Chapter 9 Chapter 9: Resurrection
Mei Han received a letter.
The letter was sent by registered mail, and the sender's address was a hotel in Sanhe City.
With the letter in her hand, Mei Han suddenly felt a little ominous. She couldn't explain why, but it felt a little strange.When she opened it and held the pile of photos, she felt more than just being weird.
A fire ignited from the bottom of my heart, and soon, my whole body was burned in the flames.The angry hands endured and endured, so they didn't tear up those dirty photos.
All morning, Mei Han locked herself in the office, she doubted, she rejected, she was astonished, she was angry, after all, she still couldn't resist the seduction of another voice: He really betrayed me?
At the thought of betrayal, Mei Han's heart darkened.
She picked up the phone and said in a non-negotiable tone, "Ma Qiming, please go home immediately."
Ma Qiming called Mei Han back one after another. The phone was turned off, and no one answered the office phone. He called her secretary. The secretary said that Director Mei came home after eleven o'clock. She was not feeling well and looked very bad.I called home, the phone was connected, but I didn't answer it.
Ma Qiming has no reason to hesitate any longer. Since getting married to now, this is the first time such a thing has happened. He left a word without thinking and then ignored him. What's wrong with Mei Han?He rushed back to the provincial capital in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard two cold words: "Divorce."
Ma Qiming was stunned by these two words, and looked at his wife in panic, not knowing where the bloody anger on her face came from.
"What's the matter, what happened?" After a while, he said timidly.
Mei Han continued her anger, she had already made up her mind, she would never give him reasons, now that it has reached this point, there is no point in talking about those things.
"Mei Han—" Ma Qiming called out.
"Hanzi—" Ma Qiming called out again.
"Stop calling me!" Mei Han's anger had reached its peak, how could he still scream at this time? "Nicky! Shameless!" She got up from the sofa, picked up her bag, and her packed personal items, and threw away the keys, intending to leave the house forever.
Ma Qiming's eyes touched a few pages on the coffee table, which were the written divorce agreement.
"Mei Han, calm down, you have to explain clearly what's going on." Ma Qiming hugged Mei Han and pulled her back by force.
With this pull, Mei Han's tears were like unthreaded beads, crackling and falling from her crystal eyes.
Mei Han is like this. In her mind, she is perfect, her husband is perfect, and her love is even more perfect. There is never a single dark cloud covering the blue sky they share.In each other's world, they guarded a alliance, the alliance of love, the alliance of soul, and they once swore to themselves that they would never let a speck of dust blow into their eyes.
Now, the love has collapsed, the vows have been overturned, the sky is full of dark clouds, and the sky is full of sandstorms. She sees the blood-like waves of evil, breaking down the wall they were guarding together.
What broke into this home was not just a third party, not just betrayal, not just an affair, but a subversion, a subversion of her life.
She couldn't stand anymore, those shameless shots in the photos were like countless wolf claws, tearing her sharply and sharply.
"Machiming, you are so vicious." She yelled and fell down.
When she woke up again, it was already the next morning.The morning light shines through the clean windows, pouring in the most beautiful hope of the day. Mei Han glanced at it, and immediately closed her eyes in pain.
Machiming sat quietly on the bedside. This night, he had fully figured out the cause and process of the incident, and all that remained was to repair the broken boat.
At any time, husband and wife have to be in the same boat. This is Ma Qiming's logic and his belief in treating his family and his wife. Unfortunately, now he realizes that a boat that is too beautiful cannot withstand wind and waves.
"Listen to me—" He tried to find a way, explaining these things was really difficult and strenuous, and Ma Qiming had never encountered such a strenuous thing.
"I don't want to listen!" Mei Han's voice was still sharp and neighing.
"You must listen!" Ma Qiming suddenly raised his voice, he rarely used this tone in front of his wife, but now he had to.
"Why?" Mei Han screamed higher than him, almost making the air go crazy.
"Because it's a trap!"
Ma Qiming did have a tryst with Tang Ruyi, if that was called a tryst.It wasn't that time. That time Tang Ruyi stayed for one night and then left. Ma Qiming rushed to the hotel the next day, only to see a very delicate message note, which said: I am so happy to see you are so happy, see you again by fate .Ma Qiming held the message note exuding a faint fragrance, pondered it carefully for a while, then smiled lightly, and threw him out of the window.
The wind blows the incense paper, dancing in the air.
Ma Qiming felt that his heart was flying with the paper, fluttering and fluttering, and he refused to land for a long time.
In the later days, he would occasionally think about it for a while, thinking about it, a touch of bitterness, salty sweetness would hit his heart inadvertently, and he felt a slight pain in the place called the heart.
The meeting again was after the conversation with Secretary Yuan Bo, and that conversation had a penetrating meaning for both him and Secretary Yuan Bo.Yes, between people, sometimes a kind of strength should be needed to penetrate. Those seemingly hard shells, or the ice of the heart, are actually very easy to break, just take out one thing, sincerity.
That day was also of special significance to Sanhe, as it was the first day that Deputy Director Cheng of the National People's Congress visited Sanhe.At twelve o'clock at night, Secretary Yuan Bo suddenly called and asked if he was asleep.Ma Qiming said he couldn't sleep, and Secretary Yuan Bo said he couldn't sleep either.Ma Qiming said: "Why don't I come over and play a game of chess?" Secretary Yuan Bo said: "You don't need to play chess, you can come over, come to the hotel, No. 2."
Each leader has a special code name, which is the room number where they rest or work in a certain hotel.
When Ma Qiming arrived, Secretary Yuan Bo was sitting upright, he didn't look like he had slept at all, he must have been sitting there for half the night.Also, the ashtray was full of cigarette butts.
Secretary Yuan Bo smoked, he must have encountered something worse than beheading.
"Have I looked for you?" Ma Qiming asked.
"twice."
"What did you talk about?"
"One time was you, and the other time was Li Chunjiang."
Ma Qiming felt a little uncomfortable because he tortured Secretary Yuan Bo so much that he couldn't sleep.
"Then... what are you going to do...?"
"If I have plans, will I still call you?"
silence.The air fell and began to press and suffocate, and then the smoke rose, two puffs of smoke.
"Shut less." Secretary Yuan Bo said.
"Aren't you smoking too?" Ma Qiming said.
"I can't think of an idea."
"According to his meaning...?" Ma Qiming finally couldn't help but wanted to know.
"Let you go, I will report to the provincial party committee, he will do the work."
"Where's Li Chunjiang?"
"Transfer, too, and leave Sanhe forever." After a while, he said, "There is a farm, but a secretary is missing."
"This……"
There was a long sigh, another, and then another smoke.
"How much... have you mastered?" the voice of Secretary Yuan Bo.
"There are not many at present, but... if we continue to investigate, we will bring out vines and seedlings. I believe it is not far from the big melon."
"Back then Guangyuan said that too..." The words were so sad that it sounded like chasing after a dead person.Ma Qiming didn't want to smell this kind of sadness, so he interrupted Secretary Yuan Bo: "Guangyuan is in too much haste, so he took a detour instead."
"Aren't you in a hurry? How much time do you think you have, who will give you time?"
"This matter cannot be rushed, absolutely not!"
"But...he is waiting for my answer!" Suddenly, Secretary Yuan Bo stood up, "You know, he called just now and asked me how I was thinking. Perhaps, he has already moved my mind. It is very easy for me to leave and let Sun Jihai go."
"I know that."
"Know that you are still dawdling?"
"The roots are too deep, the seedlings are too messy, it's more complicated than you and I thought."
"I don't want to hear this, I just ask you, when will there be a result, and what kind of result will it be?"
"……This……"
"Forget it, let's not talk about it, playing chess, not playing chess can really make people crazy."
As soon as the chess was placed, the phone rang again. It was a confidential call from the province, asking Yuan Bo, "Which one do you choose, the Provincial People's Congress or the Provincial Political Consultative Conference?"
"I'm not going anywhere!" Yuan Bo dropped the phone abruptly, turned around and lifted the chessboard, panting and said, "Use Yuan Xiaoan to force me, are you still human?"
Ma Qiming didn't know whether Secretary Yuan Bo scolded him or the person on the phone. In short, the matter was very serious.
The next day, Secretary Yuan Bo called him and said in a firm tone: "Investigate as you like, but there is one thing, if Tong Baishan destroys Sanhe's economy, I will not spare you!"
It was such a coincidence that on that night, Tang Ruyi called suddenly and said that she wanted to see him, and she was waiting for him at the shepherd's house.Ma Qiming thought she was joking, but after thinking about it, he realized that he was not, so he hurried to the shepherd's house, and there was a dreamlike shadow on the table in front of the window.
What they sent to Mei Han was a photo secretly taken at the shepherd's house. The background was blurry, but the two of them talked very intimately.
"Then... what about those?" Mei Han yelled, pointing at another pile of photos.
"You still can't see it, computer synthesis!" Ma Qiming also made the fire in his heart irritated.
"Computer synthesis?" Mei Han seemed to have suddenly realized something, and wanted to take a closer look at the photos, Ma Qiming threw them away: "You still look at this kind of thing, don't worry about dirtying your eyes!"
Mei Han was suddenly dumbfounded, how clever he was, how could he not even think of this.
After extinguishing the fire in the backyard, Ma Qiming hurried back, but Mei Han refused to let him go, saying that he had to celebrate anyway. "Celebrate what?" Ma Qiming looked puzzled, he was a little dulled by his wife's repetition.Mei Han had a flattering face, and said in a delicate voice, "Congratulations on our reunion."
Ma Qiming really had nothing to do with her, but this time he really didn't have time.
Ma Qiming, who was sitting in the car, smiled wryly. Thinking about the farce, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that they could also think of such a method.
The car was speeding on the road, and Ma Qiming's thoughts were churning in waves. In fact, what he talked to Tang Ruyi that night was about Sanhe's investment, which was why Ma Qiming was eager to see Tang Ruyi.He had promised Secretary Yuan Bo that Baishan Group would never collapse because of Tong Baishan, and that acquisitions or mergers could be adopted when necessary.Tang Ruyi shook her head without thinking about talking, saying that she was more optimistic about Xinjiang, and then she talked about her feelings about going to Xinjiang.Ma Qiming repeatedly begged Tang Ruyi to choose Sanhe as the window. In desperation, he suddenly grabbed Tang Ruyi's hand: "Just give me a hand, okay?" Gently pulled out his hand, and smiled mischievously: "Why?"
Ma Qiming stunned her for a while, and suddenly became a little flustered.
Yes, why?
As soon as he arrived in Sanhe, Ma Qiming heard the news: Cheng Mingjie had died.
The body was found on Yema Beach to the west of Changshi City. Yema Beach is a Gobi Desert where not a single blade of grass grows. Except for the occasional Luo Kezi passing by, there are few people on weekdays.When Lao Zeng and the others arrived, the body had already decomposed, and it was a hunter on the Gobi Desert who found the body.According to forensic identification, Cheng Mingjie was strangled to death and then thrown into the wilderness.
Five meters away from the body, there were two fake license plates.
Obviously, as soon as Cheng Mingjie jumped into the fake military vehicle, he was killed by the other party, and then they abandoned the body and fled.
This was his second life, and Ma Qiming felt very heavy, he really didn't know what would happen next.He asked Li Chunjiang to be more vigilant and not to give the other party any chance.Li Chunjiang sighed sadly: "The current situation is really unpredictable."
Li Chunjiang's expression was a little gloomy, and his words were far less confident than before.
Ma Qiming secretly wondered: what happened to Li Chunjiang?Ma Qiming didn't know that when his backyard caught fire, Li Chunjiang also encountered the same embarrassment.Li Chunjiang had just arrived in Wushui that day, and originally wanted to meet Li Xinran for the second time, but the nurse Yulan called and asked him to go back immediately.When he rushed to the hospital, Ye Zihe held his nose and cried, looking heartbroken, no matter what Li Chunjiang asked, he just didn't say what happened.Later, the nurse Yulan guessed, "Is it because of that woman?"
"Which woman?"
Only then did the nurse Yulan tell Ma Qiming that a woman from out of town had come this morning and chatted with Ye Zihe for more than an hour. After she left, Ye Zihe became like this.
Foreign woman?Li Chunjiang felt even more strange, the more he heard about this, the more confused he became.He grabbed Ye Zihe's hand and asked urgently: "Zi He, tell me, who is it?" Ye Zihe still shook his head, tears poured from his eyes, and wet his face.
According to the nurse Yulan's description, Li Chunjiang thought about it for a long time, and suddenly, Chu Dan's shadow jumped out.A few days ago, Li Chunjiang received several text messages, which were very touching and sensational. At that time, he thought it was a text message scam and ignored it.A few days later, he answered and connected several inexplicable calls in one night. When he got through, the other party didn't speak, and when he hung up, the other party called again quickly.Li Chunjiang called the other party's number, but the other party ignored him.The number showed that the other party was from the southern coastal area, and Li Chunjiang couldn't figure out which city it was.After thinking about it, it is concluded that this woman is Chu Dan.
"What is she here for?" Li Chunjiang suddenly felt that the matter became complicated.
Ye Zihe seemed to be deliberately playing dumb with Li Chunjiang, apart from crying, she didn't even say a word all night.Think about it, too, what else can she say about this matter?
Li Chunjiang didn't explain it to his wife. It's better not to explain some things.For so many years, he has never had a single contact with Chu Dan, and that incident in the past would have thrown him into a museum long ago.As for what she said to Ye Zihe, it was her problem. Thinking about it, she probably wouldn't say anything.
But he was still very worried, Ye Zihe's current physical condition could not withstand this kind of stimulation.
He repeatedly told Yulan, the nurse, that if the woman came again, she must be prevented from entering the ward, and she must be told as soon as possible.
Seeing Li Chunjiang's gloomy face, Ma Qiming said, "I'll find a place to chat with you." Li Chunjiang also wanted to go out to entertain himself.The two went to the shepherd's house, waited for each other to tell all the sad things in their hearts, and suddenly stared at each other in surprise-could someone deliberately direct it?
Ji Xiaofei has been very busy these days.Wu Shui's robbery case was successfully solved, and she published several large articles one after another, showing her face in the newspaper industry.Then, following Li Chunjiang and Li Yu, they followed up and interviewed this major case. Although the manuscript written so far cannot be published in the newspapers, it is believed that one day it will become a sensational news.
On this day, she had just returned from the Gobi Desert with Lao Zeng when she received a call from her father.My father said that my mother's operation was very successful and she was able to eat.When Ji Xiaofei heard this, she was really happy. She repeatedly told her father to take good care of her body. Her father said in a hoarse voice, "Xiaofei, do you know that seeing your mother get better, I am better than anything." With a few words, Ji Xiaofei overturned the five-flavored bottle in his heart. Thinking about his parents sharing joys and sorrows for half of his life, he really felt that it was not easy for his father.With tears in her eyes, she said, "Dad, you must take good care of your mother. I'll come over when I'm done working for a while." Lao Ji said on the other end of the phone, "Feifei, don't worry about it, and do your job well." , By the way, remember to say hello to Secretary Ma, saying that I, Lao Ji, have never owed anyone in my heart in my life, and this time, I owe him."
After closing the phone, Ji Xiaofei's heart felt wet, and before she knew it, half of her face was wet with tears.She thought of many things when she was a child, and those days when her father and mother quarreled, and suddenly felt that life was really unclear.Father and mother, no one would think that they are a good match, but this is such a couple, but in the wind and rain, they love each other, those so-called quarrels, now looking back, they have become another expression of feelings.Maybe it's only through arguing and arguing that our hearts can be fused together through bumps and bumps.Thinking of this, Secretary Xiaotian suddenly appeared in her mind, and the two of them hadn't been together for some time. On the night when father and mother went to Beijing, secretary Xiaotian foolishly proposed to her, and she was surprised, In my heart, it was extraordinarily sweet.
Ji Xiaofei decided to call Xiaotian, and go to the hillbilly to eat sand rice noodles together.The country bumpkin's sandy rice noodles tasted pure, exactly the same as what she ate at the bumpkin's house when she was a child.As soon as the phone call was made, Ji Xiaofei's eyes were startled suddenly. Isn't it Tong Xiaoniu who got out of the car in front?
How did Tong Xiaoniu come out?
When he arrived at the country bumpkin, Ji Xiaofei told his secretary Xiaotian what he saw on the street, and the secretary Xiaotian said without any surprise: "Come out as soon as you come out, what's so strange?"
Ji Xiaofei made her secretary Xiaotian choke, thinking about it carefully, she felt that Xiaotian must have something to hide from her.Then he said unhappily: "Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?" Oda pretended to be surprised and raised his eyes: "Isn't it just a Tong Xiaoniu, what a big deal?" Ji Xiaofei put down his chopsticks: "No After eating, talking to someone like you is really tiring."
Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Xiaotian told Ji Xiaofei about Tong Xiaoniu's coming out.
It turned out that this was a move carefully planned by Ma Qiming and Li Chunjiang.After Liu Dong came out, he thought that Wu Dagong would try to let Tong Xiaoniu go, but he didn't expect Wu Dagong to stop here, and Tong Baishan didn't move at all, as if his son was on his honeymoon, there was no rush.This made Ma Qiming and Li Chunjiang confused: why are they so patient?In addition, Zhu Mang'er did not tell the truth for a long time, and hid in a relative's house without showing his face. Ma Cai was so angry that he wanted to throw him into the detention center.Going on like this is not a solution, even if you take some risks, you have to force Zhu Mang'er to tell the truth. After some calculations, you decide to release Tong Xiaoniu to see what he does.
"It's too dangerous!" Ji Xiaofei shouted.
"Keep your voice down, this is not your home." Oda reprimanded in a low voice.Ji Xiaofei stuck out her tongue and lowered her head to eat sand rice noodles.But I thought in my heart: This villain came out, and he didn't know how to harass me.
At two o'clock, Li Yu called and asked her to go to Wushui immediately, saying that she had good news for her.
Kang Yongsheng recruited.
Probably because he felt that it was useless to resist any longer, and Li Yu told him the tragic end of the famous hero's dead body in the wasteland, Kang Yongsheng finally broke down.
Kang Yongsheng confessed that he was the one who put the heartbroken grass in Li Huawei's meal, and Tong Baishan forced him to do it.Kang Yongsheng and Tong Baishan have been in friendship for more than six years, and it was first caused by Li Xinran.Kang Yongsheng wanted to climb up, but he didn't have a strong relationship in Wushui. Later, he heard that Tong Baishan had a very close relationship with Li Xinran. It happened that one of Tong Baishan's subordinates committed a crime in Wushui and fell into his hands. Tong Baishan got involved, and later he released that subordinate. Tong Baishan agreed to speak to Li Xinran, but Tong Baishan was very loyal. Within two months, he was promoted from the director of the police station to the deputy captain. Later, relying on this relationship, he became the captain again.
But his life also took another path, for which Kang Yongsheng cried bitterly and regretted it too late.
The heartbroken grass was given to him by Cheng Mingjie, and the place where Li Xinran was detained was given to Cheng Mingjie by him.
Kang Yongsheng also confessed that when Xiao Si'er escaped from Liu Yuying's house, Li Xinran asked him to give Xiao Si'er 50,000 yuan. Later, when Xiao Si'er met Liu Yuying at the garbage dump, he was the one who sent someone to beat Liu Yuying unconscious. Under Tong Baishan's order, Xiao Si'er was killed, but he was one step too late, and Xiao Si'er escaped. The two were afraid that they would not be able to do their work when they came back, so they beat Liu Yuying unconscious when they got excited.
It happened like this!
"What else did Li Xinran ask you to do?" Li Yu asked.
"He...he once asked me to check on Secretary Zheng."
"what?"
"Li Xinran suspected that Tao Shi's car accident was fake. He asked me to find out if Secretary Zheng was driving the car."
"Is there such a thing?" Li Yu was startled.Not daring to continue the trial, he immediately reported the situation to Li Chunjiang.Li Chunjiang warned that this matter is over, and before he comes, don't disclose the news to anyone.
"Including Ji Xiaofei?" Li Yu panicked and asked something inexplicable.
"Yes!" Li Chunjiang said emphatically.
Kang Yongsheng's confession really frightened Li Yu and Li Chunjiang. Fortunately, there were no outsiders at the time. The young police officer that Li Chunjiang had just sent to Li Yu participated in the interrogation. The young man was very reliable. Without Li Yu's permission, he He would never say a word more, and he didn't even write down the words that Kang Yongsheng confessed.
He already saw the danger of these words from Li Yu's face.
Besides, he was a distant relative of Taozi.
Li Chunjiang rushed to Wushui, and the first thing he said was: "Do you believe this?"
Li Yu shook his head, these days, his relationship with Zheng Yuan has become quite close, and deep down in his heart, he is full of respect for this county party secretary who is many years older than him.Zheng Yuan's reputation in Wushui is quite good, and he is praised everywhere he goes, which is quite precious in the current relationship between cadres and the masses.Li Yu himself was often encouraged by Zheng Yuan. Zheng Yuan always showed a tenacity to do things and tell the truth. It was not easy to produce such a county party secretary in such a complicated environment in Wushui.
"Don't let him talk nonsense, this is a typical biting!" Li Chunjiang was a little anxious.Li Yu said he knew and had warned him.After finishing speaking, he felt inappropriate, afraid that Li Chunjiang would worry too much, so he followed up and said: "This guy is not honest until now."
Li Chunjiang didn't answer Li Yu's words, his heart was with Zheng Yuan, this matter was no small matter, he had to talk to him.How about this, he locked the door, explained to Li Yu, and finally told, this matter is very sensitive, you and I must be cautious.Li Yu walked for a long time, but Li Chunjiang was still in great fear and couldn't wake up.Intuitively, he decided that Kang Yongsheng hadn't lied. There was no need for a person to lie when he was alone, and there was no reason to drag Zheng Yuan into the quagmire.
Then... Li Chunjiang didn't dare to think about it.
Zheng Yuan's phone has been unable to get through, either there is no signal or the caller is not in the service area, Li Chunjiang is so anxious that he is going crazy.If a surefire solution is not thought of as soon as possible, this matter is likely to cause even greater chaos.
At this moment, Ji Xiaofei came to the door suddenly, and when he entered the door, he talked about Kang Yongsheng, talking very excitedly, saying that he could dig out a few more big fish this time.After listening to a few words, Li Chunjiang suddenly interrupted her violently: "Have you said enough?"
Ji Xiaofei was stunned by the words.
After sitting for a while, Ji Xiaofei saw that Li Chunjiang didn't welcome her very much, so she stood up and said goodbye in embarrassment.When I went out, I let out a long breath and wondered in my heart, what's going on?
She took out her phone and asked Xiaotian: "Why is Chief Li so weird?" Xiaotian said unhappily: "Why don't you inquire about everything, are you spoiled now?" Ji Xiaofei felt aggrieved, but said: "They called me, and it wasn't me—"
"How many times have I told you that you have to follow up with the leader? It's knowledge, not like being a reporter. Don't be so curious, okay?" Xiaotian said a few more words to Ji Xiaofei, afraid that she would be narrow-minded, and comforted him: "How about you Come back, and when they have the results, they will naturally give you news." Ji Xiaofei said angrily: "I don't, I'll go to him!" Xiaotian was very worried, and he had reminded Ji Xiaofei many times that if he couldn't give it to his nose, he would kick it. Face, people should always remember their identity.But Ji Xiaofei can't change it all the time, and forgets everything when she gets excited.
It wasn't until ten o'clock in the evening that Li Chunjiang got in touch with Zheng Yuan.Zheng Yuan said that he had just returned from the countryside, and the yams in Tugou Township could not be sold, because the villagers encouraged farmers to plant them in large quantities at the beginning of the year, and the farmers made trouble with the villagers, demanding that the township government take responsibility. .Fortunately, he has a relationship with the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, and he agreed to buy part of it. After a whole day of tossing around, he hasn't had dinner yet. "I don't think you should eat it yet!" Li Chunjiang didn't care to listen to what he said, interrupted Zheng Yuan angrily, and told him a place where he was waiting for him.
Zheng Yuan on the phone seemed to have given Li Chunjiang a sap.
As soon as they met, Zheng Yuan asked anxiously, "What happened?"
Li Chunjiang did not answer, but stared coldly at his friend for many years. At this moment, his mood was extremely complicated.Zheng Yuan felt extremely uncomfortable being stared at by him, and felt nervous for no reason.
"Why are you looking at me like that and saying, what's the matter?"
"Zheng Yuan, how many years have you been with me?"
Zheng Yuan became more and more confused, and the body that had just sat down suddenly jumped up: "Chun Jiang, what's going on with you today?"
"Let me ask you, how many years have you been with me?"
"Speak straight, don't go around in circles with me."
"Well, let me ask you, are you hiding something from me?"
"Hide it from you?" Zheng Yuan's eyes became tense, and he touched Li Chunjiang's face a few times, then fell down silently and scattered on the ground.
"I want you to tell me the truth." Li Chunjiang's heart tightened.
"Chunjiang, this...?" Zheng Yuan had already realized something, but a word stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say it.
Li Chunjiang had already got the answer from Zheng Yuan's face, his heart instantly fell from the midair of hope, and fell heavily to the bottom of the valley.
What Zheng Yuan wanted to say, Li Chunjiang waved his hand, he no longer needed to know the answer, now, he might have to ask himself: What should we do?
That night, neither Li Chunjiang nor Zheng Yuan slept.
And at Zheng Yuan's house in Sanhe, Tao Zi couldn't sleep even more.
Taozi has given 250,000 yuan to that man named Huang Dawu three times, and this greedy man is still not satisfied.Two hundred and fifty thousand, I have borrowed everything that should be borrowed, and found all the people I should look for. Taozi has never found money so difficult.
But he is still not satisfied!
At seven o'clock in the evening, Huang Dawu called again and asked if the money was ready.Tao Zi yelled almost crazily: "Huang, are you finished?"
"Enough." Huang Dawu chuckled, "How stupid am I to want to get rid of me so quickly?"
"Huang, you will die!"
Huang Dawu was not angry at all, he smiled slyly for a while, and then said: "I don't care if I die, I just want money, remember, I will give you a few more days, and I will call you when the time comes."
Tao Zi wished she could rush out and chop this shameless man to pieces.But thinking about what Huang Dawu said last time, the arm holding the microphone drooped down.
Huang Dawu escaped from his village that night. His village is not far from the highway, only ten minutes away.So when the debt-collecting gamblers chased after his house, he was already standing on the side of the highway.Huang Dawu was a little pitiful that night, not only pitiful, he was almost forced to die by gambling debts, if he was caught by gamblers, although he would not die, there is no doubt about cutting off one or even two fingers.Huang Dawu lost his little finger on his left hand. It was cut off a year ago. One finger is worth 5,000 yuan, which is the gambling price in the village.If two more of his right hand were cut off, Huang Dawu would not be able to gamble in his life.There is no way to bet that there is any energy in living, it is more uncomfortable than dying.Huang Dawu was not reconciled, so he insisted on gambling whatever he said, and bad luck would always follow him if he didn't believe it.
"I also have a day to turn around!" Standing by the side of the road, Huang Dawu uttered bitterly.Next, he has to consider where to escape. This time, it should be farther away. It is best to find a place that no one knows, wait for three to five months, collect some capital, and then come back.
Looking at one car after another on the road, Huang Dawu couldn't help but put his hand into his pocket, and his empty pocket told him that he can't go anywhere, and can only wait for the creditors to catch him.He raised his hand, and the dazzling car lights flashed from time to time in the dark night, making that hand appear and disappear like a ghost.This is my hand, this is the hand that made me lose more and more bets until my wife still hasn't lost!But my wife is definitely not safe, if I haven't chased him for a while, my wife must be confused.Thinking of this, his heart ached for a while, very sharp, but it passed quickly, far less painful than losing money.He thought, will they strip their wives naked or leave behind a shameful dress?Do they go up one by one or all three together?These issues are actually not important, nor are they things he has to think about. He just has to rely on these unimportant issues to disturb himself, and don't think about important issues.
The important problem is that he doesn't have any money, and he needs money to escape by car!
He squatted on the side of the road resentfully, holding his head in his hands. If he had the courage at this time, he could really crash into those speeding cars, and if he was lucky, he could even make a fortune.
But does he have the courage?Damn!
Just after cursing, a miracle happened, a car really came on a rampage, like red-eyed, it didn't care about anything, and rushed straight at him!Damn, I'm crazy, I'm crazy, he flicked and jumped under the roadside ditch, and then heard a loud noise, very sharp and sharp, like a silver dollar smashing an earthen jar.When he raised his head again, he saw a pool of blood, a motorcycle flying up, and two people ejected from the car.
The car miraculously stayed on the side of the road, blocked by the guardrail, and did not fall.For many days afterward, he was thinking, why did he put it on hold? If it fell, maybe he could make a little fortune.Because the driver who got out afterwards looked like a rich man, with his hair split, a suit, and an official stomach.The kid who climbed out from the side looked like a driver.Huang Dawu was stunned for a moment, seeing them walking towards him, he was so frightened that he yelled, put oil on his feet, and ran away.
It's bad luck to see things you shouldn't see, and it's even more bad luck to see blood in the dark!Having been a gambler for half his life, Huang Dawu is superstitious about this.This is the same as seeing other people teaming up at the poker table. If you don't say it, you will panic. If you say it, they will kill you.
The sudden car accident that night frightened Huang Dawu so much that his mind was not so clear.Later, he regretted it and ran away. It wasn't that I hit someone with a car!But at that time, Huang Dawu couldn't think of this level. It was as if he had bumped into someone. He ran desperately, even rolling and crawling, so that he lost his way and didn't know where he was going. up.In the middle of the night, his footsteps slowed down. He listened to the back and found no footsteps following him, so he breathed a sigh of relief.Later, he went into a village and stole two sheep, so he had to get some travel expenses anyway.Huang Dawu is good at stealing sheep. If he loses a bet, he will steal. Not only sheep, but also cattle.Sometimes they even steal from women, and it really happened a few times.Hehe, Huang Dawu laughed out loud in the dark night, and soon, his heart darkened, very dark, Huang Dawu thought of his own woman, once he ran away, the woman might no longer be his own, it would be cheaper A few gamblers, motherfuckers, wait, one day I won money and got all your wives and girls.Huang Dawu took a sip, and vowed not to think about women anymore, a good man has ambitions everywhere, he comforted himself like this.
Huang Dawu finally fled to Montenegro, where he carried coal for more than half a year.Finally having money again, he came back excitedly, wanting to plunge into the gambling table and get him a hundred and eighty thousand.Unexpectedly, the first time I gambled, I lost again, and I lost everything.He stared at the sky in despair, really wanting to fuck the sky, why are he so closed-eyed?
Unexpectedly, the sky opened his eyes. Huang Dawu picked up the news on the street. When people surrounded the woman Su Zi who was kneeling on the street, he also squeezed in. He heard people talking about a car accident, saying As he talked, he talked about Huang Dawu until that night.Mom, why am I so stupid, stupider than a donkey, is that the driver?That's the secretary of the county party committee. No wonder he looked familiar at the time and thought he was a gambler who had fought against him when.
That's how good luck came, and it couldn't be stopped.
Really can't stop it.
What is blocked by good luck is Taozi's happiness.
More than happiness.
Tao Zi has firmly believed that no amount of money can stop this mouth. This mouth does not grow on human beings. It is a bottomless pit, just like hell.
Yes, hell.Tao Zi has already firmly believed that she has fallen into hell and it is impossible to escape, but she still foolishly holds on to hope and wants to escape, not only escapes by herself, but also wants to drag Zheng Yuan into her life.
She smiled bleakly, and then remembered that gaze, Huang Dawu's gaze.
What kind of gaze is that, as soon as it is on your body, it will tear you apart, tearing you apart is not enough, you want to lie on your shame for a long time, yes, shame, every time you let him tear it, the shame will be deeper layer.
This is far from enough, Tao Zi knows what the villain wants.
Beast!
The interrogation of Kang Yongsheng was quickly turned into a state of secrecy, and no one except Li Yu and his assistants was allowed to touch the case.All Wushui County public security officers who had already been involved in the case withdrew and took on new tasks.Li Chunjiang only said one thing at the meeting: We used to be colleagues with him, and we should avoid him according to discipline.He didn't say a word about anything else.
Back in Sanhe, Li Chunjiang immediately ordered Lao Zeng to be tough on Pan Caizhang quickly, even prying his mouth open.From Li Chunjiang's face, Lao Zeng saw a desperate attitude, and thought, there might be some pressure again.
Almost at the same time, Wu Dagong was also dispatching troops to do another kind of struggle.Half an hour ago, Wu Dagong and Deputy Prosecutor Xiang had just met. Although everyone pretended to be calm and said haha, there was an unspeakable fear in their hearts. A magical power restores the turbulent Sanhe to its original calm.This is obviously a delusion. The key now is to form an offensive and defensive alliance, and then start from all aspects to put pressure on Machiming and the others.
Cooperating with Deputy Attorney General Xiang is also a last resort. It would be foolish to want to remain independent at this time.Wu Dagong was determined not to listen to Tang Ping's dissuasion, but to go his own way.
The falling out with Tang Ping was after returning from the provincial capital.Wu Dagong did not expect that Ma Qiming would fight with him.Damn it!后来的很多个日子，吴达功都这么咬牙切齿地诅咒着马其鸣。
当然，他更恨的，还是欧阳子兰。
那天的欧阳子兰比任何一次都热情，上楼后，欧阳子兰亲自给他沏一杯上好的银针，装作热情地问了一些汤萍的事，主要是她的身体。吴达功很不耐烦，更有种遭挟持的不舒服感，目光在这个成熟而魅力四射的女人身上来回穿梭，想看透她的心思，抑或阴谋。是的，阴谋。以这种方式见面，不能不让他怀疑欧阳子兰的用心。果然，话题切入正题后，欧阳子兰热情背后的真实企图便毫无遮掩地跳了出来。
“达功，”欧阳子兰这样唤他一声，比平日唤吴局长要亲切，也生动，她柔性十足的声音一旦图有预谋，是很危险的，因为男人的理智往往会让那种充满蛊惑的女性柔情演变成另一种东西。吴达功后来想，那东西叫妄想，是欲望的另一种成分，没有哪个男人不情愿醉死在温柔乡里，况且是欧阳这种女人营造的温柔乡。
那一天吴达功保持着警惕，甚至连水杯也没敢碰。
“我请你来是想跟你畅开心好好谈谈，”欧阳子兰说着话，轻轻坐他对面，很近，他甚至能闻到她薄荷一样的体香。吴达功拧了把鼻子，想把那种气味拒绝开。
欧阳子兰却一点不在乎，她像是有意要把吴达功拉进某个圈套。既然如此，吴达功倒想豁出去，看看她跟马其鸣到底合演一场什么戏。
“想必你也知道我跟梅涵夫妇的关系。”欧阳子兰轻轻一笑，就把他心中的敌人搬到了桌面上。吴达功心里恨了一声，装作认真的样子，洗耳恭听。欧阳子兰接着道，“上次其鸣没跟你办那事，我想他是对的。”
What?吴达功差点就从沙发上弹起来。他是对的，那你为什么还要写那封信？他在心里质问一声，目光有点险恶地蹬住欧阳子兰，他倒要听听，这个口口声声将感恩挂在嘴上的女人，会做何解释！
“后来我也想过，你真的不适合坐那个位子，现在既然到了位子上，说这些便有些多余。可是达功——”
欧阳子兰尽管说得很轻，但是她的话却重重撞击了吴达功的心。吴达功真是没想到，他们夫妻俩苦苦挣扎不遗余力想得到的位子，在欧阳子兰嘴里，竟是如此的无关紧要。原本这女人根本就没想过要诚心帮他，甚至还极可能暗中阻挡过，可怜的汤萍，居然对她抱有那么大信心。
就在他为可怜的妻子愤愤不平时，欧阳子兰的“可是”出来了，这句可是的后面，才是欧阳子兰真正想说的话，也正是这些话，将吴达功的人生世界颠覆了。
一句话，欧阳子兰要他立刻中止自己的脚步，往邪恶之路上去的脚步。“回头是岸”，她甚至用了这样的词。她貌似关切的语言里其实充满着警告或威胁，她指给吴达功一条路，所谓的光明之路——自首！
“我很惋惜，从没想过你会走上这条道，若不是其鸣跟我细说，我还一直蒙在鼓里……”
欧阳子兰还在说，吴达功愤怒的身子已弹了起来。他还怎么坐下去，难道真要等她活剥羊皮一样将他心灵上那层坚硬的外衣全都剥光吗？
他怒冲冲告辞，身后的门被他摔得发出一声破碎的尖叫。
一同撞碎的，还有对这个女人的好感和尊重。
那天晚上，吴达功住在了老丈人家中。他平日很少到这儿，以前汤正业在三河，他去的机会相对还多一点，去了也不怎么说话，只是象征性地问问他的身体。汤正业对他这个女婿一直有种恨铁不成钢的遗憾，无论他奋斗到哪一步，汤正业总有理由对他发出责难或批评。在这点上他跟汤萍有惊人的相似，好像他们父女专门就是来给他挑刺的。基于心理上的不痛快，吴达功从没把他当作自己的亲人，只是一个逢年过节必须要去探望的长者，但是那天，他的脚步却鬼使神差，不知怎么就将他带到了那儿。后来他想，或许是在欧阳子兰那儿蒙受的打击太重，他急于想得到宽慰，甚或鼓励。他想有着同样不平人生的汤正业也许会在这关键时刻给他一点智慧，一点信心，哪怕是复仇的勇气。事实令他更为绝望，汤正业的口气几乎跟欧阳子兰如出一辙，言辞甚至比欧阳子兰还过！
“他娘的！”从不骂脏话的吴达功忍不住就在心里骂了一句。
从省城回来后，他有一个礼拜没跟汤萍说话，汤萍巴不得不说，现在每说一句话，都有可能导致这个家的一场争吵，与其那样，还不如彼此保持沉默。过了几天，汤萍突然接到父亲电话，问吴达功自首了没。
“自首？”汤萍显得很吃惊，不明白父亲说什么，等弄清原委，汤萍在电话里冲父亲发怒：“爸你说什么，有你这样做父亲的吗？”汤正业正想跟女儿好好谈谈，汤萍啪地挂了电话，转身质问吴达功：“你跑省城做什么，你找我爸哭什么丧，有病啊你！”
吴达功忍无可忍，一想这父女俩的嘴脸，气不打一处来地吼：“我有病，我脑子积水了行不？”
汤萍不甘示弱，结婚这么多年，吴达功啥时跟她吼过，这才刚当了局长，就显出这副嘴脸，以后日子还怎么过？
“好啊，姓吴的，你翅膀硬了，不需要我了，敢跟我要横？我能让你上，也能让你完蛋！”汤萍说的是心里话，如果吴达功真不把她放眼里，她是啥事都能做出的。
“那你去呀，去找欧阳子兰，去找马其鸣，你们不是合计好了吗？”
这话重了，也太有点伤汤萍的心，汤萍哪能受得了。当夜，两人发生一场恶战，这是结婚二十多年吴达功跟汤萍之间第一次也是最狠的一次恶战，恶战持续到第二天早晨，汤萍差点打开液化气，将房子点着。后来她提着菜刀，追得吴达功满屋子跑。吴达功这才怕了，如果他脚下慢点，已经疯狂的汤萍完全有可能将菜刀劈向他的头颅。
吴达功两天没上班，看护精神病人一样看护着汤萍，直等她父亲接到电话匆匆赶来，吴达功才得以脱身。但是他的心，却再也没法回到那个所谓的家中。
吴达功现在是背水一战，而且只能成功不许失败，否则，就算马其鸣他们能放过他，汤萍那儿，他也没一点便宜可讨。
吴达功再一次打电话给向副检察长，问他安排得怎么样。向副检察长神神秘秘说：“老吴，你听到风声了没？”
“啥风声？”吴达功心一紧，害怕向副检察长说出什么可怕的事来。
“郑源。”
"What?"
马其鸣和袁波同时收到一封信，信是电脑打的，信中检举吴水县委书记郑源在去年十一月二十日晚酒后开车撞死一对农民夫妇，为保住自己的位子，郑源让司机陶实顶罪，随后，郑源假借照顾陶实一家，将陶实妻子强行占为已有，将她调入政府部门。陶实得知消息，痛不欲生，在看守所自杀。为掩人耳目，郑源又鼓动陶实妻子到处上访，想把罪名嫁祸到狱警身上。事情败露后，郑源多次雇凶杀人，企图灭口，致使苏紫精神崩溃。更为严重的是，身为公安局副局长的李春江得知真情后非但不追查事件真相，依法严惩凶手，还动用手中权力，强行封锁消息，企图纵容和包庇车祸真凶。
信的末尾写道：这是共产党的天下还是个别人的天下？世上到底有没有公理？法律在保护谁的利益？
信看到一半，袁波书记便气得一把撕了它。去年十一月二十日，不正是他找郑源谈话的日子吗？他排开重重阻力，力主将郑源提拔到三河市委班子中，这一天，省委佟副书记终于表态，说省委原则上同意他这建议，郑源这些年的确干得不错，是个可塑之才。佟副书记夸奖完后，话锋一转，说此事还没最终确定，要郑源做好准备，迎接省委组织部门的考察。他马上将郑源叫来，向他委婉地转达了佟副书记的意思，同时要求郑源在工作中再加把劲，力争顺利通过考核关。没想第二天郑源打电话说，这事他考虑再三，还是先放一放吧。当时弄得他很被动，现在一想……
No!不能这么想！袁波书记果断地抓起电话，跟马其鸣说：“你马上到我这来一趟。”
马其鸣赶到后，袁波书记还处在激愤中。无论怎样，袁波书记还是不相信有这种事。
“开车撞人，怎么会呢？一定是造谣，诬陷，无中生有，捏造事实！”他一气说了好几个词。马其鸣一看，心里便有了谱，笑着说：“不就一封匿名信嘛，犯不着动怒。”
“这是一般的信吗？”袁波书记益发恼火，“为什么偏要这时候写，这是制造混乱，混淆视听，是……算了，我跟你发什么火。”袁波书记掉转话头，问马其鸣，“这事你怎么看？”
马其鸣没有马上回答，很显然，这事他有自己的看法，只是袁波书记如此激动，他不好讲出来。袁波书记毫不介意他的态度，心事重重地说：“其鸣，他们这是搅浑水，再这样下去，三河非让他们搅成一锅乱粥不可。”
这也正是马其鸣所担忧的，正是因了这个，他才一直迟疑着，不敢接近事件真相。他怕一旦把郑源的事儿扯出来，对方就会毫不犹豫地转移斗争矛头。
“不行，你得加大力度，必要的时候，可以采取一些非常手段。”袁波书记像是突然下了决心。
马其鸣说：“眼下最关键的，是警力不足，工作起来很被动。”
袁波书记沉吟一会：“这样吧，你们先按自己的路子往下查，警力的问题，容我再想想。”
回到办公室，马其鸣再次拿出匿名信，从头到尾又看了一遍，目光凝在纸上久久不动，心里似乎有许多声音在发问，过了好长一会儿，他才起身，将那封信轻轻撕碎，丢进了废纸篓。
季小菲回到家，猛见童小牛坐在她家沙发上。
“你……你怎么进来的？”季小菲刚想转身往外跑，童小牛已经扑过来，一把拽住了她。
“想进你家还不容易？”童小牛猛地将季小菲用力一提，推倒在沙发上。
“放开我！”季小菲尖叫。
“听着！”童小牛的声音比季小菲还高，“今天我不想伤你，你也最好别逼我，识相的话就给我乖乖坐着。”说完，恨恨地瞪住季小菲。
季小菲惊魂难定，使劲喘粗气，童小牛看着她这样，嘲笑道：“就你这胆，也敢跟我做对。”
好一阵子，季小菲才镇定下来，大约也是童小牛没带打手的缘故，她心里不那么怕了。
“我问你，你到底调查到我什么？”童小牛一只脚踩茶几上，手里拿把刀子，一边把玩一边阴森森地逼视住季小菲。
季小菲被那寒光逼得不住地往后缩。
“说呀，调查到我什么？”
“你出去，不然我要报警！”
“报警？现在报还是等会报，要不要我给你拨110？”童小牛的声音充满了讥笑，看到季小菲哆嗦的样，他很满意地笑了笑，刀尖挑起季小菲散落在额上的头发，一只手顺势摸了下她的脸蛋。
“这么漂亮的一张脸，要是划上两刀，可就不那么好看了。”
“你敢！”季小菲虽是这样说，可声音分明在抖。童小牛收起刀，“我要你做一件事，如果你听我的，你我之间的恩怨一笔勾销。”
“啥……啥事？”季小菲下意识地问。
“你坐好，别那么怕我，今天本少爷没那份心思，你也别老装得跟贞女似的。”童小牛拉过一把凳子，坐在了季小菲对面。
季小菲将畅开的衣领往紧里拽了拽，坐直了身子。
“你跟姓马的什么关系？”童小牛突然问。
季小菲一震，没想童小牛会问这个。
“是不是想给他做小？”
“你放屁！”
“别那么激动，敢做就敢当，瞧你那点儿出息。”说着他掏出烟，悠然地点上。
“其实这事也不难，只要你把跟姓马的之间那种事儿全都写出来，交给我，你做了什么，我全都不追究。”
“你卑鄙！”季小菲气得身子格格抖，真没想到童小牛会说出这样无肚的话。
“舍不得？动真感情了是不？”童小牛的声音突然变恶，目光凶凶地瞪住季小菲，手里的刀发出森森寒光。
“写不写？”
“不写！”
Snapped!童小牛重重一个巴掌，季小菲惨白的脸上立刻生出几道血印。
“臭婊子，给脸不要，以为你是谁啊！”童小牛又是一脚，季小菲捂住肚子，痛得泪花直冒。
“信不信我一刀宰了你，敢跟老子玩，你多大能耐？啊？”
叶子荷的身体迅速垮了下去，好几天她都没吃一口东西了。
李春江心如刀绞，望着妻子惨白的脸，心里真是既悔又恨，悔的是这段日子他没好好陪过妻子一天，把她孤独地丢在这，独自承受这巨大的痛苦和煎熬。恨的是那个女人，那个叫楚丹的女人。
自那天起，叶子荷的情况便一日不如一日，精神也一天比一天垮，而且性情变得越发暴戾。
叶子荷拒不接受化疗，无论怎么劝，都不肯再去受那份罪，仿佛已打定主意要离开这个世界。朵朵哭着求她，叶子荷紧闭眼睛，一任泪水如秋雨般落下，就是不肯听女儿劝，重新振作起精神，跟死神一搏。
“爸爸，这可怎么办？”朵朵把希望寄托到父亲身上，可怜的孩子，她已这样问过李春江好几遍了。
李春江不知该做何回答，下意识地将女儿搂紧，不停地抚摸她的头发，想给她一丝安慰。可是谁又给他安慰？最好的朋友郑源现在躲着他，桃子也是神神秘秘，半月没来医院了。
“爸爸——”朵朵又唤了一声，李春江猛地醒过神，不顾一切地抱起叶子荷，往化疗室走。叶子荷无力的双臂做着一种挣扎，想阻挡住李春江的脚步。
晚上九点，叶子荷终于能吃下一点东西了，护工玉兰熬了稀粥，小心翼翼地喂她。医生办公室里，主治大夫告诉李春江，病人情况很不好，要他做最坏的打算。
李春江的心猛地一黑，险些栽倒。
晚上十一点，叶子荷又有力气说话了，她把朵朵和护工玉兰支开，抓着李春江的手说：“春江，你就别费心思了，就让我安安静静走吧。”
李春江的泪哗一下奔出来：“子荷，你要坚强，你一定要坚强……”
叶子荷苦苦一笑：“春江，我还不坚强吗？只是这坚强，有什么用？”叶子荷怅叹一声，悲凉地说，“谁能阻挡住死神的脚步，春江，你不要太难过，朵朵大了，明年说啥也要让她去上，你……”叶子荷说不下去了，话哽在嗓子里，变成了呜咽。
两个人的手紧紧握在一起，泪水淹没了一切。
很久，叶子荷止住哭：“春江，能答应我件事吗？”
“我答应，我什么都答应，子荷，只求你不要放弃，不要放弃好吗？”
“春江，桃子跟郑源可能有什么事瞒着我，你一定要问问，无论他们遇到什么事，你都要帮他们，一定要帮他们，好吗？”叶子荷的泪再一次涌出来，这是为朋友流的，也是为她自己流的。她知道，自己没多少日子了。
第二天晚上，李春江刚走进住院部，腿猛地被人抱住了。
“救救我，李局长，救救我啊，他们要杀我——”哀号的是朱牤儿。
朱牤儿这一次，几乎是从刀尖上奔下命的。
两天前，朱牤儿悄悄从亲戚家摸出来，先在那个小村子边上装模作样走了一圈，确信没有跟踪他的人，才拦了一辆农用三轮，往朱王堡方向去。天黑时分，三轮车开进村子，朱牤儿远远瞅了一眼自己的家，没进，而是掉头朝北山那边走。山村的夜，极静，狗似乎熟悉朱牤儿的气息，也没怎么叫，月亮还没来得及出，夜色严严地覆盖着大地。
朱牤儿沿着曲曲弯弯的山道走了大约二十分钟，突然脚下一窜，拐进一条深幽的小山谷。这山谷叫乌鸦谷，大炼钢铁时曾人山人海，到处燃着烈火，四乡八邻的山民都被集中到这建炉炼钢，红旗插满了山谷。后来遇上那场百年不遇的大饥荒，包括朱王堡在内的七个村子，二千多号人饿死在山野，一时饿殍遍野，尸首来不及埋，就抬进这沟，四野的乌鸦闻风而来，吃得两眼血红，飞都飞不动，整日蹲山梁上哇哇地叫，叫得人毛骨悚然。
一进乌鸦谷，朱牤儿脚步快起来，山兔一样，噌噌往前跳。那些大小一样的山洞，都是当年炼钢大军住过的，此时黑乎乎的，露出狰狞。到了第十八座炉前，朱牤儿停下脚，支起耳朵四下听听，没见异常，嗖一闪，不见了。
月亮这才闪出个影儿来。
恰在这时，山谷里突然响起几片子脚步声，很疾，就在朱牤儿钻进一个很不起眼的小山洞伸手往出拿什么时，山洞口突然冒出一个黑影，夜色下一把明晃晃的匕首发出刺眼的寒光。朱牤儿伸出的手停在半空中，掉头往外一看，喊出比乌鸦更悚人的一声叫。
马才这阵子刚刚赶到乌鸦谷口，他在路上遇了点事，耽搁了。一辆三轮车撞伤一农妇，想逃逸，被马才抓了回来。马才听见一声叫，拔枪就往山谷冲，身后的警察迅速掏枪，跟了进去。马才他们赶到十八号炉前，山谷突然变得寂静，一点声息也没。马才冲派出所所长说：“挨洞搜！”自己持枪朝一条小路上追去。
黑影正是独狼，根本不知道他是怎么跟过来的，这家伙脚步比风还轻。见朱牤儿从洞里拿东西，独狼心里一阵暗喜，总算没白费力气，要找的东西终于到手了。谁知就在独狼亮出匕首一步步逼向朱牤儿时，身后响出一声喊：“独狼！”独狼嗖地掉头，心中暗叫一声不好，自己也被跟踪了。
后面的人并没立刻显身，而是冲洞里喊：“独狼，你跑不了！”
独狼收起匕首，闪电一般离开山洞，眨眼功夫，身影便消失了。
朱牤儿哪还敢拿什么，抱头就逃了出来，没命地往村子里跑，刚跑几步，听见一串脚步追来，慌乱中他改变方向，跃上山道，野羊一样朝山外逃去。
脚步声一直跟着他，他快声音快，他慢声音慢，四下瞅了好几次，就是瞅不见人影。朱牤儿心想一定是撞上鬼了，跑得越发疾。等他离开山谷，跳上藏在那儿的农用三轮车，心里才稍稍踏实了些。可他刚进了亲戚家那个村口，追他的人就到了，朱牤儿一想这次准是逃不过，亲戚家的门都没敢进，哀声下气地求三轮车主，将他送出村子，这才跌跌撞撞来找李春江。
李春江掏出手机，给马才打电话，马才的手机不在服务区，想必人还在山里。转念一想，又打给老曾。几分钟后老曾赶到，将丧魂落魄的朱