The plane set off overnight, the next day we arrived at Chiang Mai airport, just got off the plane Zhang Qiang made a phone call, waited at the airport for about half an hour, there was a silver-gray Poussin parked on the side of the road, the window rolled down, revealing a very Southeast Asian face, smiled and greeted Zhang Qiang, "Lao Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

He was in his forties, short and sturdy, with curly hair, wearing a vest and shorts, flip-flops on his feet, lazily leaning on the cushion, revealing the Buddha card of General Kunping around his neck, laughing and letting us get into the car.

Zhang Qiang made a brief introduction, saying that the person sitting in the car was his friend Sang Tong.

Sangtong is a local native of Chiang Mai, not tall, dark skin, very lean, those full eyes always bring people a shrewd and capable feeling, he first drove us to his home, a small three-story structure of the western-style building, the environment is elegant and quiet, there is a large garden at the door, and a pool is dug in the garden, there are a few big koi fish in the pool, and they are swimming happily with their tails.

Sangtong saw that I was observing the koi in the pool, so he took the initiative to laugh and said, "These koi are still given to me by Brother Yong, he used to do ornamental fish business, when he first came to Thailand, he suggested that I raise a few koi, saying that it is inevitable that I will deal with unclean things all year round in this business, and raising a few koi at the door of my house can dissolve the trouble, which is the feng shui knowledge of the Chinese, which is deeper than the Thai Buddhist card." ”

I said, "Your pool is too small, the water quality is not good, and the hair color of the koi will be affected, and why is there one less koi, did it die on the way to Thailand?" ”

Sang Tong looked at me in surprise, "Mr. Ye, you understand?" It seems that I met an expert, and Brother Yong said the same thing to me last time. ”

I smiled bitterly and told him that I had cooperated with Brother Yong in the ornamental fish business for five or six years, and had been holding goods in his hands, and then Brother Yong changed careers to accompany Zhang Qiang to sell Buddhist cards, and I also followed to become a mage, of course I understand the way of raising fish.

Sang Tong suddenly realized, "Yes, Brother Yong seems to have talked about you, but I don't have a good memory, and I'm too forgetful lately." ”

I didn't want to continue this kind of topic, so I quickly got into the topic, "Mr. Sangtong, how long did Brother Yong leave?" ”

Sang Tong pointed to the chairs and stools in the garden, and said that there was no hurry, so sit down and talk slowly.

As soon as Zhang Qiang and I sat down, Sang Tong turned his head and shouted something into the room, and soon there was a woman with dark skin and thin skin, but a good figure came out with tea, this woman has a healthy wheat complexion, in addition to slightly dark skin, her facial features are quite exquisite, and she is definitely a beauty in Thailand.

The woman carefully served us tea, bowed her head and stood aside, as if ready to be sent at any time, she looked like she was submissive, and her voice was very small, and she whispered something to Santong, which caused Santong to scold him loudly, so frightened that the woman did not know where to go.

I was amazed that this Thai woman was so beautiful, why would she be willing to be a servant in the Sangtong family?

Zhang Qiang smiled and told me that this was not a servant of the Sangtong family, but a second wife he married.

I quickly stood up and bowed, saying that my sister-in-law is good! The woman was frightened by my politeness, and hurriedly said something in Thai, and Sangthong glared at her, "The guest greets you, why are you with this expression, why don't you hurry up and thank you?" ”

As a result, this woman almost knelt down with me, but I was at a loss, so I quickly stood up with her, turned back to Sang Tong and said, "Brother, why bother, the most important thing is for the two of them to live a harmonious life, what kind of trouble are you making, why are you arguing in front of me?" ”

Zhang Qiang smiled at this time, he first asked me to leave the woman alone, and only after I sat down did he patiently explain, "Brother, you don't know, the Chinese and Thai cultures are very different, Thailand in addition to Theravada Buddhism, there are also some caste believers, the whole social atmosphere is like this, Thai women have no status, especially after marriage, it is basically equal to the husband's private property." ”

I can't help but sigh, the social atmosphere in Thailand is simply in stark contrast to the country, if this is placed in China, who do you let the old man try to treat his wife with this attitude?

Sang Tong coughed, "Brother, let's not dwell on this issue first, I already know your intentions, Brother Yong has never contacted me since he left my house a week ago, I have called many times, there has been no signal, it is possible that something has happened." ”

My heart tightened, and I hurriedly asked Sangton for details.

Sang Tong patiently explained to me, it turned out that after Liu Mei's accident last time, Brother Yong was also very anxious for my business, he booked a ticket on the same day, flew back to Thailand the next day, and contacted Sang Tong as soon as possible, and talked to Sang Tong about contacting the mage to relieve the surrender.

Sang Tong told him that there is no problem at all in Thailand, but when it comes to going abroad, it is very troublesome, most of the monks like to be quiet, and few people are willing to leave their station, let alone go abroad, the cultural background of the two countries is different, the local religion in China is very xenophobic, and it is easy to get into trouble when crossing the border.

I understand this statement, any religion is xenophobic, only believe in the gods in their hearts, just like I am a Li Wu, and I dare not casually come to Thailand to do business under the sign of Li Wu, which will cause extreme disgust among local mages, and even cause the effect of group attacks.

Sang Thong continued, "I ran with Brother Yong for three days, and in these three days, we ran almost all the more famous mage homes in Chiang Mai, but when the mage heard that he was going abroad, he refused to agree, and in the end I could only introduce a few friends to Brother Yong, so that he could go to the border between Myanmar and Thailand, or go to northern Thailand to try his luck, maybe there will be a black-clothed Azan willing to take over." ”

I said, did Brother Yong promise to go?

Sang Tong frowned and said, "Brother Yong was in a hurry at the time, I told him some taboos about dealing with Master Azan, and I don't know if he listened to it, the next day Brother Yong left, I happened to take another business at the time, I was in a hurry to go out, so I didn't ask carefully, and when I went home, Brother Yong was already gone." ”

I said, "How many of his peers' contact information have you given him, can you help us ask them about their peers and ask them if they have met a person named Brother Yong." ”

Sangton asked me to wait first, and then he picked up his mobile phone, called in front of me, and dialed five or six numbers in a row, but the results were not satisfactory, and the other party said that he had not contacted Chinese recently.

When it came to the last call, Sang Tong seemed to hesitate, frowned and put the phone down again.

I asked, "Why is there still a phone call that is not calling?" ”

Sang Tong was embarrassed, "The owner of the last phone number is called Ayi Pingdu, this guy is an old slippery head, and he has had several very unpleasant experiences with me, and I don't want to contact him if it is not necessary." ”

I hurriedly said, "Since this Ayi Pingdu has had a conflict with you, why do you still tell Brother Yong his contact information, is this to make Brother Yong boring?" ”

Sangtong was very helpless, "Brother Yong asked me to introduce a few more peers to him, I gave it in desperation, Ayi Pingdu lives in Yangon, he is Burmese, there are still hundreds of miles away from Chiang Mai, Brother Yong can't give up the near and far, contact Ayi Pingdu." ”

Zhang Qiang said in a deep voice, "Not necessarily, if the local mages in Chiang Mai are unwilling to go abroad, Brother Yong is really likely to go to Myanmar mages, after all, the inheritance of Myanmar and Laos is not rigorous, there are all kinds of mages, and there is no bottom line in doing things, so Brother Yong can only go to Myanmar in a hurry." ”