Poor people must have a hateful side, and similarly, hateful ghosts also have a pitiful side. Pity and hatefulness do not complement each other, but they can always meet unexpectedly.
Jiang Mingcheng was pitiful, but Tan Xuan and Xiao Di were not sympathetic, because his pity was caused by his hatefulness. Instead, the two of them sympathized with the female ghost Gu Xiaopan. She is still unkind when she encounters ghosts. And her stubborn mentality really makes Tan Xuan and Xiao Di admire her. Of course, they only admire her. They can't learn this even if they want to, let alone not have the opportunity.
Jiang Yingyue followed Jiang Yong back to Tongyu. Shen Zihan told Tan Xuan and Xiao Di this news, but while telling them the news, Shen Zihan also said goodbye to them.
Shen Zihan left without any love, and could even be said to be impatient. She was not interested in how Jiang Yingyue would return home and face Jiang Mingcheng's death again with the Jiang family. She just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible. Only a sad city was left for her.
"Whether they are sad or happy, whether they can accept the result or not, their affairs are over. Only we two outsiders still have things to do. Alas! This kind of effort always falls on me. Unpleasant thing."
"You're so upset, hurry up and get ready. If I can really find out the guy who framed Gu Xiaopan in the first place, I will definitely teach him a lesson."
Women have never lacked sympathy, especially for those women who are far less happy than themselves. At this time, Xiao Di is simply the embodiment of a chivalrous woman.
"knew."
Tan Xuan was just moping. After all, he had already paid a thousand yuan for a ride before he even started to go to Gu Xiaopan's hometown. The gas money for the round trip and the cost of eating and drinking together cost several thousand yuan. Money. Thinking about these expenses, Tan Xuan felt heartbroken. For him, what he spent was not only money, it was simply life.
It's said to be preparation, but in fact there is no preparation, because they don't need it. Yin Jiuhai has already given them the address, which is enough for Tan Xuan. The driver only needs to know where the destination is. It is Xiao Di who uses her connections , checked the files at that time, and found that what she found was very similar to what Yin Jiuhai said, except that after objectively describing what happened, she added some subjective judgments, and also included some relevant information. The records of civil servants. These things cannot be said to be useless to them, but they are just better than nothing.
Tan Xuan and Xiao Di set off on the road facing the morning glow. Gu Xiaopan's hometown is in Zhaoshan County, which is a subordinate district of another prefecture-level city. It is not close to Jiangzhou. Even if they set off early, it will be noon when they arrive there.
Zhaoshan County, just by hearing the name, you know that this place is inextricably linked to mountains. The county is surrounded by mountains. I don’t know who chose the location of the county in such an aggrieved place. The county is not big, and standing in the county seat From the hillside on this side, you can clearly see the houses on the other side of the county seat. The county seat is very old. Tan Xuan drove around the county seat but did not see any buildings with more than ten floors in the county seat. There were no cars on the street. There are many cars, but there are also many people riding motorcycles. Of course, more people rely on the most primitive way of travel. The road conditions on the streets are also very bad, and there is no cement visible on the cement pavement. The potholes are filled with gravel, which have been polished and rounded without edges. The traffic lights at the intersection have been broken for who knows how long. I don’t know whether they are old or damaged. Anyway, the poles are still broken. It was there, but the lamp was mutilated.
"My God, have we traveled through time?" Since entering the county, Xiao Di has been shocked by the dilapidation here. Growing up in the city, she had never seen such a scene that only appeared on nostalgic TV.
"Isn't this how it should have been in the last century? Look, there are still people riding horse-drawn carriages there..."
"Drive... drive..."
A dark-skinned man drove a carriage past Tan Xuan very well. The carriage was covered with a quilt, and a child sat on it. The child looked at Tan Xuan's carriage with gleaming eyes, just like Xiao.
When Di glanced at them, their faces were full of novelty.
Tan Xuan chuckled, "The fact that they used horse-drawn carriages means that the horse-drawn carriages are going to the market here. The road is so broken, so motor vehicles may not be more effective than horse-drawn carriages."
The two of them had something to eat in Zhaoshan County. Even though the environment here is not that good, the prices are no worse than in Jiangzhou. The two dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, cost Tan Xuan a hundred dollars, no matter the food,
Regardless of the ingredients or the taste, Tan Xuan felt that this meal was not a meal, but a loss.
After eating, the two of them continued to drive to Gu Xiaopan's hometown, Erwangzhuang, following the navigation guidance. The roads in the county town were already in bad shape, and the road out of the county town and towards the village was even worse.
The village-to-village highway that had been built for several years was completely in ruins. The bumpy road almost made Tan Xuan, who was driving, angry. As for Xiao Di, who was riding in the car, not to mention, his face was pale and his mouth was tightly closed along the way.
I was afraid that I would vomit if I couldn't hold it back for a while.
As we approached Erwangzhuang, the car stopped bumping because the road surface had changed from gravel to sand. It hadn't rained recently and the ground was still flat. Driving along the smooth two tracks, I didn't feel any bumps at all.
It's just that the speed is quite different.
Erwangzhuang Village is located at the foot of the mountain, with farmland in front and mountains in the back. The crops have already been picked up, and the farmland is bare. The height behind is not high, only about a hundred meters. There are no trees on the mountain.
There are not many, but the leaves have almost fallen. Looking around, it is completely the depression of late autumn.
Erwangzhuang Village is not big. There are several rows of houses scattered from south to north. They are said to be one row because the houses are at similar heights. Although there are no rules, they look clearly organized. There are only about ten people on each floor.
There is a large distance between each family, and each family has a large yard.
There is only one road into the village from the farmland, which leads directly to the east side of the village. There is a large open space on the east side of the village. At this time, there is a shed in the open space, and there are several large pots outside the shed. Many people are there.
There was a lot of work going on at the stove, and the shed was crowded with people, and you could hear people talking and laughing from a long distance away.
"Haha, it seems that there is something happy happening in this village today. Let's follow the same words we used on the road in a while, so as not to scare others. In this remote mountainous area, there are always unruly people who disobey the king's laws."
"I know." Xiao Di curled her lips impatiently. From the moment she left the house, Tan Xuan kept reminding her that in her opinion, it was all unnecessary. Although this place was relatively remote, she preferred to believe that the people here were simple and honest.
"If it doesn't work out, let's just stay here for a day or two. A village may not have a suicide in a few years. I found out about Gu Xiaopan as soon as I inquired about it. I'm good at this, so you can be my assistant."
That’s it.”
Tan Xuan and Xiao Di had already taken a general look at the village before entering the village. Similarly, before they entered the village, the people in the village noticed their arrival.
As soon as the car arrived at the empty lot at the end of the village, a group of people came out of the greenhouse and stopped in front of Tan Xuan's car.
"What do you do?" A red-faced person in the crowd knocked on the car window and asked loudly.
Tan Xuan pressed down the car window and couldn't help but frown, because the people outside the car smelled of alcohol, which made him a little confused.
Tan Xuan did not answer the other party's words, but asked: "Where are you here?"
"You don't know where this place is, what are you doing here? What, you got lost? You didn't find it by smelling the fragrance, right? Hahaha..."
The man burst out laughing, and the people around him also laughed.
Tan Xuan frowned slightly and closed the car window again.
"Hey, hey! What are you doing with the windows? What are you here to do?"
The man thought Tan Xuan was leaving, so he stepped forward and stuck to the car.
"what are you doing?"
When Tan Xuan was about to reprimand, Xiao Di patted Tan Xuan aside, then opened the car door and got out of the passenger seat.
"Hello, we are reporters from the provincial newspaper. There is no fixed location for this trip. We take pictures wherever we go. I don't know where we are." Xiao Di smiled and the man in front of the car explained to the onlookers around him.
road.
"ah!"
Seeing Xiao Di's appearance, the eyes of the man in front of the car immediately lit up. There was a strange gleam in his drunken eyes, but it was quickly replaced by shock.
"You, are you a reporter?" the man asked stutteringly. As he spoke, he took two steps back and kept a certain distance from the car. The number of people behind him suddenly decreased by half, and they all began to gather in the shed.
Look this way from the door.
"Of course, doesn't it look like it?" Xiao Di looked at the man with a smile and asked.
"No, no, no, like..." The man shook his head and nodded, completely different from the arrogance and domineering attitude he had when facing Tan Xuan just now, and his speech became incoherent.
"Where are the reporters?"
At this moment, a man in his fifties or sixties pushed aside the crowd blocking the door of the shed and walked out of the shed with the same red face, wearing a coat and holding a cigarette in his hand.
"Here, here it is."
The man in front of Xiao Di heard the sound and immediately ran all the way to the man, with a flattering smile on his face.
The person who just came out walked up to Xiao Di alone, looked at Xiao Di, and asked: "Are you a reporter? Where are you from?"
"Yes, I am a reporter for the provincial newspaper Charming Village. Because the agency planned to shoot some material on the construction of new rural areas, we couldn't find anything suitable for shooting. My colleagues and I kept walking around and photographing whatever we encountered.
"
Xiao Di took out something with a "Journalist Card" printed on it from his pocket and gestured with the other party, and then continued to ask: "What are you doing in your village? Why are there so many people here? Are you planning to do this?"
Do you want to eat here?”
"You're a reporter from the province." Although he didn't see what was in the ID, he could clearly see the word "reporter", especially when he saw Tan Xuan getting out of the car with a big sign hanging around his neck.
With a big camera, this person immediately believed Xiao Di's words, and his attitude immediately changed.