Mid-autumn 1933.

The Dongdian Mountain of the remaining veins of Changbai Mountain is full of red. The Dongdian Mountain Lake, surrounded by reckless mountains, is blue, transparent and deep.

There is a huge county seat to the west of Dongdian Mountain, which is Dongdian. There is a mountain first and then there is a county seat, and the county seat of Dongdian is named after Dongdian Mountain. Dongdian County and Dongdian Mountain are about 30 miles away, the mountain is high and the road is dangerous, and some places are valleys under the road. Not far from the southwest of Dongdian Mountain is Hutou Mountain, and when you reach Hutou Mountain, you can count out Dongdian Mountain. After the Hutou Mountain and then forward, it is the Longwang Ridge.

There is a Longwangmiao town at the foot of Longwangling, which still belongs to the jurisdiction of Dongdian County. Longwangmiao Town is an ancient town, which is said to have existed in the Tang Dynasty. There is no Dragon King Temple in the town now, and the people in the town have not seen or heard of when there was a Dragon King Temple in this town, but Ben Li'er pondered, there should have been a long, long time ago, otherwise why would this town be called Dragon King Temple Town? From the county seat of Dongdian to the town of Longwangmiao, you must pass through the Dongdian Mountains, and a gravel road passes through the western mountains of the Dongdian Mountains. After Longwangmiao Town, it went out of the jurisdiction of Dongdian County, and entered the jurisdiction of adjacent Changgong County, which is adjacent to Liucheng County in the southwest, and then from Liucheng County to the southwest, it is the hometown of Jing Zhiguo, the chief of the special service section of the Fengtian Provincial Police Department, Qin County, and then go all the way forward, you can reach Liaodong Bay, and you will also reach the boundary of Kanto Prefecture.

Longwangmiao Town is located at the foot of Longwang Ridge on the southwest edge of Dongdian Mountain, and is built according to Longwang Ridge. In the northeast corner of this Longwangmiao town, a new two-story small building facing due south was built in the spring, and the small building was surrounded by a wide rectangular courtyard. The landing boundary of this courtyard is well chosen, with its back to Longwang Ridge, and the left side is attached to the foot of Longwang Ridge, and some of the wide leaves of the oak trees at the foot of the mountain have reached the courtyard wall. On the south, east and west, near by, surrounded by lush weeds, in the distance, in the south, there are paddy fields in the south, and field crops such as sorghum and bud rice in the west and north. The courtyard is almost submerged in verdant in spring, summer and autumn. Between the mountains and fields, the gravel road that crosses from the mountains of Dongdian Mountain connects with Longwangmiao Town, and forks out a gravel road leading to the courtyard that is only a mile away. The courtyard is more than two meters high in blue-gray bricks, and the walls are a one-foot-long black-painted iron fence with pointed arrowheads, and fuchsia copper wires are entwined with them. From the outside of the courtyard, you can only see the small blue tiles of the small building and the light gray building wall under the small tile, and then you can't see it below, and it should be a light gray building wall, as for what the windows and doors look like and what color, people can't see and can't think of it. No one knows what this courtyard is for, or who lives in it. Only occasionally I saw a woman in her forties coming out of the courtyard to the town market to buy vegetables and daily necessities. The woman dealt with the petty traders and peddlers by hand gestures, and the people knew that she was dumb. On weekdays, because the boundary is quiet, few people walk, and occasionally a village man walks along the gravel road in the distance with a hoe, and no one has ever seen the black lacquered gate of the courtyard open. There are also those who are curious and have nothing to do for a while, deliberately put on an upright appearance and follow the not too long gravel road to the black iron gate to look and snoop into the courtyard. Humans can't hear it, but non-human creatures are likely to hear it, and before the good people can reach the gate of the courtyard, there is already a low, heart-pounding barking sound from the courtyard. In this secluded realm, this bark has an echo, and it is particularly shocking. The good man approached the gate more quietly at first glance, and in order to make the sound from the foothold smaller and lighter, his waist was also raised, and the appearance of the righteous was completely gone. When his cheek was almost on the door panel, he repeatedly patrolled the places where there might be gaps, trying to see something in the yard, Dongdong's heartbeat did not slow down, but hope turned into a complete loss, and it was in vain! Not to mention that the lookout on the gate is closed, even the joints and joints of the gate are also stubble, tightly shielded, and there is no leakage left, and nothing can be seen. It is said that standing on the top of this Dragon King Ridge should be able to see this courtyard clearly, and some people have also tried it. But this Longwang Ridge is steep, not to mention the spring, summer and autumn, even in winter, the dry oak leaves of the mountain also cover the courtyard at the foot of the mountain tightly, and nothing can be seen. Once, two teenage boys were playing in the field during the summer vacation, and saw a dark and shiny car driving along the mountain road from the direction of Dongdian Mountain, and stopped in front of the black paint gate. The two boys were netting dragonflies in the grass across the gate, and when the gate opened, the two boys were stupid there, thinking that they had seen the fairy world that their grandparents often talked about. The small building is light gray, with white doors and windows, and the cobblestone corridor leading to the small building is a patch of green, interspersed with colorful flowers.

In mid-autumn, the days are much shorter. The sun sets in the west, and the shadow of the sunset slants. In the evening, the sky began to darken, and soon it was completely dark. At this time, the sky lit up, and the stars spread a faint and cold light on the earth. Unknown birds and insects continue to sing during the day, and continue to express endless praise for the survival and work of all things. The Dongdian Mountains are empty.

It was dark for a long time, and the gate of the courtyard in the northeast corner of Longwangmiao Town opened, silently and slowly. A black sedan pulled out of the door, and the courtyard door slowly closed behind the car.

The headlights emit two bright beams of light, illuminating the road in front of the car. The car drove through the gravel road in front of the courtyard gate, turned right, and soon got on the gravel road leading to Hutou Mountain, and went straight to the northeast.

There was only one driver in the car.

It is not difficult to see that the driver is an official.

The so-called officials are the people who eat official meals and mix in the officialdom. Man is a peculiar creature, engaged in a profession for a long time, the physical appearance will show some characteristics of the person in this profession, this is what people often say. The driver looked to be in his early forties, with a thin and tough figure in the upper middle range, and a long, white face that looked calm and gentle, the result of long training and restraint. The eyes are not very large, but the fissures are long and a little thin. Compared to the eyes, the mouth is a little wide, and the corners of the mouth are habitually a little tight. The hair is thick and dark. A black and gray stand-up collar Chinese top, black and gray pants, and black leather shoes. That's right, this person is indeed an official, but this person is not an ordinary official, but a famous figure in Dongdian County.

He is Wang Chun, the magistrate of Dongdian County.