I have never heard of the Fatai Temple that Jin Pingmei mentioned. It was an ancient temple that had been destroyed by war for many years. There was no need or significance to repair or rebuild, so only the vague outline of the building was left there.
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"Fatai Temple..." I said, "Then what?"
"I remembered a person." Jin Pingmei raised her head slightly, motionless, seeming to be recalling some past events: "He once encountered the incident in the first half of the Likaner incident. I remember it very clearly. It should have been a few years ago.
OK, but everything is like what happened just now, as long as I close my eyes, I will think of what he looked like at that time."
"Then what?"
"Then, he died." I had never heard of the person Jin Pingmei was talking about, but I could see that this person had a very profound influence on Jin Pingmei. When he mentioned this, his eyes closed.
"I watched helplessly as he was buried bit by bit in the sand, and in the end not even a single relic was left behind when he died..."
He told me intermittently, and the story seemed to have a strong appeal, making me gradually feel depressed and sad as Jin Pingmei told it. I could feel what the person he was talking about was like, and I also
I can think of the scene when they parted and died. I envy Jin Pingmei very much. He has so many friends who can live and die together. What he has is exactly what I lack most.
"Things are over, and you understand now. It's not that I knew anything and hid it from you. It's just that I couldn't control my emotions. When I mention those things, I will think of my past friends." Jin Pingmei wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "All of them.
It’s over.”
"Well, it's over."
The person Jin Pingmei talked about has become a thing of the past. I have a kind of respect for this person I have never met. I hope that everything is well for him in another world.[
The next day, we left here in a hurry. The little gangster might still be here. Anyway, it was a bit inappropriate to stay in the same place with him, so we left quietly. Without any stop in the middle, we rushed directly to
Likaner, that place has not changed much because of what happened more than ten years ago. People who should farm are still farming, and people who should be herding sheep are still herding sheep. When we arrived there, the Spring Festival was only a few days away.
There is only a very small village near Likaner. As long as you look in the right direction, you will not find the wrong one. As we discussed before, we will try to find the parties involved in the incident and finalize the situation that can be explored.
Decide on the next plan. But I am a little worried. The living conditions here are so difficult. Can the old sheep herders more than ten years ago survive to this day?
The information we got was not recorded in the real file, so we only know the name of the person involved. The weather was a bit ridiculously cold. Although there was no snow, the wind blew the cold air like a knife. The village was very quiet, and everyone was hiding.
In the house, preparations for the New Year had already begun. We tidied up, put away our things, then walked to the village and knocked on a house's door.
For our group of uninvited guests, the owner of the house seemed very surprised and surprised. His tone of voice was a little trembling and quite uneasy. We just said that we were passing by and our car broke down. We would repair it when the weather is better and we came here to ask for some money.
Hot water to drink. The owner of the house gradually relaxed and let us into the house.
Li Fusheng drank water and chatted with the host. He was very good at dealing with such people and quickly became familiar with him. After chatting for about half an hour, Li Fusheng pretended to be serious and mentioned the Likaner incident that year.
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The master didn’t have such complicated thoughts and was not sensitive to this topic at all. When he heard Li Fusheng mention this, he was slightly excited. It was probably the most public appearance in their village in thousands of years. The master talked about some things from that year.
, but he was not a party involved, he just joined in the fun with everyone, and what he said cannot be regarded as real information. Then, we asked if the sheepherder from back then was still there.
"That's the old Gayang man." The host pointed and said, "He lives over there and is deaf."
The person involved is still alive! We looked at each other and felt very excited. According to the owner, the old Gayang man did not change much after that incident. He came back and continued to herd sheep for almost ten years until his health became stronger in the past two years.
I couldn't hold it any longer, so I just stayed at home.
We got the information, sat there for a while, and then immediately set off and ran to Gayang Old Man’s house. The people here were relatively easy to talk to, so we made up a reason and met Gayang Old Man’s son first, who was in his forties.
A middle-aged man who has been running for a living all year round, he looks a bit old. After meeting his son, the old Gayang man also appeared. The old man's ears were a bit deaf, but he was still in good spirits.
When it comes to what happened back then, the old Gayang man still has fresh memories, but he is naturally a bit dull and uneducated, so his description of the experience at that time is messy. In addition, he has a deaf ear, which makes communication very problematic. It took a long time.
, and with his son’s explanation, we roughly figured out the situation at that time.
In fact, the situation is not complicated at all. The Gayang old man went to find sheep and walked for more than ten miles in one breath. According to what he said, I secretly measured that the place where the Gayang old man's incident happened seemed to be in Jin Ping Mei and I.
The place we are talking about is near the ruins of Fatai Temple. Fatai Temple is built on the mountain. The village is not far from the ruins. The old Gayang man is also familiar with this place. When he found the ruins, he vaguely saw the lost lamb.
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The little lamb didn't know if it was frightened in some way. The old Gayang man shouted from a distance, and the lamb turned around and ran away. He chased it all the way, almost halfway around the mountain, and then saw the lamb running to the foot of the mountain.
In a cave. The old Gayang man carried a very worn-out flashlight with him. He turned on the flashlight and chased after him. The cave was very deep and winding. The lamb ran bumpyly into the depths. The old Gayang man sped up.
, thought he could catch the lamb in the cave quickly, but when he turned a corner, he found that the lamb suddenly disappeared. Regarding this, the old Gayang man explained this in a confused manner for a long time,
Maybe this is an important matter to him, and he's afraid that we won't understand it.
The old Gayang man must not have told it so clearly, and we need to figure out many situations by ourselves, but I can probably imagine what the situation was like at that time. What he said about missing is not the kind of missing that we usually understand, for example
You were selling something in a store, and when you finished shopping, you turned around and found that your puppy was nowhere to be found. The disappearance described by the old Gayang man happened right in front of you.
In other words, when he turned the corner, the lamb was still in sight, but in the blink of an eye, the lamb disappeared directly from under his nose, disappearing completely and leaving no trace behind.
This kind of thing is like seeing a ghost. If it happened to us, we would probably think twice before acting, or at least be very careful. But the old Gayang man is not so scheming and thinking. As soon as he found that the lamb suddenly disappeared, his conditioned reflex
He ran over to take a look. When he ran over there, the old Gayang man suddenly fell into a very strange state.[
He was conscious, but the surroundings suddenly became dark, and he couldn't even detect the light of the flashlight. His consciousness was a little blurry and a little confused. The only thing he could feel with the little consciousness he retained was that he felt like he couldn't feel anything.
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That feeling was very strange, and it didn't last long. All the sensory functions disappeared, and the consciousness became more and more blurred. The old man Gayang couldn't describe it. Anyway, he felt as if his whole body had turned into a puddle of water, and he was shaking with the sound.
flowing. When he regained consciousness again, he was already on the roof of the eleven-story building.
The whole process of the matter was like this. Although Gayang Old Man was a party involved, he did not know the subsequent process, especially the official investigation process. He was just cooperating according to the instructions of those people. During those days, Gayang Old Man spent his whole life.
At his most "glorious" time, he was surrounded by so many people like stars holding the moon in his arms, which made him unforgettable.
We were a little disappointed after hearing this. Old Gayang didn't know anything, and we couldn't find out what happened after so long. However, Li Fusheng still asked if there was anything else around after Old Gayang was released home.
It happened, which means that the official took no other specific actions.
Sure enough, the old Gayang man made it clear that he did not know. After he was sent back, he rested at home for a while and knew nothing about what happened outside. Moreover, when the official conducted the investigation, no villagers were allowed to intervene.
At this time, the son of the Gayang old man, who had been silent next to him, suddenly muttered a few words, which immediately aroused our interest. Li Fusheng talked with him. The Gayang old man's son was also a simple and honest man.
All the words were taken out of the trap.
That should have happened three months after the Gayang old man was sent home. The Gayang old man's son got married relatively late and had not yet started a family at that time. There was no suitable candidate in the village. The main partner of their intermarriage was very far away from here.
In a village, the family affairs were settled, and the Gayang old man returned to normal, so his son made preparations at that time, brought gifts, and went to the woman's village to visit his future father-in-law and mother-in-law, because between the two villages,
The distance between us is too far and it is inconvenient to meet each other, so this time we go over and the two parties will settle the matter and then wait to get married.
There were no cars in the village, but everyone worked together to raise two horses, which were used as means of transportation. The son of the old Gayang man could not tell how far he had gone. He had never walked that far before.
He got lost while walking, and he felt a little impatient. At nightfall, he kept trying to adjust his direction. In the middle of the night, he saw something.
That was a scene that ordinary people could never imagine.