fool.

"Hey, hey, master, why is this thing... oh, oh, it's okay, it's making a sound, cough, cough." The young man in mountaineering equipment and a hat with the words "Snow White Brigade" printed on his head The tour guide Xiao Han took a wired microphone and bowed warmly to everyone in the car, "Everyone, uncles, aunts, handsome guys, beauties, big friends, children, hello everyone, and I am the one we are today. Xiao Han, the tour guide of the one-day exploration group of Baixue National Forest Park, everyone scanned my WeChat just now, and added it, right?"

There were endless responses, and the couple with an eight-year-old boy occupying the first two rows said at the same time, "Added."

A middle-aged couple sitting across the corridor from Xiaoman raised their hands in response: "Added, added."

Xiao Man rubbed his eyes and yawned, Zhao You asked him: "Sleep a little longer?"

Xiaoman looked out, the tourist bus he and Zhao You were in was parked on the dirt road at the entrance of Baixue Village, and a banner was drawn on the wall of a low house next to it: forest fire prevention, everyone is responsible .

In front of the banner, there are several old people who are drying corn.Zhao You looked out and said softly, "Should be able to keep up."

A young man asked: "Beautiful tour guide, let's form a group?"

The girl in the couple sitting in the row in front of Xiaoman and Zhao You complained: "What kind of group are you pulling? Wouldn't it be good to have a tour guide's account? Why is Fei doing this?"

Someone asked again: "Didn't you say that the tour departs on time at eight o'clock? We have to catch the train to Changbai Mountain this afternoon. Can you make it in time?"

Xiao Han said with a smile: "It's too late, it's too late, it's definitely too late, it's only 5 minutes after eight o'clock, and I'm here because our manager said that someone was added temporarily, eh...it seems to be this person, eh, brother, you are joining the group Forest Park? Here, here!"

Xiaoman raised his head and saw Hang Fengnian got into the car. He folded his palms and apologized to everyone: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I overslept, I'm sorry everyone."

"Be careful of the steps, hey, okay, sit if there is space, okay, okay, let me count, one, two, three, four...ten, eleven, okay, Master Lei, everyone is here ,Let's go."

With a "click", the door of the tourist bus closed.

Xiao Han straightened his collar and said, "Hey, okay, then we will leave Baixue Village now and head towards Baixue National Forest Park."

When the car started, she faced the passengers on the bus, holding the microphone in one hand and the mobile phone in the other. She leaned against the back of the driver's seat, glanced at the mobile phone for a while, looked at everyone for a while, and introduced with a smile: "This Baixue National Forest Park was newly completed in 2017. Everyone knows that Jilin is very rich in natural resources, right? In winter, you can see rime on the smog island. In autumn, you can go to Dongshi Forest Park to see red maple. In summer, Jilin The average temperature in the city is only 22 degrees, and the weather is dry and refreshing. Going around Changbai Mountain to escape the heat is definitely right. This spring, it depends on our Baixue National Forest Park. Everyone knows that spring is..."

"Mating season," the girl in the young couple whispered, and the boy giggled.

"...It's the season of revival of all things. Our Baixue Forest Park, the plants in it..." Xiao Han glanced at his phone, "There are 50 trees in total... Ah, no, yes, There are more than 150 kinds, including precious and famous trees..."

Xiaoman yawned, glanced back from the gap in the seat, and saw Hang Fengnian sleeping soundly with his head up and his backpack in his arms.Zhao You, who was sitting by the window, arched him, Xiao Man was still looking at Hang Fengnian, stretched out his hand, spread it out, and leaned against Zhao You's arm.Zhao You put a handful of peeled pine nuts in his hand.Xiaoman looked back, picked up two pine nuts and ate them, and looked at Zhao You.Zhao You was still concentrating on peeling pine nuts. Peel one, put a pine nut for him, and throw the shell into the garbage bag hanging on the hook behind the front seat.

Xiaoman no longer looked at Hang Fengnian, looked at Zhao You sideways, and Zhao You also looked at him, the car was driving on the bumpy dirt road, their gazes went up and down, left and right, they still looked at each other steadily .Zhao You said: "I'll buy two more packs when I get back later, these pine nuts are so big."

"Is it easy to peel?"

"I've already spoken." Zhao You said.

"Look now, everyone. On our right is the Baixue Hydropower Station. Our forest park started here. It covers an area of ​​more than 2000 hectares, and the vegetation coverage rate is as high as 90.00%. Brother Bird, Brother Zhong, right? You have chosen the right place!"

Zhao You asked Xiaoman: "Do you want some water?"

Xiaoman scratched the tape on his forehead and said, "We should also bring a telescope."

As soon as his words fell, the middle-aged woman across the corridor asked him: "Young man, what's the matter with your hand? Is it okay to climb the mountain?"

Xiaoman looked at the woman with a smile, and replied: "The car accident happened two days before I went on a trip. I was supposed to be afraid of the long day, but when I got into a car accident, I thought about taking an easier route. , After searching for a long time, I think this route is good, there is nothing to climb, so I just walk on flat ground."

"Yes, yes, my legs and feet are also bad. You are also here in Baixue Village to escape the summer heat? Where are you from?"

"We are from Hai Province." Xiao Man said, "Where are you and your husband?"

"We came from Qingdao."

"Qingdao is pretty cool too."

"Isn't this here to see my daughter and son-in-law? I was going to sign up for a tour group for us and walk around Jilin. The old man said that he was too tired from the tour group, so he rented a car. We drove by ourselves. We just arrived at Baixue Village yesterday and wandered around. When I saw such a one-day tour group, I signed up."

"Self-driving is good, self-driving is comfortable, and you can go wherever you want."

"That's right, it's very convenient to drive by yourself now. There's some kind of navigation in the car, and the signal is everywhere."

Xiao Man replied with a smile, and chatted with the woman.Zhao You stopped peeling the pine nuts, unscrewed the bottle of mineral water and handed it to him, squeezed out a straw stuffed inside, and handed it to Xiaoman.

"In addition to the common ones such as squirrels, there are also sika deer and Northeast big black bears. When you see a bear, you know what the first thing is to do?"

"Play dead!" shouted a young man.

There was a roar of laughter.Xiaoman drank a couple of sips of water, and the middle-aged woman patted her dozing wife next to her.

Xiao Han said: "Don't worry, everyone, so far, we haven't had any incidents of black bears attacking people here. If, just in case, if you leave the team and meet a bear, don't panic, see the bear. In fact, it is even more flustered, so you must keep calm, and when the distance is far away, just move away slowly, that's fine."

"What is a long distance?" The little boy in the front row raised his hand and asked.

"In addition to animals, we are also rich in black fungus and pine nuts. Everyone bought and ate the pine nuts in Baixue Village. Isn't it very big and fragrant? The matsutake in this mountain is also a must. Many Japanese come to us specially. I’m buying matsutake mushrooms here. Let’s take a look. It’s the one I’m holding now. This one is packaged in dry goods. When I go back, I’ll make it with water. The soup is very sweet. This one, eh, kid, help auntie get it. Come on, come on, this is our latest small-package snack matsutake, vacuum-packed, I unpacked a pack of crayfish-flavored ones, and let everyone try it."

"Any other flavors?"

"Yes, yes, there are snail noodles, pepper chicken, and New Orleans flavors. Which one do you want?"

Xiaoman took some matsutake and handed it to Zhao You. Zhao You ate, wrinkled his nose, took away the rest from Xiaoman's hand, and shook his head gently.Xiaoman took out a tissue and wiped his hands, and also wiped Zhao You's hands.His left hand is still in a plaster cast, and his right hand is still unable to lift heavy objects due to the impact of a shoulder injury. He can't even unscrew the bottle cap. It was Zhao You who helped.Thinking of this, Xiao Man could not help but wipe Zhao You's hand again.He carefully touched the hands, which were larger than his own and had long fingers, through a thin tissue.

At this time, Xiao Han reminded everyone that they had entered the boundary of the forest park, the dirt road had become an asphalt road, and the greenery was abundant on both sides of the road. The middle-aged woman was taking pictures with her mobile phone. The couple sitting in front of them kept taking pictures. Some people sighed : "Wow, so beautiful!"

When the sun came in, Zhao You pulled up the curtains, Xiaoman leaned back, leaned to the side, and fell asleep leaning on Zhao You's shoulder.

When the car arrived at Forest Park, a group of people got out of the car, Xiao Han went to buy tickets, and told everyone: "Those who need to go to the toilet should go here. After entering, there will be fewer toilets."

There are tourists brought by other travel agencies around, and everyone gathers to go to the toilet, and there are long queues in front of the men's and women's toilets.Hang Fengnian stood by the car smoking, Zhao You and Xiao Man walked over and asked him to borrow a fire to light his cigarette.Zhao You was carrying a backpack and a cigarette, and asked Hang Fengnian, "What's your name?"

Hang Fengnian said, "My surname is Zhang."

Xiaoman fumbled for the lighter, took the cigarette, but didn't light it, and said, "Brother Zhang?"

Hang Fengnian smiled: "You don't know how to register with your ID card?"

Zhao You smiled and pointed to himself: "Xiao Guang," then pointed to Xiao Man, "Xiao Dong."

Xiao Man added: "He's from Hai Province."

"Cao," Hang Fengnian laughed, "outrageous?"

Zhao You blinked and didn't understand: "Are you okay?"

Xiao Man also laughed, Hang Fengnian looked around, his voice softened, and said: "I found lavender pollen residue on Yan Mingming's body before, remember?"

Zhao You lowered his head and smoked, and asked, "Have you checked the surveillance cameras on the streets near the restaurant on the 10th?"

They were far away from the place where tourists gathered, and they could only vaguely hear some noisy voices filled with accents from all over the world.They were relatively close to some trees, the breeze threaded through the needles, the branches whirled, the green waves pushed south, the sunlight leaked down, and just shone on Xiaoman's face, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and stroked his short, prickly hair , Turning his eyes, he caught Zhao You's gaze. He raised his eyebrows and glanced to the side from the corner of his eyes. Zhao You followed and saw a black squirrel nesting on the branch of an elm tree. head, holding a pine cone picked up from nowhere, looking around alertly.Xiaoman laughed, peeling pine nuts with his hands, Zhao You pursed his lips.

Hang Fengnian said: "I found some cars and called the owners to inquire one by one. I found a few cars parked in the parking lot outside the restaurant between 10:12 and [-]:[-], and checked their driving recorders." He shook Falling soot, "A car photographed Yan Mingming and Lao Zhou meeting in the parking lot. It can be felt that the two deliberately observed the surroundings and found a place where they thought they would not be seen before starting the conversation. , It’s also a coincidence that the indicator light of the driving recorder of the car that photographed them is broken, maybe they think that standing in that position will not be photographed.”

Said, Hang Fengnian took out his mobile phone, Xiao Man stood in front of them, Zhao You took Hang Fengnian's mobile phone, and immediately clicked on a video on Hang Fengnian's mobile phone, in the video he was standing at the corner of the parking lot of a restaurant in Provence Yan Mingming and Zhou Sichang here.Yan Mingming's lower body was blocked by a black jeep, and his upper body was covered by a linen dress.Zhou Sichang stood sideways facing her with a dignified expression.

"I'm not an expert in lip-reading. This case has already been closed, and it's hard for me to find an expert in the province." Hang Fengnian said.

Xiao Man then watched the video, Zhou Sichang and Yan Mingming faced the camera for only a moment, Zhou Sichang was very vigilant, and soon stood in front of Yan Mingming, observing the surroundings from time to time, which meant a lot of protection .Xiaoman shook his head and said, "I just saw him ask, what's going on."

After the video continued to play for 2 minutes, Zhou Sichang, with his back to the camera, made a gesture of touching his pocket. He seemed to give Yan Mingming some money, and then he turned his head to the right of the camera, and the camera captured his Mouth.Xiao Man was able to read his lips again, and he said, "Go to Bai Xue's place and avoid it."

As soon as Xiaoman said this, Hang Fengnian said: "He asked Yan Mingming to come back here and go back to his hometown to avoid it? He made arrangements for him here? Have you gone to the village to ask?"

Xiao Man said: "But in the end Yan Mingming went to Yu County..."

Hang Fengnian said: "I found out that Zhou Sichang hasn't been back for decades."

Xiaoman said: "When we asked, he also said that he had never contacted his hometown."

Hang Fengnian said: "Then where did he go back to his hometown to visit relatives every year? Could it be that Yan Mingming noticed something strange..."

Xiaoman looked at Zhao You, who had been silent all the time, and said, "However, people in the village said that someone came to inquire about him before."

"Who?"

At this point, Zhao You's ears moved, and he handed the mobile phone to Hang Fengnian, and Xiao Han said: "Come on, friends from Baixue's brigade, gather here, let's go here, let me count people, one or two , three or four..."

The three of them threw away their cigarettes, walked towards Xiao Han, and dispersed among the gradually gathering group of guests.Xiao Han had a small red flag in her hand, and everyone was present. She waved the flag and led a dozen or so people into the forest park.

There are many wooden trails in this forest park. The roads are all flat and there are no ramps. It is very easy to walk. The trails are very spacious and there are many routes. The route that Xiao Han took them is only their team. People, everyone walks very loosely.Zhao You and Xiao Manxing were at the end of the line, and Hang Fengnian was walking in front of them. After gradually opening up some distance from the people in front, he stepped back a few steps and came to chat with them again, saying: "Last time you asked The durian I was looking for was too much work, and the broken thorn you gave me was very small, so far I haven’t been able to find one that fits the broken thorn.”

Zhao You said: "It's really troublesome for you, this job is really hard to do." He asked, "If you ask someone to find the durians that fell on the ground around the child's body, no one will be suspicious, right?"

"It's okay, I told the criminal technician that my mother-in-law likes durian very much."

Xiao Man asked, "Really?"

"Really." Hang Fengnian took a few breaths and looked at Xiaoman's arm: "Why are you walking without panting at all? It is said that if your hand is broken, this person's balance will be bad. This... He shook his head, passed Xiaoman, and said, "Lin Sheqian resigned."

He muttered again: "What do you think you can do if you find that durian? Even if someone hits someone with a durian, even if there is a typhoon and heavy rain, the traces of fingerprints and the like will have been washed away long ago."

Xiaoman said: "Maybe there will be some other traces left."

He said: "Isn't solving a case the same as turning a corner?"

Hang Fengnian sneered, shook his head again, sighed, and left Zhao You and Xiaoman behind, and followed the large army.Xiao Man walked even slower, and Zhao You also walked slowly beside him.They can still see the group passengers in front of them, everyone is just a color block, white, black, yellow, red.The red flag in Xiao Han's hand was flying high.They shuttle in the shade and the sun.

Xiaoman said: "After escaping from Turtle Island, she immediately thought of looking for Lao Zhou. First, because she and Lao Zhou had made an appointment in advance to meet him at a restaurant, and she could meet him when she went. Second, she subconsciously She felt that Lao Zhou could provide her with a certain degree of protection, or give her advice on what happened to her, but she still hesitated, wondering if she should trust Lao Zhou..."

Xiao Man said, "If it were me..."

Zhao You suddenly yelled, pointed at the high branch and said, "Snake!"

Xiao Man didn't even look at him, but nudged Zhao You with his elbow and quickened his pace.Zhao You grabbed the corner of his clothes and said, "There really are snakes."

Xiao Man ignored him, and Zhao You explained: "It was an apple tree just now."

Xiao Man glared at Zhao You.Zhao You took an apple out of his backpack and handed it to him.Xiao Man looked at him, annoyed and funny: "Pick it just now?"

Zhao You smiled, Xiaoman didn't eat, he ate by himself, he said: "Don't walk too fast, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up."

Xiao Han shouted in front: "The two handsome guys behind, keep up! Don't fall behind!"

Halfway through the itinerary, when the tour group rested in a tea room, Hang Fengnian went to the viewing platform outside to smoke, while Xiao Man drank tea indoors and listened to Xiao Han's introduction of their specialty, Baixue tea.Zhao You went outside to find Hang Fengnian.

When there were only the two of them on the platform, Hang Fengnian put his mobile phone on the stone stool he was sitting on, and said: "The photos of those things found in the cave have been sent to our office, and I took them myself, you Turn yourself over."

Zhao You took the mobile phone and looked through: five wooden bowls of different sizes; three malformed apples put together—has begun to rot; some paintbrushes and paints—look at the printed words on the paints, like Made in France; two burnt candles; a bundle of twelve brand new long white candles tied with hemp rope; a copy of "Flowers in the Mirror" published by People's Literature Publishing House; A piece of black cardboard is sandwiched in the inner pages of Huayuan, like a bookmark.

Hang Fengnian looked into the distance and said, "The statement is also inside."

The confession he said was also taken by his mobile phone, and the person being interrogated was Yan Yanan. Zhao You just read the first page of the confession, and when he heard footsteps, he hurriedly put down his mobile phone, smiled and said to Hang Fengnian, "Thank you." Your fire." and left.

He brushes shoulders with a middle-aged man with a camera slung around his neck, who has gone to a viewing platform to watch birds.Xiaoman ate a kind of crispy tea snack in the room, with some crumbs on the corner of his mouth, he waved to Zhao You: "This is delicious, try it."

The tea snacks are filled with custard matcha.

After coming out of the tea room, the tour group continued to walk in the forest park like a walk. On the way, they passed the butterfly garden and arrived at a bee farm. Xiao Han kept promoting honey gift boxes. A man said that he went to the bee farm to relieve himself When they saw a black bear, everyone was terrified and urged Xiao Han to leave quickly.Zhao You bought a gift box of honey and put it in his backpack together with the tea leaves he bought in the tea room earlier.Xiao Han led the team, took a shortcut, and left the forest park.

The group returned to Baixue Village at three o'clock on this day. Zhao You and Xiaoman went to the homestay where they stayed to pack their bags, called a car, went to the bus station, bought a ticket and rushed to Jilin City.After the long-distance bus left the station, Xiaoman sent a WeChat message to Yin Miaozai: We will arrive in the city in about three hours.

Yin Miaozai replied to him with an article on the official account in seconds, with an emoji pointing to the side. The title of the article read: Jilin Food Recommendations!A must-see for foodies!Must eat!

Xiaoman showed it to Zhao You who was sitting next to him. Zhao You blinked and gave Xiaoman his mobile phone. He was searching, which restaurant in Jilin tastes good for meat and bone soup.Xiaoman smiled and found a caterpillar expression and sent it to Yin Miaozai.Yin Miaozai got angry, and with angry expressions, she replied: Who will be the worm in Zhao You's stomach!

Zhao You said in a deep voice: "There seems to be nothing in the world that must be eaten or must be done?"

There were only five passengers in this bus, and the two of them sat in the back row.

Xiao Man nodded and said, "It seems to be the same."

He knew that Zhao You wasn't talking about exploring Jilin cuisine, he was still thinking about Zhou Sichang's case. Seeing Zhao You, it seems that he intends to entrust him, and trusts him to clarify a series of mysterious events that happened to Yan Mingming and him, but in the end, the truth has not been found, and Zhou Sichang died in the detention center. Make some impact.Especially in the days after leaving Yancheng, they rushed to Jilin non-stop, and came to Zhou Sichang's hometown to investigate. Several times, when the two of them were left alone, Xiao Man found that Zhao You would show a kind of A rare, slightly confused expression, looking for an answer—it was the expression flashing on his face at this moment.

Zhao You said: "But if you don't do what you have the ability to do, it seems a little...not good?"

Xiaoman said: "It seems to be the same."

Zhao You laughed, and Xiao Man laughed too, and he asked Zhao You: "Is there no standard answer?"

"It seems that there is really no standard answer." Zhao You looked at him with a chin, "The only thing I know that has a standard answer is that I really like you."

Xiaoman thought for a while, and thought it was really funny: "Then the earth is round?"

"Then let it be round."

"What about apples falling from the tree?"

"Then let it fall."

Xiao Man couldn't continue asking, he couldn't stand Zhao You looking at him without blinking, so he just closed his eyes and took a nap.He heard Zhao You start peeling the pine nuts again, gently and coherently.He dreamed that they watched a squirrel pile up pine cones together in a hole, the earth seemed to be square, and the apples seemed to grow towards the sky, they leaned together and looked at the squirrel, they thought it was funny, so they laughed together up.