Chapter 7 Episode Seven

Qinshui Station in the evening In the evening of the next day, train No. 228 entered the rainy Qinshui Station on time. Qinshui market in the evening The first thing Liu Chuan did when he walked out of the station was to buy a foldable umbrella in the noisy night market opposite the station. He held up this small black umbrella, amidst the crowds of people walking shoulder to shoulder, he seemed to have nothing to do. In the drizzle, on the muddy and dirty side streets, staggering towards the edge of the city. After walking through two short alleys, he boarded a three-wheeled motorcycle carrying people and bumped for a long time before finally finding the address Shan Chenggong gave him.It was a remote side street in half city and half country, with a row of low-rise residential buildings intertwined. The end of the street was abruptly closed by a huge iron gate, and the courtyard with the iron gate closed was silent. The mottled paint rust on the door makes people faintly curious.

As soon as Liu Chuan saw the huge iron gate, he made the last phone call with Section Chief Jing as agreed, expressing in code words that he had found the place.Section Chief Jing also answered in code words, and told him: "There are two plainclothes officers from the Qinshui Public Security Bureau following you." Liu Chuan turned around and looked around. I don't know which corner doorway they are hiding in at this time. Liu Chuan withdrew his gaze, turned off the power of the phone according to the original request, and then walked towards the iron gate, carrying the dim yellow street lamp behind him, he could see his blurred figure, crooked Posted in the middle of the iron gate.The figure raised a long arm, and the iron door immediately made a rough and broken sound.

Liu Chuan knocked on the door for a long time, but no one in the courtyard answered. He left the iron gate, walked to a nearby shop, and asked the owner, "Is the person in the yard in front of you surnamed Fan?" The shopkeeper didn't answer, just nodded. Liu Chuan asked again: "Is there no one in his house?" The shopkeeper shook his head again and again to express his ignorance. Liu Chuan asked: "Excuse me, do you know how to get to the Big Rich Nightclub?" Qinshui Street at night Liu Chuan walked out of the shop and walked towards the street.A plainclothes public security officer in the corner across the street contacted his companion on a wireless phone: "Come out, go west."

The plainclothes followed up, and when they left the intersection, several roads crisscrossed from north to south, and there were many people on the street. The plainclothes found that Liu Chuan had disappeared. The plainclothes hurriedly contacted his companion in a low voice: "Where did he go, did you see him?" Big %%% Regal nightclub night To Liu Chuan's surprise, this nightclub named "Big Rich Man" was so dilapidated that it didn't live up to its name.Although its scale is not too small, except for the private rooms, there are more than 30 tables in the hall alone, but the decoration inside and outside is the same as that of this city, so simple that it looks like a rich man. Horses and cattle are irrelevant.

street corner at night Section Chief Jing and his subordinates were eating lunch in a van of the Qinshui Public Security Bureau when Section Chief Jing's cell phone rang. Section Chief Jing: "Hey, Xiaodong, what's wrong with grandma? Where did she fall from? What about your mother... Ah, you are in the hospital now, what did the doctor say?" At this point, a criminal police officer from the Qinshui Public Security Bureau answered the phone: "Hey, what, did you lose it? Where did you lose it?" All the people in the car raised their heads and stared nervously at the mouth of criminal policeman Qin Shui.

Qin Shui criminal policeman: "...You guys go find it separately, and contact me as soon as you find out." Section Chief Jing heard the call from Qinshui criminal police.Knowing that something was wrong, he quickly interrupted the call with his son: "Hey, Xiaodong, I have to hang up in a hurry, you and your mother take good care of grandma, I will call you later, ah, okay, that's it!" Section Chief Jing hung up the phone in a hurry, and a Dongzhao criminal policeman asked with concern: "What's wrong, the old lady fell?" Section Chief Jing didn't care to answer, and hurriedly asked Qinshui criminal police: "Did you lose our people?"

Monopoly Nightclub at night Although the Dafuhao Nightclub is as simple as a stall of cow dung, the cow dung is still full of "flowers". As soon as Liu Chuan enters, he can feel that there are countless greedy eyes flashing in those corners with ambiguous lights. The flamboyant lady is more revealingly dressed than her counterparts in big cities, and her face is even more exaggeratedly smeared.Maybe it's because there is less meat and more wolves here, and the business is not very good, so as soon as Liu Chuan took his seat, four or five young ladies came up to make out with him. Through the thick makeup, it can be seen that some of them are almost underage, some You are already in your mid-mature.Liu Chuan was too lazy to entangle with them, so he generously ordered a drink for each of them, and then asked about Lao Fan's whereabouts.

Liu Chuan: "Hey, do you know if there is a person named Fan Bencai here?" Ladies: "Fan Bencai, what do you do? Are you working here, or are you a guest here?" Liu Chuan said: "I don't know if he works here, but I know he lives nearby." The ladies called the waiter on the side to ask, but the waiter also looked blank: "Fan Ben? I don't know." Liu Chuan couldn't help wondering, since Fan Ben is the boss in this area, how can these women who deal in skin and flesh have nothing? Know? The girls who accompanied Liu Chuan quickly finished their drinks, and each of them called the waiter for another drink, and the waiter served them a fruit plate in addition to adding drinks.Liu Chuan couldn't ask Lao Fan, and sat bored, so he called the waiter to come over and pay the bill.The waiter didn't even have a bill, so he just took a handwritten receipt, came over and touched his upper and lower lips, which surprised Liu Chuan.

"Eight thousand three." "Eight thousand three?" Liu Chuan said, "Did you make a mistake?" "That's right, it's eight thousand three." The waiter calmly showed him the receipt, the numbers on it were flying and dancing, and Liu Chuan only saw the price of the fruit plate in a hurry, and the fruit plate that he didn't order himself was asking for four dollars. One thousand yuan, which is also the most eye-catching number in the receipt.Before Liu Chuan could see the prices of other drinks, four or five strong men had already surrounded him. One of them patted Liu Chuan on the shoulder, raised his eyebrows coldly and asked sharply, "Hey, my friend, do you want to renege on your debt?"

Liu Chuan said: "I don't want to renege on the bill, his bill is wrong, I want to be right..." The man didn't allow Liu Chuan to finish speaking, so he asked the waiter, "How much is it? Eight thousand three?" He took the small ticket and slapped it on Liu Chuan's hand: "The price is written on it, it's very clear! Pay as soon as you see it. Don't be verbose!" This posture made Liu Chuan see clearly that this is a black shop that slaughters people.After thinking for a few seconds, he sat down again and raised his face to the waiter. Said: "Call your manager over here, tell your manager that I am a friend of Fan Bencai, and I came here specifically to find him! Fan Bencai, do you know him?"

The waiter didn't know what to answer, and turned to look at the strong man headed by him.The brawny man was stunned for a moment, his voice softened slightly, and he asked Liu Chuan, "Who are you, Boss Fan?" Liu Chuan said, "Friend!" "Friend?" The brawny man looked at Liu Chuan's appearance. Judging from his appearance, Liu Chuan had just grown up, and his brows still looked childish. The brawny man obviously asked in disbelief, "How do you know Boss Fan?" Liu Chuan said: "Don't worry about how I met him, it was Boss Fan who asked me to come here to find him. You call Boss Fan, and I will pay whatever he asks me to pay!" The strong man raised his head and ordered a skinny elf guy: "Xiao Chong, go and call Xiao Kang, he is playing cards in the back." The thin man named Xiao Chong left, and the strong man led others away, leaving Liu Chuan to sit alone.The ladies also hid away, watching him from afar and discussing in whispers. It didn't take long for the gang of strong men to come back. This time they were surrounded by a tall, burly young man with a cold face. The young man was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old. After sweeping it, I looked at it very impolitely. The strong man behind him said, "That's him." The young man gave Liu Chuan a cold look, and after only one glance, he turned around and said two words lightly before he left: "Liar." These two words were like an order, and Liu Chuan was immediately surrounded by strong men. Pulled up from the chair by the collar. The burly man asked in a vicious voice: "Do you want to pay? If you don't have money, I'll go get it with you. Where did you come from? How dare you find so many girls to accompany you without money!" Liu Chuan just yelled: "Let go!" He was punched hard in the face, and the punch was so right that Liu Chuan staggered on his back, and sat on the ground with his buttocks, before he was allowed to struggle When he got up, he was grabbed by the collar again and dragged off the ground. There was an indescribable number of voices yelling, "Pay the money, huh?" This time Liu Chuan didn't wait for them to make a second shot, and seemed to punch out on an instinctive impulse, and that punch hit the opponent's door.Liu Chuan didn't look strong, but with the unexpected punch, the opponent was knocked out of balance and hit a table behind him. The cups and candles on the table fell instantly, and the ground immediately shattered. A young man named Xiaokang drew a short-handled dagger from his body, but before he could make a move, the surrounding thugs had already rushed up, punching and kicking.Liu Chuan kicked the table and swung the chair again. Although his strength was very different, he was beaten on his back for a while, and finally, because he was outnumbered, he was pressed to the ground by an unknown number of hands.When he was pulled up from the ground, he was repeatedly punched on the chest, abdomen and even the head.The person who beat him was first the strong man he beat, and then the young man named Xiaokang. Although he was not as tall as the strong man, he was even more brutal.Liu Chuan's two arms were supported, and after struggling for a while, he exhausted all his energy. He could feel his numb face getting wet. When he saw Xiaokang, he wiped his hands with a paper towel on the table. He knew that he was bleeding His face was covered with blood, and the blood on the tissue finally made the fear that should have come to Liu Chuan's heart suddenly surfaced. Xiaokang cursed in a low voice while wiping his hands: "Damn!" Then he threw another sentence, "Ask him for money!" Then he pulled a girl who had been watching the battle and walked out.Liu Chuan's eyes were blurred, but he saw the girl.Obviously, she is not the lady of the bar, you can tell the difference from the appearance of her clothes.The girl walked a few steps towards the door with Xiaokang, and suddenly shook off Xiaokang, turned around and came back, and said to the strong man who was still punching: "Stop beating, let him go." Liu Chuan didn't expect the strong man to stop immediately, and looked at Xiaokang with a look of asking for instructions.It seemed that Xiaokang was very happy to please the girl, and immediately issued an order: "Then let it go." Several hands holding Liu Chuan were released at the same time, Liu Chuan lost his support, and his legs softened and he sat down on the spot. The girl walked up to Liu Chuan and asked him, "Where are you from?" Liu Chuan's mouth was bleeding, and his voice was vague: "...Beijing." The girl asked: "Beijing? What are you doing here?" Liu Chuan: "I'm looking for my friend." Girl: "Looking for your girlfriend?" Liu Chuan: "No, boyfriend." The strong man next to him said for him: "He said Boss Fan is his friend." This sentence made everyone around me laugh.Perhaps, in the eyes of these people, with Liu Chuan's appearance and age, it is indeed a bit funny to call each other friends with Boss Fan. The girl looked around everyone: "Then you take him there to see if it's true." Everyone laughed again, and after laughing, they could hear the girl's serious tone, so the guy called Xiao Chong came up, helped Liu Chuan stiffly, and said, "Go, I'll take you there!" Liu Chuan asked him to help her up. After walking two steps, he turned around and took the backpack he threw on the ground during the fight. The backpack had been searched when he was beaten, and all the money in it had been searched. Xiaochong pulled Liu Chuan out, took only two steps, and pushed him casually, saying: "Get out of here! Remember in the future, when you go out, you should first ask where the pier is, so you don't have to ask for trouble. Got it!" Liu Chuan was pushed a somersault, got up wiping blood from his mouth, and staggered forward.He picked up the mobile phone hanging around his neck, and the cover of the mobile phone flew to nowhere during the fight.Luckily, he dialed Section Chief Jing's number, and halfway through the dial he found that the phone hadn't been turned on.He pressed the switch vigorously, and the screen was still black after pressing it for a long time.He slammed his cell phone against the wall by the street, and cursed at the same time. He couldn't tell whether he was cursing the cell phone, the thugs, or Chief Jing, who was always invisible. Qinshui Public Security Bureau at night Section Chief Jing and others were anxiously waiting in an office with colleagues from the Qinshui Public Security Bureau to find news about Liu Chuan.Someone came in and reported: "Lao Ma and the others have divided into four groups and are looking for them separately. So far, you have not been found. Director Zhang has notified the patrol brigade to strengthen the search in the south of the city. Because the patrol does not know your people, So can you split up and search with them?" Chief Jing immediately said, "Okay, let's go right away." Qinshui Police: "Is his cell phone out of battery? Should he call you first wherever he goes?" Section Chief Jing: "Well, this person is actually not from us, and he has no experience in this field. He is too young, and we have to coax him to do this job, and we can't do it if we ask too much of him... " They talked and walked out of the house. street night Liu Chuan touched his trouser pocket, feeling a bit more at ease, because he took out the money that Section Chief Jing gave last night from his trouser pocket.As he staggered, Liu Chuan's chest and ribs were in severe pain, and his lips could be felt swollen.Going out of the street and turning another corner, he saw a small hotel across the road. crew night The crew was filming a night scene, and when the lights and machines were being set up, the actors were all scattered, sitting or standing to rest. Ji Wenzhu called Liu Chuan repeatedly, but the phone was always turned off.Another actress beside her asked: "Have you turned it on yet? What time is it? Your boyfriend should be sleeping too, and he won't turn it on." Ji Wenzhu: "I made an appointment for him to come to me in the afternoon. I called him in the morning and said that he was going to another place. He said that he was going to go to another place. Is it accurate to speak and do things? Now it doesn't turn on the phone, and it hasn't been turned on for a whole day. Who knows what he did? , mysteriously." Actress: "Who asked you to find such a young boyfriend? You deserve it. This guy, look for an old one, too oily, but an old one is steady. Find a young one, he is pretty, but there is no Mao can’t do things well, anyway there are advantages and disadvantages.” Seeing Ji Wenzhu’s silence, the actress smiled and said: “But if you really have feelings for him, you have to tolerate his faults, the key is how he treats you. It’s good to meet and then make a phone call, and then go out of town by yourself, why are you going out of town, doesn’t it matter to you?” Ji Wenzhu couldn't answer. Actress: "My ex-boyfriend said how much he liked me, but hey, as soon as I went to film, he went to a hotel room with other girls, and the phone was turned off in the same way. Make up all kinds of reasons. Then I don't trust him anymore." When Ji Wenzhu heard this, he was very upset. hotel night The salesperson of the hotel looked at the blood on Liu Chuan's face in astonishment, at his torn shirt and the bruise on his neck.Liu Chuan said: "Is there any room, I can open a room?" The salesperson said, "Single room, fifty yuan a day." Liu Chuan paid the money and took the key.He gently washed his face with cold water in the common water room of the hotel, and the cold water irritated his entire face so painfully.He walked from the water room to the hotel counter, and used the phone on the counter to dial Section Chief Jing's mobile phone, but he couldn't get through for a long time, and asked the salesperson: "Why can't you dial this number?" The salesperson said, "I can dial out, are you making a long-distance call from another place?" Liu Chuan: "I'll dial the phone." Salesperson: "I can't make calls from mobile phones in other places. This call cannot be used for long distance calls." Liu Chuan: "Where can I make long distance calls?" Salesperson: "No nearby, the nearest post office is three kilometers away, but I'm afraid it's closed by now." Every joint in Liu Chuan's body was sore and swollen, so he had to stagger back to the room step by step.As soon as his body fell on the bed, he didn't want to move anymore. After less than a minute, he sank into a dark dream unknowingly. street night Section Chief Jing was still searching the streets in a patrol car, and the streets were already dead at night. rich night A plainclothes officer under Section Chief Jing followed Qinshui patrolmen along the street to check bars and restaurants, and they walked into the Dafuhao nightclub.At this time, the place has already returned to calm, and there are no customers in the scattered seats in the lobby. The waiter went up and greeted them with a nod and bow: "Hey, sit inside, sit inside, are you looking for someone or have a drink?" The patrolmen made no reply, turned around and went out again. hotel early morning When Liu Chuan woke up, it was still dark, but there was already some morning mist on the window. He knew he was awake, but his whole body was still suppressed by the nightmare, and he couldn't move no matter how hard he tried.In a trance, he saw a tall and broad figure standing gloomy on the head of the bed. He was sure that it was not a dream but he couldn't be sure. He struggled for a long time and felt his throat start to move. Voice: "...who?" The voice of the black shadow was also a little hazy, but Liu Chuan's hearing gradually became clear. He heard that hazy voice answering slowly, even with a trace of calmness and coldness in the calm: "Are you looking for me?" "……Who are you?" "Old Fan!" coal plant during the day A huge forklift tipped a shovelful of sooty raw coal into the bed of a ten-wheel truck. Ten large trucks loaded with raw coal drove out of the coal plant. Aibo Hospital at Dusk Xiao Ke walked into Grandma Liu Chuan's ward carrying a stack of lunch boxes.Grandma said, "Hey, Xiao Ke leaves work so early today?" Xiao Ke: "No, Liu Chuan and his department's Section Chief Zhong Zhong asked me to get off work early to come and see you. I get off work at two o'clock. I will go home and make some dumplings for you first." Grandma: "It's better to be Xiaoke. I was chatting with you yesterday and said that I wanted to eat dumplings. You brought them here today. You must think why this grandma is so greedy." Xiao Ke smiled and said, "No, I also brought garlic and vinegar." Grandma: "It's time for Liu Chuan to come back. Section Chief Zhong said that he went out of town to collect goods for the prison. Do you know when he will come back?" Xiao Ke's face was sad, and she said concealedly: "I don't know, come back soon." Grandma: "Is he coming back by plane or by train?" Xiao Ke: "You should take the plane, or maybe take the train. Don't worry, Liu Chuan won't wrong him, and he won't come back by a big truck." Old Fan's House at Dusk The big iron gate of the old Fan's house rumbled open, and the fully loaded ten-wheel truck slowly drove out of the Fan's compound.Lao Fan drove the car himself, and beside him sat his son Xiaokang on the passenger seat. As soon as the truck drove out of the yard, several Fan family thugs closed the iron gate again. Liu Chuan and Shan Chenggong's daughter, Shan Juan, were sitting in the back seat of the cockpit. Shan Juan was the girl who rescued Liu Chuan in the nightclub. When the truck drove out of this street, Liu Chuan saw through the car window that the plainclothes of the police officers were densely packed around Lao Fan's house. The face emerges from behind a newspaper of the day.Section Chief Jing stared at the coal car passing by at a low speed with his calm eyes, and Liu Chuan's bruised face on the coal car also passed slowly from his sight. interprovincial highway night Ten rounds of big trucks pulling coal traveled day and night to Beijing. It was still Lao Fan who was driving, and the dim light on the dashboard reflected Lao Fan's face like a ghost. Fan Xiaokang turned around and handed a bottle of mineral water to Shan Juan, who passed it on to Liu Chuan, then patted Xiaokang and asked for another bottle.With some reluctance, Xiaokang handed back another bottle. interprovincial highway early morning In the early morning, the road was smooth and deserted, and Liu Chuan drove the truck instead of Fan's father and son. This kind of oversized truck made him trembling and very strenuous. Ji Wenzhu's house during the day Ji Wenzhu ate breakfast hastily, a glass of milk and an apple, and called Liu Chuan after eating half of it. The phone still said: "The phone you dialed has been turned off." Ji Wenzhu was at a loss. interprovincial highway daytime Most of the time on the way, Liu Chuan and Shan Chenggong's daughter Shan Juan sat in the back seat of the cockpit and chatted about each other's experiences and relatives. Shan Juan said: "The one thing I believe in most in my life is fate. When I first saw you that night, I had a feeling in my heart that I should save you." Liu Chuan: "Do you feel sorry for me being beaten?" Shan Juan: "I have seen a lot of people who were beaten, so I don't feel sorry for them, but seeing you being beaten...it feels different. Actually, I didn't know that you saved my dad at that time, but I just felt that you were like I have something to do with it, it’s just a brainstorm. I thought you might really know Uncle Fan, so I told Uncle Fan about you that night. My feelings have always been very accurate, so I have believed in myself since I was a child, and I believe in my feelings .” Sitting in this large truck pulling coal, Liu Chuan had the opportunity to see the girl's expression clearly.Shan Juan is a beauty, with plain clothes and plain face, that kind of beauty is different from Ji Wenzhu.Ji Wenzhu is small, gorgeous, pale and slender; while Shan Juan has a sharp outline, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and her hair and skin seem to have never been maintained, all relying on her youthful talent and beauty.She usually doesn't talk much, and once she has something to say, she goes straight to it, and the forthrightness and composure of a northern woman can be seen everywhere. Liu Chuan: "Do you only trust yourself? Never trust others?" Shan Juan: "Yes, I rarely trust others. But I trust my dad." Liu Chuan: "Don't believe your mother?" Shan Juan: "My mother? My mother has a bad temper. She is far worse than my father. My father is very kind on the surface, but in fact he is very courageous. My father is also smart. He can usually do what he wants to do. success." Liu Chuan: "That's why your dad called Shan Chenggong." Shan Juan: "Yes, he is good at success!" Liu Chuan: "How long has it been since you and your dad saw each other?" Shan Juan: "It's been more than a year. My father brought me and my mother from our hometown in Dongzhao to Qinshui at the end of last year. After handing it over to Uncle Fan, he never came back. He even called us at the beginning. The phone call, and then there was no news. Then one day, Uncle Fan showed me a newspaper, which said that my dad had participated in a treasury robbery and became a criminal that even the police were afraid of. Only then did I know why my dad didn’t show up for so many days. My mom also read the newspaper, but she didn’t believe it. If Uncle Fan didn’t give her the money, she would definitely go to Beijing to seek justice.” Liu Chuan: "Then do you believe it?" Shan Juan: "I believe it! I know my dad, he can do any earth-shattering event." Liu Chuan: "Your father did such a crime, can you forgive him?" Shan Juan: "Yes!" mountain roadside dusk The truck stopped on one side of the mountain road, Fan and his son relieved themselves on the edge of the cliff, while Liu Chuan and Shan Juan stood on the other side of the road, looking at the vast fields under the mountain under the setting sun. Liu Chuan: "What your father committed was a felony. He robbed a bank and killed a guard. Can you understand and forgive him for committing such a crime? You still love him like you used to ?" Shan Juan still did not hesitate for a moment, and replied unswervingly: "I can understand him, I can forgive him, and I will still love him as before. I know he has done wrong things, but he will always be my father. I will always be his daughter." Liu Chuan: "Every one of us will do wrong things, but don't you think that robbing a bank is too much? They robbed more than 12 million huge sums of money. Among the five of them, four of them Was beaten to death. Your father escaped the death penalty because he was not directly involved in the scene of the robbery and the scene of the murder. What did you think when you first heard your dad did it, did you never hate him, never Are you scared?" At some point, Lao Fan came over, stood behind them, and said meaningfully: "If it was for twelve hundred yuan to kill people, maybe she would hate her father, but it's twelve million. Can you do that?" 12 million, that is a very big event. Not only his wives and children, but also our buddies and brothers will enjoy the blessings of the people who get the 12 million. How could it be Hate him." Liu Chuan: "It's a pity that the money can no longer be found. Four people died, but they got nothing." Lao Fan smiled slowly: "Maybe. But my brother Shan is a smart person, I don't think he will let the boiled duck fly again. Maybe he has hidden the money in a It’s a very safe place, you can go there and get it after you see your wife and children.” Liu Chuan and Shan Juan looked at each other, but neither of them spoke. road night The coal car continued to drive, Xiaokang drove, and Lao Fan beside him was sleeping soundly, while Liu Chuan and Shan Juan continued to talk in a low voice behind. Shan Juan said: "The first time I saw something happened to my dad in the newspaper, I remembered that when I was young, my dad worked as a handyman in a restaurant, and he often brought me delicious things from the work unit. Eat. Later, people in the restaurant found him carrying something, and they beat him very hard. When my dad came home with blood on his face, I cried for a long time. But I don’t hate my dad for stealing I only feel sorry for him about the things belonging to the public family." Shan Juan fell silent after saying this, while Liu Chuan fell into another kind of silence. road daytime Lao Fan drives, Xiaokang sleeps.The coal car accelerated.Liu Chuan in the back seat was also asleep, but Shan Juan had a firm face and firm eyes, and kept staring ahead. Evening in the suburbs of Beijing On the evening of the third day after starting from Qinshui, the coal car finally entered the border of Beijing.When they stopped to eat, Liu Chuan checked his face with the mirror in front of the car. Except for two large bruises that had not receded, the contours of his facial features had returned to normal. This was their last supper before entering the city, and it was relatively formal.Along the way, Xiaokang showed great concern for Shan Juan, no matter whether he stopped for a meal or took a rest.It can be seen from Xiaokang's behavior that they are a couple of lovers, but Shan Juan is serious about Xiaokang. After this dinner, Liu Chuan and Shan Juan did not return to the car. According to the plan determined before the trip, they broke up with Fan and his son here, and took a bus into the city.After they broke up, Lao Fan stayed in the car pulling coal, and Xiaokang voluntarily sent them to the bus stop half a mile away, where he watched Shan Juan get into the car with Liu Chuan, and watched the bus heading towards Drive away slowly in the direction of the setting sun. city ​​street at night Liu Chuan took Shan Juan off the bus, and at an intersection between urban and rural areas, he took a taxi heading for the city.It was already dark when they arrived in the urban area, and when they arrived at the door of the small hotel in Fengtai, the whole alley was already silent. small hotel night When Liu Chuan paid the taxi driver's bill, Shan Juan had already hurried into the hotel gate. She didn't even follow Lao Fan's instructions to observe carefully before entering carefully. Instead, she walked straight in without squinting. He went straight to his father's room.The door of Shan Chenggong's room was locked, Shan Juan knocked on the door and shouted: "Dad, Dad, it's me, I'm Xiaojuan!" There was an immediate response in the room, and after a sound of footsteps, the door opened.This hut is only about ten square meters, standing at the door is enough to see everything in sight. Shan Juan saw that besides the strange man who came to open the door, there was a woman and a young child on the bed. Shan Juan was stunned. Liu Chuan was very calm, he squeezed forward and asked, "Hey, where is the original occupant of this house?" The strange man said: "I don't know, we just moved in today." Shan Juan asked: "Before you lived here, who lived here?" The strange man said: "I don't know, you go to the front and ask." They retreated from the room to the door of the hotel and asked the counter: "Hey, where did the previous guest in Room 12 go?" The salesperson yawned and said, "The one in room 12?" Liu Chuan said: "It's just that the legs and feet are a bit inconvenient." The salesperson said, "Let's go early." Shan Juan anxiously asked, "Where did you go?" The salesperson shook his head: "I don't know, they won't tell us where they go." hotel night They had no choice but to leave the hotel. When they left the hotel, Liu Chuan used Shan Juan's mobile phone to call Lao Fan, and then he said to Shan Juan, "Lao Fan told us to find a place to live in the city first, and we can talk about it tomorrow." Shan Juan was anxious, with tears in his eyes, and followed Liu Chuan out of the hotel and out of the alley. They stopped at the alley, and Liu Chuan asked, "Where are we going to live?" Shan Juan didn't answer, but Liu Chuan said, "Let's not go any further." So they continued to walk, and just after walking not far, they suddenly heard someone behind him calling softly: "Shan Juan! Shan Juan!" Although the voice was not loud, the pronunciation of the words was very clear. Shan Juan and Liu Chuan turned their heads together, and they saw together, Shan Chenggong was limping out from the shadows across the road. Shan Juan cried softly: "Dad!" and ran to his father. Liu Chuan saw Shan Chenggong and his daughter hugging tightly on the side of the road, and the father and daughter were crying at the same time.Liu Chuan watched silently from the side. He didn't expect Shan Chenggong to suddenly stretch out his arms after letting go of his daughter, pull him over his body, and hold him in his arms. Shan Chenggong hugged Liu Chuan tightly, and he said, "Son, come with me, godfather promised you that you will live a good life all your life!" Liu Chuan let him hug him without moving. After holding him for a while, he let out a muffled voice deep in his chest: "...I want to go home." After Liu Chuan broke up with Shan Chenggong's father and daughter on the street, he watched a taxi drive away with their father and daughter, and he turned and walked in another direction.A taxi came and stopped on the side of the road. Liu Chuan opened the door, and as soon as he got in the car, he found that the driver was actually Beijing criminal policeman Lao Liang. alley night In a secluded alley, Lao Liang's taxi was parked.Next to that taxi, a van was parked.In this van, Liu Chuan met Section Chief Jing and his two officers, and unexpectedly met his immediate boss in Tianhe Prison, Zhong Tianshui, Section Chief of the Tianjian Deportation Section. They talked for a long time in the car with the headlights dark, and it didn't seem to go well. Liu Chuan frowned tightly: "What, do you want me to go?" Chief Jing glanced at Zhong Tianshui and said, "Yes, you have to go with them tomorrow morning. Go back to Qinshui with them." Liu Chuan: "I'm not going. I've told you about my family situation and the company's situation. I've got Shan Chenggong and Lao Fan connected. You can..." Chief Jing interrupted Liu Chuan: "Shan Chenggong has already regarded you as a savior and recognized you as his godson. This opportunity is once in a lifetime. If Shan Chenggong really knew the whereabouts of the huge sum of money that was robbed, he would probably Let me tell you. At least, when he thinks he is safe, he will be eager to get this huge sum of money, so as to fulfill his promise to repay you. Liu Chuan, this case is only one step away from the final victory of getting everything stolen Now, this step, you have to go out no matter what!" Only then did Liu Chuan understand why Section Chief Jing invited Zhong Da here so late.Obviously, it was set before the meeting that he should return to Qinshui, and no specific return date was set.Liu Chuan has already noticed that once he shows a little war-weariness and retreat, they will invite Zhong Da out to persuade and educate him. But Zhong Da didn't say a word about this case.He said: "Liu Chuan, I have been to the hospital twice in the past few days, and Xiao Ke has also been to the hospital a few times. Your grandma was discharged from the hospital yesterday, her legs can move, and her spirit is recovering well. From now on, she will be sent to the hospital every week. Do acupuncture once. The doctor said that under normal circumstances, it is estimated that there will be no more recurrences. This disease is mainly a nervous disorder, so it is very important to be happy, so we did not tell her where you went, but just told her that you are I went out to work for the prison, lest she worry about you." Liu Chuan nodded in a low mood, and suddenly asked without knowing why: "What about Xiao Ke, she also thinks I'm going to work for the prison?" Old Zhong was silent for a moment, and said: "Xiao Ke didn't know what you were doing now, so I asked her to tell your grandma like this... Now everyone in the prison is rumoring that you did something bad in the bar outside and the police station took it away. , considering the confidentiality of this case and also for your safety, we did not come forward to refute the rumors." Liu Chuan was stunned for a long time, then suddenly asked: "Does Pang Jiandong know that I was taken in by the Public Security Bureau? Did he tell his girlfriend?" This question was asked without thinking, and everyone was stunned. Old Zhong was also stunned: "Pang Jiandong? Didn't his girlfriend blow it up early?" Liu Chuan bowed his head in silence, knowing that he lost his composure and blurted out. Lao Zhong went on to say: "I also asked my acquaintances in the court to help you inquire about the situation of your company. At present, the court is still dealing with the coordination. They said that your lawyer has been in contact with them, and generally there will be no major actions recently. I went to Wanhe Entertainment City two days ago to take a look. The business is very good and normal. I told Chief Jing about the situation on the phone, and he may have told you. I picked you up from the hospital yesterday. When grandma came home, several people from your company also went. After arriving home, the lawyer also came and asked her to sign some documents. I guess he told your grandma about the situation in the company. When I left yesterday, your grandma The mood is good, so I don't think things will be too bad on the corporate side." Lao Zhong didn't try to persuade Liu Chuan how to cooperate with Section Chief Jing, but Liu Chuan is a soft-hearted person, he can't stand soft words from others, and he can't stand people being kind to him, so he bowed his head and remained silent for a while, Finally, he glanced at Section Chief Jing, and said weakly, "I want... to go home first." Zhong Tianshui and Section Chief Jing looked at each other, and Section Chief Jing's anxious face finally relaxed. Liu Chuan's Night In the middle of the night, Liu Chuan returned home.他用钥匙打开家门时家里静静的，他从门口更衣间里摆着的鞋子上，知道景科长没有骗他，奶奶确实已经出院，已经回家。现在，此时，已是午夜两点，奶奶和小保姆肯定早都睡了。 刘川没有叫醒奶奶，他在卫生间的大浴盆里放了热水，让自己遍体鳞伤的身子在热水中长久地浸泡。他一个多星期没有好好洗过澡了，皮肤和内衣都有股霉腐的味道。 躺在自家雪白的大浴盆里，仰望头顶云石灯罩发出的柔和灯光，灯光把四周雀眼拼花的墙壁，映衬得熠熠生辉。泡完澡刘川从池子里赤裸起身，用上下两块厚厚的白色浴巾围住身体，他走出卫生间平滑的大理石地面，赤脚踏上卧室又厚又软的羊毛地毯，他躺进床上干燥温暖的棉布薄被，那久违的舒适让他顿时全身舒懒。值此夜深人静，他突然想起了什么，起身去看床头，床头柜上那盆文竹已经枯死。刘川痛心地抚摸着枯黄的枝头，他不管此时已经夜深几许，依然拨打了季文竹的手机，但那令人期待也令人诅咒的电话依然关着。 Its daybreak. 凌晨五点刘川起床，红着一夜未眠的眼睛去了奶奶的房间。他蹑手蹑脚行至奶奶床前，奶奶睡得很香，居然还有轻微的鼻鼾。刘川仔细端详着奶奶睡梦中备显天真的面容，想这样默默告别但又不免依依不舍。 刘川家外清晨 刘川踩着清晨地面的湿气走出家门。街的对面，薄雾未散的路边，东照公安局的那辆面包车响着引擎，早如满弓之箭，引而待发。刘川过街，上了车子，车子旋即开动，向城西方向疾速射去。京郊清晨 拉煤的卡车停在一个土坡背后，单鹃打开驾驶舱后座的座垫，给藏在座垫下的单成功送了水和食物。 单鹃跳下汽车，正在嚼着早饭的小康走过来说：“你吃了没有？快吃，吃完了咱们赶快走。” 单鹃：“刘川还没来呢，面包还有吗？给刘川也留点。” 小康：“留什么留，咱们等不了他了！” 单鹃：“那怎么行，昨天说好等到七点半，这还早呢。” 小康：“这儿人生地不熟的，老子犯不着拿命等他！” 单鹃愣了。那边老范在喊：“小康，吃完了没有？” 城区公路清晨 车子如箭似飞，车内在紧张交谈，景科长不厌其烦地向刘川交代着此去秦水的联络方式和注意事项。 景科长：“这次，我们会跟在你们后面一起去秦水，只要有适当的机会，我们会跟你联络的。等你到了秦水，秦水市公安局也会按照省厅和公安部的要求，积极配合我们，保证你的安全，所以你不用担心。不过，小心谨慎还是需要的，单成功这种人表面虽然慈善，但毕竟是抢劫金库的要犯，连佟宝莲这样的老情人，也是说干掉就干掉了。这种人本质上肯定心狠手辣。他的那个把兄弟老范，也号称秦水南城老大，也不是个好对付的。你混在这帮人当中，自己时时刻刻都得小心。万一在去秦水的路上我们没跟住你，或者到了秦水我们有一眼没盯牢的时候，你要懂得自我保护，遇事千万别慌，一旦你觉得有生命危险了，可以立即中止任务，紧急脱身。” 景科长不停地说着，刘川默默地听着，景科长看看刘川的表情，终于停下来问：“你都听明白了吗？你看你还有什么需要问的，有什么要求，赶快想一想，咱们还有时间商量。” 包括景科长在内，车上所有人谁也没有想到，刘川居然提了一个风马牛不相及的要求。他从身上拿出了一千五百块钱，那是他从家里刚刚带出来的，他递给景科长说：“你们去燕莎帮我买一个抽雪茄专用的打火机好吗，我要大卫杜夫牌的，大概一千块钱多一点吧，贵点也不要紧，这是一千五百块钱，要是钱不够你们先垫上，我回来再还给你们。” 景科长愣住：“你抽雪茄？你这次身上还带了多少钱？你这样还能不暴露吗？抽雪茄是高消费，像你这种为了钱恨不能卖身当鸭的人，怎么能抽雪茄？” 刘川说：“我不抽，我买这打火机是送人的。今天是二十六号了吧，麻烦你们务必帮我买了下月三号以前给一个女孩送去，她叫季文竹，你们记一下她的电话。” 景科长这才接了钱，又记下了季文竹的电话号码。号码和钱都交给了车上北京市局的老梁。刘川又向老梁嘱咐了一通，嘱咐他见到季文竹如何说如何说之类：“你就说我们家公司有急事我出差去了，你就说这打火机是我前两天就买好了的，你别把发票给她，她要是给你钱你千万别要。另外你别把包装袋扔了，连袋子一块给她。” 景科长和老梁等人都笑起来了，一通承诺一通安抚，说行行行你放心吧！他们也许都觉得奇怪，刘川正事不爱说话，但对替女孩买东西这种鸡毛蒜皮的小事，何以如此婆婆妈妈。 京郊清晨 土坡后面，单鹃和小康的争执已经变成了激烈的争吵。 单鹃：“我就要等，我爸昨天答应刘川等到七点半，我们说话就得算话！” 小康：“在这儿是我说了算，不是你，更不是你爸！” 单鹃：“要走你自己走，反正我们得等在这儿！” 小康：“你这趟来是救你老爸来了还是发骚来了，我早看出你们俩不对劲了，你别当我眼瞎了，我眼睛一直睁着呢，我最恨有人往这里边给我揉沙子！” 单鹃气得大骂：“范小康！你嘴巴放干净点，你把我惹急了别怪我跟你翻脸！” 小康：“我早知道你是个翻脸不认人的东西了，我早知道……” 单鹃：“你早知道你干吗还找我？你干吗还死气白赖地缠着我，你有本事你别找我呀，你有本事你别找我呀……” 小康：“对，我他妈没本事，我眼睛没瞎我他妈装瞎呢，我现在不装了！我从今天开始，不伺候你了！你要留你留在这儿，你去问问你爸爸留不留，要留让他赶快滚下来……” 老范这时插了嘴：“小康！你吃完了没有！吃完了上车歇着去，走不走轮不到你来发号施令！” 小康这才住了嘴，悻悻然上车摔上了车门。他无处发泄地从身上拿出了他的那把短柄匕首，用衣服的下摆擦了两下。 郊区公路边清晨 面包车这时已经开到了北京城区的边缘，在一个路边的公用电话亭前停下。景科长陪刘川一起下车，用这部投币电话拨通了单鹃的手机。景科长站在电话亭的一侧，他只听到刘川对着话筒说道：“单鹃，你跟我干爸说，我想好了，我跟你们走！” 京郊白天 小康再也不愿等了，骂骂咧咧地发动了车子，单鹃焦急地望着大路，老范不动声色地站在土坡旁抽烟。 大路上已经开始车来人往，一辆警车慢速开过，老范拿烟的手紧张地微微发抖，小康也紧张得面目僵硬。警车开过去了。老范扔掉烟头，走到卡车前，拉开车门，向小康使个眼色，小康跳下车子，跑向单鹃。老范开动卡车，巨大的卡车驶离土坡，向路口驶去。这时小康正拖着拼命挣扎的单鹃离开路口，向卡车这边拖来。尽管单鹃连踢带打，但小康还是拼全力将单鹃塞进了驾驶舱里。他把单鹃压制着，老范将车子驶向大路。 这时，一辆出租汽车迎着卡车的车头驶进了土坡前的这片荒地，刘川从出租车上下来，立于卡车的前方。单鹃挣脱小康，跳下卡车，向刘川那边跑去。 老范看一眼气喘吁吁的儿子，把车停了下来。 燕莎商城白天 北京刑警老梁来到雪茄专柜，他的目光在琳琅满目的打火机上划过，停在了一款大卫杜夫牌雪茄专用打火机上。那只名牌打火机银光熠熠，精美华贵。