Chapter 13
After Uncle Zhuzi finished speaking, I looked at him and asked, "Uncle Zhuzi, what I don't understand is that after you said, this person doesn't seem to have done anything wrong, such as not saving my father or igniting my aunt's sky lantern because of a misunderstanding. This is nothing wrong, why does he have to let you tell others?"
Uncle Zhuzi shook his head and said, "I don't know, I guess you can guess that this person is from the village, but none of the villagers knows his identity. If he hadn't found me at that time, I wouldn't have known him as a person who knows different methods."
"If you don't do bad things, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. He must have done something bad things." I said.
Uncle Zhuzi smiled bitterly and said, "Who knows?"
After a while, seeing Uncle Zhuzi didn't know what to say, I said, "So you have actually not been to the twelve ghost caves, you can only take out the fool's body outside the twelve ghost caves, right?" I looked at Uncle Zhuzi and said.
Uncle Zhuzi nodded and said, "It can be said that."
After Uncle Zhuzi said this, in fact, compared to the elder brother, Uncle Zhuzi was already very frank. Although he was unwilling to reveal who that person was, I can understand this, after all, Uncle Zhuzi had made a promise to that person.
After a while, I asked Uncle Zhuzi, "So you have no way to solve this fool's problem, right? My brother asked me to come to you just to test you?"
"Yes, no, the fool is back this time, it's actually." Uncle Zhuzi suddenly covered his chest when he said this, and cold sweat flowed down his forehead desperately, and his face turned snow-white in an instant.
I quickly supported him and asked, "Uncle Zhuzi, what's wrong with you? What did the fool do when he comes back this time?"
Uncle Zhuzi raised his head and looked at me with horror and said, "Yezi, stop asking, someone will not let me tell you, go back, don't worry about this matter!"
"What the hell is wrong? Who doesn't let you tell me?" I grabbed Uncle Zhuzi and asked. There were only two of us in the room just now. I was actually a little scared when he suddenly said this. Could it be that someone was secretly eavesdropping on our conversation? When Uncle Zhuzi was about to say that, he suddenly felt a heartbroken. Could it be that someone was casting a spell?
Uncle Zhuzi pushed me out of the room and said, "Go back to Ye Zi and go find your elder brother! This matter is much more complicated than you think!"
After saying that, Uncle Zhuzi closed the door directly from inside and closed me outside.
——When I left Uncle Zhuzi’s house, it was already shining brightly outside, but I felt that the temperature was particularly low today. Uncle Zhuzi only told me a story, but this story refreshed my three views. There were so many secrets hidden in the village where I lived since I was a child. Moreover, all of this seemed to have some inexplicable relationship with my father’s death.
I lit a cigarette, rode the electric bike home, and rushed to Sanlitun again to find my elder brother. If it was something else, I might not ask, but I must figure it out about my father's death.
After arriving at my elder brother's house, my elder brother was sitting at home. Seeing that his expression seemed to be waiting for me, I walked over and picked up a glass of water and drank it all the time: "Are you checking your father's death?"
The eldest brother looked at me, nodding or shaking his head. Instead, he asked, "It seems that you have gone to find Zhuzi."
I nodded and said, "Well, he knows you are testing him, and he also asked me to tell you that he has nothing to do with father's death."
The eldest brother glanced at me, leaned back on the sand, and asked softly, "What did he say?"
I told him almost the original story of what Uncle Zhuzi told me with my memory. After I finished speaking, I said, "I have said everything I should say. Look how honest I am. You know that nothing can be hidden from me about our father's death."
But the eldest brother ignored my last words again, and stared at me and asked, "Do you believe Zhuzi's words?"
I opened my mouth and prepared to say believe. After all, Uncle Zhuzi's words are very true. And with the past twenty years of getting along, I feel that Uncle Zhuzi is not like a lie, but when my elder brother asked this, I can't seem to be 100% sure that I just believe Uncle Zhuzi's words completely.
Seeing that I was not easy to answer, my elder brother stood up and smiled, "It is easy to be seen through nonsense, and the highest level of lies is 80% true and 20% false. Only in this way can people convince."
"Then where did he lie?" I asked.
The eldest brother shook his head and said, "I don't know either, this is intuition."
I gave him a blank look and said, "You are just suspicious." - After saying that, I felt that I was wrong. Actually, I think that my elder brother is correct. I am indeed a little emotional in many cases. So I quickly said, "I won't talk about this anymore. Brother, although we recognize each other late, we are brothers. You have to tell me if you investigate my father's death. I can cooperate with you. If Uncle Zhuzi hadn't told me today, when would you be hiding me?"
"I won't tell you because I didn't think about this and let you interfere." said the eldest brother.
"I know what you want to say. I don't let me interfere because of danger, it's for my own good, right?" I said angrily.
"Just know." He actually nodded.
I know the morality of my elder brother. It’s useless to say anything he doesn’t want to say. No matter how hard I ask, it’s useless. I don’t bother with this topic anymore. In fact, what I know today is more than what I have obtained in the past twenty years, and I also need time to digest it. I stood up and said, “You want to test Uncle Zhuzi. I have already tried it for you. He can’t solve this problem. What do you think you should do?”
"Let it go." The eldest brother said softly.
"I said, brother, aren't you? You really don't care?" I said.
"Don't worry, it's only good and no harm to you." The eldest brother looked at me and said, his eyes were strange when he said this.
I suddenly didn't understand what he meant, but then I realized that he should be referring to Han Xue. My face turned red and I felt embarrassed to argue with him. I could only say to myself: Are you guys that kind of person?
——After coming back from my elder brother, when I arrived at the entrance of the village committee, I saw Uncle Zhuzi squatting at the entrance of the village committee smoking a cigarette. He squatted on the ground with his brows frowned. When he saw me coming, he waved at me and said, "Yezi, come here."
Today, my elder brother came to Uncle Zhuzi, and then went to Uncle Zhuzi again. It was almost two points and one line, but I still walked over and said, "What, have you figured it out?"
"The fool comes back and has something to do with Chen Shitou buying that woman. Ye Zi, Uncle can only tell you so much." He just said this, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and left. When he left, he was still looking around for fear that someone would see him.
After I returned to the village committee, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that this matter was really mysterious. Uncle Zhuzi suddenly said to me at this time, which must be a very important reminder, but what does it mean? The fool came back at this time and was related to the woman Chen Shitou bought. According to my understanding, there are only two possibilities. One is that the fool was unwilling to commit another crime with Chen Shitou's family, and the other was to come back to congratulate me. But there was one thing I couldn't understand, why the fool went to Han Xue in the middle of the night?
To put it bluntly, I can understand that she came to me in the middle of the night. After all, I was indeed involved in cause and effect with her before she died, but Han Xue is an outsider and a kind-hearted girl. Why did she look for Han Xue?
I thought for a long time, but finally decided to go to Chen Qingshan. My elder brother said that he would let it go and not interfere. Then I would pretend that he was not the one who dealt with this matter.
I went to Chen Qingshan's house and told him about the situation. Chen Qingshan was also shocked, but he immediately cursed: "Damn it, is there a liar who is as big as Tai Chi Temple?"
"The more you are, the more clever the tricks you are in, and it's not surprising that you deceive us." I said.
"The fool you saw with your own eyes go to Teacher Han? Why do you look for her?" Chen Qingshan also had the same doubts as me.
"Who do you ask me if I'm going? I can't figure it out, so I can't go to find Teacher Han Xue and Han! Village Chief, this matter must be resolved quickly. There is only one teacher in our village. What if the children leave again?" I said.
"This is a matter. Ye Zi, you have the most ideas on weekdays. What should you do if you say this?" Chen Qingshan asked me.
"I want to go to Chen Shitou's house to see this strange thing. This strange thing started with Chen Shitou buying that girl. Even if it has nothing to do with it, the matter has to be resolved quickly." I said.
"Don't you like dealing with Chen Shitou's family?" Chen Qingshan looked at me and said.
Chapter completed!