Chapter Eighty-Three: The Poppy Field (Part II)
Tang Qianlin walked in the pitch-black tunzi, and the jelly beans in his arms seemed very quiet, which also made him feel at ease. Because cats are particularly sensitive animals, they will immediately sense any movement around them.
Jelly Bean's silence made him realize that there should be nothing else in this tun, and these people who are sleepwalking should not pose any threat to people.
After walking for a while, Jelly Bean suddenly meowed, he put Jelly Bean on the ground, touched his head and said, "Go, take me to find him." ”
Jelly Beans sniffed on the ground, then shook their butts to lead the way in front, and soon led Tang Qianlin to a relatively dilapidated house.
Jelly Bean stood up and scratched the door with his paws, signaling that the person Tang Qianlin was looking for was inside.
Who is Tang Qianlin looking for?
Before, in the twilight forest, when those villagers shuttled past Tang Qianlin and the others, Tang Qianlin found that one of them was very strange, and the rest of the people only adjusted their direction to go around after hitting someone, but this person was the only one who adjusted his direction three meters away from him, not to mention, but also glanced at himself.
At that time, Tang Qianlin was sure that this person was different from the others, so the moment that person passed by, Tang Qianlin sprinkled the powder of the dry land lotus on his body, so that he could let the jelly beans look for the smell and find this person without difficulty.
At the same time, he had to avoid Qian Sinian and the others and find out what was going on here first, because at this time, Tang Qianlin didn't believe anyone except himself, including Li Yunfan and Yi Mochen.
Tang Qianlin raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Open the door, I'm here to help you, I know that you are different from others, you are pretending to be the same as them." ”
No one in the room spoke, and Tang Qianlin said again: "You should know that this door can't stop me, you open the door by yourself and I kick the door open, it is completely two results for you." ”
As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of the latch being lifted from inside the door, and after the door was opened, Tang Qianlin pushed the door in, looking at the man who had glanced at him in the afternoon and shrunk in the corner tremblingly, still holding an axe in his hand.
Tang Qianlin turned on the flashlight and shone it on the man, and the man raised his hand to block the light.
The man's suit was not only dirty, but also scratched everywhere.
Tang Qianlin said: "Put your hand down." ”
The man put his hand down in fear, Tang Qianlin glanced at his face, and then moved the flashlight away, shining on the dilapidated room with almost no complete objects.
The man stared at Tang Qianlin: "You, you, you are a policeman?" ”
Tang Qianlin asked, "You haven't slept for a few days?" ”
The man with thick dark circles under his eyes was full of tiredness, and even if he was strong, his mental state and the expression on his face could not deceive anyone.
The man still asked, "Are you a police officer?" ”
Tang Qianlin looked directly at the man and said, "I'm from the Security Bureau, what's your name?" Who is it? ”
The man said: "My name is Xie Bai'an, I am not from here, I am from outsider." ”
Tang Qianlin asked: "Outsiders?" Where? ”
Xie Baian said: "I am from the tun next door, and I came to collect sorghum rice." ”
Tang Qianlin said: "What month is it now?" What kind of sorghum rice are you harvesting in March? And with your accent, it really doesn't sound like you're from the Northeast, you should be from Sichuan. ”
Xie Bai'an was stunned: "Yes, I am from Sichuan, and I am the son-in-law ......."
Tang Qianlin closed the door: "Even if you are telling the truth, a person who came to harvest sorghum came to Hongtutun and found that things were so strange here, his first reaction should be to run, and if he has a little conscience, he will go to the police, but you are mixed with this group of people, what is the reason?" ”
Xie Bai'an couldn't answer, and he was indeed so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes.
Tang Qianlin said: "Let me answer for you, you are a person in this tunzi, in the past, your popularity in the tunzi was not good, everyone looked down on you, you left the tunzi in order to fight for breath, and after you left, the people in the tunzi divided all the things in your house, and you came back this time because you had money in your pocket, and you wanted to show off to those who once looked down on you, but you found that the people in the village seemed to be evil, you originally wanted to run, but for the sake of the woman you loved, so you decided to take the risk to find out what was going on." ”
Xie Baian looked at Tang Qianlin dumbfounded, he didn't know what the man in front of him was doing, how could he know his own business?
Tang Qianlin sat down and said, "I said, don't be afraid, I'm here to help you." ”
Xie Bai'an asked, "You, how did you know what you just said?" ”
Tang Qianlin said: "First, your room is the most dilapidated in the whole tunzi, and the house is in tatters, and after you came back, you hid in this room, which proves that this is your home, and you haven't been home for a long time; Second, the suit you are wearing, which at first glance is very expensive, and it is completely different from what the rest of the village wears, which is enough to prove that you are the one who came back from outside; Third, the reason why I said that you have a bad relationship with the people in the tunzi is also because of this dilapidated house, if you have a good relationship with them, the people in the tunzi will come to clean the house for you if they are fine. ”
After hearing this, Xie Baian swallowed his saliva: "Then how do you know that I have a woman I like?" ”
Tang Qianlin said: "As I said just now, you don't have a good relationship with the people in Tunzi, and seeing them become like this, maybe you will feel deserved in your heart." It stands to reason that you could have walked away, but you stayed and blended in, and there was only one reason why you could do it, and that was that there were people in the tun that you cared about very much. ”
Xie Baian defended: "I am for my father and my mother. ”
Tang Qianlin said: "If you have a father and mother, your house will not become like this, so you must be for the woman you like." ”
Xie Bai'an was completely convinced this time, he shrank in the corner, rubbed his eyes vigorously and said: "Brother, I see that you are also a capable person, I advise you, let's leave quickly, the things here are very evil, you go overnight, don't sleep here, once you fall asleep in the tunzi, it will be over." ”
Tang Qianlin took out a pill, squatted down and handed it to Xie Bai'an: "Holding it in your mouth can make your mind clear temporarily, at least it will keep you from falling asleep for an hour." ”
Xie Bai'an hesitated, looked at the pill, and then looked at Tang Qianlin.
Tang Qianlin stuffed the pill into his hand: "I won't harm you, what I want to do to you, I don't need to poison you." ”
Xie Bai'an was really sleepy, but he didn't dare to fall asleep, so he had to put the medicine in his mouth, and soon after putting it in his mouth, the cool feeling rushed to the top of his head, and he suddenly felt a lot more sober.
Xie Bai'an slowly stood up and asked, "What kind of medicine is this?" ”
Tang Qianlin said: "Anyway, it's not poison, now, tell me everything you know, and then I will find a way to help you." ”
Xie Bai'an sat down, took out a cigarette and lit it, took two puffs, and then said: "I am not a local, I am originally from Sichuan, and when I was seventeen years old, I followed my father and mother to Guanwai to make a living, and my father and mother died of illness on the road......
After Xie Bai'an's father died, he wandered around alone, ate the last meal and did not eat, and when he was seriously ill, he met an old man, who claimed to be Kun Ye, and was also from Sichuan.
Kun Ye led Xie Bai'an to Hongtutun and told Xie Bai'an that he had come to seek refuge with relatives, because some relatives said that he could make a fortune in Hongtutun, and Kun Ye was originally at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan, and he made a living by growing opium poppies.
After arriving in the tunzi, Xie Baian found that the sorghum was planted for fishing on the surface, but in fact opium was secretly grown, which made Xie Baian angry.
The reason why Xie Baian hates opium so much is because his father lost his family because of opium smoking, and in order to escape debts, the family fled to Guanwai, causing his mother to die of illness on the road, and his father finally died because of his weak body.
Tang Qianlin heard this: "This is the main reason why you don't agree with the other people in the tunzi, right?" ”
Xie Bai'an said: "Yes, I tried to set fire to the poppy field, I tried twice, I failed, and the third time, I succeeded." ”
Tang Qianlin said: "You directly set fire to the poppy field?" ”
Xie Bai'an said: "Yes, I prepared some fire oil, originally thinking about how much I could burn, who knows, as soon as the fire went down, the entire poppy field burned, and I found that what I lit did not seem to be poppy fields, but the kind of red soil on the ground!" ”
Tang Qianlin frowned: "Red clay will burn?" ”
Xie Bai'an said: "Yes, the red clay will burn......
Xie Bai'an was a little distracted when he said this, and the scene of that day appeared in front of his eyes - he stood on the edge of the field, staring at the burning poppy field in amazement, and then was directly pressed to the ground by the villagers who rushed to the ground.
The angry Kun Ye held a hammer, walked up to Xie Bai'an, angrily scolded Xie Bai'an for being ungrateful, and said that he was about to use the hammer to destroy his hands, just when Kun Ye was about to start, a voice stopped him: "Let him go, bring him to the warehouse." ”
Hearing this, Kun Ye put down the hammer and asked the villagers to escort Xie Bai'an to the warehouse dedicated to storing opium in Tunzi.
The man who stopped Kun Ye from doing it motioned for everyone else to go out, leaving Xie Bai'an alone.
When the lights in the warehouse turned on, Xie Bai'an realized that the person in front of him was actually the real owner of this tunzi, known as Na Weizheng, the prince.
Tang Qianlin heard this: "You mean, the real owner of this tunzi is Na Weizheng?" ”
Xie Bai'an said: "That's right, you don't believe you can check, ten years ago, there was no tun in this place at all, only a piece of red soil, and the red clay tun was built by Na Weizheng." ”
Tang Qianlin thought for a while and said, "Then why did Wei Zheng let you go?" ”
"Na Wei Zheng doesn't trust the people in the tunzi." Xie Baian shook his head and said, "This person is very strange, he doesn't hide his thoughts, terrible, selfish, he doesn't hide it, how can I say it, he is like a fisherman, he uses his own desires and selfishness as bait to lure others to take the bait." ”
Tang Qianlin shook his head: "I don't quite understand what you mean." ”
Xie Bai'an said: "I don't know how to describe it, in short, Na Weizheng's words are very convincing, he will arouse the most terrible desires in your heart, and use your desires to reach an agreement with him." ”
Tang Qianlin seemed to understand something, it seems that he had analyzed it correctly before, the relationship between Qingjia and Suna is not so simple, all of this is directly related to the one in Mudanjiang.