Chapter XVII. The ancient city of Suzhou
Li Mengzhu left a letter and quietly left alone, Xiao Qicai and I immediately took action, she first borrowed the power of the police, checked all the list of exits and entries, and then asked the airline to help check Li Mengzhu's ticket records.
In the end, after more than 8 hours, we finally found out that Li Mengzhu took a flight at more than 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day and set off for Shanghai.
Why did she go to Shanghai?
Later, while looking at the map of China in my hand, I tried to figure out an answer. According to my guess, the place Li Mengzhu wants to go is, of course, not Shanghai, but Suzhou. Since there is no civil aviation airport in Suzhou, if you want to go there, you can only take Shanghai Hongqiao Airport or Pudong Airport, Shanghai Hongqiao Airport has a direct bus to Suzhou, Li Mengzhu must follow this route.
Why do you have to go to Suzhou?
According to my analysis, Suzhou is one of the first 24 national historical and cultural cities in China, and is the birthplace of Wu culture. It was founded in 514 BC and has a history of more than 2,500 years. According to historical records: the earliest establishment of Suzhou City is a great contribution of Wu Zixu. In that year, Wu Zixu led the personnel, worked tirelessly, tasted the soil and water, like heaven and law, and built a big city with a circumference of 47 miles and an inner city with a circumference of 10 miles. Although it has undergone a long history of more than 2,500 years, to this day, the city of Gusu still maintains the style of "must stand the city outline" advocated by Wu Zixu. The people of Suzhou did not forget this brave and wise man, so they called this city gate that had a deep relationship with him as Xu Gate. There is also such a legend, saying that Wu Wangfu trusted the traitorous ministers, did not listen to Wu Zixu's advice, and forced Wu Zixu to commit suicide, Wu Zixu was gouged out after his death, and hung on the city gate to show the public, so this city gate was called Xu Gate.
To sum up, I guess that Li Mengzhu must have heard us discuss Wu Zixu and Bai Qi last time, and thought that the birthplace of the White Wall Night Eye was very likely to be related to Wu Zixu, so he immediately went to Suzhou to see if he could find any clues.
Xiao Qicai also completely agreed with me, so later, we decided to leave immediately and set off for Suzhou, where we had to find Li Mengzhu's whereabouts.
However, when it comes to choosing the means of transportation next, I am despised by Xiao Qicai. Because I have never applied for any passport since I was a child, I have always thought that a dick like me can drive a second-hand miniature is already good, and I may have to be trapped in Fengtian City for the rest of my life, and take a plane to go to other places? Never thought about it.
So I proposed to Xiao Qicai, "I don't have a passport, I can't take a plane, or take a high-speed bullet train!" ”
Xiao Qicai rolled her eyes very helplessly, and said, "Big brother, you don't need a passport for domestic flights, do you think you want to go abroad or go to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan?" ”
I scratched my head in embarrassment and said, "I've never cared about that!" ”
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Simply organize everything, (in fact, I don't have any luggage to take, and I'm not going to travel, and it's the same with Little Colorful Colors.) We took the plane that night and headed to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport.
More than two hours later, Xiao Qicai and I got off the plane in the night and successfully arrived in Shanghai. Looking at the watch, it is now more than 10 o'clock in the evening, ask the people around, the latest bus is until 19:00 in the evening, if you still want to go to Suzhou at this time, you can only choose to take a taxi.
At this moment, looking at the endless flow of people in front of us, the bustling city, Xiao Qicai and I are even more anxious, the vast sea of people, how easy it is to find Li Mengzhu, we can't waste a little time, we must speed up! So we hurriedly called a taxi, and Xiao Qicai directly threw 800 yuan to the other party and told the driver, "Go to Suzhou Xumen, drive faster!" ”
From Shanghai Airport to Suzhou City, a total of more than 100 kilometers, take the high-speed express train, it only takes about an hour and a half, along the way, the surrounding night scene is constantly changing, I and Xiao Qicai sat in the back row, a day did not eat much, but a little hungry feeling no.
When the driver saw that we were outsiders, he enthusiastically spoke non-standard Mandarin and asked, "Where are you from?" What to do in Suzhou Xumen? It's not very peaceful in the evening, if you don't mind, I'll be a guide for you, just a little bit! ”
Probably when this guy got in the car, he found that Xiao Qicai was generous, so he wanted to take the opportunity to make a lot of money. Little Colorful didn't bother to pay attention to him. But my mind moved, and I asked, "Big brother, why isn't it peaceful there?" Can you elaborate on that? ”
Anyway, driving was boring, so the driver told us a story.
"The area around Xumen used to be a tomb, but it has only been gradually developed in recent decades, and since more than ten years ago, after several consecutive Lantern Festival festivals, the popularity of the area has gradually begun to flourish, and it is loved by citizens and tourists. But there are still many people who swear that they have encountered ghosts in the vicinity. ”
Speaking of this, the driver's eldest brother deliberately paused, turned his head and looked at us with a gloomy look, but Xiao Qicai and I secretly laughed in our hearts, if it was an ordinary person, we might be scared by his expression immediately. But after I and Xiao Qicai have experienced so many strange events, our courage has long been trained to be different from ordinary people, and I guess his purpose in doing this must be to make us afraid, and then agree to his proposal to let him be a guide, so that it will become a natural thing for him to ask me and Xiao Qicai for more money at that time.
However, even though I am not afraid at all at this time, I still want to hear what the driver's brother can say next. Anyway, there are still more than an hour, and being idle is also idle, so it's time to kill time.
So I asked the driver's brother to take the steering wheel and continue to talk.
At night, I saw the regressing street signs outside the window, and with the slightly hoarse and low voice of the driver's eldest brother, I was only concerned about Li Mengzhu's safety.
At this time, the driver's eldest brother said, "It's in a hotel not far from Xumen, the alley is very dark and narrow, and the car can't drive in, so if you want to get in, you have to walk." Every Lantern Festival, or any festival, all kinds of activities are held, the hotel is overcrowded, because tourists from other places stroll around from Xumen, I don't know how, as soon as I look up, I see the signboard of the hotel.
"Just last year's Spring Festival, if I remember correctly, it should be the third day of the Lunar New Year, there was a foreign tourist, male, went to walk the alley at night, originally, along this road, walk about fifty meters, you can see the hotel, but this tourist didn't know what was going on in his head, distracted, actually walked for about ten minutes, and when he realized that something was wrong, and wanted to turn back, he suddenly found that there was a fog in the alley, and a gust of wind did not know which direction it blew, blowing him a little cold, So he turned, tightened his collar, and walked briskly back! ”
"When he walked a few steps, the tourist suddenly saw a crack in the door of a room on the side of the road, and a light was revealed, and the man's courage was abrupt, and the old-fashioned door suddenly 'creaked' open, and he was instantly startled, and his eyes couldn't help but be instantly attracted to it!"
At this moment, through the crack in the open door, he saw a woman with her back to him, combing her hair unhurriedly. Strangely, this woman was wearing clothes similar to those of the ancient court, and he had limited knowledge of which dynasty she belonged to, and he couldn't guess. But he soon thought that he must be dazzled, why should a good modern woman wear ancient clothes? Unless she's an actor who plays cosplays. ”
When he thought so, the man suddenly realized that if this woman had been sitting there combing her hair and kept this action unchanged, who had pushed open the door of this old-fashioned room? He took a closer look, and there was no one else in the door except the woman in the ancient clothes! ”
As soon as he thought of this, the tourist was immediately frightened, and he immediately thought of leaving here quickly, but at that moment, the woman turned out to be ...... actually pulled her head off her neck at once, and then, she put her head on the table, and still kept combing, kept combing, the man was so frightened that he couldn't help it anymore, he was very embarrassed while screaming, while desperately running away, and then he ran out of the alley in one breath, ran to a crowded place, pulled up a person and shouted, ghost, there is a ghost, I saw a room, there are ghosts in it! ”
"The people who were pulled by him were very curious, and said, there is only one hotel in that alley, where is there any room, where do you see the ghost?"
"This man finally couldn't help it and was scared to death on the spot!"
Speaking of this, the driver's eldest brother paused again, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Originally, I listened to my friend tell me this story, and I didn't believe it very much, but until one time...... I drove past there and suddenly felt an urgency to urinate, so I walked into the alley, wanting convenience. However, as soon as I stood there, before I could untie my pants, I heard a "creak" behind me, as if an old-fashioned door was being pushed open in an instant, and I was so frightened that I didn't dare to look that way, but turned around and ran. I'm not afraid of your jokes, but then I thought about it carefully, I couldn't help it, and I was scared to pee in the car, and until now, my friends have used this incident to make fun of me, saying that I was too timid, and I must have scared myself, and I always thought about it, so I hallucinated in my head, but I can swear that I did hear a "creak" and the sound of the door opening. ”
Speaking of which, the driver's eldest brother kept panting, and through the rearview mirror of the car, I saw that his face was full of frightened expressions.
But Xiao Qicai and I felt even more amused in our hearts, thinking that this person must be the "trust" of the hotel, deliberately making us afraid, and then taking us to live in the hotel in that alley, otherwise, how could he act so similar? It's almost time to be an actor!