Thousand Lantern Night

When I woke up the next day, I found myself lying on my side on the bed, my hands were still tied, and I was already numb from the pressure.His stomach was so hungry that he made a protesting sound.I just remembered that I haven't eaten anything since I woke up on the train last night.When I looked up, my neck was sore, which made me ignore the few drops of liquid that slipped from my eye sockets.

The black glasses sat on the floor at the head of the bed, leaning against the edge of the bed with his back to me, resting his hands on his bent knees, looking like he hadn't slept at all.Seeing that I woke up, he turned around and gave me a nasty smile, "This is the first time I've seen a person who can sleep so comfortably after being kidnapped."

I snorted unhappily in my heart, thinking that it would be better for you to come and let me tie you up if it is so comfortable, but knowing that I have no momentum, I had to straighten my waist and sit up. "Is there anything to eat? I'm hungry."

The black glasses hummed, and suddenly leaned closer and pointed them straight at my face and asked, "Did you dream of anything when you fell asleep?"

I sighed and looked at him strangely, "No. What's the matter?"

"It's nothing." He suddenly smiled strangely, then stood up and walked out the door.There was a gap in the door panel, which was just filled by his figure. He suddenly paused and said to me without turning his head, "You said in your dream that you were going to find Wu Xie."

I went "eh?" again, but I didn't realize who Wu Xie was and why I was looking for him.He just responded that he really didn't sleep all night, God.

Then he walked out, and after a while, he brought a bucket of instant noodles.It has been soaked in boiling water, and it is emitting a fragrance that makes my saliva secrete endlessly.The black glasses untied the rope for me, put the bucket of noodles in my hand, and watched me pour the bucket of noodles, noodles and soup down like I haven't sacrificed to the Wu Zang Temple for three months, and finally beat Disgusting hiccups.

After eating, I asked him what to do next.He just said wait, then leaned over and tied me up again.Seeing my reluctance, the black glasses smiled cheerfully, "I'm doing it for your own good. If I let others do it, I won't be so gentle."

I had secretly greeted his ancestors for eighteen generations, but I still put on a grateful expression on my face, and took the opportunity to ask him, "What exactly does Xiling Yinshe do? Why do you want me to steal things there? "

"Little friend, I should have told you that knowing too much is not good for you. If you ask all kinds of things, you will be chopped up and thrown under the bridge hole after you are done."

I was suddenly in a very depressed mood, and the black glasses were too vigilant, no matter what I asked him, he would say such nonsense.It gives me the feeling that he knows a lot about me, but he doesn't want to tell me.And I don't seem to have the leverage to make him speak.

During that time, the bald man in that room came to see me once, seeing that I was honest, he went out without saying anything.

I spent a boring day staring with the black glasses like this.I waited until it was dark, and I didn't know what time it was, when Bian Tou and Ah Qi who kidnapped me came and took me away.They untied me, only my wrists were bound, one hand on my flat head was hooked on my shoulder, and a dagger was secretly pressed against my neck artery in the palm of my hand.

When I left, the black glasses patted my shoulder with his hand, and smiled at me meaningfully, "Goodbye."

It was already dark outside, and there were not many pedestrians on the street, just like the night I was brought here by them.I followed the two of them in a daze for several blocks until they stopped.

I felt Flathead's arms flex and he told me to look up across the road.

There is a row of shops there, one of which is a small independent shop with Xiling Yinshe written on the door.Exactly what Black Glasses told me before.

Biantou asked Ah Qi to let the wind out around him, and then he still used that posture of holding me hostage, and went with me to the opposite shop.

The door of Xiling Yinshe is locked. In addition to the built-in lock of the door, there is also a very thick chain lock.

I just wanted to say that I don’t know this place, and of course I don’t have a key, but the flat head has already taken out a piece of iron that looks like a key from his pocket, inserted it into the keyhole and fiddled twice, and the chain lock opened with a click.Then I watched in surprise as he opened the door's built-in lock in the same way, and said to myself, it's okay, I'm a habitual thief, I'm really out of luck.

Biantou pushed me in and locked the door behind him.The room was dark with only the light coming in from the window.He hit me with a dagger and started untying my wrists too.

"If you're dishonest, don't blame me for doing it. Understand?"

I rubbed my sore arm from being tied up all day and night, "What do you want me to look for? I really have no impression of this place."

Flathead didn't say anything, he took out a flashlight from his belt buckle, turned it on, and handed me a photo.

The tone of the photo is very dark, it should be taken in a low-light environment, and there is a little reflection from the glass.It looks like it was shot through a glass cabinet.I took a closer look, and I could vaguely see that it was a seal.The engravings on it are more complex, with unicorns and some dark engravings similar to dragon snakes.

Bingtou held the photo in front of my eyes and let me look at it for a minute, "Do you see it clearly? Find this thing."

I just turned around and looked at the store.

It is an antique shop, there are some rubbings of calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall, and some jade and ancient coins are placed in the glass counter.The light is too dim to see clearly.I thought to myself, thinking that you can't find it, where can I find it for you?But seeing his vicious look, I didn't have the guts to say it.Anyway, this thing is not mine, I am at most an accomplice, and I was coerced.I reached for his flashlight and headed inside, wondering where I'd hide such a thing if I were the owner.

I took a flashlight and looked around, and found that there is an attic above the shop, which should be a place for the shop owner to rest temporarily.If he didn't live here, he probably wouldn't store his valuables there.Could it be that there are some hidden doors and dark boxes that function as safes in this house?I quickly dismissed my thoughts.This is a commercial store, and the walls should not have the conditions to have a hole in the sky.

So, if that thing must be here, where is it most likely to be?

The flashlight's light moved up from the base of the wall and swept across the roof.The structure of this room is very strange. It stands to reason that if there are rooms upstairs, the ceiling should be flat.But the place where the flashlight illuminated was a triangular beam frame built with beams.If you look from the outside of the house, there should be a small spire above it.

Suddenly a thought flashed through my mind.

Biantou's alertness is still high, and he keeps watching what's going on outside the window.

I bit the flashlight in my mouth and moved a stool to the corner.I stepped on the stool, made a squat movement, and then jumped and hung the beam with both hands, which turned out to be just good enough.When I used my arm strength to climb up the beam, I almost bit off the flashlight in my mouth, and I didn't have time to feel a layer of dust on my body, and slowly touched along the beam.

After touching it back and forth, I finally felt that there were traces of digging on the side of the beam.I picked it with my fingernails, but it didn't move.I took off the flashlight and made a beep sound to signal Biantou to hand me the dagger.

He immediately looked at me alertly, as if I would throw him a throwing knife as soon as I got the dagger and pin him to the wall, looking up and asking me, "What are you going to do?"

I held the flashlight in my hand, stopped the drool that was about to fall, and looked at the beam, "There is a cassette."

Obviously this discovery tempted him more than the possibility of me throwing a knife at him, so he handed the dagger to me with his head on the stool.Then I stared and strained to watch as I dug open the wooden box on the beam with a dagger, and took out a small drawer made of mortise and tenon joints.

In the drawer was something wrapped in black silk.I rested the dagger on the beam, and reached up to pick up the contents.

The touch is hard, it should be jade or something.But it looks like it's the size of your palm, but it feels heavy in your hand.I was about to lift off the black silk, but the flat head was already gesturing for me to pass the things to him.

He is standing on the stool now, and it is relatively easy for the two of us to reach out at the same time.But at that moment, I suddenly thought that if I gave him the things, would they leave me and run away, or would they kill me with a knife?

When I was hesitating, suddenly there was the sound of the chain lock being pulled from outside the door.Someone seemed to say "huh", and then there was a crackling sound of the key turning the keyhole.

It's over, the owner is back at this time!

In my heart, I scolded Biantou and the others for stepping on something. They really killed me.Looking at the pile of things I was holding in my hand, I was about to cry, and I thought how unlucky I was. I came to Hangzhou for no reason, was kidnapped for no reason, held hostage for stealing things for no reason, and was about to be arrested for no reason.

Biantou panicked when he heard the sound, and I wondered if he would give someone a fatal blow, but he suddenly jumped from the stool onto the window sill, fiddled a few times, dismantled half of the anti-theft bar, jumped down and ran up.It can be seen that he should not want to take any risk of being recognized.

I immediately wanted to follow suit when I saw it, but I was squatting on the beam with a flashlight in my mouth, holding the cassette in one hand, and grasping the contents in the other.The most current one.He hurriedly rubbed the things into the drawer and stuffed them into the shadow box, regardless of whether he stuffed them back or not, he grabbed the dagger and was about to move it to the window sill.

Who would have thought that a gigantic mouse crawled behind me at some point? The first time I saw it, I was short-circuited and thought that the ancient people gave this kind of big mouse a very cool name: Shuoshu.Then I slipped my foot and fell off the beam with an "ah".

The stool with the flat head used to tiptoe was placed right under me, and when I climbed up it all at once, I smashed the stool to pieces.During the fall, the dagger in my hand came off, and the shiny thing wiped my face and nailed it to the ground, which made my mind go blank for a moment.

The door opened at this moment.

The most unfortunate thing was that the dark box that I hadn't stuffed back suddenly fell from the sky, and with the thing inside, the free-falling body hit my chest in a straight line.

I really didn't expect that small lump to be so heavy and powerful, and the feeling of hitting me was like a big stone in my chest.

I seemed to feel a strong air rushing into my body.

Then, I felt a rush of intense sadness.

Numerous chaotic images flashed through my mind in an instant.It's like a fast-forward projection mode, I can't see any people or the environment clearly, like a fast-moving train, it instantly dizzy my sight.

When I opened my eyes, the lights in the room were already on.The light irritated my eyes, forcing me to squint and look up to see who appeared in my line of sight.

Wang Meng.

I don't think I know him.But the name suddenly popped into my head.

And this person is completely stunned.He looked at me straight in the eyes, puzzled—unbelievable—excited—tears filled his eyes, and finally he clenched his fists and yelled at me: "Boss!"

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I'm guilty of being too slow. . .