When Lin Ye arrived at the station, members of the Gan City Laboratory were already waiting at the station.
These ordinary staff naturally did not know Lin Ye's current reputation in the alien circle, but as long as they were consultants, they had to receive them well.
"Go directly to your destination."
On the way here, Lin Ye already understood what happened.
He asked Zhong Shan to look for news about He Zhiming. The last time Zhong Shan stayed in Gan City for a few days, he did not gain anything. But just one day ago, Zhong Shan got news from Gan City, saying that he had found news related to He Zhiming.
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After receiving the notice, Zhong Shan rushed to Gan City and went to the village where the clues were found with Tu Yang, the team leader of the Gan City Appraisal Institute. However, he disappeared mysteriously.
The staff of the appraisal office in Gan City had already reported this news to the superiors, who were also preparing to arrange people to handle it. When they learned that Lin Ye had gone to Gan City, they handed over the matter to Lin Ye.
The car quickly drove into the town, passed through the streets of the town, and finally entered a village.
"Counsellor Lin, our team leader and Team Leader Zhong were last located here before they disappeared. However, we searched the entire village and could not find the whereabouts of the two team leaders."
Lin Ye got out of the car, and there were two people waiting there at the entrance of the village. They were employees of the Gan City Appraisal Institute, and they came to the village to search for Zhong Shan's whereabouts.
"There's no rush."
Lin Ye looked at an old man sitting under the old camphor tree at the entrance of the village.
The old man was thin and hunched, sitting in front of a stone table with a chessboard painted on it, his eyes closed and greedily basking in the sunshine.
"I asked this old man, and he said he saw the team leader and the others entering the village." Seeing Lin Ye's eyes falling on the old man, the staff next to him reported the situation in a low voice.
Lin Ye nodded to show that he understood, but still walked towards the old man and sat down opposite the stone table.
"Old man, what's next?"
What was carved on the stone table was a chess game. When the old man heard the voice, he opened his muddy old eyes and smiled, showing his few remaining teeth: "Okay."
There was a drawer under the stone table, and the old man took out the chess pieces from it.
Lin Ye chose the red side, and the black side went first.
The old man didn't play chess very fast and played very steadily, but Lin Ye played very fast. The old man followed up immediately after playing. This led to Lin Ye's failure in the second half of the game.
Although several staff members of the laboratory did not understand why Consultant Lin played chess with the old man from the village as soon as he got off the car, they also knew that he was watching the chess without saying a word. When he saw that Lin Ye was about to lose, he showed anxiety on his face.
color.
Lin Ye picked up the only remaining knight and played a move.
Seeing Lin Yeluozi's position, the old man raised his eyes, while the staff watching on the side were surprised. Consultant Lin had misread the news. Why did the horse move so far?
Doesn’t the horse follow the sun?
"My horse has grown up and is much stronger than other horses. One step can be as strong as two steps for other horses."
Lin Ye explained with a smile, and the staff who were watching were speechless for a moment. Isn't this a naked lie?
However, what surprised them was that the old man opposite silently accepted it, and then the two men started fighting again. Three minutes later, Lin Ye had only one soldier left.
【Pa, General!】
Lin Ye directly took the soldier across the river and placed it on the red side's commander.
The old man looked up at Lin Ye, who smiled and said: "The cannon that I seemed to have eaten by you just now was actually done deliberately by me and I chose to sacrifice my cannon. In this way, I am no ordinary soldier."
Instead of soldiers, they became artillery."
puff!
Listening to Lin Ye's explanation, several staff members almost spit out blood. They obviously didn't pay attention and were eaten and ran away. How could it become a sacrifice?
If this is possible, why not just use the opponent's taxi to assassinate the general? It is said that he has instigated rebellion and has become a spy.
"Chess, chess, the stronger your imagination, the stronger your chess skills, I agree."
The old man silently put away the chess pieces, but Lin Ye held down the old man's hand and said with a smile: "Old man, I have beaten you in a game of chess. Let me ask you about yourself."
"Like them, did you ask the people who entered the village? Yesterday, two people from other places did enter the village..."
"No, I'm asking you about another person."
"who?"
"He Zhiming."
The old man's hand shook, and the chess piece in his hand fell down, rolled several times on the ground, and rolled under the camphor tree.
The old man looked at Lin Ye carefully, "How do you know him?"
"Entrusted by others."
"Hey, ever since those two people entered the village yesterday, I know that some things cannot be overcome after all. Are you willing to listen to the old man tell a story?"
"All ears."
"This story has to be told from the days of the rebels."
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Late Qing Dynasty!
There was an official in Gannan City whose family name was Tang. He had studied for generations, and his family tree produced several high-ranking officials. Although he had not been able to become an official in recent generations, he relied on the influence of his ancestors to become one of the leading landowners in southern Jiangxi.
The master of the Tang family has a daughter who is eighteen years old. She is deeply loved by the master of the Tang family and is like the apple of his eye.
Normally, at the age of 16, people would already agree to be matchmakers, but Mr. Tang, because he loved his daughter, allowed her to make the final decision on the marriage.
How could an ordinary man fall in the eyes of this beautiful young lady from the Tang family?
A maid told her that the temple outside the city was very effective in seeking marriage, so Miss Tang took the maid to the temple to burn incense, hoping to find a suitable man.
Maybe it's because he is sincere and sincere, or maybe he donates a lot of incense and money.
On the way back from burning incense in the temple, a wild boar blocked the road. At the critical moment, a man appeared and killed the wild boar with three arrows.
Miss Tang's heart blossomed when she saw the handsome man and his savior through the car curtain.
Later, Miss Tang learned from the maid that the man's name was He Zhiming. Although he was born in a farmer's family, his grandfather was a scholar and he had studied and read with his grandfather since he was a child.
The most important thing is that the He family is now the tenant of their Tang family.
Miss Tang's family used the gift of saving her life as an excuse to go to He Zhiming whenever she had time. After doing this several times, her heart secretly promised, and He Zhiming was not that kind of idiot, and he soon understood Miss Tang's intentions.
mind.
The man is affectionate and the concubine is interested.
The handsome man and the beautiful woman are a perfect match.
After the two expressed their feelings to each other, He Zhiming was worried that Mr. Tang would disapprove, so Miss Tang reassured him, saying that his father had already promised him to choose his husband.
When Miss Tang returned home, she also tested her father's tone.
Knowing that his daughter already had a sweetheart and a lifesaver, the Tang family master was overjoyed and said directly: "On the fifteenth day of next month, it is my father's birthday. It will be a double blessing to have your lover come to propose marriage."
Miss Tang conveyed her father's words to He Zhiming, and He Zhiming also agreed.
So Miss Tang stayed in her boudoir for this month, imagining the sweet scene of her lover coming to propose marriage on the fifteenth day.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
The red lights of Tang's house were hung high, and the house was full of relatives and friends.
At the birthday banquet, Mr. Tang drank a few more glasses. Under the influence of alcohol, he also said that someone would come to propose marriage today. The guests all flattered him, saying that this was a double happiness.
Anyone who can be the uncle of the Tang family must be both talented and beautiful.
Many female relatives of the Tang family, especially those of the same generation as Miss Tang, even made fun of Miss Tang, saying they wanted to see what kind of man could be attracted by the eldest daughter of the Tang family.
This made the eldest lady of the Tang family extremely shy.
It was three o'clock in the morning, but Miss Tang's heart was a little absent-minded, but her lover hadn't shown up yet. Could it be that she had encountered some accident?
While the eldest lady of the Tang family was suffering and waiting, the housekeeper finally came to report that someone came to propose marriage at the door.
When the eldest lady of the Tang family heard that the maid had come to report, she walked towards the front yard without any thought of restraint. Only when she arrived at the front yard did she find that the front yard was silent, and her father was sitting on the throne with a livid face.
In the hall, a beggar stood shivering, holding a jade pendant in his hand.
Seeing this jade pendant, the eldest lady of the Tang family trembled. This jade pendant was her token of love for her lover. How could it appear on this beggar?
In addition to the jade pendant, the beggar also had a document in his hand. The eldest lady of the Tang family took the document and fainted after reading it.
"My daughter and I are in love with each other. I bring this token to my door to ask for my hand in marriage. I hope Master Tang will allow me."
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"That day, Mr. Tang's birthday ended unhappily. Mr. Tang fell ill in anger, and the eldest lady of the Tang family also locked herself in the boudoir and never took a step out of the door."
"On the fifteenth day of the following month, the eldest lady of the Tang family hanged herself in her boudoir in her wedding dress."
The story seemed to end here, but Lin Ye knew it was not that simple.
"Why did He Zhiming do this?"
"Fate has a way with people, and worldly affairs have a way with people." The old man sighed: "At that time, there were some foreigners in various places, especially those who had read foreign ink, and they couldn't understand many things at that time. So He Zhiming
He studied abroad, and he called on people to cut off their whips, saying that since the emperor was gone, they would no longer need to be slaves if they cut their braids."
"But how can the common people understand? When the common people see that the landlords still have braids, they don't dare to cut them off so easily. But the Tang family is a staunch braid fan."
"This He Zhiming wants to use this method to humiliate the Tang family and discredit the Tang family, so that the people will no longer listen to the Tang family."
"What happened next?"
"Later, the emperor was restored and the Yamen began to arrest people. He Zhiming changed his name. Within a few years, he participated in the revolution, went to the battlefield and became lame. He returned to the village and adopted a pair of children. The children had just grown up.
He died of illness at the age of 18."
"Then He Zhiming changed his name?"
"He Nianjin."
As the old man said these words, the originally peaceful camphor trees suddenly roared, and the entire village entrance was howled by the wind.
The application of the staff at the laboratory changed instantly. One of them glanced at the electronic instrument on his watch and said anxiously: "Consultant Lin, it was detected that there is a super concentration of Yin Qi, and there is a ghost attack."
Lin Ye felt it without the staff's reminder.
At the entrance of the village, the female ghost in wedding clothes stood there.
She was dressed in a windless dress with long hair, exuding a cold aura, and stared at the old man intently.
"He Nianjin, He Nianjin, you are a good name."
Lin Ye was not surprised by the words of the female ghost Tang Jin. The first time he saw the old man, he knew that the old man was a ghost. And there was probably no one other than the person involved who could know so clearly about He Zhiming.
People.
When the old man saw Tang Jin's appearance, he was not afraid or panicked, but instead showed a guilty expression on his face.
"The person I feel most guilty about in my life is you. When you were young and frivolous, you thought that all feudal existences should be overthrown. After that day, because you were arrested by the Yamen, you had to leave southern Jiangxi and hide around. Later, you joined the revolutionary army and stayed there until the revolution.
After the success, I retired from the army and returned home. I wanted to apologize to you, but I got the news that you had hanged yourself long ago."
"Apologise? You made my Tang family a joke and made my father sick. How can you just apologize?"
"My father did good deeds during his lifetime, building bridges and paving roads. Many families received favors from him. I have never done any evil in my life. I always give money to homeless beggars when I go out. How can I do anything wrong?"
Facing Tang Jin's question, the old man smiled bitterly.
It's no one's fault.
Unfortunately, he understood this truth too late and ended up regretting it for the rest of his life.
"Today, I will take your soul, and then I will destroy your whole family!"
Tang Jin was filled with murderous intent, and several staff members at the laboratory looked at Lin Ye. This ghost seemed to be very powerful.
Lin Ye took a deep breath. If it only involved the grudge between He Zhiming and Tang Jin, he could ignore it, but if it involved living people, it would be within the scope of his responsibilities.
"Ahem..."
Lin Ye coughed and was about to speak, but the female ghost Tang Jin didn't even look at her. Instead, the old man looked at him: "Little brother, it was very interesting to play chess with me just now. Those two people you are looking for
It's just behind the village, so you don't have to interfere with things here."
Lin Ye squinted at the old man for a while, and finally walked towards the village.
As the old man said, this is a grudge between him and Tang Jin, and there is no need for him to interfere.
On the haystacks in the fields behind the village, Lin Ye found Zhong Shan sleeping on the ground and another middle-aged man. It was obvious that that person was Tu Yang, the team leader from Gannan.
"It's strange. I searched here before, but I didn't see the team leader."
"It's not surprising. There was a cover-up here before. It's normal that you can't see it."
Ghosts have the ability to block. The old man had obviously blocked the eyes of the searching staff so that they could not see Zhong Shan and Tu Yang.
Several staff members came forward and shook Zhong Shan and the two. Zhong Shan opened his eyes in a daze, his expression confused at first, but when he saw Lin Ye's figure, his body became alert and his consciousness immediately recovered.
"Consultant Lin, you are here. I found out about He Zhiming. He Zhiming changed his name to He Nianjin and joined the revolutionary army. Later, after the revolution was successful, he returned to southern Gansu and adopted a pair of Tang syndrome orphans."
"Tang's orphan?" Lin Ye was startled.
"Yes, there was a revolution at that time. There was also a revolution in southern Jiangxi. The revolutionaries robbed several large households in southern Ganxi at that time. One of them was named Tang. It is said that the whole family was killed, leaving only the people hiding in the house.
The child in the cellar."
Lin Ye looked towards the entrance of the village and said nothing for a long time.