Xiao Hai was as excited as me, his eyes lit up, and he said, "His name is Lin Ya." It's my dad's friend. Before my dad disappeared, he was a guest at our house and hugged me. In the fifth year of my dad's disappearance, he came again, and when he heard about my dad's running away from home, he was very frightened, and asked a lot of questions, did he say anything before leaving, did he leave anything behind, did he say who to look for, did anyone come to look for him, etc. At that time, I suddenly felt that my father's disappearance might not be like what they said was to go back to his hometown to find his original wife and children, and there might be a very complicated situation in it, but I didn't dare to ask at that time. Lin Ya gave me more than 1,000 yuan before leaving, and also visited a few of my relatives, who took good care of me. My relatives actually gave him a lot of face, and sent me something every month since he left, although it was all leftovers from their food, old clothes that they didn't wear, long-haired bacon, etc., but my life was indeed much better. ”

I listened in a daze, never expecting that there would be such an intersection in our lives.

Xiao Hai recalled the past, the light in his eyes dimmed, and said: "It's a pity that such a good life will come to an end in a few years, probably since four years ago, no one has ever sent me even a single piece of rice, except for trying their best to marry me off and then occupy my house, those bastard relatives have no other thoughts about me." I didn't take it seriously at first, those relatives, all these years in and out have never given me half a good face, can I expect them to not succeed in their lives? Later, I overheard a few children chatting with their family, and I learned that in the past few years, someone had sent money to my little uncle every year and asked him to transfer it to me for living, but they had all embezzled and divided it, and there were only some leftovers or something left over to me. Four years ago, the fixed remittance was suddenly cut off, and it hasn't been since. ”

I trembled my lips and repeated the three words: "Four years ago." ”

There was a chill on his body.

Xiao Hai nodded seriously and said, "Just four years ago, the remittance was cut off, and my relatives had nothing to do with me except for fighting for a house. ”

I was a little confused because the man with Scar had a gunshot wound and came to me with a silverfish to save him four years ago.

Xiaohai said: "I think about it, the one who can send me money is either my father or Lin Ya with a scar on his face, I can't think of anyone else who can be so kind." ”

As she said this, her eyes suddenly drooped, and I instantly saw that she was hiding something.

I can see that she has reserved a little leeway on this issue for some reason. In other words, there may be others who can send her money except Uncle Xiu and Scar Man Lin Ya.

But since she didn't want to say, of course I wouldn't ask.

According to my speculation, Uncle Xiu probably had an accident in the year he disappeared, and the money in those years should have been the scar man named Lin Ya, and then four years ago, something happened to him, which caused the remittance to have to be interrupted.

He came to me more than four years ago with a whitebait, and although he was shot twice, it was not fatal, and I should have handled it professionally and in a timely manner, and his physique was surprisingly good, and it was estimated that he would have recovered in a month at most, so if he really had an accident four years ago, it shouldn't have been that shooting, maybe something happened since he left me.

My so-called "accident", thinking about it, is nothing more than two situations, either he is dead, or he is controlled by someone, Lin Ya, Uncle Xiu, and Su Mosen may have an accident. And I think it's 50 percent of each of the two possibilities.

I only thought about these things in my heart, and I didn't say it, for fear that Xiaohai would be sad.

She went out to find her missing father, and she should always have some hope in her heart.

I asked Xiaohai if anyone else had gone to Huaqiao Town to find Uncle Xiu besides the man named Lin Ya.

She thought for a moment and then slowly shook her head and said, "I don't know, maybe not, maybe there is, I'm not at home sometimes, so I can't be sure." ”

She looked away as she said this, and I knew she was hiding something again.

She must have hidden the existence of a certain person or several people from me for some very special reason, and I don't want to get to the bottom of it without interest.

In any case, the missing person notice on the Internet may have been sent by Su Mosen, because there is a similar photo in the items at home, which may have been accidentally soaked in water after being scanned into the computer. Or, it could also be Lin Ya's post, since he is friends with Uncle Xiu, it is not strange to have one or two photos of him in his hand. But if you can't find them, I don't think it's useful to have more.

Xiao Hai sorted out the things almost neatly, and asked me if Su Mosen knew the knowledge of Chinese medicine. I nodded, and I knew why she asked, there was some scratch paper in this pile, and there were some strange herb knowledge written on it, what herbs have what special properties, what diseases are cured, or what harm is done to the body, etc., Uncle Chen told me to memorize and write down the homework after the lesson, and I have never disposed of it.

I told Xiaohai that Su Mosen and Uncle Xiu both knew a lot about Chinese medicine, but the most proficient was Uncle Chen, who had a very powerful medicinal book, and used it as a textbook to teach me a lot of strange herbal knowledge.

I say "strange" because all the herbs recorded in it are not familiar to us, they are basically things that ordinary people have never heard of and never seen, and they look a bit like they are made up, but I know that they really exist, but they may be extinct or lost, or because the place where they grow is too remote, few people know about it.

For example, the silver shell terrier that I had vaguely smelled at the scene of the "disembowelment case" before was recorded in that medicine book, which was definitely not a good thing. I just can't figure out how that thing could be on the outskirts of the city, according to the medicine spectrum, it's impossible.

Xiao Hai listened to me while scanning all the things that had been sorted out again, and asked me if there were any other things left by Su Mosen at home.

I said: "The whole house was left by him, and most of the decoration, furniture, household appliances, and decorations in it were also purchased by him, and the only things that really belonged to me were those things in the study on the second floor, and the clothes and daily necessities in my bedroom. ”

Speaking of this, I suddenly felt that something was wrong, after Su Mosen's disappearance, I carefully searched his bedroom, only clothes, shoes and some basic daily necessities, not even a book, just like a hotel room, which is not in line with Su Mosen's habits and temperament.

So, he must have moved everything else that might reveal any information before he left home.

I'm not realizing that until now.

Where did he go?

Xiao Hai looked in the attic, his eyes stayed in the corner, there was a box made of rough wooden strips, I opened it before, and knew that it contained a blue and white vase that looked very valuable, the kind that was half a person high for decoration, and Xiao Hai seemed to be interested, so I helped her drag the box out and open it, and move the vase out of it.

After looking inside and out for a while, Xiao Hai pulled out the waste newspapers in the box that were used for stuffing and shockproofing and studied them carefully, and then spread them out to show me, and said: "These newspapers are all missing, they have been cut out, Su Mosen has done newspaper clippings, he must have cut out the news report containing some special information and put it somewhere, haven't you seen it before?" ”

I took the newspapers and read them in a daze, and then went to look through the other crumpled waste newspapers in the box, and sure enough, many of them were cut, but I didn't know that Su Mosen had a habit of making newspaper clippings, and I had never seen him have a newspaper clipping book or something.

But this is a good clue, as long as the masthead is there, I should be able to find another newspaper of the same year and month and the same family, and compare it to know what the content of the cut parts is, and I can guess the purpose of Su Mosen cutting them.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly beckoned Xiao Hai to take out all the broken waste newspapers from the box, spread them out one by one, sort them out, and read them carefully.

Basically, they are regular newspapers, some are local to Qianzhou and some are from other cities, but only a small part of them have been cut, and most of them are complete, just stuffed in boxes to protect the antique bottle.

I really can't remember that over the years, Su Mosen had a hobby of newspaper clippings, so he must have cut these for a specific purpose rather than just cutting them.

But where can he put the cut parts? Did you throw it away when you moved? Or was it taken away when it disappeared?

At first, both of us were very excited, thinking that we might be able to find out what secret Su Mosen was hiding from the clue of the newspaper, but after thinking about it deeply, we felt that it was unlikely, so we gradually calmed down, and our movements were not so anxious.

Later, they all sat down cross-legged and chatted slowly while watching it.

She didn't have anything to say first, and asked me if the vase in the box was worth much.

I glanced at it and said, "Probably, hundreds of thousands, otherwise he wouldn't have to hide it in the box." ”

She said, "Well, I think so. ”

I smiled and said, "If Su Mosen really dies outside and doesn't come back, if you marry in the future, this bottle will be given to you as a dowry, don't be discouraged." ”

She said very seriously: "Don't dislike it, give me a baby for nothing and dislike it, I'm going to be struck by lightning." ”

I saw that she was serious, and I burst out laughing.

The atmosphere is very good, very good, better than any time we have ever been with before, there is a kind of relaxation and joy of unloading a big responsibility, and there are good feelings.

So I told her that I hadn't told her about the relationship between my family and her family, including the fact that I had met her, because I was afraid that she would not be able to accept all the complications involved, and I thought that I would definitely not be able to accept it if it were me.

She looked down at the newspapers, snorted softly from her nose, and said, "I'm not as weak as you think, I've done everything about digging graves and opening coffins, and I can't accept anything." ”