Express delivery is a high-risk occupation

"Missing? How did you disappear?" Xu Mu anxiously looked at the black cat standing on the windowsill.

Feng Yuan rubbed the courier boy's head, motioned him to be calm, turned around and opened the refrigerator, took out a can of mango juice and put it in front of the black cat, "Take a rest first, and then tell us everything you know about the situation. "

The back hair of the black cat in front of him was messy, and there were many traces of suspected spider webs and dust on its ears and tail. It had obviously been running around for a while.

After being reminded by Feng Yuan, Xu Mu also found out, and hurriedly moved a cushion for the black cat to put it under his body so that it could lie down more comfortably.

Taoism is now basically divided into four branches: the Xuanxue Zheng School, the Danding School, the Fulu School, and the Zhanyan School. Today, life is peaceful and stable, and the circumstances of the four branches are also very different.

The first two branches are relatively far away from the lives of ordinary people, and basically only those who are truly interested in Taoism will specifically inquire and understand them.The Talisman Sect is mostly relied on by people who encounter extraordinary events. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is mysterious and mysterious. Only the Zhanyan Sect is still highly respected among the people compared to the other three branches.

Zhanyan School includes Qimen Dunjia, Liurenke, Taiyi Shenshu, Liuyao Yizhan, Wenwangke, Destiny Technique, Physiognomy, Kanyu, Map Prophecy, Wangyun, Provincial Qi, etc. Among them, the most famous and most accepted , That is geomancy and physiognomy.Physiognomy is easy to understand, and geomancy is the art of Fengshui that people often say.

Ordinary people generally only look at yin and yang houses, but businessmen pay more attention to the feng shui of business-related places, such as office floors, store fronts, or factory sites.This also makes the art of geomancy popular.

Huayuan Gate has a long history. Although it belongs to the school of talismans, it has also passed down many techniques of geomancy.

Shen Liang's master, Taoist Wuchen, is quite well-known among the Taoists of this generation. Shen Liang came to Shanghai at the beginning because a rich man in Shanghai asked someone to find Taoist Wuchen, and he wanted to ask him to help look at the upcoming purchase. Feng Shui with new decking.

Shen Liang is Wuchen's eldest disciple, with outstanding talent, his attainments in Taoism are already very good at a young age, and he can faintly compare with Wuchen Taoist.

It's not a good thing for an apprentice to be too smart. Taoist Wuchen saw that he had nothing to teach his apprentice except experience, so he originally wanted to find an opportunity to throw Shen Liang down the mountain to practice and gain insights.If he wanted to doze off, someone sent him a pillow, and when he received an invitation from a rich man, he simply assigned this job to Shen Liang, and allowed him to travel abroad for a few years without rushing back.

Shen Liang was only eight years old, so one can imagine the rich man's mood when he received the "Master" at the airport.For the sake of Taoist Wuchen's face, although he reluctantly treated the little guy with courtesy, he really didn't take what he said about the bloody evil to heart, and turned around and invited another master to look at the shop.

With another master's unequivocal guarantee, the rich man bought the shop without hesitation, but when the decoration workers went in, one fell to his death in less than three days.

Fu Hao suddenly woke up and invited Shen Liang back again.

Although Shen Liang is young, word of mouth is more useful than anything these days.After seeing the mansion twice and catching a ghost once, the reputation of the eight-year-old Taoist priest spread in Shang Hai's wealthy circle, and more and more people came to him.In the past, Shen Liang was able to respond to requests, but now he had to make an appointment at least a week in advance.

This Monday afternoon, the rich man who first invited Shen Liang to Shanghai brought a haggard old man to visit Shen Liang, saying that the house was haunted, and when several adults were at home, the children in the house disappeared alive. !

Shen Liang felt that the matter was urgent, so he forced it into yesterday.

In the end, he never returned, and it is now Wednesday, and he has not returned, and there is no news at all.

In the past, when Shen Liang went out to "work", Babu would accompany him inseparably.But since some time ago, it got ginseng whiskers from Xu Mu, and because it was anxious to restore its original aura, it often stayed at home to practice and no longer followed Shen Liang.

During this period of time, Shen Liang seldom stayed out all night, even if he did, he would always call Babu on his landline at home, and there was never a situation where there was no news.

The black cat felt something was wrong, so it went out to find someone in the middle of the night last night, but unfortunately it didn't know the specific address where Shen Liang "worked", and ran all over Shanghai, but couldn't find any trace of Shen Liang.

Babu went home in the morning to take a look, and seeing that Shen Liang hadn't come back, he had to come to Xu Mu and Feng Yuan for help.

"I'll give him a try." After hearing what it said, Xu Mu immediately took out his cell phone and called Shen Liang.After his mobile phone was soaked in water, Feng Yuan threw it to the maintenance point, and now he is temporarily using Feng Yuan's old mobile phone.

The mechanical electronic female voice reminded Xu Mu that the number he dialed was not within the service area.

Xu Mu shook his head at Feng Yuan and the black cat in disappointment, "I can't get through."

"I couldn't get through when I used my landline at home last night." The black cat licked two mouthfuls of the juice, looking sleepy.

Feng Yuan grabbed Xu Mu's hand, checked the time on his mobile phone naturally, and said to the black cat, "Take us home first."

Feng Yuan's body temperature came from the back of his hand, and the courier brother's uneasy heart suddenly became more at ease.What Feng Yuan said is right, the most important thing now is to find the place he went to yesterday or the person who entrusted him to go there. We can only see if there are any clues in Shen Liang's house.

The black cat nodded, stood up and walked in front of Feng Yuan and Xu Mu.

The house that Shen Liang rented was located in the two buildings next door, both with two bedrooms, but Feng Yuan's rented house faced east, and Shen Liang's room faced west.

The room was fairly clean, the coffee table and sofa in the middle of the living room were moved to the corner against the wall, and replaced by two futons and an incense burner on the carpet.Shen Liang and Ba Bu lived in one of the two rooms.

"Has anyone else been here in the past two days?" Feng Yuan glanced around the room, and his eyes fell on the notebook on the coffee table and the pile of business cards underneath.

Babu shook his head, "Only the cleaning person came the day before yesterday."

No matter how powerful Shen Liang's Taoism is, after all, he is only an eight-year-old child. The daily cleaning and tidying up of the room are all handed over to hourly workers. Every two days, someone will come to clean it.

Feng Yuan bent down and picked up the open notepad and looked at it. What was written on it was the schedule that had been arranged for the past few days.

Shen Liang's handwriting is rigid, very similar to the style of his little adult.On Tuesday, I was supposed to help a family surnamed Zhang look at the private house, but it was crossed out and moved to next Monday.It is estimated that the matter of losing the child was added temporarily, and there is no record in the notebook.

There was no useful information to be found in the notepad, so Feng Yuan knelt down again and took out the pile of business cards from under the coffee table. There were many rich and famous people among these names, and he had heard of several names before.

Xu Mu leaned over to take a look, and found that the pile of business cards were of different styles, some were low-key with only a name and mobile phone printed on them, and some were packed full of seven or eight titles. of.

"Babu, the person who came to visit a few days ago, do you remember his name or surname?" Xu Mu turned his head and asked the black cat. Under Shen Liang's influence, he also called the black cat Babu .

The black cat, which was about to blow up when it heard this name, was very quiet at the moment, but flicked its tail melancholy, "I remember his surname is Wang, but his business card is not in it, and he was taken away by the little Taoist that day." Found the business card, it went straight past yesterday.

Feng Yuan raised his eyebrows, "Then what about the person who recommended him? The one Shen Liang knew the first time."

Xu Mu also immediately realized that since the old man surnamed Wang was introduced by that person, he must have his contact information and address.

The black cat raised its beard, "That person's surname is Li...it seems to be Li Haifan."

Xu Mu and Feng Yuan each took a stack of business cards and rummaged through them, and soon found Li Haifan's business card among them.He also successfully got Wang Xu'an's phone number from Li Haifan. Wang Xu'an is the old man surnamed Wang that Black Cat mentioned.

In the name of Senior Brother Shen Liang, Feng Yuan hung up the phone to Wang Xu'an. The other party's voice sounded weak and depressed. He was also surprised to learn that Shen Liang was missing. He gave Feng Yuan an office address and made an appointment with him later. See you at ten o'clock.

Xu Mu had two advanced math classes this afternoon. When Feng Yuan called the design institute to ask for leave, he also sent a message to Jiuzhang to ask for leave.

Afterwards, the two had a hasty breakfast, and took eight steps to head straight to the address given by Wang Xu'an.Half an hour later, Feng Yuan and Xu Mu were welcomed into the office by Wang Xuan.

Wang Xu'an is slightly fat, with a half-sized beer belly. He looks to be in his early fifties, with half-white hair and a palm-sized patch of baldness on the top.

There are not many wrinkles on his face, only a few deep lines around his eyes, but his complexion looks very bad, his skin is dry and yellow, and there are thick dark circles under his eyes.

When he saw Feng Yuan, he still had obvious doubts in his eyes. After all, he had never heard of whether the little Taoist priest had a senior brother. Seeing the black cat in Xu Mu's arms, he was a little relieved.He still had a good impression of the bad-tempered black cat in Shen Liang's house, and he didn't have a good face towards strangers.Being able to stay quietly in Xu Mu's arms right now also indirectly proves that they and Shen Liang should be acquaintances.

"Shen Liang originally made an appointment with me for dinner last night, but I didn't wait for him. I found out later that he didn't seem to go back after he came to your place." Feng Yuan, who was sitting on the sofa, pushed the coffee cup aside and got straight to the point Said, and at the same time looked around quietly.

Wang Xu'an's office has an area of ​​[-] to [-] square meters. In addition to the luxurious oversized desk, mahogany bookcase and leather sofa, there is also a full-body massage chair by the window, which is obviously a type that places great emphasis on enjoyment.

"This, how is this possible?" Wang Xu'an looked astonished, "Yesterday morning, I personally sent Master Shen to Jinyuan, because there was an important meeting later, I asked my son and daughter-in-law to accompany him to check My son said that Master Shen said at the time that things seemed a little tricky, and that he might have to go back to get some things. Later, he said he wanted to go around a few more times before leaving, so he went into the house alone. My son and daughter-in-law were afraid of disturbing him, so they crowded with the nanny In the kitchen, I wanted to get something to eat for Master Shen. When they baked the cake, Master Shen was gone. I called Master Shen last night to ask him about his status, but I couldn’t get through. Let’s go over and visit later.”

Feng Yuan raised his eyebrows, his tone was a bit cold, "Are you sure he's gone?"

"But my son and daughter-in-law came out at the time..." Wang Xu'an said halfway, a trace of panic flashed across his face, he wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and after a few seconds, he hesitated and said, "Shen Master, Master Shen will not disappear like my grandson, will he?"

Feng Yuan frowned slightly, "It's about my junior brother's safety, please ask Mr. Wang to tell us in detail."

"But..." Forget about the part about Shen Liang, but the matter still involves her own privacy after all.Wang Xu'an looked at Feng Yuan and Xu Mu, he couldn't help hesitating.It was because of Li Haifan's recommendation that he believed in Shen Liang, but he still had some doubts about the strength of these two.

Feng Yuan raised his eyebrows and said to Xu Mu, "Use your Five Thunder Talisman to warm up Mr. Wang's massage chair."

For people like Wang Xu'an, seeing is worse than hearing.

Xu Mu: ……………

He never dreamed that he would be able to act as a thug one day.

The courier brother immediately took out an elementary Five Thunder Talisman from his backpack, held it between his fingers in a serious manner, turned his wrist and played a rather imposing trick, and then threw the talisman paper out.

Seeing Xu Mu's high-spirited side face, Feng Yuan couldn't help showing a slight smile in his eyes. Xiaocai Fan is very talented, and after only three months of practice, Taoism has already taken on a certain appearance.

Wang Xuan stared at the Taoist talisman pasted on the massage chair. The straw-yellow talisman paper was drawn with bright cinnabar, giving it a mysterious and frightening aura.In an instant, five billowing thunder lights struck down from mid-air.

"boom!"

The floor-to-ceiling windows of the office were shattered, the entire massage chair was scorched, and the parts and springs inside collapsed and fell everywhere.

"Do you want to try something else for you?" Feng Yuan raised his eyebrows coldly, and glanced at the pale Wang Xu'an. If this talisman had been attached to him, he would have been chopped into charcoal by now.

After pretending to be a master, Xu Mu tried his best to put on a paralyzed face, an inscrutable look, and peeked at the massage chair, feeling a little pain in his heart. If he had to pay for it, it would be a disaster. Send out the "I'm expensive" message.

"No, no need, there is no reason not to believe the two masters." Wang Xu'an wiped his shiny forehead with a handkerchief again, trying to force a smile, "I'll tell the two masters about it."

Wang Xu'an is in the textile foreign trade business, and he owns two silk factories. Over the past few decades, he has accumulated a lot of wealth.His only son is Wang Lun. After studying abroad for several years, he returned to China to help him.Six years ago, Wang Lun got married and had children. His wife used to be a model. After marrying into the Wang family, she became a full-time wife. Later, she became obsessed with cooking, and she was really talented. Last year, she participated in a chef competition on the TV station. Got a No.2.Therefore, she also decided to open a restaurant. Now that her child is older, she can find something she likes to do.

Wang Lun also agreed with her decision, but he was afraid that she would be tired, so he proposed to open a private restaurant.The couple searched for a shop for a long time, but they couldn't find a suitable one. It happened that Wang Xuan bought a two-story small western-style building in the old bungalow area in the early years. When the tenant's lease expired, he allocated the small western-style building to his daughter-in-law as a shop.

Two months ago, after the decoration was completed, Wang Lun and his wife started to go to the antique furniture market again, using a lot of antique furniture to decorate the small building little by little, and named it Jinyuan.

The day of the accident was last Sunday afternoon, and several large pieces of furniture were due to be delivered after renovation.The nanny with the child asked for leave that day, and Wang Xu'an's daughter-in-law took the child to Jinyuan.Wang Xu'an's wife was worried that the worker would hurt her precious grandson by moving things, so she went with her.

After the worker left, his daughter-in-law instructed two future clerks to clean the cabinets downstairs. Mrs. Wang accompanied the child upstairs to play, but the child was lost!

Feng Yuan frowned, "Are you sure the child was still there when those workers left?"

Wang Xu'an sighed, "Sure. After the outsiders who moved the furniture left, they had a drink and rest for a while, and my grandson was still clamoring for ice cream. After the workers left, the gate of Jinyuan was closed. Except my grandson , only my wife, daughter-in-law, and the two future waiters are left. At that time, my daughter-in-law brought two waiters to wipe the cabinet downstairs, and all three of them were in the lobby on the first floor. My wife was afraid that the children would make trouble, so she I took him to the second floor. The child ran up the stairs at that time, and my wife is old and slow, so after he went upstairs, he didn't see the child in any of the two rooms."

"Are there any larger cabinets upstairs?" Xu Mu interjected, maybe children are playful and hide behind the cabinets or something.

Wang Xu'an shook his head, "There are no beds in the two rooms upstairs. The tables and chairs are all made of wood, which can be seen at a glance. The biggest items are a screen and a cabinet with Wanfu patterns, but the cabinets are also small in size and It was placed against the wall, and children could not hide in it. At that time, the four adults even searched for the cabinet downstairs, and there was no trace of the child. Moreover, my daughter-in-law and the others were in the lobby on the first floor, and the situation in the yard was clearly visible. Chu, no one can go out at all."

Xu Mu, who was holding the black cat, blinked. This matter is indeed a bit weird.

Feng Yuan looked up at Wang Xu'an, "Did you call the police?"

With Wang Xu'an's status, there must be some friends who can talk to the police station.

Wang Xuan sighed again, looking a bit haggard, "Reported. Because it was not time to file a case, I asked someone to come and check it. Later, I checked the cameras around the bungalow, but found no images of children or suspicious people entering or leaving. If it wasn't for the unbelievable things, I wouldn't have asked someone to find Master Shen."

Feng Yuan's eyes darkened slightly, "Then, on Tuesday, you took Shen Liang to Jinyuan?"

"Yes." Wang Xu'an nodded, and basically repeated what he said before.And repeatedly stated that he always thought that Shen Liang had gone back.

"Aside from Shen Liang and your grandson, is anyone else missing?" Xu Mu asked.According to Wang Xu'an, there were enough people going in and out of the house before, such as decoration workers, furniture movers, etc. Could it be that his grandson and Shen Liang were the only ones missing?

"No. If she knew someone was missing, how would my daughter-in-law dare to take the child there?" Wang Xu'an shook his head pale.

"So, there is no other way." Feng Yuan stood up and looked down at Wang Xu'an, "Take us to Jinyuan to have a look."

"Okay, please wait for two minutes, the two masters, and I invite my son and daughter-in-law to rush over together." Wang Xu'an readily agreed this time, maybe it was Xu Mu's demonstration of the Five Thunder Talisman just now that had an effect, or maybe It was discovered that they were really worried about the missing people.

"Do you think there is a secret passage in the house or something? Or is there something wrong with the antique furniture they bought back?" On the way to Jinyuan, Xu Mu, who was holding a black cat in the co-driver, was wide-eyed and staring. Looking at Feng Yuan.

Feng Yuan glanced at Wang Xu'an who was sitting in the car in front, "I don't know, but Wang Xu'an doesn't seem to be lying. I'll have to go to the scene to see the details later."

"I hope Shen Liang is okay." Xu Mu said worriedly while touching the black cat's head.Babu was much less talkative than Fu Zhu, and basically it would not speak unless asked, but the two golden eyes still faintly showed a look of anxiety.

It was approaching noon, but the road to the city center was extremely congested. They drove for more than an hour before reaching Jinyuan.

It was a small red brick building on the second floor. Its architectural style looked somewhat similar to that of Mr. Song's house, but it was much less sophisticated.The yard is also much smaller, with an area of ​​only a little over a hundred square meters. Half of the yard has been turned into a parking lot, while the other half is paved with turf, planted with a few flowering trees, and there are two vine-wrapped reclining chairs. There is a poetic flavor of "hiding in a small building to form a unified system, regardless of winter, summer and spring and autumn".

Wang Lun and his wife had arrived early and were waiting for them in the living room on the first floor.

Feng Yuan frowned as soon as he got out of the car, and said to Xu Mu, "Don't leave my side for a moment."

Xu Mu, who was holding the black cat, nodded obediently, and was extremely alert in his heart. Feng Yuan would say that, there must be something wrong.

Wang Xu'an was afraid that what he had reported was wrong, so he asked Wang Lun and his wife to tell the story of their grandson's disappearance and Shen Liang's disappearance.What the two of them said was basically the same as Wang Xu'an. At that time, they just thought that the master their father invited back had a weird personality, so they left without saying goodbye.However, Wang Lun's daughter-in-law carefully took out her mobile phone and showed Feng Yuan and Xu Mu the photos taken on the day his son disappeared.

The little boy on the screen is wearing an antique red satin suit and has a shaved birthday peach head. He has inherited the genetic advantages of his parents. He has red lips and white teeth, which is very cute.

Wang Lun offered to take Feng Yuan and Xu Mu around the house.

In this small western-style building, the first floor was originally a kitchen, living room, dining room, and toilet. Because of the business of private cooking, the dining room and living room on the first floor were opened up, and two large long log tables happened to be placed.

In the middle of the two large wooden tables are beautiful red silk table runners, embroidered with pictures of flowers blooming and riches.

The cushions on the chairs are also red, and the pattern embroidered on the circular window in the middle obviously matches the pattern of the table runner.

In the middle of the two tables, there is a blue-glazed pastel double-dragon opera bead mallet vase, and a emerald-carved Furu Donghai ornament on the other.In the corner against the wall is a black lacquered and gold-painted top box cabinet with a landscape painting, and a delicate brass Ruyi lock is hung.On the side by the window, there is a low cabinet with a picture of tribute inlaid with hundreds of treasures of huanghuali, and on the top of the cabinet is a white porcelain lotus incense seat.

There are no calligraphy or paintings on the wall, but a few antique handicrafts. Facing the gate is a varnish pipa, and on the right wall are two round fans with sandalwood frames and carved flowers. The fans are as thin as cicadas. The thin silk of the wing is painted with Diaochan worshiping the moon and Xishi Huansha in the picture of the four beauties. The beauties in the painting have dense eyebrows and graceful postures, and the brushwork has a bit of Feng Chaoran's artistic conception.

Things are new and old, but it can be seen that they are all carefully selected.

Wang Lun took Feng Yuan and Xu Mu around the downstairs, and then went up the wooden escalator to the second floor. The courier brother roughly counted the two stairs, adding up to about forty knots. No matter how slow the old lady's legs are, she should have finished walking in three to four minutes.

On the second floor are two bedrooms and a small study room, which have been converted into two separate private rooms, one of which remains unchanged, and the study room is connected to the adjacent room to make a larger private room.

For the time being, there is only a sandalwood single-leaf screen with a height of one person in the large private room. According to Wang Lun's explanation, this is to separate the dining area from the rest area when waiting for meals.The frame of the screen is fully engraved with patterns of hundreds of flowers and branches, blessings and longevity coming to the door. On the screen, there are pictures of babies playing. In the picture, hundreds of children are playing and playing, with different expressions and lifelike.The screen screen is translucent, someone standing behind must be able to see clearly.

There is no table in the small private room, and it is clear at a glance in the room of forty or fifty square meters. Two layers of gauze curtains are hung, and a huanghuali Wanfu pattern cabinet is placed against the wall. On the cabinet, there is a table that can only play vinyl records. The needle-type antique record player, the bottom drawer is only about [-] centimeters long, just like Wang Xuan said, there is no possibility of Tibetans at all.

Xu Mu deliberately looked at the floor and the wall. The floor is covered with beige non-slip tiles. It is said that carpets will be laid in the future, and the walls have been repainted and pasted with primrose-colored wallpaper. Organs, even if there are, are probably discovered in these renovation procedures of knocking on the wall and digging the ground.

The two rooms can be seen in three or four eyes, and there is no way to hide people.

Feng Yuan stood at the door of the two rooms, and glanced at the two rooms thoughtfully. Wang Lun was called down by his wife to serve tea to the two masters. For the time being, only Feng Yuan and Xu Mu were left on the second floor. Two people.

Xu Mu sighed melancholy, "Brother, have you found any clues?"

Feng Yuan turned around and gently rubbed his head, "What do you think the missing child has in common with Shen Liang?"

"What do you have in common?" Xu Mu scratched the stupid hair on the top of his head, he was stunned for two seconds, and then his eyes widened suddenly, "You mean, all the missing ones are children?"

Feng Yuan gave Xu Mu a teachable look, then took a meaningful look at the room, and asked Xu Mu an irrelevant question, "Have you heard of the map of Shanhe Sheji?"

The author has something to say: Xu Mu [Melancholy Face]: I heard that I'm only worth a tie clip and two cuffs?

Feng Yuan [serious face]: Do you think it's too much?

Xu Mu: ……………