Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 672 Discovering clues

Qi Dasheng hesitated for a moment. To be honest, he had never been there. He just heard about it from the soldiers. He said, "It should be there. I haven't been there either. Why don't you go and take a look?"

Changdian is a big market, and there are really monkey trainers there, as well as people playing with diabolos, performing hard qigong, and wielding swords and knives. There are all kinds of things. Wang Li, who is following Wang Zhan, has a candied haws in her left hand and a candy man in her right hand. She eats them with relish as she walks, looking around from time to time. Wang Zhan gives her some change as a reward from time to time.

Wang Zhan and her two companions were like young ladies, with a follower and a bodyguard. After walking around for a while, Wang Zhan knew that he was being targeted. However, he did not make any excessive movements, but a sly smile appeared on his face. The guys circled around him for a few times and found that they did not steal anything. Instead, all their belongings were lost, including the razor blade in their mouths. When the razor blade was lost, they knew that something bad was going to happen, but they were mostly frightened and ran wildly towards their hideout.

When they ran to the hideout, their master hurriedly told their master. At first the master thought that his apprentice was being lazy, but then several other apprentices also ran back and told of the same experience. They all thought they had seen a ghost. They didn't know how their things were stolen. They just accepted the defeat. It was because the other party was more skilled. But the blade in their mouths was stolen without them even noticing. This was a bit magical. They either encountered a ghost or their master.

When the master heard this, he felt something was wrong. He looked outside, then looked inside the house, and found that the box behind him that contained the money was gone. The master was shocked and shouted, "Go!" He turned around and ran out of the factory. Unfortunately, it was too late. When he ran to a place where he thought no one knew him, he remembered something. He touched his waist and found that all his belongings were gone.

The master, Old King Rong, was dumbfounded. There was a rule in the Old Rong Bank that Old King Rong never trusted anyone, including his apprentices. They always tied their lives and fortunes to themselves. But this time, Old King Rong was completely defeated and lost all his fortune. The most important thing was that he still didn't know who his opponent was.

At this time, Wang Zhan was holding red paper, bamboo sticks, and ink, and returned to Wang Li. Qi Dasheng asked curiously, "I know why you bought the ink and red paper, but why did you buy the bamboo sticks?"

Wang Zhan smiled and replied: "Is it New Year's Day? Let's make some big red lanterns for my sister. Let's go buy some candles." The three of them ran towards a candle shop. Wang Zhan looked back at Old King Rong who was looking around not far away, and revealed a strange smile.

Incense and candle shops are shops that sell offerings, incense and candles. They mainly sell incense, because incense is widely used. There are many kinds of candles. White wax, which is usually used for temporary lighting at home, is very cheap, a bundle of 20 pieces costs 100 yuan. The better ones have different prices, and of course the materials used are also different.

When Wang Zhan brought Qi Dasheng and his sister in, he felt that this makeshift incense and candle shop had a strange smell. He couldn't tell what it was, but the smell made Wang Zhan very uncomfortable. The boss was the only one in the store. When he saw the guests coming in, he immediately greeted them with a smile and asked, "Come on, three of you. What would you like to order?"

Qi Dasheng looked around and asked, "Do you have any better candles?"

"Yes, of course we have them. They are all here. No matter whether they are high-end, medium-end or low-end, we have them all here. It depends on what you need them for." The boss answered enthusiastically.

Wang Zhan looked up and saw that there were quite a variety of candles, but mostly white and yellow candles, with fewer red candles. However, most of them were flower candles for weddings and green candles for sacrifices. Wang Zhan chose a half-foot long red candle and ordered ten in total, which cost five thousand yuan. Qi Dasheng felt a little distressed when he saw Wang Zhan paying the money.

Just as Wang Zhan was about to leave, he inadvertently glanced and noticed that the candlestick used for lighting in this room was actually a seven-star glazed lampstand with a small amount of gold-plated marks remaining on it. The lamp oil inside was actually beeswax. The smell coming out was just mixed with a foul odor. Wang Zhan frowned, turned around and went out. Qi Dasheng also noticed Wang Zhan's expression, and followed him out with Wang Li.

After walking for a while, Qi Dasheng couldn't help but ask, "Is there something wrong with that incense and candle shop?"

Wang Zhan replied disapprovingly: "What's the problem? What can go wrong with a candle shop?"

"Then why are you frowning?" Qi Dasheng asked. Wang Zhan thought for a moment and said, "Nothing. He lit a gilded seven-star glass lamp, but the gilding had almost fallen off. But inside was something called bee oil, which is made from worker bees and is a kind of oil for lighting."

Qi Dasheng listened, thought about it, and then asked: "Isn't this normal? Is there any problem with this?"

Wang Zhan glanced at Qi Dasheng and said, "No problem, but that thing can only be found in the tombs of kings and nobles during the Ming Dynasty. Master, don't you smell any stench of corpses?"

Qi Dasheng was shocked and asked, "Are you saying that the owner of the incense and candle shop is a tomb robber?"

"I didn't say that. What if they picked it up? Even if they didn't pick it up, what if they bought it? Master, that's enough, don't make a fuss. There are a lot of these items in Liulichang. Let's go home." Wang Zhan said, and then he took Wang Li to the tricycle.

Qi Dasheng stood there and thought about it, then nodded, put the matter behind him for the time being, and ran in the direction of Wang Zhan and Wang Li.

As the group rode the tricycle to the entrance of the alley, Wang Li saw Sister Wang at a glance. She came out of the next alley with someone in a hurry. Wang Li shouted, "Aunt Wang, Aunt Wang, Lili is here."

Sister Wang turned around and saw that it was Wang Zhan and his sister. She walked over with a smile and asked, "Where have you been?"

"I went to Changdian to buy some New Year's goods. What are you doing?" Wang Zhan said.

Sister Wang said: "It's almost the New Year, so I'm afraid everyone will be lax, so I'm going to publicize it in every household, hoping that everyone will pay attention to fire prevention and theft prevention, and adhere to the hygiene campaign."

Wang Zhan smiled and said, "It must be tiring for you to go from house to house. Aren't there managers in charge of the courtyards? Can't we just let them do the publicity?"

Sister Wang smiled and whispered, "Of course you can. We need to get familiar with every household and pay attention to whether there are any special people."

Wang Zhan understood immediately that the Military Control Commission was checking for suspicious persons. Wang Zhan asked, "Auntie Wang, you have worked hard. By the way, Auntie Wang, I saw a telephone pole just erected at the corner of the street. Can you connect a line to my house?"

Sister Wang looked at Wang Zhan and said with some embarrassment, "That was established for the Military Commission and the newly established supply and marketing cooperative. Let's put it this way. I don't have the final say on this matter. I'll go back and ask Captain Li. You wait a few days."

(End of this chapter)