The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 125 The Sapphire Case (4)

"Who says it's not." The mayor also regretted, "It's a pity that Wu Zhou's great youth was delayed. It's better to marry Mrs. Zhao. After Wu Hanxiang died, the Zhao family would naturally not take her back. And these In the past few years, I don't know how many people wanted to match her again, but she flatly refused."

"In that case, although the Wu couple have only been married for one day, their relationship is extremely deep?"

"If it wasn't so, why would Wu Hanxiang give up his life to snatch her back, and how could the Wu Zhou family endure the loneliness of more than ten years?" , this was placed in the former Qing Dynasty, but the chastity archway was erected!"

Ji Mingmei was also moved, with a sentimental look on the verge of tears, I hurriedly pulled her away, thanked the mayor, and asked him for the location of the hotel where the sapphire was mortgaged. Said that it was late at night to find a place to stay, and then left.

The mayor apologized to us again, and then sent us out of the town office, gave us directions to the store, and then turned back.Ji Mingmei and I walked in the direction he pointed, and Ji Mingmei asked me along the way: "Shouldn't we go to Mrs. Wu Zhou to inquire about Wu Hanxiang?"

I turned around and asked her: "Do you really think that the fact that the marriage has been celebrated for [-] years is due to the deep relationship between the Wu Zhou family and Wu Hanxiang?"

"Otherwise?" Ji Mingmei asked suspiciously, "If it weren't for deep feelings, who would do such a thing?"

"You have been to Wu Hanxiang's grave, how do you feel?" I asked back.

"Wu Hanxiang's tomb?" Ji Mingmei pondered for a while, with a surprised expression on her face, "Hey, I also feel that something is wrong when you say that, why Wu Hanxiang's tomb seems to have been abandoned for a long time. If Wu Zhou really has a deep relationship with him, how could he not even give him his grave for so many years?"

"That's right, I can't even go to the grave, what does that mean?" I nodded and said, "It means that the Wu Zhou family has no feelings for Wu Hanxiang, but she has indeed kept the festival for so many years, so there may be only one reason... "

"...that is, she is not keeping the festival," Ji Mingmei immediately continued, "Maybe she has a lover secretly, but she can't show it to the public, so she married Wu Hanxiang at the beginning, maybe it was out of helplessness!"

"That's right! So that piece of sapphire was probably taken by Mrs. Wu Zhou herself, and she gave it to her friend, but unexpectedly, that friend used it to pay off the debt many years later, so this piece of sapphire should have been buried in the ground for 19 years. , and reappeared in the world!"

This is the most reasonable explanation for the whole incident so far, and the person who went to Wenling under the name of Wu Hanxiang is probably Wu Zhou's good friend.That being the case, if we asked her directly, she would most likely deny it.So after I came out of the town office, I didn't plan to go to the tofu shop again, but I planned to go directly to the store and ask the owner of the person who mortgaged the sapphire.

Ji Mingmei also thought of this, so naturally she stopped talking, and walked towards the hotel with me.It didn't take long for us to arrive at the hotel, because it was already night, so there were no guests in the hotel.The owner of the store has already closed the door, we pushed the door open, and the owner who was dozing off behind the counter woke up suddenly.

"Does the customer want to stay at the store?" The shop owner yawned and came out from behind the counter with a tired look on his face.

"I disturbed the owner's dream." I apologized to him first, and then asked him to open a guest room for us.If a man and a woman are traveling together, if they live separately, it will attract more attention, and it may cause some troubles.So we have always only had one room during our trip, but when we went to bed, Ji Mingmei slept on the bed, and I slept on the floor.

The owner gave us the keys and let us go to the room to rest.He was no longer sleepy at this time, so he went to help us boil water.I handed over the key to Ji Mingmei, and told her to go to the room to rest first, while I sat in the lobby, ready to wait for the owner to finish boiling the water and come out to have a chat with him.

Not long after, the shop owner brought out hot water and was a little surprised to see that I was still there.I smiled and said: "I am a city patrol horse. I have a letter to be sent to someone in the town. I don't know the address of the recipient, so I want to ask the owner a few words."

Generally speaking, ordinary people will treat city patrol horses with some courtesy, so I will report my family name as soon as I come up.The owner of the store was really respectful when he heard this, and said: "It turns out that it is the gentleman who delivered the letter. Don't blame him for being negligent."

I smiled and shook my head.The owner of the store said again: "I don't know which family the master wants to send the letter to?"

"The recipient's name is Wu Hanxiang. He has a friend who hasn't communicated with him for more than [-] years. He asked me to send a letter. He wants to communicate with each other again. Does the owner know where he lives?"

"I haven't seen each other for more than twenty years," the shop owner sighed. "No wonder he didn't know that Wu Hanxiang had passed away. Alas, God is jealous of a talent. He passed away on the night of the first day of marriage. Now there is only one The widow is still in the town, running a tofu shop to make ends meet."

"Wu Hanxiang has passed away!" I made a surprised expression, and felt that it was so vivid, it was all thanks to Ji Mingmei's influence. "Why did you pass away at such a young age?"

The owner of the store repeated what the mayor said to me, and then lowered his voice: "Wu Hanxiang has been dead for almost 20 years, but his grave was dug up. Someone took out a piece of sapphire from the grave. , I paid for my meal yesterday.”

I was "shocked" and said, "Is there such a thing?"

The shop owner nodded, turned around and walked back to the counter, and showed me the sapphire from the drawer.Although I have no experience with jade and the like, I can also see that this piece of jade has a lot of impurities, so it is not considered a piece of high-quality jade.It's just that Yu's appearance is a bit unique, it is in the shape of a mouse, and the tail is slightly damaged, so it is easy to recognize.

I took the sapphire in my hand and examined it carefully, then handed it back to the owner, and asked casually, "Doesn't the owner know the person who pledged the sapphire?"

"I don't know." The shop owner shook his head, "Maybe it's a thief who beat here and stole a few graves in the town. Seeing that the jade was worthless, he pledged it to me. He said he would come back to redeem the jade. I can't see it."

"Does the owner remember what he looks like?"

"Let me think about it. A man with a round beard. He ordered a few small dishes with wine from me, and ordered a jug of wine to drink for himself, and then took out this sapphire to pay the bill .To tell you the truth, that man doesn't look like a good person. I didn't want to take this jade at first, but seeing his fierce face, I didn't dare to disobey him, so I took it."

"Oh." I replied.He spoke in a general way, and it is naturally impossible to identify who is based on his description, "Did that man say where he came from and where he is going?"

"How could he tell me that?" said the shop owner, a little embarrassed, "I dare not ask him. But he seems to be in a little sick, and he once asked me where there is a doctor in the town."

He was penniless, and had to pay the bill with sapphire for meals, but he asked where there was a doctor.My heart was moved when I heard the words, and I asked again: "Then he looks like he is ill?"

"It's not like." The owner shook his head and said, "He ate all the food and wine by himself, and almost ruined the plate. Who can have such a good appetite when he is sick?"

If you are not sick but you want to go to the doctor, then there must be some other reason.This person held Wu Hanxiang's sapphire and wanted to find a doctor. Not long ago, there was also a doctor in the tofu workshop, and he led us to Wu Hanxiang's grave.Is there any connection in this?

My mind turned, and I was suddenly a little absent-minded. I was called out by the shopkeeper twice before I came back to my senses.The shop owner handed me the hot water on the table, told me the direction of the tofu shop, and asked me to go tomorrow.I thanked him, and said that the girl I was traveling with had a cold and wanted to know where the clinic was.

The owner of the store hurriedly said: "If the husband said earlier, I would boil some ginger soup. How about this, you take the hot water back to your room first, and I will boil some ginger soup for you to send to your room later." .”

I just said it casually, so I have the nerve to bother him, I hurriedly said that Ji Mingmei doesn't like ginger soup, and I'd better go to the medical clinic tomorrow to have a look.The shop owner stopped talking, and I went back to my room after paying tribute to him.After returning to the room, Ji Mingmei had already gone to bed, moaning softly from time to time, as if she was extremely uncomfortable.

"You... are you really infected with the cold?" I was taken aback when I saw this, and felt a little guilty, I shouldn't just say that she was sick.This wind chill seemed to be hiding aside to eavesdrop on my conversation, as soon as I finished speaking, it came over to trouble Ji Mingmei.

"Water, I want to drink water." Ji Mingmei whispered, looking sluggish.

I hastily put hot water on the table, poured her a cup and brought it over, helped her up with one hand, and brought the cup to her mouth.Ji Mingmei glanced at me weakly, lowered her head and took a sip of water, but just after drinking it, she sprayed it on my face again, then patted the quilt with both hands, muttering: "You, you...you want to burn me to death !"

As soon as I heard Miss Ji's voice full of anger, I immediately knew that it was not Feng Han who was eavesdropping on the sidelines, but Miss Ji herself, so I pulled my hand angrily, causing her to fall backwards.Ji Mingmei got up from the bed without waiting for me to leave, took the cup in my hand graciously, and then gently wiped my drool-stained face with her sleeve.

I sighed, closed my eyes, let her smear the saliva on my face more evenly, and then said: "Did you hear what I said to the shop owner just now?"

"Brother Xiushu, you are so kind to me." Ji Mingmei said to herself, "I've got a cold now, so hurry up and take me to see a doctor."

I couldn't help shivering, Ji Mingmei blinked at me again, and said angrily, "Hurry up."

In fact, I also intend to go to the clinic at night to check, but I am afraid that she will be tired, so I want to rest for a night before going tomorrow.She probably saw what I was thinking, so she took the initiative to bring it up.What a delicate girl, I recalled her performance in the town hall, on the surface it seemed to reveal why she followed my heart, but in fact it successfully diverted my doubts about her at that time.

At this time, I thought about it, and it was not easy to ask her again, so I went out of the room with her.As soon as Ji Mingmei went out, she leaned her head on my shoulder, pretending to be weak.Naturally, I could only explain to the shop owner that her cold was getting worse and she had to go to the doctor immediately to prescribe medicine.

The owner of the store hurriedly sent us out of the door, told us the route to the medical clinic in detail, and watched us off for a while before returning to the store.After we turned a corner, Ji Mingmei still looked like she was dying. I pushed her to signal her that the owner of the store had already gone in, so there was no need to pretend.

Ji Mingmei looked at me sadly, and said, "Brother Xiushu, I've been affected by the wind and cold and can't walk anymore. Someone needs to carry me to see the doctor. But there's no one else here, so I have to trouble you."

I was stared at by her eyes and my back tightened. Before I could speak, I heard her answer for me on her own initiative: "That's right, sister Ji, please come on my back."

As he said that, before I could react, he walked behind me, and a tiger leaped onto my back, almost throwing me to the ground.

I took a horse stance to stabilize my body, and asked her to come down sternly, but she just turned a deaf ear and said sickly: "I'm sick, doctor... Where are you, doctor?"

I had nothing to do with her, and I couldn't just throw her to the ground, so I walked towards the hospital with her on my back.Fortunately, the night was quite dark, there were no pedestrians around, and Ji Mingmei was quite obedient lying on my back, so walking all the way would not be too embarrassing.

After walking two streets, a single courtyard appeared in front of the courtyard. A flag was tied in front of the courtyard, which was flirted with by the passing wind from time to time, and sometimes unfurled.When we got closer, we could see that the flag was quite worn out, and the word "medical" was written on it, so it should be a medical center.

Ji Mingmei jumped off my back, and was about to walk in holding my sleeve, when someone suddenly threw something out of the yard, and it hit Ji Mingmei's head impartially.Ji Mingmei let out a soft cry of "Ouch", and picked up the thing from the ground, only to find that it was a ball of paper.

I took it and unfolded the ball of paper, and there was a line written in pen on it: "The Zhao family is here to see a doctor, go in quietly, don't make any noise."

(End of this chapter)