are also the people in the county who know the blind man best, and are the most capable of fighting against the blind man.
However, the progress of the matter after that became more confusing.