Chapter 1777
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In the meditation room, the space was instantly quiet.
Seeing Master Wu's delay in giving a response, Gu Chen waited for a moment and continued to remind: "Master Wu, are you listening to me?"
"Benefactor Gu, I'm really sorry. I'm just a monk. I have a lot to do every day, and I won't pay more attention to outsiders."
"Many people who come to Beiling temple have secrets in their hearts. They don't dare to confide in others on weekdays, so they will tell the poor monk. I only answer their doubts and enlighten them."
"As for where they are going when they leave the temple, this is not what the poor monk needs to know."
"But sun Yunmei may be in danger." Gu Chen also continued to remind.
Master Wu frowned, looked up at Gu Chen through the dim light in the room and said, "benefactor Gu, I really can't answer your question. Why don't you ask some other questions?"
It seems that Master Wu really doesn't know where sun Yunmei is going, and Gu Chen can't embarrass him any more.
But I thought sun Yunmei and Master Wu were old friends, so Gu Chen continued to ask him, "I heard that Master Wu used to do business?"
"Yes." Master Wu nodded silently and took the initiative to admit: "what he did was foreign trade, but later it was not easy to do in the international market. He lost all the money he earned in the early years, so he wanted to open it and fled to Buddhism. Now it's quiet."
"So it is?" Gu Chen nodded silently and said, "then you should have known sun Yunmei before, right?"
"Well, yes, we did know each other before I fled to Buddhism." Gu Chen seemed to know his past very well, and Master Wu didn't mean to hide it.
This made Gu Chen very satisfied and felt that Master Wu was quite cooperative.
Although he is a master of Beiling temple, he is really amiable and easy to communicate.
Therefore, Gu Chen also put down his burden and began to ask some in-depth questions.
"Master Wu, do you know sun Yunmei well? It's said that sun Yunmei will talk to you every time she comes to Beiling."
"Plus you two are old friends, you two should have a lot of questions to communicate, right?"
"Er..."
After hearing Gu Chen's words, Master Wu was silent for a few seconds before slowly saying:
"Yes, because she is an old friend, sun Yunmei does come to the temple to talk to me every time she comes to Beiling."
"She is a hard-working woman. Her husband and son have disappeared one after another. For many years, she has lived alone. For her, this blow is enough to destroy everything she has."
With a faint sigh, Master Wu was also thoughtful: "I remember that her son disappeared near Beiling many years ago, so she often came back to Beiling to pay tribute to her missing son."
"Sometimes she chooses to stay here for a while."
"And during this time, she usually comes to talk to me."
"What are you talking about?" Gu Chen asked.
"Well, it's just some Zen principles. I'll let him read scriptures and copy scriptures to transfer her sadness."
"I remember that every time she came over, her mood was very low, but after a few days of practice in our Beiling temple, the whole person's mood seemed to return to normal."
"What about the last time? I remember the last time she came to Beiling temple, it should be years ago, right?" Gu Chen asked.
Master Wu nodded silently, "that's right."
"How many days did she stay in Beiling temple?" Gu Chen asked.
Master Wu stretched out three fingers: "she stayed for three days."
"Only three days?" Gu Chen frowned and hurriedly asked, "but as far as I know, every time sun Yunmei comes to Beiling, she usually stays for about a week, usually four or five days."
"But it's only three days this time. It seems that the time is very short. Is she going to do something important?"
In the face of Gu Chen's continuous inquiry, Master Wu obviously doesn't adapt to this communication rhythm.
In Beiling temple, Master Wu is good at giving spiritual guidance and communication.
This kind of communication is more about complaining to yourself, and then master Wu gives some guidance according to the actual situation of the other party.
Master Wu Chen had a problem with the rhythm of handling the case.
The fast pace of one question and one answer made Master Wu unable to take the initiative in communication, which was a little embarrassing for a time.
However, due to Gu Chen's identity as a policeman, Master Wu can only try to calm down and continue to reply:
"As for benefactor sun Yunmei, why only stay for three days? I don't know how to explain it?"
"Because last time, sun Yunmei told me that she encountered some difficulties about her old villa and her son's room."
"Her son's room?" Gu Chen obviously found something when he heard this.
You know, sun Yunmei sold the old villa to Zhao Ke for several years.
During this period, his sealed secret room has never been found by Zhao Ke.
So it's always been safe.
But now, Zhao Ke found the secret room because of the problem of villa decoration, and sun Yunmei soon knew the news.
It can be seen that sun Haifang must have informed sun Yunmei by phone or text message.
Or when sun Yunmei returns to sun Haifang's house, sun Haifang tells her about it by the way.
In this way, sun Yunmei seems to be able to explain the discovery of the secret room.
Master Wu nodded silently and responded: "benefactor sun Yunmei really told me about her son's room."
"She told me that she was guilty. It was her selfishness that kept the room that should have disappeared there for many years."
"She said she knew that the secret room she had sealed up would be discovered sooner or later."
"However, she hoped that the original appearance of the room would be kept for one more day, but the matter could not be concealed. She told me that the room was still found."
"So? What did she tell you?" Gu Chen asked.
Master Wu sighed and said reluctantly, "I told her it's time to put down those psychological burdens in the past. After all, there is no one living in that room, and her son will never appear again."
"Instead of taking these nihilistic things as an important part of life, we can't choose to put them down."
"So?" I feel Master Wu is right. She is really enlightening sun Yunmei and giving up those useless insistences in the past.
After all, the reality is that sun Yunmei's son can basically be declared dead.
After missing for so many years, it's even more impossible to find it now.
Moreover, sun Yunmei often came to Beiling to pay homage to her son. It can be seen that she basically accepted the fact that her son had died.
Thinking of sun Yunmei's early years, when the overseas Chinese husband had no news, and then lost his son, perhaps ordinary people can't bear the blow.
Even though her overseas Chinese husband left her an old villa, living in an empty villa is not a kind of suffering?
Gu Chen blindly guesses that sun Yunmei is an old lady with an empty heart. At least she has too many things in her heart. Such a person is doomed to be unhappy.
Talking to master Wu is undoubtedly the best relief.
"Reading scriptures and copying scriptures, well, it's really a good way to divert attention." Gu Chen nodded slightly and acquiesced to these methods, which really enlightened sun Yunmei's heart.
So Gu Chen asked Master Wu again, "does Master Wu know? How did sun Yunmei know that her secret room was discovered? Who told her?"
Master Wu shook his head: "she didn't tell me about this."
"All right." Gu Chen is a little helpless, but he can basically guess that it may be her sister sun Haifang.
So Gu Chen asked again, "Master Wu, who else does Sun Yunmei have contacts with besides you?"
"HMM... what do you mean, inside the temple or outside?"
"Both." Gu Chen said.
With a faint sigh, Master Wu sat on the bed and thought about it carefully.
A few seconds later, he said faintly, "if you talk about people outside, I don't know this."
"After all, I don't gossip, and I don't want to care about your family chores. Unless the benefactors are confused and difficult to answer, I can give you some advice."
"As for sun Yunfang, I don't know who she is with in the temple, but I don't know who she is?"
"I know that." Gu Chen felt that Master Wu's answer was no problem.
Normally speaking, with sun Yunmei's character, it's really difficult for her to have true friends outside.
Sun Haifang, as her sister, gave sun Yunmei a place to stay. It can be seen that the two people have a close relationship, which is certain, but they don't seem to be as beautiful as they thought.
So Gu Chen continued to ask, "what about the temple? Sun Yunmei often comes here to practice, so she should also know many practitioners here, right?"
"Well, there are some practitioners I know, but sun Yunmei is usually quiet, so there are not many people who know her very well, but I know that there is one."
"Who is it?" Seeing Master Wu speak, Gu Chen immediately looked forward to it.
Master Wu grinned and said, "the contractor who is now helping us repair the house in our temple is a middle-aged fat benefactor named Xu Dewen. It seems that he also lives in our temple tonight?"
"I know this man. We talked tonight." As soon as Master Wu mentioned this person, Gu Chen immediately made it clear and said:
"But I also want to know if there is anyone else besides this one?"
Master Wu shook his head silently.
"Is this the only one?" Gu Chen asked again.
Master Wu nodded silently.
"No? We asked him about this man, and he didn't know sun Yunmei's whereabouts." Gu Chen suddenly felt a burst of depression.
I felt that I asked Xu Dewen, a middle-aged fat man, and Master Wu. As a result, they didn't know. And was equivalent to walking around, but they still got nothing.
Seeing this, Master Wu also grinned and reminded Gu Chen, "this man is very familiar with her sun Yunmei, and he helped seal the wall in the room of sun Yunmei's house."
"What did Xu Devon build the wall?" Hearing this, Gu Chen immediately frowned and felt a little surprised.
Master Wu nodded and smiled: "yes, this is the tacit understanding they reached when they practiced in the temple a few years ago."
"Sun Yunmei wants to save her son's room in memory of her son, and Xu Dewen happens to do this again, so they hit it off."
"After sun Yunmei left Beiling temple, she found Xu Dewen to repair the wall, and Xu Dewen also promised that this matter would be kept secret for her, so the relationship between the two has always been very good."
"But Xu Dewen said he didn't know sun Yunmei's whereabouts." Gu Chen heard this explanation. Although he felt a little surprised, he was still a little depressed.
Unexpectedly, the repairer of the wall has been found and is one of the people who knew about it.
To his dismay, although Xu Dewen, a fat middle-aged man, had a good relationship with old lady sun Yunmei, Gu Chen didn't get the desired result from Xu Dewen when he communicated with her before.
Seeing that Master Wu might be in vain, Gu Chen hurriedly asked, "Master Wu, since you don't know where sun Yunmei is going? Can you guess where she may go?"
"Er... This..."
Facing Gu Chen's question, Master Wu hesitated again.
Looking at his expression, Gu Chen felt that Master Wu should be able to provide some useful clues.
Sure enough, before long, Master Wu suggested to Gu Chen, "you can go around Wujia alley. As far as I know, it's her husband's old house, although it has been donated to the Cultural Relics Bureau and has become a cultural relics protection unit."
"But near the old house, after all, is the place where her sun Yunmei and her missing husband met for the first time."
"So, based on my understanding of sun Yunmei, she is a very nostalgic person. It's not difficult to see from her sealing up her son's room."
"So if you want to find her, you might as well try your luck at Wujia alley."
"Great." After knowing this important clue, Gu Chen took out a note and pen and paper directly in the pocket of his down jacket and began to take notes:
"Do you know where sun Yunmei's husband's old house is in Wujia alley?"
"11 get 11? I remember this number is special and easy to remember." Master Wu said.
Gu Chen quickly recorded it.
Looking up at Master Wu again, Master Wu seems to be exhausted at the moment.
It's really difficult for Master Wu to go to other monasteries during the day and return to the temple on Beiling mountain at night. Now he's still making oral records with himself at two or three o'clock in the morning.
Gu Chen is not a cold-blooded machine. After recording the clues he wants, he resolutely ends the inquiry, stands up and thanks:
"Master Wu, thank you very much tonight. I'm really sorry to disturb your rest."
"Where is it?" Seeing Gu Chen's intention to leave at last, Master Wu also breathed a sigh of relief and tried to put on his shoes from the cushion on the bed, ready to send Gu Chen off.
Originally, Master Wu thought Gu Chen was just a confused young man and always looked for his own guidance.
Thinking about his rich experience in opening up others over the years, it may not take long to make this young man suddenly enlightened and reborn.
But master Wu was careless. Unexpectedly, Gu Chen's identity turned out to be a policeman?
Communicating with Gu Chen, I have a sense of being interrogated.
It feels like Gu Chen wants to dig out all the things he knows.
This comes and goes, but also consumed a lot of time and energy.
At this time, Master Wu could hardly keep his eyes open.
But after all, a master should look like a master. You can't fall asleep while enlightening others.
So when Master Wu was old, he also tried to endure sleepiness and sat and communicated with Gu Chen.
I feel that if Gu Chen doesn't go again, he may be hypnotized by Gu Chen.
Fortunately, Gu Chen had already got up, so Master Wu breathed a sigh of relief and walked slowly to the door.
Then he nodded slightly to Gu Chen, and then closed the door.
Out of the room, Gu Chen also felt the cold in the Beiling mountains. He was just wearing a down coat, not even pants and socks.
In the cold wind, Gu Chen had to trot all the way back to his room.
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The next morning.
7 a.m.
Gu Chen's phone rang. Seeing that Lu Weiwei was calling, Gu Chen resolutely connected the phone: "Hello, senior sister Lu."
"Younger martial brother Gu, are you awake?" Asked Lu Weiwei on the phone.
Seeing that officer Wang had been awakened and was stretching, Gu Chen quickly replied, "I'm awake."
"Then hurry out. Let's have breakfast together. I heard that there are free vegetarian meals in the temple. I was hungry last night. Now it's time to replenish energy."
Lu Weiwei seems to be very hungry. Now she is inviting Gu Chen to have breakfast together.
"OK, then wait for us and we'll come out right away." Gu Chen hung up the phone and then said to police officer Wang, "elder martial brother Wang and elder martial sister Lu asked us to have a vegetarian meal."
"I see." Officer Wang yawned and sat up reluctantly.
In the early morning, the temperature of Beiling temple is very low, the room is only an ordinary brick and tile structure, and the gap in the window is large, so it is not warm.
Officer Wang covered the quilt provided by the temple, but he still didn't keep warm.
You have to add some of your own clothes to it.
I slept until dawn, but my legs were still cold.
Officer Wang immediately felt that sleeping in such a place was no different from suffering.
It's not so much to come here to practice, it can't be said that "suffering" is more real.
After getting dressed, officer Wang asked Gu Chen, "Gu Chen, how did you sleep last night?"
"OK." Gu Chen put on his shoes and said it casually.
"OK?" Police officer Wang was suspicious and had no good way: "this place is too cold. I feel like I don't have the tools to light a fire. It's just suffering."
"In particular, this window is still the ancient wooden window structure. Although it is equipped with glass, it must be similar to the modern sliding window. This sliding window is not insulated at all, and there are gaps everywhere."
With a faint sigh, officer Wang also cried bitterly: "I felt the wind blowing in when I slept here last night."
"Hehe, elder martial brother Wang, it's good to settle down on Beiling mountain. After all, this is not a hotel. Other people's temples don't charge you money. Be content." After putting on his clothes, Gu Chen simply wiped his face with a wet towel in the bathroom of his room, and then put a mouthful of water on the faucet with his mouth. After a simple mouthwash, he even finished washing.
Seeing this, officer Wang also learned Gu Chen's mouthwash, bent down and put a mouthful of water on the tap.
As soon as Gu Chengang went out, he heard a scream from officer Wang in the house.
"What happened to Lao Wang?" Lu Weiwei, who was waiting for Gu Chen at the door, asked.
"Maybe the water is too cold." Gu Chen said.
At this moment, officer Wang opened the door and said, "the water here is too cold. I feel like my teeth are going to be frozen."
"Lao Wang, don't make trouble. If the monks in the temple hear it, they will be angry. They say it's good to give you free accommodation. You're picky." Lu Weiwei also reminded.
"Yes, elder martial brother Wang, it's better to be here than at home. It's still on the mountain. The water source is tight. You must remember to save water." Yuan Shasha quickly agreed.
Officer Wang waved his hand: "I see, eh? Didn't you say you were going to have a free vegetarian meal? Where to eat?"
Lu Weiwei pointed to a direction in the backyard and said, "I heard the kitchen and restaurant are over there."
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up." Officer Wang felt his growling stomach and felt that he was starving to death.
Everyone and his party followed other practitioners who got up and walked towards the kitchen.
When I came to the kitchen, I immediately felt a hot air coming from the house, which made everyone feel a burst of warmth.
At this moment, there are already four or five people waiting in line.
Gu Chen walked behind the last person and patted him on the shoulder.
Xu Dewen, a fat middle-aged man who chatted with Gu Chen last night, turned his head and said, "it's you, little brother? Get up so early?"
"Well, after breakfast, we have to go down the mountain." Gu Chen said.
Xu Dewen grinned: "ha ha, you didn't sleep very well last night when you lived in the temple. I guess you didn't have a fire tool or an electric blanket in your room."
"Do you have?" Police officer Wang, who lined up behind Gu Chen, immediately envied him.
Xu Dewen, a middle-aged fat man, grinned: "that's for sure. It's not the first time we've worked here. We've known the weather here for a long time."
"So we brought up the tools for baking and heating tools such as electric blankets from the foot of the mountain."
"I knew I could borrow it from you. I felt like I was sleeping in an ice hole yesterday, and my feet haven't realized it yet." Officer Wang thought of this and suddenly stopped his legs.
I feel that these legs are not my own.
Lu Weiwei grinned: "just you, Lao Wang, there are many troubles."
"Are you sleeping cold?" Officer Wang glanced at Lu Weiwei.
Lu Weiwei grinned, hugged yuan Sasha and said, "of course I sleep in the same bed with Xiao Yuan."
"Although the bed is smaller, it's really warm to sleep together."
"Didn't elder martial brother Wang sleep in the same bed with elder martial brother Gu last night?" Yuan Sasha asked him curiously.
As soon as the voice fell, officer Wang was a little embarrassed.
The two little girls held together and slept in the same bed. It seems that there is no big problem.
But when two big men hold each other and sleep in the same bed, the painting style is a little strange.
After all, this society is still too harsh on men.
For example, on the street, women hold hands, and everyone feels that everything is normal.
But if you see two men holding hands in the street, it may cause criticism.
Or women and women go to dinner and feed each other. There's no problem at all.
But if you find two men feeding each other in the restaurant, you may be scolded as "pervert".
This seems to have become a default right in society.
Therefore, when Yuan Shasha asked this idea, which seemed to have no too many questions, officer Wang felt embarrassed.
"Elder martial brother Wang, it's your turn." Officer Wang here is still thinking. Gu Chen at the other end has made breakfast and is looking for a vacant seat with breakfast.
There is a small door between the kitchen and the dining room.
The restaurant is composed of several long tables, and the stool is a bench.
As for vegetarian breakfast, it's also very simple.
Just some steamed bread and millet porridge, very light.
Lu Weiwei sat next to Gu Chen and ate with relish. She praised from time to time: "brother Gu, I usually feel that this steamed bread is ordinary. I never even eat it in the canteen."
"But today's feeling is different. Today's steamed bread tastes especially delicious."
"Elder martial sister Lu may be too hungry? This steamed bread feels like the steamed bread in our canteen." Gu Chen also said casually.
Lu Weiwei nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "well, maybe. The millet porridge here is also good. It would be better if you could put some sugar."
Here, Lu Weiwei is still praising the vegetarian breakfast. Officer Wang, sitting opposite Gu Chen, reminded him, "eat quickly and go to master Wu after eating to see if he has come back today."
"No, let's just go down the mountain." Gu Chen said while eating steamed bread and drinking millet porridge.
Officer Wang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Gu Chen, what are you talking about in your dream? We're here to find Master Wu. If master Wu isn't here, how can we go down the mountain in advance?"
"Elder martial brother Wang, i..."
"Have you seen Master Wu in your dream?" Before Gu Chen finished speaking, officer Wang joked:
"Don't tell me, I really dreamed of Master Wu coming back late at night last night, and then you got up to find him. I guess you met him in your dream?"
"Er..."
Gu Chen didn't know how to explain for a moment. After being embarrassed for a few seconds, he nodded silently: "elder martial brother Wang, I may have really seen Master Wu in my dream, and I also recorded the conversation with Master Wu."
When the voice fell, Gu Chen took out the note paper recorded last night directly from his pocket, put it on the table and pushed it to officer Wang.
Officer Wang was stunned, opened the note paper with one hand and looked it up with a skeptical attitude.
But when Gu Chen recorded many dictations about Master Wu, the whole person was stunned.
So I turned the note to the end and even had the signature date, which was 3 a.m. last night.
Officer Wang looked up and said, "Gu... Gu Chen, have you really met Master Wu in your dream?"
"Poof!" Hearing officer Wang's words, Gu Chen couldn't help laughing and quickly explained, "I wanted to wake you up last night, but elder martial brother Wang was tired and snoring, and I couldn't bear to wake you up."
"Moreover, at that time in the evening, I was not sure whether Master Wu returned to the temple, so I went alone to see the situation. As a result, I really met Master Wu."
"Younger martial brother Gu, did you really see Master Wu last night?" After Gu Chen said this, Lu Weiwei's eyes were dull.
Last night, everyone slept very hard and didn't hear anything outside.
Gu Chen nodded silently and admitted: "yes, I was in Master Wu's room last night and talked with him until about 3 a.m. I've asked everything I should ask."
"True or false?" Hearing Gu Chen's speech, Yuan Shasha was also excited and said, "it seems that elder martial brother Gu is efficient. What did you talk about?"
"You can see for yourself." After a brief review, officer Wang handed the note paper to Yuan Shasha.
Gu Chen turned and looked behind him.
At this moment, Xu Dewen, a middle-aged fat man, is having dinner with his workmates and is still talking about today's construction task.
So Gu Chen turned his head and whispered, "the original contractor we saw last night is Xu Dewen, who helped sun Yunmei seal the room at home with bricks."
"So he did it?" After listening to Gu Chenyi, Lu Weiwei was also quite surprised: "the relationship between her and sun Yunmei should be good?"
Gu Chen nodded silently: "of course, but he doesn't know where sun Yunmei is now? But master Wu told me that we can go to Wujia alley and take a chance on No. 11, Lane 11."
"Because it used to be the old house of sun Yunmei's missing husband, and sun Yunmei is an extremely nostalgic person. Maybe you can find her there."
"Just cable." Lu Weiwei is not demanding now.
At least find some clues from Master Wu.
In this way, it is much easier than before.
In the rest of the time, we all circulated Gu Chen's notes to each other, and probably knew what Gu Chen talked to master Wu last night.
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7:30 a.m.
After having finished breakfast, the people said goodbye to the monks who cleaned the courtyard in the temple. Then they hurried away from Beiling and walked down the mountain.
After finding the vehicle, everyone rushed to Wujia alley without stopping.
On the way, Gu Chen also explained to the crowd, "Master Wu told me that every time sun Yunmei came to Beiling to sacrifice his son, she basically prayed in the temple."
"She doesn't know the people in the temple very well, mainly because of her character."
"Sun Yunmei should be a quiet person." Lu Weiwei just guessed sun Yunmei's character.
Officer Wang also said, "it's a surprise that the person who knows sun Yunmei best in the temple is the fat contractor and Master Wu."
"Doesn't sun Yunmei have any friends outside? In this society, it's really a pity to have no friends."
"Isn't there her sister sun Haifang?" Yuan Shasha reminded.
Gu Chen, who was driving, nodded silently: "yes, sun Yunmei's only acquaintance outside is her sister sun Haifang."
"When her husband disappeared, she still had her son as a spiritual pillar, but later her son also disappeared, and she began to have no intention to run her own business."
"In this world, her sister sun Haifang is the only one who has a little closer relationship with her."
"And the relationship between them is not very harmonious." Listening to Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei also added.
Officer Wang tut tut twice, but also couldn't help sighing: "have you found that sun Yunmei is alone, but her sister sun Haifang lives there alone."
"I noticed, too." Gu Chen, who was driving, nodded silently and said: "I asked elder martial brother he to investigate this sun Haifang and found that sun Haifang had a very short marriage and divorced very early."
"After the divorce, I almost lived alone, had no children, and didn't reorganize a new family."
"That's strange." Lu Weiwei held her chest with both hands and thought: "if a woman has no children, she will be very lonely in the future."
"Even if her sister sun Yunmei lost her husband and son, why didn't she choose to continue to get married?"
"And now it seems that at this age, even if you want to find an old wife to live with, it's difficult."
"Now even a single man wants to spend the rest of his life with an 18-year-old girl."
"Hehe, maybe the two sisters have had an unfortunate marriage. They have serious psychological trauma and no longer believe in love. Maybe."
Officer Wang is also making wild guesses.
I always feel that the twins and sisters have had too many ups and downs in their life.
At this age, they are full of children and grandchildren.
But now, that's not the case at all.
Others have grandchildren, but these two sisters have always been alone. It's distressing to see them.
At the same time of all kinds of ridicule, the vehicles soon came near the entrance of Wujia Lane in the old city.
Gu Chen parked his car in an empty space aside, got off with the crowd and began to look for No. 11, Lane 11.
After several inquiries, everyone came to the door of a small courtyard.
The house number is No. 11, Lane 11, which is consistent with the address provided by Master Wu.
We looked carefully at the old house in front of us.
Although the courtyard is small, the building has three floors.
And this kind of building is obviously repaired and maintained.
There is also an introduction board hanging on the wall by the door.
The general content is to introduce the history of the house, which is a hundred years old.
Considering that people could live in such a house a hundred years ago, it is obvious that sun Yunmei's overseas Chinese husband's family was also quite prominent in that year.
But at present, the old house has been managed by the Cultural Relics Bureau.
The gate is also locked. You can't get in at all.
Lu Weiwei held her chest in her hands and looked at the old house in front of her with emotion: "will sun Yunmei appear here?"
Looking around, Lu Weiwei said, "but the alley here looks very old and hasn't been repaired much. These old houses are simply reinforced."
Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, opened the map location, and then sent it to he Junchao. After the information content, he replied by voice, probably asking him Junchao to help find the nearby monitoring.
While waiting for he Junchao to search, Gu Chen was not idle. When he was about to open his mobile phone photo album, he showed sun Yunmei's photo in front of passers-by, asked about sun Yunmei's whereabouts, and wanted to ask passers-by for some clues.
But it's a pity that almost no one knows.
Just 10 minutes later, Gu Chen's phone suddenly rang.
The caller was he Junchao, so Gu Chen quickly opened the answer button and asked, "elder martial brother he, how's the investigation?"
"Gu Chen, i... I found sun Yunmei's whereabouts." He Junchao choked.
Gu Chen immediately felt that it might not be good news.
So he quickly asked he Junchao, "elder martial brother he, what's going on?"
"Sun Yunmei did appear nearby years ago, and the monitoring also caught it. At that time, sun Yunmei stayed directly in this old house, which is where you are now, for a short time."
"Then I walked along the alley to the end and finally disappeared."
"Go to the end of the alley? And then disappear?" Gu Chen was stunned and didn't understand, so he asked he Junchao:
"Elder martial brother he, what do you mean? Is there no monitoring at the end of the alley?"
"Well, you can tell me there's no end to the alley."
"A river?" Hearing what he Junchao said, Gu Chen was stunned and suddenly realized: "you mean... Sun Yunmei may jump into the river?"
"Yes, but I can't confirm it at present, but since then, I haven't found sun Yunmei's whereabouts in the monitoring, and she disappeared."
"And it was late at night when sun Yunmei went to the end of the alley. She went to the river at night."
"Jumping into a river late at night? Is it suicide?" Gu Chen can't imagine anymore. The whole person can't help but stay where he is and look at the end of the alley.
"Gu Chen, the only thing I can help you is this. You'd better go to the alley to see the situation."
"OK, I see. Thank you, elder martial brother he."
After a brief communication with he Junchao, Gu Chen resolutely hung up the phone.
At this moment, Lu Weiwei, police officer Wang and Yuan Shasha are all around Gu Chen.
Gu Chengang just talked to he Junchao, and everyone could hear it. It felt that sun Yunmei might have jumped into a river at the end of Wujia alley to commit suicide.
"Younger martial brother gu!" Lu Weiwei looks at Gu Chen without knowing why.
"Go and look at the end of the alley." Gu Chen didn't have time to explain at the moment, so he took everyone to the end of the alley and ran quickly.
This alley is not long. After trotting about 50 meters, I came to the river.
Like Jiangnan City, there are many ancient alleys built along the river, many of which are arranged and distributed in rows.
At the end of the alley, there is this river.
Along the river, there is a small road. Cars can't get through at all. They can only walk and ride bicycles.
At this moment, Gu Chen lay on the guardrail and couldn't help staring at the clear river.
Repeatedly, we can imagine the sad scene that sun Yunmei walked down to the river that night and jumped down.
"Sun Yunmei jumped from here? Is there no mistake?" Officer Wang was flustered and felt that it was a little strange.
After all, in the middle of the night, run here to commit suicide? What great grievance was this?
Gu Chen also shook his head and said: "at present, I don't know the specific situation? But sun Yunmei is very likely to jump into the river and commit suicide from here."
"And elder martial brother he told me that the monitoring here can only detect these ranges. After Sun Yun came here that night, the monitoring didn't catch her anymore. She disappeared out of thin air here."
"If you didn't commit suicide by jumping into a river, where would you go?" Yuan Shasha was also curious.
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In the meditation room, the space was instantly quiet.
Seeing Master Wu's delay in giving a response, Gu Chen waited for a moment and continued to remind: "Master Wu, are you listening to me?"
"Benefactor Gu, I'm really sorry. I'm just a monk. I have a lot to do every day, and I won't pay more attention to outsiders."
"Many people who come to Beiling temple have secrets in their hearts. They don't dare to confide in others on weekdays, so they will tell the poor monk. I only answer their doubts and enlighten them."
"As for where they are going when they leave the temple, this is not what the poor monk needs to know."
"But sun Yunmei may be in danger." Gu Chen also continued to remind.
Master Wu frowned, looked up at Gu Chen through the dim light in the room and said, "benefactor Gu, I really can't answer your question. Why don't you ask some other questions?"
It seems that Master Wu really doesn't know where sun Yunmei is going, and Gu Chen can't embarrass him any more.
But I thought sun Yunmei and Master Wu were old friends, so Gu Chen continued to ask him, "I heard that Master Wu used to do business?"
"Yes." Master Wu nodded silently and took the initiative to admit: "what he did was foreign trade, but later it was not easy to do in the international market. He lost all the money he earned in the early years, so he wanted to open it and fled to Buddhism. Now it's quiet."
"So it is?" Gu Chen nodded silently and said, "then you should have known sun Yunmei before, right?"
"Well, yes, we did know each other before I fled to Buddhism." Gu Chen seemed to know his past very well, and Master Wu didn't mean to hide it.
This made Gu Chen very satisfied and felt that Master Wu was quite cooperative.
Although he is a master of Beiling temple, he is really amiable and easy to communicate.
Therefore, Gu Chen also put down his burden and began to ask some in-depth questions.
"Master Wu, do you know sun Yunmei well? It's said that sun Yunmei will talk to you every time she comes to Beiling."
"Plus you two are old friends, you two should have a lot of questions to communicate, right?"
"Er..."
After hearing Gu Chen's words, Master Wu was silent for a few seconds before slowly saying:
"Yes, because she is an old friend, sun Yunmei does come to the temple to talk to me every time she comes to Beiling."
"She is a hard-working woman. Her husband and son have disappeared one after another. For many years, she has lived alone. For her, this blow is enough to destroy everything she has."
With a faint sigh, Master Wu was also thoughtful: "I remember that her son disappeared near Beiling many years ago, so she often came back to Beiling to pay tribute to her missing son."
"Sometimes she chooses to stay here for a while."
"And during this time, she usually comes to talk to me."
"What are you talking about?" Gu Chen asked.
"Well, it's just some Zen principles. I'll let him read scriptures and copy scriptures to transfer her sadness."
"I remember that every time she came over, her mood was very low, but after a few days of practice in our Beiling temple, the whole person's mood seemed to return to normal."
"What about the last time? I remember the last time she came to Beiling temple, it should be years ago, right?" Gu Chen asked.
Master Wu nodded silently, "that's right."
"How many days did she stay in Beiling temple?" Gu Chen asked.
Master Wu stretched out three fingers: "she stayed for three days."
"Only three days?" Gu Chen frowned and hurriedly asked, "but as far as I know, every time sun Yunmei comes to Beiling, she usually stays for about a week, usually four or five days."
"But it's only three days this time. It seems that the time is very short. Is she going to do something important?"
In the face of Gu Chen's continuous inquiry, Master Wu obviously doesn't adapt to this communication rhythm.
In Beiling temple, Master Wu is good at giving spiritual guidance and communication.
This kind of communication is more about complaining to yourself, and then master Wu gives some guidance according to the actual situation of the other party.
Master Wu Chen had a problem with the rhythm of handling the case.
The fast pace of one question and one answer made Master Wu unable to take the initiative in communication, which was a little embarrassing for a time.
However, due to Gu Chen's identity as a policeman, Master Wu can only try to calm down and continue to reply:
"As for benefactor sun Yunmei, why only stay for three days? I don't know how to explain it?"
"Because last time, sun Yunmei told me that she encountered some difficulties about her old villa and her son's room."
"Her son's room?" Gu Chen obviously found something when he heard this.
You know, sun Yunmei sold the old villa to Zhao Ke for several years.
During this period, his sealed secret room has never been found by Zhao Ke.
So it's always been safe.
But now, Zhao Ke found the secret room because of the problem of villa decoration, and sun Yunmei soon knew the news.
It can be seen that sun Haifang must have informed sun Yunmei by phone or text message.
Or when sun Yunmei returns to sun Haifang's house, sun Haifang tells her about it by the way.
In this way, sun Yunmei seems to be able to explain the discovery of the secret room.
Master Wu nodded silently and responded: "benefactor sun Yunmei really told me about her son's room."
"She told me that she was guilty. It was her selfishness that kept the room that should have disappeared there for many years."
"She said she knew that the secret room she had sealed up would be discovered sooner or later."
"However, she hoped that the original appearance of the room would be kept for one more day, but the matter could not be concealed. She told me that the room was still found."
"So? What did she tell you?" Gu Chen asked.
Master Wu sighed and said reluctantly, "I told her it's time to put down those psychological burdens in the past. After all, there is no one living in that room, and her son will never appear again."
"Instead of taking these nihilistic things as an important part of life, we can't choose to put them down."
"So?" I feel Master Wu is right. She is really enlightening sun Yunmei and giving up those useless insistences in the past.
After all, the reality is that sun Yunmei's son can basically be declared dead.
After missing for so many years, it's even more impossible to find it now.
Moreover, sun Yunmei often came to Beiling to pay homage to her son. It can be seen that she basically accepted the fact that her son had died.
Thinking of sun Yunmei's early years, when the overseas Chinese husband had no news, and then lost his son, perhaps ordinary people can't bear the blow.
Even though her overseas Chinese husband left her an old villa, living in an empty villa is not a kind of suffering?
Gu Chen blindly guesses that sun Yunmei is an old lady with an empty heart. At least she has too many things in her heart. Such a person is doomed to be unhappy.
Talking to master Wu is undoubtedly the best relief.
"Reading scriptures and copying scriptures, well, it's really a good way to divert attention." Gu Chen nodded slightly and acquiesced to these methods, which really enlightened sun Yunmei's heart.
So Gu Chen asked Master Wu again, "does Master Wu know? How did sun Yunmei know that her secret room was discovered? Who told her?"
Master Wu shook his head: "she didn't tell me about this."
"All right." Gu Chen is a little helpless, but he can basically guess that it may be her sister sun Haifang.
So Gu Chen asked again, "Master Wu, who else does Sun Yunmei have contacts with besides you?"
"HMM... what do you mean, inside the temple or outside?"
"Both." Gu Chen said.
With a faint sigh, Master Wu sat on the bed and thought about it carefully.
A few seconds later, he said faintly, "if you talk about people outside, I don't know this."
"After all, I don't gossip, and I don't want to care about your family chores. Unless the benefactors are confused and difficult to answer, I can give you some advice."
"As for sun Yunfang, I don't know who she is with in the temple, but I don't know who she is?"
"I know that." Gu Chen felt that Master Wu's answer was no problem.
Normally speaking, with sun Yunmei's character, it's really difficult for her to have true friends outside.
Sun Haifang, as her sister, gave sun Yunmei a place to stay. It can be seen that the two people have a close relationship, which is certain, but they don't seem to be as beautiful as they thought.
So Gu Chen continued to ask, "what about the temple? Sun Yunmei often comes here to practice, so she should also know many practitioners here, right?"
"Well, there are some practitioners I know, but sun Yunmei is usually quiet, so there are not many people who know her very well, but I know that there is one."
"Who is it?" Seeing Master Wu speak, Gu Chen immediately looked forward to it.
Master Wu grinned and said, "the contractor who is now helping us repair the house in our temple is a middle-aged fat benefactor named Xu Dewen. It seems that he also lives in our temple tonight?"
"I know this man. We talked tonight." As soon as Master Wu mentioned this person, Gu Chen immediately made it clear and said:
"But I also want to know if there is anyone else besides this one?"
Master Wu shook his head silently.
"Is this the only one?" Gu Chen asked again.
Master Wu nodded silently.
"No? We asked him about this man, and he didn't know sun Yunmei's whereabouts." Gu Chen suddenly felt a burst of depression.
I felt that I asked Xu Dewen, a middle-aged fat man, and Master Wu. As a result, they didn't know. And was equivalent to walking around, but they still got nothing.
Seeing this, Master Wu also grinned and reminded Gu Chen, "this man is very familiar with her sun Yunmei, and he helped seal the wall in the room of sun Yunmei's house."
"What did Xu Devon build the wall?" Hearing this, Gu Chen immediately frowned and felt a little surprised.
Master Wu nodded and smiled: "yes, this is the tacit understanding they reached when they practiced in the temple a few years ago."
"Sun Yunmei wants to save her son's room in memory of her son, and Xu Dewen happens to do this again, so they hit it off."
"After sun Yunmei left Beiling temple, she found Xu Dewen to repair the wall, and Xu Dewen also promised that this matter would be kept secret for her, so the relationship between the two has always been very good."
"But Xu Dewen said he didn't know sun Yunmei's whereabouts." Gu Chen heard this explanation. Although he felt a little surprised, he was still a little depressed.
Unexpectedly, the repairer of the wall has been found and is one of the people who knew about it.
To his dismay, although Xu Dewen, a fat middle-aged man, had a good relationship with old lady sun Yunmei, Gu Chen didn't get the desired result from Xu Dewen when he communicated with her before.
Seeing that Master Wu might be in vain, Gu Chen hurriedly asked, "Master Wu, since you don't know where sun Yunmei is going? Can you guess where she may go?"
"Er... This..."
Facing Gu Chen's question, Master Wu hesitated again.
Looking at his expression, Gu Chen felt that Master Wu should be able to provide some useful clues.
Sure enough, before long, Master Wu suggested to Gu Chen, "you can go around Wujia alley. As far as I know, it's her husband's old house, although it has been donated to the Cultural Relics Bureau and has become a cultural relics protection unit."
"But near the old house, after all, is the place where her sun Yunmei and her missing husband met for the first time."
"So, based on my understanding of sun Yunmei, she is a very nostalgic person. It's not difficult to see from her sealing up her son's room."
"So if you want to find her, you might as well try your luck at Wujia alley."
"Great." After knowing this important clue, Gu Chen took out a note and pen and paper directly in the pocket of his down jacket and began to take notes:
"Do you know where sun Yunmei's husband's old house is in Wujia alley?"
"11 get 11? I remember this number is special and easy to remember." Master Wu said.
Gu Chen quickly recorded it.
Looking up at Master Wu again, Master Wu seems to be exhausted at the moment.
It's really difficult for Master Wu to go to other monasteries during the day and return to the temple on Beiling mountain at night. Now he's still making oral records with himself at two or three o'clock in the morning.
Gu Chen is not a cold-blooded machine. After recording the clues he wants, he resolutely ends the inquiry, stands up and thanks:
"Master Wu, thank you very much tonight. I'm really sorry to disturb your rest."
"Where is it?" Seeing Gu Chen's intention to leave at last, Master Wu also breathed a sigh of relief and tried to put on his shoes from the cushion on the bed, ready to send Gu Chen off.
Originally, Master Wu thought Gu Chen was just a confused young man and always looked for his own guidance.
Thinking about his rich experience in opening up others over the years, it may not take long to make this young man suddenly enlightened and reborn.
But master Wu was careless. Unexpectedly, Gu Chen's identity turned out to be a policeman?
Communicating with Gu Chen, I have a sense of being interrogated.
It feels like Gu Chen wants to dig out all the things he knows.
This comes and goes, but also consumed a lot of time and energy.
At this time, Master Wu could hardly keep his eyes open.
But after all, a master should look like a master. You can't fall asleep while enlightening others.
So when Master Wu was old, he also tried to endure sleepiness and sat and communicated with Gu Chen.
I feel that if Gu Chen doesn't go again, he may be hypnotized by Gu Chen.
Fortunately, Gu Chen had already got up, so Master Wu breathed a sigh of relief and walked slowly to the door.
Then he nodded slightly to Gu Chen, and then closed the door.
Out of the room, Gu Chen also felt the cold in the Beiling mountains. He was just wearing a down coat, not even pants and socks.
In the cold wind, Gu Chen had to trot all the way back to his room.
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The next morning.
7 a.m.
Gu Chen's phone rang. Seeing that Lu Weiwei was calling, Gu Chen resolutely connected the phone: "Hello, senior sister Lu."
"Younger martial brother Gu, are you awake?" Asked Lu Weiwei on the phone.
Seeing that officer Wang had been awakened and was stretching, Gu Chen quickly replied, "I'm awake."
"Then hurry out. Let's have breakfast together. I heard that there are free vegetarian meals in the temple. I was hungry last night. Now it's time to replenish energy."
Lu Weiwei seems to be very hungry. Now she is inviting Gu Chen to have breakfast together.
"OK, then wait for us and we'll come out right away." Gu Chen hung up the phone and then said to police officer Wang, "elder martial brother Wang and elder martial sister Lu asked us to have a vegetarian meal."
"I see." Officer Wang yawned and sat up reluctantly.
In the early morning, the temperature of Beiling temple is very low, the room is only an ordinary brick and tile structure, and the gap in the window is large, so it is not warm.
Officer Wang covered the quilt provided by the temple, but he still didn't keep warm.
You have to add some of your own clothes to it.
I slept until dawn, but my legs were still cold.
Officer Wang immediately felt that sleeping in such a place was no different from suffering.
It's not so much to come here to practice, it can't be said that "suffering" is more real.
After getting dressed, officer Wang asked Gu Chen, "Gu Chen, how did you sleep last night?"
"OK." Gu Chen put on his shoes and said it casually.
"OK?" Police officer Wang was suspicious and had no good way: "this place is too cold. I feel like I don't have the tools to light a fire. It's just suffering."
"In particular, this window is still the ancient wooden window structure. Although it is equipped with glass, it must be similar to the modern sliding window. This sliding window is not insulated at all, and there are gaps everywhere."
With a faint sigh, officer Wang also cried bitterly: "I felt the wind blowing in when I slept here last night."
"Hehe, elder martial brother Wang, it's good to settle down on Beiling mountain. After all, this is not a hotel. Other people's temples don't charge you money. Be content." After putting on his clothes, Gu Chen simply wiped his face with a wet towel in the bathroom of his room, and then put a mouthful of water on the faucet with his mouth. After a simple mouthwash, he even finished washing.
Seeing this, officer Wang also learned Gu Chen's mouthwash, bent down and put a mouthful of water on the tap.
As soon as Gu Chengang went out, he heard a scream from officer Wang in the house.
"What happened to Lao Wang?" Lu Weiwei, who was waiting for Gu Chen at the door, asked.
"Maybe the water is too cold." Gu Chen said.
At this moment, officer Wang opened the door and said, "the water here is too cold. I feel like my teeth are going to be frozen."
"Lao Wang, don't make trouble. If the monks in the temple hear it, they will be angry. They say it's good to give you free accommodation. You're picky." Lu Weiwei also reminded.
"Yes, elder martial brother Wang, it's better to be here than at home. It's still on the mountain. The water source is tight. You must remember to save water." Yuan Shasha quickly agreed.
Officer Wang waved his hand: "I see, eh? Didn't you say you were going to have a free vegetarian meal? Where to eat?"
Lu Weiwei pointed to a direction in the backyard and said, "I heard the kitchen and restaurant are over there."
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up." Officer Wang felt his growling stomach and felt that he was starving to death.
Everyone and his party followed other practitioners who got up and walked towards the kitchen.
When I came to the kitchen, I immediately felt a hot air coming from the house, which made everyone feel a burst of warmth.
At this moment, there are already four or five people waiting in line.
Gu Chen walked behind the last person and patted him on the shoulder.
Xu Dewen, a fat middle-aged man who chatted with Gu Chen last night, turned his head and said, "it's you, little brother? Get up so early?"
"Well, after breakfast, we have to go down the mountain." Gu Chen said.
Xu Dewen grinned: "ha ha, you didn't sleep very well last night when you lived in the temple. I guess you didn't have a fire tool or an electric blanket in your room."
"Do you have?" Police officer Wang, who lined up behind Gu Chen, immediately envied him.
Xu Dewen, a middle-aged fat man, grinned: "that's for sure. It's not the first time we've worked here. We've known the weather here for a long time."
"So we brought up the tools for baking and heating tools such as electric blankets from the foot of the mountain."
"I knew I could borrow it from you. I felt like I was sleeping in an ice hole yesterday, and my feet haven't realized it yet." Officer Wang thought of this and suddenly stopped his legs.
I feel that these legs are not my own.
Lu Weiwei grinned: "just you, Lao Wang, there are many troubles."
"Are you sleeping cold?" Officer Wang glanced at Lu Weiwei.
Lu Weiwei grinned, hugged yuan Sasha and said, "of course I sleep in the same bed with Xiao Yuan."
"Although the bed is smaller, it's really warm to sleep together."
"Didn't elder martial brother Wang sleep in the same bed with elder martial brother Gu last night?" Yuan Sasha asked him curiously.
As soon as the voice fell, officer Wang was a little embarrassed.
The two little girls held together and slept in the same bed. It seems that there is no big problem.
But when two big men hold each other and sleep in the same bed, the painting style is a little strange.
After all, this society is still too harsh on men.
For example, on the street, women hold hands, and everyone feels that everything is normal.
But if you see two men holding hands in the street, it may cause criticism.
Or women and women go to dinner and feed each other. There's no problem at all.
But if you find two men feeding each other in the restaurant, you may be scolded as "pervert".
This seems to have become a default right in society.
Therefore, when Yuan Shasha asked this idea, which seemed to have no too many questions, officer Wang felt embarrassed.
"Elder martial brother Wang, it's your turn." Officer Wang here is still thinking. Gu Chen at the other end has made breakfast and is looking for a vacant seat with breakfast.
There is a small door between the kitchen and the dining room.
The restaurant is composed of several long tables, and the stool is a bench.
As for vegetarian breakfast, it's also very simple.
Just some steamed bread and millet porridge, very light.
Lu Weiwei sat next to Gu Chen and ate with relish. She praised from time to time: "brother Gu, I usually feel that this steamed bread is ordinary. I never even eat it in the canteen."
"But today's feeling is different. Today's steamed bread tastes especially delicious."
"Elder martial sister Lu may be too hungry? This steamed bread feels like the steamed bread in our canteen." Gu Chen also said casually.
Lu Weiwei nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "well, maybe. The millet porridge here is also good. It would be better if you could put some sugar."
Here, Lu Weiwei is still praising the vegetarian breakfast. Officer Wang, sitting opposite Gu Chen, reminded him, "eat quickly and go to master Wu after eating to see if he has come back today."
"No, let's just go down the mountain." Gu Chen said while eating steamed bread and drinking millet porridge.
Officer Wang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Gu Chen, what are you talking about in your dream? We're here to find Master Wu. If master Wu isn't here, how can we go down the mountain in advance?"
"Elder martial brother Wang, i..."
"Have you seen Master Wu in your dream?" Before Gu Chen finished speaking, officer Wang joked:
"Don't tell me, I really dreamed of Master Wu coming back late at night last night, and then you got up to find him. I guess you met him in your dream?"
"Er..."
Gu Chen didn't know how to explain for a moment. After being embarrassed for a few seconds, he nodded silently: "elder martial brother Wang, I may have really seen Master Wu in my dream, and I also recorded the conversation with Master Wu."
When the voice fell, Gu Chen took out the note paper recorded last night directly from his pocket, put it on the table and pushed it to officer Wang.
Officer Wang was stunned, opened the note paper with one hand and looked it up with a skeptical attitude.
But when Gu Chen recorded many dictations about Master Wu, the whole person was stunned.
So I turned the note to the end and even had the signature date, which was 3 a.m. last night.
Officer Wang looked up and said, "Gu... Gu Chen, have you really met Master Wu in your dream?"
"Poof!" Hearing officer Wang's words, Gu Chen couldn't help laughing and quickly explained, "I wanted to wake you up last night, but elder martial brother Wang was tired and snoring, and I couldn't bear to wake you up."
"Moreover, at that time in the evening, I was not sure whether Master Wu returned to the temple, so I went alone to see the situation. As a result, I really met Master Wu."
"Younger martial brother Gu, did you really see Master Wu last night?" After Gu Chen said this, Lu Weiwei's eyes were dull.
Last night, everyone slept very hard and didn't hear anything outside.
Gu Chen nodded silently and admitted: "yes, I was in Master Wu's room last night and talked with him until about 3 a.m. I've asked everything I should ask."
"True or false?" Hearing Gu Chen's speech, Yuan Shasha was also excited and said, "it seems that elder martial brother Gu is efficient. What did you talk about?"
"You can see for yourself." After a brief review, officer Wang handed the note paper to Yuan Shasha.
Gu Chen turned and looked behind him.
At this moment, Xu Dewen, a middle-aged fat man, is having dinner with his workmates and is still talking about today's construction task.
So Gu Chen turned his head and whispered, "the original contractor we saw last night is Xu Dewen, who helped sun Yunmei seal the room at home with bricks."
"So he did it?" After listening to Gu Chenyi, Lu Weiwei was also quite surprised: "the relationship between her and sun Yunmei should be good?"
Gu Chen nodded silently: "of course, but he doesn't know where sun Yunmei is now? But master Wu told me that we can go to Wujia alley and take a chance on No. 11, Lane 11."
"Because it used to be the old house of sun Yunmei's missing husband, and sun Yunmei is an extremely nostalgic person. Maybe you can find her there."
"Just cable." Lu Weiwei is not demanding now.
At least find some clues from Master Wu.
In this way, it is much easier than before.
In the rest of the time, we all circulated Gu Chen's notes to each other, and probably knew what Gu Chen talked to master Wu last night.
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7:30 a.m.
After having finished breakfast, the people said goodbye to the monks who cleaned the courtyard in the temple. Then they hurried away from Beiling and walked down the mountain.
After finding the vehicle, everyone rushed to Wujia alley without stopping.
On the way, Gu Chen also explained to the crowd, "Master Wu told me that every time sun Yunmei came to Beiling to sacrifice his son, she basically prayed in the temple."
"She doesn't know the people in the temple very well, mainly because of her character."
"Sun Yunmei should be a quiet person." Lu Weiwei just guessed sun Yunmei's character.
Officer Wang also said, "it's a surprise that the person who knows sun Yunmei best in the temple is the fat contractor and Master Wu."
"Doesn't sun Yunmei have any friends outside? In this society, it's really a pity to have no friends."
"Isn't there her sister sun Haifang?" Yuan Shasha reminded.
Gu Chen, who was driving, nodded silently: "yes, sun Yunmei's only acquaintance outside is her sister sun Haifang."
"When her husband disappeared, she still had her son as a spiritual pillar, but later her son also disappeared, and she began to have no intention to run her own business."
"In this world, her sister sun Haifang is the only one who has a little closer relationship with her."
"And the relationship between them is not very harmonious." Listening to Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei also added.
Officer Wang tut tut twice, but also couldn't help sighing: "have you found that sun Yunmei is alone, but her sister sun Haifang lives there alone."
"I noticed, too." Gu Chen, who was driving, nodded silently and said: "I asked elder martial brother he to investigate this sun Haifang and found that sun Haifang had a very short marriage and divorced very early."
"After the divorce, I almost lived alone, had no children, and didn't reorganize a new family."
"That's strange." Lu Weiwei held her chest with both hands and thought: "if a woman has no children, she will be very lonely in the future."
"Even if her sister sun Yunmei lost her husband and son, why didn't she choose to continue to get married?"
"And now it seems that at this age, even if you want to find an old wife to live with, it's difficult."
"Now even a single man wants to spend the rest of his life with an 18-year-old girl."
"Hehe, maybe the two sisters have had an unfortunate marriage. They have serious psychological trauma and no longer believe in love. Maybe."
Officer Wang is also making wild guesses.
I always feel that the twins and sisters have had too many ups and downs in their life.
At this age, they are full of children and grandchildren.
But now, that's not the case at all.
Others have grandchildren, but these two sisters have always been alone. It's distressing to see them.
At the same time of all kinds of ridicule, the vehicles soon came near the entrance of Wujia Lane in the old city.
Gu Chen parked his car in an empty space aside, got off with the crowd and began to look for No. 11, Lane 11.
After several inquiries, everyone came to the door of a small courtyard.
The house number is No. 11, Lane 11, which is consistent with the address provided by Master Wu.
We looked carefully at the old house in front of us.
Although the courtyard is small, the building has three floors.
And this kind of building is obviously repaired and maintained.
There is also an introduction board hanging on the wall by the door.
The general content is to introduce the history of the house, which is a hundred years old.
Considering that people could live in such a house a hundred years ago, it is obvious that sun Yunmei's overseas Chinese husband's family was also quite prominent in that year.
But at present, the old house has been managed by the Cultural Relics Bureau.
The gate is also locked. You can't get in at all.
Lu Weiwei held her chest in her hands and looked at the old house in front of her with emotion: "will sun Yunmei appear here?"
Looking around, Lu Weiwei said, "but the alley here looks very old and hasn't been repaired much. These old houses are simply reinforced."
Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, opened the map location, and then sent it to he Junchao. After the information content, he replied by voice, probably asking him Junchao to help find the nearby monitoring.
While waiting for he Junchao to search, Gu Chen was not idle. When he was about to open his mobile phone photo album, he showed sun Yunmei's photo in front of passers-by, asked about sun Yunmei's whereabouts, and wanted to ask passers-by for some clues.
But it's a pity that almost no one knows.
Just 10 minutes later, Gu Chen's phone suddenly rang.
The caller was he Junchao, so Gu Chen quickly opened the answer button and asked, "elder martial brother he, how's the investigation?"
"Gu Chen, i... I found sun Yunmei's whereabouts." He Junchao choked.
Gu Chen immediately felt that it might not be good news.
So he quickly asked he Junchao, "elder martial brother he, what's going on?"
"Sun Yunmei did appear nearby years ago, and the monitoring also caught it. At that time, sun Yunmei stayed directly in this old house, which is where you are now, for a short time."
"Then I walked along the alley to the end and finally disappeared."
"Go to the end of the alley? And then disappear?" Gu Chen was stunned and didn't understand, so he asked he Junchao:
"Elder martial brother he, what do you mean? Is there no monitoring at the end of the alley?"
"Well, you can tell me there's no end to the alley."
"A river?" Hearing what he Junchao said, Gu Chen was stunned and suddenly realized: "you mean... Sun Yunmei may jump into the river?"
"Yes, but I can't confirm it at present, but since then, I haven't found sun Yunmei's whereabouts in the monitoring, and she disappeared."
"And it was late at night when sun Yunmei went to the end of the alley. She went to the river at night."
"Jumping into a river late at night? Is it suicide?" Gu Chen can't imagine anymore. The whole person can't help but stay where he is and look at the end of the alley.
"Gu Chen, the only thing I can help you is this. You'd better go to the alley to see the situation."
"OK, I see. Thank you, elder martial brother he."
After a brief communication with he Junchao, Gu Chen resolutely hung up the phone.
At this moment, Lu Weiwei, police officer Wang and Yuan Shasha are all around Gu Chen.
Gu Chengang just talked to he Junchao, and everyone could hear it. It felt that sun Yunmei might have jumped into a river at the end of Wujia alley to commit suicide.
"Younger martial brother gu!" Lu Weiwei looks at Gu Chen without knowing why.
"Go and look at the end of the alley." Gu Chen didn't have time to explain at the moment, so he took everyone to the end of the alley and ran quickly.
This alley is not long. After trotting about 50 meters, I came to the river.
Like Jiangnan City, there are many ancient alleys built along the river, many of which are arranged and distributed in rows.
At the end of the alley, there is this river.
Along the river, there is a small road. Cars can't get through at all. They can only walk and ride bicycles.
At this moment, Gu Chen lay on the guardrail and couldn't help staring at the clear river.
Repeatedly, we can imagine the sad scene that sun Yunmei walked down to the river that night and jumped down.
"Sun Yunmei jumped from here? Is there no mistake?" Officer Wang was flustered and felt that it was a little strange.
After all, in the middle of the night, run here to commit suicide? What great grievance was this?
Gu Chen also shook his head and said: "at present, I don't know the specific situation? But sun Yunmei is very likely to jump into the river and commit suicide from here."
"And elder martial brother he told me that the monitoring here can only detect these ranges. After Sun Yun came here that night, the monitoring didn't catch her anymore. She disappeared out of thin air here."
"If you didn't commit suicide by jumping into a river, where would you go?" Yuan Shasha was also curious.
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In the meditation room, the space was instantly quiet.Seeing Master Wu's delay in giving a response, Gu Chen waited for a moment and continued to remind: "Master Wu, are you listening to me?""Benefactor Gu, I'm really sorry. I'm just a monk. I have a lot to do every day, and I won't pay more attention to outsiders.""Many people who come to Beiling temple have secrets in their hearts. They don't dare to confide in others on weekdays, so they will tell the poor monk. I only answer their doubts and enlighten them.""As for where they are going when they leave the temple, this is not what the poor monk needs to know.""But sun Yunmei may be in danger." Gu Chen also continued to remind.Master Wu frowned, looked up at Gu Chen through the dim light in the room and said, "benefactor Gu, I really can't answer your question. Why don't you ask some other questions?"It seems that Master Wu really doesn't know where sun Yunmei is going, and Gu Chen can't embarrass him any more.But I thought sun Yunmei and Master Wu were old friends, so Gu Chen continued to ask him, "I heard that Master Wu used to do business?""Yes." Master Wu nodded silently and took the initiative to admit: "what he did was foreign trade, but later it was not easy to do in the international market. He lost all the money he earned in the early years, so he wanted to open it and fled to Buddhism. Now it's quiet.""So it is?" Gu Chen nodded silently and said, "then you should have known sun Yunmei before, right?""Well, yes, we did know each other before I fled to Buddhism." Gu Chen seemed to know his past very well, and Master Wu didn't mean to hide it.This made Gu Chen very satisfied and felt that Master Wu was quite cooperative.Although he is a master of Beiling temple, he is really amiable and easy to communicate.Therefore, Gu Chen also put down his burden and began to ask some in-depth questions."Master Wu, do you know sun Yunmei well? It's said that sun Yunmei will talk to you every time she comes to Beiling.""Plus you two are old friends, you two should have a lot of questions to communicate, right?""Er..."After hearing Gu Chen's words, Master Wu was silent for a few seconds before slowly saying:"Yes, because she is an old friend, sun Yunmei does come to the temple to talk to me every time she comes to Beiling.""She is a hard-working woman. Her husband and son have disappeared one after another. For many years, she has lived alone. For her, this blow is enough to destroy everything she has."With a faint sigh, Master Wu was also thoughtful: "I remember that her son disappeared near Beiling many years ago, so she often came back to Beiling to pay tribute to her missing son.""Sometimes she chooses to stay here for a while.""And during this time, she usually comes to talk to me.""What are you talking about?" Gu Chen asked."Well, it's just some Zen principles. I'll let him read scriptures and copy scriptures to transfer her sadness.""I remember that every time she came over, her mood was very low, but after a few days of practice in our Beiling temple, the whole person's mood seemed to return to normal.""What about the last time? I remember the last time she came to Beiling temple, it should be years ago, right?" Gu Chen asked.Master Wu nodded silently, "that's right.""How many days did she stay in Beiling temple?" Gu Chen asked.Master Wu stretched out three fingers: "she stayed for three days.""Only three days?" Gu Chen frowned and hurriedly asked, "but as far as I know, every time sun Yunmei comes to Beiling, she usually stays for about a week, usually four or five days.""But it's only three days this time. It seems that the time is very short. Is she going to do something important?"In the face of Gu Chen's continuous inquiry, Master Wu obviously doesn't adapt to this communication rhythm.In Beiling temple, Master Wu is good at giving spiritual guidance and communication.This kind of communication is more about complaining to yourself, and then master Wu gives some guidance according to the actual situation of the other party.Master Wu Chen had a problem with the rhythm of handling the case.The fast pace of one question and one answer made Master Wu unable to take the initiative in communication, which was a little embarrassing for a time.However, due to Gu Chen's identity as a policeman, Master Wu can only try to calm down and continue to reply:"As for benefactor sun Yunmei, why only stay for three days? I don't know how to explain it?""Because last time, sun Yunmei told me that she encountered some difficulties about her old villa and her son's room.""Her son's room?" Gu Chen obviously found something when he heard this.You know, sun Yunmei sold the old villa to Zhao Ke for several years.During this period, his sealed secret room has never been found by Zhao Ke.So it's always been safe.But now, Zhao Ke found the secret room because of the problem of villa decoration, and sun Yunmei soon knew the news.It can be seen that sun Haifang must have informed sun Yunmei by phone or text message.Or when sun Yunmei returns to sun Haifang's house, sun Haifang tells her about it by the way.In this way, sun Yunmei seems to be able to explain the discovery of the secret room.Master Wu nodded silently and responded: "benefactor sun Yunmei really told me about her son's room.""She told me that she was guilty. It was her selfishness that kept the room that should have disappeared there for many years.""She said she knew that the secret room she had sealed up would be discovered sooner or later.""However, she hoped that the original appearance of the room would be kept for one more day, but the matter could not be concealed. She told me that the room was still found.""So? What did she tell you?" Gu Chen asked.Master Wu sighed and said reluctantly, "I told her it's time to put down those psychological burdens in the past. After all, there is no one living in that room, and her son will never appear again.""Instead of taking these nihilistic things as an important part of life, we can't choose to put them down.""So?" I feel Master Wu is right. She is really enlightening sun Yunmei and giving up those useless insistences in the past.After all, the reality is that sun Yunmei's son can basically be declared dead.After missing for so many years, it's even more impossible to find it now.Moreover, sun Yunmei often came to Beiling to pay homage to her son. It can be seen that she basically accepted the fact that her son had died.Thinking of sun Yunmei's early years, when the overseas Chinese husband had no news, and then lost his son, perhaps ordinary people can't bear the blow.Even though her overseas Chinese husband left her an old villa, living in an empty villa is not a kind of suffering?Gu Chen blindly guesses that sun Yunmei is an old lady with an empty heart. At least she has too many things in her heart. Such a person is doomed to be unhappy.Talking to master Wu is undoubtedly the best relief."Reading scriptures and copying scriptures, well, it's really a good way to divert attention." Gu Chen nodded slightly and acquiesced to these methods, which really enlightened sun Yunmei's heart.So Gu Chen asked Master Wu again, "does Master Wu know? How did sun Yunmei know that her secret room was discovered? Who told her?"Master Wu shook his head: "she didn't tell me about this.""All right." Gu Chen is a little helpless, but he can basically guess that it may be her sister sun Haifang.So Gu Chen asked again, "Master Wu, who else does Sun Yunmei have contacts with besides you?""HMM... what do you mean, inside the temple or outside?""Both." Gu Chen said.With a faint sigh, Master Wu sat on the bed and thought about it carefully.A few seconds later, he said faintly, "if you talk about people outside, I don't know this.""After all, I don't gossip, and I don't want to care about your family chores. Unless the benefactors are confused and difficult to answer, I can give you some advice.""As for sun Yunfang, I don't know who she is with in the temple, but I don't know who she is?""I know that." Gu Chen felt that Master Wu's answer was no problem.Normally speaking, with sun Yunmei's character, it's really difficult for her to have true friends outside.Sun Haifang, as her sister, gave sun Yunmei a place to stay. It can be seen that the two people have a close relationship, which is certain, but they don't seem to be as beautiful as they thought.So Gu Chen continued to ask, "what about the temple? Sun Yunmei often comes here to practice, so she should also know many practitioners here, right?""Well, there are some practitioners I know, but sun Yunmei is usually quiet, so there are not many people who know her very well, but I know that there is one.""Who is it?" Seeing Master Wu speak, Gu Chen immediately looked forward to it.Master Wu grinned and said, "the contractor who is now helping us repair the house in our temple is a middle-aged fat benefactor named Xu Dewen. It seems that he also lives in our temple tonight?""I know this man. We talked tonight." As soon as Master Wu mentioned this person, Gu Chen immediately made it clear and said:"But I also want to know if there is anyone else besides this one?"Master Wu shook his head silently."Is this the only one?" Gu Chen asked again.Master Wu nodded silently."No? We asked him about this man, and he didn't know sun Yunmei's whereabouts." Gu Chen suddenly felt a burst of depression.I felt that I asked Xu Dewen, a middle-aged fat man, and Master Wu. As a result, they didn't know. And was equivalent to walking around, but they still got nothing.Seeing this, Master Wu also grinned and reminded Gu Chen, "this man is very familiar with her sun Yunmei, and he helped seal the wall in the room of sun Yunmei's house.""What did Xu Devon build the wall?" Hearing this, Gu Chen immediately frowned and felt a little surprised.Master Wu nodded and smiled: "yes, this is the tacit understanding they reached when they practiced in the temple a few years ago.""Sun Yunmei wants to save her son's room in memory of her son, and Xu Dewen happens to do this again, so they hit it off.""After sun Yunmei left Beiling temple, she found Xu Dewen to repair the wall, and Xu Dewen also promised that this matter would be kept secret for her, so the relationship between the two has always been very good.""But Xu Dewen said he didn't know sun Yunmei's whereabouts." Gu Chen heard this explanation. Although he felt a little surprised, he was still a little depressed.Unexpectedly, the repairer of the wall has been found and is one of the people who knew about it.To his dismay, although Xu Dewen, a fat middle-aged man, had a good relationship with old lady sun Yunmei, Gu Chen didn't get the desired result from Xu Dewen when he communicated with her before.Seeing that Master Wu might be in vain, Gu Chen hurriedly asked, "Master Wu, since you don't know where sun Yunmei is going? Can you guess where she may go?""Er... This..."Facing Gu Chen's question, Master Wu hesitated again.Looking at his expression, Gu Chen felt that Master Wu should be able to provide some useful clues.Sure enough, before long, Master Wu suggested to Gu Chen, "you can go around Wujia alley. As far as I know, it's her husband's old house, although it has been donated to the Cultural Relics Bureau and has become a cultural relics protection unit.""But near the old house, after all, is the place where her sun Yunmei and her missing husband met for the first time.""So, based on my understanding of sun Yunmei, she is a very nostalgic person. It's not difficult to see from her sealing up her son's room.""So if you want to find her, you might as well try your luck at Wujia alley.""Great." After knowing this important clue, Gu Chen took out a note and pen and paper directly in the pocket of his down jacket and began to take notes:"Do you know where sun Yunmei's husband's old house is in Wujia alley?""11 get 11? I remember this number is special and easy to remember." Master Wu said.Gu Chen quickly recorded it.Looking up at Master Wu again, Master Wu seems to be exhausted at the moment.It's really difficult for Master Wu to go to other monasteries during the day and return to the temple on Beiling mountain at night. Now he's still making oral records with himself at two or three o'clock in the morning.Gu Chen is not a cold-blooded machine. After recording the clues he wants, he resolutely ends the inquiry, stands up and thanks:"Master Wu, thank you very much tonight. I'm really sorry to disturb your rest.""Where is it?" Seeing Gu Chen's intention to leave at last, Master Wu also breathed a sigh of relief and tried to put on his shoes from the cushion on the bed, ready to send Gu Chen off.Originally, Master Wu thought Gu Chen was just a confused young man and always looked for his own guidance.Thinking about his rich experience in opening up others over the years, it may not take long to make this young man suddenly enlightened and reborn.But master Wu was careless. Unexpectedly, Gu Chen's identity turned out to be a policeman?Communicating with Gu Chen, I have a sense of being interrogated.It feels like Gu Chen wants to dig out all the things he knows.This comes and goes, but also consumed a lot of time and energy.At this time, Master Wu could hardly keep his eyes open.But after all, a master should look like a master. You can't fall asleep while enlightening others.So when Master Wu was old, he also tried to endure sleepiness and sat and communicated with Gu Chen.I feel that if Gu Chen doesn't go again, he may be hypnotized by Gu Chen.Fortunately, Gu Chen had already got up, so Master Wu breathed a sigh of relief and walked slowly to the door.Then he nodded slightly to Gu Chen, and then closed the door.Out of the room, Gu Chen also felt the cold in the Beiling mountains. He was just wearing a down coat, not even pants and socks.In the cold wind, Gu Chen had to trot all the way back to his room.The next morning.7 a.m.Gu Chen's phone rang. Seeing that Lu Weiwei was calling, Gu Chen resolutely connected the phone: "Hello, senior sister Lu.""Younger martial brother Gu, are you awake?" Asked Lu Weiwei on the phone.Seeing that officer Wang had been awakened and was stretching, Gu Chen quickly replied, "I'm awake.""Then hurry out. Let's have breakfast together. I heard that there are free vegetarian meals in the temple. I was hungry last night. Now it's time to replenish energy."Lu Weiwei seems to be very hungry. Now she is inviting Gu Chen to have breakfast together."OK, then wait for us and we'll come out right away." Gu Chen hung up the phone and then said to police officer Wang, "elder martial brother Wang and elder martial sister Lu asked us to have a vegetarian meal.""I see." Officer Wang yawned and sat up reluctantly.In the early morning, the temperature of Beiling temple is very low, the room is only an ordinary brick and tile structure, and the gap in the window is large, so it is not warm.Officer Wang covered the quilt provided by the temple, but he still didn't keep warm.You have to add some of your own clothes to it.I slept until dawn, but my legs were still cold.Officer Wang immediately felt that sleeping in such a place was no different from suffering.It's not so much to come here to practice, it can't be said that "suffering" is more real.After getting dressed, officer Wang asked Gu Chen, "Gu Chen, how did you sleep last night?""OK." Gu Chen put on his shoes and said it casually."OK?" Police officer Wang was suspicious and had no good way: "this place is too cold. I feel like I don't have the tools to light a fire. It's just suffering.""In particular, this window is still the ancient wooden window structure. Although it is equipped with glass, it must be similar to the modern sliding window. This sliding window is not insulated at all, and there are gaps everywhere."With a faint sigh, officer Wang also cried bitterly: "I felt the wind blowing in when I slept here last night.""Hehe, elder martial brother Wang, it's good to settle down on Beiling mountain. After all, this is not a hotel. Other people's temples don't charge you money. Be content." After putting on his clothes, Gu Chen simply wiped his face with a wet towel in the bathroom of his room, and then put a mouthful of water on the faucet with his mouth. After a simple mouthwash, he even finished washing.Seeing this, officer Wang also learned Gu Chen's mouthwash, bent down and put a mouthful of water on the tap.As soon as Gu Chengang went out, he heard a scream from officer Wang in the house."What happened to Lao Wang?" Lu Weiwei, who was waiting for Gu Chen at the door, asked."Maybe the water is too cold." Gu Chen said.At this moment, officer Wang opened the door and said, "the water here is too cold. I feel like my teeth are going to be frozen.""Lao Wang, don't make trouble. If the monks in the temple hear it, they will be angry. They say it's good to give you free accommodation. You're picky." Lu Weiwei also reminded."Yes, elder martial brother Wang, it's better to be here than at home. It's still on the mountain. The water source is tight. You must remember to save water." Yuan Shasha quickly agreed.Officer Wang waved his hand: "I see, eh? Didn't you say you were going to have a free vegetarian meal? Where to eat?"Lu Weiwei pointed to a direction in the backyard and said, "I heard the kitchen and restaurant are over there.""What are you waiting for? Hurry up." Officer Wang felt his growling stomach and felt that he was starving to death.Everyone and his party followed other practitioners who got up and walked towards the kitchen.When I came to the kitchen, I immediately felt a hot air coming from the house, which made everyone feel a burst of warmth.At this moment, there are already four or five people waiting in line.Gu Chen walked behind the last person and patted him on the shoulder.Xu Dewen, a fat middle-aged man who chatted with Gu Chen last night, turned his head and said, "it's you, little brother? Get up so early?""Well, after breakfast, we have to go down the mountain." Gu Chen said.Xu Dewen grinned: "ha ha, you didn't sleep very well last night when you lived in the temple. I guess you didn't have a fire tool or an electric blanket in your room.""Do you have?" Police officer Wang, who lined up behind Gu Chen, immediately envied him.Xu Dewen, a middle-aged fat man, grinned: "that's for sure. It's not the first time we've worked here. We've known the weather here for a long time.""So we brought up the tools for baking and heating tools such as electric blankets from the foot of the mountain.""I knew I could borrow it from you. I felt like I was sleeping in an ice hole yesterday, and my feet haven't realized it yet." Officer Wang thought of this and suddenly stopped his legs.I feel that these legs are not my own.Lu Weiwei grinned: "just you, Lao Wang, there are many troubles.""Are you sleeping cold?" Officer Wang glanced at Lu Weiwei.Lu Weiwei grinned, hugged yuan Sasha and said, "of course I sleep in the same bed with Xiao Yuan.""Although the bed is smaller, it's really warm to sleep together.""Didn't elder martial brother Wang sleep in the same bed with elder martial brother Gu last night?" Yuan Sasha asked him curiously.As soon as the voice fell, officer Wang was a little embarrassed.The two little girls held together and slept in the same bed. It seems that there is no big problem.But when two big men hold each other and sleep in the same bed, the painting style is a little strange.After all, this society is still too harsh on men.For example, on the street, women hold hands, and everyone feels that everything is normal.But if you see two men holding hands in the street, it may cause criticism.Or women and women go to dinner and feed each other. There's no problem at all.But if you find two men feeding each other in the restaurant, you may be scolded as "pervert".This seems to have become a default right in society.Therefore, when Yuan Shasha asked this idea, which seemed to have no too many questions, officer Wang felt embarrassed."Elder martial brother Wang, it's your turn." Officer Wang here is still thinking. Gu Chen at the other end has made breakfast and is looking for a vacant seat with breakfast.There is a small door between the kitchen and the dining room.The restaurant is composed of several long tables, and the stool is a bench.As for vegetarian breakfast, it's also very simple.Just some steamed bread and millet porridge, very light.Lu Weiwei sat next to Gu Chen and ate with relish. She praised from time to time: "brother Gu, I usually feel that this steamed bread is ordinary. I never even eat it in the canteen.""But today's feeling is different. Today's steamed bread tastes especially delicious.""Elder martial sister Lu may be too hungry? This steamed bread feels like the steamed bread in our canteen." Gu Chen also said casually.Lu Weiwei nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "well, maybe. The millet porridge here is also good. It would be better if you could put some sugar."Here, Lu Weiwei is still praising the vegetarian breakfast. Officer Wang, sitting opposite Gu Chen, reminded him, "eat quickly and go to master Wu after eating to see if he has come back today.""No, let's just go down the mountain." Gu Chen said while eating steamed bread and drinking millet porridge.Officer Wang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Gu Chen, what are you talking about in your dream? We're here to find Master Wu. If master Wu isn't here, how can we go down the mountain in advance?""Elder martial brother Wang, i...""Have you seen Master Wu in your dream?" Before Gu Chen finished speaking, officer Wang joked:"Don't tell me, I really dreamed of Master Wu coming back late at night last night, and then you got up to find him. I guess you met him in your dream?""Er..."Gu Chen didn't know how to explain for a moment. After being embarrassed for a few seconds, he nodded silently: "elder martial brother Wang, I may have really seen Master Wu in my dream, and I also recorded the conversation with Master Wu."When the voice fell, Gu Chen took out the note paper recorded last night directly from his pocket, put it on the table and pushed it to officer Wang.Officer Wang was stunned, opened the note paper with one hand and looked it up with a skeptical attitude.But when Gu Chen recorded many dictations about Master Wu, the whole person was stunned.So I turned the note to the end and even had the signature date, which was 3 a.m. last night.Officer Wang looked up and said, "Gu... Gu Chen, have you really met Master Wu in your dream?""Poof!" Hearing officer Wang's words, Gu Chen couldn't help laughing and quickly explained, "I wanted to wake you up last night, but elder martial brother Wang was tired and snoring, and I couldn't bear to wake you up.""Moreover, at that time in the evening, I was not sure whether Master Wu returned to the temple, so I went alone to see the situation. As a result, I really met Master Wu.""Younger martial brother Gu, did you really see Master Wu last night?" After Gu Chen said this, Lu Weiwei's eyes were dull.Last night, everyone slept very hard and didn't hear anything outside.Gu Chen nodded silently and admitted: "yes, I was in Master Wu's room last night and talked with him until about 3 a.m. I've asked everything I should ask.""True or false?" Hearing Gu Chen's speech, Yuan Shasha was also excited and said, "it seems that elder martial brother Gu is efficient. What did you talk about?""You can see for yourself." After a brief review, officer Wang handed the note paper to Yuan Shasha.Gu Chen turned and looked behind him.At this moment, Xu Dewen, a middle-aged fat man, is having dinner with his workmates and is still talking about today's construction task.So Gu Chen turned his head and whispered, "the original contractor we saw last night is Xu Dewen, who helped sun Yunmei seal the room at home with bricks.""So he did it?" After listening to Gu Chenyi, Lu Weiwei was also quite surprised: "the relationship between her and sun Yunmei should be good?"Gu Chen nodded silently: "of course, but he doesn't know where sun Yunmei is now? But master Wu told me that we can go to Wujia alley and take a chance on No. 11, Lane 11.""Because it used to be the old house of sun Yunmei's missing husband, and sun Yunmei is an extremely nostalgic person. Maybe you can find her there.""Just cable." Lu Weiwei is not demanding now.At least find some clues from Master Wu.In this way, it is much easier than before.In the rest of the time, we all circulated Gu Chen's notes to each other, and probably knew what Gu Chen talked to master Wu last night.7:30 a.m.After having finished breakfast, the people said goodbye to the monks who cleaned the courtyard in the temple. Then they hurried away from Beiling and walked down the mountain.After finding the vehicle, everyone rushed to Wujia alley without stopping.On the way, Gu Chen also explained to the crowd, "Master Wu told me that every time sun Yunmei came to Beiling to sacrifice his son, she basically prayed in the temple.""She doesn't know the people in the temple very well, mainly because of her character.""Sun Yunmei should be a quiet person." Lu Weiwei just guessed sun Yunmei's character.Officer Wang also said, "it's a surprise that the person who knows sun Yunmei best in the temple is the fat contractor and Master Wu.""Doesn't sun Yunmei have any friends outside? In this society, it's really a pity to have no friends.""Isn't there her sister sun Haifang?" Yuan Shasha reminded.Gu Chen, who was driving, nodded silently: "yes, sun Yunmei's only acquaintance outside is her sister sun Haifang.""When her husband disappeared, she still had her son as a spiritual pillar, but later her son also disappeared, and she began to have no intention to run her own business.""In this world, her sister sun Haifang is the only one who has a little closer relationship with her.""And the relationship between them is not very harmonious." Listening to Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei also added.Officer Wang tut tut twice, but also couldn't help sighing: "have you found that sun Yunmei is alone, but her sister sun Haifang lives there alone.""I noticed, too." Gu Chen, who was driving, nodded silently and said: "I asked elder martial brother he to investigate this sun Haifang and found that sun Haifang had a very short marriage and divorced very early.""After the divorce, I almost lived alone, had no children, and didn't reorganize a new family.""That's strange." Lu Weiwei held her chest with both hands and thought: "if a woman has no children, she will be very lonely in the future.""Even if her sister sun Yunmei lost her husband and son, why didn't she choose to continue to get married?""And now it seems that at this age, even if you want to find an old wife to live with, it's difficult.""Now even a single man wants to spend the rest of his life with an 18-year-old girl.""Hehe, maybe the two sisters have had an unfortunate marriage. They have serious psychological trauma and no longer believe in love. Maybe."Officer Wang is also making wild guesses.I always feel that the twins and sisters have had too many ups and downs in their life.At this age, they are full of children and grandchildren.But now, that's not the case at all.Others have grandchildren, but these two sisters have always been alone. It's distressing to see them.At the same time of all kinds of ridicule, the vehicles soon came near the entrance of Wujia Lane in the old city.Gu Chen parked his car in an empty space aside, got off with the crowd and began to look for No. 11, Lane 11.After several inquiries, everyone came to the door of a small courtyard.The house number is No. 11, Lane 11, which is consistent with the address provided by Master Wu.We looked carefully at the old house in front of us.Although the courtyard is small, the building has three floors.And this kind of building is obviously repaired and maintained.There is also an introduction board hanging on the wall by the door.The general content is to introduce the history of the house, which is a hundred years old.Considering that people could live in such a house a hundred years ago, it is obvious that sun Yunmei's overseas Chinese husband's family was also quite prominent in that year.But at present, the old house has been managed by the Cultural Relics Bureau.The gate is also locked. You can't get in at all.Lu Weiwei held her chest in her hands and looked at the old house in front of her with emotion: "will sun Yunmei appear here?"Looking around, Lu Weiwei said, "but the alley here looks very old and hasn't been repaired much. These old houses are simply reinforced."Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, opened the map location, and then sent it to he Junchao. After the information content, he replied by voice, probably asking him Junchao to help find the nearby monitoring.While waiting for he Junchao to search, Gu Chen was not idle. When he was about to open his mobile phone photo album, he showed sun Yunmei's photo in front of passers-by, asked about sun Yunmei's whereabouts, and wanted to ask passers-by for some clues.But it's a pity that almost no one knows.Just 10 minutes later, Gu Chen's phone suddenly rang.The caller was he Junchao, so Gu Chen quickly opened the answer button and asked, "elder martial brother he, how's the investigation?""Gu Chen, i... I found sun Yunmei's whereabouts." He Junchao choked.Gu Chen immediately felt that it might not be good news.So he quickly asked he Junchao, "elder martial brother he, what's going on?""Sun Yunmei did appear nearby years ago, and the monitoring also caught it. At that time, sun Yunmei stayed directly in this old house, which is where you are now, for a short time.""Then I walked along the alley to the end and finally disappeared.""Go to the end of the alley? And then disappear?" Gu Chen was stunned and didn't understand, so he asked he Junchao:"Elder martial brother he, what do you mean? Is there no monitoring at the end of the alley?""Well, you can tell me there's no end to the alley.""A river?" Hearing what he Junchao said, Gu Chen was stunned and suddenly realized: "you mean... Sun Yunmei may jump into the river?""Yes, but I can't confirm it at present, but since then, I haven't found sun Yunmei's whereabouts in the monitoring, and she disappeared.""And it was late at night when sun Yunmei went to the end of the alley. She went to the river at night.""Jumping into a river late at night? Is it suicide?" Gu Chen can't imagine anymore. The whole person can't help but stay where he is and look at the end of the alley."Gu Chen, the only thing I can help you is this. You'd better go to the alley to see the situation.""OK, I see. Thank you, elder martial brother he."After a brief communication with he Junchao, Gu Chen resolutely hung up the phone.At this moment, Lu Weiwei, police officer Wang and Yuan Shasha are all around Gu Chen.Gu Chengang just talked to he Junchao, and everyone could hear it. It felt that sun Yunmei might have jumped into a river at the end of Wujia alley to commit suicide."Younger martial brother gu!" Lu Weiwei looks at Gu Chen without knowing why."Go and look at the end of the alley." Gu Chen didn't have time to explain at the moment, so he took everyone to the end of the alley and ran quickly.This alley is not long. After trotting about 50 meters, I came to the river.Like Jiangnan City, there are many ancient alleys built along the river, many of which are arranged and distributed in rows.At the end of the alley, there is this river.Along the river, there is a small road. Cars can't get through at all. They can only walk and ride bicycles.At this moment, Gu Chen lay on the guardrail and couldn't help staring at the clear river.Repeatedly, we can imagine the sad scene that sun Yunmei walked down to the river that night and jumped down."Sun Yunmei jumped from here? Is there no mistake?" Officer Wang was flustered and felt that it was a little strange.After all, in the middle of the night, run here to commit suicide? What great grievance was this?Gu Chen also shook his head and said: "at present, I don't know the specific situation? But sun Yunmei is very likely to jump into the river and commit suicide from here.""And elder martial brother he told me that the monitoring here can only detect these ranges. After Sun Yun came here that night, the monitoring didn't catch her anymore. She disappeared out of thin air here.""If you didn't commit suicide by jumping into a river, where would you go?" Yuan Shasha was also curious.You can read the novel online free at novelhall. com
