Chapter 012 The Twelfth Melon
The Taoist temple was not far away. Lin Jianyi took Sun Zhaogan for a walk and saw several luxury cars parked at the entrance.
"They even have Ferraris. It looks like this family has some real substance." Sun Zhaogan said to Lin Jianyi in a low voice while holding the newspaper.
Lin Jianyi hummed and was about to speak when he saw a man walking out.
He bumped into Sun Zhaogan and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Be careful with your words."
"Got it." Sun Zhaogan rolled up the newspaper and put it in his back pocket.
The man had already walked over and glanced at the police uniforms on the two men. "Two sirs, what are you looking at here?"
"No, I saw a few cars parked here for a while. Parking is not allowed here." Lin Jianyi made up an excuse and took out the ticket and pen as if to issue the ticket.
The man's expression was obviously relaxed. He smiled and took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to Lin Jianyi. "Sir, please be merciful. These cars will leave soon. We won't make it difficult for you."
When Lin Jianyi took the cigarette, he subconsciously squeezed it and realized that it didn't feel right. He remained calm and said, "That's great. This road is not wide. If these cars are stuck here, the citizens will complain. Let them drive away quickly."
"Got it." The man behaved very honestly. Lin Jianyi raised his chin towards Sun Zhaogan and took him away.
The man kept watching them from behind until they left the street and then went back inside.
Several guests were walking out with smiles on their faces. "Master Bai, you don't have to see us off. We'll have to trouble you to find some good stuff for us later."
"Okay, okay." Master Bai nodded slightly and stood still. After the guests left, he looked at his apprentice and asked, "What's going on? What are those two officers doing here?"
"The ones who issued the tickets," the apprentice whispered, "I gave them some benefits, but I think they don't seem to know the rules."
"They are probably new here. I'll call the police station later. It's okay to give them a ticket. I'm just afraid that they will act recklessly because they are just newcomers."
Master Bai put his hands behind his back and shook his head.
Holding fish balls, standing on the street corner, Lin Jianyi watched the cars drive away one by one, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Sun Zhaogan drank his lemon tea and whispered, "What? What did you see?"
"Nothing, but the few people who came out just now looked a little unfamiliar. They didn't seem like the rich people in Mong Kok." Lin Jianyi said while chewing fish balls.
Sun Zhaogan was amused, "Brother Yi, there's nothing special about our place."
Lin Jianyi said, "You can't say that. Generally, rich people go to Taoist temples just to pray for blessings and safety. This Taoist temple is not very famous. Don't you think it's strange that rich people come here specially? And today is not a festival."
Lin Jianyi felt that this matter was not that simple.
He wanted to go back and observe further, but was afraid of alerting the enemy, so he had to go back to the police station with Sun Zhaogan after patrolling the streets. Another purpose was to go back to the police station to check if there had been any cases involving the Taoist temple in recent years.
Who knows, the two of them just returned to the police station.
Mr. Zhou came to the door and asked, "Lin Jianyi, what are you doing at the temple this afternoon?"
Lin Jianyi and Sun Zhaogan looked at each other and exchanged glances.
Lin Jianyi smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, someone complained that a few cars were blocking the road. We just went over to take a look. Isn't that okay?"
"That Taoist temple has a great background, so you don't need to worry about it. If you really have nothing to do, why not go to the welfare home and volunteer?"
Mr. Zhou rolled his eyes at him and said, "Don't get involved there from now on!"
"I understand." Lin Jianyi nodded.
After work.
Lin Jianyi went straight to Gu Xicao and told him about today’s results.
"Brother Zhou has a backer in the police station, so I'm afraid this matter won't be so easy to handle."
Gu Xicao was not very surprised. Before the 1997 return to China, corrupt police were rampant in the Hong Kong police department. That Taoist temple could do so many bad things, but no one reported it. There must be a parasol on it.
"Then let me handle this matter."
Gu Xicao touched his chin and said.
"You?" Lin Jianyi opened his eyes slightly, "Xiao Gu, don't do anything rash. No matter how accurate your calculations are, you are just one person. There are several disciples in the Taoist temple!"
"Brother Lin, what are you talking about?"
Gu Xicao said speechlessly: "You don't think I would be stupid enough to go to the Taoist temple alone and fight them in a duel, do you?"
Lin Jianyi touched his nose awkwardly, "So what are you going to do?"
"Don't worry about this. When you come over for patrol tomorrow afternoon, remember to hide. Come out when I call the police."
Gu Xicao already had a plan in mind.
at the same time.
At the Taoist temple, Master Bai called his apprentice, "The fortune-teller on Temple Street is not very sensible. Take a few people to teach her the rules tomorrow."
The apprentice Chen Xingwang agreed, "Master, I think that little girl is pretty, how about..."
He had a somewhat lewd smile on his face and rubbed his hands.
Master Bai smiled and said, "If you are really ignorant, I will let you off easily. However, please don't make a big fuss on the street."
"Don't worry, I don't know what to do."
Chen Xingwang was immediately happy. "By the way, Master, the lucky beads that Chen Sheng and his friends wanted will be delivered in a few days. They are sent from Macau. They are very beautiful..."
The sun is scorching.
At noon, even tourists would hide in the ice room in groups of three or four to drink ice drinks.
Wang Laoshi was sitting next to him with his bare chest, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan. Gu Xicao was reading today's newspaper. The headline was that Lin Qianshi, the eldest son of the Lin family, had returned to Hong Kong. Although the photo was in black and white and he was wearing sunglasses, it was obvious that Lin Qianshi looked good.
The news also introduced the situation of the Lin family. As the richest man in Hong Kong, the Lin family situation is relatively simple. However, the two sons have different fathers and different mothers, and both his ex-wife and current wife's families are powerful.
Therefore, the newspapers' discussion of Lin Qianshi's return to Hong Kong might cause a bloody fight for the heir in the Lin family.
“Knock knock!”
Someone banged on the table several times.
Gu Xicao heard the noise and looked up, seeing a few men dressed sloppily opposite her.
The leader looked at Gu Xicao from head to toe with a lewd look.
"Little sister, I want to have my fortune told."
Chen Xingwang took off his sunglasses and shook them while speaking.
Wang Laoshi sat up calmly and said with a smile: "Big brother, how can a little girl like her tell fortunes? How about this, I can do it for you. I'm cheaper than her, only ten dollars."
Chen Xingwang glanced at Wang Laoshi and spat on the ground, "Bah, what does it have to do with you? Shut up, we are here to ask the little sister to tell our fortunes."
"You can tell my fortune, but pay me first."
Gu Xicao thought to herself that they were finally here. If these bastards didn't come sooner, I would have lost my patience.
"Okay, 188, right? But if you can't calculate it, we'll smash your stall!"
Chen Xingwang threw out two hundred, and his fingers were about to poke Gu Xicao's face.
Gu Xicao stepped back, glanced at the money on the table, took out some change, pulled out a chair and sat back, glanced at the street corner, met Lin Jianyi's gaze, and nodded imperceptibly.
"Okay, what's your name?"
"Sun Fu." Chen Xingwang sat down, and several younger brothers stood behind him.
People passing by carefully moved out of the way. Chen Xingwang shook his legs and chewed gum: "So, what did you figure out? Do you want to add my birth date?"
"That's not necessary."
Gu Xicao said, pinching her fingers pretentiously, "Sun Fu, your parents died when you were young, and you lived on the streets. Tell me if what I said is right."
Chen Xingwang was stunned, with a look of suspicion in his eyes. He looked around at his fellow disciples, wondering if they had betrayed him.
"What are you talking about? I have a father and a mother, how could both of them be dead!" Seeing that his fellow disciples looked normal, Chen Xingwang suppressed his thoughts, turned his head and said angrily to Gu Xicao.
Wang Laoshi thought to himself, this is terrible.
He knew that this group of people were here to cause trouble, so he hurried over and said, "Mr. Sun, don't be angry. Xilou Nan is ignorant and talks nonsense. Xiao Gu, I told you that your calculations were inaccurate. Return the money to them quickly."
"Uncle Wang, my calculations were accurate. Not only did I calculate that his parents were both dead, but I also calculated that he had no relatives to rely on. When he grew up, he relied on doing bad things and relying on Bai Xiancheng to make a fortune. However, he was honest in front of Bai Xiancheng, but secretly he was trying to dig up his heels and work on his own without Bai Xiancheng. Isn't that right, Sun Fu?"
Gu Xicao smiled.
Chen Xingwang's mind buzzed, first in disbelief, then in panic.
Chen Xingwang didn't dare let anyone know that he was poaching people behind Master Bai's back. He was just secretly contacting a few big clients now. He was so scared to do this, for fear that his fellow disciples and Master Bai would find out.
How did this woman know?
"You're talking nonsense, I'm not that kind of person at all."
Chen Xingwang was so angry that he lifted up Gu Xicao's table. With a bang, the table fell to the ground, scaring passers-by and making them scream and scatter.
Chen Xingwang pointed at Gu Xicao and said, "You said you were accurate, but you didn't even know my name was fake!"
Gu Xicao stepped back and said, "How could I not know? I just wanted to cooperate with you. Chen Xingwang, this is your name, right?"
The fellow disciples were all stunned and looked at each other.
Everyone looked a little surprised.
Although they are a Taoist temple, they are actually just selling dog meat under the guise of mutton. None of them truly believe in Taoism. Even the methods that Master Bai uses to fool believers are well known to these disciples.
The so-called accurate calculation is nothing more than finding out the information about others in advance. As for the talisman, that is even easier. Just put some painkillers in the talisman. Even if the patient is dying, taking a few painkillers will help for a while.
Because they have seen too many things like this that fool believers, these people don't believe in ghosts and gods at all, let alone fortune-telling.
But Gu Xicao managed to figure out Chen Xingwang's name.
What is going on?
Can fortune telling really be so accurate? !
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