1239 - Return to the sea of fire
Seeing that Song Dazhe began to look me up and down, I asked puzzledly: "Big brother, why do you look at me like this?" How do you want to believe that I'm your own? β
As soon as he heard what I said sincerely, he felt anxious, and Song Dazhe's vigilance on his face was slightly restrained, he lowered his head and rolled his eyes, and asked vigilantly: "I've heard of this person in Malacca, are you really Malacca?" β
"I didn't think I'm so famous, if you've heard of it, it's easy to do......"
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and simply pulled out the boning knife pinned to my waist, and stabbed it on the meat cutting board in front of Song Dazhe with a 'snap', and said with a smile: "If you have heard of me, then you must have heard of my knife, after all, even I know that I have no other skills, so I go out with a knife every day......"
Hearing what I said, Song Dazhe looked at the left and right sides vigilantly, and then waved at me and said, "It's inconvenient outside, you talk to me inside." β
Song Dazhe turned around and walked to the store as he spoke, and I hurriedly put away the knife and followed in.
As soon as he entered the store, Song Dazhe first took out the two busy guys, and after inviting me to sit down, he asked again: "Brother, what are you looking for me?" β
"I'm here to find Yan Qi, isn't he here to find you?"
"Yan Qi? Which Yan Qi? Song Dazhe's eyes rolled, undoubtedly still wary of me.
But I was so anxious, where did I still have the heart to continue to go around with him, so I simply stopped going around in circles with him, and concisely told him how we met Yan Qi the night before, but he didn't believe it, and specially said Yan Qi's appearance and characteristics and the address of the commissary where he stayed, and asked him to verify it carefully.
After listening to me say this, Song Dazhe finally got rid of his guard, smiled at me and said: "You said this in one breath, I don't want to believe you, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we must be cautious in our words and deeds, and we can't trust anyone casually, otherwise people will inevitably incur death......"
"I understand this, I was reckless when I was a brother just outside......"
Seeing that Song Dazhe finally believed me, I took a long breath, so I asked with a smile: "Brother Song, you said you had heard of me?" Am I really that famous in this industry? β
"That's not it, Guang Yanqi always whispers about you in my ear......"
Song Dazhe smiled heartily: "Yan Qi, this kid has been partnering with me in Yangzhou for four months, I know him best, although he has a great ability to subdue demons and eliminate demons, but after all, he is young, and his heart is still the same as a child." In Tianzhu Mansion, the person he admires the most is the Yushi Bailong of the Thirteen Imperial History Platforms, and later when I heard that you, the hero of the Great Breaking Eight Pole Palace, actually accompanied the sister of Yushi Bailong to apply for the Tianzhu Mansion, and he was actually a personal disciple of Yushi Bailong, and he was even more excited, nagging me every day that he envied you, and always wanted to see what kind of person you were...... Naturally, I heard about you from his mouth......"
"Hehe, it's really better to meet than to be famous......"
I scratched my head and smiled awkwardly, remembering that I took the lead in beating Yan Qi the night before, and I didn't know what to say for a while.
But I didn't care about continuing to chat with him at the moment, so I changed the conversation and hurriedly asked: "Brother Song, let's get down to business, Yan Qi came to you with a few of my friends the night after, but I haven't gone back until now, I'm really anxious, so I ran over to you and asked what was going on, Brother Song, what about Yan Qi?" β
When I asked this, Song Dazhe was full of doubts, stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "You said that Yan Qihou came to me at night?" No? β
Hearing Song Dazhe's words, I sighed in my heart, and hurriedly asked again: "You said they haven't come?" But Yan Qi clearly said that he was coming to you? β
Song Dazhe shook his head firmly, his expression became solemn for a while, and he replied: "As you said, you are not an outsider, not to mention that Yan Qi trusts you so much, can I lie to you?" In fact, I am also wondering, in the past four months, we have cooperated tacitly and have a home, I rely on the network of contacts in Yangzhou to help him investigate the case in private, provide him with information, Yan Qi is responsible for investigating and solving the case, every night he will contact me after the action, in order to confirm the safety of both sides, this is an unwritten tradition between the envoys and informants in various parts of Tianzhu Mansion, but Yan Qi has not contacted me since the night before last night, and I was also wondering about this matter in the morning......"
Song Dazhe said and turned around and walked to a desk in the corner, took out a worn-out ledger from the drawer, and opened the ledger, most of the front books were in and out of the storefront, but the back pages were hand-drawn one-grid calendars, many of which were marked with red ballpoint pens with red checks.
Song Dazhe handed me the account book, and said: "Every time Yan Qi goes out on a mission, I will have a record here, but Yan Qi didn't contact me last night, so I can't record last night's actions, and I will show you the record now, if you don't believe me, I won't have any other way......
Seeing that Song Dazhe said it categorically, and his expression was even more righteous and awe-inspiring, it didn't seem like he was lying to me, and I didn't know what to say for a while, I just felt that my heart began to panic inexplicably, and I thought to myself, if Yan Qi hadn't brought Bai Wei and them to find Song Dazhe, then where did they go? Could it be that something happened to them on the way to find Song Dazhe when they left the commissary in the early morning?
The more I thought about it, the more anxious I became, and when I saw that I couldn't get any useful clues from Song Dazhe, I didn't delay any longer, and quickly said goodbye to Song Dazhe, and returned to the commissary where Yan Qi stayed.
Along the way, I had a lot of thoughts, and when I thought of Bai Wei's whereabouts, my whole mind was almost chaotic, but just as I was about to arrive at Yan Qi's commissary, I didn't wait to turn the corner, but suddenly I was interrupted by a panicked scream from the front-
"Fight the fire!"
"Go to the fire brigade! Come on! β
When I heard a burst of screams, I panicked even more, and hurriedly quickened my pace and walked forward, and when I looked forward, I saw a burst of fire from behind the corner of the street that made the ground red, and in the firelight, I saw a series of figures scurrying around......
I hurriedly ran forward, turned the corner of the street and looked forward, my heart was shocked again, only to see the commissary where Yan Qi landed, I was obviously safe and sound when I left, but now it has been surrounded by a ferocious fire, and even the doors and windows of the commissary are caught in the fire, leaving only a faint silhouette looming in the sea of fire, and this sky-high fire only ignites the commissary It seems that it is not satisfied, but it begins to extend along the roof beams and wires to other houses on the left and right, The rooftops of five or six nearby homes have been surrounded by flames......
At this moment, the surrounding residents were all in a hurry, and they saw that outside the commissary, a group of nearby residents were panickedly bringing buckets of water and splashing them into the fire, but the fire was burning to the sky, and a few buckets of water alone had no effect......
The first sight of the commissary surrounded by fire, I was instantly shocked in place, and I couldn't move, but I was stunned for only a second or two, and the figures of Chen Guosheng, Lao Si and Lin Yude had already appeared in my mind......
"Oops! Xiao Chen! Fourth brother! Lin Yude! β
Where did I stay, and rushed forward like crazy while shouting, rushed into the crowd and hurriedly grabbed an old man who was trying to splash a bucket on the fire, and asked in exclamation, "Uncle, where are the people in the commissary?" β
"People? Who? The old man was stunned.
I hurriedly asked again: "There are still people in this commissary, and the fire is so big, did they run out?" β
"Oops, who knows!"
The old man was full of anxiety, stomped his feet fiercely and said: "It's just fine, every family is eating dinner, and suddenly the fire is burning, as soon as I hear someone shouting that it is on fire, I quickly ran out to see, where did I think that this fire is so evil, even our house is on fire......"
"So, didn't you see anyone running out?"
"No, no, I've been fighting the fire here, but I haven't seen any living creatures come out, and now the fire is so big, it probably takes a lot of effort to come out......"
Listening to the old man's words here, my whole mind instantly 'buzzed', and my whole body was numb......
At this moment, I heard a cry for help accompanied by a 'crackling' burning sound coming from the sea of fireβ
"Little Liuzi, save me!"
Although there was a lot of noise around, the cry for help still clearly poured into my ears, and I could hear it clearly, it was the voice of the fourth child......