Chapter 8: This Morning Is Not Quiet
Today is the day to verify the jade pendant treasure map.
In the early morning, the autumn fog is faint.
Wu Shuang's mood seemed to be even more confused than the morning fog, but he didn't get depressed, he was trying his best to eliminate all the fog trapped in his heart!
At this moment, there is already a trace of rainbow light in the eastern sky, it is not the blood left on yesterday's wound, it is the morning sun rising from the horizon, a glimmer of light - it is the hope of breaking through the darkness!
As a result, the autumn fog dissipated, and the world appeared freshly, shiningly, charmingly, and lovely in the light, and at this moment, the fog in Wu Shuang's heart also dissipated, and it became clear and recognizable, at a glance. For he saw the light, for it shone on him!
Now, he is standing on the highest floor of the attic of Songshan Manor, where he can overlook the entire Luoyan City, he can see the Luoyan River as clear and complete as the flowing skirt on the hem of a woman's skirt, and he can also see the sun just rising, and the sun has just risen, and the sun is shining on the horizon! At the same time, all the activities around Songshan Manor are also in full view at this moment, and every move is like a weed crawling under his feet, and even the activity of every ant cannot escape his eyes, and it is as clear as looking at his toes.
At this moment, outside the south gate, fifty steps to the left, under the towering locust tree facing the gate of the Fengming Inn, there are a few people who attract attention, where are the activities.
Among them, there was a big man, dressed in a light yellow robe, with a green scarf on his head, a tall body, broad shoulders and a thick back, pushing a wheelbarrow, and resting on the granite under the big locust tree. Although he turned his back to the courtyard wall of Songshan Manor, his eyes could clearly see all the movements in the courtyard behind him; because, sitting opposite him, at the mouth of Sanyan Hutong, on the high stone steps, there was a man in a green shirt, and he always probed his head and paid close attention to every move of Songshan Manor! Of course, he could not see clearly the movement in the big window of the highest attic in Songshan Manor, because when he looked at it from the outside, there was only a cloud of darkness inside. Wu Shuang and the three chief stewards, who were standing in this attic, could see him from the big window, but he didn't realize it. Moreover, he was always in close communication with the man in the light yellow robe who was pushing the wheelbarrow with his eyes or sign language.
The man's wheelbarrow was carrying two burlap sacks, which also contained some things, and he looked like a businessman and a passerby, with the smell of wind and dust!
The three chief managers behind him, from Wu Shuang's extraordinarily attentive gaze, also found those two suspicious people! Therefore, She Gang couldn't help but take the lead in asking Wu Shuang questions.
"Master, do you know those two people?"
"Yes," Wu Shuang nodded, "the man who pushed the cart, he is neither a businessman nor an ordinary passer-by......"
"Then who could he be?" asked Zhang Wei puzzled.
"He is the leader of the Lianghe Dart Bureau, Mao Chunshan!" Wu Shuang said, "On the rivers and lakes, some people also call him 'Seeing Money and Opening Eyes' Mao Chunshan!"
"I heard that his iron spear is very famous in the area of Lianghe!" Du Huixiong looked back at Wu Shuang and said.
Wu Shuang nodded and said.
"Indeed, if I am not mistaken, the sack on his wheelbarrow contains nothing else but his powerful iron spear!"
"So, what is the man in Tsing Yi sitting opposite him, at the mouth of the three-eyed alley, on the stone steps?"
Without waiting for Wu Shuang to speak, Du Huixiong had already said the answer.
"If the person pushing the cart is Mao Chunshan, then this person must be Xiao Yang, because he is one of the most capable executioners in Mao Chunshan's 'Two Rivers Dart Game'!"
She Gang looked at Wu Shuang, intending to inquire about the authenticity of the answer, and seeing Wu Shuang nodded, he asked again.
"Then what do the two of them, pushing the cart early in the morning and waiting outside our manor, want to do?"
"People who see money are open-minded, except for being busy with money, they rarely pay attention to other things!" At this time, Zhang Wei took the lead in speaking again.
"You mean, they're here for the jade treasure map on our village?" asked She Gang.
"I think so!" Zhang Wei turned his head, looked at Wu Shuang and asked, "What do you think, owner?"
Wu Shuang said with an indifferent smile.
"Quite possibly!"
"Look, those people seem to be weird, too. At this time, Du Huixiong suddenly pointed to the herbal tea shop on the side of Wang Laojiu's medicine shop on the right outside the south gate and said, "The five people who eat tea have been sitting in his shop for a long time, and they are always facing our manor, looking like they are simply staring." ”
At this moment, in the herbal tea shop, there were indeed five guests sitting on the seat under the sunshade cloth in front of the door. Among them, with his back to the herbal tea shop, looking at Songshan Manor, there was a middle-aged man in a purple robe, holding a tea bowl in his hand, his elbow propped on the table, there may have been no tea in the tea bowl for a long time, and he was playing with his fingertips. His eyes were urgent, and he was looking at the movement inside from the right side of the south gate, and his mouth was talking to the four people on the left and right, and on the head of the seat.
The four men sat on two stools on either side of him, so that they could only distinguish the general appearance of the two people sitting on the outside. The two men, one in a blue robe and the other in a white robe, one of them had a dense beard on the side of his face, and the other had a smooth skin and no beard.
These five people, talking and laughing, are like coachmen who are in a hurry, and they want to get together and talk about everything when they have nothing to do. But they didn't have a carriage by their side!
However, this early in the morning, when people are busy around life, why do they have such idle time, sitting in the herbal tea shop, drinking tea and chatting?
"Can the three eldest brothers recognize these tea drinkers?" Wu Shuang said, staring at those people.
"Alas, the middle-aged man sitting in the middle, facing us, seems to be a person!" She Gang suddenly exclaimed.
"Who does it look like?" Du Huixiong asked.
"Qianjiang thief Li Feifei!"
"That's right, it's him!" Wu Shuang said with a smile, "However, he is not called Li Feifei now......"
"His name is Li Yi now!" Du Huixiong took over the conversation, "and now he is not just a thief, now, he is the master of the Qianjiang 'Little Knife Society'." ”
"Ah, the people from the Qianjiang Knife Society are also here!" Zhang Wei exclaimed.
"What's more!" Wu Shuang pointed to the street of Dongmen again, and several suspicious people said.
"Look, the man in black who is carrying a load of firewood and standing in front of the Xianglan Tofu Factory, wearing a straw hat!"
"See!" She Gang said.
"Inside the bundle of firewood to his right was a sturdy and smooth wooden handle, a wooden handle for a hammer......
"Taishan old blacksmith - Nantianya!"
"Yes. Wu Shuang pointed to the entrance of the alley over there, a girl who was walking towards her, wearing a flower dress and holding a bamboo basket with some beautiful flowers in it, and said, "Which big brother does this girl know?"
"Flower girl Ah Ping!" Du Huixiong said, "She is an expert thief in the Luoyang area, why is she here too!"
"What happened to these people!" She Gang said, "swarming to our village!"
"The one who came is not good!" Wu Shuang said, "It seems that today is a day with many evil and few auspicious days!"
"Don't worry! Du Huixiong said, "We will definitely take strict precautions......
"And, get ready together!" Zhang Wei continued.
"Yes, we all think of him as a poke bird!" She Gang said with a smile.
At this moment, from outside the south gate, an ox cart rushed in, pulled some firewood, and went straight to the back of the west garden, and stopped at the entrance of the alley in front of the stable. On both sides of this alley, there are dozens of tiled houses, where the firefighters, Zhuang Ding and others live in the village. I saw that three big men were sneakily pulling out a bundle of long strips wrapped in black cloth from under the parked firewood, like jugglers with weapons in cloth bags.
"Is there a person named Lei Tian in there?" Wu Shuang was curious, because he remembered that the person who swept the floor in the moonlight the night before yesterday, he casually asked the three chief managers.
"Yes, the owner, they are me, the three brothers Lei Tian, Lei Xiao, and Lei Long that I told you last time!" She Gang said with a smile.
"Oh, where are they from?"
"Like me, we are all from Qinling! We are a villager, and we are good friends from childhood to adulthood!"
"How many years have you not seen each other?"
"More than twenty years!"
"More than twenty years!"
The sun is out, Songshan Manor is shining, and the treasure will begin soon!