Chapter 70: The Missing Woman
Zhang Zixuan asked a few more questions, but I answered them all vaguely, and passed by. He knew that I didn't want to answer, so he didn't continue asking.
After about half an hour, we set off. A team of luxury cars drove into the village in a mighty manner. At the end of the village, there were more than a dozen prefabricated houses on a relatively flat ground. Many villagers stood at the gate to watch. There were mixed with dragons and snakes. Some of them were dressed in simple clothes. They looked like local farmers, and some were dressed brightly. They were probably outsiders like us.
We are the first to openly place a prefabricated house in the village. Does Zhang Zixuan want to demonstrate this high-profile approach? He told the people here that my Zhang family likes this place, so if you are tactful, get out of here!
There are 12 prefabricated rooms, one for cooking, two for Cheng Dong and others, one for each of them, and the remaining four for bodyguards. Since they have to take turns to watch, four prefabricated rooms are enough for them to live in.
The decorations in the prefabricated houses are very high-end, but rich people are different. Even the prefabricated houses can be made in such a style and style.
The prefabricated house I live in is only one big bed, and the prefabricated house arranged for Xu Xiaoling and the others is a bunk bed. I said to Xu Xiaoling: "Sister Xiaoling, it's very uncomfortable to sleep on the bunk bed. Otherwise, let's squeeze together?"
"Who wants to squeeze with you?"
"You think, Cheng Dong must live with his girlfriend. Do you want to have a room with Wang Jianhua? I don't agree!"
Xu Xiaoling gave me a blank look and said, "Cheng Dong and Wang Jianhua, and Dou Dou's room." Dou Dou is Cheng Dong's girlfriend.
"But it's uncomfortable for the upper and lower bunks. Let's do it. You guys sleep in my room. I'll go to sleep in the upper and lower bunks." I said caringly.
Xu Xiaoling said in a gentle voice: "I'm not that pretentious? It's okay, it's good to have a place to sleep. You, just sleep on the big bed by yourself. If you really want to find someone to squeeze in, go find Cheng Dong."
Just after lunch, Xu Xiaoling and others were about to go out to collect antiquities, so I followed him.
Zhang Zixuan sent a few bodyguards to collect information and inquire about the news.
Xu Xiaoling and I walked side by side, making the man named Wang Jianhua so angry. We came to the first house on the east side of the village talking and laughing. The house was very small and dilapidated. When we knocked on the door, an old lady with gray hair opened the door. Xu Xiaoling said politely: "Hello, Grandma, we are from the Qiling Museum. This is my certificate. Please check it out." Xu Xiaoling handed over his work permit.
The old lady said, "I don't know how to write. Do you want to rent my house? I'm old and afraid of noise. In addition, the house is small, so I don't rent it out. You can go elsewhere. If you want to collect antiques, you can come in and take a look."
"Grandma, we want to see your antiques, collect them in the museum, store them in it and keep them in order to allow future generations to see more complete antiques." Xu Xiaoling said gently.
The old lady invited us into the house, took out a yellowed rice bowl and said, "The only thing left is this one. I have eaten it for decades. Someone paid 5,000 yuan a while ago, but I was reluctant to sell it."
Cheng Dong put on white gloves very professionally, took the small bowl carefully, looked at it with a magnifying glass, and looked at it repeatedly for a minute. Cheng Dong nodded and said, "It is blue and white porcelain from the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. It is an official kiln. It is of high value, but it is not preserved intact enough, so the value is greatly reduced. I estimate that the value of this bowl should be around 200,000, so you can take a look."
When the old lady heard Cheng Dong's words, she was shocked: "Young man, do you think my bowl is worth 200,000?"
I was afraid that the old lady would be in too much mood, so I hurriedly said, "Grandma, this is just a preliminary estimate. Don't be excited for now, but I'm a little curious, why are you so surprised?"
The old lady said tremblingly: "I, I originally had three antiques in my house, but the other two were sold for only 8,000 yuan. The two were porcelain bottles, which were similar to the pattern of this bowl."
I was speechless for a while. It seemed that the old lady was deceived by an unscrupulous small vendor.
Of course, Xu Xiaoling also heard what was going on. She said: "Grandma, we are regular and will never cheat people like those illegal vendors."
After Xu Xiaoling and others' identification, they finally gave a high price of 220,000 yuan and asked the old lady if she was willing to sell the bowl. The old lady was very excited and repeatedly agreed. Xu Xiaoling was chatting with the old lady and learned that the old lady had a son. His son found a wife in the city and gave birth to a little girl. Ten years ago, they had a car accident on their way back to the New Year. Only the little girl survived. His son and daughter-in-law both died. The old lady pulled her granddaughter up, but the granddaughter mysteriously disappeared two months ago. The old lady almost cried and disappeared. Next, many women were lost in the village, and even a few foreign women were lost. The old lady told Xu Xiaoling and Doudou to be careful.
Just throw away women? Is there a trafficker here? It is unlikely? You know, there are mixed people here, and there are many people with special abilities. This matter must have aroused their suspicion. So have they investigated? So I asked, "Grandma, haven't you called the police?"
"No, we are in remote areas, so where are there any policemen? However, the village chief has organized young people to go out to search for them many times, but he has not found anything. Moreover, it was not done by outsiders, because the girls were thrown away at night, and at night, all those outsiders did not go out." said the old lady.
It would be strange if everyone in the village had absenteeism. Could it be that some monster was causing trouble?
It seems that this place is not simple. In order to avoid Xu Xiaoling from encountering danger, I must be vigilant! I would have asked my elder sister to come if I had known it. With my elder sister here, I would definitely be able to help a lot.
When I returned to the prefabricated room, I said to Xu Xiaoling seriously: "Sister Xiaoling, it's very dangerous here. It's really not possible. You should just have the same room as me. Don't worry, I won't take advantage of you."
"No, Xiaolong, I'll try not to go out at night."
At night, I moved a chair and sat at Xu Xiaoling's door to sleep. I was used to this way of sleeping. Maybe because of my strong physical condition, it would be fine if I didn't sleep for two consecutive days.
Although there were five bodyguards patrolling the night with guns at night, I still felt worried, so I sat in front of Xu Xiaoling's door myself.
According to my inference, there are three possibilities for frequent disappearances of women.
First, it is done by human traffickers, but what kind of human traffickers can come without a trace and not be discovered?
Second, those women were all confused by ghosts when they went out at night, and perhaps walked into the deep mountains.
Third, he was dragged away by a beast, but the possibility is too small. If it were a beast, it would be impossible to bite the person to death in one go. It would definitely leave a chance for a woman to shout for help, but no one in the village heard this sound, and there was no trace of blood.
So the second possibility is relatively high, and the ghosts dare not approach the amulets I made with, but for safety reasons, I still have to keep here myself to rest assured.
Fortunately, Xu Xiaoling didn't have the habit of getting up at night, so I sat down until three o'clock the next morning. I stood up and moved, jogged for a while, and did five hundred push-ups. The bodyguards stared at me.
Just after I finished push-ups, just as I was about to meditate, Ma Dehua walked out and said hello to me: "Xiaolong, you are so diligent. How about coming here and practicing a few moves?"
"I can't find it!"
After practicing with Ma Dehua for a while, although I have been abused by him, I have also gained a lot of experience. Masters have been abused.
During the day, Zhang Zixuan discussed with me and said that he wanted me to go to the nearby mountain to find clues. He estimated that there must be some ancient tombs nearby. The names of the villages should also know the location, but they just refused to say it. So while he found a breakthrough from the villagers, I went up the mountain to search.
He said so, can I still not agree? I could only nod my head helplessly. Then I found Xu Xiaoling and asked her to be careful.
Xu Xiaoling touched my face and said, "You must be careful."
"Don't worry, have you seen my skills? I'll try to come back early and have dinner with you." I said with a smile.
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Zhang Zixuan asked Uncle Jiang, the gossip chain, to accompany me to explore the mountain, and there was a way to take care of each other.
This small village is surrounded by mountains on three sides. I was confused when I walked to the mountain. Who knows where there is an ancient tomb?
I suddenly remembered Feng Nianke. If she were here, she would definitely be able to quickly find the location of the tomb. No matter how bad it is, Miss Jiang can do it. She found Long Chen’s tomb back then, but I guess she is almost Chen Haotian’s wife, so how can I come here to help? As for Feng Nianke, I wish I could hide far away, so how could I take the initiative to find her?
We walked aimlessly on the mountain. Uncle Jiang asked, "Xiaolong, I read the story in "Ghost Blows Out the Light". The protagonists are all looking at Feng Shui and looking for the tombs, but we seem to be walking around."
"Uncle, you read novels too? But you also know that it is a novel after all. Besides, I am a Taoist descendant, not a tomb robber, so I don't know that kind of technology."
I don't know if this is not a problem, it's really amazing. It turns out that Uncle Jiang is also a weirdo. He is in his forties and likes to read tomb robbery novels. He keeps telling me all kinds of tomb robbery novels along the way. He also said that every time I watch it, he is excited and wants to try it myself. He also said that if I go to catch ghosts again in the future, he must bring him with me, and he also wants to see it.
Chapter completed!