bantayden 187, night into Jinling
187, night into Jinling
Liang Wenkai had been missing for nearly a week, and Chen Youcai couldn't imagine whether he was still alive.
In order not to waste time, he ordered the fastest high-speed rail ticket to Jinling on his mobile phone while rushing to Nanling City.
Fortunately, Jinling is located in Jiangnan Province, adjacent to Jiangbei Province, and Nanling City is close to the southern railway transportation hub.
On the contrary, there were several trains passing through Nanling City directly to Jinling, which saved Chen Youcai the trouble of changing trains.
It was around seven o'clock in the evening, and Chen Youcai had already boarded the high-speed train bound for Jinling.
This period of time is the off-season for travel, the passengers in the car are sparse, sitting in twos and threes, no one speaks, only the dull wind humming from the car interface.
Chen Youcai was a little tired from the whole afternoon of changing trains and rushing on the road.
He found his place, then put down the small plastic table, ordered a box lunch, and quickly buried himself in eating.
Maybe it was because Chen Youcai's voice was a little loud when he was eating, but he quickly noticed the frequent glances from across the aisle.
Looking up, I saw a woman in a floral dress holding a seven or eight-year-old girl in her arms, looking sadly at the rapidly sweeping scenery outside the car window.
The large woven bag under the woman's feet was mostly frayed, and a corner of the clothes was exposed through the hole, which seemed to contain the daily changes of clothes for the mother and daughter.
The little girl was sitting in her mother's arms, her face was blushing, she was sucking her index finger while staring intently at the lunch box in front of Chen Youcai.
Chen Youcai was stunned, and tried to smile at her: "Hungry?"
The little girl's eyes brightened, she nodded shyly, and the sound of sucking her index finger became louder.
The woman noticed something, quickly hugged her to the other side, and comforted her in a low voice: "Sleep, you won't be hungry when you sleep."
"Sister, I'm also from the countryside. When I'm away from home, how can I prevent my children from eating Fa?"
Chen Youcai frowned slightly, the woman smiled without saying anything, her eyes were full of bitterness.
Seeing the waiter pushing the dining cart past again, Chen Youcai immediately took out the money, bought two boxed meals and handed them to the mother and daughter: "Eat, I can't eat so much by myself, or it will be a waste."
"Little brother, thank you, you accept the meal money."
Looking at the two steaming boxes of lunch on the table, and then at the daughter in her arms staring at the box lunch.
The woman sighed insignificantly, gritted her teeth, took out a crumpled 50 yuan note, and handed it to Chen Youcai.
"Sister, I hear your accent, it sounds like someone from Jiujiang County, I'm from Shifang County, are you going to Jinling too?"
Chen Youcai didn't go to pick up the money, but changed the subject and asked with a smile.
"Uncle, are you also going to Jinling?"
The little girl had already swallowed her saliva on the lunch box, and while the two adults were talking, she secretly opened a box and ate several mouthfuls.
Hearing Chen Youcai's words, she raised her rice-stained head in the midst of her busy schedule, and said with some surprise: "My mother and I went to find my father, he is building roads in Jinling, but he hasn't called home for a long time. "
"Little brother, don't listen to the kid's nonsense..."
The woman's face tightened, and she patted the little girl's head lightly.
The latter stuck out his tongue at Chen Youcai, and ate the boxed lunch quickly, like a gluttonous little squirrel, with his cheeks bulging.
After chatting for a while, Chen Youcai learned about it from the other party. It turned out that the mother and daughter went to Jinling to find someone.
"People from the engineering team said that the child's father left more than half a month ago, and he doesn't know where he went, and he didn't even receive this month's salary."
The woman had a sad face and said sadly: "I am sick, and I have spent a lot of money on treatment these years. The family relies on the child's father to make money to support him."
"Now that the person is gone, I have to look for it."
Hearing this, Chen Youcai was also full of displeasure, forced a smile and said, "Can you show me the photo of eldest brother, I also went to Jinling to find someone, maybe I can meet eldest brother somewhere, that's not sure. "
"That's good, little brother, you are such a good person, sister-in-law, thank you first."
The woman was overjoyed and thanked Chen Youcai again and again, then took out an old mobile phone and found a photo in WeChat.
In the photo is a man wearing an orange hard hat, standing on the edge of the construction site and waving his hands, with a smile on his thin, dark cheeks that have been exposed to the sun all year round.
Chen Youcai glanced at it twice, and with his extraordinary memory, he firmly remembered this photo.
Watching the little girl finish her lunch box, she stared at the plastic bag on Chen Youcai's desk, which contained some snacks bought from the station supermarket.
Chen Youcai smiled wryly, and simply handed over the whole bag of snacks to the other party. The woman was so startled that she was at a loss, and she repeatedly scolded the little girl for returning it.
"Sister, let her eat, children are like this, I just finished eating, and I don't want to eat these things anymore."
Chen Youcai hurriedly persuaded him, but the other party was moved again and thanked him non-stop.
There is still a full five hours' drive away from Jinling. After arriving at the station, it should be late at night.
Chen Youcai looked at the helpless mother and daughter, and asked worriedly, "Have you found a place to resettle in Jinling?"
"The child's father has a cousin who is also on the construction site, and he will pick us up at the station later."
The woman seemed to see what Chen Youcai was thinking, and she smiled more gratefully. The three of them chatted about the affairs of Jiujiang County and Shifang County. Before they knew it, time passed quickly. It was only then that Chen Youcai came to his senses and said goodbye to his mother and daughter with a smile.
Before leaving, he exchanged phone numbers with the woman, and repeatedly promised that if he met her man, he would definitely call her.
After leaving the station, the street was still full of traffic and bright lights.
Even though the night is dark, many people who are busy for life have not stopped, they are still gritting their teeth and working hard.
Chen Youcai stopped a taxi and asked Master Che for the location of Wu's house in Jinling. He thought it would take a lot of effort, but when the other party heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "The young man is here to join relatives?"
"...That's right."
Chen Youcai smiled, and said, "I have something that I need to discuss with the Wu family."
"Hey, the tone is not small. The Wu family is one of the four major families in Jinling. If you ask ordinary people, no one knows the way of it."
While driving the car, Master Che talked eloquently, with a rather smug expression on his face: "My grandfather's generation used to work in the Lu family, which is also one of the four major families."
"The Lu family...sounds pretty good too."
Chen Youcai chewed on this word silently, and couldn't help thinking of Lu Ningxiang, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and then thought of Lu Yichen's hypocritical handsome face.
The two belong to the Lu family, and they seem to be cousins, but their personalities are very different.
"What does it mean to sound powerful? It's already powerful!"
Master Che couldn't help laughing, maybe because he thought Chen Youcai was talking in a daze, and it looked like he came to the city from the countryside just now.
"Young man, let me tell you, there are four big families of Wu, Lu, Han, and Shen in Jinling City, and they are definitely not to be messed with."
Chen Youcai subconsciously asked curiously, "What will happen if you mess with it?"
"I won't be able to turn over for the rest of my life!"
Master Che glanced at Chen Youcai sideways through the rearview mirror, and said with some dissatisfaction, "You are new here, and you don't know what's great here. After you stay in Jinling for a long time, you will know what a big shot is."
"You're right. I just came here and I really don't understand anything."
Chen Youcai smiled, thinking of the purpose of this trip, his mouth was filled with bitterness.
If he had the ability, he would definitely not take the risk of coming to Jinling to break into the Wu's house... It's not like he didn't think about telling the Yamen the clues that he recognized the man in the black vest and possibly related to the Wu's house in Jinling.
But the problem is, in this way, it will inevitably reveal that Chen Youcai had concealed the cause of Pei Hu's death before.
In addition, Jinling Wujia sent people to Chenjia Village to make trouble for him, which obviously touched Chen Youcai's bottom line.
In order to find Liang Wenkai and to clarify his grievances with the Wu family, Chen Youcai had no choice but to come to Jinling himself.
Even if Wu's house in Jinling is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, it's impossible to say, this time I have to make a breakthrough!
With a creak, the taxi turned around a busy street, then drove into a deep alley, and finally stopped far in front of an old house with a large area.
"Hey, Wu's is here, the fare is fifty."
Master Che pouted over the vermilion lacquer gate of the beast ring, and saw a plaque with gold letters on a black background hanging high above it.
Impressively, there are two golden characters of "Wu Zhai".
Looking at this ancient old house, the palace lanterns hang high under the eaves, and there are two stone lions squatting at the door.
If it was placed in the old dynasty, it must be a mansion that only princes and generals are eligible to live in.
"Don't be dumbfounded. Hundreds of years ago, this house was a royal residence. Later, it was bought by the ancestors of the Wu family and has been passed down."
Master Che said cheerfully, took the 50 yuan bill from Chen Youcai, waved his hand, and drove away in a hurry.
"What kind of enmity do I have with such a family..."
Chen Youcai stood far away, looking at the door of the house tens of meters away, secretly surprised.
When listening to Master Che talking about Dashan before, he just thought it was just a joke.
But standing in front of this mansion, Chen Youcai really felt the aura of the big family that has been passed down for hundreds of years.
However, the more this happened, the more curious he became, how did he provoke the other party.
A few barks came from the deep alley, and were blown away by the whimpering night wind. Chen Youcai slowly approached the old Wu's house and walked half a circle around the wall.
He finally found a locust tree with a crooked neck growing close to the fence, and without saying a word, he kicked his feet.
I saw him suddenly jumping up from the ground, leaping high, and then steadily climbing up a branch as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Youcai lightly jumped up the fence, kicked his feet, and fell silently and steadily into the old house.