"Jiangbei is not peaceful anymore? What's going on?" Ma Dad and I were a little surprised when we heard this and looked at Zhao Fox.
"It's a bit uneasy, but it's not a big deal. We can handle it." Zhao Fox advised us to relax and briefly explained the matter.
The old man has great influence in Jiangbei. After constant fighting in the past few years, some people were forced to leave. The remaining scattered positions were also forced to move to the fringes. They made a living by picking up some transactions that we did not want to do. Occasionally
If someone wants to show his or her side, they will be scolded all over the place immediately. However, things have been a bit unusual recently. Those handicaps that usually behave in a regular manner seem to have suddenly become bolder, and from time to time they will join forces to cause friction with us.
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The degree of intensification of this friction depends on how both parties resolve it. In the past, when we occasionally encountered this situation, as long as our people were serious about it, the other party would definitely shrink back, because the strength is here, and the small handicap would not dare to provoke us.
But something is a little abnormal during this time. Some small dealers in Jiangbei have joined forces to grab goods from us, and the quarrel is getting more and more fierce. Calm talks are no longer effective. The old man's principle is very clear. If you can't reach an agreement, you can only fight. Both sides
After two fights, although they were dispersed each time, our people also discovered something strange. There were many unfamiliar faces among the opponent's people, and their tactics were very cunning during the fight.
"Isn't this something not right?" Ma Dad was very confused: "Who dares to do this? Go against Ba Ye?"
The old man cannot say that he can cover the sky with one hand in Jiangbei, but when he fought against Xue Jinwan, he was really majestic and could shock many people.
However, Zhao Huxu said that these were all minor problems, and the old man was holding back for now. Once he found a suitable opportunity, he would launch a thunderous strike and completely cripple his opponent.
After the meal, Zhao Huxu went to the warehouse to look at the remaining goods. To be honest, except for the fortune-telling treasure he just received, this Zhaotong stall is not worth much. Zhao Huxu is a person who has seen a lot of hard goods, and he is not convinced about these defective goods.
There was no interest in the products, and Ma Dad was a bit embarrassed, so he introduced to the side that the Zhaotong stall was about to close, so the guys didn’t dare to buy too many goods.
My face turned pale all of a sudden. As soon as Cao Shi told me the news, Ma Dad started talking nonsense. I thought he talked too much. Zhao Huhu smiled and said it was okay. The old man had been thinking about the stall withdrawal for a day or two. Since I
He had already started planning since the second month after leaving Jiangbei. Some prominent people had gotten some wind of it, and it was not considered a special secret.
Because Zhao Huhu had to rush on the road the next day, he sat for a while after dinner and then took his assistant to rest. Ma Dad and I had a lot of free time every day, and our spirits were full. In addition, we were always thinking about the anonymous letter, so we lay down
I couldn't fall asleep in bed. I really had nothing to do, so I had to get Ma Dad up to chat. This is Ma Dad's favorite thing to do. As long as we chat, there is no chance for me to interrupt.
I stayed up until two o'clock in the morning, and there was no movement around the stall. My heart gradually relaxed, and as soon as I relaxed, sleepiness swept over me, and I fell into sleep.
I was woken up by a splash of urine. I looked at the clock and saw that it was only half past seven in the morning. I yawned and went to the toilet. I didn’t plan to go back to sleep because I had to send Zhao Hux away later. I took a towel and went to the water pipe.
After washing up, I suddenly noticed an obvious line of blood on the floor.
The blood stains were too obvious and very eye-catching. I shuddered, clutched the towel tightly, and looked along the line of blood stains. The blood stains extended from the ground to the courtyard wall. Although it was far away, I could vaguely see it.
There was a bright red bloody handprint on the wall. It looked like someone had climbed over the wall.
I panicked, turned my head subconsciously, and followed the blood stains to find the source. Soon, I saw that the blood stains came from the room where Zhao Fox slept.
"What's going on!" I was confused at that time. I turned around and ran towards the bedroom. When I entered the door, I grabbed Ma Dad and told him anxiously about the blood stains outside.
"What?" Ma Daddy's eyes were sleepy. I told him again in a low voice. The old guy also panicked. We got out with him and carefully followed the blood trail to the door of Zhao Fox's room little by little.
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The door was ajar, and looking in through the crack of the door, the room was in a mess. Maddy and I looked at each other with confusion in our eyes. His room was very close to ours. What if something happened last night?
, there’s no reason why we can’t hear it.
"what to do?"
"Call the guys first." Ma Dad pulled me away.
The guys' residence was just across a courtyard gate from our residence, very close, just a few steps away. I stood outside the door and looked at the stall door. The door was closed tightly. After half a minute, I felt numb.
Dad took a step back from the clerk's place, his face flashing green and red.
The boy's bedroom was empty, no one was there.
"What the hell is going on!" I was panicking and anxious, with cold air rising from the soles of my feet to the top of my head.
"Fuck you!" Ma Dad was obviously stunned by this situation. He turned his head and looked at the closed door of the stall. I immediately had the idea of opening the door and running away.
"Master Tian." Ma Dad looked away, looked at me, and swallowed: "We can't escape now, it's even more unsafe outside."
"Then what should I do, just stay in the stall and let people make dumplings?"
"It must have happened in the middle of the night. We are all fine now, which means there won't be much trouble for the time being."
I managed to calm down and agreed with Ma Dad's statement. The stall was very big, but there were not many places to hide people. Ma Dad and I searched back and forth, and found that the guys were indeed gone without leaving any traces.
"Go to Zhao Fox's place and have a look."
My father and I turned around and went to the backyard again. Zhao Fox's door was still ajar. We could see a trail of blood extending from the house, then passing through the yard and reaching the back wall. My head suddenly felt dizzy.
It felt like a very heavy bloody smell was wafting out from inside.
Ma Dad's hands also started to tremble, and he looked into the crack of the door for a long time like a thief. From our position, we couldn't see the whole room, but we just felt that it was deathly silent inside.
"The ground is full of blood..." Ma Dad and I both had goosebumps all over our bodies, and the smell of blood seemed to be getting stronger, making us choke and unable to breathe.
The two of us stood outside like this for a long time. Finally, Ma Dad tremblingly stretched out his hand and pushed the ajar door open.
The room was very messy. Ma Dad and I walked in one after another. We felt dizzy, and then our eyes turned to the bed in the room.
There was a person lying on the bed, his face was covered by the quilt, and only his feet were exposed. Ma Dad and I looked at each other and swallowed hard. Ma Dad slowly lifted the quilt, although I was mentally prepared.
, but when I saw the person under the quilt, I almost screamed.
The man brought by Zhao Huhu was lying quietly on the bed, his throat was cut, and the blood almost soaked the mattress underneath.
"Ma...Ma Dad, where is Zhao Fox?"
"Ask me, who should I ask..." Ma Dad quickly picked up a corner of the quilt and covered the man's pale face again.
I felt like vomiting from the scene in front of me and the smell of blood. I walked out of the room in two steps and took a deep breath. My mind was completely confused. Ma Dad also walked out soon after. He has been messing around for many years.
But we have been eating at the stalls all the time, so this kind of thing has obviously never happened to us. The two of us were helpless and stood in the yard for a long time.
And at this moment, I couldn't help but think back to the mysterious letter I received yesterday. It has been more than ten hours since I received the letter, and as expected, something like this happened at the stall. The person who wrote the letter
, could you foresee this accident?
"I'm going to be in bad luck this time..." Ma Dad swayed, looking at the blood on the ground, he almost sat down.
At this time, I really didn’t know what to do. Ma Dad swayed for a long time, straightened his back slightly, and looked back at the bloody room: "Zhao Fox is gone, where is the stipulated treasure?"
It's already this time, and I still have the time to worry about the destiny treasure. Ma Dad ran back and forth in the house to look for it for a long time, but there was no sign of the destiny treasure.
If we look at the scene in front of us, just after Ma Dad and I went to bed at two o'clock in the morning, something happened on Zhao Fox's side. I can even think of that scene: Zhao Fox's guy was killed in the room.
I escaped, leaving a trail of blood behind, and crawled out along the wall.
But is this possible?
Ma Dad and I were at our wits' end and were afraid that outsiders would come at this time. We followed the bloodstains and saw the courtyard wall. It was obvious that someone had indeed climbed out from here. The bloody handprints on the wall were very dazzling.
"The guy at the stall betrayed you?" I thought about it for a long time, but I really couldn't think of any other explanation. Something happened on Zhao Huxu's side, and the guy at the stall was nowhere to be seen.
"I haven't been here long, so it's hard to say." Ma Dad stretched out his hand and gestured towards the bloody handprints on the wall, frowned and said, "These guys are not very meticulous in their work, but they won't be so big.
Your courage. Master Tian, stop thinking about these useless things at this time, and think more about what we two should do."
Someone died at the stall and something was lost. This is definitely a serious matter. But what can I do? Standing in this small courtyard far away from Jiangbei, I suddenly felt lonely and alone. No one could help me.
"Call Jiangbei." I thought for a long time and came up with this solution. Neither Ma Dad nor I are big people. We can't handle such a thing well, so we can only ask Jiangbei for help.
Before Ma Dad could answer, the phone on the stall rang, startling both of us. I rushed to the phone in three steps, two steps at a time, tried my best to suppress my tumbling mind, and reached out to grab the phone.
, Cao Shi's deep voice immediately came from the other end of the phone.
"Are you still at the stall?"
"Lao Cao!" Hearing Cao Shi's voice, I felt a little confident and thought about how to tell him: "Something happened at the stall..."
Cao Shi interrupted me and said to me almost in a commanding tone: "Don't say anything now! You and Ma Dad will simply dispose of the body, leave the stall immediately, and find a hidden place to hide.
Call me again."
"Old Cao, do you know what happened at the stall?"