Chapter 723: The Tibetans in the Old House

August 11th, Wednesday, around four o'clock in the afternoon, at the old bungalow of Dr. A Li's uncle's house.

In a forest, after getting off the car, looking at the big villa covered with vines in front of him, Lan asked, "Doctor, is this villa yours?"

"That's not true, I'm just a witness." Dr. Ali said.

"It seems that this place is not far from the golf course in front of Good Mood." Mei Daizi looked around.

"It's really not far away," Dr. A Li said with a smile, "Speaking of which, part of the land in that place used to belong to my uncle."

"It turns out that he is a rich man, so I have to take a good look at it." Yuanzi smiled.

"This may disappoint you." Dr. Ali said with a smile, "Please come in, I will show you around."

living room.

There is an oil painting on the wall, in which there is a man and a woman. The living room is in the background. The man in the painting is about fifty years old, and his eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Dr. A Li, especially the big nose.

Yuanzi said: "At that time, he was able to invite a painter home to paint oil paintings. It seems that your uncle is indeed a rich man."

Dr. A Li smiled and said: "Of course, the house and a large piece of land around it belonged to my uncle at that time."

Lan asked, "Doctor, is this your uncle's family?"

Dr. Ali said: "This is my uncle, followed by my aunt. At that time, my uncle was not in good health, and my aunt came to take care of him."

Mei Daizi smiled and said, "Fortunately your aunt is not like you."

"That's true, otherwise it would be difficult to get married." Yuanzi laughed.

Lan changed the subject, "Doctor, where is your uncle's family?"

Dr. A Li said: "My uncle was not married and had no children. After his death, the inheritance was given to my aunt who was also single."

"Ah, I'm sorry." Mei Daizi and Yuanzi said embarrassedly.

"It doesn't matter." Dr. A Li said, "After my aunt paid the estate tax, this house and a small amount of land are left. My aunt is an elementary school teacher. She doesn't live here because of work, and she just comes here occasionally for vacation. , Clean it up by the way, just like this, more than ten years later, my aunt passed away due to illness. Before she died, she made a will and handed over this house and the surrounding area to the town, on the condition that it will be maintained until the house is old and demolished. As it was." Then he said with emotion, "I was already an adult at that time, so I was allowed to be a witness, and now, it has been more than 30 years, and this house is about to expire."

"Keep it as it is, as if your uncle is still living in it." Mei Daizi said, "Let your uncle live another fifty years."

"It's a pity that it has to be demolished." Lan said sadly.

"Then put up a sign." Sonoko said.

"Machigami is planning to do this." Dr. Ali said with a smile.

"Okay, let's bury things quickly." Mei Daizi said.

"Wait," Yamazaki asked looking at the oil painting, "Doctor, I have a question for you, how often do you come to clean the room?"

"Clean the room?" Dr. Ali said, "I have never come to clean it, but after answering the notification call from the town, I came to remove the cobwebs."

"Oh?" Yamazaki smiled, "That's interesting."

"Brother, what's the problem?" Mei Daizi asked.

wiped the table with his fingers,

Yamazaki said with a smile: "The dust collection here is obviously not more than 30 years old."

Dr. A Li said: "It should be someone from the town to clean it."

"Then why didn't you send someone over later?" Yamazaki said, "It's not a burden for the town to clean up here."

"This," Dr. A Li said after thinking for a while, "this is indeed a problem."

"That means someone has come to clean it up," Lan asked, "Who could it be?"

"Are there any valuable things missing here?" Yuanzi asked, "For example, candlesticks, tableware, wooden tables and chairs?"

Dr. A Li said: "No, in order to avoid thieves, there was a property appraisal back then, and all valuable things were taken away."

"Will it be a safe house?" Mei Daizi asked.

"Safe house?" Dr. Ali asked.

"It's a place for Tibetans, like fugitives or something." Mei Daizi said.

"No way?" Lan was taken aback.

"I think it's possible." Yuanzi said, "Maybe there was a murderer in hiding, and he left after the prosecution period expired."

"Also," Yamazaki said, "oil painting can be said to be a delicate thing. Even if it has been mounted and left unattended for more than 30 years, it will have broken down long ago. What's more, it is still in the woods and there is a lot of humidity."

"So, he is a person who can maintain oil paintings." Lan said.

"This counts as paying the rent." Yuanzi laughed.

"By the way, doctor, what about water and electricity? Is there any here?" Mei Daizi asked.

"That's not true." Dr. A Li said.

"Want to check, doctor?" Yamazaki asked.

Dr. A Li asked, "Can you find out?"

"Of course." Yamazaki said, "Call the water and electricity company first, and ask when the water and electricity will be cut off here."

"I'll make a call." Yuanzi called and asked on his mobile phone, only to learn that it was disconnected about five years ago because he didn't pay the money.

"Someone has lived here for about thirty years." Lan said in surprise.

"Maybe not a group of people." Mei Daizi said.

"Whether I live here alone all the time, or some people come here one after another, just go to a nearby convenience store or something to find out." Yamazaki said, "Thirty-year-old customers are not so easy to forget. , and if not, then it’s the latter. Then it’s best to let the police deal with this place to see if there are any fingerprints of wanted criminals. Of course, you can also leave him alone, after all, he has passed by. "

"Well," Dr. A Li said after thinking for a while, "then go ask, I'm so relieved."

Afterwards, everyone went to a nearby family-style convenience store to inquire about it, and they immediately found out that there used to be a man who lived there for a long time. He seemed to be a painter who made a living by painting, or was it the children of the neighborhood? painting teacher.

"So, boss, do you know where he went?" asked Dr. Ali.

"I don't know." The convenience store owner said, "One of his brothers came to him a few years ago, but he didn't show up after that. Maybe he went home for the elderly."

"Thank you, boss." Dr. Ali said.

"You're welcome, this is nothing." The convenience store owner said.

After leaving the convenience store, Dr. A Li smiled and said, "Now I can rest assured that I am not a bad person."

"Okay, hurry up and go back to the villa to deal with the treasure, I have to go back to work." Mei Daizi said.

On the way back to the villa, Yamazaki found an elderly man about seventy years old walking behind them, until the last corner, the old man walked into the woods.

After a while, everyone returned to the villa. After entering, Yamazaki put his finger on his mouth to signal everyone to be quiet, and then whispered: "We are being followed. It's an old man. He should be outside."

"Are you sure?" Sonoko asked softly.

"There are no other houses around here." Yamazaki whispered.

"Who could it be?" Lan asked softly.

"Anyway, he's not a good person." Mei Daizi whispered.

Yamazaki asked in a low voice: "Doctor, are you sure your uncle didn't leave any legacy?"

"This," Dr. A Li said in a low voice after thinking for a while, "I don't know anyway."

"Did that painter stay here to hunt for treasure?" Sonoko asked.

"Then maybe there is a treasure left behind." Lan whispered with a smile.

"So, how about we go treasure hunting?" Mei Daizi asked in a low voice.

Yamazaki looked at the time, "Half an hour."

"Just kidding, people have been searching for thirty years, how can half an hour be enough?" Yuanzi asked in a low voice.

"Just like what you said before, Yuanzi, the darkrooms and interlayers of the basement and attic." Mei Daizi whispered, "Just look for these invisible places. Other places must have been investigated inch by inch."

"Well, let's start looking in the basement and attic." Yuanzi whispered, "Take us there, Doctor."

"Well," Dr. A Li scratched the back of his head, "it seems that there is no basement or attic here."

"There are no basements and attics?" Lan whispered, "This is too strange."

"Do you think it will be like Swan Castle?" Yuanzi asked excitedly in a low voice.

"So, you guys look for the basement, and I'll look for the attic on the roof." Mei Daizi whispered.

"I'll go with you, the roof might be corrupted." Yamazaki whispered, and then whispered to the three of Dr. Ali, "No matter what you find, don't act rashly."

"Understood, there may be harmful substances." Sonoko laughed softly.

"You go." Yamazaki said, "Pay attention to the sound of your feet, and knock on the wall by the way."

"Understood, the solid ones are different from the hollow ones." Lan laughed softly, and then the three of them took action.

Mei Daizi asked in a low voice: "Brother, what should we do?"

"Just move up a ladder," Yamazaki said after thinking for a while, "pretend to clean up."

"Understood." Mei Daizi whispered.

After a while, Yamazaki and Mei Daizi went out with the ladder, and then went up to the roof.

After looking at the skylights on the roof, Yamazaki asked Mei Daizi, "What do you think?"

Mei Daizi smiled and said: "There is a raised area without a skylight, there may be a hidden space there."

"Try it, be careful, don't step on it." Yamazaki said with a smile.

"Understood." Mei Daizi slowly moved over step by step. During this period, she felt that her feet were not right, and she even changed directions twice.

After walking to that area, Mei Daizi chose a downwind place and squatted down, then picked up a tile and hit it on the side of her arm. Hearing the hollow voice, she turned her head and smiled at Yamazaki: "There is really room." Then he asked, "Do you want to continue?"

"Go ahead, it's going to be demolished anyway." Yamazaki said with a smile.

"That's good." Mei Daizi threw down the tile, punched her arm on her side, and punched a hole about 20 centimeters in diameter.

After waiting for a while, a gust of wind blew, and Mei Daizi quickly stood up covering her mouth and nose with her hand, then stepped back to the upwind place and let go, "It smells rancid." She said and walked back from the original road, "But If it wasn't for a human being, that scene might be ugly."

"I hope." Yamazaki said, and then took out his mobile phone, but just as he was about to make a call, he immediately felt the danger.

"Don't move, you two." An old man's voice sounded from downstairs.

"I'm not moving." Yamazaki raised his hand and said, at the same time motioned Mei Daizi to raise his hand, then turned around and faced the old man with Mei Daizi.

"What did you find?" The old man climbed up to the roof with a pistol in one hand and a ladder in the other. Then he looked at the hole and asked, "Damn it, why didn't I think of demolishing the house? What's in there?"

"A lot, what do you want?" Yamazaki asked.

"Template, where is the twenty-dollar template?" The old man said excitedly, "I've been looking for it for thirty years, and now I finally have news that I'm going to make a fortune, I'm going to make a fortune It is.” He laughed out loud.

"Uh, that, sorry to bother you," Yamazaki said.

"Don't talk nonsense, give me the template quickly." The old man shouted excitedly, "Give it to me quickly, hurry up."

Yamazaki said: "No, I want to tell you that the twenty-dollar version from thirty years ago seems to be out of circulation, so..."

"You, what did you say?" The old man suspected that he had heard wrong.

Mei Daizi smiled and said, "It means that your dollar template is useless, and the money produced is useless at all."

"No, I won't." The old man was stunned.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yamazaki and Mei Daizi stepped forward together, Yamazaki grabbed his left arm, Mei Daizi grabbed his right arm, and took the gun.

"Let go of me, let me go quickly." The old man shouted excitedly, "You lied to me, you also want that template."

"I really didn't lie to you," Yamazaki said, "I asked you to come up because I was afraid that you would hurt the people in the house."

"I caught you because I was afraid you would fall from upstairs." Mei Daizi laughed.

"What's the matter?" Dr. Ali and the three came out of the villa when they heard the movement.

"Is he the one following us?" Sonoko asked.

"Yes, let's talk about the specifics." Yamazaki said, then grabbed the old man's right arm, and asked Mei Daizi to climb down the ladder first with a gun.

"Please, old sir." Yamazaki said, "We will not call the police, as long as you answer some questions, of course, the gun will not be returned to you unless you have a gun license."

"I have." The old man asked Yamazaki to let go, and then came out with a gun certificate.

Yamazaki looked at it, and said dumbfoundedly: "Mr. Okuda Lunmei, this thing has expired."

"Expired? No way?" Okuda Lunmei said, "I'm here," then he frowned and thought about it, his face turned pale, and he murmured, "So, it's been so long." Fall backward.

Yamazaki quickly supported Okuda Lunming, then touched his neck, and found that his heartbeat was still beating, and there was no obvious abnormality. It seemed that he just passed out, so he was relieved.

"What's wrong with him, brother?" Mei Daizi asked.

Yamazaki said: "I seem to have fainted. I called Dr. Asai and asked her to send an ambulance and an epidemic prevention vehicle."

"Epidemic prevention vehicle?" Dr. A Li and the three were taken aback.

"It's not an epidemic, it's a rotting corpse." Yamazaki sighed, "I hope it's not human." After speaking, he carried Okuda Lunmei on his back, and then carried him down the stairs from the ladder. ...