一条金鱼的爱情

6、尾声

天终于亮了。

是个晴天。

表舅醒了，他一边穿衣服，一边说：“起床了，收拾一下准备开门。”

五花装作刚睡醒的样子，慢腾腾地穿衣服。他不知道表舅发现金鱼和鱼缸被盗之后，会有什么反应，惊慌？绝望？哭天抹泪？歇斯底里？

表舅在前，五花在后，走向了登记室。

铁门虚掩着。

五花的心一下子悬空了。

表舅停了一下，径直走了过去。

金鱼和鱼缸都不见了。

表舅站在那里，一动不动。他背对着五花，五花看不见他的脸。过了一会儿，他慢慢地转过身，表情竟然很平静。他绕过五花，把铁门关上，又插上了门闩：“咣当，咣当，咣当，咣当，咣当，咣当，咣当。”

七道门闩全插上了。

五花抖了七下。

表舅走到他身前，定定地看着他，半天才说：“这件事和你有关，对吗？”

五花仿佛掉进了冰窟，僵住了，脑子里只有一个念头：完了。

表舅又看了他几眼，说：“我早就告诉过你，在这里不管遇到什么事，都别当真，把自己当成一个看客，千万不要置身其中。你没听我的话，对不对？”他的手慢慢地伸进了怀里。他的怀里一定藏着某种致命的武器。

五花觉得自己大祸临头了。

沉默了半天，表舅忽然叹了口气，说：“说实话，你比他们三个强多了，至少，你没不辞而别。”

什么意思？难道表舅要让他像之前的三个人一样消失吗？五花魂飞魄散，眼泪一下流了出来，那是悔恨、恐惧、绝望、求饶的泪水。

表舅定定地看着他。

“金鱼和鱼缸值多少钱？我赔。我有五万块钱，都给你。我在这里给你打工，干一辈子，不要工资。”五花的声音已经变形，像一只被割断了脖子的鸡。

“你还想在这里上班？”表舅的语气有些冷。

“不要工资。”五花颤颤地说。

表舅忽然笑了笑，说：“好，你可以留下，工资照发。”他把手从怀里掏了出来，手里什么都没有。

五花愣住了，有点不相信自己的耳朵。

“你是不是很怕我？”表舅又笑了笑。

“那三个人去哪儿了？”五花壮起胆子问。

“他们勾结那些骗子，把金鱼和鱼缸弄走之后，就再也没露面，我也不知道他们去哪儿了。”

五花想了想，忽然觉得不对头：“金鱼和鱼缸不是刚被偷走吗？”

“给你看样东西。”表舅神秘兮兮地说。他抓住货架，使劲一拉，货架无声地滑开了，一间小屋子出现在五花眼前，里面堆满了鱼缸，还有一个巨大的塑料水箱，几十条金鱼欢快地游动着。

五花目瞪口呆。

表舅说：“你知道什么样的古董最值钱吗？是有故事的古董。你表舅妈的死让木勺镇人都认为那个鱼缸很值钱，要不然她不会至死不松手。其实，那鱼缸只是几十年前的东西，值不了多少钱。我猜测，她当时肯定是吓懵了，只想抓住一个东西，没想到那是个要命的东西。后来，我在河里抓到了一条奇怪的金鱼，可能是什么杂交品种，有人说那是你表舅妈的魂儿回来了。这些事越传越神，最后就变成了我有一个价值连城的鱼缸，还有一条极其珍贵的金鱼。”

五花静静地听着。

表舅接着说：“我觉得这些传言可以利用一下，就去外地订做了一些鱼缸，买了一些怪模怪样的金鱼，开了这家旅馆。这间小屋子是我特意建造的，用来藏鱼缸和金鱼，有两扇很隐蔽的门，另一扇门通向厨房。那天晚上，我觉得金鱼有可能会死，就从厨房进来，换了一条，把原来那条金鱼顺手放到了桌子上，忘了拿走，没吓着你吧？”

“没，没吓着。”五花还是有些懵。

“知道我为什么一定让你锁好门吗？我就是怕外人进来，发现鱼缸不是古董，金鱼也不是朱顶紫罗袍。只要不进门，站在窗户外边根本就看不出真假。”

五花似乎明白了什么。

表舅接着说：“金鱼是假的，鱼缸也是假的，可是房钱是真的。”

五花恍然大悟。

表舅搬出一个鱼缸，倒上水，捞出一条金鱼扔到里面，又把货架推回去，伸了个懒腰，说：“准备一下，要开门迎客了。”

“还会有人来住宿吗？”五花问。

表舅淡淡地说：“世上只要还有贪心的人，我们就不愁没有生意。他们以为自己很聪明，其实他们看到的只是鱼饵，却看不到包藏在鱼饵里的鱼钩。”

“上过当的人会不会回来找茬？”

“你费尽心机偷了一个钱包，却发现里面都是假钱，你会回去找失主理论吗？当然不能，只能打落牙往肚子里咽，自认倒霉。”

五花若有所思。

中午。

一个女人走进了小楼，走到登记室的窗前，敲了敲窗户，问：“还有房间吗？”她瞥了一眼角落里的鱼缸，眼睛里闪过一丝亮光。

“住一天三百八十块钱。”五花说。他想：又有一条鱼上钩了。

“我住十天。”她付了钱，却不去房间，直勾勾地看着五花，用一种很暧昧的语气说：“我对木勺镇不太了解，你能当我的向导吗？”

“不好意思，我还要值班。”

“没关系，等你下了班，咱们再聊。”

五花笑了笑，心如止水。

故事讲完了。

再说几句——

其实，这不是爱情故事。

爱情只是一个美丽的诱饵。

你上钩了。

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