On a sunny autumn day, the sky was as clean as if it had been washed, and the shadows were gleaming with water. The highways meander between the orange-yellow fields, like branches climbing out of the city as a node, connecting prosperity and remoteness, noise and silence, civilization and barbarism.
Zhai Chen drove a powerful off-road vehicle and ran on the flat highway: "This is especially suitable for a song."
Today I went to Wutong County. I heard that the road there is not easy to walk. To go to the mine, you have to go into the mountains. Gao Yusheng found an off-road vehicle with a high chassis.
The co-pilot was looking at Gao Yusheng who was in a daze outside the window: "What?"
Zhai Chen cleared his throat and opened his mouth to sing: "Our hometown, on the field of hope—"
Gao Yusheng turned to look at him: "..."
"Don't be in a daze, boy, come and sing with Brother Chen." Zhai Chen not only screamed himself, but also called Gao Yusheng to howl. Trapped in the city for years, with a rare chance to run at high speed, he was so excited that he wanted to drive to the moon.
Gao Yusheng didn't mean to sing, and reminded him in a low voice that he was overspeeding.
Zhai Chen deliberately spoke in a strange southern accent: "Little turkey, don't be so quiet, the road is long, and I'll get sleepy if you don't speak."
Gao Yusheng looked at him, pursed his lips and chuckled. Being with this person, he couldn't always feel melancholy: "I was just thinking, what is the purpose of the person who sent me the photo."
"What else could be the purpose?" Zhai Chen sneered, nothing more than the fact that the battle between the Gao family has heated up recently, and he wanted to use this to attack Gao Yusheng, so he could take advantage of it.
"I hid this photo for more than ten years, and it was sent to me now. It shouldn't be in this form." The more Gao Yusheng thought about it, the more wrong he felt. From the photographer's point of view, he held such a killer in his hand, but flirted with it. out, illogical.
Zhai Chen didn't quite understand this kind of intrigue routine: "Why, should I reprint it and nail it to a photo frame and give it to you in person?"
Gao Yusheng: "..."
Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhai Chen quickly surrendered: "Okay, I won't make trouble, you continue to talk."
Gao Yusheng was thinking about whether these words should be told to Zhai Chen, seeing him turning his head to look at him, he quickly reminded him to focus on the road: "If you want me to collapse, you should make some preparations first and let it out when I am most vulnerable. If you're lucky, you might be able to send me to a mental hospital along the way."
This assumption made me shudder just thinking about it, Zhai Chen frowned: "It makes sense to say that, and giving you the photo now will only lead you to find out the truth, but it will expose him."
Gao Yusheng pondered and speculated: "So, the person who posted the photo and the one who took the photo may not be the same person."
"Ah?" This sounded a little scary, and Zhai Chen turned his head to look at him subconsciously.
"Stop at the front service area." Gao Yusheng pointed to the sign [1,000 meters from the service area] on the side of the road.
"Huh? Are you peeing?" Zhai Chen turned to the right in a fluent manner.
"..." Mr. Gao refused to answer this question.
Zhai Chen parked the car in the parking lot of the service area, got out of the car and stretched. Just over an hour after driving, I didn't feel tired and didn't need to go to the toilet, so I leaned on the car and waited for Gao Yusheng.
The autumn sun is no longer burning, looking up at the dazzling fireball, warm and bright. A child suddenly started crying next to him, Zhai Chen looked down, it was a little boy in overalls, crying and telling his mother that his eyes hurt.
"Didn't I tell you that you can't look directly at the sun? If you look at it for a long time, you will be blind. Now you know it's uncomfortable?" The child's mother beat him twice in anger.
"But that uncle can." The little boy narrowed his sore eyes and pointed at the innocent Zhai Chen.
"Drink water." Gao Yusheng came over, blocked the sight of the child's mother, and handed Zhai Chen a bottle of drink.
"You didn't go to the toilet?" Zhai Chen took it and twisted it open, handed it to Gao Yusheng, and took the unopened bottle in his hand to drink it by himself.
Gao Yusheng looked at the water in his hand: "Brother, you said, if the person who posted the photo just wanted me to check the truth, should I still check it?" Maybe there is something waiting for him behind the truth.
Zhai Chen was stunned for a moment, only to understand that Yusheng's purpose in coming to the service area was because he was afraid that he would drive the car away when he was excited, and it was also an opportunity to go back on it. If you perceive danger, it is too late to turn around and go back now. He raised his hand and took a slow sip of water: "No one guides you, haven't you been investigating all these years?"
Not because he was lured to find the truth, but because someone handed in a clue to speed up his pursuit.
Gao Yusheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he was enlightened, and his expression suddenly relaxed a lot: "That's right."
Zhai Chen raised his hand and rubbed his head: "Brother is with you, what are you afraid of. No matter who is behind him, pull it out and beat him all over the place."
Gao Yusheng smiled slightly and motioned Zhai Chen to get in the car and drive for himself.
I changed the car and walked down at a high speed of more than 200 kilometers, without feeling tired at all. Because of its geographical location, Wutong County has no expressway. After getting off the expressway, you have to walk dozens of kilometers of provincial roads.
The provincial road is difficult to walk, not to mention the narrow road, surrounded by villages and towns. And the speed limit is set for a period of time. In some places, the speed limit is 50. When you walk, it becomes the speed limit of 30. It is hard to prevent. Fortunately, the punctuation map is powerful, and Gao Yusheng uses the latest version, which has been updated.
After tossing to the county seat, it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon. The two hungry people found a fairly clean noodle restaurant in the county town to eat.
Zhai Chen is not a picky eater, what to eat. Gao Yusheng was not so particular about going out, but he couldn't eat the diced pork and chopped radish in the toppings, so he only ate the noodles. At this moment, there are no more customers in the noodle restaurant. The boss is sitting at the next table playing with his mobile phone, and the back chef and the waiter are eating at another table.
"Boss, how long does it take to get to Qingshu Town from here?" Zhai Chen ate fast, snoring a bowl of noodles, and Gao Yusheng on the opposite side only ate half of it. Signaling Tianci to continue eating, while chatting with the boss, he stretched out his chopsticks into Gao Yusheng's bowl and chomped on chopped radishes as snacks.
"What are you doing in Qingshu Town?" The boss was a chubby middle-aged uncle, who was fighting the landlord with his mobile phone, and glanced at the two of them.
"Let's play, I heard that the scenery over there is very good," Zhai Chen said with a smile, "Fight against five."
The boss lowered his head, only to realize that Zhai Chen's last sentence was about his game, so he clicked it subconsciously. There was a sound effect of "It's not worth it", and quickly chase after the victory. After playing the cards in your hand in three or two times, you won!
"Good eyes," the boss was very happy, put down his phone and focused on chatting with Zhai Chen, "Qingshu Town has no scenery, who do you listen to. If you want to play, you should go to Yinshugou, and now it is Ginkgo Biloba Yellow. when it was, it looked good.”
"I checked on the Internet and said that Qingshu Town is fun. I heard that the five tung trees are in Qingshu Town." Zhai Chen just glanced at the information that Gao Yusheng had checked, but he didn't talk nonsense.
Sure enough, the boss was amused: "Where are you going! Those five tung trees are long gone, and they are not in Qingshu Town."
There is a reason why Wutong County is called such a name.
Legend has it that a hundred years ago this place was barren and sparsely populated. Later, an earthquake turned the world upside down and people found five tung trees growing in the wilderness. A sage said that if the tung tree grows, the land can be cultivated. People tried to plant it, and it did, and it flourished. So, it was called Wutong County.
"The five tung trees in Lihe Town, which is 18 miles away from Qingshu Town, died twenty years ago. The mines were dug there before, and they were very bare and ugly. And they had to walk the mountain road, at least three Hours, you go now, you won't be able to go down the mountain until it gets dark." The boss said shaking his head.