Chapter 13 The Hope Elementary School

We went into the house with Xiao Liang, and I quickly poured her a glass of cold water.

Xiao Liang didn't bother to drink, raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and said excitedly, "Found...found it, I found their stronghold. On the banks of the Yazi River, west of Hongyan Town...there's...there's a construction site, it seems to be building...building..."

Before Xiao Liang could finish, Mei Shu and I said in unison, "Hope Elementary School!"

Xiao Liang was instantly stunned, staring at us with her big watery eyes, and asked in surprise, "How did you...how did you know?"

I smiled and said, "Mei Shu went to town to inquire today and found out that there was something fishy about this Hope Elementary School. This project, like the dock on the Tuojiang River, started half a year ago. And there are not many children in Hongyan Town, and one elementary school is not even full, so there is no need to build another one at all."

At this time, Xiao Liang finally got her breath even, took a sip of cold water, and continued, "It seems that this Hope Elementary School is Wang Zhanggui's smokescreen, to cover up his tomb raiding. I personally saw Hong Jie and her two accomplices transport the corpse of that hazi (rat) to the construction site of the Hope Elementary School, and said that they would bury him in the foundation at night when no one was around."

After hearing this, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. The thought of a corpse buried in the foundation of the Hope Elementary School sent chills down my spine.

Recalling the story to this point, I specifically opened the browser and checked online, and it turned out that this elementary school is still there today.

A school that was originally just a cover for tomb robbers has been used since it was built in 2005 until today. It can be regarded as a rare good thing done by Wang Zhanggui, this conscienceless dog.

Now that we knew the stronghold of this group of tomb robbers, things became easier.

I immediately speculated, "It seems that the ancient Shu tomb on the Yazi River is near this Hope Elementary School, and the entrance to the tomb must also be hidden on the construction site of the school."

Mei Shu couldn't wait to say, "Xiao Liang, can you notify the Xiaoling Guard to close the net? Now that the entrance to the tomb has been found, they should act as soon as possible, right?"

Xiao Liang thought so too, and immediately took out her mobile phone and said, "Then I will contact Officer Jiang and ask them to make a quick decision."

After saying that, she went to the yard to make a phone call, and Mei Shu and I waited anxiously in the house.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Xiao Liang came back.

The expression on her face was a little disappointed, and she shook her head as soon as she came in and said, "No, Jiang Yongguang's meaning is that now we have only found the entrance to the tomb, and we have only found one lookout. If we act rashly, the success rate is not high, and Wang Zhanggui may escape."

Mei Shu was a little anxious and raised his voice and asked, "Then what does he want to do? Does he want us to wait until we find Wang Zhanggui before taking action? If that's the case, what do we need the Xiaoling Guard for? We can catch him ourselves!"

Xiao Liang quickly and patiently comforted him, "Mei Shu, don't worry, I can understand your eagerness to catch people, but Jiang Yongguang's consideration is also reasonable. Tomb robbers are very cunning. There may be more than one tunnel leading to the tomb. If we block this tunnel at the Hope Elementary School, they may escape from other tunnels."

I also persuaded Mei Shu, "Uncle, we've been planning for so many days, what's the difference between one or two more days? Jiang Yongguang is experienced, let's listen to his arrangements."

Mei Shu didn't speak with a dark face, and silently took out a cigarette and smoked it.

I knew that he was emotional and needed to be alone for a while, so I quickly pulled Xiao Liang to the yard to hide, and let Mei Shu smoke in silence alone.

After arriving in the yard, I suddenly noticed that Xiao Liang's knee was bumped. Her jeans were torn, and her fair skin was scratched. The wound was a mess with blood and dirt.

I couldn't help frowning and asked, "Why did you bump your knee?"

Xiao Liang stuck out her tongue and said embarrassedly, "I ran a little too fast when I came back, so I fell...but it's okay, it's not serious."

"How is it not serious? The wound will get infected if it's not treated in time." I quickly turned around and went back to the house to get the medicine box and used a cotton swab dipped in iodine to disinfect her.

Xiao Liang sat on the steps in the yard, stretched out her long legs for me to treat. As a result, as soon as the iodine touched the wound, the girl screamed.

"Ouch! It hurts! Chen Rongsheng! It hurts so much!"

"Bear with it, it won't hurt in a while."

I didn't know how to comfort girls, so I could only hold her leg tightly to prevent her from moving around, and continued to disinfect her with an "iron face".

Xiao Liang's tears were streaming down from the pain, and she complained while biting her lip, "Chen Rongsheng, be gentle! You're hurting me! You don't know how to cherish women at all!"

"Shh! Don't shout, the neighbors will think we're doing something good in broad daylight!" I reminded in a low voice.

As a result, Xiao Liang actually understood in seconds, and her face turned red all of a sudden. She glanced at me shyly and said coquettishly, "Chen Rongsheng, you're so annoying! Don't say such lewd words!"

I smiled softly and said, "What are you talking about? Don't forget, you are my wife now. This is a normal conversation between husband and wife."

"You...you're taking advantage of me! You're not a good person!" Xiao Liang retorted with puffed cheeks like an angry bun.

I didn't say any more, but wiped the iodine seriously.

After a lot of tossing, I finally disinfected her. I bandaged the wound with gauze and asked her to go back to the house to change into a new pair of pants.

After the wound was treated, the girl Xiao Liang didn't stay idle. She limped to the kitchen and started to prepare dinner for today.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next day, the three of us still acted separately.

I was responsible for looking for clues on the Yazi River, Mei Shu went to town to inquire about news, and Xiao Liang acted as a housewife, ready to connect with the Xiaoling Guard at any time.

After eating breakfast, I walked all the way to the river. When I passed Hong Jie's massage parlor, I specially glanced inside.

I saw that the door of the massage parlor was tightly closed, and the curtains were tightly covered.

Generally speaking, when a massage parlor is closed to customers like this, it either means that it is open for business, or that the service staff has not yet gotten up.

There are rarely any customers in the morning, so I guess Hong Jie hasn't gotten up yet.

Sure enough.

It wasn't until after eleven o'clock at noon that I saw the curtains of the massage parlor being drawn open and the door opened.

Hong Jie walked to the door with disheveled hair and squatted on the side of the street to brush her teeth and gargle.

After washing up and dressing up, she sat by the window in the store again, smiling charmingly at the men passing by, soliciting business.

I originally thought that I would not deal with Hong Jie again in a short period of time, but unexpectedly, that charming woman took the initiative to come to me again that evening.

At that time, I was about to finish work and go home. Hong Jie answered a phone call and walked out of the store in a hurry, heading straight for me.

I looked up and saw her coming, and asked in puzzlement, "Hong Jie, do you need something from me?"

Hong Jie had a complicated expression with a smile that was not a smile, and said, "Oh, I'm here to talk business with you again. Look, we've known each other for several days, and I've taken care of your business twice, but you haven't taken care of my business even once."

I smiled awkwardly and quickly asked, "What's the business this time? What happened again?"

Hong Jie's watery eyes rolled around, as if she was making up lies on the spot, and then she said stutteringly, "It's like this, my boyfriend's father came all the way from his hometown yesterday, but when he saw that his son was gone, he couldn't think straight and jumped into the river to commit suicide..."