Gan City.

When Lin Ye arrived at the station, members of the Gan City Laboratory were already waiting at the station.

These ordinary staff naturally did not know Lin Ye's current reputation in the alien circle, but as long as they were consultants, they had to receive them well.

"Go directly to your destination."

On the way here, Lin Ye already understood what happened.

He asked Zhong Shan to look for news about He Zhiming. The last time Zhong Shan stayed in Gan City for a few days, he did not gain anything. But just one day ago, Zhong Shan got news from Gan City, saying that he had found news related to He Zhiming.

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After receiving the notice, Zhong Shan rushed to Gan City and went to the village where the clues were found with Tu Yang, the team leader of the Gan City Appraisal Institute. However, he disappeared mysteriously.

The staff of the appraisal office in Gan City had already reported this news to the superiors, who were also preparing to arrange people to handle it. When they learned that Lin Ye had gone to Gan City, they handed over the matter to Lin Ye.

The car quickly drove into the town, passed through the streets of the town, and finally entered a village.

"Counsellor Lin, our team leader and Team Leader Zhong were last located here before they disappeared. However, we searched the entire village and could not find the whereabouts of the two team leaders."

Lin Ye got out of the car, and there were two people waiting there at the entrance of the village. They were employees of the Gan City Appraisal Institute, and they came to the village to search for Zhong Shan's whereabouts.

"There's no rush."

Lin Ye looked at an old man sitting under the old camphor tree at the entrance of the village.

The old man was thin and hunched, sitting in front of a stone table with a chessboard painted on it, his eyes closed and greedily basking in the sunshine.

"I asked this old man, and he said he saw the team leader and the others entering the village." Seeing Lin Ye's eyes falling on the old man, the staff next to him reported the situation in a low voice.

Lin Ye nodded to show that he understood, but still walked towards the old man and sat down opposite the stone table.

"Old man, what's next?"

What was carved on the stone table was a chess game. When the old man heard the voice, he opened his muddy old eyes and smiled, showing his few remaining teeth: "Okay."

There was a drawer under the stone table, and the old man took out the chess pieces from it.

Lin Ye chose the red side, and the black side went first.

The old man didn't play chess very fast and played very steadily, but Lin Ye played very fast. The old man followed up immediately after playing. This led to Lin Ye's failure in the second half of the game.

Although several staff members of the laboratory did not understand why Consultant Lin played chess with the old man from the village as soon as he got off the car, they also knew that he was watching the chess without saying a word. When he saw that Lin Ye was about to lose, he showed anxiety on his face.

color.

Lin Ye picked up the only remaining knight and played a move.

Seeing Lin Yeluozi's position, the old man raised his eyes, while the staff watching on the side were surprised. Consultant Lin had misread the news. Why did the horse move so far?

Doesn’t the horse follow the sun?

"My horse has grown up and is much stronger than other horses. One step can be as strong as two steps for other horses."

Lin Ye explained with a smile, and the staff who were watching were speechless for a moment. Isn't this a naked lie?

However, what surprised them was that the old man opposite silently accepted it, and then the two men started fighting again. Three minutes later, Lin Ye had only one soldier left.

【Pa, General!】

Lin Ye directly took the soldier across the river and placed it on the red side's commander.

The old man looked up at Lin Ye, who smiled and said: "The cannon that I seemed to have eaten by you just now was actually done deliberately by me and I chose to sacrifice my cannon. In this way, I am no ordinary soldier."

Instead of soldiers, they became artillery."

puff!

Listening to Lin Ye's explanation, several staff members almost spit out blood. They obviously didn't pay attention and were eaten and ran away. How could it become a sacrifice?

If this is possible, why not just use the opponent's taxi to assassinate the general? It is said that he has instigated rebellion and has become a spy.

"Chess, chess, the stronger your imagination, the stronger your chess skills, I agree."

The old man silently put away the chess pieces, but Lin Ye held down the old man's hand and said with a smile: "Old man, I have beaten you in a game of chess. Let me ask you about yourself."

"Like them, did you ask the people who entered the village? Yesterday, two people from other places did enter the village..."

"No, I'm asking you about another person."

"who?"

"He Zhiming."

The old man's hand shook, and the chess piece in his hand fell down, rolled several times on the ground, and rolled under the camphor tree.

The old man looked at Lin Ye carefully, "How do you know him?"

"Entrusted by others."

"Hey, ever since those two people entered the village yesterday, I know that some things cannot be overcome after all. Are you willing to listen to the old man tell a story?"

"All ears."

"This story has to be told from the days of the rebels."

…

Late Qing Dynasty!

There was an official in Gannan City whose family name was Tang. He had studied for generations, and his family tree produced several high-ranking officials. Although he had not been able to become an official in recent generations, he relied on the influence of his ancestors to become one of the leading landowners in southern Jiangxi.

The master of the Tang family has a daughter who is eighteen years old. She is deeply loved by the master of the Tang family and is like the apple of his eye.

Normally, at the age of 16, people would already agree to be matchmakers, but Mr. Tang, because he loved his daughter, allowed her to make the final decision on the marriage.

How could an ordinary man fall in the eyes of this beautiful young lady from the Tang family?

A maid told her that the temple outside the city was very effective in seeking marriage, so Miss Tang took the maid to the temple to burn incense, hoping to find a suitable man.

Maybe it's because he is sincere and sincere, or maybe he donates a lot of incense and money.

On the way back from burning incense in the temple, a wild boar blocked the road. At the critical moment, a man appeared and killed the wild boar with three arrows.

Miss Tang's heart blossomed when she saw the handsome man and his savior through the car curtain.

Later, Miss Tang learned from the maid that the man's name was He Zhiming. Although he was born in a farmer's family, his grandfather was a scholar and he had studied and read with his grandfather since he was a child.

The most important thing is that the He family is now the tenant of their Tang family.

Miss Tang's family used the gift of saving her life as an excuse to go to He Zhiming whenever she had time. After doing this several times, her heart secretly promised, and He Zhiming was not that kind of idiot, and he soon understood Miss Tang's intentions.

mind.

The man is affectionate and the concubine is interested.

The handsome man and the beautiful woman are a perfect match.

After the two expressed their feelings to each other, He Zhiming was worried that Mr. Tang would disapprove, so Miss Tang reassured him, saying that his father had already promised him to choose his husband.

When Miss Tang returned home, she also tested her father's tone.

Knowing that his daughter already had a sweetheart and a lifesaver, the Tang family master was overjoyed and said directly: "On the fifteenth day of next month, it is my father's birthday. It will be a double blessing to have your lover come to propose marriage."

Miss Tang conveyed her father's words to He Zhiming, and He Zhiming also agreed.

So Miss Tang stayed in her boudoir for this month, imagining the sweet scene of her lover coming to propose marriage on the fifteenth day.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The red lights of Tang's house were hung high, and the house was full of relatives and friends.

At the birthday banquet, Mr. Tang drank a few more glasses. Under the influence of alcohol, he also said that someone would come to propose marriage today. The guests all flattered him, saying that this was a double happiness.

Anyone who can be the uncle of the Tang family must be both talented and beautiful.

Many female relatives of the Tang family, especially those of the same generation as Miss Tang, even made fun of Miss Tang, saying they wanted to see what kind of man could be attracted by the eldest daughter of the Tang family.

This made the eldest lady of the Tang family extremely shy.

It was three o'clock in the morning, but Miss Tang's heart was a little absent-minded, but her lover hadn't shown up yet. Could it be that she had encountered some accident?

While the eldest lady of the Tang family was suffering and waiting, the housekeeper finally came to report that someone came to propose marriage at the door.

When the eldest lady of the Tang family heard that the maid had come to report, she walked towards the front yard without any thought of restraint. Only when she arrived at the front yard did she find that the front yard was silent, and her father was sitting on the throne with a livid face.

In the hall, a beggar stood shivering, holding a jade pendant in his hand.

Seeing this jade pendant, the eldest lady of the Tang family trembled. This jade pendant was her token of love for her lover. How could it appear on this beggar?

In addition to the jade pendant, the beggar also had a document in his hand. The eldest lady of the Tang family took the document and fainted after reading it.

"My daughter and I are in love with each other. I bring this token to my door to ask for my hand in marriage. I hope Master Tang will allow me."

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"That day, Mr. Tang's birthday ended unhappily. Mr. Tang fell ill in anger, and the eldest lady of the Tang family also locked herself in the boudoir and never took a step out of the door."

"On the fifteenth day of the following month, the eldest lady of the Tang family hanged herself in her boudoir in her wedding dress."

The story seemed to end here, but Lin Ye knew it was not that simple.

"Why did He Zhiming do this?"
To be continued...