A Cadillac stopped in front of the bookstore. It was still early in the morning, so the South Street, which was bustling during the day, was still very deserted.
A woman got out of the car. She was wearing a lily dress and black stockings. Coupled with her delicate skin and young face, she perfectly demonstrated the harmonious unity of youth and sexiness.
Licking her lips, the woman was not in a hurry to enter. Instead, she looked at the memorial archways on both sides of the bookstore. On one side, there was "Let's hear it", and on the other side, there was "So I heard."
"I'm just casually telling you those hearsay stories. Just listen to them. Don't take them seriously, and don't take them to heart."
What came into her face was the smell of a salted fish.
If it was the kind of king, marquis, generals, and ministers who hung this on their doorstep after retirement, it would give people the feeling that they had seen the vicissitudes of the world and returned to their innocence
However, the woman knew that the owner of this bookstore had a salted fish temperament. To put it bluntly, he was a little unambitious and thought about muddling through life all day long.
Just like how if an ordinary person saw a hundred dollars on the ground and deliberately pretended not to see it and did not pick it up, they would be regarded as a typical example of pretending to be fat, and if it was Bill Gates who did not pick it up, it could often derive many profound meanings from this.
When she walked to the door of the bookstore, the door was locked. For a bookstore that usually only opened late at night, it was unusual for the door to be locked at this time.
The woman's fingers moved slightly,
"Ka-cha..."
The lock inside opened by itself,
She pushed open the door,
She walked in.
The woman closed her eyes and revealed a look of extreme enjoyment.
One had to know..,
At this time, there was frost in many places in the bookstore, especially near the ground. There was also white gas lingering, just like the white gas that surrounded the edge of a popsicle in summer. It was not the effect of dry ice.
At first, it was comfortable, but slowly, even the woman could not stand it. He looked at the motionless man and woman on the sofa and chose to leave.
Then, he took out his phone and dialed a number.
Soon..,
The old priest, who was wrapped in a cotton military coat, ran down the stairs while shivering. Especially when he passed by his boss, he clearly felt that the lump below him had been frozen into a hard walnut.
The old Daoist did not dare to delay. He immediately ran out of the shop and took off his military coat.
Summer nights were also sultry, but now the old Daoist enjoyed this kind of sultry heat very much. He wished it could be hotter.
Looking left and right, the old priest saw the Cadillac. Then, he moved closer and saw the woman leaning against the car door with her phone in her hand.
The woman was very young, probably a little older than Bai Yingying in the study room.
"Oh, you're here!"
A fawning expression immediately appeared on the old Taoist's face. Of course, there was also the joy of meeting an old friend.
It was none other than Tang Shi.
Tang Shi looked at the old Daoist priest whose nose was red from the cold and smiled.
"Someone saw your current boss in the Yellow Springs in his dream, so he asked me to come and take a look. It seems that the problem is quite serious."
"Uh, how is the boss?" the old Taoist asked.
Tang Shi sighed and pointed at her eyes. Then, she remained silent.
The old Daoist also sighed and did not ask further. Then, he looked at the study room behind him and said, "Do you want me to wake him up?"
"It's useless even if you wake him up. This matter isn't that simple. Who knows, it might cause some trouble. Tell me what's going on first. He didn't tell me clearly when he came out. He only asked me to come and take a look."
"Okay, why don't we go in and have a cup of tea? We …"
As the old Daoist spoke, he looked at the "Frozen" -themed study room behind him,
Then, he shook his head and said,
"Forget it, let's sit on the roadside and talk."
… …
At dawn, the roar of machinery came from behind the police station. A newly approved piece of land was used to convert into an underground parking lot. Because they were in a hurry, the construction team started construction early in the morning.
Zhang Yanfeng had just woken up and was yawning. He was usually busy with work, so sleeping in the office was actually a common occurrence.
After returning from the bookstore last night, he sat in the office smoking one cigarette after another. Then, he unknowingly fell asleep on the table.
He had a dream..,
He dreamed that on a park bench, he and Zhou Ze were sitting face to face. He had forgotten what the two of them were talking about. He only remembered that he saw a rusty chain on his leg and Zhou Ze's leg.
The first thing he did after waking up was to wash up. After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Zhang Yanfeng felt that his mind was finally clearer.
Just as he took his toiletries and was about to return to the office to start today's work, two young policemen walked towards him. The two of them were discussing something enthusiastically and bumped into Zhang Yanfeng at the corner.
"What are you talking about?
You're so engrossed. "
Zhang Yanfeng was not angry. A divorced middle-aged man who was used to sleeping in the office could not put on any airs.
"Captain Zhang, I'm sorry. We were talking about the things that the construction team dug up just now. It's like a memorial tablet or something, and some pottery," a young policeman replied.
"What?"
Zhang Yanfeng immediately stuffed the things in his hand to the young policeman beside him and rushed down the office building toward the construction area at the back.
He did not expect Zhou Ze to be so fast. He had just told him about the construction team last night, and this morning, he could arrange for someone to deliberately dig deeper to take a look.
Officer Zhang had misunderstood boss Zhou,
Not long after he left, boss Zhou had already entered a state of sleep. He did not have time to order this matter to be arranged by the old priest or Xu Qinglang.
Even if he had made the arrangements, it would have been impossible for it to be effective so quickly. Even the simplest and most crude intimidation would not have been able to be so fast.
This could only be said to be a coincidence,
It was a coincidence that they were building an underground parking lot. The depth that they needed to dig down was quite deep, and they happened to be in the right position, so they dug out some things.
When Zhang Yanfeng ran to the construction site, he found that there were also many policemen watching the show. Fortunately, the crowd could not enter the police station, so the scene was still very peaceful.
Actually, it was not everyone's fault for being so excited. What was dug out during the construction was not something new all over the country.
A while ago, a stadium was renovated in Chengdu. In the end, they found that there was an ancient tomb under the lawn. Then, they thought about how the stadium was often used for concerts. This was the true meaning of "Disco on the grave".
However, Tongcheng was not Chengdu. Although it had the reputation of "The Number One City in China's Modern Times", if you really wanted to talk about underground things, it really could not compare to Chengdu or Xi'an. This liveliness was really new to the people of Tongcheng.
"What did you dig out?"
Zhang Yanfeng asked a policeman beside him.
"Everything that was dug out has been collected here."
This was a policeman from another department. He immediately pointed at the things placed on a piece of white cloth beside him. "They are all bits and pieces of trinkets. Moreover, I've seen them. They don't seem to be antiques. They look like modern things.
However, to be on the safe side, I've already asked them to suspend the construction. I just called the bureau leader to report it. The bureau leader said that he would first contact the comrades from the Cultural Relics Bureau to take a look. "
There were many capable people in the police station. This person had just helped investigate an antique smuggling case not long ago, so he had good eyesight.
Zhang Yanfeng looked at the things on the white cloth and found that most of them were ceramics made of small animals. There were also some memorial tablets, but they did not look like they were for people. They were very small and very charming.
"Tsk tsk, it's an object from the Republic of China. The Japanese like this shape. In the past, many Japanese families bought this when they bought toys for their children."
Zhang Yanfeng raised his head,
He saw the old Daoist who was also squatting opposite him,
Beside the old Daoist stood a young girl who was dressed very provocatively.
Zhang Yanfeng recognized the old Daoist and immediately nodded at him. He mistakenly thought that the old Daoist was sent by Zhou Ze.
"What does it say?"
Zhang Yanfeng pointed at the Japanese words on the memorial tablet and said.
The old Daoist was stuck. He was knowledgeable, but when it came to professional things, he was almost as if he knew nothing.
Tang Shi, who was beside him, also squatted down and reached out to touch the memorial tablets.
A policeman beside him subconsciously wanted to stop her, but he was persuaded by Zhang Yanfeng to leave.
"It's for sacrifice. It's for small animals," Tang Shi said.
"There are also words on this cloth. In Japanese, it means to commemorate these small animals who sacrificed themselves for the Great Japanese Empire. I hope that they can bathe in the glory of the Great God Amaterasu."
The old Daoist glanced at Tang Shi in surprise. "You know Japanese?"
Moreover, not only did she know Japanese, she clearly knew Japanese culture very well.
Tang Shi ignored the old Daoist's doubts. She clapped her hands and stood up again.
Zhang Yanfeng thought of what Zhou Ze had said to him last night. He said that there was probably a concentration camp down there. Anyone who was slightly familiar with the history of World War II should know what concentration camp meant.
Therefore, he immediately said to Tang Shi,
"These are all used by the Japanese to commemorate the small animals that died in experiments, right?"
Tang Shi nodded.
"Then if we continue to dig, will we find memorial tablets and urns for people?"
During the war of aggression against China, it was common knowledge that the Japanese army had conducted human bacterial experiments in China. Zhang Yanfeng's question was also to prepare for the follow-up work. These things had to be handled properly. After all, they were all suffering people, and they were compatriots.
Tang Shi shook her head. "There won't be."
"Why?" Zhang Yanfeng asked.
"When Site 731 was being sorted out, it was discovered that the Japanese had set up memorial sites and facilities for the small and medium-sized animals in the laboratory. However, for those who died in the laboratory and were treated as living specimens, they didn't even keep their ashes, let alone memorial tablets or memorial tables."
"Why?" The old Daoist asked.