I heard from my master that the Miao girl Ana who killed his senior brother lives in a village in Baise City.
Baise City is not far from Wenshan City. It can be reached by car, about a few hundred kilometers away.
At around nine o'clock in the morning, we left Longtan Inn and rushed to the bus station in Wenshan City. After more than six hours of driving, we finally arrived in Baise City at around four o'clock in the afternoon.
Baise is a prefecture-level city with tall buildings, a large population, and a large number of vehicles. However, it is not enough to just reach Baise. In the middle, you need to reverse and go to a place called Dongling County.
According to my master Zhang Chu, a place called Daleng Township under Dongling County is where the Miao girl Ana lived.
My master, Yu Quan and I were not familiar with Baise City. We only found the location of the city bus station after studying the map.
But when we got there, the last bus to Dongling County had already left. If we wanted to take a bus to Dongling County, we would have to wait for more than ten hours.
By chance, we met a van next to the city bus station. The van was silver-white, and the license plate number had some paint peeling off, but it was not too serious.
There was a cardboard sign on the front windshield of the car with the words "Dongling County" written on it.
It was these three words "Dongling County" that attracted the attention of the three of us.
The driver was a fat man with a white face, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and a string of red beads on his wrist. His belly was so big that it made his clothes bulge out. One could imagine how much white oil there was under his belly.
The fat man was very enthusiastic. When he saw us looking at him, he hurried over with a smile.
He said hello to us: "Where are you going? Are you going to Dongling County? If so, I can give you a ride! Fifty yuan per person, very cost-effective. Once we have enough people, we can set off."
"There are no more buses to Dongling County at the bus station now. If you want to take one, you have to wait until tomorrow noon..."
Judging from the fat guy's accent, he should be a local. But after he talked for a long time, I already understood what he was doing and guessed his occupation. He was a black car driver.
I thought about it and looked at my master Zhang Chu: "Master, look..."
My master Zhang Chu was decisive and said in a deep voice, "Then let's take this car! We can find a place to rest if we get there earlier."
Seeing that my master agreed, I turned to the fat man and said, "Okay, then we'll take your car."
When the fat man saw that the three of us agreed, a smile broke out on his face. He kept talking about how good his driving skills were, how well he knew Dongling County, and how he could find it everywhere.
Although what he said made sense, I still felt he was bragging.
Soon, the three of us got into the silver van.
The space inside the van is quite large, with two rows of seats, each row can accommodate three people. In other words, this car can accommodate eight people, including the driver and the co-pilot.
The fat driver wanted to make money, so after we got on the car, he didn't talk to us, but went to look for other people heading to Dongling County.
There was a smell of cigarette smoke in the car, and there was also an indescribable smell. The smell was a bit like the smell of laundry detergent, and a bit pungent.
The young monk Yuquan took things as they came and fell asleep while leaning on the chair. However, his snoring was really unpleasant and deafening.
There was no choice, so after he started snoring, I secretly kicked him.
As soon as I kicked him, Yuquan's snoring stopped. But within a few minutes, his snoring came back like a stormy wave, making me upset.
Fortunately, half an hour later, the fat driver finally found the others.
of passengers.
Just as I expected, there was one driver and seven passengers. The four people who got on later were two men and two women.
Among the two men and two women, there is a young couple, a man in his thirties, and a woman who looks like a white-collar worker.
The white-collar woman was wearing a blue dress and high heels, her hair was fluttering and she smelled fragrant.
But what puzzled me was that her eyes were a little swollen, obviously she had been crying and her foundation was smudged.
"Everyone, take your seats! The bus is about to start its journey!"
The fat driver muttered something and started the car.
When he looked back at us, there was a sly smile at the corner of his mouth.
Although the cunning in his eyes only flashed by, I still saw it clearly. My eyes, although not smeared with crow tears and not opened with the third eye, are still very useful.
Soon the car was out of the city. The road was mostly highway, so there wasn't much bumpiness.
In order not to affect others, I woke Yuquan up.
It was past six in the evening and it was slowly getting dark. Cars would occasionally pass by on the road, with their high beams on, at a strange speed, like arrows, making a whizzing sound in the wind.
When passing a bridge, I deliberately opened the car window to get some fresh air.
Unexpectedly, the fat driver saw my action. He was very unhappy and said in a deep voice: "Brother, close the window. The wind is uncomfortable and cold."
In fact, there was almost no wind tonight and it was a bit stuffy.
I was puzzled by the fat driver's words. The others sat in the car as if they were used to it, and said nothing.
The young couple looked like high school students around 18 or 19 years old, but they were not idle. They kept kissing, hugging, and even touching each other.
When I saw the little boy putting his hand into the girl's underwear, I felt blushing and my heart was beating fast. I felt ashamed for them.
But they failed and continued, and it was exciting and varied.
The man in his thirties was sitting next to the young couple. He finally couldn't help it and pretended to cough twice.
The two coughs were very effective, just like a basin of cold water poured on the young couple, finally stopping their shameless behavior.
In fact, it cannot be said to be shameless, it can only be said to be open!
Yuquan knew what was best so he closed his eyes and muttered something to himself, but no one knew what he was chanting.
The dark night is like a huge curtain, covering everything. The stars and the moon in the sky are like cameras emitting light, watching us and staring at us all the time.
Perhaps when the sun comes out, we will be free from being watched.
After driving for more than two hours, the fat driver played the car music.
The music was by Xu Wei, and the name of the song seemed to be "Free as the Wind". Listening to Xu Wei's vicissitudes of life voice, I was really intoxicated.
During this time, the woman in blue (the white-collar worker) sitting on the passenger seat made a call on her mobile phone. While she was on the phone, she covered her mouth with her hand and tried to speak as quietly as possible so as not to disturb others.
Although the volume of the phone call was very low, after all, we were all in such a small space in a van.
So we could hear her voice and the voice on the other end of the phone very clearly.
"Ling, when will you be home?"
There was an old woman's voice on the other end of the phone.
The woman whispered, "Mom, I'm on the bus now. It's almost time. I estimate that we will reach the county in two hours. Then I will take the county bus and go home."
It seems that the woman's home is in the county seat of Dongling County.
At this point the woman asked again in a hurry:
Mom, how is my dad? Has he been sent to the hospital
The old woman on the other end hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yes, he has been sent! But the doctor said your father may not have much time left... ... He asked me to notify the family as soon as possible. So, I called you."
Time is running out? It seems that the father of the woman in blue is already in critical condition.
Thinking of the blue-clothed woman's broken eyes, I knew why she was crying.
The woman in blue asked a few more urgent questions before hanging up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, the woman in blue turned her head to the window glass, looked out the dark window, sobbing and crying.
But I noticed that the fat driver didn't have much sympathy on his face when he looked at the woman in blue. He even couldn't help but reveal an evil look when he glanced at the woman's chest.
Damn it, driving a black car is also for a living, I can understand that. But fat guy, what does that lecherous look of yours mean, and what does that sly smile mean before
Now I think that this fat driver is a little abnormal.
My master Zhang Chu saw me staring at the fat man, so he lowered his voice and asked me, "Tianyi, what's wrong?"
I don't see what's going on, so I don't want to make any rash judgments.
I shook my head and said, "Nothing. Maybe I'm just too sensitive."
And so the car drove on the road.
An hour later, a section of trail under construction appeared ahead, so we took a detour.
When we took a detour, the fat driver asked for our opinion and we all agreed.
That section of the road was a dirt road with many potholes, so the vehicle was very bumpy. And for some reason, the fat driver was still driving very fast.
The boy in the couple said to the fat driver unhappily, "Driver, please drive slower. It's too bumpy! I'm dizzy!"
The fat driver explained with a smile that it was not that he wanted the bumpy ride, but that the road was really difficult to drive on, and asked us all to be patient.
The headlights illuminated the dirt road ahead, with dense forests on both sides. In the dark forest, trees grew in disorder. Those trees stood there like upright people.
Before long, a small village appeared in front of the bright white car lights.
The fat driver explained that they could get back on the highway by going around the village and driving a little further.
But shortly after entering the village, the fat driver suddenly stopped the car.
Next to the vehicle was a wooden house, and next to the house stood a light box-like illuminated sign. On the sign were the words "food and sundries". It looked like a grocery store or a grocery store.
Sure enough, the fat driver stopped the car, looked at us and said, "You guys stay in the car first. I'm going to buy a bottle of water. I'm a little thirsty."
After the fat driver finished speaking, he quickly left.
However, not long after he left, the woman in blue in front of him noticed something was wrong.
"Do you smell anything strange?" the woman in blue asked us.
But just as she finished her words, suddenly, as if something was burning, a puff of white smoke rose from the van. The white smoke had a pungent smell, very strong, but not like the smell of cigarettes.
I noticed that the white smoke was coming from the top of the van, which was above our heads.
When I saw the white smoke, I thought the vehicle was on fire, so I quickly covered my mouth and nose.
But when the white smoke floated over, I felt dizzy and all the strength in my body seemed to be drained away. I glanced at my master Zhang Chu and the young monk Yuquan, and their reactions were similar, giving me a drowsy feeling.
There were shouting and the sound of kicking the door coming from inside the car.
The next moment, I passed out and lost consciousness.
(to be continued)
(End of this chapter) (End of this chapter)