Chapter 036 The Art of Disguise
Although Si Weiqi's words are very unusual, this year is indeed my last summer vacation in college. The end of youth is about to come to an end in the blink of an eye. I even started to feel a little sad.
After I came back from Tibet, I had some free time. Si Weiqi was stepping up her efforts to follow up on the test results. There were still a lot of messy clues to deal with. I wanted to help, but in the short term, my skills were not needed. So, I started to prepare my travel plan for this summer vacation. At five o'clock in the afternoon, I went to the football field to play a few footballs, while I was planning my trip.
Originally, I made an appointment with Da Di to come with me, but she had to take care of Gu Li, and Sister Meng had something to do and couldn't come. At this time, Xu Qian was very busy, and I didn't even have anyone to make an appointment with. After playing for an hour, I Holding the ball leisurely, he leaned against the goal post, squinting his eyes at the red sunset in the sky and the few clouds accompanying it.
It happened that Lao Ning was in Suzhou to do some business these days. He took this opportunity to invite me to have tea, so I went to keep the appointment.
"You have something on your mind, it's not like you." Ning Tutu said.
"What can I have on my mind?"
"You can't fool me." He was still calm and calm, as if he had seen through the true meaning of life. The posture of the old monk in meditation made me feel a little uncomfortable.
"Come on." I said dismissively, "Let's talk about you and the boss's wife."
"Hahaha, what can we do? After a while, we are going to Africa. She wants to see the savanna. I will fulfill her wish." Ning Rabbit's words left a cynical image in my mind. He immediately became much taller. I retracted my surprise and displeasure and complained: "When did you become a romantic? It's so unlike you!"
"Hahaha, what's the point? Who hasn't been young? Let me tell you, when I was your age, Asami was a master at picking up girls!"
When I saw this expression and these words, I felt excited, and I cursed in my heart: "This guy knows him well, how often has he been like this? He even started to sneer, and spread shit in front of my face. I have three wives and four concubines. If you dare to brag outside, why don't you pee and look at yourself."
"To tell you the truth, I have always felt that you and Miss Si are not a good match."
As soon as he said this, I immediately became angry, widened my eyes and said, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Ning Tutu waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't be excited. I didn't say I wouldn't let you be together. Just listen to what I have to say. Look, this Miss Si is one of the best among people. Even if we are ordinary, we don't want to admit it in our hearts. , we also have to accept this reality. She is indeed too outstanding. The mountains stand tall and the scenery stops. All the light in you will become dim as soon as you get to her side. This is your point. You must have felt it too.”
I have to say that what Ning Tutu said made me feel better. There was no need for me to comment on Si Weiqi’s excellence. I picked up the tea cup, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "Well, why are you talking about this? "
Ning Tutu chuckled, "I'm reminding you."
"Remind me of what?"
"Boy, you are a well-known person in the world, and you are considered a leader among the new generation. You are known as the young marshal who touches gold, but what have you done in these years? It is not that you defeated Maicheng. , I just returned empty-handed. I haven’t heard your name in the world for a long time.”
When I heard this, a light shone in my eyes and I said with a smile: "Old Ning, okay, so you are waiting for me here, deliberately scolding me, in order to outdo me? Tell me!
Have you done any business recently?"
"Hahaha, how about I say that I like you? Just be honest!" Ning Tutu said, "To tell you the truth, I did have a big business deal recently. Are you interested?"
I really wanted to throw all the glasses in his face. I always felt that his smile showed a hidden danger in his smile, which could kill people invisible. If I hadn't had a good relationship with him, I would have been betrayed by him a thousand and eight hundred times.
.
"Haha, you old boy is not a good guy, I won't listen!" I deliberately ignored him and just drank my own tea.
"I know you have nothing to do recently." Ning Tutu said calmly.
"Then I won't go either."
"Idleness is also idleness."
"I still have a wife and children at home."
"You really don't want to go?"
"Not going."
"Then don't regret it."
"I have no regrets."
Ning Rabbit seemed to have caught my weakness and played hard to get, and said: "Well, well, I won't force others to do anything. Originally, I didn't want to take action when Luo Jianfen came to me for help, but this time...
"
"Fuck! Who? Luo Jianfen??" I looked at Ning Tutu in surprise and said, "How did she find you?"
This guy immediately acted like he didn't want to talk to anyone, "Forget it, you won't go anyway, I'll hire someone else."
"Stop doing this!" I pressed the cup in his hand and asked, "Tell me quickly, what is going on?"
Luo Jianfen's sudden appearance immediately aroused my alarm. She must have something to do with Ning Tutu. A chill ran down my back, and goosebumps almost fell all over the floor. I suddenly had a bad feeling that this coward would not be here.
Is there some kind of fire pit dug ahead for me to jump into?
Ning Tutu started to show off, "Weren't you just not interested?"
"I'm going! Of course I'm going." I said with a fake smile, "I didn't think clearly just now. Boss Ning, you are magnanimous and should be lenient to others."
"That's good!" Ning Tutu took a sip and said, "Actually, Luo Jianfen's job is a free bargain. She wants to find an ancient tomb in the Song Dynasty and get a jade pendant. After the job is completed, the commission can be negotiated.
"
"Jade pendant?" My mind immediately thought of the mysterious jade pendant of the ancient Tibetan religion unearthed in the deserted village. Is there any connection between the two?
"This job shouldn't be difficult. It's not a piece of cake for you."
"Old Ning, are you confused? How can you negotiate the price after the job is done?"
"Oh, Luo Jianfen is a bitch with a bad temper. She insists on talking about money after everything is done. I said this is against the rules, but she didn't stop, saying that she is not a member of the world and will not accept this trick."
Ning Tutu shook his head and said, "But it's not that we can't talk. If you have any requirements, you can talk to her face to face."
"Oh? Do you know where she is?" I asked in surprise.
"I know, she is in Suzhou, Yangyang Lane."
Suzhou Yangyang Lane.
The rain in June fell heavily, hitting the black tiles with patter.
Ning Rabbit and I drove slowly into the alley. In front of a private house deep in the alley, there was a thin man wearing a plaid shirt and jeans. His long black hair was spread around his waist. He had a delicate face and eyes.
The clear young woman held a huge black umbrella in one hand. She stood in front of the wooden door for a moment, stepped forward and gently
He knocked on the door knocker.
Not long after, a thin but capable man who looked like a housekeeper, about sixty years old, opened the door and welcomed her in.
"Who is this?" I asked while sitting in the car.
"I don't know him." Ning Tutu shook his head.
"Looks like we had an unlucky day here."
"Go in and take a look before we talk."
In the yard, two rose bushes were in full bloom.
On the rosewood master's seat in the hall, an old man with a gray beard, well-dressed, and holding a stick of dry tobacco with a golden mouthpiece and an emerald tail had been waiting for him for a long time.
When the young woman came into the hall, the old man stood up and greeted her. After the woman helped the old man sit down in the guest seat, the housekeeper left the hall. The two talked about old times, and the woman helped pour the tea and took it from the table.
He picked up a sandalwood brocade box, opened it, and took out a piece of dark gold cloth embroidered with patterns. It turned out that the cloth was made of gold threads and interwoven, and the fibers of the cloth were mixed in, as if it had been torn from somewhere.
, and they seem to be fragments of cloth formed by natural decay.
The woman solemnly handed the cloth to the old man. Strangely, we did not see Luo Jianfen. After we came in with the housekeeper, we happened to see the old man's hands spread out like dry branches and took the brocade cloth.
He pinched the rag, then put it under his nose and smelled it, then put the rag to his ear and shook it to listen to the sound, and finally stroked the rag again, as if he wanted to touch every thread of the rag.
Every fiber is felt thoroughly.
"There is no mistake. This cloth is the same brocade Luoqi as it was back then. The weaving method and pattern embroidery method of this brocade Luoqi only began to appear in the Northern Wei Dynasty in history. The gold threads are staggered in it, which shows the owner's
Identity. After the Northern Wei Dynasty, textile technology gradually improved, and few emperors or generals would use such common things in ordinary people's homes as funerary objects."
"It's true!" The old man seemed to have foreseen it and breathed a sigh of relief. "I originally wanted to go find you in person, but I just had an operation recently and it's not convenient for me to leave. I don't feel safe leaving it to anyone else."
"Don't dare, don't dare, just give me any orders." The woman paused and then asked, "Do you seem to have any other unspeakable addictions?"
After observing for a while, I suddenly discovered that the beard on the old man's chin was a little weird. Logically speaking, a man's beard grows more regularly and symmetrically, but his beard was crooked to the left. "Could it be..."
Seeing that there was no tobacco in his pipe, he smoked the dry pipe and said, "Who are you two?"
"Haha." I sneered in my heart. I had already concluded that the old man in front of me was definitely not a real old man. His beard was a flaw. Maybe it was Luo Jianfen who was playing tricks on me.
The old man looked very calm, laughed a little, and then asked: "What are you doing?"
"Teacher Luo, your disguise skills are really good!" I thought for a while, but didn't say anything more and just nodded.
The old man was obviously stunned and looked at me in surprise. Then the woman also stood up, looking a little nervous. Ning Tutu was also a little confused and looked at me. I waved my hand to signal them not to be nervous and said: "
Don't be nervous, Teacher Luo, your beard is crooked."
As soon as I finished saying this, the old man really looked at his chin subconsciously.
Destruction of injustice.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Chapter completed!