Chapter 43: The Fish Are With Me
Before leaving, Huo Xiuxiu's eyes glanced at the brocade box in Zhang Qixun's hand without a trace.
Suddenly remembered something, and said, "Brother Wu Xie, let's add a mobile phone number, so that it is more convenient to connect."
"Okay." Wu Xiaoxie reported his mobile phone number.
watched Huo Xiuxiu walk out of the courtyard with the driver Xiao Li briskly.
The fat man hurriedly ran over to look out, and found that the two people who came had indeed gone away in the car, so he closed the door and walked back.
Wu Xiaoxie's tense shoulders also relaxed, and he began to think about the reason why Old Madam Huo kept them here, "I always feel that Old Madam Huo is so kind to take us in, just her temporary delay."
After all, the little brother doesn't play his cards according to common sense, and he just leaves, Huo Xiangu is probably stunned by his neatness.
"I think so, too." The fat man answered, "The old lady looks like a very shrewd person, but she didn't react to the incident suddenly, and after recognizing the little brother, she began to prevaricate and make excuses, deliberately deflecting the topic, looking at it just to fool people, but asked Muyu and the little brother to debunk it, so I thought of such a countermeasure, let's stabilize it first."
Zhang Qixun spoke softly, "After knowing the identity of the little brother, her original plan should have been disrupted, just wait, she will come up with a countermeasure soon."
"Whatever the old lady thinks, let's clean this place first, we'll be staying here for days, after all." The fat man looked left and right, and only found a broken iron bucket, a few bald brooms, and no rag mops or anything.
Just as he wanted to take out the towel prepared by Huo Xiuxiu from the snakeskin bag and cut it, Zhang Qixun had already taken out a few brand-new rags from the space.
"Let's change out of the suit, it's expensive, and I can wear it next time." Zhang Qixun took out the white wood moire box and four sets of casual clothes that he had put his suit in before.
The four of them changed their clothes, took water from the open-air faucet in the courtyard, put on their masks and began to clean the house.
The fat man wore a white hat like a construction site, with a blue dust cap on his head, and assigned tasks to them, Wu Xiaoxie swept the floor, and Zhang Qixun wiped the table.
The main thing is that a lot of white wall skin has fallen off the floor on the second floor due to dampness, and some of it has been wet and stuck to the floor.
They didn't have a mop in their hands to mop the floor, and Zhang Qixun was a little obsessive-compulsive, and after scanning a few times, he found that some white pieces couldn't be swept away, so he was anxious.
The strength of his hand became heavier and heavier, and then he broke the bald broom.
When the fat man saw that this was not good, he asked him and Wu Xiaoxie to change each other, let Wu Xiaoxie sweep the floor, and Zhang Qixun went to wipe the table.
The little brother didn't have the time to be in a daze, because he was arranged by the fat man to clean the glass.
After cleaning the house, they walked around the other rooms to find some sofas and other furniture, wiped them clean and moved to the second floor.
Finally, after cleaning up, several people collapsed on the sofa tiredly.
Oh no, there are only three people who are paralyzed into dried salted fish, and the little brother sits upright no matter what time he is.
The fat man rubbed his old waist and sighed, "This cleaning is really not an easy job, it is much more tiring than making zongzi in the tomb."
Wu Xiaoxie scolded him with a smile, "You just owe a lot of money, and you can't live a quiet life."
The fat man smiled and patted the brocade box on the table, "Come on, while we have time now, let's take a good look at this big treasure worth 600 million."
As he spoke, he opened the box, put a towel on his hand, and took out the ghost seal and put it on another towel that wrung out the water.
The sunlight shone in through the window, imprinted on the dark and green seal, and the light flowed, and there seemed to be a faint green water stain seeping out of the seal.
The fat man was stunned and said, "Muyu, did you wipe the ghost seal when you wiped the table, how can there be water on it?"
Zhang Qixun was on the side to get food for a few people, and he was a little confused when he heard the words, "What? I didn't wipe it."
As he spoke, he put down the instant noodle bowl and carefully looked at the ghost seal, "Why does this seem to be missing a piece of it."
"Holy!" The fat man yelled, "We're not going to let that crescent moon hotel make a pit, this thing is one."
Defective products?"
The little brother was a little anxious when he heard this, and he stretched out his hand to pick it up and look at it.
Zhang Qixun hurriedly stopped him, "Don't touch it, it's poisonous."
"Look at the powder in that brocade box." Zhang Qixun pointed to the box that originally contained the ghost seal, and a layer of light green fine powder floated on the tray underneath.
Wu Xiaoxie held his breath and cautiously leaned over to take a look, retracted his head, closed the brocade box, pointed to the ghost seal and said, "This should be a kind of protection facility for the treasure of the Crescent Moon Hotel, there is no damage to things, but it will affect people."
The fat man suddenly slapped his thigh, "***, that woman didn't tell us in advance, but we are also big customers and spent money."
"This may be a common practice, but a few of us are stunned and have no experience with it." Wu Xiaoxiao said.
"Eat first, and then try to rinse it with water later." Zhang Qixun put on rubber gloves and put the ghost seal back in the brocade box.
The towel was stained with green juice, and he picked it up and threw it directly into the makeshift trash can made of rotten wooden boxes.
A bowl of instant noodles for one person, half full.
The fat man said that he couldn't round his stomach, otherwise Huo Xiuxiu would find something wrong when he came back, and it would be difficult to explain when he asked.
After eating, the fat man dug a pit in the courtyard behind the building, buried the instant noodle paper bowl, and destroyed the body.
After that, Zhang Qixun put on rubber gloves and took the ghost seal to the faucet below and rinsed it more than a dozen times.
The seal becomes exquisitely clear, cold to the touch, and in the sun, the jade inside the seal seems to be alive, exquisitely clear, and the halo is contained in it, which is beautiful.
Its carving is fine, almost to the point of being superb.
The whole jade seal is the shape of a unicorn stepping ghost, the unicorn of black ink is holding its head high, majestic, and there is a three-headed imp under the front paws.
The little ghost has sharp ears and hideous ears, and his posture seems to be desperately resisting, and his claws are grasping at one of the feet of the unicorn.
At first glance, it looks like a carving of a unicorn subduing ghosts, but if you look closely, you will find that this unicorn is actually composed of many evil ghosts, and the carving is extremely ingenious.
Then change the angle of the ghost seal, under the refraction of the light, the shape of the unicorn has become the shape of countless Arowana, those little ghosts look sideways, and the meaning of the Arowana can also be seen in the staggered and entangled places.
No wonder this thing is called "Ghost Button Arowana Jade Seal".
Just now Zhang Qixun said that where a piece was missing, there was a little ghost's head missing.
If you look closely, there are three similar places, and the delicate lines are very abrupt, but the fractures are very smooth, as if they were intentional.
The fat man stretched out his hand and gestured on it, and suddenly realized, "I see, that's what happened."
Then he told Zhang Qixun about the principle of the old capital horse coat and the ridge shoulder.
"It seems that these three ghost heads are actually three rings, and the person wearing the three rings grabbed this jade seal, and the position of this ring was just stuck on the fracture, and the jade seal was formed after this set." The fat man clapped his hands excitedly and said, "It's a coincidence that Brother Zhen Te's brother beat Brother Miao, it's so clever and wonderful."
Wu Xiaoxie also stretched out his hand to try, as if this was really the case, and wanted to turn his head to confirm with the little brother, "Little brother, you-forget it, you definitely don't remember."
As he was talking, there was a sudden sound of a car honking outside the courtyard.
"Someone's coming, let's go back to the house first." Zhang Qixun frowned and looked at the door.
The four of them quickly returned to the second floor, and Zhang Qixun took out a new brocade box and put the ghost seal inside, and then retracted the space.
The old brocade box was placed on the table, and the fat man broke it, and deliberately stuffed a fist-sized stone into it.
"Oh yes." Wu Xiaoxie suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "That, Muyu, I owe the three hundred million three first, and then I ......will slowly pay it back."
Zhang Qixun smiled, "What's more, we brothers still pay attention to this? I'm not short of that money, so I don't have to pay it back."
Wu Xiaoxie raised his eyebrows, "Are you serious? Then I'm really not going to pay it back."
Zhang Qixun waved his hand indifferently, "When did I lie to you, if you don't need it, you don't need it, then put the money."
It's also in vain, and it's easy to spend it."
The fat man said quietly on the side, "Is this the happiness of being raised by a rich and handsome? Can the fat man also apply to participate?"
Zhang Qixun stretched out his hand and drew a circle in front of him, and said with a smile, "Aren't you two and my little brother already in my fish pond?"
The fat man groaned and condemned: "Morning and evening, scumbag, proper scumbag."
"you, and don't slander me." Zhang Qixun scolded with a smile, "If I have a daughter-in-law in the future, I will definitely be dedicated."
"Huh~" The fat man disdained, "I believe you are a ghost."
Soon, there was a sound of footsteps downstairs, Wu Xiaoxie stood at the top of the stairs and looked down, and found that Huo Xiuxiu was followed by several people, carrying large bags and small bags in their hands.
The fat man immediately rubbed his hands and greeted him with a smile, "Oh, big girl, what a coincidence, what about the wine?"
Huo Xiuxiu took out two flat bottles without labels from her handbag, "Na, the best two-pot head in the capital, I guarantee you have never drunk it."
"Bragging, can there be the best in the second pot?" The fat man was a little unimpressed, and took the bottle.
After the Huo guy who came with Huo Xiuxiu put down his things, he said hello to Huo Xiuxiu and left.
Huo Xiuxiu didn't leave, and took out a large fast food box from his bag, opened it, and a burnt smell wafted out, "Fried peanuts."
The fat man grabbed one and threw it into his mouth, raising an eyebrow at her, "Aren't you going back with them?"
"How miserable I am when I go back, you guys, desolate old house, four old men, two pot heads, just a piece of hemp rope, you just hang on the roof beam together after drinking." Huo Xiuxiu said slowly.
Zhang Qixun lifted his eyelids and said lazily: "Nonsense, the youngest of us is only two years older than you, where did the old man call it from?"
"That's right." The fat man echoed, "Fat man, I am only young and not confused, a man dies as a teenager, and his heart will not change."
Huo Xiuxiu made a playful grimace, "An older year is also an old one."
"It's not very old, but people are goblins." Zhang Qixun snorted, "Don't you already know what's in the box, why do you still want to exchange information with us?"
Seeing that he had made his intentions clear with his words, Huo Xiuxiu nodded, "That's right."
"Then it depends on whether your message is worth the price." Zhang Qixun said flatly.
Wu Xiaoxie asked her, "Does your grandmother know you're here?" Don't wait to find you."
Huo Xiuxiu pouted dissatisfiedly, "Brother Wu Xie, your memory is really bad, I dared to fly alone when I was eight years old, I often run from both ends of the capital and Changsha, my grandmother knows that I have a wild temperament, and she will never detain me, don't worry, this time she doesn't know, since I came here, I naturally have insurance."
Wu Xiaoxie looked at her little smug appearance, and wanted to laugh a little, coughed a little to hold back a smile, and said, "How can I believe that what you said is true?"
Huo Xiuxiu raised her chin, "You can say one thing to test me."
Zhang Qixun listened to the conversation between the two on the side, and said quietly, "The fish is here?"
Huo Xiuxiu was surprised, "How do you know?"
Zhang Qixun tapped the desktop with his finger, "Little girl, today's network is very developed, if you want to check, you can naturally find it."
"Okay." Huo Xiuxiu was a little wilted, but immediately got up again, "Even if you know that I sent this message, you definitely don't know what is behind this sentence."
Wu Xiaoxie was a little surprised, looked at Zhang Qixun, swallowed the words he wanted to ask, and asked her again, "That photo is in your hand?"
Huo Xiuxiu nodded, took out a notebook with a lot of cartoon stickers on the black cover from her bag, and a black and white photo was sandwiched in it, she handed the photo to Wu Xiaoxie, "Show it to you."
This is a group photo, which is the photo taken by Chen Wenjin and them on the Xisha Wharf and Wu Sanxing, but the photos they saw before were a little blurry to varying degrees, but this one is different.
This group photo is very well preserved, on the off-white pages of those people
The facial features are clear as if they have passed through the long river of time, just standing in front of you.
Zhang Qixun was a little curious, "Since you have already seen this photo, how can you not recognize the little brother?"
Huo Xiuxiu pointed to the little brother in the photo and said, "His hairstyle has changed, plus after so many years, who would have thought that an old antique would suddenly appear in front of your eyes, there are more people in the world who look similar."
As he spoke, he took out another photo from his notebook, "Brother Wu Xie, look at this again."
Wu Xiaoxie took it and stiffened at a glance.
In the photo, Huo Ling is still a girl just after a little past, standing in front of a tiled building, taking a full-body portrait.
After taking a closer look, I found that Huo Ling in the photo was at least six points similar to Huo Xiuxiu in front of her.
"This was taken by my aunt when she was eighteen years old in Wangfujing." Huo Xiuxiu explained, and then took out another photo of Huo Ling.
"What did you find when you looked closely at these two photos?" Huo Xiuxiu looked at Wu Xiaoxie expectantly.
Wu Xiaoxie carefully stared at the two photos of Huo Ling back and forth, his brows gradually tightened, and then put the second photo of Huo Ling that Huo Xiuxiu gave her on the table, and said, "It's not Huo Ling on this, or rather, someone has replaced Huo Ling."