"Boy, although we both have the same opinion, we still need to be careful about the Xia family and never take it lightly."
I nodded and then looked at the sky.
There were still moon and stars just now. But now the night sky is foggy, and it seems that the sky is going to change.
"Uncle Cha, I have thought about it carefully from beginning to end. I always feel that this matter is very weird. What Xia Shuishui's dad said is right. With his social connections in the local area, there are many ways to shut us up.
This efficient method will prevent us from hiding our heads and hiding our feet to spread suspicion."
"I feel like we have been moving forward along the road paved by each other."
"Do you mean to say that the Xia family is the scapegoat?"
I nodded: "Yes, that's probably the case. Uncle Cha, think about it. All three members of Old Zhou's family are dead, and all the clues were interrupted after pointing us to the Xia family. Isn't this suspicious?"
"Let's go back quickly and let the leader come up with an idea."
An hour later.
"Boss, this is what happened. What should we do next?"
With his head expressionless, he picked up the teacup, blew on it, and took a sip of tea.
Douyazai said excitedly: "Damn it! Who is this! So awesome! You are treating us like monkeys. So much manpower and material resources have been wasted! After a lot of searching, you can't even find out whether the other person is a boy or a girl or even what his name is.
have no idea!"
He picked up the teacup and took a sip. He was getting older, and his energy was obviously not as good as before in the past two years. Sometimes he often had to rely on strong tea to refresh himself when he stayed up late.
Xiaoxuan sat cross-legged on the sofa, holding the black cat in her arms and said, "Is it possible that the other party is an old enemy we knew before?"
Brother Yu crossed his arms, stood at the door and frowned: "It's unlikely. The other party should be a local. If he is an outsider, how can he know the Xia family so well? He can also know a local like Lao Zhou."
Brother Yu said again: "If we can't find out who the other party is, then no matter what we do, it will be as useless as punching cotton with all our strength."
I thought for two minutes with a frown on my face, then scratched my head and said, "If I were to say who I had enemies with in Chun'an, the only one left might be the Third Taibao from the Zhenhai Gang, but it's unlikely to be that person. Li Kangyang said that this person hasn't come back for several years."
They are a gang, and they don’t know whether they are alive or dead. Even though there are hundreds of people in the Zhenhai Gang, they don’t dare to take any ideas from the Xia family. The Xia family has connections with the police station and people in the army, and they were dealt with in minutes."
In this way, you and I talked, and we made plans and discussed it for half an hour. Douyazai even speculated that it might be someone from the South who was behind it.
Then we all looked at the leader.
He glanced around the room and said, "Have you finished discussing it? Have you reached a conclusion?"
We all shook our heads.
He raised his head, looked at us and said: "Our side is in the light and the enemy is in the dark. In this situation, it is taboo to make random thoughts and mess up the position."
Putting his head down on the teacup, he said expressionlessly: "Let's do whatever we need to do next. We can't fall into the opponent's rhythm. The hidden chess piece I buried before has already begun to move, and there will be clues soon."
"Boss, what do you mean by dark chess?" I asked.
He turned his head to look at Brother Yu and said, "Wen Bin, I asked you to go back the way you came that night just to attract the praying mantises to catch the cicadas."
As soon as he heard this, Brother Yu immediately gritted his teeth and said, "It's that woman who was hiding in the woods. Unfortunately, I lost her and didn't catch her!"
He raised his head and said in a deep voice: "When a mantis hunts for cicadas, it's the best that can be caught at that time. It doesn't matter if I don't catch it, because I still have the oriole behind me. Wen Bin, did you notice it? In fact, there was someone secretly following you at that time."
"
Brother Yu said in surprise: "Head! If you don't tell me, I really didn't notice it at all! Could it be the master who helped us before?"
He nodded: "That's right, I know that woman's movements now. If I want to catch her, I can do it at any time."
"But it's useless to catch her now. She is just a pawn in front of the stage. As long as we quietly grasp the vine in our hands, it will only be a matter of time before we find the hidden melon."
He raised his head and frowned and said, "Unless you receive my instructions, you should stop investigating this matter. I'm here to meet with you. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
We all said in unison.
"Mr. Cha, could you please stay a few more days? There may be things I need your help with later."
Uncle Cha cupped his hands and said, "That's easy to say. It just so happens that I want to walk around and see the scenery in the past few days."
So at the request of my boss, I stopped pursuing this matter, and our lives seemed to be back on track. Xiaoxuan and I would go to the market to buy vegetables during the day, and read books at night.
I mainly read some in-depth books on art and philosophy, and I also want to improve my state of mind and quality one day.
For example, there is a passage in the book that is very good and contains principles of life.
"A gun will kill the leading bird, a knife will chop down the local snake, the wind will blow away the egg shells, and the wealth will be gone and people will be happy."
This is telling me that by being low-key in everything and taking money lightly, you can gain happiness.
I was flipping through the book when I suddenly felt something touch me under my feet. When I looked down, I realized it was an Echo Duck.
I kicked it lightly, and the duck quacked and ran away immediately.
Echo Duck's originally injured wings have healed and he has gained a lot of weight. His lease period has come early. The reason why we can still keep him is because I called my godfather Changsha Tomb Raider and asked him to come forward.
I told the Sichuan people to extend the loan period, at least until after the Chinese New Year.
At this time Brother Yu also came to my house.
"Haha, Yunfeng, this is the first time I see you studying seriously. Are you not busy? Help me look at these things to see if there is anything useful or valuable."
Brother Yu took a jar and poured a lot of stuff onto my table with a splash.
When I took a look, I saw copper plates, tobacco pouch pots, silver hat flowers, silver cents, Yuan Datou, mixed with old copper coins from various dynasties, old glass beads, old metal medals, etc.
"What kind of crap are these? Brother Yu, where did you get them?"
"Is there anything valuable?"
"Of course. This big piece is worth two hundred yuan. This copper coin is Longqing Tongbao from the Ming Dynasty. It is in good condition and is probably worth three hundred yuan. There is also this commemorative medal from Meifeng Academy during the Republic of China, which is also worth hundreds.
piece."
"Isn't there anyone over a thousand?"
I picked it up and said with a smile: "Yes, this red agate bead is from the Liao Dynasty. If it is more transparent and larger, it can easily exceed ten thousand yuan."
Brother Yu smiled, pointed at the Echo Duck lying on the ground and said with a smile: "I didn't do this, it did all this."
"it?
"Did it get it from the water?" I looked at the duck and asked in surprise.
"That's right Yunfeng, I trained it to learn a new skill some time ago. Didn't it have to rely on people to point out its location when hunting for underwater treasures?"
"yes."
"You can skip that step now, and it will pick up things by itself. Although it can only pick up light weight and small things at the moment, such as silver coins, copper coins, jade beads, seals, etc. that have sunk in the water, these things,
Brother Duck picked them up from the lake and gave them to me. I have been saving them for a while."
"ah?"
"No, Brother Yu? Did I hear that right? How does it pick up things? Does it have long hands?"
Brother Yu asked me to wait, and after two minutes he brought something over to show me.
This is a small wooden box, about the size of an apple, with a red rope tied to one end. The lid is made of a magnetic suction type. It opens when you pull it, and it sticks when you put it down.
I didn't understand it at first, but I suddenly realized it when I saw Brother Yu tie this small wooden box around the duck's neck.
Then Brother Yu opened the door, and the Echo duck swooped out! It took about more than an hour for the duck to come back, and its fur was still wet.
Brother Yu took down the small wooden box and saw that there were more than ten copper coins from the puddle and a turquoise ring.
"Today's harvest is not bad, what do you think of Yunfeng?"
"Holy shit Brother Yu, this is amazing! How did you train it to do that?"
Echo Duck's big eyes are staring at Brother Yu, as if waiting for a reward.
Brother Yu smiled and said: "Haha, it's very simple. I let it out once or twice a day. I only give it wine when I bring something back. Otherwise, I don't give it a bite. After trying it a few times, it gradually develops the habit of exchange.
habit."
Is this bartering?
I was amazed by what I saw. I had never thought that ducks could be so smart. If I could train ten of these ducks to hunt for treasure, then let them out at night when no one was around. That would be just sitting at home waiting to collect money.
Already?
At this moment, there were two knocks at the door. Xiaoxuan came in with a dark face. She directly threw me a letter and said: "This is a registered letter for you. I didn't expect it, Brother Xiang. It turns out that you have been hiding it all this time."
Follow me and send letters privately to Sister Fan."
Xiaoxuan always calls me by my first name. Every time she calls me brother, it's usually not a good thing.
But I can’t care about that much at the moment because I’m so excited! I finally got a reply!
Xiaoxuan came over and said, "Hey, open it and let me see it too. What's written in the letter?
"Please, this is my private message, can you give me some privacy?"
"I don't! I want to see what's written in the letter!"
Xiaoxuan stretched out her hand to grab it, but I immediately hid the letter behind my back.
At this moment, perhaps sensing something was wrong in the atmosphere, Brother Yu picked up the Echo Duck on the ground and quietly retreated out.