Because there is no direct route from Beijing to Linxia, we can only go to Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport first, and then take a car to Linxia, which is more than 70 kilometers away. As soon as we stepped out of the airport, we were approached by a tall man in a black suit. At the same time, Lantern Xiao also saw the black suit, and Lantern Xiao was slightly stunned when he saw it.

The black suit walked up to us, "Master Tang, it's been hard all the way!" ”

"Brother Tao, is it just you? Didn't Uncle Kong say that he would come along? Lantern Xiao nodded and asked.

Brother Tao opened his mouth, revealing a very strange expression, "Young Master Tang, let's get in the car first, there is some accident here, let's go home first." Let's talk about it on the road. Brother Tao turned his head to look at me, "This must be Mr. Zhuo Ran." ”

I was surprised that Brother Tao actually knew my name, I looked at Lantern Festival, this kid shrugged, "It's not strange, I told them, I will bring a friend with me." ”

Brother Tao stretched out his hand, "Hello, Mr. Zhuo!" My name is Shi Tao, and I am the assistant of Kong Ye here! ”

I also quickly stretched out my hand and shook hands with Brother Tao, "Brother Tao, you are polite, just call me Zhuoran!" Brother Tao smiled and nodded.

As soon as he got on the road, Lantern Xiao couldn't wait to ask: "Brother Tao, you just said the accident, what happened?" ”

Brother Tao was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Something happened to Kong Ye!" ”

"Uncle Kong?!" Lantern Xiao was taken aback, "What happened to Uncle Kong?" ”

"Kong Ye was supposed to come with me today, but in the morning we found out that Kong Ye was missing, right in his room, out of thin air."

"What? How is this possible? "Lantern Festival feels incredible, and I also find it unbelievable." Could it be that Uncle Kong went out by himself in advance? ”

Brother Tao shook his head, "No, Kong Ye's villa in Linxia, except for the bedroom and bathroom, the rest is monitored by 24-hour security guards." We retrieved all the surveillance that night and found that Kong Ye had never come out since he entered the bedroom the night before. ”

I'll go! The case of the disappearance of the secret room! Is this Conan or Liaozhai! I whispered to the Lantern Festival next to me: "Uncle Lantern Festival, you didn't say that there was a criminal case here before you came!" ”

"Criminal your head, I don't know what's going on? Maybe it's Uncle Kong, an old man, who is still childlike and plays peek-a-boo with everyone! ”

“......”

Because of this, everyone seemed preoccupied and didn't say much, and I turned my head to look out the window of the car. The climate of Linxia is not only different from the dryness of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, but also different from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with such obvious extreme climate characteristics, it belongs to the temperate semi-arid climate, under the influence of several mountain ranges such as the Qilian Mountains, it has unique climatic characteristics, and also has unique geomorphological characteristics, but at this time I have no intention of appreciating, from the beginning of a strange photo that suddenly appeared, to the present strange disappearance of Uncle Kong, so that I have a faint worry about this trip to Linxia.

The villa where Uncle Kong lives is located in the suburbs of Linxia, and it can be seen that Uncle Kong has a lot of power here, and the villa is built on a very large scale, and the car takes us into the magnificent courtyard gate. When I got out of the car, I was surprised to find that the architectural style of this villa turned out to be very authentic Baroque. Although I majored in ancient Chinese civil engineering technology, I also know a little about some Renaissance architectural styles and neoclassical architectural styles.

Seeing that I looked up at the villa and was amazed, Brother Tao said on the side: "I didn't expect that you still have research on architecture, this was originally a small western-style building built by missionaries in the Qing Dynasty, and later it was bought by Confucius and renovated according to its original shape." I nodded, no wonder, so it was.

Lantern Xiao said beside him: "You are really professional, you can't walk when you see an old building, right, I didn't see you work so hard when I was in school." Come over and help buddy! "Okay, okay, I'll go over and help Lantern Xiao carry our luggage down.

It can be seen that Shi Tao has a very high status here, so he randomly called two guys and told them to move my and Lantern Xiao's luggage to the guest room on the second floor, and the two guys nodded yes busily, and walked to the second floor with our luggage. After explaining this, Shi Tao came to Lantern Xiao and said, "The eldest lady is in the hall on the first floor, I'll take you over." Follow me. With that, he turned around and walked into the villa.

Hearing this, I saw that Lantern Xiao suddenly showed a very embarrassed expression, opened his mouth again and again, sighed helplessly, and muttered: "I'm really afraid of something." ”

I looked at Lantern Xiao and said with a smile, "What's the matter?" Looking at your expression, there is still something between you and this eldest lady? ”

"What?!" Lantern Xiao's eyes widened, "I have something to do with her?" I'll go! This aunt doesn't look for me, I'm thankful! ”

We followed Shi Tao to the hall on the first floor. At this time, there were several people standing in the hall, old and young, men and women, but I could tell at a glance who the so-called eldest lady was.

In the middle of the hall stood a few men, who were being trained with their heads bowed, and the one who was being trained was a tall girl, very handsome, with clear eyebrows. But the strong contrast with her appearance is her big sister's momentum, "It's all rice buckets!" What a big living person is gone! Find me right away! Even if you turn the whole villa over for me, you have to find it! If there is no result in an hour, I will skin you! ”

I stuck out my tongue secretly, I could understand why Lantern Xiao said that. I looked at Lantern Xiao's dying expression, and I whispered to him, "That, I'm still waiting for you outside!" ”

"Don't! You... No righteousness! "Lantern Xiao grabbed my clothes so hard that I couldn't break them.

Hearing the movement on our side, the eldest lady turned her head, and when she saw the two of us, she said loudly: "Okay, you Tang Yuanding!" You're finally here, I've been waiting for you for a long time! But her next words surprised the two of us, "Say it quickly!" Where did my dad go! ”

Lantern Xiao and I said in unison, "What! ”

I looked at Lantern Festival in amazement, and said what's wrong? This kid still has something to hide. Lantern Xiao waved her hand again and again, "I said, Kong Xue, you... Don't talk nonsense, I... I just arrived, Uncle Kong is missing, I just heard about it, how did I... How would you know where his old man went! ”

"So how do you explain this!" As she spoke, Kong Xue took out a mobile phone. "You're the last person your dad ever contacted, and there's a call log from you. You said! Kong Xue stared straight into Lantern Xiao's eyes, "What did you say between you?" Where the hell did my dad go? ”

Lantern Xiao was stared at by Kong Xue's straight hair, avoiding Kong Xue's eyes, "I really don't know, I received a call from Uncle Kong, but I only rang and hung up, I didn't answer at all." That's why I called Uncle Kong, take a good look, my phone call didn't get through at all. Being questioned like this in front of the public, Lantern Xiao was also a little angry, "Kong Xue, let me tell you, I let you, don't go too far!" "I still know Lantern Xiao well, although he feels more easy-going when contacted, but if you provoke him, he is still very temperamental.

Kong Xue didn't expect to be robbed by Lantern Festival, and she was speechless for a while, "You! ”

Shi Tao next to him hurriedly came up to play a round, "Xiaoxue, I understand your feelings, things haven't been clarified yet, don't be too anxious, come on, sit down first, let's discuss." The other people sitting in the hall also echoed and persuaded Kong Xue, and some people came over and invited us to come and sit down. I suspect that these are relatives and friends of the Kong family.

In fact, at that time, I didn't understand why these people deliberately defended the Lantern Festival and me, taking care of our face, and seemed to be afraid of offending us. It wasn't until I thought back later that I realized that they didn't take care of me, not the Lantern Festival to be exact, but the Tang family behind the Lantern Festival!