"Pants, pants, pants......"

Lying on the sleeper in the train box, Chi Shang Zhenyi listened to the sound of pants in his ears while thinking about the phone call that Chiba Shioko gave him at school yesterday.

On the phone, Chiba Shioko sobbed Kazuke Shang Zhenyi said that her parents had been missing for nearly a week, during which she called and asked her parents about their original unit, but the other party was silent about this matter, only said that she didn't know, and then hung up the phone.

Chiba Shioko also turned to Minako's parents for help to find her parents, but Minako's parents are just a pair of ordinary foreign company employees, and they can't help much for this job of finding people, and in the end, Chiba Shiko, who really has no choice, thought of looking for Chi Shang Zhenyi, the husband, to help.

When Chi Shang really heard Chiba Shizi crying helplessly on the phone, he decided to help at that time, after all, he had no reason not to take action in his woman's affairs, and it was his future father-in-law and mother-in-law who had an accident, and with this relationship, he had no reason to stand by.

After comforting Chiba Shioko on the phone, Chi Shang really asked Kumaji Yamada to buy a train ticket to Ihara City that afternoon, and he wanted to solve the matter as soon as possible.

The next morning, Chi Shang Zhenyi didn't bring anyone, and got on the train to Ihara City, Okayama Prefecture alone, but before getting on the train, he still notified Yamashita Akira by phone to come to pick up the station and ask him to help arrange this trip to Ihara City.

With his hands behind his head, Chi Shang really thought about what Chiba Shiko said yesterday, and muttered to himself: "Shiko's parents both work as geological surveyors in Ihara City, and the two disappeared a week ago. ”

According to the information Xizi understands, her parents went out to work half a month ago, that is, on June 1st, so it is very likely that Xizi's parents have been missing for nearly half a month. ”

Letting go of the thoughts in his heart, Chi Shang Zhenyi closed his eyes and began to concentrate on resting, and after a while, the whole person fell asleep, and the sound of pants in his ears became a lullaby like a sheep, and time passed slowly in this slumber.

Okayama Prefecture Ihara City Railway Station. Yamashita Akira took two close subordinates at the exit of the station and kept looking at the crowd leaving the station, his eyes scanning the passing crowd from time to time, as if he was afraid of missing someone, and after a while, he fell on a young man wearing an onmyoji costume. Obviously, the other party is the person he wants to pick up.

Seeing Chi Shangzhen coming out of the station, Yamashita Ming hurriedly greeted him with two subordinates, and said at the same time: "Oh, Chi Shangjun is a distinguished guest, it is difficult to come to our Jingyuan City." This time, I must live here for a few days, and let me enter the friendship of the landlord under the mountain. ”

Chi Shang, who had just walked out of the platform, saw Yamashita Ming at a glance, listened to the other party's kind words, and gave a salute to the other party and replied: "Yamashita-kun is polite, Chi Shang has something to do this time to come to Ihara City, and after finishing things, I must have a good drink with Yamashita-kun in the next place, let's not get drunk and not return." ”

Chi Shang's sincere words made Yamashita Akira feel a little strange, he didn't know what the other party was doing in Ihara City, was it because of that incident?

But no matter what Ji Shang really meant to do. Yamashita Akira felt that he had to do his best to assist and cooperate, whether it was because the other party had rescued his entire Kino Mountain Village, or because the other party was now the imperial onmyoji of His Majesty the Emperor, he was destined to be his honored guest.

Since Chi Shang Zhenyi's salute was placed in his own wrench space, he was now walking side by side with Akira Yamashita with his empty hands.

"I'm sorry to trouble Yamashita-kun to come to pick up the station this time.,There are still some things that need Yamashita-kun to help me this time.,I hope Yamashita-kun won't be too troublesome.。 ”

Yamashita who was following on the side heard Chi Shang's sincere and polite words, and hurriedly replied: "Chi Shangjun is too polite to say this, last time you saved our entire Muye Mountain Village, such a great kindness is what you should do for Yamashita." ”

So don't say anything thankful or unthankful. It's really embarrassing to go down the mountain, if Ji Shangjun still treats Yamashita as a friend, if there is anything to ask, Yamashita will definitely be close to helping with all his might. ”

After saying that, Yamashita Akira stopped. He bowed slightly to Chi Shang Zhenyi beside him, and Ji Shang Zhenyi showed his sincerity.

The two government workers who had been following behind watched their mayor actually bow to a young man, which made the two of them a little surprised, and at the same time made the two of them pay more attention to Chi Shang's sincerity in their hearts, because the person who can make the mayor bow must not be a simple person.

Ji Shang Zhenyi didn't know the thoughts of the two government officials behind him. After seeing Yamashita Ming bowing, he stopped and said, "In that case, Chi Shang will thank Shanjun for his assistance this time, and the specific matter will wait for us to go to the residence." ”

After leaving the train station, Chi Shang Zhenyi got into the jeep of Yamashita Ming, and swayed all the way to the relief center.

The appearance of the almshouse is still roughly the same as before Chi Shangzhenyi left a few months, there are still a few buildings, no increase or decrease, nothing has changed.

If there is anything that Ji Shang really wants to say, it is that the refugees in the almshouse have become more and more, and the place where he used to live was relatively comfortable is now full of tents.

Looking at the refugees outside the car window, Chi Shang sincerely asked Yamashita Ming beside him: "After so many months, there have actually become more refugees, does Yamashita Jun want to let these people live in this almshouse all the time, haven't you thought about rearranging their accommodation?"

Yamashita Ming, who was sitting in the back of the jeep with Chi Shangzhenyi, heard this question, and replied with a slightly wry smile: "Let Chi Shangjun see it smile, it's really ashamed, the current appearance of the almshouse is caused by Yamashita's incompetence, Yamashita can't let these refugees get a better place to live, so they can only live in this almshouse, and now even the daily refugee rations are not much." ”

Looking at the look on Yamashita Ming's face, Chi Shang Zhenyi asked with some curiosity: "How many daily supplies do the refugees here have now?"

"Adult men only have two taels of coarse grain a day, and women and girls only have one tael a day, and I don't know how long Yamashita will last if this is the kind of supply, after all, there is not much money in the government. ”

Akira Yamashita's words made Chi Shang Zhenyi a little surprised, he didn't expect that the refugees in Ihara City would be so miserable, lower than the supply of four taels in Tokyo, he didn't know if these people had all become rabbits, did they usually have to live by eating grass?

"Men are provided with two taels of coarse grain a day, and women and girls are provided with one tael of coarse grain a day, and no one starves to death?"

Chi Shang's sincere words made Akira Yamashita blush a little. However, he replied: "There will be no starvation to death, but these refugees have never had enough to eat, and most of these people will find some grass roots and tree bark to feed themselves, and there are few plants and animals within a few kilometers of the almshouse." ”

Akira Yamashita's words surprised Chi Shang Zhenyi a little. He didn't expect that the situation was already so tense that there was already a situation of digging grass roots and gnawing tree bark.

Just when Ji Shang Zhenyi was about to say something, he saw a car parked at the door of a building, which let him know that he had arrived at the station, and this building was where he lived last time. He still has some impressions of this place.

Pushing the car door, Chi Shang Zhenyi followed the inside of the Ming Dynasty building under the mountain, when entering the gate, he deliberately glanced at the several policemen standing guard at the door, and found that the complexions of several people were very good, and one of the strong men who nodded to the mountain was even more red and white, obviously with good nutrition.

These people were in stark contrast to the refugees in the almshouse, and at the same time, he thought to himself: "It seems that no matter where you are, the treatment of officials is not bad, even if the common people are miserable, these public servants of the people will not suffer." Hey......"

Regarding the current situation of society, Chi Shang sincerely thinks that he has no ability to interfere with changes, and he still has some sighs and kindness, but he also doesn't think that he will be a saint, after all, his realm is not so high.

Letting go of the thoughts in his heart, Chi Shang Zhenyi followed Yamashita Ming and soon came to a room, and after entering the room, the two sat down separately.

Looking at Yamashita Ming, who was kneeling opposite him and his body was straight, to be honest, Chi Shang Zhenyi felt that it was too tiring to sit like this.

Kneeling is something that Chi Shang Zhenyi can't learn after going to Japan for so long, and he doesn't want to learn it, because he doesn't want his long legs to become O-shaped looped legs in the future. So he always sat cross-legged in his own sitting position, no matter in front of anyone.

Yamashita Ming didn't feel any rudeness about Ji Shang Zhenyi's posture of sitting cross-legged, and when he and Ji Shang Zhenyi were together, the other party was like this before, so he was used to it. However, if other lowly people are like this, he will definitely scold each other, but people are treated differently, and no one is immune to this.

After giving the two sides hot tea, Yamashita Akira took the lead in saying to Chi Shangzhen: "I don't know what Chi Shangjun came to Ihara City this time, if it is useful to get the place under the mountain, please let me know." ”

I heard Yamashita ask a question. Chi Shang Zhenyi didn't hesitate too much, and said directly: "Since this is the case, Chi Shang is grateful to Yamashita-kun, here's the thing, a good friend of mine has parents who are employees of the Jingyuan City Geological Exploration Bureau, and the two of them. ”

As soon as Chi Shang Zhenyi said this, he was interrupted by Akira Yamashita on the opposite side.

"I'm sorry Ji Shangjun, I'm really sorry to interrupt you, but I want to ask if Ji Shangjun's friend's parents are missing?"

Chi Shang Zhenyi, who was originally interrupted by Akira Yamashita, frowned a little, but when he heard Akira Yamashita's words, all the little unhappiness in his heart was left behind, and he now wanted to know how Akira Yamashita knew about it.

"Yamashita-kun, you're right, my friend's parents are indeed missing, but how did Yamashita-kun know, do you know the reason for this matter?"

Looking at Chi Shang Zhenyi, who asked him questions, Yamashita Ming smiled bitterly: "Speaking of which, I really know about this matter. ”

Hearing that Yamashita Ming really knew, Chi Shang was a little surprised and said: "Oh, I didn't expect Yamashita-kun to really know the truth about this matter, please tell me the truth." ”

"Chi Shang-kun is like this, last year, when Japan was still at war with the United States, these Yankees threw a lot of bombs like us, and although the bombing was focused on Tokyo, other prefectures and cities were also bombed, and the vicinity of Odagawa in Ihara City was damaged by two bombs. ”

Yamashita Ming said that Chi Shang Zhenyi had been listening very carefully, and he felt that his trip to Ihara City might be so simple, and he felt in his heart.

"It's ridiculous to say that the two bombs that visited our city of Ihara made us very happy as government leaders, because the damage caused by us was so small that it was almost negligible compared to other sister prefectures and cities. ”

"But unfortunately, one of the two bombs dropped by the American actually blew up a stone bridge over the Odagawa River in Ihara City. ”

"Since this stone bridge is the road for several villages near the Oda River, when the Japanese armistice was completed, our government department immediately sent people to repair it, after all, this is a fundamental problem related to many people's travel, and our government will not delay this kind of infrastructure. ”

Speaking of this, Yamashita Akira took a sip of the hot tea in front of him, and continued with a bitter look on his face: "After deciding to rebuild the Odagawa Bridge, we immediately sent the staff of the Ihara City Geological Exploration Institute to it. ”

"At that time, the deputy director of the geological exploration institute led the team, a total of five people, and a construction team of 30 people, these people started to build a new bridge at the original blown up bridge, but on the day the new bridge was about to be built, 25 people mysteriously disappeared. ”

Hearing Yamashita Ming say this, Chi Shangzhenyi's eyes widened significantly, he didn't expect that more than twenty people would disappear at this time, this matter was really weird.

"Yamashita-kun, are you sure these people have disappeared, will there be anything to make of them?"

Listening to Chi Shang's sincere question, Yamashita Akira hurriedly explained: "Chi Shangjun, please believe in Zaixia's words, at that time, when these twenty-five people disappeared, there were ten staff members watching from the periphery, so this matter will never be mistaken, and afterwards, our government also interrogated and recorded the confessions of the ten witnesses, and found that what these people said was almost the same." ”

When Chi Shang Zhenyi heard Yamashita Ming say that there were ten eyewitnesses, he already believed the eighth layer in his heart, but he still continued to ask: "Then Yamashita-kun, did these ten witnesses say what the situation of those people was like when they disappeared?"

"White mist, after a thick white mist, these people disappeared, and that's what the ten witnesses saw. "To be continued