After Fang Linyan heard it, he didn't say anything. He hung up the phone directly, and then said to the driver in front,
"Sir, drive faster."
It turned out that Fang Linyan had returned to the mainland at this time. In half an hour, he had already gotten off the plane, chartered a car, and drove on the highway.
Yes, after Fang Linyan found that he misjudged the importance of the diary left by Uncle Xu, he immediately began to correct his mistake and quickly booked a ticket to the mainland online.
He calculated the time and felt that there were still five days before the total solar eclipse, so he should be able to make it back in time.
So after sending the box to Boss Tang, Fang Linyan went directly to the airport. At the same time, he also called the church forces in Tai City and sent Uncle Xu's diary over, asking them to help investigate the relevant information.
Now, he was on the way to his hometown — Badong County.
Although this was the place where Fang Linyan grew up, he didn't miss this place at all because this place didn't leave him any good memories. All the memories here were gray and depressing.
If the first half of Fang Linyan's life was regarded as a short film, then the experience in Badong County was black and white and silent. It only became colorful after he left here with sound and soundtrack.
Therefore, after Fang Linyan could act independently, he never had the idea of coming back. He was like a person who liked to reminisce about the past. When he was free, he would only visit his old friends or former residence. If it was not necessary, he would not go to the hospital where he used to live, unless he was a doctor or had an indescribable story with the nurse …
After speeding for three hours, the car chartered by Fang Linyan got off the highway, and then after driving for another two hours, the car was forced to stop. It was not that the driver was making trouble, but the road condition really didn't allow him to drive anymore.
Because the car chartered by Fang Linyan was a Honda Accord, this car had no problem running on the normal road, and it was fuel-efficient and had a great airtight seal. However, the gap between the floor and the floor of this Accord was only 100mm, about 10 centimeters.
Therefore, this car could be said to be extremely bad! After getting off the highway and driving for about a few dozen kilometers, the road ahead was so broken that it looked like it had been bombed by multiple artillery shells. There were big and small craters everywhere.
After driving for two kilometers, the driver's face was already ashen. When he was crossing the pit, he heard a crisp "Kacha" sound and the car finally collapsed …
At this time, Fang Linyan didn't need to say anything more. He simply paid the balance, and then said to him,
"Alright, you can just send it here."
Fortunately, they could see that the vehicle was not parked in the wilderness. Five to six hundred meters ahead was a town called Qiu Jiaba. This was a small town where people would go to the market on a single day and rest on two days.
In this small town, time seemed to have frozen in the nineties. There were dilapidated houses with red bricks and black tiles everywhere. Some of the houses were even half-covered with grass. Probably because it had rained not long ago, there were muddy puddles and roads that had not been repaired for a long time.
Fang Linyan was very familiar with this because he would see it on a sunny day. The residents here threw the garbage at home directly into the big pit of the broken asphalt road in order to save trouble. This was also the most common way for them to maintain the road.
Of course, once it rained, these garbage would float again and flow everywhere with the stagnant water.
Fang Linyan walked quickly to this town, and he actually found himself in an awkward situation where he couldn't spend the money. He observed everywhere and found that there wasn't even a motorcycle that he wanted. The most common mechanical transportation was actually a small four-wheel tractor, and the back of the tractor was full of people.
When he went out, he had to ask for directions. Fang Linyan just asked an old lady, and he saw that the old lady pointed straight to the side of the road. Fang Linyan looked up and found a tattered bus stopped at the entrance of the field.
The most distinctive feature of this bus was that there was a huge black rubber bag on the roof, which looked similar to the airbag of the airship! This special vehicle was the earliest gas-powered vehicle. It could only be seen in a few remote mountainous areas. Most importantly, this place must also be the source of natural gas.
The giant black airbag on the back of this bus was used to store fuel like the fuel tank of an ordinary car, but of course, natural gas was stored in the airbag, and oil was stored in the fuel tank.
As the bus stopped, Fang Linyan also saw the sign placed under the windshield of the front of the bus. The words "Sanqu – Cave Martial – Badong" were clearly written on it. This meant that this bus was on the route from Sanqu County to Badong County, and it would pass by the Cave Martial Village on the way.
When Fang Linyan trotted to this bus, he found that a large group of people poured out from the side door next to the bus. Most of these people were still wearing very old-fashioned Zhongshan suits. Some were holding chickens and ducks, some were carrying vegetables, and some were carrying eggs … Obviously, they were here for the market.
Taking advantage of this wave of people getting off the bus, Fang Linyan successfully squeezed into the bus.
The ground of the bus was covered with muddy water, and there were even several bubbles of fresh chicken feces. On Fang Linyan's right was a carrying pole, and on his left was a basket of eggs. To maintain the balance of his body, he could only rely on the railing held by his right hand. As soon as Fang Linyan held it, he felt that it was wet. He didn't know if it was the sweat or snot left by the previous person.
The smell in the bus was very unpleasant. It was a humid smell, which was also mixed with the compound smell of feet, body odor, chicken feces, breakfast smell, and so on. Fortunately, as soon as the bus started, the fresh air that floated in from the window rushed to his face, which finally relieved him.
The ticket seller was a middle-aged man in his thirties. After the bus started, he shouted,
"Buy the ticket, buy the ticket! Be conscious when you get on the bus. "
Then he began to have a hoarse quarrel with an old woman because he thought that the old woman must pay 2 yuan for the bus fare, but the old woman was only willing to pay 1.7 yuan.
In a rage, the middle-aged man directly asked the driver to stop the bus to drive them away. In the end, the old woman added 2 cents to end the quarrel.
After Fang Linyan paid 10 yuan honestly, he was treated to the rear of the bus, which was slightly more relaxed.
Next, in the roar of the bus engine, Fang Linyan began his bumpy journey back to his hometown. In his memory, the road condition wasn't so bad when he left the orphanage!
However, after Fang Linyan thought about it, he realized that he didn't take this road when he left Badong County. Instead, he walked in the opposite direction for more than 20 kilometers and went to the side of the railway in Songduo Village. There was a temporary truck transport station there.
He climbed onto a section of the truck, then he was directly taken out of the ditch by the train.
The short journey of 47 kilometers, if there was no traffic jam on the highway, was estimated to take about 20 minutes. This bus drove for 3 and a half hours, and from the chat between the conductor and the passengers, he knew that this was the case when the bus wasn't broken and the tires were fine.
If there was an emergency, it was easy to drive for 5 to 6 hours.
After leaving the dilapidated station, Fang Linyan stepped on the streets of Badong County again. Fang Linyan was surprised to find that although he had left here for almost 10 years, it was not much different from what he remembered.
But to be honest, for a county with a very bad geographical location like Badong County, it was difficult to develop the economy. Without money, of course, there would be no change.
After walking out of the station quickly, Fang Linyan found that his mobile phone finally had a signal, but it was still 2G, and the traffic was extremely low. However, the church forces in Hong Kong had also sent him a lot of useful information.
After Fang Linyan hurriedly browsed through it, he simply took out the list that he had drawn up before, and then his finger slid directly on it.
Obviously, the core of this matter was the old monster that Uncle Xu had mentioned. The medicine that he had taken had been concocted by him, and the film that had formed the mysterious object was also related to him. If everything in front of him was a mess, then he was the end of the thread!
However, there were too few clues left by this old monster. Fang Linyan had no idea where to start at this time, so he could only check from other people.
To find someone in such a remote county, Fang Linyan thought very clearly. Obviously, the breakthrough was the kind of local old policeman who was 40 to 50 years old. He knew all kinds of people well. Even if he couldn't find a way himself, the network of people from all walks of life was also complicated. He could think of a way to open the situation easily.
A sociologist once said that although there were 7 billion people in the world, according to the authoritative six-degree relationship principle, the relationship between you and anyone in the world would not exceed six degrees.
In other words, you could theoretically know any stranger through six people at most.
If it was the Internet world, and the people on this chain of knowledge would not reject you, then the six-degree relationship principle could even be shortened to the four-degree relationship principle!
Fang Linyan deeply agreed with this. During the previous journey, he directly used the forces of Boss Tang and the Goddess here to find the relevant target. This kind of inquiry was actually not difficult, especially in a metropolis like Tai City where the economy was developed and the population flowed in large numbers.
Finally, he locked on 3 people in Badong County.
Now, Fang Linyan was going to try his luck with the first choice of these 3 people, called Ye Qiang.
Ye Qiang was now 57 years old, and he was close to the age of retirement. He was of course chosen because of his complicated experience. He was a township head, and then he served as the director of the family planning committee for a long time.
At that time, family planning was a national policy. Those who were caught having an overbirth would be aborted directly. Not only that, but they would also be fined.
Of course, the people in the countryside would not be obedient. They would not take the money even if they had it. The people of the family planning committee had to lead the pigs and lead the sheep. Even so, under the stubborn patriarchal ideology, there were still people who insisted on resisting, and there were many of them.
Therefore, to work in this position for a long time, he must know the grassroots very well. Otherwise, he must have a very wide network if he could know such a secret like a woman's pregnancy (at that time, he didn't dare to disclose it at all).
However, Fang Linyan was directly rejected. After inquiring around, he finally found the Ye Family, but he was told that Ye Qiang had been hospitalized in the provincial capital because of a bad heart.
Ye Qiang's home was only a few hundred meters away from the Xiangyang Welfare House where Fang Linyan stayed in that year, so Fang Linyan went to see the "ruins" that were burned by fire. It was already a mess at this time, but a small shop called Fengshou Bun Shop across the street was crowded with people, and the business was very good.
But it didn't matter, Fang Linyan went to find the second person. This person was the owner of the largest entertainment place in Badong County, called Magic Dance Hall. His name was Mai Jun. This guy was originally in the underworld, but now he could successfully transform himself into the gray industry.
Such a person must be quite smart and have a lot of connections. Therefore, Fang Linyan even got his phone number, but Fang Linyan didn't call because Badong County was not a paradise.
He knew from Uncle Xu's diary that he had encountered many strange deaths here inexplicably. This would undoubtedly make people feel creepy, so even Fang Linyan had to be very careful.
At this time, Fang Linyan was already standing at the entrance of the Magic Dance Hall, and then he said to a man who was guarding the door,
"I'm looking for Boss Mag. Mr. Zhong Yong introduced me."
Mr. Zhong was the president of the chamber of commerce in Yining City, and he had an import and export business in Tai City. Badong County was a county under Yining City. Mai Jun had only met Mr. Zhong, and they had eaten together twice. He was still far from being in Mr. Zhong's circle, but he definitely knew and had to give Mr. Zhong some face.
Of course, Mr. Zhong's direct relationship with Fang Linyan was very far away, so he was very attentive after receiving the request.
This man was responsible for guarding the entrance of the dance hall, so he must have good eyesight. After all, Boss Mag was running a business now, and he needed to rely on this to make profits. He must have people to guard the place, but the reception and service had to be kept up.
Therefore, when Fang Linyan introduced himself, he even mentioned a local celebrity, Mr. Zhong.
In the entire Yining City, Mr. Zhong's popularity was almost the same as Li Boqing's in Chengdu. Everyone with a little bit of wealth knew him. Zhong Yong Hope Primary School had built 20 schools in Yining City.
Therefore, this man immediately nodded to Fang Linyan, and said,
"Sir, please come here."
As he said that, he brought Fang Linyan directly to a reception room on the second floor, and then asked Fang Linyan to wait for a while.
Soon, a short and fat man who looked like Ceng Zhiwei came in. He had a big smile on his face, and then he stretched out his hands directly.
"You must be Mr. Fang! Mr. Zhong specially called me to tell me about this. Mr. Fang, if you have anything you want me to do, just tell me directly! As long as I can do it, it's a piece of cake. "
Obviously, this was Boss Mag, Mai Jun. It could be seen that this guy was also an old fox. He spoke so passionately and even warmed people's hearts, but in fact, it was all f * cking nonsense, and there were traps in his words.
For example, he promised to help, but in fact, he added an attributive: As long as I can do it!
What was it that he couldn't do? Wasn't it all up to Mai Jun alone?
Fortunately, Fang Linyan still had a way to deal with this kind of old fox. Or to be precise, he planned to only use two things for all his partners, knives and money.
If they were obedient, they would take the money.
If they were disobedient, they would be stabbed.
This was also the most efficient way to cooperate.
Therefore, Fang Linyan said straightforwardly,
"You don't have to call me Boss Fang. Just call me Spanner."
"I'm actually here to do business with Boss Mag."
After saying that, he directly took out the travel bag he carried with him. Of course, it was empty now.
However, when Fang Linyan reached in, he directly took out stacks of cash from his personal space. All of them were in denominations of 100 yuan, and then he put them on the table. The travel bag was actually a smokescreen.
Mai Jun looked at the large amount of cash on the table with his mouth agape. One stack was 10,000 yuan, and there were 100 stacks on the table!
A total of 1,000,000 yuan!
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