In fact, I did not gain anything during this period. At least I knew that my father was going to do a very big thing. This matter even involved the political turmoil decades ago, including the political turmoil starting from Liu Bowen. A game. Well, although I don't know what this game is.
Especially after I came back from Pingdingshan, I received the express delivery from my father. My father's name on it proved that he was still alive. As for the sudden disappearance of my eldest brother and second brother, although I was depressed, I didn't blame them, because they couldn't have Harm me.
I can't figure out where they are now, and I don't want them to really leave me out. Although I am half a combatant, at least my surname is Zhao, and I am also a member of this family. A man in his twenties is still being raped. Treating family members as children is not caring, but sorrow.
So I decided to find the other tomb of Li Zhongzhi that the tombkeeper mentioned, because I felt that all these things should be somehow connected.
But I sadly discovered that even though I was born into a family of tomb robbers, I didn’t even have a few friends. This may be related to my personality, but also to the fact that my father disappeared that year. As mentioned before, when my father was in When I left, I took two good tomb robbers from my family with me. The problem arises here. Not every woman is like my mother, who can trust and wait for her husband for decades. I have my mother at home. Being in charge, coupled with the prestige of my father Zhao Jianguo, and the eldest brother being very brave, life was pretty good. However, the life of the two clan uncles who were taken away by my father was very difficult.
One of them had only one wife and no children. After waiting for two years, the woman decided that her man was dead and ran away with the family's money.
In the second family, this person is the one who has the best relationship with my father. His name is Zhao Qingshan. When we were children, we all called him Uncle Qingshan. He has three children, all boys. His wife’s relationship with him It was not good in itself, so after he left, he eloped with a man from another village, leaving only three brothers. As you can imagine, in the first few years, these three basically had no father or mother. How difficult the life of our children was. At first, my mother wanted to help them, and even let the three brothers live with us. However, these three brothers, especially the eldest brother Zhao Dakui, are a very extreme person. They thought it was my father, Zhao Jianguo, who killed their father, so they were particularly hostile to our family.
It is precisely because of this that when I was a child, I did not dare to go out to play alone. As long as I was alone, I would definitely be beaten by the three brothers. My eldest brother could beat the three of them by himself, but he could not follow me every day. Am I not? So I fell into an endless cycle. I was beaten violently, and then my elder brother stood up for me, and I continued to be beaten into a pig's head. In the end, I simply didn't go out, so I basically didn't have many friends in Zhaojiatun.
This time I wanted to open the tomb in Zhaojiatun'er, but I ran into a problem. I had no idea how to start. Why? Because Zhao Dakui has been against my family until now. I usually live in Shibalipu'er's shop. Here, I don’t have much presence at home. Now I don’t know who to call if I want to recruit troops. It’s okay for my eldest brother to be here, but the problem is that he is not here now, and his associates are not willing to give me the face of the so-called “third young master”. .
That is to say, when I was at my wits' end, I received another letter. I was even pleasantly surprised when I received the letter. I thought it would be the same as the first letter, from my father or someone else in the game. My tip, I'd rather be a fool and let him lead me by the nose, as long as he doesn't leave me out of the matter like now.
But this letter was sent by my second brother. The content of the letter is very concise.
"We are fine, don't miss us."
I grabbed the letter and tore it into pieces. You are good! I am not good! I thought to myself that I can't stay in Luoyang anymore, so that I can think of them when I see everything, and I will drive myself crazy.
I closed the store door and drove like crazy, traveling aimlessly. I didn’t know where I was going or where I could go. Unknowingly, I drove back to Zhaojiatun’er, my hometown.
My mother is used to living alone in her hometown. The three of us have wanted her to move to the city many times, but the idea that the elderly will always stay at home is deeply ingrained. In addition, we also know that there are too many mothers and children in the old house. I didn’t force my father’s memories. Before I saw my mother, I even had the urge to turn around and leave. Because I didn’t know how to explain to her what had happened, and I didn’t know when she asked where my eldest and second brothers had gone. How to answer.
But when I opened the door of the Buddhist hall and saw her with gray hair meditating there, I realized that all my confusion was unnecessary.
This person is my mother. No matter what happens to me, she will stand by my side without hesitation. Why should I hide her? We are looking for my father who has been missing for 20 years and may be alive. Isn’t she in a difficult period? A woman who has been looking forward to her lover’s return, eating fast and chanting Buddha’s name for twenty years?
My mother made me a bowl of porridge, and I drank it in several gulps. Then I told her everything that had happened in the past period, from when I received the letter that might have been from my father to when we went to the rainforest. I visited the tomb of Li Zhongzhi, then my eldest brother and second brother disappeared after returning, and finally I received a safe letter from my second brother.
My mother is a good listener. This is not because she is a devout believer in Buddhism, but in my memory, she is a woman as euphemistic as the Jiangnan Water Village.
Until I finished speaking, I looked at her, and I even expected that she would show a worried expression. But she didn't.
She was calm and calm, as if everything was under her control.
She turned the prayer beads with one hand, and then slowly opened her mouth and said: You are too anxious. You are so anxious that you automatically ignore many doubts and are led by others. It seems that this child Wuji is really stable and scheming. It's definitely thorough enough. Xiao Sanliang, tell me about the first time you received an SF Express, why was it an SF Express instead of a letter? You know, a letter in an express package is a very contradictory thing, but you Why was this suspicion not discovered?
I understand that this detail is normal for your personality, but now I ask you, in your memory, what kind of person is your father?
I was confused, but without even thinking about it, I blurted out: Lawless, number one in the world, not afraid of anything.
My mother smiled and said: You are right, but there is another point, that is, he is very straightforward and resolute in doing things. Now think about it, a man like this may mail you a letter and add superfluous information to the express delivery. An envelope? He could just mail a letter, or courier the photo directly.
I seemed to have caught something, but I still didn’t understand: Do you mean that the photo was not actually made by my father? However, the handwriting on it is clearly my father’s. This is impossible for the three of us.
Misread.
My mother touched my head and said: This is what I said you automatically ignored because of doubts. Haven't you ever doubted that since it was a letter written by Jianguo to his son, but he only mailed a photo, why didn't he write
What dangers did you encounter and where are the others? Explain everything clearly so that you can find them? The most important point is the postmark. Why did a letter travel for twenty years on the road, as you said?
Year?
I was silent. Didn't I think of this? It was just that I couldn't understand it and automatically ignored it. So, what was the real reason? I looked at my mother helplessly, with only one thought in my mind.
Older gingers are more spicy.
No matter how inconspicuous this Jiang is usually, how people ignore her existence.
Mother turned the beads and said, "You don't have to wonder whether this letter was sent by your father himself. If you identify the handwriting, I believe you won't misread it."
So, your father didn't have nothing to say to you, but he expressed what he wanted to say in code words. That is, what you doubted was exactly what he wanted to say. Your second brother Zhao Wuji wanted to understand this.
, and you are still too immature. I don’t blame you. Xiao Sanliang is a very smart child, but he has been living in our care for so many years and has not enough experience.
I grabbed my mother's hand and said: If you have anything to say, please tell me quickly. Don't rush to comfort me. I know my own IQ.
The mother smiled and said: Don't worry, I will definitely tell you. Of course, this is just my guess.
First of all, why did this letter use express delivery after being put into the envelope? The hidden meaning is to tell you that the letter he gave you is not absolutely safe, and may be intercepted halfway.
People intercepted it.
The post office is not trustworthy, which means that someone is watching you and your every move.
The postmark is twenty years ago, which makes the meaning even more obvious. He is telling you that he had written this letter and prepared to mail it to you twenty years ago, but due to special reasons, it was not successful. He
I am explaining to you the reason why he has not entered his home for twenty years. At the same time, he is also stating that the post office cannot be trusted. Any contact he has with his family in the past twenty years must be closely monitored.
So your second brother will immediately say after reading the letter, "They have never given up on this matter." The "they" in this sentence does not refer to your father, but the people who monitor the Zhao family and your father.
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As for the Buddhist painting in the photo, this may be a signal, a signal of their current location. The real point is not the Buddhist painting itself, no matter what kind of weird feeling the Buddha in this painting gives you.
For example, you are in Luoyang Central Mall now. I call you to ask where you are now. If you don't know which road it is, you will naturally tell me that I am in the Central Mall.
Your father's photo of the Buddha is actually to tell you where he is now, where the Buddha is. Your second brother also understood this, so after receiving the letter, he left you and took you with him.
The eldest brother disappeared, and they must be at the location of the Buddha now.
As for the peace letter your second brother mailed to you, which made you tear it up in anger, there is more mystery in it. Now it is still the same question. In your understanding, what kind of person is your second brother Zhao Wuji?
? Does he want you to continue to get involved in this matter?
I stared in confusion and said: He is similar to his father, even more stable and wise than his father. As for whether he wants me to help him or not, what’s more, if he wants me to help him, he has to leave me without saying goodbye to his two eldest brothers?
The mother smiled and said: That's right. He is so smart that he wants to plan everything in his hands. Since he knows that the post office cannot be trusted, the letter he mails back will definitely be intercepted, so he will not send such a boring peace letter.
, and, if you think about it from another angle, they want to keep you out of the matter, and have already left you to pursue it, so their current idea must be to keep you as clean as possible, and even make it impossible to find any trace of you.
That’s right, right?”
I nodded.
The mother asked again: "According to your second brother's temperament, if he wants to push you out and he is safe, will he contact you?"
I stood up suddenly because my mother's question reminded me of it!
This letter of safety, its appearance, is a worthless thing. My second brother wants to throw me away, so it is best not to contact me. Why do you need to send me a letter to say that you are safe?
?I know who he is as a person, and he would not do such superfluous things.
We can assume a possibility. If suddenly someone says to you: I am fine, don’t miss me.
It was in a very ordinary situation that I suddenly said such a very inexplicable and unintelligible sentence to you.
I'm fine, I'm fine.
What was your first reaction?
Should I say: I didn't say you were bad, you are just crazy.
It's like a drunken person who is in a mess, but keeps saying to you: I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk.
So how do you understand it?
The more he says he's not drunk, the more you think he's drunk, right?
How can we explain the two together?
Suddenly I say to you: I am fine, I am fine.
Then there is only one explanation, that is, he wanted me to think of him and what he did.
The content of "I'm fine, don't worry about me" actually means that they are in danger. In other words, the real meaning of his letter of safety is "I'm very bad, please don't worry about me."
I asked my mother, "Does this mean they are in danger and are asking me for help?"