Chapter 43: The Great Calamity of Refining the Heart
Cao Xiong tiptoed to close the curtains and locked the door, then returned to Liu Shiba, pulled him to the bathroom, and whispered in Liu Shiba's ear:
"Turn off your cell phone and leave it in the toilet. Don't use this cell phone in the future.
The reason why I dragged you into the bathroom is very simple. That woman has been with you for three years. Wouldn't she put some bugs in your room and on your mobile phone? "
Liu Shiba was dumbfounded when he heard this. He looked at the old Nokia in his hand, gently opened the back cover, and then removed the battery.
In a hidden corner, I found a bug the size of a small fingernail.
There was a hint of coldness in Liu Shiba's eyes, and he asked lightly:
"Old Cao, you are right, the only one who can install things in my mobile phone is Shangguan Ya."
Cao Xiong sighed, patted Liu Shiba's shoulder with his hand, and said with a smile:
"Take out those canned meats and other things you bought, let us and Lao Hei have a good meal, and then have a good sleep. At two o'clock in the morning, we will leave Xuchang."
"Where to go?"
"Go back to Ziyun Mountain, Liujiatun! Only there can you temporarily save your life."
A trace of sharpness and ferocity flashed across Cao Xiong's eyebrows.
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At two o'clock in the middle of the night, two figures and a dog figure quietly left Liu Shiba's rental house and went up to the balcony on the top floor.
Follow the balcony on the top floor, climb over two unit buildings, and then quietly escape from another unit on the first floor.
These three dark figures are none other than Liu Shiba, Cao Xiong and Lao Hei.
"Stop, Shiba, you can't go out through the gate. We can climb out from the wall behind the community."
Cao Xiong stopped Liu Shiba who was in a hurry.
"good!"
Liu Shiba nodded.
The two people and the dog finally climbed over the fence and came to an extremely remote street behind a community.
Following the shadow of the street lamp, the two slowly walked to the street entrance, where a night taxi happened to be parked not far away.
Under the suspicious and frightened eyes of the driver, Liu Shiba negotiated the price to Ziyun Town, Xiangcheng County, and the two of them and the dog got into the car directly.
In fact, it’s no wonder that the taxi driver was suspicious. You said that in the middle of the night, there were two guys wearing camouflage uniforms, carrying two large backpacks, and what looked like long knives stuck in their backs. Can you not be afraid?
Until the taxi left the city, no accidents occurred. Occasionally, we encountered several fire trucks roaring past on the road. It seemed that there was a fire somewhere in Xuchang City.
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At dawn, the taxi arrived at Ziyun Town, Xiangcheng County. After getting off the car and paying, the two of them and one dog left Ziyun Town on foot, heading to Ziyun Mountain and Liujiatun at the foot of Shiding Peak!
The mountain road was rugged, and there was a thick white fog all around. A layer of hoarfrost could be clearly seen on the ground on both sides of the mountain road.
Lao Hei shook his head and walked happily about thirty meters in front of the two of them. He looked very happy to return to the familiar countryside...
Liu Shiba rubbed his almost frozen fingers, took out a Chinese cigarette and took a sip. He glanced at Cao Xiong, who was following behind silently, and said with a smile:
"Old Cao, isn't it a pity that you still have the rich man's clothes at home? Yours also costs 200,000, right?"
"It's a pity for me. It's not a pity for you to get 400,000 yuan for your plan. What should I pity for, old man?"
Cao Xiong curled his lips disdainfully.
The mountain road where the two of them are currently located is about ten miles away from Liujiatun in Ziyun Town. It is estimated that they can arrive before daybreak.
After walking not far, Cao Xiong took out a mobile phone from his pocket, took a look at it, and muttered:
"It's almost five o'clock!"
Liu Shiba turned around and glared, and said angrily:
"Mom, you are a bastard and threw my phone into the toilet. Why didn't you throw yours away?"
"Huh?"
Then Liu Shiba's eyes widened and he let out a light sigh.
"You still use an Apple 5 phone? You are seventy years old, what do you do with such a good phone?
Come on, Lao Cao, your eyesight is too dim and you can't play anymore, so let me use your phone."
Liu Shiba bulged his eyes and stared at Cao Xiong.
Cao Xiong smiled faintly, threw the phone to Liu Shiba and said with a smile: "Old man, I don't use my phone in the first place. If I didn't go to Xuchang to find you, I wouldn't be too lazy to use it."
Taking the phone, Liu Shiba looked at the time, five o'clock!
At this moment, the phone flashed and a short message appeared, Xuchang City's morning report.
Turning on the mobile network and clicking on the news, Liu Shiba watched while walking, holding a stick of Greater China in his mouth.
"Old Cao!"
Liu Shiba, who was walking and watching, suddenly stopped and shouted.
"What's going on? Why don't you leave quickly? Look at the hammer!"
Cao Xiong cursed dissatisfiedly and wiped his sweat.
Liu Shiba walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Cao Xiong and said solemnly: "Xuchang's morning news broadcast a news that a fire broke out at No. 88 Weidong Road, Xuchang at two o'clock in the middle of the night, and three people were burned to death on the spot, including
Two live appraisers and a security guard.”
Cao Xiong answered casually:
"There are so many fires and leaks these days, why do you care about this?"
"No. 88, Weidong Road, Xuchang, is the Dingfeng antique store where I go to sell things during the day.
However, this was not the only place that caught fire. There was also a fire in a villa in Longteng Yayuan, killing five people.
According to the news, the owner of that villa is Zhou Shida, the chairman of Dingfeng Jewelry.
Those who died on the spot, in addition to Zhou Shida and his wife and his father Zhou Zhenhai, were also Zhou Shida’s daughter Zhou Miaomiao and a housekeeper, a total of five people.”
There was a trace of anger in Liu Shiba's eyes.
"Oh? Five people died, do you mean to destroy the family?"
When Cao Xiong heard this, his expression became extremely serious.
"As far as I know, the family was not wiped out. One person survived. Zhou Shida's son, Zhou Facai, should have escaped death."
Liu Shiba replied with a gloomy face.
"Boy, learn your lesson. It seems that we are still being targeted. Not only are we unlucky, but we have also caused other people's families to be ruined."
Cao Xiong sighed.
Liu Shiba stopped talking, and there was a trace of tears in his eyes. He thought of the girl Zhou Miaomiao who picked him up in a Ferrari during the day.
"Let's go, you damn ghost!"
"I'll lend you a hundred yuan, and you'll have to pay interest!"
Zhou Miaomiao, an eccentric and good-looking person who returned from studying abroad, died so mysteriously?
The kind old man Zhou Zhenhai and the carefree Zhou Shida are also dead...
Who did it?
Why kill Zhou Shida's family?
Is it just because I went there during the day and sold two things?
Or maybe what they are looking for is not those two things at all, but the gold-touching iron card on themselves?
They were afraid that they would be sold by themselves if they touched the gold and iron cards, so they bloodbathed the Zhou family, but they didn't find what they needed, so they set fire to the corpses and wiped out any traces?
Who are these people?
How could there be such a cruel person?
After walking a few steps with faltering steps, Liu Shiba squatted on the side of the road and retched several times. His eyes were blood red. He looked up at Cao Xiong who was watching him silently a few steps away and asked:
"Old Cao, do you know who they are?"
"I don't know! I only know that when your grandfather was alive, these ghosts and snake gods didn't dare to show their faces. But your grandfather left, so these clowns jumped out.
Another possibility is that Gao Shenglan you offended during the day, but he is not that courageous. If I guess it is good, Gao Shenglan might also be dead.
Anyone who has been in contact with you during the day is probably in danger, including that Miss Ning you mentioned."
Cao Xiong shook his head slightly.
"Miss Ning?"
Liu Shiba raised his head stupidly, then cursed angrily:
"A bunch of beasts!"
Just when Liu Shiba was struggling with regrets, Lao Hei passed by Liu Shiba like the wind, running down the mountain road on his way back and forth, whimpering in a low voice.
"They're coming!"
Cao Xiong said solemnly.
Then Cao Xiong quickly put down his backpack, took the extremely sharp machete in his hand, and looked coldly at Liu Shiba who was squatting on the ground retching...
