The Legend of the Undying, Part 2: Retribution
"This..." Old Liu shook his head like a rattle, "There is no reason... Feng Kunlun's diary did not mention Dai Zhenyun's death. In other words, until the Japanese devils surrendered, this person was still alive. Judging from Liang Xiaolan's dress in the photo, she should have passed the door, but she has not given birth yet. In other words, this photo was taken at least before 1945..." Old Liu's brow frowned into a bump, "Dai Zhenyun's face was almost sixty at this time. I guess he had to live with the China Taiping Prayer Committee and lost a lot of life. If he is still alive today, he should be an old bone. How could he be involved in any adventure? What is his motive? Why did he have to pull the Liao family together?"
"The motive for the adventure is very simple...for money!" Qin Ge said, "Mr. Liu, you didn't..."
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm going to accompany you to find Heshi Bi, that's not for money! I just want to see what Heshi Bi looks like. It's not enough for you to give those three melons and two dates..." Old Liu glanced at Qin Ge, "Master Qin... I thought of something when you said that, what was your original intention of finding Heshi Bi?"
"That's my father's last wish!" Qin Ge said.
"Well..." Old Liu nodded, "Is it possible... Whose last wish is this Dai Zhenyun?"
"He..." Qin Ge was stunned when Old Liu said this, "Who can he do for?"
"Mr. Qin, look, Maoshan Wuzi, and Mr. Ma, had a total of six people. Three of them died when they beat the Japanese devils. The second brother rebelled. The fifth brother went to settle the score with the second brother and asked the second brother to clean up. There were four deaths in total. Maybe one of them had some last words..."
"When they died, Mr. Liao should have not been born yet... They left a last word to ask his senior brother to kill a person who was not born yet?" Old Liu's analysis, Qin Ge seemed to be a little unbelievable.
"Their last words may not be murder... Maybe it's related to that 'Caichi'..." Old Liu stroked his beard with wine and turned his head to Liao Ruoyuan, "Master Liao, when can we meet Liang Xiaolan?"
"It's OK at any time!" Liao Ruoyuan said, "If the two seniors are willing, we can go tomorrow..."
"Tomorrow is tomorrow!" Old Liu stood up and stretched, "Master Qin, we must not tell the truth to Liang Xiaolan tomorrow. She will definitely not admit what happened to the Liao couple! We have to act in a play, ask around..."
Liang Xiaolan's home is Bournemouth City near London, not far from the sea, and the environment is very good. "It seems that this girl is so damn romantic..." In the car, Lao Liu kept muttering. When he was a child, his English teacher Henry was a pastor from Bournemouth. In Lao Liu's impression, this person was a very easy-going foreign old man. He spoke very well in Chinese. According to the current standards, he should be able to reach the level of an announcer.
In Henry's mouth, Bournemouth is simply "a place left by God to support himself". Not only is the scenery so beautiful, but the climate is even more beautiful. It is indeed worthy of being here in person. When he saw Liang Xiaolan's house, Old Liu was even more stunned. This is an ordinary British civilian building with no sculptures or decorations on the outside. From a distance, the quality of this house is even worse than the broken house where Luo Meihui lives. It seems that Liang Xiaolan is not like a secular woman who pursues glory and wealth. According to Liao Ruoyuan, the Liao company stocks she has at least 100 million pounds, which is enough to buy a luxury house in the most expensive place in the UK to enjoy her life.
After ringing the doorbell, an Asian woman in her forties opened the door, but she looked like she was from Southeast Asia. After Liao Ruoyuan stepped forward and muttered quietly, the woman let everyone into the room. After a while, a middle-aged woman with a slightly fat figure came to the living room. Because she had a facial mask on her face, she couldn't see her specific appearance clearly. But from a high-profile manner, she must be Liang Xiaolan.
"Grandma..." Liao Ruoyuan bowed symbolically, and his tone seemed to contain a hint of disdain, "This is Master Qin, this is Master Liu, this is Police Officer Lee, you have seen it..." (In order to cooperate with the acting, Qin Ge also wore a Tang suit.)
"What are you doing?" Liang Xiaolan sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette as if no one was around.
"Mrs. Liang, we are the descendants of the Maoshan School of Taoism..." Lao Liu pretended to be depressed and aggrieved, "...We want to ask you some things..." Although the lies were made up a bit simple, Lao Liu acted quite like that.
"Maoshan School?" When Liang Xiaolan heard these three words, she seemed to tremble all over her body, but because there was a mask on her face, she couldn't see her true expression clearly.
"Yes... we are visiting this time to find out where this person is going..." Old Liu took out a photo of the Liao family from his handbag and pointed to Dai Zhenyun on it. "My Maoshan Sect participated in the War of Resistance in his early years. His ancestors sacrificed their lives and shed blood, but now they can't even find the corpse. My senior brother and I have been running around for this matter for ten years. Fortunately, Mr. Liao helped, we finally found such a clue. So we hope you can tell us whether this person is still alive now. If he dies, where is his body buried, and we can have a place to worship..."
After taking the photo, Liang Xiaolan was really stunned, "Who are you from the Maoshan School?"
"I am the direct disciple of the Maoshan Sect now..." Old Liutou hurriedly took out the jade pendant, the head disciple, and said, "Mrs. Liang, the person in the photo is my uncle. I heard from Young Master Liao that he introduced you to marry into the Liao family, so I want to know if you have any contact with this person in the future; is this person alive..."
"Legitimate disciple?" After hearing what Old Liu said, Liang Xiaolan groaned and threw back the photo, "Nothing nonsense! Everyone is dead, so how can there be any legitimate disciples!"
"So, do you know the inside story?" Old Liu immediately smiled. Qin Ge was so familiar with this smirk...
"I...What do I know?" Seeing that Old Liu's expression changed, Liang Xiaolan was also stunned, and immediately realized that she had let go...
"Madam Liang, stop pretending..." Old Liu immediately stood up straight, "Maoshan fifth son, the second son treason, the fourth son is unknown, the whereabouts of the others have passed away. These things have always been the highest secrets of the Kuomintang government. Even Feng Kunlun, a senior agent who had participated in these things, wanted to record these things, and wrote them in an unknown ancient spell. Mrs. Liang, how did you know?"
"This..." Liang Xiaolan was obviously caught off guard by the words of Old Liu, "I have my own source of information..."
"Madam Liang..." Old Liu's expression suddenly became extremely helpless, "Since you are the 'noble' of the Liao family, you should marry into the Liao family to protect the safety of the Liao family. Now the second leader of the Liao family died in a bad life. Are you really indifferent? It is true that I am the descendant of Maoshan, but by seniority, I should be his senior brother rather than his nephew. There is already a person in Maoshan who has treason. I don't want others to go astray. I believe Mrs. Liang, you should know who it is, right?"
"What do you... want to do?" After hearing what Old Liu said, Liang Xiaolan simply took off the mask on her face with her hands. A white face that seemed to be in her thirties immediately surprised everyone sitting. This was not the face that a woman in her 60s should have.
"Liang...Madam Liang..." Old Liu stumbled a little while speaking. Liang Xiaolan in front of him seemed younger than in the photo. "First of all, please believe that we have no malice. We just want to inquire about the whereabouts of Senior Brother Dai... I think if Master Dai is still alive, he will be willing to see us..."
"This person... is dead..." Liang Xiaolan said expressionlessly, "I do know him, and he has been kind to me..., but he is dead..."
"Mrs. Liang! I hope you can help! You know his whereabouts!" Old Liu said slowly, "And, we have news about that traitor... we are the second child in Maoshan! I believe he also wants to know...!"
"I said... he... had long been dead!" Liang Xiaolan's tone seemed a little contradictory, but she did not change her words, "Azhen, see off the guests!" Liang Xiaolan waved her hand, and the maid took a "please" posture with a little apology.
"Mrs. Liang, we have one more thing..." Qin Ge seemed to be a little impatient about Liang Xiaolan's attitude. He was about to continue interrogating Dai Jinshuang, but Lao Liu stopped him. "Okay, Mrs. Liang, we won't disturb you. If one day you meet Senior Brother Dai again, I hope you can convey him..." Lao Liu took out a pen from his cloth bag, wrote a phone number on the photo and handed it to Liang Xiaolan, "This is my phone number. International long-distance is quite expensive, but it is absolutely worth calling..."
"He is dead! If you want to tell him this phone call, you can even burn paper money together!" Liang Xiaolan picked up the photo and looked at the number on it, and threw the photo to Lao Liu...
"Could it be... this person is really dead?" Qin Ge said.
"Absolutely not dead..." Old Liu was determined, "If she really didn't want to know, she would never deliberately look at that number before leaving..."
"What should I do about Dai Jinshuang? We don't have the chance to ask..." Liao Ruoyuan seemed a little anxious, "Even if the Taoist priest in the photo was not dead, what does it have to do with my parents' affairs?"
"Master Liao, do you know what it means to be a mistake?" Old Liu smiled, "Originally, I wanted to use this photo to ask about Dai Jinshuang about it, but judging from your grandmother's attitude, I seemed to be even more nervous about Dai Zhenyun's whereabouts!"
"She is not my grandma!" Liao Ruoyuan said angrily.
"No matter who she is, Master Liao, I'm sure she must know Dai Zhenyun's whereabouts! If you know Dai Zhenyun's whereabouts, you can know Dai Jinshuang's whereabouts!" Old Liu smiled slightly, "Guozhong and I have long suspected that there seems to be some inextricable relationships between these two people, either father and son, or master and apprentice. In short, if Dai Zhenyun is really dead, then she will definitely tell Dai Jinshuang about what happened today!"
"You mean... Dai Zhenyun, or Dai Jinshuang will take the initiative to find us?" Qin Ge said.
"That's right..." Old Liu smiled, "Young Master Liao, please arrange your flight ticket to Hong Kong as soon as possible. Regarding the relationship between Dai Zhenyun and the Liao family, especially Liang Xiaolan, I will go directly to ask Master Qi!"
Chapter completed!