After Lin Sheng realized something was wrong, he immediately put down the teapot in his hand and ran to his grandfather to call him, but he couldn't wake him up no matter how much he shouted. At last, he saw that his grandfather had no breath and even his pulse was not beating.
Lin Sheng was petrified at the time. He sat on the ground and cried. He was completely at a loss. He didn’t know how long it took. When Lin Sheng finally came to his senses, there were already people outside looking at antiques and couldn’t find the boss, so they went in.
He entered the back room. That man was doing good things. After seeing his grandfather's death, he spread the word, so everyone knew about it.
I asked Lin Sheng why he didn't tell me immediately.
Lin Sheng said that the first thing he thought of at that time was indeed me. After all, my grandfather had no relatives, and his only relative was me, his grandson. But at that time, he called and searched many places but could not find me until this morning.
, went to my shop on West Street, but my shop was not open either, so he had to go back to the antique shop first.
At that time, everyone knew about grandpa's death. Creditors came to ask for debts from time to time. Lin Sheng was so busy that he pushed all the creditors to my side. He always felt that grandpa's death was too strange, so he didn't dare to
Touch grandpa's body.
"What about grandpa?" I remembered that I took an order yesterday and it was difficult to deal with. I stayed all night to solve it. I didn't return to the store until noon today. No wonder Lin Sheng couldn't find me. However, just because
Lin Sheng's words still make it hard for me to believe that my grandfather will die. My grandfather is not a simple person. Others don't know that, but I know it very well.
"It's gone." Lin Sheng choked and said, "It's almost noon. I think it's time for you to go back to the store. I looked for you, but I couldn't find you. When I came back, Old Master Long was gone."
"Does that mean it hasn't been long since grandpa disappeared?" I asked with a frown.
Lin Sheng kept nodding.
According to Lin Sheng, whether his grandfather is alive or dead, this thing is always weird. Lin Sheng is a little beggar who was picked up by his grandfather more than ten years ago. He has been with his grandfather for more than ten years. He is a bit dull, but
But he is very loyal, so I don't doubt his words.
But if you really want to tell me that my grandfather is dead, I won’t believe it from the bottom of my heart, no matter how true Lin Sheng’s description is. I always believe that my grandfather is not dead, so my mind is particularly clear, and I am even a little sad.
None, I always feel that grandpa just suddenly stays for a few days, and then comes back after a while, just like in the past.
I thought so, but Lin Sheng didn't think so. Lin Sheng said that Master Long was indeed dead, and we must find the murderer of Master Long.
I didn’t see it with my own eyes, so I still didn’t think that my grandfather was dead. Maybe it was because he had a habit of disappearing every now and then, so I didn’t even feel a little panicked. But when I think about it, there is something strange about it, and my intuition tells me.
I have to check it out. Maybe grandpa really encountered some trouble.
Lin Sheng took me to look at the back room. The rattan couch in the back room was still in its original state, and the pot of Longjing brewed by Lin Sheng was still on the table. There were no traces of struggle or anything left by others.
What mark? My attention was suddenly attracted by a black spot on the edge of Longjing Lake. It seemed that something was suppressed by the teapot.
When I moved it away, I saw a piece of black business card paper pressed under the teapot, but it didn't look like a business card. It had red characters on a black background. There was only a red word "Dark" written in blood on both sides of the entire business card.
Lin Sheng turned around and went out, then entered the house again and handed the same business card to me. Lin Sheng said, "This seems to have been left by the old man with a hunchback."
The business card looked familiar, and soon a figure vaguely appeared in my mind, an old man with a hunchback and this card. I suddenly thought of the old man who came to my store a few days ago and said a few words in a lively manner. It seemed that he was looking for someone.
After he took me, he came to see grandpa again. It’s no wonder that grandpa was very excited at that time. If the old man with a hunchback told grandpa about fairy treasures, fairy tombs, etc., grandpa, a guy who runs an antique shop, would definitely be interested.
.
This old man with a hunchback was really weird. Lin Sheng and I made a lot of fuss, but finally found nothing that could be found. The only doubts were the two business cards with no names on them, and the old man with a hunchback.
Later, I took advantage of my grandfather's reputation on the road and asked many people about the origin of this business card and the hunchbacked old man, but everyone shook their heads and said they didn't know.
Things didn't make much progress after I found the black business card. Because the Taoist priest demanded debts, I closed both my own shop and my grandfather's antique shop.
A few days later, I posted two bounty notices on the black and white channels. The first one was: Long Yan, if you want to see him alive or his corpse, the bounty is 300,000 yuan. The second one is, I drew a picture of an old man with a hunchback.
Portrait, attach the black business card to find that person.
In the first few days, people came to me and said they had found this or that. When they came to take a look, they were wrong every time. In the following days, gradually no news came.
I thought about it, but this was not an option. Finally, I thought that the antique shop might be a key point and could not be closed, so I invited all the people my grandfather owed money to to a table. We all talked about it and finally agreed to give it to me.
Give me some time, put the debt aside for the time being, and find someone first. If you still can't find someone after a month, all the debts will be borne by me.
I didn't manage my own shop on West Street, but opened my grandfather's shop first. While sitting in the shop waiting for news, I looked for clues from the regular customers who came to the shop.
There was still a black business card on the counter. The bright red one seemed to be bleeding. As soon as I had a free moment, I picked up the business card and thought about it. Seeing what the old man meant, it seemed that he wanted me to join, but
The business card I left behind didn't even have any contact information, which was so weird.
Putting down the business card, I looked through my grandfather's account book again, trying to find some clues. My grandfather has always been a weird person, and his temper is even more unpredictable, but he has always acted cautiously, even from time to time.
When someone disappears, a note or something will be left behind. I hope to find some clues in the account book, or maybe it's just a bad joke my grandpa played on me.
There was a figure swaying at the door. He looked very much like the old man. The white shorts were the old man's signature clothes. I was startled, rubbed my eyes, and looked again. The figure paused, and seemed to want to let me know.
See clearly.
"Xiao Lin, I'll go out for a moment, and you can watch the store!" I threw down the account book in my hand and hurried out the door.
That figure shuttled among the crowd, always leaving me with a back view, and keeping a distance of more than ten meters from me. No matter whether I was running quickly or walking slowly, the distance between the two people never shortened or became farther.
I am sure that he wanted me to follow him, so I was not impatient and slowed down my pace to follow him, wanting to see what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.