Chapter 3: The Strange Old Man
The night is dark, and the mountain rain is coming.
Chen Yusheng took out a cigarette from his trouser pocket, lit it and took a few puffs, this was his first time smoking. In the past 23 years of Chen Yusheng's life, firstly, because of his own cleanliness, and secondly, because of his special professional relationship as a soldier, he has never smoked. At this time, through the starry fireworks, Chen Yusheng felt as if there was a shadow wriggling in front of him.
"Who?" Chen Yusheng stood up lightly and asked, he could feel that this shadow would not pose any threat to him.
"Young man, can you give me a cigarette to smoke?" The voice was old and faint.
Chen Yusheng turned on the military flashlight and shone into the shadow, it was an old man with an old face and tattered clothes, judging from his face, he should be in his eighties. The old man was on crutches in his right hand and a shabby burlap bag in his left hand, probably an old man scavenging.
"Young man, is that okay?"
"Of course you can, of course you can ......" Chen Yusheng handed over the cigarette in his hand, and then quickly handed the remaining cigarette in his trouser pocket to the old man.
The old man squirmed and moved to the corner, squatted on the ground, and began to smoke a cigarette.
"Old man, ...... you" Chen Yusheng wanted to ask the old man if he needed something to eat, he felt that the old man should need it, but he was interrupted by the old man before he finished speaking.
"Young man, you don't have to ask, I don't need to eat?" The old man stood up, patted the dust off his body, and his tone began to be energetic. "I don't lack food, I don't lack money, this is the last time I came to Beishuangbanna in my life, it can be regarded as a revisit."
Chen Yusheng was shocked by the old man's words.
"What's wrong? Elderly. Chen Yusheng asked.
"Young man, look at it, this factory was once glorious, in the eighties and nineties of the last century, the annual production income could reach seven or eight million. At that time, the boss was me. It's a pity that life is impermanent, the family is in the middle, more than ten years ago, this factory was tossed by my son-in-law, the old lady is gone, the daughter is gone, and the grandson of the unscrupulous is not a tool......" The old man said a little choked and excited.
Chen Yusheng was also a little infected, and his fists were clenched.
"Your son-in-law, and your grandson......" Chen Yusheng walked to his suitcase, took out a pack of cigarettes again, handed one to the old man, lit one himself, and smoked it.
"Forget it, it's not too early, I have to rush back to Liangcheng. Thank you, young man. The old man said.
"Liangcheng? Elderly. This is Yunbei Province, you are from Linxi Province? Chen Yusheng was a little dazed.
"Yes. I want to go back to Liangcheng. I come here every year at this time, and it has made good memories of my youth, but it has also left the biggest pain of my life. It's a pity that the years are not forgiving, this must be the last time I will be here. By the way, you looked a little suspicious just now, do you have relatives and friends in Liangcheng? “
Chen Yusheng said with a smile: "It's not that I have relatives and friends, but I was originally from Liangcheng." ”
"Oh!" The old man also asked with a smile. "You work in Beishuangbanna?"
Chen Yusheng told the old man that he was retiring from the snowy region and was going back to Liangcheng, and got off the bus from Chundu to Beishuangbanna to see a friend, but the friend was no longer in Beishuangbanna. Of course, Chen Yusheng lied, and he didn't tell the old man about the interception.
"Let's go, go back to Liangcheng with me, it's not too early." The old man pulled Chen Yusheng and walked out of the factory, and the old man seemed to be very strong at this time.
Carrying their luggage, Chen Yusheng and the old man walked to the highway, where three luxurious Hongqi cars were waiting. The old man pulled Chen Yusheng into the back car quickly, and asked the driver to quickly start the car and drive to the high-speed toll station.
Chen Yusheng was confused, but he knew that this must not be a simple old man.
Entering the highway from Beishuangbanna Station, the three Hongqi cars can be described as galloping, with an average speed of more than 140 kilometers per hour. Three hours later, the car drove into Linxi Province and soon arrived at the northern suburbs of Liangcheng.
Along the way, neither the driver nor the old man spoke to him, and the atmosphere was terrible. Chen Yusheng can be described as frightened, he is wondering if he has been kidnapped: from the snowy region to the spring capital, from the spring capital of Dabeishuangbanna, it is no coincidence that he was in danger.
However, Chen Yusheng remained calm in addition to fear, and he was always thinking about how to deal with what was going to happen next.
Driving out of Liangcheng North Station, the two cars in front of them began to slow down and turn around, blocking the car where the old man and Chen Yusheng were riding side by side.
"Bump into it. Xiaowen. The old man ordered the driver.
The driver slammed on the accelerator and crashed into the middle of the two side-by-side cars, and suddenly, the airbag burst out, bounced the old man to the back seat, but the driver had nothing to do, and Chen Yusheng felt that his eyes were full of gold stars.
The driver quickly reversed the car back more than ten meters and stopped.
"Chen Yusheng, take the old man first."
With the agility of a soldier, Chen Yusheng quickly grabbed the old man's arm, pulled the car door, jumped out of the car, and ran towards the shoulder of the highway entrance.
Gunshots began to sound from behind, Chen Yusheng couldn't care so much, and took the old man to hide under the shoulder of the road first, poking his head out to see what was happening.
It turned out that several big men with five big and three thick men walked down from the two cars in front, and they were emptying their guns in the sky and deliberately making noise.
Within minutes, the sirens sounded, and more than a dozen police cars began to drive into the intersection. And the two cars somehow caught fire.
The armed police gathered and surrounded the scene.
A few minutes later, several sedans pulled out of the highway. Chen Yusheng saw that the people who got out of the car turned out to be Qiu Longyun and others.
"Chen Yusheng, let's go." The old man pulled the corner of Chen Yusheng's clothes.
"How do you know my name is Chen Yusheng? Who are you? Chen Yusheng was a little angry, and he stared at the old man's eyes with twelve points of seriousness and asked. Is this a conspiracy? ”
"My name is Ye Changhe! You're thinking too much, Yusheng. Who are the people who just came out? ”
"Ye Changhe? I don't know you at all. In the meantime, what do those people have to do with you? Chen Yusheng was even more furious, and stood up to walk out of the road and shoulder it.
Ye Changhe was very calm, and suddenly pinched Chen Yusheng's right hand with his hand: "Those people do have a relationship with me, look at it, the person standing in front wearing a police uniform is called Qiu Longyun, he is my grandson." Actually, he is not a policeman, you returned from the snowy region, didn't he do anything to you? ”
"Ye Changhe." Chen Yusheng was a little angry. "I'm sorry, old man, I'm not interested in you and your grandson, my luggage is still in your car, I have to go."
Ye Changhe's hand squeezed Chen Yusheng's hand even tighter: "You can't go, Chen Yusheng." ”
Chen Yusheng felt some faint pain in his hand.
"I see that you are old and don't want to worry about you, please let go of my hand."
"Do you think you'll be able to get out of here?" Ye Changhe said with a smile.
"You can try." Chen Yusheng replied.
"That's what I should say."
Chen Yusheng tried to shake off Ye Changhe's hand, but he felt that his wrist was getting more and more painful, and even began to become numb, and he couldn't shake it off at all.
"Young man, don't look at me 80 years old, I was only fifteen years old when I fought Little Japan, and my old man never let American GIs run ......away when I resisted US aggression and aided Korea," Ye Changhe said with a smile, a little disdainful.
"You? Old general...... I'm sorry. ”
"Don't be sorry, it's too late, I have to talk to you about something tonight."
More than 100 armed policemen took everyone away, and Chen Yusheng returned to Ye Changhe's residence with Ye Changhe.