Chapter 19, Strange
Na Zhen rolled his eyes and said, "It can't be so simple."
You have to analyze the characteristics of Gou Laobao and his wife set out in Shu to see the characteristics of their sons and grandchildren. The journey is so far, more than a thousand miles. It is impossible to go and go back. Then they must have been prepared for a while."
“So, I guess there are three situations.
First, the baby was taken out and was accidentally discovered outside. The man died of money and birds died of food. This may be the reason why their family was killed. As for the process, we won’t mention it.”
"The second one is to find a place to bury things. But it is definitely not in the acres of brick houses, nor is it nearby. After all, there is a road to the village above.
I didn't find it during the road construction process, so the thing was buried elsewhere."
"The third type is my tendency to choose. It is to combine the previous ones, take some things out, be coveted by others, and lose their family.
Another part of the larger, fragile, or heavier ones found a place to bury them. This was a common method for the rich man to cunnies in the old days. Eggs cannot be placed in one basket, and the purpose is to share the risks."
"Who is Gou Laobao? There are many people who are recognized as a big bully in the village who offended him to death.
And he is also famously cunning. If they want to go to Shudu, the rest of the things they have cannot be placed in the coffin and cannot be placed at home and wait for revenge, so it is only outside."
"And this place is a place that he is quite familiar with or likes to go to and thinks it is safe.
According to psychological analysis, people have inertial thinking. The more familiar the place, the more secure it feels. Especially when it is near dusk, the older people who stick to their thinking are. This can be explained by falling leaves returning to their roots."
"Hey, it's amazing. But aren't you afraid of loopholes? If the thing is already in the coffin, but they are stolen after they go out, isn't it normal that they didn't find it when they were buried?"
Lin Yi looked at the woman Jizhu was holding and reminded of this loophole.
"It's unlikely. My grandfather said that Gou Laobao is very suspicious and alert. In the past, when the public built a reservoir, they had to hold a hoe handle at night to fall asleep, for fear that people would fall out of their bags."
Na Zhen was stunned by the question, and then denied it.
"Then how do you determine that there is something? It is possible that it will be searched all over the past ten years, and there are many such examples..." However, before he finished speaking, Lin Yi thought of Li Qiang's family and immediately shook this question.
Listening to Lin Yi's analysis, Na Zhen nodded and shook his head.
"First, Gou Laobao is a man who is very suspicious and has many tricks. In order to avoid the search of the pioneers of the movement, I would not believe it if the family business of such a big family was not hidden.
The reason is very simple. When collecting agricultural taxes every year, he will fight with the people of the town government. How could such a person who loves money and lives let the things in his home be searched and smashed? There must be some buried.
Perhaps it is not just the coffin. Because there are familiar places, there are relatively unfamiliar ones, so doing so can further share the risks.
If it spreads out, even the person next to him will not be able to catch all his property in one go, because unfamiliar things usually do not follow the previous rules.”
"Of course we only analyze familiar ones, but we can't find unfamiliar ones."
Na Zhen then stretched out his second finger: "Their family died unexpectedly outside, and they will die sooner or later. As soon as the Gou Laobao and his wife went out, the family died and were neatly silenced."
"The third one is what we call the coffin." Na Zhen stretched out four fingers, "There are not many coincidences in the world, let alone coincidences with many loopholes, which are unreliable."
"Okay, then what do you think? I guessed that I should have thoughts for a few years. It's too late not to go around in circles." Lin Yi looked at the electronic watch in his hand. It was almost twelve o'clock in the evening.
"You guess." Na Zhen looked at him with a smile, just not saying anything.
"Are you itchy?" Lin Yi threatened. Seeing that the other party had no reaction, he also began to recall the situation around the dirt house before.
I thought about it for five or six consecutive places, but was immediately denied.
Then he began to recall his behavioral habits and actions before leaving Shudu.
"The abandoned well filled by Gou Laobao?" Lin Yi denied it after he said it.
As you know, antiques won't be placed in wet places.
"He liked the stone arch bridge, and often sat there in the morning and evening, and he carried a willow tree next to him, and it was on the eve of his way out, and the time was right."
Lin Yi kept staring at Na Zhen when he said this, but the latter just laughed silently.
"That abandoned cellar? It is said that it was buried by a local landslide in the mountain, and the time period is just right." Lin Yi looked at the other party again, trying to find some clues from the woman's face.
"The cellar is indeed a good place. There is not much rain in the autumn in the south, and the probability of landslide is not high. Moreover, they like to grow a lot of sweet potatoes, so they must be stored in the cellars, but after the landslide, they did not dig the buried sweet potatoes."
Na Zhen glanced at him and continued, "There are two suspicious points in the cellar. There are too many flaws. If something goes wrong, there will be a demon. Either it is there or it is intentional."
"I tend not to be there." Na Zhen did not continue to circle around. "Gou Laobao did something before leaving, which was a bit strange. I still remember it was a rainy day. Gou Laobao came to my house in the middle of the night to buy the old rain cloth from the brigade carport from my grandfather."
"At that time, my grandfather asked him what he used for. He said the dirt house was too turbulent and he piled some dry straw with rain cloth."
"But later, Gou Laobao's house was demolished and the road was built, and the straw piles rotted, and there was no rain cloth." Na Zhen blinked and looked at him, "Do you know what my grandfather said?"
"I must say that this dog is lying to me again." Lin Yi imitated the old village chief's tone.
"Then you can guess." Na Zhen felt very happy to play with Lin Yi.
"Waste well." Lin Yi affirmed, "The things are definitely not porcelain calligraphy and paintings, because no matter how good the rain cloth is, it is afraid of infiltration."
"It's not gold, right?" Lin Yi suddenly remembered the characteristics of gold not afraid of water. The key is that the Gou Laobao family did not lack gold before.
"It's possible. Because Gou Laobao's brother once bribed a leader of the Kuomintang with many gold bars, he became the adjutant of the man when he joined the army." Na Zhen said something that was circulating in the village, "So, they have a golden precedent."
"You are leaving the day after tomorrow, and you will work tonight?" Lin Yi frowned. Although the well was a natural well before, it was more than one meter deep, and it was a large project.
"Go and try your luck." Na Zhen stood up first.
Before leaving, Lin Yi took a small cloth bag and hat and wrapped his hair.
Change to a pair of overshoes that reach the knees and a pair of gloves.
Try not to carry things on your body, and empty all the bags before setting off. Na Zhen saw the whole process and joked that "very professional".
When they left the door, the two of them were careful all the way and deliberately bypassed the house with dogs.
Fortunately, Gou Laobao was not very sociable during his lifetime and lived in a unique place.
The abandoned well is in the middle of the field, with relatively high ridges on both sides. Along the way, both of them dare not even open the flashlight, if they are afraid of seeing it.
I came to the side of the waste well with the thin moonlight. Na Zhen was on guard, but in fact, I just watched the dark night without the lights approaching.
Lin Yi determined his position and started working. Fortunately, the rural people were strong, so this little work would not defeat him.
It is rare to dig based on your feelings, and you have to try to dig a little, for fear that it will sound too loud when you hit a stone.
After digging, he stopped and stopped digging. For more than an hour, Lin Yi, who was sweating profusely, felt something strange.
Chapter completed!