"Just stand here and don't move! I'll be right back! Do you understand?"
The thin old man huddled his hands in his sleeves and muttered to himself, unable to make out what he was saying.
Time waits for no one, so I hurried to the lake.
Since there were no street lights and it was very dark, I saw the fat old man flopping around in the lake. He didn't know how to call for help, and he was about to sink.
In my panic, I didn't bother to take off my clothes, jumped directly into the cold lake water, and swam towards him quickly.
I never thought that as soon as I got close, he would grab my neck!
I was unprepared, which caused me to choke on a large amount of water.
It took a lot of effort for the boss to break free, and then went around behind him. I supported him and swam hard to the shore.
If I were still watery two years ago, I would probably be dragged down by him to the point of drowning.
After landing on the shore, the fat old man lay on the ground and vomited several mouthfuls of lake water.
After a few more minutes, I saw some color on his originally pale face, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
Not because I have a good heart, but because I definitely can't do this.
Relevant criminal laws stipulate that it is a crime to instigate and induce others to commit suicide. If the person being instigated is a normal person with full capacity for conduct, he will be sentenced to one to three years in prison depending on the specific circumstances and the social harm caused. If the other person does not have full capacity to commit suicide, he will be sentenced to one to three years in prison.
If the offender has no behavioral capacity, such as being a fool or mentally ill, then he is called an "indirect principal offender" and will also be sentenced to a heavy sentence of more than ten years for intentional homicide.
Considering the stakes involved, I decided to rescue him. Compared to the fat old man's life, of course my life was more precious. What if the floating corpse was discovered by a hat later and found me by following the clues.
At this moment, the fat old man had recovered. He kept lying on the ground panting. I kicked him angrily and cursed: "Is the old man dead? Do you believe me when I say there is food in the water?"
What a xx!”
"Don't blame me! It's all your own fault that you're in this situation! For the sake of those acquaintances in the old martial arts association, I've done my best to spare your life!"
I don't know if he understood what I said, but he suddenly cried in the next second, with two tears in the corners of his eyes.
I took off my clothes and wring them out hard. Looking at his appearance, I sneered: "You are punished for your evil deeds! Just live like this from now on!"
Recalling that night, Liu Chuanyu put his hand on their shoulders, so I speculated that they were "patronized".
There are many types of medicines used to treat huazi. The most common ones are those that make people stupid and follow strangers unknowingly.
Many people heard stories about "tapping on the shoulder" from their parents when they were young. In fact, many of them are true. Believe me, some of the rumors are not groundless.
Liu Chuanyu said that the two of them would not be able to recover in the future, probably because her medicine was too powerful. Doctor Song had said as early as when the little fox was in coma that his junior sister was not only good at martial arts, but also proficient in the medicine of gold, stone, elixir, and incense.
Late at night, at the pier.
I called Akang, the guy who just got out of prison a few days ago, and asked him to drive over now.
After waiting on the spot for about forty minutes, Akang arrived in Ma Dachao's Pousang. I introduced him to the fat and thin old man's situation and made an explanation.
"That's all, have you remembered it all?"
Akang took a long puff of cigarette and nodded: "Brother Feng, don't worry, I've remembered everything."
"Um."
I glanced at the fat and thin old man and said again: "If something happens along the way, don't ask me for instructions. You know what to do. Go back as soon as possible. When you get to Langzhong, just throw the person at the foot of Jinping Mountain."
"That's all I have with me. Here are two thousand. You can use it for your traveling expenses."
After saying that, I patted the roof of the car hard.
Akang didn't say anything. He took the money and flicked the cigarette butt away, put the gear in gear, turned the car around and left.
I watched their car disappear from sight before I felt relieved. It was late at night and the wind was biting. My clothes and pants were wet when I fished someone out of the water. I saw a noodle shop on the side of the road with the lights on, so I opened the car door.
After locking it, I walked into the roadside store.
"Good evening, boss, is there anything to eat?" I walked into the store and rubbed my hands and asked.
"Yes, but now I'm making the noodles with tomatoes and eggs."
"Noodles are fine. I don't like rice yet. I'll give you a whole bowl, haha."
The boss wears a pair of black square-framed glasses. Judging from the thickness of the lenses, he is estimated to have a high degree of prescription. From a visual inspection, he looks to be in his mid-thirties, not tall, and has a slim build.
The pier here is not in a tourist area and there is no one at all at night. I don’t know why this small shop is still open in the middle of the night.
The noodles arrived soon, steaming hot, plentiful and chewy.
After I tasted it, I knew it was definitely handmade, and the key point is that a bowl only costs four yuan.
Watching me sucking noodles, he sat on a chair at the door of the kitchen and guarded the stove and said, "Brother, I see why your clothes are wet. Did you just get into the water?"
"Hey, don't mention it. I didn't see the path clearly just now and accidentally stepped on the ground and fell into the lake! The water was so cold that I almost froze to death. Brother, your store is open, so I wanted to come in and have some hot food.
Warm yourself up." I said casually.
"Well, why don't you take off your clothes and put them on the fire to dry them." He said to me kindly.
"No, I have strong firepower, and the clothes will be warm and dry in a while."
"By the way, brother, what time is it and you still open the door? There is no one around here at night. Can you make money?"
He smiled and said: "I can make money, but I make less money. During this period, the water sanitation team cleans up the garbage on the lake. They go to work at about three o'clock. I mainly do their business."
"So that's it." I continued to lower my head and suck the noodles.
It took ten minutes to finish the bowl of noodles, and I casually pulled out a napkin to wipe my mouth.
At this moment, I accidentally saw a large painting hanging on the wall of the kitchen of this snack bar. Due to long-term smoke and fire, the color of the paper was burnt to a burnt yellow.
I threw away the napkin, looked at it for a few seconds, turned around and asked with a frown: "Brother, this seems to be the geographical map of Chun'an County in the past, right?"
He looked up and said with a smile: "Yes, I used to paint this blindly when I had nothing to do. Now it's useless. It's just plastered on the wall."
"Did you draw this yourself??"
I was surprised because although this painting looks sloppy on the whole, it is full of details.
Almost all the mountains, rivers, towns, and bridges are depicted.
People who don’t know it may not understand it, but I have studied the local county annals of the Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty in detail, and I can see that this is not a random drawing.
The former Weiping, ports, tea gardens, various villages, as well as the famous Jinshi Archway, Zhengjie Archway, Guandi Temple, Kangwang Temple, Sansheng Temple, Xiannong Altar, as well as the Shixia Academy ruins, Yingshan Academy ruins, Tai
Ding Primary School, Chun'an Power Plant, Catholic Church, etc. are all marked.
We visited the ancient underwater Lion City before, and the copper merit box we fished out last time for collecting money was what was used in the Kangwang Temple in the city at that time.
More than 95% of the places depicted on this map have sunk to the bottom of Qiandao Lake, with only a few high-lying places unaffected.
I looked at it for a few minutes and realized that it was a geographical map of Chun'an. Because Chun'an and Sui'an were merged in 1958, and many new roads and buildings were built later, this painting must describe the customs and landforms before 1958.
This is awesome
If he was an old man in his 70s or 80s, a remnant of that era, then I would still understand.
But he was only in his thirties! These places were long gone when he was born!
"Brother, what's your surname? How do you call me?"
"My surname is Zhang, Zhang Jinqiao. Where are you, brother?"
I casually gave a pseudonym: "Oh, my last name is Xiang, Xiang Xiaocong."
"My brother's accent sounds like he's from the north, right? Are you here for tourism or business?" he asked.
I smiled and said, "Let's do some small business. It's almost the Chinese New Year. I want to sell some fish from here to my hometown and make some difference."
"Haha, I think this is a good way to go. Silver carp and herring are very cheap here, and the locals don't even eat them."
After rambling for a while, I got to the point.
First, I asked him what he did before and why he was so familiar with the terrain of Old Chun'an County. Then I asked him why he drew this map? Is it for fun or for some other purpose?
He was silent for half a minute after hearing this, and suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "I have been an art teacher for a few years, so I am okay at painting. As for you asking why I know Lao Chun'an so well, forget it, brother, there is nothing to be curious about.
It’s hard to look back on the past.”
He didn't want to say it, but I insisted on asking. My intuition told me that this matter was not simple, and maybe I could get the clues I needed from him.
I have checked a lot of information, but the information is dead and can only provide reference value.
At this moment, a fat woman wearing a hat suddenly opened the door and came in. When she came in, she shouted: "Old Zhang! I'm back! Is your face healed?"
"Why are you here just now? The food has already been prepared! This is Brother Xiang, who I just met, who came to our place to buy fish. Brother, this is my wife."
"Hello, sister-in-law! It's cold outside, hurry up and warm up by the fire!" I enthusiastically helped to pull out the chair.
His wife was very enthusiastic towards me, a stranger who suddenly appeared, and kept asking me if I was full. If not, she would personally feed me something.
"I'm full. Brother Zhang is very good at his craftsmanship." I pointed to the painting hanging on the kitchen wall and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, our brother Zhang was also a talented man before, right? You can see this painting, I can't.
What kind of art master can you choose to receive the award?"
My original intention was to be obedient and get closer! I never thought that after listening to my words, her face instantly darkened! Just now, her face was smiling, but now it was filled with dark clouds.
She suddenly said in a very excited tone: "Get out of here quickly! Get out of here! You're not welcome!"
Seeing me in a daze, she shouted angrily: "Are you going to leave? If you don't leave, I'll call the police!"
After saying that, she pushed me out and slammed the store door!
I was confused and didn't know what was going on.
What I said just now was all very obedient, so I shouldn’t have offended this woman, right? She probably didn’t recognize me within ten minutes of meeting me, so how could she be so angry at me?
Standing outside the store, through the glass, I saw a couple inside with red faces and loud arguments!
I saw this woman suddenly went into the kitchen and took down the painting from the wall. She looked like she wanted to tear it up!
Brother Zhang stretched out his hand to grab it, but failed.
This woman tore the painting into pieces with three strokes, then rubbed it hard and threw it on Brother Zhang's face.
Then she opened the store door, turned around with red eyes and said loudly: "Old Zhang! You promised me a long time ago! What a torment your family has made! Can you see how I get up early every day and work late every day just to make a few bucks?
Aren't you here? Let me tell you! If you are still thinking about that! Then let's get divorced tomorrow! We can't live like this anymore! You can live with whomever you want in the future!"
"No, honey! You misunderstood me! It's okay! This little brother is the one I just met!"
"Brother, tell me! Did we just meet?"
I nodded quickly: "Yes! We just met! Sister-in-law, did you misunderstand something?"
The woman immediately looked at me and said doubtfully: "Are you really not from his former treasure hunting team?"
"What team?" I asked confused.
She looked back at her husband and said angrily: "Treasure hunting team! What kind of treasure are you looking for!"
Brother Zhang immediately came over to coax people and said: "Okay, my wife, wasn't I young and ignorant back then, and I just loved messing around! Where can there be any treasures! I have woken up a long time ago!"
At this time, the speaker has no intention and the listener has intention