The mountain road is rugged, seventeen or eighteen kilometers of road, driving for more than an hour, the old motorcycle turned off many times in the middle, and finally arrived at the Xianmen Village scattered in the middle of the mountain.

Under Xianmen Village is a terraced rice field with high and low levels, and behind it is a line of sky. Perhaps this is the origin of the name Xianmen Village. The scenery of Xianmen Village is very good, but the road is not good, there should be few people on weekdays, it is indeed a good place for Tibetans.

When there were still about 100 meters to the entrance of the village, Liang Jian and the others stopped the car. The road into the village is steep, and the classic car can no longer carry them. Liang Jian and Xiao Gu had to get out of the car and walk. After depositing, I found that many of the houses in this Xianmen village had been deserted, and it should have been uninhabited for many years. The houses are all old houses with mud rammed, and the people who still live in them are all old.

Almost all the old people in the village are in the afternoon, and these old people sit in the shade in front of the door after lunch, or chat with fans, or squint to enjoy the coolness, which seems to be comfortable.

However, the arrival of Liang Jian and the others broke the peace here. Not long after entering the village, Liang Jian and the others didn't think about how to talk to these locals, when they were stopped by an old man who was shirtless and wearing blue cloth pants: "Hey, young man, what are you doing?"

Liang Jian stood still, looked at the old man who was full of anger when he shouted, and replied respectfully: "Old man, we are here to find someone." ”

"Looking for someone?" the old man sat up from the rattan chair that seemed to be about to fall apart, stared at Liang Jian with blazing eyes, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Liang Jian immediately felt that this old man should know something, and after a little hesitation, he stepped forward and handed over a cigarette, and replied respectfully again: "Old man, have any strangers come to your village in the past two days?"

"Stranger?" the old man shook his head as he took the cigarette, "Except for the two of you, not yet!"

Liang Jian was slightly stunned, at this time, Xiao Gu stepped forward to light a fire for the old man, and the old man was not polite, so he caught fire and smoked, took a deep breath, and showed an intoxicated expression, half a sound, slowly spit out a puff of white smoke, and then exclaimed: "This smoke is good!"

Xiao Gu suddenly gave Liang Jian a look.

Liang Jian understood, and immediately stuffed the pack of cigarettes in his hand into the old man's hand: "Old man, think about it again, there really hasn't been anyone here in the past two days?"

The old man lowered his head and looked at the pack of cigarettes over and over, then pointed to the two words on the cigarette box and asked, "Young man, what brand is this?"

"China. Liang Jian replied.

The old man immediately sighed: "It turns out that China looks like this! It's the first time I've seen it in my life!" The old man avoided answering, and Liang Jian felt a little unhappy in his heart. But it is also helpless, although this Xianmen Village is not big, if you really look for it one by one, you may not be able to find Na Ma Qiang.

Liang Jian had no choice but to endure it.

At this time, an old man not far away seemed to be unable to look at it, and shouted: "Young man, if you want to give me a pack of cigarettes, I will tell you where that person is!"

As soon as the old man heard this, he hid the bag of China in the big pants with great swiftness, stared at Liang Jian with a nervous expression, and said, "Since you gave away this cigarette, it is mine, and you can't take it back!"

"I won't take it back, but you have to tell me, where is that person?" Liang Jian straightened up, no longer respectful and amiable as before.

The old man snorted and said, "I said I don't know, you go and ask the person just now, and he says he knows." ”

There's nothing to worry about with an old man, it's like wasting a pack of cigarettes. Liang Jian and Xiao Gu didn't entangle with him, they turned their heads to find another old man who was talking just now, there was no smoke on his body, when he got out of the car before, he forgot to take a few more packs, Xiao Gu took out two Grandpa Mao and stuffed them into the old man's hand, when the old man saw the money, he immediately became nervous, shaking his head, and desperately pushing the two Grandpa Mao out.

Xiao Gu pushed back and forth with him several times before finally letting the old man accept Grandpa Mao, and the other Xiao Gu couldn't resist and still took it back.

The old man took the money, got up and led them, and walked along the village path, a few times around the village, until he reached the outer wall of an old house in the far corner.

This old house is the only one in the village with a wall.

The old man said that this house was originally the ancestral hall of the village before, but later, most of the people in the village moved out, and the ancestral hall was abandoned. The day before yesterday, two people came to the village and said they wanted to rent a house, and they went around and asked for this house. As for what happened later, the old man didn't know.

The village is closed, except for the people from the town who come every one or two months, and sometimes there is not necessarily an outsider in a year. Therefore, as soon as Liang Jian and the others said that they were looking for someone, that was basically the case.

After the old man finished speaking, he hurried away.

Outside the wall, Xiao Gu looked at Liang Jian and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Okay, you go over and have a look. Liang Jian nodded.

Xiao Gu walked towards the door, and Liang Jian stepped back, hiding behind the corner, pricking up his ears.

The door is a wooden door, and the paint on the door has fallen off a lot in the past few years, revealing the blackened wood color inside, mottled appearance, revealing a rotten smell.

There was a thud twice, and there was silence within the walls.

After a while, Kotani raised his hand and knocked twice.

It was still quiet inside the wall, Liang Jian frowned, could it be that the news was fake, Ma Qiang was really not here? What the old man said just now was just a coincidence? Or maybe, Ma Qiang hadn't had time to come over yet?

Xiao Gu looked at Liang Jian, who hesitated.

At this moment, some voices suddenly came from inside the house. Liang Jian and Xiao Gu both heard it. Xiao Gu immediately raised his hand and slammed it twice.

"Who are you looking for?" a male voice came from the courtyard.

Xiao Gu glanced at Liang Jian and shouted, "Looking for you!"

"Who are you?" shouted the man in the courtyard again.

Xiao Gu looked at Liang Jian, Liang Jian hesitated for a moment, and opened his mouth to shout, "Boss Dong asked me to come over." ”

There was silence in the courtyard.

Liang Jian frowned, waited for a while, and saw no movement, Liang Jian was anxious, worried that the people inside had run away, so he glanced at Xiao Gu, Xiao Gu understood, took a step back, and raised his foot is a kick. The deadbolt behind the door, as if it were an ornament, opened at once.

Not long after Xiao Gu entered, Ma Qiang was taken by Xiao Gu by the shoulders to the dojo in the courtyard.

When Liang Jian walked in the door, Ma Qiang saw Liang Jian, his eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted in disbelief: "Director Liang?"

Liang Jian smiled at him: "It's a surprise, isn't it?"

Ma Qiang looked at him in surprise, but he still couldn't come back to his senses. Obviously, he was very shocked when he saw Liang Jian.

Xu is movement of Xiao Gu's foot just now alarmed the people next to him, and several old people came over to this side, standing at the door, looking inside.

Liang Jian felt that this was not good, but he had not been kicked by Xiao Gu and couldn't close it. So, he asked Xiao Gu to take Ma Qiang to the room, and he followed. As soon as he entered, he closed the door from the inside.

The old house is not as good as the current house, as soon as the door is closed, the inside is black, and it may be because it was the ancestral hall before, which is a little gloomy. Ma Qiang was pressed into a chair by Xiao Gu, and he had come to his senses. Seeing Liang Jian sit down in front of him, he immediately asked in a panic, "What do you want to do?"

"I don't want to do anything, I just want to ask you something. Liang Jian looked at him calmly and replied.

Ma Qiang immediately became flustered: "What do you want to ask?" As soon as he finished asking, he immediately followed up and said: "I don't know! I don't know anything!"

This kind of performance of no silver three hundred taels here is almost equivalent to not recruiting yourself. Liang Jian's heart calmed down suddenly, Ma Qiang must know something. He looked around the room, and in the dim room, it was extremely simple, and two benches were set up with three planks twenty or thirty centimeters wide, on which a mat was spread, and a thin quilt was thrown, and this was the bed.

Under the bed, a washbasin was thrown a towel, a toothbrush, and a cup. In addition to that, it was a set of cooking utensils for the field, and some food stuff was thrown around in a mess.

Liang Jian retracted his gaze, looked at him, and asked, "The life here is very different from your previous life, right?"

Ma Qiang turned his face away and did not answer.

Liang Jian didn't mind, and asked again, "Have you ever thought about how long you will stay here?"

Ma Qiang was still silent.

Xiao Gu was a little annoyed, and slapped him on the back of the head with his other backhand, and scolded in his mouth: "Are you deaf?

Ma Qiang was in pain, but he still didn't speak, just stared at Xiao Gu hatefully, and then at Liang Jian hatefully.

Liang Jian didn't expect Xiao Gu to make a move, he glanced at Xiao Gu and motioned him not to do it for the time being. Kotani bowed his head.

Liang Jian looked at Ma Qiang again and asked, "Have you ever thought about what will happen to you if this matter can't be sunk?"

Ma Qiang's body stiffened significantly.

Liang Jian was not surprised, Ma Qiang hid here, and he should know in his heart that since he carried this pot, what would be the worst result! The worst result was not that he carried this pot to bear the corresponding legal responsibility, but that he never had a chance to clear his name with this pot on his back. What kind of result is that there is no chance to whitewash yourself, and it is naturally the road of death.

Before Liang Jian came, there was news that Ma Qiang was dead, dead in Las Vegas, dead at the hands of those debt collectors. If Ma Qiang dies here, then even the real reason for his death cannot be known.

Liang Jian can think of this, Ma Qiang will not be unexpected.

Liang Jian is not afraid that he will not let go, normal people will not be so unhesitant in the face of death.

Sure enough, Liang Jian didn't wait long, and Ma Qiang relented. He looked at Liang Jian and asked, "If I tell you, you have to keep me safe." ”

Liang Jian looked at him and replied: "I can only guarantee that you will not die, but you have to bear the legal responsibility that you should bear." ”

Ma Qiang frowned, obviously he was not satisfied with this answer.

Liang Jian smiled at him and said, "It's okay, you can think about it slowly." ”