Midnight Bookstore Chapter 216 – The Disappearing Memorial

A Cadillac stopped in front of the bookstore. It was still early in the morning, so the bustling south street was still very quiet during the day.

A woman got out of the car. She was wearing a lily dress, black stockings, and her delicate skin and young face perfectly demonstrated the harmony of youth and s.e.xiness.

Licking her lips, the woman was not in a hurry to go in. Instead, she looked at the memorial archways on both sides of the bookstore. On one side, she said, “I'm just listening.”On the other side, she said, “I'm listening.”.

I'm just casually telling you some hearsay stories. Just listen and don't take it to heart.

It was a salted fish-like smell.

If it was the kind of n.o.ble who hung this on his door after retirement, it would give people a feeling of returning to the simplicity after seeing the vicissitudes of the world

However, women knew that the owner of this bookstore had a salted fish temperament. To put it bluntly, he was a little unambitious and always thought of getting by.

It was just like how if an ordinary person saw a $100 bill on the floor and deliberately pretended not to see or pick it up, they would be taken as the typical example of a swollen face, and if it was Bill Gates who didn't pick it up, it would often give rise to many profound truths.

Walking to the door of the bookstore, the door was locked. For a bookstore that usually opened for business late at night, the fact that the door was locked at this time meant that it was unusual.

The woman's finger moved slightly,

“Kcha…”

The lock inside opened by itself,

pus.h.i.+ng the door open,

she walked in.

The woman closed her eyes and revealed an extremely enjoyable expression.

One had to know..,

at this moment, Frost had formed in many places in the study room, especially near the ground. There was also white mist lingering around, just like the white mist that surrounded the edge of the popsicle in summer. It was not the effect of dry ice.

At first, it was comfortable, but slowly, even the woman could not stand it anymore. He looked at the man and woman who were motionless on the sofa seat and chose to leave.

Then, he took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

Soon..,

the old priest, who was wrapped in a cotton military coat, ran down the stairs with Snot running down his nose. Especially when he pa.s.sed by his boss, he clearly felt that the lump below him had been frozen into a hard walnut.

The old priest didn't dare to delay. He immediately ran out of the shop and took off his military coat.

Summer nights were also sultry, but now the old Taoist was enjoying the sultry heat. He wished he could be hotter.

Looking left and right, the old Taoist saw the Cadillac. Then he went closer and saw the woman leaning against the car door holding her cell phone.

The woman was very young. She was probably a little older than the white warbler in the bookstore.

“Oh, you're Here!”

The old priest immediately showed a fawning expression. Of course, there was also the joy of seeing an old friend again.

The person who came was none other than Tang s.h.i.+.

Tang s.h.i.+ looked at the old priest whose nose had turned red from the cold. She smiled and said,

“Someone saw your current boss in the Netherworld in his dream, and he asked me to take a look. It seems that the problem is quite serious.”

“Uh, how is the Boss?”The old priest asked.

Tang s.h.i.+ sighed and pointed at her eyes, then fell silent.

The old priest also sighed and didn't ask any more questions. Then he looked at the study room behind him and said, “Do you want me to wake him up?”

“It's useless even if I wake him up. This matter isn't that simple. Who knows, it might cause some trouble. First, tell me what exactly happened. When I came out, he didn't explain it to me clearly and only asked me to take a look.”

“Alright, why don't we go in and have a cup of tea…”

As the old priest spoke, he looked at the “Frozen”themed bookstore behind him,

then, he shook his head and said,

“Forget it. Let's talk on the sidewalk.”

When dawn broke, the rumbling of machinery could already be heard from behind the police station. A newly approved piece of land was used to convert into an underground parking lot. As the construction was in a hurry, the construction team started construction early in the morning.

Zhang Yanfeng had just woken up and was yawning. He was usually busy with work, so sleeping in the office was actually a common occurrence.

After returning from the bookstore last night, he sat in the office and smoked one cigarette after another. Then, unknowingly, he fell asleep on the table.

He had a dream,

he dreamed that on the park bench, he and Zhou Ze were sitting face to face. He had forgotten what topic they were talking about. He only remembered that he saw a rusty chain on his leg and Zhou Ze's leg.

The first thing he did after waking up was to wash up, brush his teeth, and wash his face. Zhang Yanfeng felt that his mind was finally clearer.

Just as he was about to go back to the office with his toiletries to start today's work, two young policemen walked up to him. The two of them were discussing something pa.s.sionately, and they b.u.mped into Zhang Yanfeng at the corner.

“What are you talking about? You're so engrossed.”

Zhang Yanfeng was not angry. A divorced middle-aged man who was used to sleeping in the office could not possibly put on any airs.

“Captain Zhang, I'm sorry. We were talking about the things that the construction team dug out just now. It was like a plaque or something. There were also some pottery,”a young policeman replied.

“What?”

Zhang Yanfeng immediately stuffed the things in his hands into the hands of the young policeman next to him. Then, he directly rushed down the office building and ran towards the construction area at the back.

He did not expect Zhou Ze to be so fast. He had just told him about the construction team last night. This morning, he could arrange for someone to deliberately dig deeper to take a look.

Officer Zhang misunderstood boss Zhou,

not long after he left, boss Zhou had already entered a state of sleep. He did not have the time to order this matter to be handed over to the old priest or Xu Qinglang to arrange.

Even if he had made the arrangements, it would not have worked so quickly. Even the simplest and most violent threats could not have worked so quickly.

This could only be said to be a coincidence,

it happened to be the construction of an underground parking lot. The depth that was originally needed to dig down was quite deep, and it happened to be in the right place, so some things were dug out.

When Zhang Yanfeng ran to the construction site, he found that there were many police officers watching the show. Fortunately, the crowd could not enter the police station, so the scene was still very calm.

In fact, it was not everyone's fault for enjoying the show. What was dug out from the construction was nothing new in all parts of the country.

A while ago, Chengdu was renovating a stadium, and it turned out that there was an ancient tomb under the lawn. Then, thinking about how the stadium was often used for concerts, this was the true meaning of “Jumping on the grave.”.

However, Tongcheng was not Chengdu. Although it had the reputation of being the “Number one city in modern China,”if you really talked about the things underground, it really could not be compared to those in Chengdu or Xi'an. This show was really new to the people of Tongcheng.

“What did you dig up?”

Zhang Yanfeng asked a policeman next to him.

“Everything that was dug up has been collected here.”This was a policeman from another department. He immediately pointed to the things placed on a piece of white cloth next to him, “They are all scattered little things. Moreover, I saw that they don't seem to have any antiques. They seem to be from modern times.

“But to be on the safe side, I have already asked them to stop the construction. I just called the head of the Bureau and reported it to him. The head of the Bureau said that he would first contact the Comrades of the cultural relics bureau to take a look.”

There were many capable people in the police station. This person who had just a.s.sisted in the investigation of an antique smuggling case was also very perceptive.

Zhang Yanfeng looked at the things on the white cloth and found that most of them were made of ceramic and looked like small animals. There were also some tags, but they did not look like they were for people. They were very small and very mini.

“TSK TSK, these are from the Republic of China. The j.a.panese like this shape. In the past, many j.a.panese families bought toys for their children.”

Zhang Yanfeng raised his head,

he saw the old Daoist squatting opposite him,

beside the old Daoist stood a young girl. Her clothes were very provocative.

Zhang Yanfeng recognized the old Daoist. He immediately nodded to the old Daoist. He mistook the old Daoist for someone sent by Zhou Ze.

“What is written on this?”

Zhang Yanfeng pointed at the j.a.panese on the tablet and asked.

The Old Priest was stumped. He was experienced and knowledgeable, but when it came to professional things, he was almost as clueless.

Tang s.h.i.+, on the other hand, squatted down and reached out to touch the tablets.

A policeman next to her subconsciously wanted to stop her, but was persuaded to leave by Zhang Yanfeng.

“It's used for sacrifices, to honor small animals,”Tang s.h.i.+ said. “There are words on the cloth. The meaning of the words in j.a.panese is to honor these small animals who sacrificed themselves for the great j.a.panese Empire. I hope they can bask in the glory of G.o.d Tenshou.”

The old priest looked at Tang s.h.i.+ in surprise. “You know j.a.panese?”

Moreover, not only did she know j.a.panese, she clearly knew j.a.panese culture very well.

Tang s.h.i.+ ignored the old priest's doubts. She clapped her hands and stood up again.

Zhang Yanfeng thought of what Zhou Ze had said to him last night. He said that it was very likely that there was a concentration camp down there. Anyone who was slightly familiar with World War II history should know what a concentration camp meant.

So he immediately said to Tang s.h.i.+,

“These are all used by the j.a.panese to pay tribute to the small animals that died in the experiment, right?”

Tang s.h.i.+ nodded.

“Then, if we continue digging, will we find memorial tablets and urns for people?”

During the war of aggression against China, the j.a.panese Army had conducted experiments on human bacteria in China. It was a well-known fact. Zhang Yanfeng was asking this now to prepare for the following work. These things must be properly handled, after all, they were all suffering people, and they were fellow countrymen.

Tang s.h.i.+ shook her head. “There won't be any.”

“Why?”Zhang Yanfeng asked.

“When they were organizing the 731 ruins, they found the memorial sites and facilities that the j.a.panese had set up for the small animals in the laboratory. However, those who died in the laboratory and were treated as living specimens, they didn't even keep their ashes, let alone memorial tablets or sacrificial tables.”

“Why?”The old priest asked.

“Because in the eyes of the j.a.panese, the Chinese at that time were even worse than animals.”