Chapter 11 Section 4

After taking photos of the ancient documents, I began to think about what to do next. Having said that, I forgot to ask the old man's name just now.However, I decided to find out who the "man from town" he just mentioned was. The question is, where can I find the vast crowd? "Is there any place where there will be a lot of information?" I leaned my upper body on the motorcycle and muttered to myself. It would be nice if there was a bar dedicated to a group of historians. In addition, there is another place that people who study history must go, and that is the library.Xiaofu should also have a municipal library!It should be right there.

Wait, a light flashed in my head.When I was in "Konya S&R" just now, I remembered that Hyakuchi said this sentence—— "If everything is going according to the normal procedure, you should discuss it with the people in the town hall first." There is one more sentence—— "Actually, when this ancient document was discovered, it should have been handed over to the local education committee." So on the other hand, the people who have the ability to investigate these ancient documents, don't they mean those guys from the Education Committee? That's amazing, I seem to really have the talent to be a detective.

Unable to control the flood of smiles on my face, I put on my windy jacket again, stepped on my M400, and escaped from the mid-valley area that always made me feel a little uncomfortable amidst a burst of high-decibel engine sound . From the Yanaka area to the city center of Kobushi-cho, it takes less than 20 minutes by bicycle.Compared with the oppressive valley surrounded by mountains on the east and west sides, the city center looks much more open.For me, Xiaofu is not a city that is too unfamiliar, so I found the town office of Xiaofu immediately. The town hall is a five-story building, full of modern modern style of reinforced concrete.However, there was a vague atmosphere of desertion.After the roof has experienced wind and rain, brown dirt drips down with water droplets.In fact, this problem can be solved by hiring a few workers to clean the exterior walls. Is it because of insufficient budget?

However, the parking lot is inexplicably large.I wonder why, because the population density of Kobushi-cho is very low. If you don't have a car, it is very inconvenient to buy daily necessities.In other words, almost every household here buys a car, so it is only natural that the parking lot should be bigger. Or it could just be because the land here is cheaper.Either way, it has nothing to do with me. The parking lot is so big, but why is the place to park two wheels so small?The bicycle alone has already filled up all the space, so I have no choice but to park my car in a place without a roof.

Public offices have a disadvantage in summer, that is, the air conditioner is often not cool enough.From the standpoint of a public agency, it is necessary to promote the importance of energy conservation to residents, and therefore must set an example and not turn on the air conditioner too strongly.After walking inside through the automatic door, it was indeed not as hot as outside, but there was still a sticky feeling in the air, which made me frown. I looked at the location map, and the Kobushi Town Board of Education is on the third floor.When I took the elevator to the third floor, I immediately regretted it.The incompatibility he felt when he met the old man in the valley just now appeared again, and it was even stronger than before.Anyway, I can be regarded as a law-abiding citizen, and it is not that I have never been to the town hall before, but ten out of ten times I went straight to the household affairs department.I have never been in any of the other departments.I saw a group of people in neat suits in front of me, all of them were dealing with their work with sullen faces, and I was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, no matter how I looked, I looked like an actor who had missed the scene.Since I have longed for the detective industry since I was a child, a little danger will not scare me away, but regarding rules and etiquette, no matter how hard I try to hide it, I still cannot hide my inherent lack of confidence.

I timidly walked towards the place where the "Service Desk" sign was hung.There are all kinds of application forms and other documents on the counter.But looking left and right, I didn’t see anyone similar to the service staff. Only a young man noticed me and came out to greet me: "Hello, what's the matter?" The man didn't particularly stare at my attire, and his attitude towards it was very polite, which made me breathe a sigh of relief. "That's right, I have something I want to ask..." "Please say." "May I ask if there is anyone in this town who specializes in researching the history of this town? For example, someone who has a comparative study of ancient documents? If so, can you introduce them to me?"

"Do you mean history?" The man didn't show any surprise at my request, and immediately turned his head to ask other colleagues in the office: "Mr. Tian Yuan, may I ask, there is a student here who wants us to introduce someone who has researched the history of this town." I see, he thought I was a college student?That's okay, if things go well in this way, things will go smoothly, so let's make mistakes like this!It's just a pity that I can't hold my head up and say "I'm a detective". Mr. Tian Yuan who was called by him was a plump and fat man about forty years old.There was a friendly smile on his face.

"Come here, what's the matter?" I repeat what I just said.Unexpectedly, Tian Yuan's expression suddenly cast a shadow.The two eyebrows were tightly frowned, and he looked very disturbed, and said very embarrassedly: "Is it like this? Is it like this? You want to ask about the ancient documents? If you can tell me which era it is from, I think it will be easier for me to help you." "I heard that about twenty years ago, there was a person who did a lot of research." "Ah! You also know about this! That should refer to Mr. Jiangma Changguang! He is a very enthusiastic person, but it's a pity..."

Unfortunately? "It's a pity that he passed away the year before last." I really want to swear.Why don't you live another two years with your own perseverance, and die after I finish asking?But then again, things are not without progress, since he is a famous person, maybe... "That's it...then may I ask if he left any books or something?" "Ok……" Tian Yuan bowed his head in thought, and after a while, lowered his voice and said to me: "...It seems a bit disrespectful to say such things to the dead, but Mr. Jiang Ma seems to distrust our education committee very much, so he never gave us books. Although we have asked him several times, please ask him if he has anything If you find out, you must inform us, but he never seems to take our request seriously."

Thinking about it carefully, this local historian named Jiang Ma Changguang had already investigated that ancient document 20 years ago, but Baidi asked us not to tell about the ancient document, which feels a bit self-confident contradiction.However, if Jiang Ma did not report his discovery of the ancient documents to the town office, it would make sense. Tian Yuan continued: "However, there should be a few books he donated in the library! You can look over there, I think you should find the information you want." "I see, thank you." I bow my head in thanks. On second thought, no matter how you say the living are more powerful than the dead!So I try to go one step further:

"...Then, besides that person, is there anyone who has studied history? I have something that I would like to ask him to look at." "What? Did you bring it?" I was close to taking the stuff out, but luckily stopped at the last minute.It's a risk, but the client Baidi has been exhorting and explaining, asking us not to let the education committee know that there is an ancient document in the Yamanaka Hachiman Shrine.But even if I want to show him, the photos haven't been developed yet, so it's useless to look at them. "Not really." "That's it..." Tian Yuan didn't seem to doubt him in what he said to me, he just tilted his head and said: "In this case, you can go to Mr. Iwamo. Basically, he knows everything after the Taisho Meiji era. However, the scope of Mr. Jiang Ma's research is mostly the things of the Middle Ages, which is true. There is no other way." "That's enough, thank you very much. Do you know how to contact him?" "Well...he seems to be a teacher at Shanbei High School now, you can go over there and ask, just say that you are looking for Teacher Yan Maolong." Great, Shanbei High School is in Babao City.I entered the name into the database in my mind, and nodded to Tian Yuan. "I see, thank you very much for your help." "You're welcome." Tian Yuan's expression returned to an amiable smile. "It's rare that there are still students who are interested in Xiaofu's history. Are you going to write a graduation thesis? Come on!" "Okay, I will." "A student came here a few days ago! Are you from the same university?" I am already twenty-four years old, one or two years older than the average college student.However, the other party has completely believed that I am a student, should this be happy?Or should I be sad?Even I have no way of judging myself.Why did he never suspect that I was actually a detective?Forget it, don't ask for so much. When I was about to step on my car M400, I found a strange scene in the corner of my sight. It was a car parked in the town hall of Xiaofu Town, such a large parking lot, but it was parked in an inconspicuous corner.And I didn't have that car before I entered the town hall, so I should remember it if I had one. That black VW Beetle, shouldn't it be the one I saw in the valley just now?The car body was waxed brightly, giving off a black glow.I saw the words on the license plate with my excellent eyesight, one of the few things I can talk about.No wonder the car looks so out of place in the Mid Valley.Because the big sign of the little beetle car has the word "training horse" written on it. Returning home to visit relatives?I stared at the little beetle car while thinking, only to find another unusual place - someone was looking at me.Sitting in the driver's seat of the little beetle car was a man wearing sunglasses and leaning his upper body on the steering wheel.Although his eyes were covered by sunglasses, I couldn't be sure where he was looking, but I intuitively thought he was looking at me. Immediately, the image of "a mysterious man suddenly appeared in front of the detective who was working on a difficult case" appeared in my mind.The scene must also be in an alley paved with red bricks, with the wind blowing up from the subway behind, the man walked towards the detective step by step with crisp footsteps, and then said a harsh sentence: "Please Don't meddle in this matter." ...in fact, it's impossible.Because there is no subway in this area.