Chapter 19 Chapter 18 The Steamed Man
Zijinxiang Flower Market is located in the western suburbs of City S. It is about the size of a standard football field. Several rows of greenhouses have been built on the ground. The staff has already placed all kinds of flowers.
Liu Zheng parked the car in the parking lot outside the door. The old lady watching the car saw that Liu Zheng was wearing a police uniform. hand.
Liu Zheng and I entered the door, and our eyes suddenly lit up. Colorful flowers of all kinds were placed on both sides. The flower boss standing next to us was looking at us suspiciously while offering us business. People have some instinctive fear.
We asked a shopkeeper about the location of the market management office, and she pointed to us and said, "Go straight and leave the shed, there is a two-story building there!"
Following her instructions, we went straight to the management office.After walking for about two or three minutes, I finally came out of the greenhouse filled with the fragrance of flowers.I took a long breath. Although flowers are good things, I can't help but feel a little breathless when I am surrounded by all kinds of strong and fragrant floral fragrances.
She was right, there was indeed a small two-story building behind the shed, and a neon signboard was hanging on the small building. Although it was not lit, the huge characters showed the function of this place—Zijinxiang Flower Market Management Committee!
We entered the small building, and went straight to the leadership office of the management committee through the guidance of a staff member.
Liu Zheng walked ahead and knocked on the closed office door. After a while, a middle-aged man's voice came out: "Who is it?" There was a hint of boredom in his tone.
Liu Zheng asked loudly, "Excuse me, is Director Bi there? I'm from the Municipal Public Security Bureau!"
The voice hummed softly, with surprise, probably thinking that nothing good would happen if the police came to the door early in the morning.Then he said with a little panic: "You...you wait a moment, come right away!"
First I heard a rush of footsteps, and then the sound of the door being opened. The door was opened, revealing a chubby face of a middle-aged man. He opened a crack first and asked, "What do you have... oh, what are you doing here?" Isn't it Director Liu, why are you here when you have time, please come in quickly!"
The door was opened with a sound, and the middle-aged man greeted us enthusiastically, and said to the young woman mopping the floor with her head down, "Xiaolu, don't clean up, go and pour water for the two distinguished guests of Director Liu!"
The young woman was dressed in formal attire, and she didn't look like a cleaner, but a secretary or something.She lowered her head and hummed, hurriedly put the mop aside, and hurried out.
I have always wanted to see what this young woman looks like, but she kept her head down and her long hair covered her face. I didn't see half of her face passing by until she went out. A large overripe apple.
I glanced at Liu Zheng, who smiled meaningfully.
Director Bi asked us to say while taking out a cigarette: "Ju Liu, I only saw you on TV before, but I didn't expect you to come here today. This really makes our market flourish! If you have any requirements, just ask !"
Liu Zheng smiled and said: "Director Bi, you are being polite, we have something to ask you to understand!"
Director Bi said: "What's the matter, you said? I will try my best to cooperate with the work of the Public Security Bureau!"
"Do you remember Li Moran?"
Director Bi thought about it for a moment, and said the name twice, with a look of concentrating on it.At this time, the young woman named Xiaolu brought over two cups of steaming tea and said sweetly, "Director Liu, you two have tea!"
I glanced at her head-on, and now she had tied her hair back, revealing her fair cheeks.I thought to myself: No wonder the door was inserted from the inside early in the morning, it turned out to be quite pretty!
Director Bi glanced at the woman intentionally or unintentionally, and then slowly turned his head to the side. After she went out, he slapped his head and suddenly realized: "Li Moran! Remember, he used to be a senior consultant in our market , as if it was gone three years ago!"
Liu Zheng glanced at me and motioned for me to ask questions, because maybe he didn't know what I wanted to ask, so I said seriously, "Director Bi, Li Moran has worked here for many years, right?"
"No, since he retired, he has been working as a consultant in our flower market. At that time, I was just a small administrator, or a young man. Now, more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and even I have become a middle-aged man. Oh, at that time, our old director hired him. They were old classmates, but Mr. Li three years ago, oh! At that time, we all respectfully called him Mr. Li. After he passed away, our old director became older. I don't want to worry about this mess anymore, so I quit two years ago. I was elected as the director by everyone. In fact, I haven't dealt with Mr. Li very much. He is a senior consultant. I It's just an ordinary administrator, and I don't know much about him. You asked him what's the matter?"
Although his words sounded a bit confused and incoherent, a bit like thinking of what to say.But slowly I understood that he was telling us tactfully that he had nothing to do with Li Moran.Maybe he looked at us in the same way as everyone else outside just now. It is definitely not a good thing for the police to come to the door early in the morning!Since we asked Li Moran straight to the point, then he must have committed a crime, no matter what, we should draw a clear line with him first.Since I can't even hide his tricks from me, let alone Liu Zheng, but Liu Zheng's expression didn't change much, as if he didn't hear it.
"So, what kind of person is he?" I asked again.
"Speaking of it, Mr. Li must be considered a good person. He treats our small staff very politely. However, this person is also a bit strange. He just doesn't like talking very much. What to study? In fact, it is not surprising when you think about it, after all, he is engaged in scientific research, and his personality is a bit withdrawn, which is completely understandable!" Director Bi said slowly.
"Then what does he usually do besides studying flowers?"
Director Bi thought for a while and said: "I didn't do anything! He came early in the morning and plunged into his own flower shop. Sometimes he didn't even know to come out to eat at noon, so our chef would specialize Keep it for him! Eat it when he thinks about it. Sometimes when visitors come from outside, he will also accompany and introduce, and the rest will be fine!"
"Do you know that he knows about Chinese medicinal materials?" I asked again.
"Speaking of this, I really remembered that he not only understands, but also is very experienced. In our market, people often have headaches, and he will prescribe a few Chinese medicines for them to drink. It is really effective, even more effective than a bottle. I sometimes wonder if he was a doctor before? Also, people like us who often deal with flowers have a little sensitive respiratory tract and often cough or something. Teacher Li prepared a medicine by himself, not to mention, as long as It’s because you feel a little unwell, take a dose, and you’ll be fine immediately! We all call him Miracle Doctor Li behind our backs, and when he knows this name, he just smiles, he’s a very kind old man.”
Speaking of this, I feel that I really have nothing to ask. Although his words proved some of my inferences, they still didn't help Bai Feng's questions. I couldn't figure out the reason why Li Moran fell ill early.I couldn't help feeling a little lost in my heart, and my eyes wandered loosely in this office.
Suddenly, I saw a large photo frame hanging on the diagonally opposite wall, with many photos posted inside.From a distance, I saw a photo of a hale and hearty old man. His appearance was somewhat similar to the portrait of Li Moran I saw at the scene of the crime that night, but it was far away and the photo was not big. , can't see clearly.So I stood up, walked towards the photo frame, and asked curiously, "Director Bi, when were these photos taken?"
Director Bi looked back and said with a smile: "This is a group photo of many experts and merchants from other places with us since the establishment of our flower market. It's just a souvenir. Looking back now, it's still interesting!"
I took a closer look, and the photo was a group photo of more than a dozen people, and it read: In 2001, experts from XX City came to Zijinxiang Flower Market to visit and communicate.Among them stood a thin old man with a smiling expression and a kind face. It was Li Moran!
I couldn't help but search it carefully, and found that there were six or seven photos with Li Moran on this huge photo frame, which was marked with the year and the name of the guest.In the photo, Li Moran's movements and expressions are exactly the same. If the two photos are superimposed, ignoring the size difference, I am afraid that these Li Moran can be completely overlapped.
I smiled and said, "It seems that Li Moran often receives foreign guests?"
Director Bi shook his hands again and again, and said, "Where is this? It's far away. In fact, Mr. Li has made a huge contribution to our market. He has received more visiting groups and foreign businessmen. It is because of his profound knowledge and knowledge of flowers and plants. The research is very deep, and many customers are attracted and retained by him. It is also strange that our salesmen finally ran away from customers. But Mr. Li just told people about flower knowledge, and the business was done!"
I know why he stopped in the middle, because what he wanted to talk about should be how much money was spent. Everyone knows that the so-called spending money is nothing more than routines such as treating guests and giving gifts. Although this is normal in business, it is still bribery after all. .Facing the chief of the public security bureau, it was a bit inappropriate to say this, so I changed it temporarily.But this is not what I am curious about. What I am curious about now is: "Director Bi, do you still have those photos? Can you show them to me?"
Director Bi wondered: "Yes, there are, but they are all stored in the reference room. I have to search hard, and I am afraid there are not all of them!"
Liu Zheng interrupted: "Then, I have to ask Director Bi to help me find it!"
Director Bi repeatedly said: "No trouble, no trouble!" Then he ran outside the door, called Xiao Lu loudly, and told her to go to the reference room to get the photos.
When he was leaving the house, Liu Zheng asked me: "What suspicious things do you see in these photos?"
I shook my head and said, "No, but since we're here, it's best not to let go of any details that might be discovered!"
Liu Zheng nodded.
Director Bi walked back to the house and asked us to sit down and drink tea. I suddenly thought of what he said about the greenhouse, so I asked, "Director Bi, can you take us to the greenhouse where Li Moran used to work?"
Director Bi said with a smile: "Of course there is no problem, but since Teacher Li passed away, we have hired a new consultant, and now the greenhouse is his. Three years is not a short period of time, and it may be difficult to find it inside." There are traces of the past! However, there are still some good varieties of flowers cultivated by Mr. Li!" Now we followed him to the greenhouse.
The flower house is not far away, in a small greenhouse in front of the building, covered with a layer of thermal insulation film, the room is very bright, with two incandescent lamps lit, and an old man is watering a peony plant.
Director Bi called Teacher Huang, and the old man raised his head and looked at us with squinted eyes.Director Bi said: "These two are the leaders of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. This is Director Liu. He is also interested in our flowers, so come in and have a look!"
After exchanging pleasantries with everyone, I asked, "Which flowers here are cultivated by Li Moran?"
Teacher Huang was stunned, then pointed to a row of flowers in the corner of the wall, and said in a cold voice: "That's all!" Then he squatted down and started working on his own.
I know he felt very uncomfortable hearing this sentence, but this is the purpose of our trip, we have to talk about it sooner or later, and now is not the time to be polite.
So Liu Zheng and I walked in front of the row of flowers that were still in full bloom, carefully looking at the flowers left by Li Moran in the world.
It can be seen that these plants have not been well managed, they grow in disorder, and there are many grasses mixed with the flowers.But even so, it can be seen that what Li Moran cultivated is indeed a good breed.
This pile of flowers is a collection of many varieties, roses, violets, tulips... all kinds of flower branches are entangled with each other, competing to bloom in full bloom, like a picture of a hundred flowers competing for beauty.Red and blue intersect, yellow and white are embedded, if you separate each flower, you will find that although they have not been pruned, the flowers and leaves are just right, and the bursting flowers are extremely bright.To be honest, I was really eye-opening at the time.
Just when I was admiring in my heart, I saw a tall blue plant among the flowers. The plant was thick and strong, like a strong and strong farmer standing among a group of beauties with heavy makeup, which was particularly conspicuous.
I was slightly surprised, and couldn't help asking: "What kind of flower is this?"
Just as Director Bi was about to answer, Teacher Huang said coldly: "Don't you know? That's the most common Bupleurum, not a flower!" The meaning in the words was naturally to make fun of my ignorance, and I didn't even know Bupleurum.
Listening to his tone of voice, Liu Zheng frowned slightly.
Director Bi hurriedly shouted: "Teacher Huang!"
I paid no heed to the sarcasm in his words, and just asked aloud, "Is this Bupleurum?"
Director Bi was taken aback, took a peek at Liu Zheng, forced a smile and said, "It's not surprising that you can't recognize it, I also thought this Bupleurum was wrong, how can someone be so thick?"
"Hey!" Teacher Huang curled her lips and let out a contemptuous laugh, "What's all the fuss about? Aren't all the bupleurum on Cuishan as tall as this one! It's really..."
When I heard Cuishan, the appearance of the Bupleurum that I saw last night immediately appeared in my mind. Yes, except for the different color, this Bupleurum is no different from those on Cuishan.There was a flash of lightning in my heart, and I felt that the answer had gradually become clear. To be more sure, I asked loudly again: "You mean that this Bupleurum bupleurum plant was transplanted from Cuishan?"
I think I must have shouted loudly at the time, and the expression on my face was not much better, because when I asked this sentence, not only the expression of horror on Director Bi's face became deeper, but even Liu Zheng's face It also changed color slightly. Director Bi's voice became a little flustered, and he said falteringly: "This...that, maybe...maybe...it seems that when Mr. Li was there, he did introduce Bupleurum bupleurum from the mountain, and later...this...later He said that this herb is the best of Bupleurum, and if it can be planted on a large scale, it can become a big...industry! At that time, I was still a small administrator, and I...was not very clear about the things in between. "He said while brushing Liu Zheng and me's faces, maybe he still didn't know which law was violated by transplanting wild herbs? It was only then that I realized that the tone of my words had disturbed Director Bi, so I calmed down and lowered my tone: "So, what's the result? Was Li Moran's experiment successful?" "Hey! It's weird. When it was first transplanted, the Bupleurum chinensis grew fairly smoothly, but within a month, the color on it faded. Apart from being thicker and taller than other varieties, please ask a medical expert to check it out. Tested, the ingredients of the medicine in it are similar to ordinary ones! So this matter was slowly put aside, I didn’t expect this thing to have a strong vitality, how many years have passed, and it’s still alive... Isn’t this illegal?” I quickly explained: "No, no, Director Bi misunderstood, I just asked casually!" While talking, the young woman named Xiaolu came in with a thick stack of photos in her hands. After she put the photo on the table, we took a closer look.There were no fewer than one hundred photos in this stack, all of which were slightly yellowed, some had faded, and some of the faces were blurred.There was a musty smell. Director Bi's praise of Li Moran in the room just now was not an exaggeration. From these photos, it can be seen that Li Moran has indeed made a lot of contributions to the flower market during his ten years as a consultant.The visitors and photographers in the photos are not only from all over the country, but there are more than a dozen photos taken with foreign friends. While carefully flipping through the photos recording Li Moran's illustrious achievements over the past ten years, I admired his achievements in the field of flowers, which is not his specialty.If he hadn't bred many enviable varieties, there wouldn't be hundreds of group photos.It can be seen that in every photo, Li Moran is standing in the center of the screen, whether it is a few people or dozens of people, his position will never change. Flipping through the pages, I was suddenly attracted by a photo. In this photo, there were only two people, one was Li Moran, and the other was a middle-aged doctor in a white coat.There is a line of words written below: Li Moran, the senior consultant of the market, took a group photo with Professor Qi Sinong, an expert in the city!Some of the words were blurred beyond recognition. I pointed to the person in the photo and asked, "Director Bi, what is the origin of this Professor Qi Si Nong?" Director Bi thought for a while, and said, "He is a medical expert in our city. He had a good relationship with Mr. Li back then, but he passed away four years ago!" "How did you die?" "I don't know much about this. Back then, I only knew that the two had a good relationship, and he often came to the market to look for Mr. Li. I don't know anything else. However, if you are interested, you can go to the Central Hospital to check. He's the medical expert there!" I pondered slightly, and said with a smile: "Director Bi, I want to borrow this photo and send it back to you as soon as it's used up, okay?" Director Bi hurriedly said: "An old photo, you can take it and use it, what else do you want to give!" I carefully put the photo in my pocket, and saw that there was nothing special about the other photos, so I looked up and saw a large unsealed plastic bag on the table, which contained many clean white gloves, so I walked over He picked up a pair and put them on his hands, picked up a small shovel in the corner, and walked back to the flowers: "Director Bi, I want to take this bupleurum plant back to have a look!" In fact, once Li Moran died, Teacher Huang who succeeded him had his own cultivation method, so these flowers and plants are already superfluous here.So I know he won't say no.Sure enough, Director Bi readily agreed, and picked up a shovel to help. Bupleurum is a Chinese herbal medicine with a well-developed root system. In fact, its main medicinal value is contained in the root, so we took a lot of effort to dig out this huge Bupleurum.I found another big sealed bag to put it in, and left the flower market. Before leaving, I borrowed him a small shovel to take with me—although this may violate the police regulations, but I’m not a policeman and I don’t need to worry about it . After getting into the car, Liu Zheng started the engine and asked me, "Go to the hospital?" "No, go to Cuishan!" Liu Zheng didn't ask any more questions, and drove straight to Qingming Town.
The car was driving steadily on the main road leading to Qingming Town, and it left the urban area in a short while. The green fields on both sides kept going backwards. Although it was September and the harvest season was approaching, but this time it was When farmers are at their leisure, they don't meet a single person working in the fields along the way. "Do you think this plant has something to do with Li Moran's condition?" Liu Zheng asked while driving. "There should be an inseparable relationship between the two. In fact, I should have thought of it when I first saw the peculiar Bupleurum on the mountain. But I still ignored it. If the stone egg can really emit strong radiation, it will be the most affected The most important ones should be plants and animals, soil and rocks can only change color, but living organisms may cause changes in cell structure and produce some special mutations!" "So, Li Moran got this virus because he stayed with Bupleurum all day?" I slowly said: "Or, he may have tasted it himself. I would not be surprised if a dedicated botanist can distinguish the components of plants without fear of safety! In ancient times, Shen Nong tasted all kinds of herbs. legend?" Liu Zheng nodded, and asked again: "So, what does that photo show?" "I'm not sure, but if this medical expert used these bupleurum in the traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for the citizens, it is very likely that this... virus will spread!" When I mentioned the virus, I paused slightly After a while, I don't know if it is accurate to use this word to describe it. "Also!" I continued, "I even suspect that his death may have something to do with this virus!" "You mean Qi Si Nong?" Liu Zheng asked. "Yes, Professor Li may be able to give us an answer to this question, which is why I brought this photo back. There is another doubt, which can also prove that the change of Bupleurum is related to the stone egg. The director said that within a month after the Bupleurum was transplanted from Cuishan, the original color faded, which indicated that it was the special soil on Cuishan or the special radiation of the stone eggs that caused the change of Bupleurum, not the Bupleurum. Hu is a special variety. I think the light red color is given by the stone egg. It not only makes Bupleurum shine, but also can increase the medicinal components of Bupleurum itself. This is why Bupleurum on Cuishan The reason why the medicinal effect is different from other varieties!" We galloped forward while chatting, and it didn't take long before we saw the emerald green mountain glowing green in the sun.
When we passed the village next to Cuishan, we saw several white ambulances driving from the village onto the main road, whizzing past us.At the intersection of the village, there were still a few policemen with police weapons in their hands maintaining law and order, and countless villagers waited in line, looking around with panicked eyes. I was about to ask Liu Zheng what was going on, but suddenly I understood.Scenes of the thrilling encounter last night slowly flashed through my mind, and the two broken fingers felt a dull pain in the slight bumps of the car. The policeman at the intersection saw Liu Zheng's car and saluted from a distance. Liu Zheng stopped beside him, rolled down the window and asked, "How's the situation?" "Don't worry, chief, everything is normal!" Liu Zhengdao: "Pay attention to your attitude, don't cause panic in the villagers, pay attention to safety!" The policeman saluted again and said yes.Liu Zheng started the car again. I asked Liu Zheng, "Where do you take the villagers for inspection?" "Downtown! The medical conditions in the town are too poor, and I'm afraid something will go wrong. To be honest, when I think about the scene last night, or this morning, I still feel scared. To be safe, I can only mobilize the police to maintain law and order!" Liu Said helplessly.
At the foot of Cuishan, the car was still parked not far from the place where the incident happened last night.We got out of the car and sighed when we saw the messy footprints and gasoline spills in the fields, and the glass shattered into small pieces on the ground. We climbed up the mountain for a while, picked a Bupleurum at random, put on gloves and gently dug it up with a shovel.Fearing that it really contained a disease-causing viral component, I was careful not to let its branches and leaves hit me.However, it would be absurd to be so cautious when I thought that I might already be infected, but if I really dragged and dug regardless, I would be a little scared in my heart. Liu Zheng saw that my right hand was not convenient, so he took the shovel and began to dig. As soon as he dug a small hole, he heard someone shouting from a distance: "Get out of the way, everyone get out of the way!" Hearing that voice seemed to come from the top of the mountain, I couldn't help but look up, feeling puzzled. , I don't know what these people are doing on the top of the mountain. When I was wondering, I suddenly heard a muffled bang, and felt the ground I was standing on shake slightly. "what happened?" Liu Zheng shook his head, expressing that he didn't know, so we stopped digging and hurried up the mountain. As I said before, this mountain is not high, and we went straight up all the way, and in just over 20 minutes, we were close to the top of the mountain.At this moment, another muffled bang was heard.The vibration under his feet became more violent, as if a magnitude 7 earthquake had suddenly occurred.A puff of thick smoke above the head turned into a twisted long strip, shot out into the air, and then slowly spread out. I figured someone must be blasting the narrow hole where the stone egg was, so I walked even faster! When I climbed to the top of the mountain, I saw a group of people in explosive suits busy on the top of the mountain. I asked aloud, "What are you doing?" These people all looked back at me, but no one paid any attention to me, and went back to work again.Only one of them walked towards me, took off the mask on his face while walking, and said, "Ju Liu, Mr. Yi, why are you here?" When I took a closer look, I realized that it was Mr. Hu from the Institute of Geology, so I asked, "Professor Hu, what are you doing?" He smiled and said, "Get that stone egg out!" I was taken aback, and said, "That's a whole rock, more than ten meters deep underground, how could you explode it?" Slimy Hu said proudly: "Yes, it is impossible to make a big hole, so we thought of another way, and had to blow up the stone crystals wrapped around the stone egg!" "You are not afraid to explode the stone eggs inside. I don't know what it is. What if it is very volatile?" Thin man Hu pointed at a sketch of a stone egg and a narrow hole and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Yi, we've already calculated this! You see, the stone egg is about a foot in diameter, and the narrow hole has a diameter of about 1 foot. Ninety centimeters, we don't have to explode all of them, just leave a layer inside, and then drag it out! We thought for a long time, only this method is the safest, otherwise how to test its composition? Don't go!" I became speechless. What he said was indeed true. If the stone egg cannot be pulled out of the hole, it would be difficult to confirm its "identity" with instruments. However, I always feel that it is a bit reckless to do so.So I had to go over and have a look. At this time, the less than one meter gap in the stone had already been blasted open, the sun shone into the large stone room, and a musty smell mixed with the smell of sulfur and gunpowder came out of the hole.Looking at the stone room, I suddenly felt that it seemed to be an excavated tomb of an ancient emperor. The messy stones looked like dead skulls thrown all over the ground, looking at me coldly with a pair of black eye sockets. I turned my head to look at the narrow hole. There was a thick rope hanging from the hole, and several people were pulling it. After a while, the thick rope moved, and the people on it began to pull upwards, and a fully armed blaster slowly climbed up from the hole. After that person came up, he took off his mask and gasped heavily. A person above asked: "How is it?" Professor of Geology. The blaster said: "The rock is really hard. With such a large amount, less than one-third of it was peeled off. However, I drilled a deeper hole this time and doubled the amount. It seems to work!" Old Gong yelled: "Okay, everyone retreats fifty meters away and prepares to detonate!" After speaking, everyone stepped back one after another, and they didn't lie down on the ground until they were fifty meters away.A blaster held an instrument and shouted: "Ready... five, four, three, two, one, detonate!" When he shouted one, everyone bowed their heads to the ground, and some even covered their ears with their hands. There was a loud bang and a huge earthquake.A straight line of thick smoke pierced into the air like an arrow feather, and slowly spread out after being tens of meters high. After waiting for another two or three minutes, everyone stood up and slowly approached the crack in the stone.Due to the close distance, a piece of stone on the roof of the stone chamber was shaken down, crushing the ground of the entire stone chamber into a mess. The person holding the instrument waved his hand, and another blaster put on a mask filled with oxygen, tied a rope around his waist, and slipped down gently. Everyone waited quietly, looking expectantly at the narrow hole that was still emitting thick smoke. After a while, the rope was pulled three times, and everyone cheered and jumped up. Perhaps in the code they agreed, three times meant the blasting was successful. Someone also slipped down with a dark black net bag made of special materials. After waiting for a while, the rope was pulled again, and everyone was so excited that they yelled and pulled hard upwards. My heart was secretly tense, I didn't know what the round stone egg looked like now, I wanted to get closer to have a look, but was blocked by the personnel in blasting attire. After a while, someone shouted: "Slow down, slow down, come up, come up!" Then everyone stepped aside, and two demolition team members walked slowly past me with their net bags in their hands. I finally saw what the stone egg looked like now.Its size is of course much smaller, much like a larger ostrich egg.The stone surface is not fragmented, but seems to be smoother than before. It is somewhat similar to the crystal balls commonly used by Western wizards. Without the thick layer of stone crystals on the outside, the color of the green egg is even greener. It really seems A dark green eyeball glowed deeply.Especially after being exposed to sunlight, a faint green halo seems to rise around it. I watched the two of them walking slowly down the mountain, and a hanging heart finally let go. No matter what it is, at least no casualties were caused. This is my most gratifying place. The crowd followed behind and gradually moved away. Only three people remained on the mountain and slowly pulled the two people out of the stone room.The two climbed out of the cave, took off their masks, and panted loudly. It is conceivable that after several explosions of a large amount of explosives, the stone room may have become thick with smoke. Although they have oxygen to breathe, they are burdened with heavy burdens. Climbing up and down the narrow hole in the anti-riot suit really took a lot of physical strength. Liu Zhenggang and I turned around and were about to go down the mountain, when we suddenly heard someone behind us calling two names loudly, in an anxious voice.My heart sank, and I hurriedly looked back. I saw the two demolition team members who had just crawled out of the narrow hole sitting on the ground with their mouths open and eyes closed, panting, but I was not far away from them, and I could still hear them just now. The heavy panting sounds seemed to have stopped at this moment! Both Liu Zheng and I were shocked, and hurried there. I squatted down and stretched out my hand to detect the breath of a demolitionist, only to feel that there was no breath at all.I didn't have time to think about it, so I put my hand on his neck to feel his pulse.As soon as his fingers touched his skin, his fingers seemed to be splashed with scalding boiling water, and his instinctive reaction was shocked.His body is extremely hot! Liu Zheng exclaimed from behind: "Why is his body so hot? It seems to be cooked!" My heart sank to the bottom, with such a high body temperature, let alone a human being, even a stone would be scalded, I'm afraid... At this moment, his complexion also began to change, turning red, as if (I'm not disrespectful to the deceased, I just can't think of a better word to express it) cooked braised pork. The eyebrows began to fall slowly from the skin one by one, and the hair fell to the ground in locks. What Liu Zheng said was right, they were already steamed by the heat emitted from their bodies! At this time, I suddenly let go of his body, stood up suddenly, and ran down the mountain with big strides, shouting as I ran, "Put down the stone egg quickly, keep it far away, and don't touch it!"
I think I must have shouted loudly at the time, and the expression on my face was not much better, because when I asked this sentence, not only the expression of horror on Director Bi's face became deeper, but even Liu Zheng's face It also changed color slightly. Director Bi's voice became a little flustered, and he said falteringly: "This...that, maybe...maybe...it seems that when Mr. Li was there, he did introduce Bupleurum bupleurum from the mountain, and later...this...later He said that this herb is the best of Bupleurum, and if it can be planted on a large scale, it can become a big...industry! At that time, I was still a small administrator, and I...was not very clear about the things in between. "He said while brushing Liu Zheng and me's faces, maybe he still didn't know which law was violated by transplanting wild herbs? It was only then that I realized that the tone of my words had disturbed Director Bi, so I calmed down and lowered my tone: "So, what's the result? Was Li Moran's experiment successful?" "Hey! It's weird. When it was first transplanted, the Bupleurum chinensis grew fairly smoothly, but within a month, the color on it faded. Apart from being thicker and taller than other varieties, please ask a medical expert to check it out. Tested, the ingredients of the medicine in it are similar to ordinary ones! So this matter was slowly put aside, I didn’t expect this thing to have a strong vitality, how many years have passed, and it’s still alive... Isn’t this illegal?” I quickly explained: "No, no, Director Bi misunderstood, I just asked casually!" While talking, the young woman named Xiaolu came in with a thick stack of photos in her hands. After she put the photo on the table, we took a closer look.There were no fewer than one hundred photos in this stack, all of which were slightly yellowed, some had faded, and some of the faces were blurred.There was a musty smell. Director Bi's praise of Li Moran in the room just now was not an exaggeration. From these photos, it can be seen that Li Moran has indeed made a lot of contributions to the flower market during his ten years as a consultant.The visitors and photographers in the photos are not only from all over the country, but there are more than a dozen photos taken with foreign friends. While carefully flipping through the photos recording Li Moran's illustrious achievements over the past ten years, I admired his achievements in the field of flowers, which is not his specialty.If he hadn't bred many enviable varieties, there wouldn't be hundreds of group photos.It can be seen that in every photo, Li Moran is standing in the center of the screen, whether it is a few people or dozens of people, his position will never change. Flipping through the pages, I was suddenly attracted by a photo. In this photo, there were only two people, one was Li Moran, and the other was a middle-aged doctor in a white coat.There is a line of words written below: Li Moran, the senior consultant of the market, took a group photo with Professor Qi Sinong, an expert in the city!Some of the words were blurred beyond recognition. I pointed to the person in the photo and asked, "Director Bi, what is the origin of this Professor Qi Si Nong?" Director Bi thought for a while, and said, "He is a medical expert in our city. He had a good relationship with Mr. Li back then, but he passed away four years ago!" "How did you die?" "I don't know much about this. Back then, I only knew that the two had a good relationship, and he often came to the market to look for Mr. Li. I don't know anything else. However, if you are interested, you can go to the Central Hospital to check. He's the medical expert there!" I pondered slightly, and said with a smile: "Director Bi, I want to borrow this photo and send it back to you as soon as it's used up, okay?" Director Bi hurriedly said: "An old photo, you can take it and use it, what else do you want to give!" I carefully put the photo in my pocket, and saw that there was nothing special about the other photos, so I looked up and saw a large unsealed plastic bag on the table, which contained many clean white gloves, so I walked over He picked up a pair and put them on his hands, picked up a small shovel in the corner, and walked back to the flowers: "Director Bi, I want to take this bupleurum plant back to have a look!" In fact, once Li Moran died, Teacher Huang who succeeded him had his own cultivation method, so these flowers and plants are already superfluous here.So I know he won't say no.Sure enough, Director Bi readily agreed, and picked up a shovel to help. Bupleurum is a Chinese herbal medicine with a well-developed root system. In fact, its main medicinal value is contained in the root, so we took a lot of effort to dig out this huge Bupleurum.I found another big sealed bag to put it in, and left the flower market. Before leaving, I borrowed him a small shovel to take with me—although this may violate the police regulations, but I’m not a policeman and I don’t need to worry about it . After getting into the car, Liu Zheng started the engine and asked me, "Go to the hospital?" "No, go to Cuishan!" Liu Zheng didn't ask any more questions, and drove straight to Qingming Town.
The car was driving steadily on the main road leading to Qingming Town, and it left the urban area in a short while. The green fields on both sides kept going backwards. Although it was September and the harvest season was approaching, but this time it was When farmers are at their leisure, they don't meet a single person working in the fields along the way. "Do you think this plant has something to do with Li Moran's condition?" Liu Zheng asked while driving. "There should be an inseparable relationship between the two. In fact, I should have thought of it when I first saw the peculiar Bupleurum on the mountain. But I still ignored it. If the stone egg can really emit strong radiation, it will be the most affected The most important ones should be plants and animals, soil and rocks can only change color, but living organisms may cause changes in cell structure and produce some special mutations!" "So, Li Moran got this virus because he stayed with Bupleurum all day?" I slowly said: "Or, he may have tasted it himself. I would not be surprised if a dedicated botanist can distinguish the components of plants without fear of safety! In ancient times, Shen Nong tasted all kinds of herbs. legend?" Liu Zheng nodded, and asked again: "So, what does that photo show?" "I'm not sure, but if this medical expert used these bupleurum in the traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for the citizens, it is very likely that this... virus will spread!" When I mentioned the virus, I paused slightly After a while, I don't know if it is accurate to use this word to describe it. "Also!" I continued, "I even suspect that his death may have something to do with this virus!" "You mean Qi Si Nong?" Liu Zheng asked. "Yes, Professor Li may be able to give us an answer to this question, which is why I brought this photo back. There is another doubt, which can also prove that the change of Bupleurum is related to the stone egg. The director said that within a month after the Bupleurum was transplanted from Cuishan, the original color faded, which indicated that it was the special soil on Cuishan or the special radiation of the stone eggs that caused the change of Bupleurum, not the Bupleurum. Hu is a special variety. I think the light red color is given by the stone egg. It not only makes Bupleurum shine, but also can increase the medicinal components of Bupleurum itself. This is why Bupleurum on Cuishan The reason why the medicinal effect is different from other varieties!" We galloped forward while chatting, and it didn't take long before we saw the emerald green mountain glowing green in the sun.
When we passed the village next to Cuishan, we saw several white ambulances driving from the village onto the main road, whizzing past us.At the intersection of the village, there were still a few policemen with police weapons in their hands maintaining law and order, and countless villagers waited in line, looking around with panicked eyes. I was about to ask Liu Zheng what was going on, but suddenly I understood.Scenes of the thrilling encounter last night slowly flashed through my mind, and the two broken fingers felt a dull pain in the slight bumps of the car. The policeman at the intersection saw Liu Zheng's car and saluted from a distance. Liu Zheng stopped beside him, rolled down the window and asked, "How's the situation?" "Don't worry, chief, everything is normal!" Liu Zhengdao: "Pay attention to your attitude, don't cause panic in the villagers, pay attention to safety!" The policeman saluted again and said yes.Liu Zheng started the car again. I asked Liu Zheng, "Where do you take the villagers for inspection?" "Downtown! The medical conditions in the town are too poor, and I'm afraid something will go wrong. To be honest, when I think about the scene last night, or this morning, I still feel scared. To be safe, I can only mobilize the police to maintain law and order!" Liu Said helplessly.
At the foot of Cuishan, the car was still parked not far from the place where the incident happened last night.We got out of the car and sighed when we saw the messy footprints and gasoline spills in the fields, and the glass shattered into small pieces on the ground. We climbed up the mountain for a while, picked a Bupleurum at random, put on gloves and gently dug it up with a shovel.Fearing that it really contained a disease-causing viral component, I was careful not to let its branches and leaves hit me.However, it would be absurd to be so cautious when I thought that I might already be infected, but if I really dragged and dug regardless, I would be a little scared in my heart. Liu Zheng saw that my right hand was not convenient, so he took the shovel and began to dig. As soon as he dug a small hole, he heard someone shouting from a distance: "Get out of the way, everyone get out of the way!" Hearing that voice seemed to come from the top of the mountain, I couldn't help but look up, feeling puzzled. , I don't know what these people are doing on the top of the mountain. When I was wondering, I suddenly heard a muffled bang, and felt the ground I was standing on shake slightly. "what happened?" Liu Zheng shook his head, expressing that he didn't know, so we stopped digging and hurried up the mountain. As I said before, this mountain is not high, and we went straight up all the way, and in just over 20 minutes, we were close to the top of the mountain.At this moment, another muffled bang was heard.The vibration under his feet became more violent, as if a magnitude 7 earthquake had suddenly occurred.A puff of thick smoke above the head turned into a twisted long strip, shot out into the air, and then slowly spread out. I figured someone must be blasting the narrow hole where the stone egg was, so I walked even faster! When I climbed to the top of the mountain, I saw a group of people in explosive suits busy on the top of the mountain. I asked aloud, "What are you doing?" These people all looked back at me, but no one paid any attention to me, and went back to work again.Only one of them walked towards me, took off the mask on his face while walking, and said, "Ju Liu, Mr. Yi, why are you here?" When I took a closer look, I realized that it was Mr. Hu from the Institute of Geology, so I asked, "Professor Hu, what are you doing?" He smiled and said, "Get that stone egg out!" I was taken aback, and said, "That's a whole rock, more than ten meters deep underground, how could you explode it?" Slimy Hu said proudly: "Yes, it is impossible to make a big hole, so we thought of another way, and had to blow up the stone crystals wrapped around the stone egg!" "You are not afraid to explode the stone eggs inside. I don't know what it is. What if it is very volatile?" Thin man Hu pointed at a sketch of a stone egg and a narrow hole and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Yi, we've already calculated this! You see, the stone egg is about a foot in diameter, and the narrow hole has a diameter of about 1 foot. Ninety centimeters, we don't have to explode all of them, just leave a layer inside, and then drag it out! We thought for a long time, only this method is the safest, otherwise how to test its composition? Don't go!" I became speechless. What he said was indeed true. If the stone egg cannot be pulled out of the hole, it would be difficult to confirm its "identity" with instruments. However, I always feel that it is a bit reckless to do so.So I had to go over and have a look. At this time, the less than one meter gap in the stone had already been blasted open, the sun shone into the large stone room, and a musty smell mixed with the smell of sulfur and gunpowder came out of the hole.Looking at the stone room, I suddenly felt that it seemed to be an excavated tomb of an ancient emperor. The messy stones looked like dead skulls thrown all over the ground, looking at me coldly with a pair of black eye sockets. I turned my head to look at the narrow hole. There was a thick rope hanging from the hole, and several people were pulling it. After a while, the thick rope moved, and the people on it began to pull upwards, and a fully armed blaster slowly climbed up from the hole. After that person came up, he took off his mask and gasped heavily. A person above asked: "How is it?" Professor of Geology. The blaster said: "The rock is really hard. With such a large amount, less than one-third of it was peeled off. However, I drilled a deeper hole this time and doubled the amount. It seems to work!" Old Gong yelled: "Okay, everyone retreats fifty meters away and prepares to detonate!" After speaking, everyone stepped back one after another, and they didn't lie down on the ground until they were fifty meters away.A blaster held an instrument and shouted: "Ready... five, four, three, two, one, detonate!" When he shouted one, everyone bowed their heads to the ground, and some even covered their ears with their hands. There was a loud bang and a huge earthquake.A straight line of thick smoke pierced into the air like an arrow feather, and slowly spread out after being tens of meters high. After waiting for another two or three minutes, everyone stood up and slowly approached the crack in the stone.Due to the close distance, a piece of stone on the roof of the stone chamber was shaken down, crushing the ground of the entire stone chamber into a mess. The person holding the instrument waved his hand, and another blaster put on a mask filled with oxygen, tied a rope around his waist, and slipped down gently. Everyone waited quietly, looking expectantly at the narrow hole that was still emitting thick smoke. After a while, the rope was pulled three times, and everyone cheered and jumped up. Perhaps in the code they agreed, three times meant the blasting was successful. Someone also slipped down with a dark black net bag made of special materials. After waiting for a while, the rope was pulled again, and everyone was so excited that they yelled and pulled hard upwards. My heart was secretly tense, I didn't know what the round stone egg looked like now, I wanted to get closer to have a look, but was blocked by the personnel in blasting attire. After a while, someone shouted: "Slow down, slow down, come up, come up!" Then everyone stepped aside, and two demolition team members walked slowly past me with their net bags in their hands. I finally saw what the stone egg looked like now.Its size is of course much smaller, much like a larger ostrich egg.The stone surface is not fragmented, but seems to be smoother than before. It is somewhat similar to the crystal balls commonly used by Western wizards. Without the thick layer of stone crystals on the outside, the color of the green egg is even greener. It really seems A dark green eyeball glowed deeply.Especially after being exposed to sunlight, a faint green halo seems to rise around it. I watched the two of them walking slowly down the mountain, and a hanging heart finally let go. No matter what it is, at least no casualties were caused. This is my most gratifying place. The crowd followed behind and gradually moved away. Only three people remained on the mountain and slowly pulled the two people out of the stone room.The two climbed out of the cave, took off their masks, and panted loudly. It is conceivable that after several explosions of a large amount of explosives, the stone room may have become thick with smoke. Although they have oxygen to breathe, they are burdened with heavy burdens. Climbing up and down the narrow hole in the anti-riot suit really took a lot of physical strength. Liu Zhenggang and I turned around and were about to go down the mountain, when we suddenly heard someone behind us calling two names loudly, in an anxious voice.My heart sank, and I hurriedly looked back. I saw the two demolition team members who had just crawled out of the narrow hole sitting on the ground with their mouths open and eyes closed, panting, but I was not far away from them, and I could still hear them just now. The heavy panting sounds seemed to have stopped at this moment! Both Liu Zheng and I were shocked, and hurried there. I squatted down and stretched out my hand to detect the breath of a demolitionist, only to feel that there was no breath at all.I didn't have time to think about it, so I put my hand on his neck to feel his pulse.As soon as his fingers touched his skin, his fingers seemed to be splashed with scalding boiling water, and his instinctive reaction was shocked.His body is extremely hot! Liu Zheng exclaimed from behind: "Why is his body so hot? It seems to be cooked!" My heart sank to the bottom, with such a high body temperature, let alone a human being, even a stone would be scalded, I'm afraid... At this moment, his complexion also began to change, turning red, as if (I'm not disrespectful to the deceased, I just can't think of a better word to express it) cooked braised pork. The eyebrows began to fall slowly from the skin one by one, and the hair fell to the ground in locks. What Liu Zheng said was right, they were already steamed by the heat emitted from their bodies! At this time, I suddenly let go of his body, stood up suddenly, and ran down the mountain with big strides, shouting as I ran, "Put down the stone egg quickly, keep it far away, and don't touch it!"