"Who?" said a man's voice in the courtyard, and the voice was vicious and impatient.

"Please, is there any vacant room for rent here?"

The iron door creaked open, and a stout man in his fifties appeared in front of Li Tianchou, this person had unkempt hair, shirtless, and drunk all over his body, "Who told you that I rented a house here?"

"A friend of mine with the surname Zhang. Li Tianchou had already thought of the lines in advance, but he didn't explicitly say that it was Zhang Jiming.

The man tilted his neck and thought for a moment, turned to one side, and let go of the door, "Damn, Lao Tzu is a mess now, I can't remember what to call Zhang, you are from the county?"

"yes, do some small business here. Li Tianchou flashed in, "Boss Zhang told me that his family also lives here, so he introduced me over, just to be a companion and take care of each other." ”

The old strong man casually closed the iron door, probably because he had drunk too much, and suddenly squatted on the ground and picked up half a brick and threw it at the big yellow dog that was still barking wildly, "The grass and mud are better than the horses, and then call Lao Tzu." The big yellow dog was so frightened that he ran away with his tail between his legs.

Although this person looks not young, he has a strong liver fire, and he seems to be a little violent after drinking, Li Tianchou secretly guarded and followed the strong man into the courtyard.

"Who did you just say you were looking for?" The strong man turned his head and asked again, the effect of alcohol and the yellow dog interrupted, and the strong man obviously didn't remember what Li Tianchou said just now.

"Oh, I'm here to rent a house, and by the way, take a look at my friend surnamed Zhang. Li Tianchou repeated patiently.

"Yes, rent. The strong man was happy, "What do you want to rent?"

"A single room, just enough to sleep. ”

When the strong man heard this, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the second floor, "There is a single room upstairs, the door is not locked, you go up to see it yourself, I am a little dizzy, I can't climb." ”

"Okay, and my friend surnamed Zhang......" Li Tianchou nodded and reminded the strong man.

"Upstairs, just moved over. The strong man pointed upwards with his hand again, and began to get impatient again, and staggered into the hall. It didn't take much effort to come by, and Li Tianchou also walked in after him.

The strong man was already lying on his back on the recliner, drowsy with a pu fan in his hand, and he didn't have the heart to take care of Li Tianchou.

Li Tianchou looked at the stairs, climbed the stairs, the upstairs seemed narrow, and at the end of the stairs was a horizontal corridor, with three houses on the left and right, a bit like the former home of the sea bald.

The doors of the three rooms on the left were all hidden, and there was a small sound of talking from one of the rooms, as if he heard Li Tianchou's footsteps, and the conversation stopped abruptly. The house on the right is all open, and the inside is empty, so it should be uninhabited.

Li Tianchou no longer hesitated, walked to the first room on the left, and saw a pair of elderly people sitting inside through the light blue screen door, and the old man was also looking at the door at this time, looking a little panicked.

He knocked politely on the doorframe. The emaciated old lady hesitated to get up, walked to the door and unfastened the clasp on the screen door, "Who are you looking for?"

"May I ask if this is Zhang Jiming's house?"

The old lady glanced back at the old man, turned her head and asked, "Who are you?" The two old men were quite vigilant, and they were obviously wary of strangers. In fact, they are Zhang Jiming's parents. There's a good reason for being so cautious.

A few days before the son's accident, he behaved extremely abnormally, and kept persuading the family to move to the countryside for a few days, and the daughter-in-law was suspicious and asked the reason, Zhang Jiming didn't say it clearly, just emphasizing that the company has been very busy recently and has no time to take care of the family. In the end, he was forced to say that an employee had been fired and threatened to retaliate, and he was afraid that something would happen to his family, so he came up with this idea.

Although the daughter-in-law still didn't believe it, the whole family still agreed to temporarily live in the old house in the countryside for a few days, and then move back when Zhang Jiming straightened things out, the only worry was Zhang Jiming's own safety.

But within two days of living in the countryside, I saw that Zhang Jiming had an accident in the newspaper, and all kinds of rumors also came one after another, some said that Zhang Jiming had an accident in the project, and some said that Zhang Jiming had killed someone. These news were like a bolt from the blue, making the Zhang family panic and at a loss.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes found the Zhang family, claiming that it was sent by Zhang Jiming's good friend, and he was entrusted to bring a sum of money, which was earned by contracting the project, and also brought a letter, which was written by Zhang Jiming to his wife, to the effect that he entrusted his friend to help the family move, mainly for safety reasons.

Zhang's wife carefully identified the handwriting, and it was indeed her husband's own handwriting, but in a panic, there were still a lot of questions, "Where is my husband? Is he okay now? Why is he moving again? What happened?"

The middle-aged man smiled, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, he's fine." This kind of engineering accident is just a gust of wind, at most a month or two, and then it will be fine. I used to do a lot more than that, but now I'm still alive and kicking. The reason why Lao Zhang asked you to move was mainly because of the gossip here in your hometown, and he was relieved to change to a cleaner place. ”

Although the old man and the old lady were reluctant, but thinking about his son, it was considered thoughtful, and the neighbors in the countryside looked up and didn't look down, once they asked about their son, the old couple really didn't know what to say.

In this way, the whole family was suspicious, and followed the middle-aged man into the car in a daze, and finally came to Dongshi Village.

The middle-aged man sent them to this family surnamed Ma, saying that the rent had already been paid, and everyone just had to live in peace, and when the matter was resolved, Zhang Jiming would personally come to pick them up and return to the county seat. The man was never seen again.

The next day, my son's friend came to look for me, and the old couple thought it was still the middle-aged man, but they unexpectedly found that it was a strange young man, so they were naturally a little nervous. But seeing that this junior was steady and polite, the two old men relaxed their vigilance.

"My surname is Lee, and I'm a friend of his. ”

"Come in, please. The old lady was happy when she heard this, her friend surnamed Li was the one he sent the middle-aged man to help, and Zhang Luo moved and contacted the house, he was really a warm-hearted person. I actually came here in person today, I really don't know how to thank her, she was very enthusiastic to let Li Tianchou into the house.

The attitudes of the two old men changed a lot, and Li Tianchou couldn't figure out what the reason was for a while, and he couldn't help but secretly doubt in his heart.

As soon as he sat down, he heard the big yellow dog in the yard bark again, and then there was a whistle, and the voice was short and sharp. Li Tianchou's face suddenly changed, this was sent by Peng Weihua, and the two of them agreed to warn with a short whistle in case of emergency.

Li Tianchou stood up suddenly, startling the two old men, and before the two elders could ask, the others had already rushed in and out of the room.

There was a very hurried and chaotic sound of footsteps outside the courtyard, although the sound was slight, but it could not hide Li Tianchou's ears. It sounds like there are a lot of people, but there is no noise or noise. Beads of sweat oozed from his forehead instantly, who would have such discipline?

In an instant, the sound of footsteps spread all around the courtyard wall, as if the encirclement had been completed, Li Tianchou's heart suddenly became nervous, and with his experience, he quickly realized that the group of people outside was very likely to be well-trained police or troops, why?

"What are you doing?", "Stop!", "Do you hear it?stop!!" Suddenly there was a very stern shout outside, followed by a gunshot of "Bang!",

Li Tianchou's heart twitched, could it be that Peng Weihua outside was exposed? This also proved his guess just now, the person who came from outside must be the police or regular troops. The goal was to arrest him and Peng Weihua? He couldn't think of a more appropriate reason.

Li Tianchou knew very well in his heart that the gunshot just now was a warning, and the next thing was a killing move. He slowly stretched out his head and peered out through the window in the hallway, which was supposed to be behind the courtyard wall. As expected, several people dressed as SWAT officers outside the courtyard wall were heavily armed and occupied a very favorable terrain.

Bang, bang, bang, the iron gate of the courtyard was knocked on the mountain, "Open the door, open the door, the police will handle the case." ”

The strong man downstairs who seemed to be drunk was woken up, very unhappy, and before he could figure out the situation, he scolded, "Alert your head, I drafted your own father, which bastard is making trouble." You may feel that you are still angry, and you pick up a piece of brick and throw it at the iron door of your house, with a loud "bang", which is very imposing.

But before three seconds, the strong man was honest and didn't make any more noise. Because several people in SWAT uniforms had already turned in from outside the wall, watching the other party appear in front of him with a black firearm, as if a star had descended from the earth, the strong man decisively changed from a drunken state to a fainting state, and it was not clear whether he was frightened or stimulated.

has been surrounded, this is Li Tianchou's most direct reaction, but he is concerned about Peng Weihua's safety at the moment, the gunfire has not sounded again, I don't know what happened to the master?

Just thinking about it, the two gunshots of "Bang, Bang!" made him even more frightened, it seemed to come from a distant place, and there was an inaudible shouting, he preliminarily judged that Peng Weihua might have no problem for the time being, and was running away to the periphery.

There was no time to think about it, Li Tianchou picked up a small flower pot from the corridor, reached out to open the window and threw the flower pot out, but the person quickly ran back to the old man's and old lady's room, the window in the room was facing the courtyard, he wanted to break through from the opposite direction to attract the police, in order to relieve Peng Weihua's pressure.

It may not make any sense to do this, because he doesn't know exactly how many people the police have come, but he can only express his guilt for the master in this way. He shouldn't forget Uncle Geng's advice, he shouldn't insist on going his own way, he doesn't care, but he has affected the master, life and death are up to him.