When the car turned right at the Ximen intersection, I told the driver to stop as soon as I crossed the Ximen Bridge.

"Haven't you reached Drinking Tiger Pond Street yet?" the driver wondered.

The car pulled over, and instead of getting out of the car immediately, I turned to look at the driver: "Do you want to make money?"

The driver nodded: "Of course I think so, the more you earn, the better." ”

I also nodded: "Leave me a phone number, I can use your car at any time, and use it once and for a day." ”

The driver was clever and immediately picked up a business card from the dashboard and handed it to me.

"Dude, you use my car to take care of my business, you don't have to be so detailed, just reward me with food and gas money when the time comes. If you have another chance to make a fortune, you can also bring me a deed, you can eat meat, and give me soup to drink. His attitude towards me was immediately much more humble, and the smile on his face was like a blooming peony flower.

His name is Yang Sheng, and he has two phone numbers on his business card, as well as contact information such as WeChat and email.

I didn't say anything, threw down fifty dollars, opened the door and got out of the car.

If Yang Sheng really drove the person holding the stone Buddha's head, it would be equivalent to me catching another clue to the merman. However, I don't dare to believe it, there are not so many coincidences in the world, if the chance encounter with Yang Sheng is not a pie, then it must be some kind of trap.

I crossed the street into Scissors Alley, and walked briskly through the dimly lit alley sandwiched between tall buildings on either side.

In the article of old Jinan, Scissors Lane is the representative of "every spring water", it is said that in the past, this street was paved with a wide Nanshan bluestone slab, and the spring water gushed up from the crack of the stone slab, forming a beautiful scenery of "Qingquan Stone Upstream" that is unparalleled in the world. Many photo exhibitions that reflect the style of old Jinan have appeared in Scissors Lane, although dilapidated, but self-contained, it can really be called the pride of Jinan people. Unfortunately, now at my feet, Scissors Alley is a dilapidated, pothole-ridden, narrow asphalt road less than seven meters wide, and at its narrowest point, not even two cars can be staggered.

The name of the street is still Scissors Lane, but it has long since lost the aura of the old street, and only a lingering, disgusting philistine air remains.

Turn to Changchun View Street, and at the end of the field of vision is the brightly lit Yinhuchi Street.

I didn't call Chen Dingkang again, but went all the way and slowly searched for him.

At this time, there are very few customers eating, and as long as they stay on the street, they will become very eye-catching.

Soon, I saw Chen Dingkang wearing an earthy gray hoodie, sweatpants, and sneakers, and he was sitting in front of a small shop called "Lei Lei Barbecue", holding a draft beer cup in one hand and a lamb skewer in the other.

I walked over and sat down across from him.

"A draught beer. "I greeted the sleepy waiter.

"Grill another 20 prawns and 10 squid. Chen Dingkang was unceremonious and followed me to order.

Since the car accident was faked by him, he must now be in good health, have a good appetite, and be in a good mood, completely breaking free from the control of the hospital and regaining his freedom.

"I had the opportunity to flee before, why didn't I go? Flee now, why? Did you find a big clue that you had to escape? What is it, tell me about it?" I asked.

I came in the middle of the night, not to eat and drink, but to take clues. If Chen Dingkang flickered and refused to tell the truth, then I would turn around and leave.

"Before, the conditions were not ripe, and I was alone-you must think that Zhang Quanzhong was my helper and backup, hehe...... I can't do big things alone, especially when a big storm is coming, if I do it blindly, I will trap myself in it, and I will be busy without saying anything, and I will let others take advantage of the chaos to fish up all the good things, leaving me with only a piece of chicken feathers and duck blood. I don't cooperate with Zhang Quanzhong, he is too treacherous, an old fox, he can calculate you to the bones. You are different, the day I saw you, I took a hexagram, it is the Kun hexagram, the lord 'virtuous things'. Xiao Xia, you are a good person with skills, and you are also the person I have been waiting for. If we join forces, we can turn the merman's world upside down and put the entire sea under our control. Chen Dingkang said.

I suddenly felt funny, but at the same time I felt chills.

The funny thing is that all the people on the rivers and lakes, whether there are a thousand or ten thousand, a hundred thousand, a million, then there will be a thousand to a million new ideas to unify the rivers and lakes. In other words, everyone is dreaming of unifying the rivers and lakes, whether it is the former Sun and Moon God Sect Director I Xing, Dongfang Undefeated or today's Chen Dingkang. As a result, the rivers and lakes are destined to be turbulent, and they are also destined to be a big stage for heroes in the world to compete for romance.

Chen Dingkang used to be a pirate, and pirates and sharks were natural enemies, because they all depended on the sea for their lives.

I suspect that there must have been a huge conflict between Chen Dingkang and the merman that led to his transformation from the "Pirate King of the Seven Seas" to a mentally ill prisoner in a provincial hospital.

"How?" I asked.

"You agreed to cooperate?" Chen Dingkang became excited.

I nodded slightly, kind of acquiescence.

"Every merman ghost market has a secret envoy of the merman lord, and the secret envoy can directly contact the merman lord. We traced back along this line, first looking for the secret envoy, and then looking for the master of the merman, and cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. Chen Dingkang replied.

He used an empty lamb skewer to draw circles on the table, looking like "pointing out the country and inspiring words".

"Right now?" I asked.

When I came from Changchun Guanjie, I listened carefully to the movement on the other side of the high wall, and also carefully observed the sewer behind the holly bushes. I was disappointed that I found no signs of mermaid infestation.

"Maybe it's now, maybe it's the next few days, it's not certain for now. Chen Dingkang replied.

I smiled and asked, "Is the Sumatra gathering incident fake? You drew a big circle and put everyone in it, which is tantamount to fooling the whole world—"

When I said this, I stared closely at Chen Dingkang's face, trying to detect the clues from the micro-expressions on his face.

In the hospital file provided by Dr. Zong, Chen Dingkang had already mentioned the gathering of mermaids in Sumatra, and even the exact latitude and longitude coordinates were recorded. Yesterday, when we caught Cindy, we got the same set of latitude and longitude coordinates.

If Chen Dingkang is a psychopath, then Cindy and the man will not be both neurotic, they are so sensitive to Sumatra, they are by no means pretending, but they are real.

Now, I bring this question up again to confirm whether Chen Dingkang has been lying to me.

Chen Dingkang was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "That's not fake, that's true." The 'Mouth of Heaven' in the south of Sumatra is indeed a meeting place for mermaids, and it is known to the great connoisseurs of begging for a living on the sea. In fact, what I'm trying to tell you is that even if you know the latitude and longitude coordinates of that meeting place, it's hard to attack. The merman is to the sea, just like the grass seed is to the grassland, can you find a grass seed that falls on the grassland? No, because the grass seed is a part of the grassland, the mother body of the grass seed on the grassland, they are one and the same - the relationship between the merman and the sea is the same, they can merge into the sea at any time. The Pacific Fleet will not destroy the mermaids by attacking the sea, it is equivalent to fishing in the dry waters, destroying forests and hunting, and it will be itself that will be poisoned in the end. Xiao Xia, I'm not afraid you know, the most hated merman, the most want to destroy the merman can only be the pirate, if there is no deep sea merman appeared, I, as the king of the seven seas pirates, would have already had the strength to negotiate with the president of a big country at the White House table. Now, I can only guard the barbecue stall and sit opposite you and drink alcohol. Okay, all the gloom will eventually pass, with you to help me, the sea and the sky, the future can be expected, hahahaha......"

He mentioned the relationship between the mermaids and the sea, which has been the most troublesome thing for the rulers of the mainland throughout the ages.

When the land troops went to the sea to exterminate the mermaids, it was tantamount to attacking the enemy's strength with their own shortcomings, and they had already lost half of the battle before the war began.

If even the world's largest Pacific Fleet can't do anything, it is equivalent to mankind has given up the hegemony of the sea and let the mermaids wreak havoc.

I can't analyze which type of pirate or merman is more harmful to the normal life of human beings, so I can only temporarily join forces with Chen Dingkang to deal with mermaids together in line with the principle of "not my race, their hearts must be different".

The wine was not finished, and the night was already too late. Looking at both ends of Yuhuchi Street, only our table has not left.

Chen Dingkang was already drunk, and when he took a glass of wine, he generally drank it into his mouth, and half of it was poured into his neck.

"We ...... Together, they will be invincible...... Crisscrossing the seven seas, invincible on the sea, what the lord of the merman, what world powers, all of them are not in my eyes. Really, Natsu-chan...... Brother Xiaoxia, as long as you cooperate with me, I guarantee that you will become one of the greatest figures of the 21st century in the future, and be on the global elite list with Obama...... You're still young, and you have a chance to surpass them and come out on top...... Dominate, hahahaha...... As long as I see you, I see the future...... Hope, the hope of becoming the overlord of the sea and the first man in the universe...... Brother, one more drink, one more drink, no drunk, absolutely no drunk......"

Chen Dingkang's shouts were heard far away, but the guys in the shops on both sides were asleep on the tables, too lazy to bother us. Of course, if they are looking for trouble, if they encounter someone like Chen Dingkang, it will be really big trouble.

"If there's no new discovery, let's get out of the way?" I asked.

Chen Dingkang didn't know how much thought he put into defrauding his death. If it was so easily useless, it would be pointless for him to put so much effort into it.

"We haven't had a drink yet, and tonight we have to drink something meaningful, we have to be happy...... Brother Xiaoxia, are you happy? "Chen Dingkang pressed my shoulder, pressed me stiffly, and didn't let me get up.

I could only nod and reply: "Happy, of course happy, but enough wine is enough, I can't drink it anymore." ”

Chen Dingkang didn't listen, and beckoned to the shopkeeper behind the counter: "Take another box of Budweiser, let's have a good ......."

I'm really out of the woods, especially with someone who's half drunk. Every time he raised a glass, Chen Dingkang always drank until the glass was dry, and there was not a drop left. The ancients could "sacrifice their lives to accompany a gentleman", Chen Dingkang is not a gentleman, I can only stop in moderation, and I don't have to accompany him to drink endlessly.

Suddenly, I felt that something was wrong around me, all the lights were flickering, and the street seemed to be a big boat sailing on the river. The boat is rushing in the water, of course, if it does not advance, it will retreat, and it must always work hard everywhere. But am I really drunk?

I wasn't drunk, and there were at least two-thirds of the draught beer glass left in front of me, so I couldn't have gotten drunk so quickly.

The long street has been swaying slightly, and the tall and low residential buildings on all sides seem to be tilting, squeezing down the deserted street.

"The Battle of the Seven Seas, I'm the only loser, I'm not reconciled...... If it were you, would you be willing? Great rivers and mountains, great seas and frontiers, my Chen family has worked hard for so many years, but they have been easily snatched away by others, and they have become the dishes on the barbarians' plates for them to share and enjoy...... Are you willing? Brother, unwilling, absolutely unwilling! His grandmother, why should others meddle in my territory if they want to...... Does the Yankees want to be the Pacific policeman, covering the sky with one hand, pinching the most vast sea frontier on the earth between their fingers, and there are no doors, no doors...... How to eat it, I will tell them how to spit it out, to the Pirate King of the Seven Seas...... Spit it out, hehe, it's mine, no one can take it away......"

Chen Dingkang staggered to his feet and turned the corner to the west.

I picked up my beer glass, took a sip, and looked over the rim to the west.

Now, I'm sure someone has laid a thaumaturgical puzzle on this long street in the early hours of the morning.

There are only me and Chen Dingkang left on the long street, so this arranger is either to deal with him, or to deal with me.

"Okay, this Drinking Tiger Pond Street is really not peaceful!" I sneered to myself.

The name Drinking Tiger Pond Street comes from the Drinking Tiger Pond, and the spring pond that is said to have served the tigers for drinking water has been buried deep under the asphalt pavement of Jingqi Road and has been blocked by concrete and concrete.

As for the disadvantages of burying springs and building roads, as early as around 2000, famous thaumaturgists from Beijing repeatedly demonstrated.

The spring is the front of the water vein, piercing the surface of the earth and bursting out, which is a natural vent of the water vein, in order to balance the pressure difference between the ground and the ground, which is in line with the philosophical law of "water is full and overflowing".

If the spring is blocked, there will be fewer and fewer pressure relief outlets for the water veins, and new gushing points will inevitably be formed in other places, and as much as one side loses, the other side will open. In physics, there are theorems for the application of hydraulic pressure, such as "connectors, hydraulic devices", etc., so there is no need to repeat them.

The changes and adaptations in physics are obvious and can be understood by any child who has gone to middle school. Then, the changes in the field of thaumaturgy and feng shui are hidden, not only in terms of space, but also in the time trajectory, there is also a certain incubation period for "hidden worries", which makes people unpredictable.

As a newcomer to the field of thaumaturgy, I respect the thaumaturgists from the capital, and I do not blindly believe in their conclusions, nor do I overturn them all, but can only accept them dialectically and selectively.

The only conclusion left by the thaumaturgists of the capital at that time was four ambiguous words - "Maybe." ”

To this day, no one mentions that incident again, but bows their heads and admits a fait accompli.

Tonight, when I witnessed the unpeaceful situation on Drinking Tiger Pond Street, I couldn't help but think of the demise of Drinking Tiger Pond, and then shook my head and smiled bitterly.

Before dawn, the temperature always drops to its lowest point in 24 hours.

I felt the moisture rolling up on the ground, so I looked up at the store and beckoned a guy to bring me a charcoal stove.

The man had fallen asleep on a small bed made of five square stools, his chest heaving and snoring.

I stood up, went to the charcoal basin on the right side of the store, first picked up a square tin charcoal stove, and then sandwiched a dozen pieces of charcoal on fire and put it in.

Usually, when eating barbecue in winter, the guy will take the initiative to send a charcoal stove to grill the meat skewers while grilling the fire, and do it himself, the more he eats, the more fragrant it is.

Any city has its own dietary rules, depending on whether a person is from Jinan, whether he often eats barbecue, just to see whether he will use a small charcoal stove.