Chapter 430: South Fire Maple
Shang Zhen, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was absorbed in reading a book.
Heizi held the steering wheel with one hand, leaned over to take a look, and then asked in a low voice: "What book are you reading?"
Shang Zhen ignored him, but Hei Zi didn't find it boring and continued to casually chat with him while driving by:
"You don't have much homework, do you have much time to play?"
"More." Shang Zhen finally responded to him.
Huh...Ye Xiaomei suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but want to laugh.
After hearing what Ma Qijun said, Heizi cleared his throat and sat up straight: "Got it, I'll speed up now."
Ma Qijun's expression was gloomy throughout the whole process, without even a hint of a smile.
It was around two o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived in Chaocheng.
Ma Qijun stood by the car and looked at Ye Xiaomei, with a rare look of reluctance in his eyes:
"Be sure to take care of yourself. Call me if you have any questions."
Ye Xiaomei nodded obediently. This time Ma Qijun did not stay long. He got in the car and urged Heizi to drive, as if he had something urgent to deal with.
Ye Xiaomei squinted her eyes and looked at the disappearing taillights of the car. She clearly felt that the reluctance in the man's eyes just now was different from usual. Why did it feel like a parting of life and death?
"This guy is crazy." Shang Zhen, who was standing by, tucked the book under her armpit. There was a small box in her hand, which she threw into the trash can in a flash.
"What's wrong?" Ye Xiaomei took a few quick steps towards the trash can and found two sparkling earrings in the open small box.
Moreover, it was exactly the same as the one Ma Qijun had given her, so she subconsciously picked it up and said, "Why are you throwing it away? After all, it's made of silver, and it's a token of someone's love."
Ye Xiaomei was very sure about this. It turned out that the girl Zhao Heihu liked was Shang Zhen.
Shang Zhen was very unconvinced, and said in a half-dead voice with his hands spread out: "Heizi gave it to me just now. Why did he give it to me when he had nothing better to do? I don't have pierced ears. Besides, even if I did, I wouldn't like this kind of fancy accessories."
Ye Xiaomei rolled her eyes and suddenly burst out laughing: "Shang Zhen, is there a possibility that Hei Zi likes you?"
Shang Zhen was alone, her whole body was frozen. Ye Xiaomei pulled her into the rental house.
Shang Zhen then muttered, "How is that possible? People like me are basically the prince charming in the minds of young girls. Most young men like gentle girls like you."
As he spoke, Shang Zhen pulled his short hair up, looking like a handsome scholar.
"Don't talk about him. Just look at this book. I've been reading it all the way." Shang Zhen disagreed.
Entering the room, Ye Xiaomei casually placed the small box on the table and leaned over to look:
"What book is this?"
Shang Zhen closed the book and pointed at the title, saying, "Feng Hou Bao Jian, I found it in an abandoned room in your glass factory. There was a bronze statue with a human head and a snake body pressed on it, but the bronze statue was so rusty that it was falling apart."
Ye Xiaomei's heart tightened: "Glass factory?"
"Yes, I just remembered your story and took it away. What is said above seems like a story but not really."
Ye Xiaomei seemed to be thinking: "Feng Hou is a descendant of Fuxi, and is familiar with strange numbers."
Shang Zhen nodded: "Look here, is it talking about the fact that it was later introduced to the Kingdom of the Sun Never Sets?"
Ye Xiaomei took a closer look and it was true. If it had not fallen, wouldn’t that be the current Wazhou Kingdom?
I wonder if this has anything to do with the Changshou Village incident?
Ye Xiaomei suddenly remembered what Mr. Yuan said about selling out the country, and some memories were like scattered beads that were strung together in an instant.
If that incident was true, Zhang Erquan hated the people of Wazhou to the core, plus what Yuan Lao said, and what Ma Qijun mentioned a while ago about the enemy spy mission.
Can it be understood that the war several decades ago caused the Japanese to violate the women of the Chinese nation, thus giving birth to many descendants of the Japanese nation? Several decades later, these people grew up and were recognized as their ancestors again. Then, these spies were spread all over the country.
Especially those words that Old Yuan said at the end with mixed feelings of sorrow and anger: They must have discovered the patron saint of China and that’s why they want to snatch him away for research. Old Ancestor… Xiao Ye, you must not believe that group of people.
In addition, when Mr. Yuan saw Qin Xiaoyi, he said that this girl looked like the woman who killed the ancestor snake decades ago.
Ye Xiaomei's voice sounded like a head.
Could it be that Qin Xiaoyi, no, Qin Rong is a Japanese?
Thinking of this, Ye Xiaomei dared not breathe. The mysterious boss behind her was most likely also a Japanese.
Ye Xiaomei found this quite scary.
This is not just a matter of infighting among the thieves. Their goal is obviously bigger than Ye Xiaomei imagined.
"In the south, there is the red fire maple; in the north, there is the black water toad; in the west, there is the white gold python; in the east, there is the green wood dragon..." Shang Zhen was reciting, and suddenly he found that Ye Xiaomei was in a daze:
"Xiao Mei, what do these sentences mean? I think they have something to do with your life story. Don't white pythons in the West turn into snakes?"
Ye Xiaomei suddenly came back to her senses, took a breath and looked over:
"This is the Five Elements Bagua diagram. The south is the fire position, the Bagua belongs to the Li Gua, the north is water, the Kan Gua... This may be the content of Feng Hou Qi Men Dun Jia, but it is true that the west Dui Gua belongs to gold, so shouldn't it be the white tiger position? Why is it a white python?"
Ye Xiaomei could only understand some of it, but didn't comprehend its meaning: "It might have been written by later generations. It's not that interesting."
Ye Xiaomei avoided the question a little. Thinking too much about some things would make people feel suffocated, like when did her life experience become so beyond her control.
When they just returned to Chaocheng, Monk Ye Xiaomei hadn't eaten yet. If it were normal times, Ma Qijun would feel sorry for her and would force her to finish her meal before leaving.
"Let's go eat." Ye Xiaomei suggested.
Shang Zhen thought that the book he had picked up was of no help, so he threw it on the table. He took a look at the earrings in the small box and couldn't help but say in disgust: "Pah!"
Hot pot restaurant.
The Lantern Festival had just passed, the New Year atmosphere had completely disappeared, and the mood for booking tables to entertain guests had also faded.
Maybe they ate too much meat and fish, so there are only three or four tables of guests here and there.
Zhaodi was checking whether the cleaner had cleaned up the place when Ye Xiaomei arrived.
"Boss Ye." Zhaodi's serious face was instantly filled with a smile.
Ye Xiaomei pointed across the street and said, "Why did the hotel across the street change its name again?"
Zhaodi said calmly, "It was changed on the 21st day before the Lunar New Year. I heard that the restaurant opposite was bought by a female boss because the business was not good."
Oh, that’s not bad, Ye Xiaomei thought, Liang Zhenghuai is not cut out for business anyway.
"Let's use the small private room upstairs, just the two of us." Ye Xiaomei said without thinking and stepped into the hotel.
Zhaodi hurriedly called out, "Xiao Li, prepare a hot pot, spicy, in room number six on the second floor."
"Okay, boss." The girl put down the rag and ran towards the kitchen.
At this moment, someone on the other side of the street called out, "Shang Zhen."
The voice was particularly serious.
Who would have thought that Shang Zhen turned around and only took a glance and cursed: "What bad luck, Xiao Mei, let's go, I want to eat beef."
Ye Xiaomei also looked back, but the two people coming out of the restaurant across the street looked very unfamiliar, so she simply ignored them:
"Okay, Zhaodi, give me two more plates of beef slices."
"OK."
After sending them to the turning table on the second floor, Zhaodi returned to the kitchen to busy herself.
As soon as Shang Zhen sat down, he closed the door with a particularly loud sound and said with a curse:
"Mist grass, you can't even eat peacefully, it's really disgusting."
Ye Xiaomei couldn't help but pay attention: "What's wrong?" It was obvious that she was worried about the woman who called her just now.
The woman was in her forties, wearing a long down coat and fur-edged boots that made her look much younger and more fashionable than her peers.
The little boy next to me was about sixteen or seventeen years old. He had long hair that reached his shoulders and a small braid on his head. He wore a leather jacket covered with metal chains, and looked like a rock drummer.
"It's okay... I saw the garbage."
As soon as these words were spoken, the door of the private room was pushed open, and it was the mother and son from before.
The woman stared at Ye Xiaomei with vicious eyes.
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