Well of Mystery

This small temporary tour group announced its disbandment at the foot of the Tailing Mausoleum.

At the moment of parting, Su Zi gave everyone a map of Tailing Mausoleum, the bus schedule on the square at the entrance, and coupons for nearby restaurants and small shops.

Everyone returned satisfied, only Bai Xiuqi remained.He also wanted to give Su Zi the money for the commentary, but Su Zi was unwilling to accept anything, so he had to take a step back and invite Su Zi to have lunch.

"That's okay, but you have to go somewhere with me first."

Su Zi led Bai Xiuqi to the Mausoleum District Administrative Comprehensive Law Enforcement Office. When he entered the door, a tall and strong middle-aged man in an army green coat was sitting with his legs crossed and warming himself by the fire.Su Zi called "Brother Chen" as soon as he entered the door, and then delivered an envelope to him.

"Yo, is it open today?" The middle-aged man didn't refuse at all, he took the envelope and stuffed a handful of sunflower seeds: "I heard that you went to the city to play a few days ago?"

"Take my cousin over for a stroll."

Su Zi pointed to Bai Xiuqi and randomly identified a relative, chatted casually with Brother Chen before leaving, and then led Bai Xiuqi to the direction of the snack street outside.

"Who collects protection fees?" Bai Xiuqi asked.

"It's called social insurance." Su Zi corrected him: "I can't help it. Who told me not to leave here? Besides, I can't find a job if I move to another place."

"You are a thousand-year-old ghost, why are you living so uselessly?"

"It's not useless, right? In today's words... it's a survival strategy? Anyway, it doesn't matter if it's hard or difficult, staying here is at least safe... Maybe the outside world is more comfortable, but I don't know anyone. , but I feel like I’m living in a daze.”

"Don't you know me and Xiaohong? There are many people like you in the place where I live, and maybe there are friends from the same dynasty as you. If you feel lonely, why not live with us, Ah Jiang will definitely do the same You are welcome."

"Thanks, maybe I can go over for a vacation."

Su Zi nodded, then pointed to a small Chinese-style building not far away: "The place to eat is here."

The two of them went up to the second floor of the restaurant and sat down where they could overlook the Tailing Mausoleum.Just after ordering, Bai Xiuqi suddenly found that he had met a moth—the mobile phone in his pocket was missing.

Su Zi was not surprised at all: "I just said that there are really a lot of pickpockets around here. Look, have you been tricked? It's useless to call the police, and those gangs are very mobile. They probably have gone to the county seat now." .”

The phone is lost.It means that there is no way to contact Ye Feng, and of course there is no way to mention the serious matter this afternoon.Bai Xiuqi couldn't remember Ye Feng's phone number, so the only way was to call Jiang Chenglu first.Then find someone else.

Bai Xiuqi borrowed Su Zi's phone and dialed the number that he had memorized fluently. The phone rang five times and was finally connected, but the voice coming from the other end did not belong to Jiang Chenglu.

"Hello." The man said, "Jiang Chenglu is cooking now. It's not convenient to answer the phone. Please call back later."

"Are you Zheng Chuchen?" Bai Xiuqi's heart crackled, and flames burst out.

There was silence on the phone for a while.Then he changed his tone: "Mr. Bai? Please wait a moment..."

What followed was a series of footsteps, the faint sound of cooking, and finally Jiang Chenglu's voice.

"Hello, Xiaobai?"

"Go out and pick it up." Bai Xiuqi gave the order directly.At the same time, he got up and walked to the balcony of the building.

There was another rustling sound on the other end of the phone, and Jiang Chenglu seemed to come to the corridor obediently.

"...Okay, tell me."

Bai Xiuqi took a deep breath: "You are cooking. At home?!"

"That's right." Jiang Chenglu replied: "A person still needs to eat, right?"

Bai Xiuqi sneered: "Why are you alone?"

Jiang Chenglu raised his voice subtly: "What? Are you jealous?"

"Who is as idle as you? My mobile phone was stolen, please tell me Ye Feng's contact information quickly, I have something urgent to find him."

As soon as he heard that he wanted something from himself, Jiang Chenglu immediately took back the initiative: "You ran out behind my back, and you still want me to tell you the contact information? You think I'm stupid, what do you think?"

Bai Xiuqi argued: "I gave you a note, it's on the table."

"This is enough?"

"I also texted you, last night."

"Then why don't you dare to call? Are you afraid that I will ask you where you went? Are you afraid that I will know that you are in Tailing now? Do you think I can't guess? Does our car have a GPS?!"

"...So what?" Bai Xiuqi was also angry: "I'm on business, how can I look like you—"

Realizing that he said something he shouldn't have said, Bai Xiuqi immediately stopped talking, but Jiang Chenglu was still stung.

"So what about you? Whose phone is this? Who are you with?"

"I was with Su Zi who I met at the art exhibition that day. He is the tour guide here."

Thinking that he had nothing to hide, Bai Xiuqi replied frankly: "It's not appropriate to say anything now, why don't we give each other some time to calm down. You can send Ye Feng's contact information to Su Zi's phone later, I will It's really urgent."

"What if I don't post it?" Jiang Chenglu rarely asked stubbornly: "Are you not coming back like this?"

"I don't want to say something that I will regret later in anger. Wait for your news."

After saying this, Bai Xiuqi took the initiative to end the call.After calming down a little outside, he walked back to his seat.

The dishes were already on the table, but Su Zi didn't move his chopsticks. He was lying on the edge of the table, looking like a small animal watching the words and expressions.

"You don't look good." He raised his eyes and looked at Bai Xiuqi: "Don't blame me for being talkative, cherish the people in front of you."

"It's okay. Minor illnesses keep coming, and the relationship between me and him is not so fragile."

Just as he said this, Su Zi's cell phone vibrated suddenly.Bai Xiuqi quickly lowered his head and found that the number on the caller ID was not Jiang Chenglu's number, so it was passed to Su Zi.

"I don't know this number either...Hello?"

Su Zi only muttered this sentence, and then showed a troubled expression.

"Well...Brother Zheng, I would also like to find a time to catch up with you... Tomorrow night is no problem. But now. Should we give up this line to Mr. Jiang Chenglu...Okay, okay, tomorrow See you tonight."

He simply ended the call and put the phone in front of Bai Xiuqi again.

"Sorry." Bai Xiuqi said blushingly, "I seem to have said something I shouldn't have said just now."

Su Zi shook her head, "It's nothing. Even if you don't tell me, he will find him sooner or later. Anyway, I'm tired of running away, so let him do whatever he wants. At least he's not bad to me. "

"But it looks like you don't like him."

Although he felt that he was a bit gossip, Bai Xiuqi still said this sentence: "Maybe you will feel lonely. But this does not mean that you should deal with your feelings casually."

"Don't worry. Of course I have a sense of proportion." Su Zi changed the subject again: "The food is cold, you don't move your chopsticks as a treat, even if I'm starving to death, I won't be able to eat it!"

Only then did Bai Xiuqi turn his attention to the food on this table.It didn't take long for the two of them to start.The phone on the table buzzed.

This time, Jiang Chenglu sent a text message, giving Ye Feng's contact information.Bai Xiuqi copied the number and replied "Thank you", but Jiang Chenglu didn't respond again.

After lunch, Su Zi went to the gate of the square to wait for the car to pick up the passengers.Bai Xiuqi got in touch with Ye Feng.Make an appointment to meet at the gate of Zhangling Research Institute.

At around 01:30 in the afternoon, a dusty bus stopped in front of the station at the entrance of the Institute.The only person who got out of the car was Ye Feng.

This was the first time Bai Xiuqi saw this man during the day.

I saw him wearing a gray-blue single-breasted suit, a rust-red tie, lifeless black-framed glasses under the strict short hair parted in the middle, and a boxy brown box in his hand... In short, the whole person looks It looks rustic.It looks like it stepped out of a photo from the 80s.

It's not surprising that such an old-fashioned guy would arrange such a wonderful place as the Zhangling Guest House.

Bai Xiuqi stepped forward to meet him.The two of them went to the gate of the institute.Xiao Li from the Publicity Department of Tailing Branch was already waiting at the door, and after a few pleasantries, he led the two into a small conference room.

"Director Li has something to do at the moment. He was called to the mausoleum area by Zhangyuan. The two of you sit here, and he should be back soon."

Director Li is the head of the Publicity Department of the Tailing Branch.Ye Feng's previous plan was to use him to obtain a "customs clearance certificate" that allowed him to enter and leave the Tailing Mausoleum at will and consult the archives and historical materials of the research institute.

This is not a difficult task, and Director Li is an expert in it.As long as he wants, he can pack the coal boss into a "senior field archaeologist" and wander around the research institute swaggeringly.Or let curious visitors enter the unopened parts of the mausoleum.

So they just drank tea in the meeting room for half an hour in a daze, until Xiao Li ran in again with an apologetic face.

"You two, I'm really sorry. Director Li is still in the mausoleum area and hasn't come back. We, Zhang Yuan, invite you to follow me to the mausoleum area."

Which song is this going to be sung?Bai Xiuqi looked at Ye Feng who led him onto the pirate ship.

Ye Feng stood up slowly, straightened his shirt, and pulled his tie.

A quarter of an hour later, Bai Xiuqi returned to the Tailing Scenic Area that he had just visited.

There is an antique bungalow in the northwest of the cemetery.This used to be the artisan village of the imperial mausoleum.After the establishment of the scenic spot, the descendants of the artisans moved to live in Baiguan County, but part of the house was kept and became the office of the mausoleum.

When Bai Xiuqi and Ye Feng arrived, the weekly meeting of the middle-level cadres of the branch had just ended.There were only two people left in the classroom-sized conference room.

"Here, that's Director Li." Ye Feng pointed at the bald middle-aged man sitting on the edge of the long table with his elbow.

But what Bai Xiuqi cared more about was the handsome man sitting at the head of the long table who was slightly younger but obviously more imposing.