wind in the dark night

Chapter 293 Guandai Alley
An hour ago.

In the room of Ping An Inn.

A kang.

A wooden bed.

The lights flickered.

The boy brought the thermos.

Zhao Zhenhai asked: "Is this place haunted? Why is the light flickering?"

The young man said: "The voltage is unstable. This happens all the time. It will be fine after a while."

"My eyes are almost blinded."

Zhao Zhenhai complained.

Wang Peng said: "This is good. Two years ago, when Lianhua Town had no electricity, we had to stay in the dark at night. The oil lamp could only illuminate an area the size of a palm, and we couldn't do anything."

Qi Yue asked the waiter: "Is there anything to do here at night?"

The young man said, "That depends on what you want to do. If you want to gamble, go to Nan Yao. If you want to find a woman, smoke opium and drink wine, go to Guandai Hutong. Don't underestimate Lianhua Town, it's not a big place. You can find everything you want, hehe."

"Is Guandai Hutong far?"

"It's not far. It's just outside the door. It only takes about ten minutes to walk. The house with red lanterns is Guandai Hutong. It's easy to find."

"Thanks."

"You're welcome."

The young man walked out smiling.

Qi Yue put on his coat and said to Zhao Zhenhai and Wang Peng, "You two take a rest. I'll go out for a walk and be back soon."

Zhao Zhenhai was about to speak.

Wang Peng nudged him with his elbow.

Qi Yue opened the door and walked out.

Zhao Zhenhai asked Wang Peng: "What do you mean?"

Wang Peng sat up straight, with a lewd smile on his face: "What's the point? You want to go with me? Didn't you hear Captain Qi asking where Guandai Hutong is? What are you going to do? Captain Qi is doing something with a woman, and you are cheering for him on the side."

Although Zhao Zhenhai is the team leader, the two have the same police rank, both are police lieutenants. The only difference is the level of their positions. In addition, they get along well with each other and are very casual in private conversations.

"You mean... can I?"

Zhao Zhenhai didn't quite believe it.

Wang Peng snorted: "Why not? This is normal."

Zhao Zhenhai said: "Do you think everyone is like you? No, I have to go with you to see what's going on. It would be terrible if something goes wrong."

Wang Peng said: "What could possibly happen..."

"You forgot, Chief Gao said there is an anti-bandit work team in the town!"

Zhao Zhenhai put on his shoes and went out.

……

ten minutes later.

Qi Yue came to West Street.

"Frozen pears, frozen apples, sugar - pear paste~"

The street vendors were shouting.

In fact, Qi Yue came out alone to look for clues and deliberately showed interest in Guandai Hutong because he didn't want Zhao Zhenhai and Wang Peng to follow him, so as not to get in the way and delay things. He planned to talk to Li Yongxin again to see if there could be any new discoveries. Li Yongxin's home was near West Street.

At this moment, Ma Kai came out of a yard with his hands in his pockets. After walking a few steps, he touched his neck with his hand, turned around and went back. It was obvious that he had forgotten something.

The vendor took a quick glance and said: "Laugh at the poor but not at the prostitutes, stray dogs crawling into the crotch..."

Qi Yue happened to be passing by, and could easily tell that the vendor's inspiration came from the flat-headed man across the street, so he stopped and asked: "How much is a pound of frozen pears?" Seeing that business was coming, the vendor immediately became excited: "One cent for three pounds, big brother, just buy it. The frozen pears I sell have thin skins and small cores. I guarantee that each one is sweet, really, I don't cheat you."

"It's too small. I saw that the frozen pears sold by others are a size bigger than yours."

Qi Yue said perfunctorily.

The vendor curled his lips and said, "I can tell you're an amateur. This is a Nanguo pear, shipped from the south. There aren't very big ones. The big ones are duck pears. What's the use of big ones? They're not sweet at all..."

At this time, Ma Kai came out of the yard, wearing a woolen scarf. As he walked, he took out a match from his pocket and lit the cigarette in his mouth. A woman with painted eyebrows and sideburns, wrapped in a men's cotton coat, stood inside the yard gate.

Ma Kai motioned the woman to go back.

The woman smiled and waved.

"When did Liu Feng learn to smoke?"

Qi Yue pretended to be surprised.

The vendor followed Qi Yue's gaze and said, "Brother, you got the wrong person, didn't you?"

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Qi Yue said: "Isn't that Liu Feng?"

The vendor laughed and said, "What Liu Feng? You must have recognized the wrong person. That's Ma Kai."

Qi Yue said: "You got the wrong person."

This sentence aroused the desire to win in the merchant's heart, and he said disdainfully: "To put it bluntly, even if you peel off his skin, I can recognize his bones! I grew up in Lianhua Town and lived in Guandai Hutong for more than 30 years. How can I admit my mistake?"

"Did I make a mistake? They look too similar."

Qi Yue was surprised.

To prove what he said was true, the vendor gave a detailed introduction: "The woman's name is Jiang Yuying. She used to be Ma Kai's lover. Unfortunately, Ma Kai's family did not agree to their marriage. Why? Because Jiang Yuying is Han Chinese."

"and after?"

Qi Yue asked.

The vendor said: "Later, Jiang Yuying got married, and Ma Kai got angry and had a big fight with his family and ran away from home."

Qi Yue thought for a moment and said, "Since Jiang Yuying is married, and Ma Kai is still looking for her, will Jiang Yuying's husband be willing?"

The vendor became suspicious: "No, brother, why are you asking about this?"

Qi Yue took out his wallet, pulled out a dollar and handed it over, saying solemnly: "To be honest, I am a novelist. I am currently writing a love novel about a love triangle. In order to inspire my creation, I have been collecting materials everywhere. In layman's terms, materials are the raw materials of the story."

The vendor slapped his thigh and said, "I was just thinking that you must be an extraordinary person, but I didn't expect that you are actually a great writer!"

Qi Yue said: "I don't dare to be a great writer."

The vendor didn't really care about Qi Yue's identity. Since he had been paid, he had to follow the rules. So he said, "Two years ago, Jiang Yuying's husband died of illness. Jiang Yuying had no choice but to return to her parents' home and live with her father. Her father was a juren from the previous dynasty. He couldn't carry a basket or a load on his shoulders. He didn't know how to do anything except eat and sleep."

Qi Yue took out a pen and a notebook in a serious manner and scribbled something, pretending to be recording carefully.

The vendor continued, "As the saying goes, if you live a life of idleness, you will run out of money. After a few years, the father and daughter were so poor that they had only an empty house left. Mr. Jiang liked to show off, so he had to eat and use the best. Jiang Yuying had no choice but to become a secret door."

"Secret door?"

Qi Yue was surprised.

The vendor said, "You don't even know what a secret door is? A secret door is a whore who doesn't hang a sign!"

Qi Yue closed his notebook: "That is to say, Jiang Yuying is a secret prostitute."

"Yes, there is such a name, secret door, secret prostitute, they are the same thing."

"Ma Kai and Jiang Yuying..."

"At the end of last year, Ma Kai suddenly came back. I heard that Jiang Yuying had become a widow. So, the two of them got together again..."

The reason why he paid attention to Ma Kai was that in Qi Yue's opinion, the three people eating at Shunxin Restaurant, including the guy with a head like a flat shovel, seemed to have some unknown origins.

Just looking at the way they eat, it seems like they haven't seen meat for years and finally have a good meal. They want to eat even the plate. Normally, a group of people who spend three dollars and fifty cents on a meal would not eat like this.

(End of this chapter)