The woman took the money and walked back with the two men. After unlocking the silly girl's door, the woman got into the house, while one of the two men was guarding the door, but kept looking at A Ma Dan's direction. The other one trotted away towards the direction of the bamboo forest. He must have gone to inform the person above. In this case, that person should be not too far away from here at the moment, or in the county town of Pixian County, or in Chengdu, which is dozens of kilometers away.
So Da Mao and I could only pretend that nothing was wrong and continue wandering around. The road was not easy to walk after dark, so I expected that the mysterious man behind the scenes would not be able to come tonight. So I waited until almost three o'clock at night, which was the latest time I went back to the house after arriving here. At that time, Jiamatan had also closed the stall early. He didn't say a word to me or Damao during the whole process, and went back to the house silently. .
I said to Da Mao, it seems that the woman is going to stay with the silly girl tonight. Why don't you sneak behind the house later and listen to the noise. Da Mao nodded. It was already late at night. He went around to the back of the house and returned quickly. After returning, Da Mao told me that he heard snoring and a woman coughing in the silly girl's house. In this way, it is easy to guess. The snoring must be from the silly girl. After all, she has a generous heart. And the woman is coughing. It must be that the woman has to wait all night tonight. This also confirms my previous speculation that the mysterious man is not far from here. According to the distance, he can get there tonight, but the woman I didn't know if the other party would come tonight, so I didn't dare to sleep and could only wait all night.
So I said to Da Mao, let's go to bed now and get up a little earlier tomorrow. We still don't know what will happen. After saying that, I went to bed with Da Mao. After resting on and off for a few hours, at about nine o'clock the next morning, we were awakened by a gentle tap on the window. I hadn't fully recovered yet, so Da Mao immediately approached the window, which was near the back of the house. Da Mao asked, "Who is it?" A deliberately lowered voice came from outside and said, It's me, open the door quickly.
That's Jiamadan. Our door is actually unlocked, but it makes a squeaking sound when opening and closing. Our house is actually dozens of meters away from Jiama Tan's house, and almost a hundred meters away from the silly girl's house. However, it is quiet here during the day, and the slightest sound will be very loud. Jiama Tan said to us from the window at the back of the house, please open the door slowly. Those people were still guarding the house. I came around from the back.
I understood what Jiama Tan meant, so I got up and slowly opened the door with my hand, which made the sound of opening the door slightly quieter and less obvious. Then I walked to the window and spoke to Jia Magan. Ma Dan said, the door is already open, come in when you see the opportunity. Next I heard a slight sound of footsteps. Jiamatan had already come around from the back of the house, but he still observed a little at the corner of the house, and then quickly dodged and got into our house.
I asked him why you got up so early if you didn't sleep so late last night. Jiamatan said that after thinking about it last night, we all may have overlooked a possibility, but after thinking about it, he found that this possibility is still very high. I asked him what he had in mind. Jiamatan said, although I said last night that whoever wants to buy this thing must come in person, but I feel that since that person is hiding so deeply, maybe he will not come in person, but will invite me over. If this happens, won't your investigation be interrupted as usual?
I was shocked, I really hadn't considered this possibility. Da Mao said, then you can tell them that trading can only be done in this ghost market and cannot go elsewhere. After saying this, Da Mao himself stopped talking, realizing that what he said seemed silly. Jiama Dan said, given this man's strength, he wouldn't be able to do anything even if he robbed me openly. But I said last night that I would recognize whoever is the buyer's ghost. I guess they really believed it.
I didn't speak, and I kept thinking about how we should deal with this situation if it really happened. But now, especially when Jiama Tan came to speak about it himself, it seemed that this possibility was particularly high. After thinking about it for a while, I said to Jiama Tan, then I will take advantage of the other party’s arrival and find a place to hide outside the bamboo forest to wait. If they want to come in, it doesn’t matter whether the person comes in person or looks for someone. A group of people will come and take you away. Their entrance and exit will always be this bamboo forest, because they have always entered and exited from here for so many days.
Jiama Dan nodded, but he didn't know why I wanted to go out and hide. I told him that if it was a grand event, it meant that the mysterious man came in person. If I find an opportunity to sneak in, you should delay it as much as possible, saying that this transaction can only be carried out at night. This place has this place. According to the rules, since people are here, they don’t mind waiting for a long time. But if someone comes to take you away, then I will follow you all the way from the moment you come out. According to my speculation, the current location of that person will not be very far from us. It is most likely in Pixian County. .
Jiama Dan nodded, then frowned and asked me, what if someone comes by car and is not in Pixian County? I told Jiamatan, then follow the rules, you collect the money and sell it to that person, but you have to promise me, and then you have to find a way to notify us so that we can continue the investigation. After that, you can do whatever you want with the money. Go ahead and do whatever you want!
Da Mao said anxiously on the side, Brother Shankong, what about me? Why should I stay here when you go out? I said you stay and observe. If the other party comes in person and is willing to wait until night, you can come out of the woods immediately and tell me that the entrance must be visible from where I am hiding. If I see you, I will come and follow you. And will. If the other party has captured Jiama Dan, you will find an opportunity to follow him out. Wouldn't you be able to put something in there to confuse your eyes? Let them take a detour through the woods to delay as much time as possible.
The three of us got together and quickly discussed a countermeasure. After some comparison, we found that this was probably the safest method at the moment. All I could do was pray that the mysterious man was really in Pixian County and not in Pixian County. Elsewhere, otherwise, it would be really difficult for me to find it.
So I packed up my things and let Jiama Tan see the opportunity first and sneak to the back of the house, while I followed him out and walked along the long street towards the small bamboo forest. When I passed by the silly girl's house, the guarding man glanced at me sideways a few times, but I ignored him. I saw that the lock on the door was not locked, which meant that the woman was still in the room. I didn't care too much, quickened my pace, and walked around the bamboo forest.
The bamboo forest is next to a piece of farmland, with the small ditch on one side and the farmland on the other. Walking along the river beach, you can climb to the earth bridge. The entrance to the bamboo forest can be seen from the bridge deck. If the other party wants to come, they must come in and out from here. So I walked to the earth bridge and bought a straw hat from a local for 50 cents. It was already greasy with sweat after wearing it for I don’t know how many years. I put it on my head and stood on the earth bridge. On the higher stile at the end, he sat there and waited. It was already noon, and I forgot to take the steamed buns when I came out. If I went to the market to buy them, I was afraid of missing those people, so I could only endure it.
After waiting for almost an hour, about seven or eight people came to the bridge. Although they were dressed in different clothes and different heights, everyone looked in high spirits, and one of them was the person I had seen earlier. The guard at the girl's door. I suddenly cheered up. Among these seven or eight people, there seemed to be no particularly outstanding person, which meant that they all held the same high and low positions. And these people did not come by car, but by walking. This meant that I My guess is correct, that person is not far from here. And I saw three of them walking from the earth bridge to the river beach towards the bamboo forest, and the remaining few people were waiting on the bridge. Where I was at that time, I only needed to go down a row of ladders to reach the head of the earth bridge, so this position couldn't be more perfect for observation.
After about another two hours, I saw someone coming out of the bamboo forest. One of them was indeed Jiama Tan, and Jiama Tan was carrying a bag and a bamboo basket with radishes. No. It was hard to guess that the other party wanted him to pack his things and take everything away, which meant that Jiama Tan would never come back after leaving the bamboo forest this time.
Among those people, in addition to the three people who entered before, there was also the woman and the man who was originally at the door of the silly girl. But I didn't see the silly girl. Everyone was here, which meant that the silly girl was still in the ghost market, and it was more likely that she was locked in the house.
There is a long way to go from the bamboo forest to the earth bridge. Until these people brought Jiama Tan to the earth bridge, I still couldn't see Da Mao appearing on the edge of the bamboo forest. I felt a little anxious, and this group of people didn't Instead of escorting Jiama Dan away, he was a little respectful. Jiama Dan's clothes formed a strong contrast with them. At this moment, it seemed that he was more like an important guest, surrounded by a group of bodyguards.
Seeing them crossing the earth bridge and heading towards the county seat, I looked anxiously at the bamboo forest, but there was still no sign of Da Mao, so I thought to myself, I can't wait any longer, I have to follow them. What happens if I look back? Talk to Damao again.
