Chapter 43 Chapter Eighteen

Tao Gan and Qiao Tai came out of the governor's office and agreed to go to the market first to inquire about the market for crickets, and to find out where there are many crickets in Ming City.Lanli is blind, and her whereabouts must be related to catching crickets. The two found the bird and insect market, and sure enough there were still three or five cricket stalls, and the business was deserted.Suddenly, I saw a child selling in a thin bamboo cage.The stall owner scolded him loudly and drove him away.The child just argued a few words, but was carried far away by a stall owner who twisted his ears.A few more slaps were given.The child left crying and cursing.

Tao Gan hurriedly ran to catch up: "Little brother, why don't you feel wronged. Sell the cricket in your bamboo cage to me." Saying that, he stuffed ten copper coins. The child laughed through his tears, thanked him, and was about to leave.Tao Gan pulled the corner of his clothes and asked, "Little brother, please send me a message. Where can I catch good crickets these days?" The child said: "There is an open space behind the South China Sea Temple. There used to be a lot of crickets to catch, but it has been closed by the project now. If you want to catch crickets, you may have to go to the test court to try."

Tao Gan listened carefully, and turned around to talk to Qiao Tai. "I should have thought of the examination hall earlier. There is a huge empty courtyard there, and there are many Mengge. The state government opened the branch examination for three years, and it was very lively, but it was usually abandoned. It was a good place to hide people." ——Lan Li in It’s not only convenient to hide there, but also to catch crickets.” The two hurriedly left the Qinchong Market, bought a lantern on the street, and hurried to the testing institute. ——The test institute is at the back of the state school, next to the Sleeping Buddha Pavilion of Faxing Temple on the left, very quiet.

At night, the examination hall is like a cemetery.The empty courtyard is full of luxuriant weeds and buzzing insects, making it very desolate.Tao Gan and Qiao Tai stepped over the wooden fence and entered without any effort. They walked around in a circle, and the empty Menge cast a curtain, like a neat fishbone, how could they hide people? Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly saw a little light flashing on the pavilion at the gate. ——As usual, it is the place where the old Yamen guarding the courtyard sleeps.But there is still a row of houses on the pavilion, without lights.Hiding people, gods do not know ghosts do not notice.

The two then quietly went up to the pavilion, bypassing the old yamen's room, and saw that the two sides of the room were locked and used as warehouses, piled up with sundries.Suddenly, the door of the last room was heard to move, and a black figure flashed out, with long hair loose.The two of them were still suspicious, so they chased after him and disappeared long ago.Nai went back into the room and saw that there was a bamboo couch with pillow covers neatly piled up.There was a small silver wire cage box on the table, and there was indeed a cricket squatting inside.I took a photo with a lantern, and there were actually two maps on the table, one was a topographic map of mountains and rivers in Jiangwan, Guangzhou, the other was a map of the market around Fanfang, Huaisheng Temple, and a red circle was added to the Five Immortals Hotel.

Qiao Tai said: "How can this blind girl see the map? There is a mark on the Five Immortals Hotel. Could it be related to me?" Tao Gan also found it strange: "The blind man ran so fast, he disappeared in a blink of an eye." While talking, I suddenly heard a woman calling for help from the downstairs.The two hurried down the stairs and searched in all directions.Qiao Tai saw something moving by the small door, and was listening attentively, when suddenly a silk scarf flew around his neck, Qiao Tai stretched out his hand, twisted the man's wrist, pressed back with all his strength, only heard There was a shrill scream, and the black figure fell to the ground without moving.Qiao Tai quickly took off the silk scarf, and sure enough there was a silver coin tied at one end.

"It's a man on the water again!" Qiao Tai kicked that man hard.Turning around, he saw Tao Gan struggling to call for help, so he hurried up and untied the silk scarf around his neck, only to catch his breath.The villain had already fled.Look for that woman again, where is there still a trace?