No. 223, Hexi Avenue, the former family compound of the Han and Tang Arts and Crafts Factory in Xidu.
Chen Hao got out of the taxi at the intersection and walked towards the compound.
The Han and Tang Arts and Crafts Factory was originally a state-owned factory. Its main business was to imitate some antiques and cultural relics. In today’s terms, they are cultural and creative products. However, due to poor management, the factory closed down and the workers went their own ways to make a living.
As the saying goes, you can rely on mountains to eat mountains, and you can rely on water to eat water. It is also said that you have a sharp weapon in your body and you have a murderous intention.
Unemployed workers had to find a way to make money to support their families, so everyone focused on their own skills.
If selling handicrafts is not possible, then we can sell the fakes as genuine!
Fifty yuan a handicraft porcelain is expensive to them. If you say this porcelain is from the Ming Dynasty and sell it to them for 500,000 yuan, they still want to thank you.
As a result, the masters who were skilled in craftsmanship began to make counterfeit goods, and the apprentices who were not skilled in craftsmanship began to organize bureaus to sell counterfeit goods. In a few years, a complete fake antique reselling base with one-stop production and sales was formed. Life was actually better than when the factory was still there. More prosperous.
But the good times did not last long. Such organized actions naturally attracted the attention of the authorities, and they soon received a special attack.
In that attack, many people received a pair of bright silver one-piece bracelets as a gift from Uncle Hat, and went to a place to cultivate themselves.
But there are exceptions, such as Wei Fangping!
This Wei Fangping felt that the goal of working with a large force was too big from the beginning, so he always worked alone. If he is found to come to his door, he will have a good attitude and refund the money immediately, and will definitely acknowledge the debt. Therefore, although it was inevitable that I would be admitted a few times, it was not considered a serious crime and the detention time each time was not long, so I was able to get away with it safely. If he hadn't been eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, his days would have been like hell.
It was just that Wei Fangping was so careful. What on earth did he touch that caused him to die and his spirit body turned into a harmful evil spirit?
Thinking about the information he had collected, Chen Hao walked into the gate of the family home. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw a mourning shed set up in the west corner. Outside the mourning shed, two children wearing sackcloth and mourning were sitting there, playing with their mobile phones.
Chen Hao approached the memorial shed, looked at the wreaths placed outside, and had an idea.
Sure enough, this is Wei Fangping's spiritual shed.
It seems that Wei Fangping died only a few days ago.
After making a slight psychological preparation, Chen Hao brewed his emotions and thought about all the sad things in his life. Until his eyes were moist, he looked at the funeral shed with a "helpless" look on his face, his voice trembled and his steps staggered.
"Teacher Wei~"
"I'm late~~~"
…
"Teacher Wei and I have been friends for many years, um, Internet friends."
"Just when I gave up on myself, it was Teacher Wei's earnest teachings that gave me the courage to live."
"Teacher Wei has been a great help to me. He made an agreement with me that when I am admitted to Xidu University, that is the day I will meet him."
"But……"
Facing Wei Fangping's widow in the funeral shed, Chen Hao turned his head and his eyes fell on the coffin in the middle of the funeral shed. With tears in his eyes, he said heartbrokenly, "I passed the exam, but Teacher Wei, how can you leave?" Already..."
"Good boy, don't cry, don't cry." Listening to Chen Hao's miserable cry, Wei Fangping's widow was also saddened. While patting Chen Hao's shoulder, she comforted her, "It's my old Wei who is dying." Well, I won’t be able to see you.”
"Okay, okay, he's gone. If you have anything to do in the future, you can tell Auntie, and Auntie will definitely help you if she can."
Chen Hao shook his head, wiped his tears, and said, "Auntie, Teacher Wei said he was in good health before. Why did he suddenly say no and then disappear? Is there any accident?"
Wei's wife let out a long sigh and said, "Oh, I don't know either."
"I was in good health last week."
"I was thinking that maybe I was tired some time ago, which caused some problems."
Chen Hao's tear-filled eyes flashed with light, and he quickly asked: "Tired? What did Teacher Wei do?"
Wei's wife hesitated for a moment, then looked at Chen Hao's sincere face and said, "You should also know what your teacher Wei does."
Chen Hao nodded.
Wei's wife continued: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, Xiao Chen. Old Wei has some bad habits."
"Last year, he somehow incurred a large gambling debt, and we couldn't even celebrate New Year's Eve."
"Later, in the spring, Lao Wei said that he had taken on a big job."
"The boss is from Mu Fengguo's side."
"Mu Fengguo?" Chen Hao secretly memorized this information. This is a small country to the east of Yanxia. Due to historical and cultural issues, it has many conflicts with Yanxia.
"Old Wei said that the boss was very generous and asked him to help make some handicrafts. After the completion, all the debts will be paid off, and there will still be a large amount left." Wei's wife continued, "Old Wei began to live in poverty. Do it all day and night!”
"Lao Wei also said that the boss's requirements were too high, and he was designated to be the only one to do it. The boss didn't believe in other people's craftsmanship."
"In this way, Lao Wei worked non-stop for six months, and finally delivered the goods as scheduled and got the money back."
"It must have been that time that something went wrong..."
At this time, Chen Hao had already surmised the entire truth in his mind.
The thing should be like this: Mu Fengguo's boss used Wei Fangping to make fake cultural relics, and then used the fake cultural relics to make huge profits. But in order to prevent the information about the fake cultural relics from being revealed, he chose to use the power of the ancient spiritual objects to kill Wei Fangping.
Well, that makes sense.
"Auntie, do you know the name of the businessman from Mu Fengguo?" Chen Hao asked, but seeing Wei's wife's puzzled eyes, he quickly explained, "Don't get me wrong. I was just wondering if I could buy one from him. Come back with a piece of Teacher Wei’s work as a souvenir for yourself.”
When Wei's wife heard this, she sighed again: "I am determined."
"I heard from Old Wei that it seemed to be called Bai Pu."
"But he is a businessman. If you want to buy it back, you will definitely get ripped off. I still have some things he made at home. If you like it, pick one and take it back."
Chen Hao quickly thanked him.
In this way, after chatting with Wei's wife for a while, Chen Hao stood up and left.
In the taxi back, Chen Hao took out his mobile phone and dialed Instructor Wang's number again, telling him about the Mu Fengguo businessman and his speculations.
"Bai Pu may not be his real name."
"We can see if we can trace the other party from the financial transactions."
"I think he is very suspicious."
Instructor Wang on the other side of the phone was silent for a moment, said "I understand" and hung up the phone.
…
The next day.
Chen Hao was visiting his unconscious wife in the hospital when Teacher Wang called. Chen Hao walked out of the ward and answered the phone.
"Hello……"
"Chen Hao, we went to investigate the matter you mentioned yesterday."
"Baipu is a pseudonym, his real name is Jin Hongfan."
"But in the past year, he has never left Mu Fengguo. Wei Fangping's death should have nothing to do with him."
Chen Hao frowned and said, "Then he can hire someone to kill Wei Fangping..."
"This possibility cannot be ruled out. But if he is the murderer, how to explain the other people who turned into evil spirits in Incident 1073?"
"They have nothing to do with Jin Hongfan."
Chen Hao was silent for a moment and said: "Instructor Wang, can you give me a copy of the entire file of incident No. 1073?"
"No problem." Instructor Wang agreed readily.
…
Prince Qi's house.
In a courtyard, Teacher Wang hung up the phone, and a clear-sounding female voice came from behind him.
"You seem to be very interested in this new guy."
"Our thinking is a bit rigid, and we have been stuck on the idea of looking for ancient spiritual objects first." Instructor Wang said as he found the folder of Incident 1073 and sent it to Chen Hao. "He did some thinking from another angle. It’s also pretty good.”
"It's more than that." The female voice had a hint of smile in her voice, "Why do I always feel that you intend to get him involved more deeply?"
Instructor Wang turned around and looked at the woman opposite, with unconcealable endearment in his eyes, and said with a smile: "This little fox, you think you can hide it from me."
"When I sensed something in the teahouse, I knew he had seen the soul barrier and had seen the interior location in advance."
"After careful calculation, I was able to sense spiritual power and see the soul barrier in just a few hours. This is a genius."
"There used to be children like this. They insisted on hiding their clumsiness and didn't say anything. Don't you think we old people can't see it?"
"The little guy doesn't want to talk now, that's okay."
"I gave him the opportunity to learn more and have more contact, so that he can have more references when making decisions in the future."
Speaking of this, Teacher Wang showed a playful expression.
"I, Yan Xia, have inherited it for five thousand years, but there are still many important national treasures that have not been linked to anyone."
"If he chooses to walk with us and fight in the future, I am somewhat looking forward to which cultural relic will resonate with him..."
