"Are you sure? Then we're off to go! Before entering the station, you grabbed the train ticket, took a deep breath, and asked me. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Isn't that what you decided? Why do you ask me again? I squinted at her.

"Yes. I'm sure, let's go! ”

“……”

From L city to Yongzhou, there was only one passing bus, and after 30 hours, we arrived at Yongzhou Station, changed to a bus, and went straight to Liuzi Street.

Liuzi Street is basically at the foot of Xishan, and it is a 4-kilometer walk to Xishan Park. We checked the information on the Internet, and it is now a national forest park, so the surrounding transportation and accommodation are quite convenient. We originally wanted to book a hotel nearby, but Liu Qingyan said that we should go to Liuzi Street first, because there were clues from there, and she could find a more convenient place to stay on Liuzi Street.

Liu Qingyan is the "wife" who left the news for us.

After a week of communication before departure, we learned about her identity and the clues she said she had already mastered. More details need to be discussed in detail after we meet.

When we arrived at Liuzi Street, she had already arrived a day early. Because there is not a single photo of herself in her WeChat circle of friends except for reposting a few online articles, we were quite surprised when we met her.

She has a narrow face and high cheeks, red phoenix eyes, a bit of posture but a little indifferent, tall and thin, and claims to be a middle school Chinese teacher.

"Hello, I'm Yu Youyou, this is my friend Fang Xiaoye." Yu Yu said as he stepped forward and took her hand. When you are quiet to the outside, except for Yuri, you seem mature and capable.

"We stayed at the agriturismo in front." Liu Qingyan simply did not have a trace of superfluous greetings, "I have been here many times before, and I live there, so the shopkeeper can rest assured." ”

……

After arriving at the farmhouse, the boss really came out to greet Liu Qingyan very familiarly, saying that he had vacated a bedroom for us.

After entering, I couldn't help frowning when I saw a big bed, I was still a little awkward to sleep in a bed with a stranger, so I blurted out, "Only one bed?" ”

The boss's face was slightly embarrassed and confused, and he didn't seem to know how to explain it.

"I live next door." Liu Qingyan pointed to the side, "This was originally just a farmhouse, only providing food, but I have been here many times, and the boss has taken special care of it." ”

"Oh......" I had an epiphany.

"Then let's talk about the clues I have now." Liu Qingyan said, and then nodded slightly at the shopkeeper, his face was smooth. The boss nodded busily, said you guys talk, and then withdrew.

"You didn't come yesterday, I've already been to the Liuzi Street police station." Waiting for me and Youyou to put away our luggage, Liu Qingyan got straight to the point, "Then I got this photo." ”

I went with the probe to see, and this was a picture of the fire. A row of old houses was burning with raging fires, and the firefighters were doing their best to put out the fire, and the scene was chaotic and orderly.

"Where is your husband? ......" I asked.

Liu Qingyan pointed at a side face, "It's him."

I went up with Youyou to take a closer look, and I could see that it was a man in his 30s, walking indifferently through the nervous shuttle crowd, without a trace of panic.

Liu Qingyan told us in a previous exchange that she had gone to Xishan alone many times in order to find her husband, and asked the local police station to search the mountains to find people. The local police officers were particularly enthusiastic and responsible, leading Liu Qingyan to search the mountains inch by inch, but found nothing. Although to no avail, the kind-hearted police officer promised that Liu Qingyan would always pay attention to the matter, and if she found any clues about her husband, she would be contacted.

Four years later, not long ago, the police suddenly contacted Liu Qingyan, saying that a police officer suddenly saw this photo when he was sorting out old information, and felt that the man in it was Liu Qingyan's husband - Hu Dongyang, so he called her to identify it.

"I went to the police station yesterday and they told me that just four years ago, shortly after I left, a fire broke out in a hundred-year-old house 100 meters next to the Liuzi Temple on Liuzi Street. After strong fighting, the fire did not spread. The police took this photo when they were making a record of the scene. Liu Qingyan explained to us, "I have already made an identification on the spot, and the police will lead us tomorrow to find the residents of the house that was on fire at the time, to see if we can learn some clues about my husband." ”

"Okay, we'll go with you tomorrow." Yu Yu nodded.

Liu Qingyan told us to rest first, and then went out. I did a simple wash with Yuyou and lay down on the bed.

"Do you think that fire has anything to do with this?" Glow asked me, staring at the ceiling.

"It's hard to say. I'll go tomorrow and see if I can get any clues. I replied.

Youyou tilted his head and thought for a while, took out his mobile phone, and inquired about Liuzi Temple, and I leaned over to look at it together.

Liuzi Temple - located in the west of Xiaoshui in Yongzhou on the Liuzi Street, was built in the Northern Song Dynasty Renzong Zhihe three years (1056), the Southern Song Dynasty Shixing fourteen years (AD 1144), the Qing Dynasty Guangxu three years (AD 1877) rebuilt. It was built by the people of Yongzhou to commemorate Liu Zongyuan, one of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song dynasties......

……

Early the next morning, Liu Qingyan waited outside the house, and Youyou and I hurriedly cleaned up and went to the police station with her.

The police at the police station were indeed very enthusiastic, speaking Xiaoxiang Mandarin, leading us to the place where the fire was in the past. It has been rebuilt in situ since the fire, and now we see a mix of antique brick and wood.

"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang, come out and see Xi." The police brother shouted before he reached the door. "Look at the people inside, do you recognize them?"

Liuzi Street is an ancient street, and most of the residents who come and go on the street know each other.

"Lao Zhang" came out of the house with him, and when he saw the policeman's brother, he greeted us warmly, invited us into the house, poured tea, and then took the photo.

"Oh, this time is too long, I was in a panic that day, who can remember?" "Lao Zhang" is actually a middle-aged man in his thirties, holding the photo and shaking his head repeatedly.

Youyou and I were anxious in our eyes, and we couldn't help but urge him to think about it again.

"This memory is remembering, if you can't remember, you can't remember, and you can't remember if you want to." "Lao Zhang" had a sad face.

In fact, we didn't expect anyone to remember a "passerby" after such a long time, but we couldn't help but be a little disappointed when facing the results. Looking at Liu Qingyan again, his face was calm and did not change, compared to us, he was calmer. Presumably after looking for her husband for so many years, she has long been accustomed to being disappointed and hit.

"Who are you looking for? Let me see! Just as he was thinking, an old voice suddenly came from the door. We searched for prestige and found it to be an old man.

"Mr. Zhang/Dad? You came out without resting? The policeman and "Lao Zhang" got up quickly and helped the old man to come in and sit down.

"Look, it's this person, do you have any impression?" The little brother respectfully pointed it out to the old man.

"This ......" "Zhang Lao" put the reading glasses hanging around his neck and examined them carefully. I looked at each other with Youyou, and said in my heart that this old man's memory is not as good as that middle-aged man, right?

"Hmm...... This ......" "Zhang Lao" muttered to himself for a while, and suddenly raised his head and said, "I remember, I have seen this person!" ”

We were so amazed that we were overjoyed, and we hurriedly gathered and squatted in a circle under the old man's knees, waiting for him to follow.

"This young man, I remember. He appeared very strangely. ”

"You met him at the fire?" The police officer asked.

"It's not. It's in the Liuzi Temple. "Zhang Lao" said.

Liu Qingyan's eyes widened suddenly when he heard this, he put his hand on the old man's knee, and said softly, "Please tell me more about the situation at that time." ”

"Zhang Lao" nodded, and slowly fell into the memory......

"Four years ago, I was still more physically acquainted than now, and I was watching the courtyard and selling tickets in the Liuzi Temple. There weren't many people who came to the temple that day, just a few, so I could make a note of them. At about four or five o'clock in the afternoon, I thought that there would be no one here, so I went home first to add some tea and drink, and wanted to go to the yard to find the 'six sons' to help me look at the ticket first. As a result, when I went in, I didn't find the 'six sons', but I saw a young man, in his thirties, coming out of the temple in a trance. I looked at it carefully, and I don't remember that such a person had bought a ticket, so I wondered where he went into the temple. So they went up and asked him where he had come from. He didn't speak, but went outside. I saw that his eyes were straight and his clothes were torn, and I wondered if there was a problem with my nerves, so I didn't ask any more. ”

"Do you know where he went?" Liu Qingyan asked.

"I don't know about that." The old man shook his head. "Within three days of that day, there was a fire in the house, and you still have him in the photo, but I didn't notice it at that time."

We all sighed in unison, and we saw that we had eyebrows, but the clue was broken. After all, it was four years ago, out of Liuzi Temple and Liuzi Street, out of Liuzi Street and Xishan, a big living person, who can keep an eye on where he goes all the way?

We thanked and said goodbye to the Zhang family and the police brother, and returned to the farmhouse.

Along the way, Liu Qingyan was silent, but I had a heated discussion with Youyou.

"It's still very weird. Hu Dongyang came out of the temple, and three days later the house next door caught fire, and he was still present at the fire. It proves that he may have been wandering around the Liuzi Temple for the past three days. You say, don't you? Isn't he going to the West Mountains? Why stay at Willow Street? Did he come back from a trip to the West Mountain? Or are you just getting ready to go into the mountains? And if it's back? Why don't you go home? "You analyze and question.

"I think it's a bit strange that he suddenly appeared in the Liuzi Temple, just like 'Zhang Lao' said, I don't know how he got in? Where did you get in from? I said.

"There is more than one gate in Liuzi Temple, right? Maybe it's another door. ”

"Probably not, can't the old man understand such a simple truth? Even if there are other doors, they must also be under his jurisdiction and monitoring, and they know the entry and exit situation, or the door is simply locked, or they just enter and exit, in short, we will know this by taking a look. But the old man must have known better than we did. ”

"Also, that Hu Dongyang walked through the fire so calmly, do you think the fire will be him? ......" Youyou said suddenly, glancing at Liu Qingyan. I said in my heart that you have a big mouth, you are usually very cautious, and when I am here, I am sloppy, I might as well not be by your side.

Liu Qingyan seemed to notice that we suddenly quieted down, glanced back at us, and said lightly: "It's okay, it's possible for you to guess anything now, and the truth of the matter can only be known if you find him." After speaking, he continued to walk in front silently alone.

……

Go back at noon, the owner of the farmhouse prepared a table of sumptuous dishes for us, I and Youyou eat full of praise, the boss happily boasted about how authentic his dishes are, how much Tong Suo is not bullied, let us come to Yongzhou again in the future.

Liu Qingyan was always indifferent, eating slowly and methodically, and he didn't talk much.

After the meal, I went back with Youyou to rest for a while, and then we had to leave for Xishan as soon as possible, and there would be no progress in staying here. Although I still have some resistance to Xishan in my heart, since they are all here, it is impossible to retreat so quickly.

After discussion, we got up and prepared to go to Liu Qingyan to propose the itinerary to her. Who wanted the door to open, but Liu Qingyan was standing at the door, startling the two of us.

"I still have an important clue to tell you......" Liu Qingyan said with a gloomy face. (To be continued.) )