I followed the group from a distance, and although he was dressed in tatters, he walked proudly all the way. Although I don't know why Da Mao hasn't caught up yet, I guess something must have happened to delay it. But Jia Ma Dan knew that I was hiding nearby, and even though he was walking all the way without looking back, he must have known that I was following far behind.

There is a three-way intersection behind the earthen bridge, and when we first came from Pixian, we took a road on the left, but at this moment this group is taking Jia Ma Dan towards the right road. It's not a county seat, it's a rural area. In this way, the mysterious person behind the scenes found a place closer to the ghost city to hide temporarily, and it is estimated that he has been hiding here for a long time. At that time, there were very few vehicles, and most people were walking, but fortunately, I wore a straw hat and had not changed my clothes for a long time, so I looked no different from those ordinary people who passed by, and because of this, I did not attract the attention of others.

I walked like this for about 20 minutes, and calculated my position at the moment, which happened to be on the other side of the small ditch in the bamboo forest outside the Sanchuan Ghost City. At this moment, the men took Jiama Dan and turned towards a path. I waited until they had gone a little farther and came to the edge of the path. This is one of the few times I've stalked someone, and the feeling of not wanting to be found out is amazing and makes me nervous. Standing at the intersection and looking at the past, as far as the eye can see, except for a few rotten houses, the rest is farmland, and at the end of this path in the distance, there is a place that looks like a large yard and playground, with a high flagpole and a five-star red flag.

Generally speaking, such a place is not a primary or secondary school, but a commune brigade or something, because although the four masterminds fell that year, some remnants have not been completely eradicated, and schools have not resumed classes on a large scale. So I concluded that the mysterious man was temporarily living in this place, probably as his "headquarters".

I walked evasively, but I didn't dare to go any closer than a few steps, for there were two other people standing in front of the gate of the large courtyard, as if they were guarding the door. After meeting with Jiamatan and his party, the woman and one of the men walked into the courtyard with Jiamadan, while the rest of the people were all gathered at the gate, as if they were talking to each other, but judging from the somewhat elated look, it seemed to say, "I have finally found that thing, and now we don't have to suffer in this remote place."

I didn't dare to come near because when I could see these people clearly, they could see me. Although I wore a straw hat that covered half of my face and the rest of my beard, this empty path still aroused suspicion. So I slowly walked back and forth from the dilapidated houses, intending to find another way to get closer.

But when I stood on the main road and looked around, there was all farmland near the big yard, and although it was not endless, there was nothing to hide. Unless I can go around the back of that large yard, I will have a chance to get close to the fence of the yard. It's not impossible, but then I'll go around a long way in a big circle, and I can't be sure how much time I'll lose, in case when I'm going around, Jia Ma Dan has already sold the ghost to the other party, and I miss Jia Ma Dan's way back, then the rest will have to get close to the investigation, but it will be very difficult.

When I thought of this, I was helpless, as if there was no other way but to look at the silly wait. After standing stupidly for a few minutes, I looked in the direction of the large courtyard again, and found that the men were still there, talking and smoking together, and they seemed to be in a high mood. Based on what I have learned and what I have observed, there is no doubt that this group of people is from a military background, and I may only be inferior to any of them, let alone so many people. So I decided to take a risk, and without confronting these people head-on, I went down from the side of the road into the farmland, and followed the ridge of the field, and approached the big yard crookedly.

I have been in the countryside for a few years, and there is no difficulty in walking the fields, but the difficulty is not to arouse the alarm of the other party when walking. I followed the ridge in the direction of the compound, and I knew that the group had spotted me when I had walked into the field, but probably because I had hidden it better, they thought I was a passing peasant, and did not do anything to me, but glanced in my direction from time to time.

Soon I was near the big yard, but now I chose a way away from them, so that they thought I was just going into the distance. I zigzagged around the side of the great courtyard, where the wall blocked the crowd guarding the gate. Ignoring the dirt on my feet, I jumped into the field and returned to the fence with mud.

I just shook the mud off my legs a few times so that I didn't make too much noise, but the shoes were still filled with soft sludge, sticky through my socks and into my toes, which felt cold and very uncomfortable. But I didn't pay much attention to it, and looked up at the top of the wall around me. It was on the shorter side of a large rectangular courtyard, the edge of the fence was about two meters above the ground, and it was covered with bricks and covered with moss, so that if I ran a few steps and stepped on the wall, I would still be able to jump up and grab the edge of the wall, but it would probably make a little noise and attract the attention of the group around the corner. So I'm going to find something to put on my feet so that I can get taller, so that it will be much easier to climb.

However, it was not so easy to find some bricks and stones on all sides, mainly muddy ground, so I went around the back side of the yard and found a few broken bricks under the wall, and stacked them on top of each other, so that they had increased the height of the ground by about a third of a meter. I calculated that I would be able to grab the edge of the fence as long as I stepped on it without falling, with one foot on the ground and a slight jump. I shouted lucky, so I tried it with my foot a few times to see if the bricks I had put together would collapse, then I threw my satchel behind me and jumped on it.

The moss on the top was still a little slippery, but since it was only a thin layer, I climbed the top of the wall with both hands, and slowly lifted my body up, even though it took some effort. I didn't dare to climb over directly, because I didn't know the situation in the courtyard, and if there were people guarding the courtyard, I would be caught when I went in. So I put my weight on my hands, put my head over the wall, and looked inside, so that I could see the layout of the whole courtyard.

This is supposed to be a small school, because there is a basketball court in the middle of the yard, but the court floor is potholed, as if the soil has been tamped. On the far side of the basketball court, there are several rudimentary horizontal bars and parallel bars, as well as two iron pillars for pole climbing. Beneath the side of the fence near where I was climbing was a grassy clearing, but from the shape of the ground there seemed to be a bunker that seemed to be used for the long jump, and on the side were a few trees that had been cut off at the waist, and from my point of view the rings of the broken face were in front of me. I calculated at once, and when I got in, if I jumped straight down, it might be very noisy, and it seemed that I would have to step on the stump.

On either side of the long courtyard was the gate, and I could see through the gap in the gate several figures standing there, the men who had been guarding the door. On the other side, there are about four or five small bungalows side by side, each with a small window and a door, which looks like a classroom in a rural primary school.

I had to find a way to get in without being discovered, because the doors of the classrooms were closed, and I couldn't guess which room the mysterious man was in, and I thought to myself that after Jia Ma Dan sold this female ghost, people would probably not keep him anymore, so they would naturally send someone to send him out, and after the people were transferred to leave, the guards here would be relatively lax, and at that time, it was the best time for me to climb over the wall and go in.

So I slid down the wall, rested against the wall, and slowly moved my body around the corner so I could hear the crowd. The group of people was still chatting to themselves, and the accent sounded mainly Sichuanese, but there was still some dialect feeling. I didn't understand a word about the chat, after all, they were almost ten meters apart, and they seemed to be deliberately lowering their voices, as if they didn't want to make noise and were talking about things in the room.

Strangely enough, after the woman went in with Jiamadan, she never came out again, and I could neither see nor hear clearly, so I could only wait silently, so that I would not even dare to smoke a cigarette so that I would not make any noise, and who knew that when it was almost dark.

It was then that I heard a creak, the sound of one of the doors of one of the classrooms opening, and I leaned down and, in a position almost lying on the floor, stole my face sideways out of the corner. I saw that the people guarding the door heard the sound of the door opening, and quickly stopped talking, and their standing posture became much more regular, and they all looked in the direction of the courtyard. At this time, I heard a woman's voice say, "You three, help me send this master to the county town until you come back after sending him to the car."

There is no doubt that the "master" in the woman's mouth is Jia Ma Dan.