Take the Fox Fairy To Catch the Ghost

Chapter 273 The Fall of Hu Qingguo

New Year's Eve is approaching, and many people who go out to work try their best to return home as soon as possible to reunite with their family, relatives and friends. As for us, there is no walk of relatives, no greetings of friends...It's like duckweed floating on the surface of the river, wherever it floats, it is our home.

I and Jiang Yilong came here from a small mountain village. We have been in Chongqing for several years. During the special new year, we watched other people’s family lively, but we could only stay in the bridge cave and simply treat each other with courtesy. I wish for the coming year. It's just the harvest. Fate is sometimes really elusive. If it weren’t for Luo Liguo’s accidental overthrow of Hu Qingguo’s stuff, Jiang Yilong and I are still in front of Bangbang, earning hard-earned money...

"I don't know how Uncle Luo is now."

"Which Luo, do you mean Luo Liguo?" Jiang Yilong was taken aback for a moment, and then he came over. "Good point, why do you suddenly think of him?"

I said: "Remember how we spent the years when we first came to Chongqing?"

Jiang Yilong held his head in his hands and said, "How can I forget it? It's unforgettable. However, you mentioned that although the past was hard and tired, there are still some good memories."

I said: "Yes, people go to higher places, and water flows to lower places, I'm afraid they won't go back again."

"People also say that people go to high places, and the water flows to low places. Do you still think about the days before..." Jiang Yilong saw that I didn't say a word for a long time, and said, "There are still a few days left. No, let's go back to our hometown and pay respects to Master by the way."

"Go back?" I was immediately excited by his proposal. "Hey, why didn't I think about it. At the beginning, we said that after we made a lot of money, we would build a grave and erect a monument for his old man. Although the big money is not earned, it is not difficult to build a grave and erect a monument for his old man. I don't know if Roland and Bai Ling are willing to join us."

"When they come back after buying the new year goods, they will know if they ask. It's not too difficult."

"Qi Zhiyuan, Qi Zhiyuan, quickly prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

When I was about to answer Jiang Yilong's words, Song Yu's voice was startled in my mind, and my thoughts were immediately disturbed. "Why, what do you want me to do?"

Song Yuzhong said, "Prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

"It's pen and paper. Wait, what do you want these things for?" I asked.

Song Yu said, "It's not for me, but for you."

I still don't quite understand his intention, but he obviously has a purpose. I interrupted the gossip with Jiang Yilong, hurriedly took a blank sheet of paper, and took out a ballpoint pen in the coffee table box. Upon seeing Jiang Yilong, I hurriedly told him that it was Song Yu's idea.

I said, "We're all alive. What are you doing now?"

Song Yu said: "Now I say how to paint, you just paint on paper."

Soon after, under Song Yu's step-by-step reminder, I followed by drawing a strange pattern on the paper with a ballpoint pen. After halfway through the painting, I realized that Song Yu might have thought of the missing part of the broken picture, and wanted me to leave the facts on the paper. In the end, if it can be completely integrated with the broken picture, then there will be no more than eight to nine. .

I'm still good at writing and painting symbols. I have never gotten involved in this painting. According to Song Yu's reminder, what is left on this paper is an ugly and invisible outline of the mountain.

"What is this on the left?"

"Should the right side be up or down here, is this the direction of the river?"

After a while, under Song Yu's prompt, my thrilling masterpiece was left on the paper. Staring at my first work, even though I myself think it is extremely ugly, I still have some complacency in my heart. "It seems not bad. How about it, take a closer look, is it the same as the missing picture?"

Song Yu didn't say a word for a long time, and finally said, let me repaint.

I originally thought it was a very emotional thing, but when I was reminded by Song Yu, I painted three or four times one after another, but he finally rejected it, my interest was immediately wiped out.

"This is already the fifth one, but I painted it exactly as you said. Isn't that the case?"

"No, it's not very similar, it's very different."

Jiang Yilong sat aside, like a spectator, picking up the patterns I just drew with a ballpoint pen one by one. After watching for a long time, he shook his head vigorously.

From three to o'clock in the afternoon, Roland Bailing came back with big bags and small bags for the New Year. Seeing the two of us sitting in the living room, there were a dozen sheets of paper scattered on the coffee table, and I was still writing at the desk.

Bai Ling said, "What is he painting?"

Jiang Yilong said, "Painting."

Roland put the things down and picked up a few curiously when she heard the painting. When she looked at the ugly outlines on the paper, she suddenly laughed out loud. "Haha, Brother Qi, where are you painting? It's just a ghost painting talisman. It's okay. Why did you suddenly have this Yaxing? Is it possible that you have been stimulated by it?"

I can’t deny my head and said: "You said it’s a ghost painting symbol, I dare to have this Yaxing? This is Song Yu thinking of some outlines and wanting me to draw them and compare them with the remaining pictures. Maybe it’s me. The reason for the ugly painting, coupled with Song Yu's incomplete memory, has almost been painted for an afternoon, and he is not satisfied with any one after seeing it."

Bai Ling said: "It's Song Yu's meaning."

I said: "It's not him, do you think I would be so boring?"

Roland said, "Do you want me to help?"

Jiang Yilong's face twitched, and said, "Don't make trouble. You think this has caused my little brother to sweat. If you add trouble again, I really don't dare to think about the consequences."

"What do you know." Roland glared at him and said, "I forgot to tell you that I was a master of traditional Chinese painting when I was in college. I can't say that I have a master's skills, but I think I can paint at such a three-point level. "

"Aren't you lying to me?" I suddenly looked up and asked, as if seeing hope.

"Trick you to give sweets?" Roland said.

In these few hours alone, I have been overwhelmed by Song Yu. At first, I was a little interested. However, after being denied one after another, I completely resisted this difficult task. If it was possible, I would have given it up a long time ago.

"I can't ask for it, come here, sit here. What do I say now, how do you paint?"

At this moment, I became the shopkeeper. Song Yu first told me how to draw and the trend of the outline, and then I passed the information directly to Roland. Really hadn't noticed that Roland was completely practice making perfect. Not only can I draw the outline on the paper exactly as I describe, but the painting style is more than a hundred times better than mine. At first glance, even with a ballpoint pen, there is still a bit of a master style.

"It's not bad, it's simple and not a grade." After some description, Roland stopped writing, and I quickly took the piece of paper in my hand, looked at it carefully for a long time, and praised it from time to time.

"No." Song Yu said.

"What, isn't it right?" I said, "This is exactly what you said, so why is it wrong?"

Song Yu said: "I know, but after all, the time interval is too long, and some errors and omissions are inevitable. However, this girl is a better hand than you. I have to think about it, and then think again."

I hurriedly said: "Big brother, can you be more reliable. You count the time. Just thinking about this, you spent almost half a month. I originally thought that you could really spend so long. The broken paintings are pieced together to form a perfect picture. This is good for you, this is not right, that is wrong. If this continues, I can afford the time, but you can't afford it."

Song Yu said, "I know this better than you."

After a long pause, Song Yu suddenly said, "In order to deepen the impression, you should take out the two broken pictures and put them here. Let me take a closer look."

I reluctantly responded. But in the end, when I fully understand Song Yu's so-called look, I regret it. Because he is attached to my body, if he wants to keep looking, I have to keep staring at it, and I know it naturally, I can't see a flower even after seeing it thousands of times...

From the afternoon, I have been seeing that at night, I was sitting on the sofa alone with dementia, and I didn't even have time to pee. However, even if I had tortured myself so much to cooperate with Song Yu, in the end, Song Yu still answered that I had to think again.

However, in the next two days, Song Yu did not torture me any more. Perhaps he had already memorized all the outlines of the two incomplete paintings in our hands and the direction of the mountain, and then relied on this memory to trace the whole story. Patterns, but a scattered jigsaw puzzle, little by little to find the correct key.

On the twenty-fourth of the twelfth lunar month, I received a call. Due to the gap with Hu Qingguo, I never actively contacted him again, and he certainly did not want to see us again, besides, I deliberately changed to a new number, and the person who knew this number was Zheng Jie.

Zheng Jie made an appointment and said that she was coming to pay us New Year's greetings in advance, because in a few days, she would not be able to spare time for socializing and visiting relatives and friends.

This time, she was a Dong Weng and invited us to have a big meal at a seafood restaurant. Lara in the dining room, small talk, polite greetings and normal friends. Until the end we had to go away, I asked her about her personal updates. She heard what I meant, and murmured: "It's strange to say that in the past few days, I have always felt that someone was following me, but when I looked back, I didn't find anything."

Jiang Yilong said: "Could it be that you were under too much work pressure before?"

Zheng Jie said: "Work is work, and life is life. I separate the two, so there is absolutely no pressure."

I said, "Did you continue to send people to follow Hu Qingguo and the others during this period of time?"

"I haven't broken it." Zheng Jie said, "By the way, have you been in contact with him recently? Don't blame me for not reminding you. His problem is serious. Two days ago, we got reliable clues to find out his house. There is a dark room in Jubaozhai, and part of this dark room is fake, but the other part is almost all cultural relics and antiques stolen from ancient tombs. Jubaozhai has been sealed, and his old house has also been sealed. "

Hu Qingguo and the others are well-known in the circle, but because of their deep roots and the ability to pay for it, they will have the style they are today. However, even so, there are still many who stand above the interests of the legal state and are determined to completely disintegrate such black sheep, similar to Zheng Jie and the others. Therefore, it is common sense that Jubaozhai is now being sealed.

I asked: "Your actions are really the force of wind and thunder...Since Jubaozhai has been sealed, and their old house has also been sealed, then Hu Yixuan, Hu Qingguo and his brother have all been arrested by you?"

Zheng Jie shook his head and said, "Maybe they got the news in advance. When we arrived, they were already empty. According to the clues I got from the customs, Hu Yixuan and him were arrested as early as the moment before the arrest. My son has already taken a flight to Hong Kong. Although Hong Kong has returned, after all, one country, two systems is difficult to handle."

Jiang Yilong said: "In other words, Hu Qingguo is missing?"

Zheng Jie frowned and said, "Yes. By the way, Qi Zhiyuan, you said my disaster before, but is it over now?"

Two hundred and seventy-four

Two hundred and seventy-four

Zheng Jie didn't believe the results I disclosed to her at first, but it might be because I gave him blood jade last time, and we didn't ask for anything in return, so she also took it to heart.

Jiang Yilong said: "Did you always carry the jade pendant for you?"

Zheng Jie quickly took out the jade pendant, only to see that she tied the jade pendant with a red string and hung it close to her neck. "Since the night you gave it to me, I have carried it close to my body and never took it off once."

I said: "Today the twelfth lunar month is the twenty-fourth, there are still a few days before the new year. At this time, you openly dealt with Hu Qingguo, and Hu Qingguo is now missing... Sister Zheng, I advise you not to walk alone recently."

Zheng Jie said: "You mean, it is very likely that Hu Qingguo will retaliate against me before the New Year's Eve?"

I said: "I don't know if it is or not... I ask you, have you had any accidents before, or major events that have happened to you?"

Zheng Jie shook his head and said, "Not really."

"That's right, your life palace has shifted. Now is the darkest time... It's not that I scare you. In a situation like this, it's very possible... I don't know the result, but you also know." I said.

Zheng Jie said, "But, I have carried this jade pendant next to my body as you said. Didn't you say that it is spiritual and can resist disasters?"

I affirmed: "Yes, this is not to lie to you. However, in this matter, you are ultimately passive, because you cannot predict what will happen in the future. If you can postpone targeting Hu Qingguo and the others, there may be a turning point. "

"This matter is not something I can control. The leader's arrangement." Zheng Jie thought for a while and said: "It's all my fault, and you will also worry about it. Don't worry, there is this piece of spiritual jade to protect, I believe not There will be something."

We spoke a few more words, nothing more than telling Zheng Jie to be careful these days. She stopped a manpower for three rounds and went straight home. We saw that it was still early, besides, only a few blocks away from home, so we walked back on foot.

The lights are neon, the crowd is rushing, and the people are watching the flowers. When I ate and digested a little bit in my stomach, I saw a hot and spicy stall on the side of the road, and only one of the four small tables was empty. I propose to put the five internal organs in the temple, Bai Ling took the lead in expressing more meat.

Eating and drinking, the total cost was less than one hundred yuan, four people, plus Bai Ling, a big foodie, this little money is quite cheap. Now it’s good to eat and drink, have fun, and it’s time to rest, so we are naturally ready to go home. Just when we were walking at the door of the community, my phone rang suddenly. During the meal, Jiang Yilong and I learned to draw a drink order. We drank a couple of taels of old white dry while we were eating. Look at the phone number displayed on the screen and just say: "Hey, who is it."

"Brother Qi, have you been doing well recently."

When I heard these words, my drinking spirit suddenly became sober. "Yes, it's Little Hu Ye?"

It was Hu Qingguo who called. I was a little surprised. This is my new number. I never told him how he knew it. Suddenly, a strong anxiety flashed in my heart. Before he spoke, I quickly checked the caller number displayed on the phone, and it turned out to be Zheng Jie.

Hu Qingguo said: "Don't call me that, just call me Hu Qingguo."

I murmured: "Little Hu, what are you kidding?"

Hu Qingguo said: "We are also old friends, and it will be celebrated again soon. I may not be able to spare time at that time. So, if you don't mind, how about coming to get together now?"

I said, "Does it have to be now?"

Hu Qingguo said: "Yes, just now."

I said, "Where?"

Hu Qingguo immediately told me an address. It was in a warehouse at Chaotianmen Wharf. When I was a stickman, I used to live there with Jiang Yilong, so I was very familiar with that place.

The phone hung up, the tone on the phone seemed flat and gentle, but there was no room for maneuver.

Jiang Yilong said drunkly, "Which one, I'm still calling you at such a late hour."

I said: "Hu Qingguo."

Jiang Yilong was taken aback, and said, "Who? Hu, Hu Qingguo?"

Bai Ling and Roland drank the same drink without dipping a bit of wine, so they were naturally sober. "Didn't your phone number change before? When did you tell Hu Qingguo?"

I looked at Bai Ling and said, "I didn't tell Hu Qingguo, he directly used Zheng Jie's cell phone to call me..."

At this time, Jiang Yilong's drunkenness is probably equal to me, and he is almost sober. We only separated from Zheng Jie this evening. However, the interval was only two or three hours. Instead, at this time, Hu Qingguo used Zheng Jie's cell phone to call us and also agreed to be at the Chaotianmen Wharf Warehouse. What this means, needless to say, everyone feels like a mirror in their hearts.

Roland said, "Call the police."

Jiang Yilong said hurriedly: "This Zheng Jie is a policeman... We only considered the possibility of Hu Qingguo for Zheng Jie before. However, we did not expect that he would really dare to move him, even the police dare to move, you say he is true. Crazy, or arrogant?"

I said, "I'm afraid it will be the end of the road. I will take risks. According to this guy's temperament, he can do anything... No, no, I have to go quickly. If the time is too long, he will definitely embarrass Zheng Jie, maybe... …Don’t say anything, I’ll look for a car, and you can go home."

"Let you go alone, how can it be done?" Bai Ling said.

Jiang Yilong said: "That's right, it's too dangerous for you to go alone. Hu Qingguo is not the Hu Qingguo of the past. At this moment, he took the initiative to approach us. He must think that we had a secret connection with Zheng Jie, and eventually betrayed him. So. , I have to go too."

Roland said: "You all go, then I will go too."

"You can't go." We suddenly agreed in unison.

Roland stunned: "Why?"

Jiang Yilong said: "I told you that it is too dangerous. The three of us can at least protect ourselves. What about you? It is not for your safety, but for your safety. So, you go home first and treat yourself as a okay person. Like, we go to bed after washing up. We will go home as soon as possible."

Roland said, "But, letting you face the danger, I am not at ease."

I said: "Stop fighting about this, Roland, that's it. By the way, when you get home, remember to lock the door. I'm afraid that if Hu Qingguo comes to turn the tiger away from the mountain, it will be even more troublesome. By the way, you Don’t turn off your own phone, charge it when it’s out of power, and we will contact you by phone when we have anything to do."

Roland said: "Okay, I'll take it down. Then you go early, and you must remember to be careful."

The three of us immediately stopped a taxi and went straight to Chaotianmen Pier. After more than half an hour, we were still some distance away from the destination. I was a little worried that the transition of time would obliterate Hu Qingguo's patience, so I quickly dialed Zheng Jie's phone, and the person who answered the call was still Hu Qingguo.

I said: "Still on the way, come soon."

Hu Qingguo laughed: "I have time and patience. Don't be so nervous. However, since everyone is an old friend, don't play tricks. Of course, even if you really do tricks, you are afraid of the end. You are the one who suffers."

After saying this, he hung up. I urged the driver to speed up a little bit. The driver may have heard similar words frequently, and responded with dissatisfaction: "Driving a speed car, you don’t know about the Chinese New Year right away. Some people are going out to find some extra money. It’s not just the catch. Not to mention the deduction, but also a few thousand fines. If you do this, this year will not be easy."

I said, "Try your best, we are really in a hurry."

The master ignored me, and his speed seemed to have increased slightly...

After dozens of minutes, we finally arrived at the designated warehouse mentioned by Hu Qingguo, paid for the car, and ran over without stopping. The location of this warehouse is a bit off, and the warehouse does not occupy a large area. It usually stacks some small cargo boxes.

"Which one?" Through the night, I saw a bright bald head smoking a cigarette in front, listening to the movement, and shouting at us vigilantly.

I responded: "I am Qi Zhiyuan."

"Boss, the kid surnamed Qi is here." The bald head yelled toward the open warehouse door, and immediately waved to us.

My eyes were locked on this bald head for the first time, and I saw this guy was about 1.80 meters tall, he was burly in shape, and his face was rough. He was condescending, and there was an unconcealable hostility in his eyes. I couldn't help trembling with the look in his eyes.

The door of the warehouse is open, and the light inside is coming out. At the same time, you can still hear the voice from time to time. Since it is a tin warehouse, it is not too close to hear it.

We walked around to the main entrance of the warehouse and looked inside. The warehouse is spacious with some packing boxes stacked on the left and right sides. In the center of the warehouse, Hu Qingguo is using a cardboard box to spread a layer of newspapers, drinking wine and eating roast chicken and peanuts.

His sitting posture is facing the door, and there is a person sitting directly opposite him. Because he is facing back to us, he can't see his appearance. However, I have some surprises, as if his figure is so familiar.

In addition to these two people, there are also two strange-looking guys at the other end, eating and drinking the same. I looked around and found a total of five people. Among these five people, only Hu Qingguo is familiar to us. Firstly, I didn't see Chen Qingfu Hongshan. Secondly, these strangers didn't seem to be good, and thirdly, they didn't see Zheng Jie.

"Oh, Brother Qi, Brother Jiang, and Miss Bai, you are all here." Hu Qingguo raised his eyes and glanced in our direction, a strange arc drawn at the corner of his mouth. "I haven't seen you for a while, to be honest, I really miss you. Come on, I still have some roasted chicken, and two more. Would you like the whole point?"

Knowing that he called us at this time, his purpose is not pure, but now he has to pretend to be hospitable, the atmosphere can't help but become too weird.

I smiled and walked in their direction. "Little Hu, please be polite and kind. We just ate some, and we have two more bites. I'm afraid this belly can't fit."

Hu Qingguo nibbled the chicken legs in his hand and took another sip of white wine. "Brother Qi, I, Hu, always sit upright when doing things. The reputation in the circle is also there. As long as I follow my surname Hu, I never treat them as outsiders, they are all brothers... You say Am I right?"

I hurriedly said: "Yes, yes."

Hu Qingguo said: "However, I don't know where I got some villains, so I swaggered yesterday, but today I became a mouse on the street."

I pretended not to know, and asked, "Little Hu Ye, what happened to this?"

"Don't you know?" Seeing that my expression remained unchanged, Hu Qingguo said: "Jubaozhai has been checked, my old house has been checked, my dad and my brother have escaped, Chen Qing and the others also hid after listening to the wind. I’m the only one left here. Understood?"

Jiang Yilong said: "Little Hu, who is causing you trouble, if you need help, we will definitely help."

"Good brother, really good brother." Hu Qingguo laughed. Then he said: "The work I do in this circle is almost universally known. We have known for a long time that some people can't understand our Hu family and want to move us. However, we have never caught any real handle. So, I will be happy and happy to the present. However, I remember very clearly that I only took three people into the secret room of Jubaozhai, and the total number of people was seven. However, they were the first to find out the secret room of Jubaozhai. The secret room, deducting my many years of hard work, I still want to kill our Hu family. Brother Jiang, if such a person is found, according to the old generation of Chongshi, shouldn't it be three swords and six holes?"

Jiang Yilong said hesitantly, "Little Hu Ye, have you found out who it is?"

Hu Qingguo's eyes swept across the faces of me and Jiang Yilong, and he didn't say a word for a long time. When he looked at it like this, he felt flustered in his heart. "Brother Qi, Brother Jiang, we can be considered as being born to death, and more than once." Hearing our agreement, he said: "Is it because someone Hu has treated you badly? Is it because I am stingy every time. Are you? Why the **** are you betraying me..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Qingguo's paper with half a glass of wine in his hand smashed to the ground fiercely. Seeing this, the two people next to him stood up consciously, and walked to the door, as if they were afraid that we would escape.

I said, "Little Hu, what do you mean?"

Hu Qingguo ignored me and shouted at the outside of the warehouse: "Bald head, bring her in."