At this point, I didn't know what I had just missed, and after smoking, I had cleared my mind, and although I was a little reluctant, it seemed that I could only go down the path arranged by the blind bear.

Reaching out to stop a taxi, I recalled the content of the text message and said to the driver: "Go to the old town, the house at No. 6 Wicker Lane, Elm Street." ”

The driver's eldest brother was smoking, and when he heard the address, he almost choked to death, coughed a few times and glared back at me: "What about your kid coughing with me?" Wicker Alley has been demolished for more than half a month, what are you going to do? Picking up bricks? ”

"Demolished?" I was stunned when I heard it, I was still in Dongqing City half a month ago, I really didn't know that there was such a thing, could it be that the blind bear was playing me?

After thinking about it, it was unlikely, whether the blind bear had malicious intentions or not, he told me that this address must have some kind of purpose, and maybe even some arrangement was made here, so it was impossible for him not to know the news of the demolition of Wicker Alley, which meant that this address was still valuable.

Thinking of this, I directly drew a red ticket and handed it to the driver: "I'll give you the money, you can drive, why do you care so much?" ”

This distance is not very far, and it is only twenty or thirty yuan for a normal taxi, so the driver's eldest brother was immediately happy when he saw the red ticket, and took the money and raised his head: "Yes!" Rich don't make bastards! You close your eyes for a while, and I'll call you! ”

I said yes but didn't sleep, but fiddled with my phone in the back seat, first sent a text message to Zhang Touer to ask him about the situation over there, and was relieved to learn that I had regained control of the whereabouts of the bear blind man, and my intuition told me that what the bear blind man was in a hurry to do must not be a good thing, and at least no one would die if there was a patrol team staring at him.

After that, I called Kiko, and learned that Hao Jian's condition had stabilized, and he had just been taken to the hospital a few minutes ago, I asked the name of the hospital for her to take good care of, and after hanging up the phone, I looked out the window and found that I had arrived in the old town, and the driver was turning into an alley, but I remembered that I should go straight to Wicker Alley.

If there is a taxi for me to detour, I will definitely not even mention it, but I don't know if I have been deceived too many times recently, when I found myself being fooled, a nameless fire suddenly broke out in my heart, and I directly patted the back of the driver's seat and asked coldly: "Master, I'm a local, you are not right on this road, right?" ”

"Wicker Alley was demolished as a whole, and the front was all sealed." The driver replied casually, and suddenly felt that something was wrong and looked at me in the rearview mirror: "You don't think I'm giving you a detour, right?" You've given dozens of dollars more, and it's too late for me to send you to pick up other jobs, how can I give you a detour again? ”

I pondered as if this was the case, and suddenly felt a little guilty, and coughed twice to hide the embarrassment: "No, no, I just asked casually, and I thought I remembered it wrong!" ”

"It's good if you don't," the driver put his mind at ease, turned around and said casually: "I never do this kind of lack of morality, don't say that you are a local, even if you are a foreigner in my car, I will send it as soon as possible, and if you have that time, you can do a few more trips of work, not more than making a few dollars by detouring?" ”

I was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, so I could only say casually: "As soon as I hear this, I know that you are an understanding person, how long will it take for us to arrive?" I'm in a bit of a hurry? ”

"It's here!" The driver said and parked the car on the side of the road with a foot of the brake, and pointed to a very shabby restaurant on the side of the road through the window: "The Wicker Alley is blocked and the car can't get in, but the back door of this shop can pass, you go out and walk forward for 200 meters, and then turn east to Wicker Alley, otherwise I have to go around for you from the suburbs, in that case a hundred yuan is not enough." ”

"Then I'd better walk around by myself!"

I agreed to get out of the car in a hurry, and walked into the hotel according to the taxi driver's guidance, the environment inside was more dilapidated than the door outside, although it was very clean, but it was still empty without a guest, and before I found where the back door was, there was a middle-aged couple rubbing their hands to greet them: "What do you want to eat?" ”

I was about to say that I didn't come to dinner, but when I saw the hopeful expressions on the faces of the two of them, I swallowed back the words that came to my lips, and squeezed out a smile and replied, "What are your specialties here?" Just take two or three of them! ”

The middle-aged man said yes and was about to go to the kitchen, but the woman suddenly grabbed him and looked at me: "Young man, do you have any friends who want to come?" ”

"No, it's just me." I shook my head and replied.

"Then I'll give you the same, we have a lot of food, and you may not be able to finish it alone!" The middle-aged woman smiled kindly, and her kind attitude suddenly reminded me of my mother, and when I think about it, it seems that I haven't been home for dinner with my parents for a long time.

"Let's go home tonight if we have nothing to do!" I secretly made a decision in my heart, picked a window seat and sat down, and said to the middle-aged couple: "Then let's do the same!" I love meat! Just look at it! ”

"Okay!" The middle-aged man walked to the kitchen as he spoke, and the woman took out a bunch of melon seeds, fruits and other things and put them on the table as if she were juggling: "You eat first, I'll cook quickly, and I'll have it in a while!" ”

"Don't be busy, I guess I won't be able to eat after eating these things!" I smiled shyly, and suddenly asked tentatively: "By the way, eldest sister, I heard that Wicker Lane has been demolished as a whole?" Have any strange people been around these days? ”

"Strange person......" The middle-aged woman frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, she suddenly remembered something and said "eh": "A strange person did come a few days ago, we are a restaurant, but he entered the door without mentioning the matter of eating, and went out through the back door after walking through the hall, and there is a long scar on his face, which is scary!" ”

I hurriedly asked, "Is that person not tall and looks quite stocky?" ”

"Alas, yes, yes! What's up? Do you know him? The middle-aged woman showed a puzzled expression, and I hurriedly waved my hand and said, "I don't know each other, but I have seen it once on the street before, and you also know that I can't forget it once I saw it like that in my life!" ”

"Who wouldn't say it, that scar is really scary," the middle-aged woman nodded in agreement without much thought, and then showed a regretful expression: "Actually, that person looks okay, he looks quite honest, but unfortunately he was ruined on that scar!" ”

My brain twitched and he smiled: "Eldest sister, aren't you afraid that your eldest brother will be jealous when you say this?" ”

"You lad! It's not too old, and it's a lot! The middle-aged woman smiled and explained, "Your eldest brother told me this!" That man looks so scary, I don't dare to look at it, just notice that he is carrying that thing, square like a fire box, do you say this good man has carried a fire box around? ”

I heard this heartache, the fire box refers to the small coffin, used to hold the ashes and bones of the cremated corpse, in fact, in Yungang, the urn or the urn are generally used, and only a few people use the fire box, the bear blind man carried this thing to Wicker Lane, could it be that he left me a box of ashes?