Chapter 3 The Journey of the Great Road
Jingmo asked again: "Then what do you say should be done?" β
Xiao Man responded: "It's very simple, just change the two 'who's' into two 'people'." β
Jing Mo silently didn't answer, secretly thinking in his mind: "It's hard work and sweet." β
Xiaoman said: "Jingmo, how is it?" How did I change these two words? β
Jing Mo replied suspiciously, "I-I don't see the benefits of it-"
Xiaoman interjected: "You still don't understand what I mean? According to the meaning of the original sentence, they pity the bees for making honey, and they can't enjoy it themselves, but they give it to someone who doesn't know how to enjoy it, so they express their sighs of pity to the bees. Its meaning is to encourage selfishness, which is the opposite of the proverbial saying, 'Those who have planted trees before have eaten the fruits'. β
Jing Mo was unconvinced: "What is the reason for this? β
Such a view is inevitably a little stingy, in today's world, not only is it not enough training, it is simply unacceptable! Now I have changed it, but I have compared this little creature to a human being, and instead revealed the heart of this little creature. It picks flowers, it makes honey, for people, not for itself. β
Jing Mo said: "Are you changing your poems to comment on the world?" β
"Born between heaven and earth, we should both receive and sacrifice for others. The master has clouds: the journey of the avenue, with the three generations of Ying, Qiu Wei is also caught, and there are hundreds of ambitions. The road is also a trip to the world! Jingmo, in all fairness, did I change it well? β
Jing Mo smiled, Xiaoman's sentence reminded him of Yu Shaobao's poem: "Thousands of hammers hit out of the deep mountains, and the fire burned as if you were idle." I am not afraid of broken bones, and I want to leave my innocence in the world. This is for the sake of the world's hard work, for the world's busyness, for the world's broken bones. β
"Alas! Odd...... What's going on? β¦β¦β
The quiet air is broken! Jing Mo was taken aback, he didn't know what had happened, which made Nie Xiaoman so frightened. He shouted, jumped up from the wicker chair, nearly knocked over the tea bowl, leaned against the desk, his eyes wide open, his head spinning around. Jing Mo was still inexplicable for a while, so his eyes couldn't help but follow Xiao Man's gaze.
"Alas, there is a swallow!" Jing Mo blurted out.
Xiao Man gasped and replied, "Yes!" You saw it tooβalas! - Alas! Fly out! β¦β¦ Odd! β¦β¦ It's so weird! β
Jingmo said: "What's so strange about a swallow? Bees can fly in, but why can't swallows fly in?
It's spring.
Nie Xiaoman didn't answer, and suddenly ran to the window by the street, and turned his body to the side, avoiding the side. He showed half of his face slightly, and slowly looked outside. Jing Mo was about to follow to the window to take a look, when Nie Xiaoman suddenly waved his hand at Jing Mo. Jing Mo had to stop, and felt that Xiaoman's nervousness seemed to be too nervous.
Xiao Man turned around, a frightened expression on his face.
Jingmo asked, "What do you see, so nervous?" β
Nie Xiaoman shook his head slightly. "No, not even a figure."
"Then why are you so flustered? Wouldn't it be for that swallow? It's spring after all, and spring is the season when bees, butterflies, warblers, and swallows are activeβ"
"No, no! Bees are insects, swallows are birds, and they cannot be generalized. Xiao Man seemed to be explaining the difference between the two, but was clearly absent-minded. He said to himself, "And there are so many cats in my patio, how can ordinary swallows fly here?" β
Nie Xiaoman was still standing by the window, his eyes still looking out of the window. The three bees were full of honey and flew out together. Nie Xiaoman didn't pay attention to the bees, as if he was stunned.
Jing Mo said: "Nie Xiaoman, what did you find?" If you fly a bird in by chance, it doesn't necessarily have to be βββ."
Nie Xiaoman stopped Jing Mo again and said, "No, you take a closer look." It wasn't an ordinary bird, it was a swallow! You know that this fake "flying in the sky" case is not over yet, not sooner or later, but a swallow flew in at this stall, will it be too coincidental. No, don't be careless! I would never believe that the swallow flew in on its own. β
After Xiao Man finished speaking, he immediately ran out of the room and went around to the small patio outside the window. Jing Mo saw him from the window, first from the short wall to the left of the street, and then looked carefully at the small grass under the window sill. Then he let out a low exhalation and hurriedly lowered himself.
Is there any hidden person in the patio? Jingmo also looked down the window, but there was no vision quietly. Nie Xiaoman had already stood up straight, and came back from the patio, holding a brown yellow bag ~ leather paper in his hand, about eight inches square, with some crepe on both sides, and rolled into a roll shape.
Xiaoman said: "Jingmo, what do you think this is?" The swallow is different from the bee in that it does not fly in on its own, but is wrapped in this piece of paper and thrown in. β
Jing Mo was surprised: "Who threw it in?" β
Nie Xiaoman said: "Why do you need to ask more? But by looking at the throwing technique, you can see who this person is! β
He threw the paper on the desk and sat down with a solemn face. Jing Mo didn't answer, but nodded slightly.
Nervousness began to hit Jingmo. The leisurely air of the two of them discussing poetry was completely blown away. Because Jing Mo thought that the person wrapped the paper in the swallow and threw it into the window of the house, and fled without a trace in an instant, it can indeed be judged that this kind of skill, except for the real "flying in the sky", may not be able to find a second person!
Jing Mo asked again: "Then what is the purpose of your move to "plug in the sky"? β
Nie Xiaoman was silent.
"Are you trying to warn us about something?"
Nie Xiaoman still lowered his head and crossed his hands, standing there quietly. It took a long while before he slowly began to speak.
"I can't say it right now. Jingmo, just wait and see. β
These were the events that took place on the morning of the 19th, three days before the onset of the case.
Nie Xiaoman was already very well prepared for himself, and at night, a small mechanism was arranged in the house, and of course he often hid weapons when he went out. Since the swallow flew into his gluttonous cat zhai, he has become more cautious, and told Jingmo to be on guard at all times, and it is better to go out as little as possible.
Jing Mo estimated the intention of the swallow, and clearly stated that the case of the Wende ticket number was really done by "flying into the sky", did Nie Xiaoman's judgment have a problem?
Now that the case has been solved, the real culprit has not yet been brought to justice, and the main envoy actually dares to intimidate the imperial court and threaten Nie Xiaoman not to investigate further. Of course, this is just Jing Mo's idea, and it is difficult to say whether it is or not.
But from Nie Xiaoman's point of view, although the origin of the flying swallow is strange, it can't really prove that the person who released the swallow is really "flying in the sky".
When the case began on March 22, the time was morning. Jing Mo was in his own home, and saw an unfamiliar face of the official clerk who sent the official document of the Zhenfu Division to the concierge, and hurriedly asked to come over and open it to see, first looking for the new case, hoping to find out what new information about "Plugging the Sky and Flying". Unexpectedly, the news was too scary.
Nie Xiaoman is missing!