Chapter 84 Fish Eat Peach and Get Fat
Chapter 84 Fish Eat Peach and Get Fat
After listening to Ji Yunying's talk about Ji Bochang's will, Lan Shiwen came to the desk and pulled out the unfinished calligraphy from under the paperweight.
"I'd rather eat without meat than live without bamboo? The implication is good, but..." Lan Shiwen stroked the paper in his hand and looked at the brother and sister next to him: "But Mr. Ji loves bamboo so much, but there seems to be no bamboo planted in this villa?"
At least he didn't see it when he came in.
Ji Yunying nodded and said, "Yes, because of Yundu City's environmental protection regulations for Izumo Mountain, plants with strong invasive and expansive properties, such as bamboo and eucalyptus, are not allowed to be artificially introduced within the scope of Izumo Mountain."
"No." Lan Shiwen shook his head and said, "This regulation only restricts the nature reserves in the mountains. There is no restriction on planting a small amount of ornamental plants in private residences."
Environmental protection regulations cannot mean that there is not a single bamboo to be seen in Izumo Sanso.
"Maybe my father is too lazy to make any more trouble." Shi Yurou said.
"Maybe..." Lan Shiwen put down the half-written words in his hand, looked at the stack of spare papers on the table, and frowned slightly: "Is this mulberry paper?"
Shi Yurou nodded slightly: "Yes, what's wrong?"
"No, that's not right, this is not right..." Lan Shiwen shook his head repeatedly. He walked to the wall, took down a painting from it, observed it, and hung it back.
While observing the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the four walls, Lan Shiwen said, "I have known Mr. Ji for many years. As far as I know, he is very picky about the paper he uses for calligraphy and painting. Apart from the Baishou Xuan paper produced in Jingzhou, he hardly uses any other kind of paper for writing or painting."
As he spoke, he took down another painting and said, "Look for yourself, all the calligraphy and paintings hanging on these four walls are made of rice paper without exception."
Ji Yunying heard it and saw that it was true: "Father prefers Xuan paper. He almost only uses Xuan paper for writing and painting. But what is on the table now is not Xuan paper, but another kind of mulberry paper."
Mu paper is also a relatively high-end paper. In ancient times, it was designated as the only paper for banknotes. However, it did not suit Ji Bochang's personal preference. Moreover, as his children, Ji Yunying and Shi Yurou had no idea when their father bought the mulberry paper and put it on the table.
"The clue is hidden on this paper..."
Lan Shiwen looked around, his eyes lingering on the desk and coffee table for three times, and finally landed on the five rattan chairs in the room: "This chair, isn't it the same set of furniture as the other furniture in the room?"
Ji Yunying nodded and said, "Indeed, it is not. This nanmu desk is matched with several other yellow nanmu armchairs. But a year ago, my father said that sitting on wooden chairs hurt his waist, so he sent the original nanmu chairs to the warehouse and purchased these soft rattan chairs to replace them."
There is nothing strange about elderly people with back problems changing to a different chair to sit on.
"This incident itself is not that strange, but if it is linked to other suspicious points, it will be a different matter." Lan Shiwen pulled out a piece of white paper from under the paperweight and said, "Do you know what raw materials mulberry paper is made of?"
"Uh...bark?" Ji Yunying was a little uncertain.
"To be precise, it is the bark of the paper mulberry tree." Lan Shiwen continued, "The paper mulberry tree is also called the mulberry tree, a very common plant of the mulberry family. There are many of them on Mount Izumo. The young leaves and fruits of the paper mulberry tree are edible. The peeled bark is the main material for making mulberry paper. The thin and tough branches can also be used to weave some handicrafts, such as wicker baskets and rattan chairs."
"You mean..."
"That's right." Lan Shiwen put down the white paper in his hand and pulled the rattan chair out from under the desk: "This rattan chair is made of branches of the mulberry tree."
When Lan Shiwen said this, Shi Yurou's eyes suddenly widened. She suddenly remembered what Ye Yao had said to her not long ago: "Just now, before Mr. Ye Yao left, he said that my father had hidden his body, and he left a hint in the room, suggesting that we go find his body..."
The materials of mulberry paper and rattan chairs all come from the mulberry tree. Is Ji Bo hinting that he hid his body in a place where there are mulberry trees?
But there are mulberry trees everywhere in the Izumo Mountains. This thing is very adaptable and is distributed in most parts of the country, from north to south, just like weeds. "Hiss..." Lan Shiwen's face suddenly became very ugly: "Did he say anything else?"
Shi Yurou shook her head: "Mr. Ye Yao said he would come again tomorrow during the day because the view is better during the day, nothing else."
Lan Shiwen's eyes became solemn, and a sense of bad crisis surged into his heart.
"This ascended being named Ye Yao may have already known where Ji Bochang's body was hidden. How did he know it?" Lan Shiwen was confused.
Lan Shiwen was a native of Yundu City and had been friends with Ji Bo for several years. When he learned of Ji Bo's death, he rushed over immediately to accept the invitation to collect the body. However, he did not expect that the man named Ye Yao arrived earlier than him.
As an old friend of Ji Bochang, I had only discovered some suspicious clues, but Ye Yao, a foreigner, was able to solve the mystery before me in such a short time?
"Who on earth is this Ye Yao?"
I have to check his background.
Lan Shiwen restrained his expression and said that since Mr. Ye Yao said he would come again during the day, he would take his leave first and he would visit again tomorrow.
After hastily bidding farewell to Shi Yurou and her brother, Lan Shiwen returned to his residence in Yundu City, accessed the Ascension Network and began to search for information about the Ascensionist codenamed Ye Yao.
The results of the search were somewhat beyond his expectations.
Contrary to Lan Shiwen's unfathomable impression, Ye Yao is not a well-known figure on the Internet. His fame is far less than that of Tu Yu, Wu Tong and others. It can even be said that he is just an unknown little person.
Especially recently, a rumor has been circulating in the circle of ascenders - Ye Yao is about to die.
"I see..." The moment he saw this message, Lan Shiwen understood the connection: "No wonder Ye Yao came to Yunzhou to attend Mr. Ji's funeral. It turns out that he wanted to find hope to survive from Wutong."
Ji Bochang, a veteran upgrader of the same generation as Tu Yu, uses the codename [Wutong] on the upgrade network.
Wutong is very famous in the upgrader circle, and can even be said to be one of the most famous upgraders. The reason is simple:
——【Wutong】can revive the dead.
A literal resurrection.
"Ye Yao is about to die. He may want to find the rule that Ji Bochang controls to revive the dead before he dies, so as to extend his life."
After thinking he knew Ye Yao's intention, Lan Shiwen couldn't help but hesitate. The Ascendants all had a consensus, that is, don't provoke a dying Ascendant. People who are desperate can do anything.
Ye Yao's arrival made Lan Shiwen hesitate. Should he continue to collect Ji Bo's bodies?
After much deliberation, he decided to stay and see.
"If Ye Yao had not been able to successfully use Wutong to extend his life, I might have had to deal with two strange events at the same time..." Lan Shiwen sighed, and the increased psychological pressure made him frown.
Let's wait until tomorrow morning to discuss everything. According to Ye Yao, the only way to find the corpse hiding place in Wutong is during the day.
(End of this chapter)