The third compartment was crowded.
In the early years, when Ling Shu went out, he also sat in the third carriage.
Some well-known literati, in order to save some money, would rather take the third carriage.
But this didn't add much literary flavor to the third compartment.
Those who go to the south and the north to carry luggage, those who travel thousands of miles back to their hometowns to visit relatives, and those who travel far away while they are young, are all crammed into this gray carriage. Long coats, sometimes wearing suits, are also stained and dimmed by this dust. After a long journey, most of the faces are tired, and few people can look out the window like the passengers in the first and second class compartments. Casual and elegant.
The sky was getting dark, and although there were electric lights in the carriage, it was swaying and dim and yellow. Ah Cai had to raise the kerosene lamp and flashlight in his hand high, so that he could barely recognize the faces of each passenger.
Some people were dozing off and were woken up by the lights, their faces were not happy, and they were about to lose their temper. When they saw Ah Cai's dress, they suddenly lost their voices, turned over angrily and continued to sleep.
Because conductors like Ah Cai often have no good manners with the passengers in the third carriage, and are often scolding and scolding others. Passengers, with the idea that more things are worse than less things, don't provoke them if they can.
Twelve were detained by Ling Shu and followed them honestly.
"Sir, I didn't see the hat."
Ah Cai raised his eyebrows at Twelve: "There will be no one behind, and all the goods are loaded. You shouldn't be lying to us!"
Twelve cried and said with a sad face: "I don't dare to lie again if I grow ten more courageous! When I was in charge of finishing him, he gave me the gold leaf, and the two of them were both grievances and grievances, and he wouldn't tell me where he was hiding. !"
Ling Shu said, "Go back and take a look."
The last two sections of this train are used to pack some goods along the way. They are ordered one by one in a wooden box with the height of a person, and the serial number is written on it, and it is transported from Nanjing to Tianjin.
"What's in here?" Ling Shu walked through the aisle in the middle of the box and turned back to ask Twelve.
"I heard them say that it seems to be filled with enamel. It was consigned by the Nanjing Enamel Factory to Tianjin for sale, and someone will pick it up at the station. The breath is not good here, and it is uncomfortable to stay for a short while. He should not be here. ?" Twelve hesitated.
There were no lights in this compartment, and the air was far more stuffy than the third compartment. The large boxes stood like beasts in the dark, and the flashlights and kerosene lamps were only a glimpse of them.
In the aisle and deeper, there are many shadows that cannot be detected. The movement of the train outside the rumbling on the rails seems to be separated by a layer, like another world born out of thin air.
Ah Cai is timid, even with Ling Shu walking in front, he still feels terrified.
The fast-reversing lights on the rails occasionally flashed, leaving shadows flickering at his feet. Ah Cai couldn't help but look down.
The more I looked at them, the more I felt that these shadows were erratic. It seemed that they still had their own consciousness. After the crowded carriage was no longer noisy, it suddenly became empty and deserted.
A Cai's eyes suddenly froze.
He seemed to see a dark shadow flickering.
Suspected that he had read it wrong, Ah Cai raised his sleeves, rubbed his eyes, and looked again.
Shadow is gone.
At this time, Ling Shu and Yue Dingtang were already looking for someone.
A Cai was a little scared, and hurried to follow.
He didn't pay attention when he walked, tripped over the plank under his feet, and fell directly into the mud.
As soon as he looked up, Ah Cai saw the shadow behind the box flashing again.
Looking at it again, Ling Shu and Yue Ding Tang were holding twelve in the other direction.
He got up and stepped forward cautiously.
He didn't call it out immediately, because he was afraid that Ling Shu and the others would find a false alarm after they came over, and blame him for making a fuss. Ah Cai felt that he could do something for the two officers, maybe he could be as good as Twelve just now. Yin Yang reward.
After a few seconds, he regretted it.
Just as Ah Cai approached the box, a hand suddenly stretched out and dragged him in!
"Well!"
Ah Cai didn't even have time to call for help, his mouth was covered, and then there was a piercing pain in his back!
A dagger, straight from the back to the chest.
One kill.
When Ah Cai died, he couldn't even look back to see what the person who killed him looked like.
But as long as he turned around, he could see a thin, shriveled man standing on top of the box, holding a bloody knife in his hand.
The murder of Ah Cai was covered up by the noise of the speeding train outside the window, but Ling Shu still noticed something wrong.
"Acai!"
He raised his voice, but got no response.
Ling Shu raised his eyes.
In the dim light, he realized that Yue Dingtang was also looking at him, and the two exchanged a specious look. Ling Shu thought that Yue Dingtang let him go over and was about to push the twelve in his hand to him. But he chose to get up and walk over in person.
Twelve was apprehensive.
He has seen the skill of the bamboo hat.
Although this person is short, his shot is as fast as lightning, and he doesn't even need to hold a gun, because his short dagger is faster than a gun. When fighting in close quarters, the gun is often ineffective, but the sharp weapon can make people hard to guard against.
Twelve began to regret that he had easily confessed to the bamboo hat.
With the other party's ruthless heart, if Ling Shu and the others can't subdue him this time, it may be difficult for them to escape.
Yue Dingtang approached the box step by step.
The hat behind the box also clenched the short dagger in his hand.
As long as Yue Dingtang takes another step forward, he can make a quick move and stab the opponent directly to death.
However, Yue Dingtang stood still.
One step away, no more, no less.
The bucket hat clenched his wrists secretly.
He was also very strange, did Yue Dingtang have an extra pair of eyes beside him
Footsteps stopped, not even breathing.
Hat pricked up his ears and leaned his head forward.
Suddenly, a dangerous alarm bell made him turn his head back subconsciously!
Half a step late.
The back of the bucket hat was held up by a hard object.
"do not move."
Dou Li knew that Yue Dingtang did not want to kill him.
Because he has to ask for more information about gold foil Tibetan from his own mouth.
If you don't want to do it, then you're welcome!
The bucket hat turned around and kicked without hesitation, Yue Ding Tang Guo then backed away, he took the opportunity to swipe to the side, and wanted to leave the carriage, but found that the door of the carriage had been locked, so he had to turn around immediately and rushed directly to Yue Ding Tang, trying to Put him down first and then kill others.
In the nick of time, Yue Dingtang not only did not raise his gun - even if he raised his gun, he would not have time to shoot - but instead rushed towards the dagger of the bamboo hat!
Just then, the gun went off.
The bullet came from the other side.
The bucket hat screamed and fell in response. The dagger in his hand was taken away by Yue Dingtang, and two gunshots rang out, overshadowed by the train whistle.
Ling Shu came over, put the gun on his head, and spoke in a brisk tone.
"Your name is Dou Li, right? We don't want to kill you, but if you move around again, it will not only hurt your legs, but your whole body. Most of them can be hit, but they will not be fatally injured. It's worth the money, and it's not bad for you to slowly die of pain, what do you think?"
The wound was gushing blood, and the bucket hat was sweating coldly, and he could only pant for breath.
Yue Dingtang immediately started to search.
Ling Shu strode to check on Ah Cai's situation, and shook his head after a while.
There are many things on the hat.
In addition to a book wrapped in thick cloth, there were several pieces of ocean, some change, a dagger, and even a grenade.
Yue Dingtang opened the thick cloth layer by layer.
A few white flakes came into view.
It's the size of a palm, and it feels a little cold to the touch.
Not gold, not jade, not bamboo.
what is that
"It's ivory."
Ling Shu was the first to call out the name.
His fingers followed.
A letter as thin as a grain of rice is carved on a thin piece of ivory.
"Ivory carvings?"
Beneath the ivory carved scriptures, there is a stack of thinner gold foil, the shape is more complete and exquisite than the previous twelve, and the value is naturally different. There are also carvings on the gold foil, but the font is too small to see clearly. I'm afraid I have to look at one or two in broad daylight.
"Where did you steal these things?"
Dou Li gritted his teeth and did not speak.
"what!"
The next second, Ling Shu stepped directly on the gunshot wound on his leg.
There is no need for him to show any kindness to a ruthless man who can kill two people in a row.
"Brother Dou Li, if you don't talk about it, this leg will probably be ruined. If you do it, we will bandage you. When you get off the bus, we will find a police station to send you in to recuperate. There may be a way to survive."
Hat closed his eyes.
"I took it from that person named Zhang!"
"Who is the surname Zhang? The person you killed in the dressing room?"
"… "
"How do you know he has these things on him? What is the origin of these ivory sutras?"
"He used to be a pawn shop, and he liked to brag when he drank too much. Once I happened to be at the table next to him, and I heard him brag to his companions, saying that he had encountered a bad guy and that he had a lot of good things in his hand, at least he could sell a few. I don’t worry about food and drink for half my life, but when he flicks the things over, it will be completely released. I needed money urgently at that time, so I took care of it…”
The hat's voice became lower and lower, Ling Shu gently kicked him again, and the other party screamed in pain before raising his voice again.
"After he left Fengtian, I followed him all the way, from Fengtian to Beijing, and then from Beijing to Nanjing. He met a lot of people, as if to sell the treasure in his hand, and there were always people around. I didn't find a chance to start. Just think of this train, and then, that's what you see!"
Ling Shu: "Where did these things come from, did the surnamed Zhang say it?"
Dou Li panted: "He said it, I can't remember it clearly, it seems that it was Guan... Yes, it was Guan! Fengtian Guan's family! The Guan family that many people know, their second master, Guan, Guan Qizhi, he bought everything cheaply from him! He said that the surname is Guan, he likes antiques but doesn't know the goods, and after being told in two or three times, the things are in his hands, and it doesn't take much effort at all!"
Ling Shu remembered that the destination they were going to this time was also Fengtian.
Coincidentally, Yue Dingtang's uncle was also surnamed Guan.
Yue Dingtang nodded slightly to Ling Shu.
Sure enough, it was the gatekeeper.
In this way, the Zhao Feng surnamed Zhang snatched a set of treasures from the second cousin of Yue Dingtang's uncle, turned his hands and turned around, and was assassinated by the coveted bamboo hat. , Who would have thought that when they met Ling Shu and the others, they went round and round, and the things and curses generally returned to the hands of the Guan family.
"By the way, the surnamed Zhang also said, he said, said... Now the Guan family has changed, and the family is in turmoil. Many treasures that were originally in the hands of Mrs. Guan have been released and left in various houses. It was the opportunity to buy at a low price. This is a great opportunity, the Guan family has a wealth of wealth, accumulated over several generations, maybe there are some rare treasures that can be found!"
The bucket hat couldn't bear the pain, and many words that were not originally intended to be revealed were all told by Ling Shu.
Yue Dingtang asked: "Old Master Guan has several sons, all of whom are old. Even if he dies suddenly, the family will not be in chaos. Where does the turmoil come from?"
Dou Li: "It's too messy. If you go to Fengtian, you'll see it for yourself! I-I really said it all!"