Since Qi Haoguo asked, Xiaoliu naturally poured out what he knew, and even some hearsay information was also not reserved, trying to appear that he knew a lot.

Although Xiaoliu didn't quite understand why Qi Haoguo was so interested in the old man's affairs, he could vaguely guess from his reaction just now that it should have something to do with the similar images on the paintings of the eight-armed woodcarving and the old man's painting.

A few months before he came out, he did think about how to arrange his life, but the best way out was to use the craftsmanship he learned in prison, to open a small shop.This time, I was cheeky and wanted to see if I could take the cost of opening a shop from my cousin.

Now that I have the opportunity to show my face here with my cousin, I have to seize the opportunity. If my cousin's approval can be obtained, then there is really no worries.

And Qi Haoguo also knew the general situation of the old man through Xiao Liu's narration:

The old man used to pretend to be superior, and with the assistance of many people, defrauded money under various names.But in October last year, the old man suddenly didn't know whether it was a "conscience discovery" or what was going on, and reported everyone else.Because of his major meritorious service and his 70s, the sentence was reduced a lot.

When he first went to serve his sentence, many people said that he was a young man and a whistleblower.Some people who used to have something to do with the gang he was in, still want to get him.But he was not afraid at all, he didn't care at all, and the appearance of "I'm already over seventy years old anyway, I will die of the big deal", on the contrary, it made other people start to frustrate him.

And this old man does have two brushes, basically everyone's situation, he can just glance at it casually, and he can judge the difference.

Xiaoliu also asked the old man to "calculate" his life. The old man could tell at a glance that he came in because of a fight, and he also saw that his sentence was almost full and he was about to go out, and he could even guess that he was released from prison. The general plan, he has never told anyone about these.

Although the old man has always claimed that he has seen more people, has more experience, quick brain response, accurate guessing, and good luck, he does not really have any magical powers, and there is no magical method. Feudal superstitions are deceptive.

But many people inside have a natural awe of this kind of thing. Naturally, the position of the old man in it suddenly became unusual. Many people would call him an "old god" in private-although he I don't accept this.

People inside often take the initiative to chat with the old man. The old man is old, knowledgeable, and very skillful in speaking. After chatting with him, he always makes people feel like they can remove the burden and sort out their thoughts.

Every day there is a certain amount of time for the inmates to go to read books, newspapers, and other things in batches. At that time, the most common thing the old man did was to draw a monster with eight arms and eight eyes with a pencil.

The old man obviously has a certain degree of art skills, and with a pencil, he painted the monster in a decent way.

And every time I painted, I would babble, I don’t know what I’m talking about.

The old man drew a lot of portraits of the monster with eight arms and eight eyes. Many people had seen it. When someone asked what it was, the old man just smiled and never answered.

But some people have heard what the old man chanted when he was painting, and he chanted about "hell", "heart demon", "Yan Luo" and so on.But what the old man himself said, feudal superstitions are all false, and all he did before was deceptive.

Someone wondered, this old man probably had a brain problem, so he suddenly reported those accomplices. Otherwise, if he has so much money now, would it not be good to enjoy it outside?Why bother to come in and go to jail?

However, there are still many people who believe that the old man is the so-called "old god"...

After listening to Xiao Liu's account, Qi Haoguo recalled how he felt when he saw the eight-armed eight-eyed monster a few days ago, and vaguely understood why the old man suddenly reported his accomplice and was willing to go to jail.

That old man, like him, felt the kind of fear that came from the bottom of his heart and originated from him. He saw the things he was afraid of, and saw the monster with eight arms and eyes.

While Qi Haoguo was meditating, Xiao Liu was also secretly observing this famous cousin and the strange-looking eight-armed eight-eyed wood carving beside him, wondering what the eight-armed and eight-eyed monster was. .

"Do you have any arrangements for this period?" Qi Haoguo asked suddenly.

"Ah? Oh, I just...think about doing a small business, putting up a small...food stall, using the craftsmanship you learn, and making some money..." Xiaoliu replied carefully, knowing that his reputation has always been It's not very good. My cousin's impression of him is not much better. I didn't dare to directly say that I wanted to follow my cousin.

Qi Haoguo got up and said, "If this is the case, don't rush, first follow me to visit that old gentleman."

Although Xiaoliu was a little surprised at his cousin's decision to visit the prison so quickly, he was still very happy to be able to help his cousin, and naturally would not raise any objections.

Qi Haoguo called and asked the secretary to book the ticket, arrange the driver, and confessed to his wife, and then set off with Xiao Liu and drove to the airport.

In the afternoon they arrived at the city where the Xiaoliu prison is located.

Although according to regulations, only relatives and guardians can visit prisons on specific visits days each month, but now usually as long as complete registration, friends of prisoners can visit prisons on ordinary working days in addition to visiting prisons.

After arriving in the city where the prison was located, Xiaoliu contacted the people there and wanted to apply for a visit tomorrow. He could barely be called a friend of the old man, and I believe that the old man would not refuse the visit.But the reply was that the old man fell down yesterday and was sent to the hospital for treatment, as if his condition was quite serious.

Seeing Xiao Liu hung up the phone, Qi Haoguo frowned and asked, "I fell down? Could it be the accomplice who had been reported by him before to find someone?"

Xiao Liu shook his head and said: "Probably not. The management inside us is quite strict. Moreover, he has a lot of people taking care of him, because he is older and does not cause trouble, and the prison guards will also pay attention to it. Simple accident..."

Fortunately, the hospital the old man was transferred to was also in this city, not far away. After finding out the address, they simply had dinner and looked for it.

Because he had contacted in advance, he found the ward where the old man lived in the hospital.

The old man has no relatives, only a prison staff guards here.

In order to be able to meet people smoothly, Xiao Liu went up and told the staff directly that the old man named Du was the "god father" he recognized in prison.

The staff also knew Xiao Liu, and they had also contacted the prison before, knowing that they were coming over, but there was no doubt.According to the doctor, although Old Man Du was rescued, it is basically impossible to get better. It is difficult even to stand up. The rest of the sentence is basically completed in the hospital. It will be easier for them to have the help of relatives and friends. .

Old man Du just regained his sanity, and his gaze fell on Qi Haoguo who had entered the ward.

Or rather, betting on the dark wood carving in his hand.

Originally, although Old Man Du looked a little tired and haggard, his expression was unspeakably indifferent, as if it was not his body that was hurt so badly.But after seeing the wood carving in Qi Haoguo's hands, his eyes widened, and his breathing became a little quicker.

"Mr. Du, have you seen this wood carving?" Qi Haoguo put the eight-arm and eight-eyed wood carving he specially invited the master on the cabinet next to the hospital bed so that Old Man Du could see it from his side.

Old Man Du opened his mouth, and Qi Haoguo immediately leaned down to listen.

Xiao Liu, who followed in, immediately interceded with the prison staff and asked Old Man Du and Qi Haoguo to chat separately, and the two of them went to the door together. Anyway, Old Man Du is like this, and there is no possibility or need to escape.

Turning his ear to the edge of Old Man Du's mouth, Qi Haoguo heard his weak voice: "You...have that dream too?"

dream?Qi Haoguo was taken aback, frowned and looked at Old Man Du: "Did you see... it in a dream?"

Feeling that Old Man Du was about to speak, Qi Haoguo put his ears close again: "You...didn't dream?"

Xiao Liu pulled the prison staff without a word, and Qi Haoguo had already come out.

He told the prison staff that he wanted to take over the treatment of Old Man Du. He had arranged for someone from the company to come over, and he would provide Old Man Du with a better treatment plan. Of course, he would contact the prison first and complete the procedures. .

Taking into account Old Man Du’s performance in the case, his remaining sentence, performance in prison, and current physical condition, there should be no problems with getting medical treatment outside of prison and execution outside prison.

Qi Haoguo and Xiaoliu temporarily left the hospital and took a taxi to return to the hotel. Old man Du's affairs were whether to stay in the hospital or transfer, change wards, or change the treatment plan. People from Qihaoguo Company would take over.

Seeing the wooden sculpture that Qi Haoguo took out of the ward again and held it in his hand, Xiao Liu was very curious, but he still didn't take the initiative to ask questions.

But at this time, Qi Haoguo has been thinking of the last few words Old Man Du said to him: "Fear, I can see the true self... Believe in your own feelings, follow your heart's choice... Death... is not the end."

"Fear can see the true self"-he can understand this sentence, and with this sentence alone, he can basically be sure that he and Old Man Du "see" the same existence, but the old man seems to be dreaming See in.

"Believe in your own feelings and follow your heart's choice"-he can also understand that what he has done during this period is fulfilling this sentence.

But what the hell is "death is not the end"?

When he continued to ask and wanted to know more, Old Man Du directly shut his mouth and closed his eyes, in a posture that he didn't intend to say anything.

This sentence is really "lethal", and Qi Haoguo can't help but think about it all at once, because he can see that Old Man Du should know more about the monster with eight arms and eight eyes than him. some.

Qi Haoguo did not dare to violate the warning given to him by the eight-armed and eight-eyed monster before, and did not dare to investigate the people in the two cars that day.He didn't dare to take a chance, and he didn't think he could really get rid of the monster without being in Tongshi Town.Judging from the way that monster appeared and disappeared, it might appear by his side at any time.

But after seeing Old Man Du and hearing those few words, Qi Haoguo still uncontrollably wanted to explore what kind of existence the monster with eight arms and eight eyes was.

Frowning for a while, he suddenly thought of Liu Feibao.

Yes, that's right, although he also warned Liu Feibao not to provoke those people, but based on his knowledge of Liu Feibao in the past, this fat man would still investigate it privately.

With Liu Feibao's contacts in Tongshi Town, it should be easy to find out who the people in those two cars are.

In this case, he asked Liu Feibao to confirm that he didn't take the initiative to "provoke" those people, right?

After hesitating all the way, after arriving at the hotel room, Qi Haoguo finally made a decision, ready to give it a try.

He called Liu Feibao, and without greetings or greetings after the connection, he directly reprimanded and asked: "Do you take my words as wind in your ears?"

This seems to have no beginning and end, but Liu Feibao on the other side immediately realized what he was talking about, and quickly said: "Mr Qi, Brother Qi, listen to me to explain, I think about this... In Tongshi Town, I shouldn’t have my eyes darkened, and I can’t figure out what the other party came from? If I turn around and provoke them without opening my eyes, I have to be pulled out of the pot..."

Qi Haoguo secretly said "Sure enough", and then continued: "Stop sloppy with me, what have you found, how did you find it? Did you notice your movements over there?"

Liu Feibao hurriedly told Qi Haoguo all the information he found about Xiang Kun and his colleagues, and said that they had eaten together and met each other the next night.

However, he asked Qin Dong about his investigation and caused the brothers Liu Zhengyi and Liu Gao to "touch porcelain". They did not say anything, but mentioned that they knew a "Brother Chu" and Xiang Kun. My friend Liu Caifu is familiar with each other, so I ate dinner together and talked about investment-related matters.

"Brother Chu you are talking about, is it Chu Xiuwen?" Qi Haoguo asked.

"Yes, yes, it's Chu Xiuwen Chu." Liu Feibao said quickly. "During this time, an old friend who was working as a security company invested by Chu, came over. That old friend... also helped to check that one with his channel. Mr. Xiang, said that... the background is very big, very mysterious, he can't see through, and he is sure to have an official background. President Qi, this big man...what is the background? Can you... tell me something? It sounds like he will also develop in Tongshi Town in the future..."

Liu Feibao naturally didn't know. After listening to his words, Qi Haoguo was also confused.

He stroked Liu Feibao's words in his mind for a long time, and combined them with those words of Old Man Du today. Why did he think he seemed to be messier?

Official background?That person actually has an official background?!

Qi Haoguo thought for a while, and then asked: "Chu Xiuwen's'friend of the security company', isn't it just a surnamed Ji?"

"Yes, it's Ji, Ji Hang, and his company is..." Liu Feibao hurriedly told the information about Ji Hang he knew from Chu Xiuwen.

Although Qi Haoguo and Ji Hang don’t know each other, the security company that Ji Hang opened is still well-known in the wealthy circles of the provincial capital. Therefore, I have heard of Ji Hang’s situation and know that he was in the security industry before entering the security industry. What do you do.

If Ji Hang made such a judgment, it would definitely be accurate.

He did not respond to Liu Feibao's question, saying that after going back to talk, he hung up the phone.

Is that monster... also official?——Qi Haoguo couldn't help but come up with this idea.

Then he thought of what Liu Feibao had said, that Mr. Xiang wanted to develop a catering business in Chongyun Village and Tongshi Town, and also to establish a large-scale breeding industry.Before that, there was Zhang Hongpu's granddaughter and the son of a famous supermarket chain group.

Is there anything special about Tongshi Town that the government instructed them to develop secretly?

Qi Haoguo touched his chin, wondering, maybe he could also get involved?Anyway, he also had business in Tongshi Town!

Of course, it cannot be directly mixed into the field that "Mr. Xiang" intends. This may make people think that he is going to make trouble and pick peaches.

In fact, he doesn't care whether he can make money, nor does he want to take a ride to make money, so he can invest in other supporting related fields.

There is also charity, where can't be charity?Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village can also do charity.

With this reception, maybe he can just touch the "Mr. Xiang" again?

...

Earlier today, Ji Hang, who had returned to his company, received a reply from a friend he had previously entrusted to inquire about Xiang Kun's information.

This friend is inside the police system. He found some information that Liu Feibao could not find before.

But he told Ji Hang that his inquiries in the internal system were quickly known and then questioned.The information he checked was actually only very basic information, and it was very likely that there were more confidential information, which he had no right to check.

And only from the information he found, that Xiang Kun was related to the cracking of multiple cases, and might be an informant or something like that.

And Xiang Kun also has financial contacts with the police. Although it is nominally a reward for wanted criminals, he speculates that it should be activity funds.

Ji Hang recalled the situation of contact with Xiang Kun and judged that it was relatively small that Xiang Kun was a police informant, and there should be other possibilities.

Although there is no detailed and definitive evidence yet, it can basically prove one thing. Mr. Liu Feibao Liu said that Xiang Kun has an "official background", but it is indeed true.

Ji Hang called and informed Chu Xiuwen of the situation. After all, he had to help Chu Xiuwen investigate Xiang Kun.He did not explain in detail the process of entrusting a friend to inquire, only a simple sentence: "Inquiry through reliable channels, Xiang Kun does have an official background and his specific identity is unknown."

After Chu Xiuwen knew about it, he relayed it to Liu Feibao. The latter was naturally full of "it was not what I expected" for granted, and there was a sense of gratitude that "the result obtained by learning a tyrant for a long time is the same as I guessed".

So in the evening, when suddenly received a call from Qi Haoguo, Liu Feibao naturally speeded him firmly: "Xiang Kun must have an official background!"