When Zhang Guodong got up embarrassedly, Tang Qianlin took the wooden stumbling block from his hand and threw it back into the kang cave: "I really don't know how you became a policeman, and you also became a director." ”

When Tang Qianlin said this, Zhang Guodong, who had already suffered because he didn't tell the truth, was frightened, and he hurriedly stood up and saluted, and because of excessive force, he poked his hat on the ground: "Report to the chief!" I became a police officer because of my uncle's connections, and my uncle also paid for me to buy this director. ”

Chance turned his face sideways, almost laughing.

Qi Hongyun was also a little embarrassed, although his official title was not bought with money, but he used to be in the Northeast Army, desperate, and unwilling to go into the mountains to endure hardships and fight guerrillas, so he could only surrender to the enemy, so he was afraid that Tang Qianlin would target him at this time.

Tang Qianlin patted Zhang Guodong on the shoulder: "Money is really a good thing, it can make the director of waste management." ”

After speaking, Tang Qianlin walked out of the house through the crowd, Zhang Guodong stood there with an extremely ugly face, and wanted to smile reluctantly, but the smile he squeezed out was more ugly than crying.

Qian Sinian turned around and walked out of the house, walked to Tang Qianlin's side and asked, "You said that these people would come back in the evening, and now that it's getting dark, what should we do next?" ”

Tang Qianlin said: "Actually, it should have been dark a long time ago, you see, now the sun has set, but Hongtutun is still so bright, what does this mean?" It shows that there is a problem with this tunzi itself. ”

Qian Sinian was puzzled: "What do you mean?" ”

Tang Qianlin stepped forward and grabbed a handful of red clay and put it in front of Qian Sinian's eyes: "I found out before I entered the tunzi, when the sunset shines on these red clays, the red clay seems to reflect the light, illuminating the entire tunzi brightly, I want to go to the cedar twilight forest to see the poppy fields while I can still see it." ”

Qian Sinian turned around, called Zhang Guodong to lead the way, and then walked towards the direction of Shandulin with everyone.

When he walked up to the cedar twilight forest, Tang Qianlin looked at the tall cedar trees and wondered, "How can this be?" ”

Qian Sinian also raised his eyes and looked: "This is a cedar tree?" Why doesn't it look like it? ”

Li Yunfan stepped forward and looked up: "There is no such fir tree in the Northeast. ”

"The scientific name of this fir tree is bald fir tree, and it is not suitable for planting in such an environment as Northeast China." Tang Qianlin touched the trunk of the tree and said, "In the southwest region, this kind of bald fir is the majority, I used to see it when I was in Yunnan, but there should not be this kind of plant in the northeast." ”

Tang Qianlin looked at Zhang Guodong, but seeing his blank face, he didn't want to ask anything more, anyway, he didn't know anything about asking this waste.

Tang Qianlin led the way and walked slowly towards the twilight forest, and found that the red soil on the ground was very soft, stepping on it was like stepping on cotton, but his feet would not sink into the dirt, and when he lifted his feet, the soil would gradually return to its original appearance.

Walking to the center of the cedar twilight forest, Tang Qianlin finally saw the dense poppy field, the most surprising thing was that the poppies had already bloomed, and the blood-red poppies were in the center of the cedar twilight forest, like a raging fire.

Tang Qianlin approached a poppy and looked at the snow that had not yet melted on it.

Everyone behind Tang Qianlin, except for Zhang Guodong, stood there dumbfounded, because they all knew that in this season, not to mention the poppy blooming, it was impossible to even grow this plant alive.

"Interesting." Tang Qianlin looked at the poppies in front of him, "It's really amazing outside the gate, it seems that anything can happen here." ”

Qian Sinian looked at Zhang Guodong: "Zhang Guodong, only this acre of poppy fields?" ”

Zhang Guodong nodded blankly: "Yes, there is only such an acre." ”

Qian Sinian shook his head and said, "What can you do with an acre of poppy fields?" ”

When the harvest of one acre of poppy field is at its best, the yield of opium is about 50 taels, and the worst is 15 taels, and the average yield is about 20 taels. In 1933, the purchase price of opium was 2.24 yuan per tael, and this price dropped to 1.92 yuan in 1936.

(The above data source is "Fifty Years of Japan's Drug Policy of Aggression against China")

"An acre of land receives 20 taels, and at the current price, it is about 38 yuan." Li Yunfan stood there and calculated, "38 yuan, 150 people in the tunzi, how to divide it?" ”

After speaking, Li Yunfan asked Zhang Guodong again: "How did Hongtutun bribe you?" How often do you send your cousin to collect money? ”

Zhang Guodong immediately replied: "I come to collect it on the third day of the first month of every month, and I will collect 200 yuan each time." ”

Qian Sinian frowned: "According to the environment of the Northeast, planting this thing lasts for a year, and I still pay you 200 yuan every month?" Are the people of this tunzi stupid? Isn't this a loss-making deal? ”

Yi Mochen interjected beside him: "That's right, and it's a big loss." ”

Qian Sinian asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Tang Qianlin turned around and said, "What if it's not a season a year?" ”

Qian Sinian said: "What do you mean? ”

Tang Qianlin said: "In this season, these poppies are blooming, coupled with this strange red soil, plus the protection fee must be paid every month in the tunzi, which shows that this mu of poppy field is very important to the red soil tun, maybe it is their main livelihood, so this mu of poppy is not so simple." ”

As soon as Tang Qianlin finished speaking, he heard a voice coming from the depths of the cedar twilight forest in the distance, and there was also a figure shaking.

Tang Qianlin said with a gun: "Someone is coming, and there are quite a few." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd saw seven or eight villagers come out of the woods, stand in front of the poppy fields, hesitate, divide into two groups, and walk towards them, bypassing the poppy fields.

The strange thing is that those people have dull facial expressions, their eyelids drooping, and they look like they haven't woken up at all, and they also turn a blind eye to Tang Qianlin and the others.

The villagers didn't talk to each other, they didn't speak, they just kept walking at a constant pace.

Qi Hongyun stepped forward to stop a villager: "Hey, you ......"

didn't wait for Qi Hongyun to finish speaking, but the villager directly bumped into him, and then stood still and walked forward around him.

Qi Hongyun was stunned, turned to look at the others, and found that the other villagers were just going straight forward, and after hitting someone, they would bypass on their own, and it felt like hitting a tree.

A hundred or so villagers slowly weaved through the crowd, oblivious to the people in front of them, deaf to their cries, as if they had lost their souls and become walking corpses.

Tang Qianlin turned around and followed the villagers, and found that after they entered the village, they went home separately.

Tang Qianlin followed one of the four members into the courtyard, the man sat directly in the hall after entering the house, while the woman went into the kitchen to boil water and cook, and the two children squatted in the courtyard and played with stones.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, but the people in the house did not light the lights, and in the complete darkness, they lived as usual.

Seeing this scene, Qian Sinian's spies and those soldiers were overwhelmed with fright, and Qian Sinian was worried that their guns would go off, so he immediately ordered: "Take your fingers off the trigger!" Beware of accidental injuries! ”

Tang Qianlin stood there and said, "Section Chief Qian, you take them back to the village entrance first, and I'll come over later." ”

Qian Sinian asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Tang Qianlin said: "I'll take a walk around the village. ”

After speaking, Tang Qianlin took the jelly beans from Ni Xiaowan's hand: "You go back too." ”

Ni Xiaowan immediately said: "But ......"

"It's nothing, just go back if you want to go back." Tang Qianlin said almost in a commanding tone, and after speaking, he took the jelly beans and disappeared into the darkness.

Qian Sinian had no choice but to wave his hand and order the others to withdraw from Hongtutun and return to the entrance of the village.

After returning to the entrance of the village, Li Yunfan walked directly to the car, called Suna out, and said everything he had seen before. ”

Qian Sinian stepped forward and asked, "Did they become like this?" ”

Suna said: "Yes, they look exactly the same as my people back then. ”

Yi Mochen was puzzled: "This is too strange, does this nightmare flower have any divine power?" ”

Suna shook her head: "Actually, I don't know, but I can be sure of one thing, these people are actually living in dreams now, that is, they are trapped in dreams by Nightmare Flowers, maintaining a state of sleepwalking." ”

"Sleepwalking." Qian Sinian nodded, "It does sound like sleepwalking." ”

Li Yunfan asked again: "How far is your Zhenduo tribe from here?" ”

Suna said: "It's just south of Jingpo Lake, but if no one leads it, no one can find it." ”

Qian Sinian asked again: "Combined with the clues you said, all this happened because the Nightmare Flower fell into the hands of Na Qingjia?" In other words, we just need to grab Na Qingjia, take the Nightmare Flower from his hand, and everything will be solved? ”

Suna looked at Qian Sinian and said, "That's true, but the premise is that you must make sure that you don't fall asleep." ”

Li Yunfan said: "Don't fall asleep? ”

Yi Mochen understood something: "You mean, within a certain range, as long as you fall asleep, you will be controlled by the Nightmare Flower, right?" ”

Suna said: "That's right, that's what it means." ”

Qian Sinian asked, "How big is this range?" ”

Suna shook her head: "I don't know. ”

Ni Xiaowan thought of a key question: "You said, your Zhenduo clan was controlled by that Qingjia with a nightmare flower, which led to the extinction of the clan, so how did you escape?" ”

Suna said: "Because I didn't fall asleep at all." ”

Li Yunfan asked: "Why is everyone asleep, but you are not asleep." ”

Suna said: "I have always slept badly. ”

Yi Mochen shook his head: "You lie, if you weren't affected by the Nightmare Flower, why are you still 26 years old?" What the hell are you hiding? ”

Suna said: "I've finished what I should say, in short, you either find Na Qingjia in one go, or turn around and go back quickly, as if nothing has happened, in this world, whether it is a human or an animal, you have to sleep after all, within the control of the Nightmare Flower, once you close your eyes, what happens next is not up to you." ”

Qian Sinian didn't coerce Suna anymore, even if he tortured Suna, it should be useless. According to what the man said, he must put all his hopes on Tang Qianlin, so, at this moment, what is this Qianlin doing in the tunzi?