Chapter XXVI. Sudden change
The woman took the money, and went back with the two men, and when she unlocked the door of the silly girl, the woman went into the house, and one of the two men stood guard at the door, but her eyes kept looking in the direction of Jiamadan. The other trotted in the direction of the bamboo forest. Presumably to report the person above, in this way, that person should be not very far from here at the moment, or in the county seat of Pixian County, or in Chengdu, which is dozens of kilometers away.
So Da Mao and I can only pretend that nothing is going on, the road is not easy to walk after dark, so I don't expect that the mysterious person behind the scenes should not be able to come tonight. So I waited until almost three o'clock in the evening, which was the latest time I went back to the house after I arrived here, and at that time, Jia Ma Dan also closed the stall early, and did not talk to me and Da Mao during the whole process, so he went back to the house silently.
I said to Da Mao, it looks like the woman is going to stay with the silly girl tonight, or you will sneak to the back of the house to listen to the movement. Da Mao nodded, it was already late at night, he went around to the back of the house and returned quickly, after returning Da Mao told me that he heard the sound of snoring and a woman coughing in the silly girl's house. In this way, it is easy to guess, the snoring must have come from a silly girl, after all, the heart is wide. And the woman was coughing, presumably the woman had to wait all night tonight, which also confirmed my previous speculation, the mysterious person was not far from here, and according to the distance, he could arrive tonight, but the woman didn't know if the other party would come tonight, so she didn't dare to sleep, so she could only wait all night.
So I said to Da Mao, then let's go to bed now, and get up a little early tomorrow, I don't know what will happen. After that, I slept with Da Mao, and after resting for a few hours, we were awakened by the sound of a soft lap on the window at about nine o'clock the next morning. My body has not fully recovered, so Da Mao suddenly came to the window, which was near the window at the back of the house, Da Mao asked, who is it? A deliberately low voice came from outside and said, "It's me, open the door."
That's Kamardan. Our door is actually unlocked, but there is a creak between opening and closing. And our house is actually a few dozen meters away from Jiamadan's house, and almost a hundred meters away from the silly girl's house, but during the day it is quiet here, and the slightest sound will seem very loud. At the window at the back of the house, he said to us, "Open the door slowly, those people are still in front of the room, and I am coming from behind."
I understood what Jiama Tan meant, so I got up at once, and slowly, I opened the door with my hand, so that the sound of the door opening was a little quieter and less obvious, and then I went to the window and said to Jiamadan, the door is open, you can come in when you see the opportunity. Then I heard a slight footstep, and Jama had come around the back of the house, but he had made a little observation at the corner of the house, and then with a swift dodge, he had slipped into our house.
I asked him why you didn't sleep so late last night, why did you get up so early? Jia Ma Dan said that after thinking about it last night, we may have overlooked a possibility, and after thinking about it, he found that this possibility is still very large. I asked him what he had in mind. Jia Ma Dan said, although last night it was said that whoever wants to buy this thing must come in person, but I think that since that person is hiding so deeply, maybe he will not come in person, but will invite me over, so that your investigation will not be interrupted as well?
I was shocked, I really hadn't considered this possibility. Da Mao said, then you can tell them that trading and trading can only be carried out in this ghost market, and they can't go anywhere else. After saying that, Da Mao himself stopped talking, and found that he seemed very stupid when he said this. Jia Ma Dan said, with this person's strength, even if he robs me openly, he can't help him, but I said last night that whoever is the buyer's ghost will recognize whomever he is, I guess they really believe it.
I didn't speak, I kept thinking about what we should do if this happened, and at the moment, especially when Jama himself came to say it, it seemed very likely. After thinking for a while, I said to Jia Ma Dan, in this case, I will now take advantage of the fact that the other party has not yet come, first go to find a place outside the bamboo forest to hide and wait, if they want to come in, whether that person comes in person or finds a group of people to take you away, their entrance and exit are always this bamboo forest, because these days, they are all coming in and out from here.
Jiama nodded, but he didn't know what I wanted to go out and hide for. I told him that if the pomp and circumstance were very large, it meant that the mysterious man himself had come, and if I found a chance to sneak in, you should delay as much time as possible, saying that this transaction would take place at night, and that this place had its rules, and since people came, they didn't care about waiting for half a day. But if someone comes to take you away, then I will follow you all the way from the moment you come out, according to my speculation, that person's current location will not be far away from us, and it is very likely that it is in the county seat of Pixian.
Jia Ma Dan nodded, then frowned and asked me, what if people come by car and not in Pi County? I told Jiama Dan, then according to the rules, you take the money and sell it to that person, but you have to promise me, and then you have to think of a way to inform us, and then we can continue to investigate, and then you can do whatever you want with the money!
Da Mao said a little anxiously on the side, Brother Shankong, what about me? Why am I staying here when you're out? I said you stay and observe, and if the other party comes in person and is willing to wait until evening, you should come out of the forest at once and tell me that the entrance must be visible from the place where I am hiding, and I will come to meet you when I see you. If the other party captures Jia Ma Dan, you will find an opportunity to follow out, won't you be blinded by things? Just let them take a detour in the woods and delay as long as possible.
The three of us got together, and quickly discussed the countermeasures, and after some comparison, we found that this is probably the safest way at present, and all I have to pray for is that the mysterious person is really in Pixian County and not somewhere else, otherwise, I have to find it, but it is really difficult.
So I packed up my things, and let Jia Ma Dan sneak to the back of the house first, and I followed him out and walked down the long street towards the small bamboo forest. When I passed by the silly girl's house, the man who was guarding me squinted at me a few times, but I ignored him, and I saw that the lock on the door was not locked, which meant that the woman was still in the room. I didn't care too much, quickened my pace, and walked around the bamboo forest.
The bamboo forest is leaning on a piece of farmland, with a small ditch on one side and farmland on the other. And if you walk along the river beach, you will be able to climb to the earthen bridge. From the deck of the earthen bridge, you can see the entrance to the bamboo forest, and if the other party wants to come, it must be from here. So I walked to the top of the earthen bridge, bought a straw hat from a local for five cents, which I had worn for I don't know how many years, and had been sweaty and greasy, and put it on my head, while I myself stood on a high ladder behind the earthen bridge, and sat there waiting. It was already noon, and when I came out, I forgot to take the steamed buns, and if I went to the market to buy them, I was afraid that I would miss those people, so I had to endure it.
After waiting for about an hour, there were about seven or eight people on the bridge, dressed in different heights, but all of them looked in good spirits, and one of them was the same guard I had seen at the door of the silly girl a few days earlier. I immediately perked up my spirits, and there didn't seem to be any of the seven or eight people who were particularly outstanding, which meant that they were all of the same position, and that these people had not come by car, but on foot, which meant that my suspicion was correct, and that the man was not far from here. I saw three of them go down from the earthen bridge to the river beach and walk towards the bamboo forest, while the rest of the people were waiting on the bridge deck. I was only needed to get to the head of the earthen bridge by just a row of stairs, so it was perfect for observation.
After about two hours, I saw someone come out of the bamboo forest, one of them was really Jia Ma Dan, and Jia Ma Dan was carrying a bag and a bamboo basket with radishes, it was not difficult to guess that the other party was asking him to pack up his things and take everything away, which meant that Jia Ma Dan left the bamboo forest this time and would never come back.
Among those people were the three who had entered, as well as the woman and the man who had been at the door of the silly girl. But I didn't see the figure of the silly girl, everyone was there, indicating that the silly girl is still in the ghost market, and it is more likely that she is locked in the house.
There is a distance from the bamboo forest to the earth bridge, until these people took Jia Ma Dan to the earth bridge, but I still couldn't see Da Mao appear on the edge of the bamboo forest, I was a little anxious, and this group of people did not bet on this Jia Ma Dan to go, but a little respectful, Jia Ma Dan's dress formed a strong contrast with them, at this moment, it seems that he is more like an important guest, surrounded by a group of bodyguards.
Seeing them crossing the earthen bridge and heading in the direction of the county seat, I looked anxiously at the bamboo forest again, and there was still no figure of Da Mao, so I thought to myself, I can't wait, I have to follow, what is the situation when I turn back, I will talk to Da Mao again.