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Lianzhou put her luggage back, and when she saw him enter the door, she couldn't wait to ask questions.Sujuan brought coffee and a piece of Shaqima and knocked on the door, Zhaoshi winked, Lianzhou opened the door obediently, brought in the coffee and snacks for him and put them on the desk, then blinked her big eyes again.Zhaoshi finally couldn't help laughing, "Okay. Let me tell you. First, you took so much effort to pick me up at the train station, and you didn't deliberately change the subject on the way, which means that your test scores are good, and you are not afraid of me asking; Two, your skin is whiter than usual, which means that you don’t go out to play crazy every day; third, I haven’t seen this dress on you before, it should be new this year, but the cuff on your right hand has been worn out, which means You often write at your desk. Since you work so hard, of course your grades are good." Lianzhou thought for a while: "Maybe my aunt wrote to you before, so hurry up and talk about the morning." Zhaoshi said: "My train is at eight in the morning. When you arrived in Shanghai, when you hugged me, you found that your scarf was a bit wet. It was the breath from your nose, which meant that you had been waiting for a while. It takes about half an hour for our family to get to the train station by car, which means You left home before 07:30. Usually we have breakfast at 07:30 at home, so it can be seen that you ran away before dinner." Lianzhou asked: "How do you know that I picked you up without eating, or I Mom knows you're coming back today, why don't you go downstairs early?" Zhaoshi laughed loudly: "If you haven't eaten breakfast, shouldn't you ask me to accompany you to eat raw pan fried on the way?" After finishing speaking, he took a sip of coffee and said: " Your hat and scarf are not the same set, which means that you have never seen your mother before you left, otherwise she would not let you go out like this. Brat, next time you are so unruly, be careful!" Lian Zhou didn't care about Er Uncle’s threat, anyway, he has heard a lot of such things since he was a child, and he still asked with great interest: "How do you know that mother is not at home?" Zhaoshi asked back: "What do you say?" The coat in the house?" Zhaoshi flicked his forehead: "That's right." Lianzhou said, "There are so many women's coats in the hall, I can't tell whose ones belong to them, and they each have several."

Zhaoshi chewed Shaqima and taught Lianzhou: "So, you have to pay attention to observation. There are other clues besides the coat. You must have seen their slippers in the hall, but the shoes they usually wear are also there. , indicating that there is a special event today. Moreover, the handbags that your mother and your sister usually use have not been taken away, which means that they are not going to the factory or department store, but for an event that requires a special dress. But your aunt’s handbag is missing. They probably didn't participate in the same activities." Before finishing speaking, Lianzhou asked: "What about Brother Zhenghai?" Zhaoshi scratched his nose, "Your sister has gone out, can Zhenghai stay at home? Alright, today's questions are over, let's take a look at your transcript!"

Lianzhou muttered: "Everyone said that my grades are good, but I still need to see the transcript." Zhaoshi held back a smile, and asked with a straight face: "What? Why don't you dare to show me if you didn't do well in the exam? Bring the report card and the ruler together." Lianzhou jumped up: "What are you doing? I've already passed the top three exams, what else should I do?" Zhaoshi finally couldn't help it, and burst out laughing: "Let's You bring it to the second uncle to be happy, look at you like this!"

Lianzhou took the report card, and Zhaoshi pinched his face in satisfaction: "Don't just read novels blindly during the holidays, take out the math book and review it, you will be worse in math." Lianzhou didn't dare to resist, and muttered Zui replied: "I see." Zhaoshi suddenly asked with great interest: "I'm going to high school soon, what major do you want to study in university in the future?" My aunt is studying French. In fact, my second uncle, I also want to study in a military academy, but my mother will definitely not agree. I am not as courageous as you, and dare not run away from home." Zhaoshi nodded: "Well, I can catch you back if you leave .”

The uncle and nephew were chatting happily, Sujuan knocked on the door and said outside: "Second Master, Grandma just called, saying that the weather is bad, and the garden party will be held as a charity reception at Huamao Hotel, and I want you and Second Grandma to come too. Go. I will iron the gowns of the eldest grandma, the young master, and the young lady for you in a while, and I want you to take them to the factory." Zhaoshi agreed, and turned to Lianzhou: "Do you want to go?" Lianzhou shook her head "I'm bored to death, so I won't go. I'll go play with Anan in the afternoon." After speaking, he opened the door and shouted downstairs: "Sujuan, don't leave me dinner, I'll eat outside." Then he said: "I have to go home before eight o'clock in the evening." Lian Zhou hurried out the door: "I know, Second Uncle."

Lianzhou called a rickshaw to deliver the manuscripts to Guanghua Bookstore. He has been here several times, but he has never met Xiaozhen. A clerk always brings him new manuscripts.Today's weather is not good, the sky is gloomy, it looks like it is going to rain, Lian Zhou pushed open the creaking store door, and looked at the dim lights in the bookstore covered with a layer of cold fog.The coal stove next to the counter was still burning, and the kettle on the stove was sizzling. The heat from the stove was limited, and it couldn't warm the whole room. There was no one in the room, and it was getting colder and colder.

Lianzhou shrank her neck and looked into the counter, but the familiar clerk was not there.He saw the stairs behind the counter leading to the office on the second floor, where he met Xiaozhen last time.He went upstairs gently, and heard someone talking inside, "Shooting in the street? No, it's too dangerous, and you will be caught by the police at any time." This was Xiaozhen's voice.A man's voice sounded: "It's too late. If he escaped this time and went to Nanjing, our loss may be even greater." Xiaozhen murmured: "At least there must be some voice as a cover, so that the patrolman Find out later." Both people in the room fell silent.

Lianzhou knocked on the door, Xiaozhen froze for a moment when he opened the door, and let Lianzhou in anyway.And said to the man in the room: "This is Shen Lianzhou, Zhaoshi's nephew." The man looked at Lianzhou and smiled: "Well, it's a bit similar." Lianzhou's eyes lit up instantly: "You know me Second uncle?" The man nodded: "I know him, I am good friends with him, we are classmates in the military school." Hearing this, Zhaoshi felt relieved and said embarrassedly: "I heard what you said just now , who are you going to kill?" Xiaozhen wanted to find a way to prevaricate, but the man, Li Guofeng, waved at her, looked into Lianzhou's eyes and said, "I want to kill a traitor, because his betrayal , Many of our comrades died." Lianzhou didn't fully understand the past and disputes between the two parties, but when it came to traitors, it was always a term that should be cast aside.He raised his face and said: "It's easy to cover the gunshots, just set off firecrackers." Guofeng was amazed at Lianzhou's intelligence, and then asked: "It's not Chinese New Year yet, so it's strange to set off firecrackers." Lianzhou didn't think so: " Get married, don't you want to set off firecrackers when you get married?" Under Lian Zhou's prompt, Li Guofeng had already planned a perfect assassination plan in his heart.

Xiaozhen hires a car for Lianzhou to go back, and tells him to be more careful and not let anyone know about her and Guofeng.Lianzhou nodded and said, "Auntie, I understand. Don't worry, I have to go. My second uncle asked me to go home before eight o'clock."

In the office, Guofeng and Xiaozhen said, "Is the kid Lianzhou reliable?" Xiaozhen nodded, "He is very interested in the progressive books I gave him, just because we have a special relationship, and I have never formally talked to him about it. Related matters. Just send Anan from the compositing factory to do some work." Guofeng said: "If you can get it, this kid will report to you in the future. If there is a chance, I still want to meet Zhao Shi and try to get him again. He was still very inclined to us back then. No matter whether they were successful or not, the two of them, uncle and nephew, were divided into two lines and kept secret from each other." Xiaozhen replied seriously: "I understand." After speaking, she looked at Guofeng with concern : "If you contact Zhaoshi, ask him to find a doctor for you. Your illness should not be delayed for too long." Guofeng waved his hand: "I know this, you don't have to worry about it."

three days later

Zhaoshi and Lianzhou are scrambling to read a newspaper in the living room, which has the news that the defectors of the Communist Party of China have been shot to death bizarrely.Zhaoshi browsed it once, then threw it aside, and cursed: "Wine bags and rice bags!" Lian Zhou put his arms on the second uncle's thigh and asked, "Second uncle, who are you talking about?" Zhaoshi gave him a white look: "You can still say Who, those policemen, they couldn’t catch the murderer by themselves, and they also said that the method of committing the crime was bizarre, what’s so weird about that?” Lian Zhou felt guilty and asked, “This is pretty weird, he was shot, why didn’t anyone hear the sound " Zhaoshi pointed to the newspaper and said, "Didn't you read that the newspaper said that there was a wedding next door that day, and the murderer must have shot amidst the sound of firecrackers. Maybe, this wedding was just a cover. If I were the inspector, I would Hurry up and find out if the family that got married that day is still there. If not, go to a nearby sedan chair shop and ask who has hired a sedan chair recently. Let me tell you, the bride sitting in a sedan chair is the most suspicious." Lian Zhou calmed down, and put on a flattering expression: "Second uncle, you are too powerful. Don't you want to go to the arrest room and talk to the inspector about this?" Zhaoshi spat, "Who cares about their business, the traitor He is not a good person, he will die if he dies. If all my students are so stupid, they will not even pass the exams one by one." Lian Zhou continued to say with a shy face: "When the second uncle's students become policemen, such The case will definitely be solved soon, hee hee."

Zhaoshi looked at Lianzhou suspiciously: "You kid has been flattering me today, what do you want to do?" Lianzhou was stunned by this sentence, and then smiled and said: "I have taken a fancy to a gold pen in a department store. Mother said that my child is wasting it, and if I don’t buy it, I will come to ask my second uncle.” Zhaoshi patted him: “Then you are asking the wrong person, second uncle doesn’t have a few dollars a month now, and it can’t be so expensive. You should beg your sister to go, she is now in charge of the silk and satin factory and the garment factory, she is the richest man." Lianzhou breathed a sigh of relief, and pretended to go to Huanzhu.