Chapter 236 Copper Coins
"Brother Yi! Take a look. Is there anything special about this copper coin?"
Qin Yi took the needle bag and identified it. The copper coin was a bit old, and the four words on it were vaguely "Da Qi Tong Bao".
He recalled that common copper coins seemed to have something like "Tong Bao" on them, such as "Kaiyuan Tong Bao" and "Qianlong Tong Bao". He didn't know what the special thing about this "Da Qi Tong Bao" was.
He shook his head, handed it to Su Tong, and said:
"I haven't studied this, so I can't see anything special. What do you think?"
Su Tong tied the needle bag around his wrist and said:
"I carefully recalled the details of my meeting with Meng Huzi. I am sure that in our conversation, apart from the fact that he wanted 500 yuan to run away, there was no other topic involved. In other words, at that time, he was not interested in what I had."
"I recalled the details of my meeting with Afeng. He had stared at my needle bag more than once. Every time I took out a needle, he would look at it. At the time, I thought he was afraid of needles and was a little nervous. So now that I think about it, this behavior was the only abnormal thing."
"I never thought about this needle bag because I thought it was just a needle bag that Qiuyu made with scraps of cloth and it was worthless. But what if the copper coin on it is not an ordinary copper coin?"
"I just remembered that on the day Qiuyu gave me the needle bag, I found a pistol and a package in the cellar of the Wu family's ancestral hall. We all thought that the pistol was the treasure that belonged to Meng Huzi and was stolen by Wu Jiafu. We also thought that Meng Huzi risked his life and sneaked into Yunshan Village just to retrieve the pistol."
"So, we all overlooked the package that was placed with the pistol. Wu Jiafu stole the treasure and hid it in the cellar, and he might have put it in the package of Mrs. Wu that he had originally hidden there."
"Qiuyu lost her button that day, and Old Lady Wu's package happened to be placed at the head of my kang. When she gave me the needle bag, she had sewn this copper coin on it. I'm sure that I had lived in that room for a short time and could not find the copper coin. Qiuyu most likely found the copper coin from the package and sewed it on my needle bag."
Qin Yi continued, "So, this copper coin is the 'treasure' that Meng Huzi was really looking for when he went to Yunshan Village! Afeng, when Meng Huzi saw the copper coin on your needle bag, he realized that the treasure he didn't find in Yunshan Village appeared before him again. That's why he ignored his injuries, burned down the ancestral hall, and risked offending the entire Crow's Mouth Rock to get this copper coin."
"Yes!"
Su Tong nodded, "And from what we know about Afeng now, he has such a mind and means. At that time, the county bureau was strictly hunting down their gang. A pistol was definitely not worth his risk to go to Yunshan Village!"
"But the only unexpected thing was that when I fell into the hole, the needle bag fell off and landed deep in the hole. It was not on my wrist. Ah Feng didn't find the needle bag on my wrist. He probably thought I put it in my waist bag. He was afraid that he would suffocate if he kept it there for a long time, or that someone would chase him. In a panic, he didn't have time to take a closer look and took my waist bag directly."
Su Tong looked at Qin Yi and said, "This is the most reasonable explanation."
Qin Yi looked at Su Tong, his deep eyes seemed to be full of stars. He gave her a thumbs up and said:
"What an amazing girl! She was able to figure out the whole thing based on just a few clues."
Su Tong smiled happily.
He smiled brightly, with a little pride in his expression.
This is the side of her that she used to be, and she would never show it in front of Qin Yi.
Qin Yi looked at Su Tong like this; her pretty face was reflected in the firelight, full of vitality and energy.
His heart couldn't help but move again.
He stared at her intently, trying his best to remain calm.
I finally understood that there are some things that cannot be controlled just because you want to, or hidden just because you want to, such as liking someone.
The snow has gradually stopped, with only sporadic snowflakes still falling, but a faint white mist lingers on the surface of the hot spring water, surrounded by dense and tall reeds, isolating this place into a quiet world.
He looked at her, with bright eyes, white teeth and a beautiful smile.
The snowflakes sometimes fell on her hair, sometimes on her eyelashes, making her look like an elf, attracting people's attention.
The world is so big, but she is the only one in front of him. His eyes can only accommodate her. His eyes are full of her.
He really hopes that it will be the same in the future.
Is it possible?
He smiled bitterly in his heart.
Su Tong leaned over to help him take out the needle, and continued with his thoughts:
"If Afeng is Meng Huzi, I wonder if Meng Huzi was being hunted and fled into the mountains in a panic, and happened to be traveling with us?"
"Or, did he know the news and wanted to go to Xiaoya Village to get involved?"
Qin Yi calmed down and continued, "According to our investigation, there are no subordinates of Peng Ye in Hubei Province. We have also analyzed that it may be that the crackdown on gangs in Hubei Province has been strong in recent years, and there are only some small gangs that are not in the eyes of Peng Ye."
"Meng Huzi is considered a fast-rising bandit in the past year. If he has had contact with these people, it is not impossible."
Su Tong asked Qin Yi to soak in the hot spring again.
Qin Yi did as he was told, and then continued:
"It would be fine if Meng Huzi entered the mountain by accident, but if he entered the mountain with a purpose, it would be a bit strange for him to spend so much effort to steal your copper coin!"
"Yes! If he wants to work for Master Peng, his first priority should be to obtain the pottery shards! He shouldn't make a fuss about this copper coin!"
Su Tong raised his left hand, looked at the copper coin carefully, and said, "Is it valuable? Or does it have any commemorative significance?"
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Lin Li and Zhou Jin had been hiding behind this house for two hours.
Two people who had just come out of a poison test were lying in this house.
The symptoms of the previous one were diarrhea and vomiting of yellow water, which occurred several times within two hours.
The other one lay there motionless, without any reaction.
"Walk!"
Lin Li said: "No need to observe this one, he is sleepy, just like the one in the morning."
They arrived at Mangpiling yesterday afternoon.
After Qin Yi and Su Tong fell off the cliff, the message they conveyed through the whistle was: meet at the designated point.
They tried to find a way to the bottom of the cliff, but after passing the plank road and moving forward, all they saw were steep cliffs and gullies. Not only could they not find the way, even the compass failed several times.
After wandering around several hills, I found nothing.
Finally, it was Lin Li who decided to go to Mangpiling first and wait for the boss and Sister Lan to join them.
He believed in Sister Lan's ability, and even more so in the boss's strength.
They just follow orders.
But they waited until dark, but they never showed up.
They had no choice but to find a place to stay in the village and leave marks along the way.
Then he began to inquire about the situation in the village.
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