The young man was entrusted by someone to deliver the antidote to the funeral home owner's family. Could it be that he was entrusted by Chi Yangzhi? If so, then Chi Yangzhi was related to the extermination of the funeral home owner's family...
Gu Tangzhang probably saw what Lin Wu was thinking, and said hurriedly: "It has nothing to do with your mother! Wuwu, don't worry, it has nothing to do with your mother!"
Lin Wu did not respond to this, but asked firmly: "What did Master Miao say?"
Gu Tangzhang said: "Miao Rensui said that when they saw the young man that day, they also asked him what was going on. But what the young man said at that time shocked them very much."
"Because the young man said that a man about 26 or 27 years old with a blue birthmark around his right eye came to him and asked him to deliver the antidote to the funeral home. He also asked him to tell the funeral home to deliver it to Lingnan as soon as possible."
"Unfortunately, fate plays tricks on us. Before the antidote could be delivered, the funeral director and his group returned with heavy losses. It was supposed to be an antidote, but in the end it became a fatal poison."
Lin Wu was startled when he heard this. His thoughts raced as he asked, "What's so surprising about this? Is it because they knew the truth too late?"
"No." Gu Tangzhang shook his head and said in a serious tone, "Because the younger brother of the funeral director was born with a birthmark, and his age is right."
“……?!”
The air in the study was silent.
Lin Wu's expression also changed slightly, and he sat up straight subconsciously and said, "Did the funeral director's brother really go back?"
In other words, did all those who survived at that time return to China and stay there?
Furthermore, since this person knew that the funeral director needed an antidote, it meant that he had not only been to Lingnan, but also kept an eye on the funeral director's situation. This meant that he was not far from the funeral director, and might be right next to him!
But something must have happened to him that prevented him from staying and he needed to leave, let alone show up, so he could only ask someone to send him the antidote.
According to the calculation, this person was definitely not in Lingnan at that time, otherwise he could have directly delivered the antidote to the master for him to use, instead of having to go through the funeral procession to deliver it to the master.
Gu Tangzhang was puzzled and said in a confused tone: "Miao Rensui said that when the young man finished speaking, everyone present was incredulous and did not believe what he said. They asked the young man where the person who was looking for him was, and the young man said he didn't know. He was just a person who was paid to do things and was only responsible for doing things. Why would he ask the employer?"
"The people in the four banks were even more skeptical. They checked the young man's background and found that he was an orphan who was adopted by an ordinary family. His adoptive parents were no longer around, so he did some paid jobs to survive. There was nothing else to that."
"But Sihang was not willing to give up. He searched for a long time, but still could not find any clues to prove that this young man and the funeral director's brother knew each other before. In the end, he could only believe that this young man was really an outsider."
Lin Wucai didn't believe that this young man was an outsider.
She asked, "Besides this young man, have they investigated the customer who made a deal with him to deliver the antidote? It would be good if they could find the customer, at least they could get the whereabouts of the people involved in the '511' case."
Gu Tangzhang said: "They checked, but found nothing. First of all, the place where the young man and the person who hired him made the deal was very secret, and there were no recording devices such as cameras. Secondly, the young man's employer disappeared very quickly, and it was impossible to find his whereabouts. They searched for several months!"
However, it was no use searching for a long time.
In the end, the result they got was like a dream, as if the employer the young people mentioned did not exist at all. Some of them began to wonder if they were hallucinating.
Gradually, the matter came to nothing.
But Gu Tangzhang was not finished yet.
After he finished talking with Miao Rensui, he did not give up looking for the young man.
He wanted to find out the relationship between the other party and Chi Yangzhi, and why Chi Yangzhi had clearly seen the other party but didn't remember it.
To put it another way, Chi Yangzhi was related to the underground city, and he met the young man at a critical moment after the funeral business owner got into trouble. It was hard for Gu Tangzhang not to think too much.
"During that time, several black market businesses were looking for the younger brother of the funeral director, and I was looking for that young man."
Gu Tangzhang pinched his fingertips and spoke in a tight voice: "But I didn't find it. When I followed Miao Rensui's instructions and went to the place where the young man made a living, it was deserted. Not finding it, I turned my attention to Neng Mama, wanting to see if your mother would meet him again."
“But it’s a pity.”
"Although some unsatisfactory things happened later, it was not what I wanted after all. The young man never met your mother again, so I had no way to find her."
As he spoke, Gu Tangzhang sighed and smiled bitterly, "Maybe your mother has seen him, but I didn't find out. But even if your mother has seen him, it's useless. She doesn't remember, and Dad can't start looking for him from her."
All the things that Gu Tangzhang talked about seemed to have originated from what Chi Yangzhi said about them, but the core content - the extermination of the funeral business owner's family, did not seem to have anything to do with Chi Yangzhi.
To be honest, we can only say that Chi Yangzhi knows the young man who mistakenly caused the funeral home owner's family to be wiped out, and the two seem to have an unexplained secret.
In addition, Lin Wu didn’t know if he was overthinking.
The origin of the "511" case, which had been buried for so long, was a phrase about an underground city mentioned by Chi Yangzhi; the extermination of the funeral business owner's family was also related to Chi Yangzhi. Chi Yangzhi did nothing, but his figure appeared in all of them.
How could this happen? It's hard to check.
Putting all this aside, the funeral director's younger brother is also very strange.
Based on what is known so far, Lin Wu believes that the person who appeared that year was indeed the funeral home owner's biological brother, but why did the other party appear and disappear in such a hurry?
Seeing Lin Wu's frown, Gu Tangzhang said gently, "Wuwu, don't think too much. Dad told you this just because he didn't want to hide it from you, not because he wanted you to worry too much."
Lin Wu looked at him and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he did not mention that some of the team members were still alive.
She thought for a moment and said, "Regarding that young man, you said you had a photo of him. I'd like to see it."
Gu Tangzhang hesitated.
The more he knew, the more he would be involved, and he didn't want Lin Wu to be involved.
Seeing that he didn't move, Lin Wu didn't say anything and just looked at him quietly.
Gu Tangzhang only held on for a few seconds before he gave up. He stood up in compromise and walked to the desk not far away. He walked around to open the combination lock of one of the drawers and took out a document from it.
He came back and handed the document to Lin Wu.
Lin Wu immediately took it and opened it, revealing a yellowed photo.
She pulled it out. On it was a group photo of several adults and nearly forty children. The words "An Ning Welfare Home" were written on the background wall. It was still clearly visible, but the faces of the adults and children were a little blurry.
"Who is it?" Lin Wu asked.
Gu Tangzhang squatted down beside her and pointed with his thumb at the fifth child from the right in the first row.
He was about twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a dark green coat. He was rather thin, with ordinary features, but his expression was a bit gloomy.
Lin Wu took a look and asked, "Are there any photos of him as an adult? A dozen years ago, there should have been surveillance cameras everywhere in Beijing. He went to many places, so there must be a place with surveillance, right?"
Gu Tangzhang said helplessly, "Maybe there was one at that time. But at that time, most people were so shocked by the funeral director's brother that they didn't care about such a small matter as keeping his photo. Dad didn't do it either. Because he really didn't expect that it would take more than ten years to investigate, and his photo might be useful later."
Lin Wu didn't hesitate when he heard this and asked, "Then which one of these is Teacher Chi?"
Gu Tangzhang's expression softened a little and he pointed at the girl who was two meters away from the young man.
The girl was about the same age as the young people, and was dressed simply and ordinary. Her facial features were a little blurry in the photo, and one could only vaguely see that she was a little similar to Chi Yangzhi now.
Whenever Gu Tangzhang saw it, he felt distressed: "It would have been great if Dad had known your mom earlier, so he could have brought her to his side earlier and wouldn't have had such a hard life."
"..." Lin Wu felt that he was not suitable to agree with the elders' words. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly and he said, "I want to take this photo away. Is it convenient?"
"It's convenient, of course it's convenient! You can get whatever you want!" Gu Tangzhang nodded quickly.
Lin Wu put the photos in and said, "I'm fine now. I can go out now."
Gu Tangzhang saw that they had been chatting for quite some time and it was almost noon. He thought Lin Wu was hungry, so he quickly stood up and said, "Then let's go back to the first floor."