The next day, with a rapid knock on the door, Zhang Yang opened his eyes. It was still dark outside the window. Jiang Liang curled up in a ball wrapped in a quilt. He did not have Zhang Yang's super physical fitness. He heard Zhou Shanhu's voice in the main room: "Who is it? This is in the middle of the night!"

A hurried voice said, "Huzi, come out, I have to ask you something."

Zhou Shanhu was stunned. From his voice, he heard that it was Chen Aiguo, the principal of Shiwa Primary School outside. He got up and opened the door. Chen Aiguo stood outside the door in a wind and snow, his eyebrows and beard were all stained with snow.

Zhou Shanhu hurriedly said, "Principal Chen, please sit in there!"

When Zhang Yang heard that Chen Aiguo was coming, he got up from the bed and went out to see what happened. He couldn't guarantee that Chen Aiguo suddenly changed his nature and explained the past to him clearly, but he also knew that this possibility did not exist at all, and Chen Aiguo should not change it.

Chen Aiguo had no intention of entering the door and stood at the door and said, "Huzi, Master Jishan is injured and is lying in the temple. The situation is very serious. I want you to help me and take him to the hospital."

Zhou Shanhu immediately remembered the incident of a car crash with someone on the mountain road in the afternoon. He said a little annoyed: "What I should have thought of is that those thieves have stole so many things, so I should have thought of going to the temple to see it."

Chen Aiguo said in surprise: "Do you know this?"

Zhou Shanhu said, "It's a long story, Principal Chen, wait for me, I'll go with you to see you." He turned around to get his clothes.

Chen Aiguo nodded.

Zhang Yang also put on his clothes: "I'll go there with you too."

Chen Aiguo glanced at him, said nothing, and whispered: "We have to hurry up, the mountain road is hard to walk, we have to walk for more than an hour."

Jiang Liang also heard the movement, but he was so tired that he couldn't say in it: "Zhang Yang, I won't go anymore, I really can't walk."

Zhang Yang said: "You can wait here, just go and have a look."

Chen Aiguo led the way ahead, and Zhou Shanhu was walking behind. He was afraid that Zhang Yang would not be familiar with the road and had problems with the road, but he soon discovered that Zhang Yang was walking like a flying person, and he was more adaptable to the mountain road than he was a native of the mountains. Zhou Shanhu smiled and said, "Brother, are you also a mountain man, and you often walk on mountain roads?"

Zhang Yang said: "I worked in Heishanzi for a while and was also in this Qingtai Mountain, but I am in Shandong, and you are in Shanxi."

Zhou Shanhu said: "You can tell by walking that you don't have the experience of living in the mountains, it is impossible to walk so fast without the experience of living in the mountains."

Zhang Daguanren laughed in his heart. He had not shown his true strength yet. If he used the skill of stepping on the snow without hesitation, he would be shocked to his mind.

Chen Aiguo didn't say anything, and strode ahead with a flashlight.

Zhang Yang intends to get closer to him and follow his footsteps: "Principal Chen, is that Master Jishan seriously injured?"

Chen Aiguo whispered: "I was hit by the head and had a lot of blood. I fell off the steps while resisting, and my right leg seemed to be broken. I think he must be taken to the hospital today. I can't move him alone, so I can only ask you for help." He remembered Zhou Shanhu's words just now, turned to Zhou Shanhu and said: "Huzi, what exactly did you say just now?"

Zhou Shanhu then told about his experience of meeting a thief in the afternoon. He regretted it: "I thought the police from the police station would go to Xishan Temple to investigate, but I didn't expect them to go."

Zhang Yang said: "It must be because they saw that the snow was too heavy, and their cars didn't dare to enter the mountain." He had long known the police's efficiency in handling cases. In fact, he also saw the situation today. They drove to Xiaoshiwa, and they all rely on two people to take turns to lead the way and command the way. If others were not afraid to enter the mountain.

Chen Aiguo said angrily: "If such a big thing happened, don't investigate it, these people are just a waste of time!"

Zhou Shanhu said: "How could Principal Chen go to Xishan Temple?"

Chen Aiguodao: "I took some sweet potatoes and sent them to him. Unexpectedly, I saw him slumped in a pool of blood. Fortunately, I was in a tone. I put on the quilt to cover him and set a fire beside him. Then I came to ask you for help."

They walked as they talked and the snow had become much smaller, from heavy goose feathers to tiny powder, just like white flour falling from the sky. It seems that the snowfall will not last too long.

Xishan Temple is located on the mountain peak north of Shiwa Primary School. The peak is not high, but the road is very difficult to walk. They walked for more than an hour before they arrived in front of the temple gate of Xishan Temple.

Master Jishan was lying in the hall, wrapped in two quilts, and Chen Aiguo set up a fire for him before leaving. Now it was almost burning, so he was about to extinguish.

When Zhang Yang saw Master Jishan, he understood why Chen Aiguo could not bring him down the mountain. The old monk was tall and fat, at least 180 kilograms. He really couldn't figure out how he could grow so much fat after eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha's name.

Half of Master Jishan's face was stained with blood and his head was smashed, but now the blood had stopped. What was really serious was his right leg. Seeing Chen Aiguo coming with two young people, Jishan's face showed a smile: "Come... it was stolen from the temple."

Zhou Shanhu stepped forward to hold Jishan's shoulder and said, "Master Jishan, don't worry, the thieves have been caught by the people from the township police station, and the stolen people are captured. It won't take long before they will send the lost property back."

Chen Aiguodao: "We have to send Master Jishan to the hospital as soon as possible. Let's carry him down with the door panel."

Zhang Yang said, "Let me take a look first!" He came to Jishan's side, lifted up the quilt, looked at Jishan's right leg, Zhang Yang said, "Huzi, help me find some straight wooden sticks and wooden boards. I will help Master Jishan restore it, so there is no need to go to the hospital." He pinched Jishan's right leg and smiled, "Master, does your headache hurt?"

Ji Shan shook his head. Before he could react, he felt a sharp pain in his right leg. He screamed in pain, but Zhang Yang took advantage of his attention to change and he had already helped him reset his right leg like lightning.

Although Chen Aiguo did not understand medical skills, he saw Zhang Yang's skillful technique and guessed that the young man was a hidden doctor. Zhang Yang used the wooden board brought by Zhou Shanhu as a splint to fix Ji Shan's right leg, and then took out the Jinchuang medicine with him to treat Ji Shan's head.

After the processing, the few of them carried Jishan to the Zen room with the door panel.

Jishan heard that all the stolen things had been found, and he also put a big stone in his heart.

After settling down on Master Jishan, it was already six o'clock in the morning. Before the sky was bright, the snow outside had completely stopped. Zhang Yang came to Chen Aiguo and wanted to speak but stopped.

Chen Aiguo knew what he wanted to ask and whispered: "That photo was taken in 1966. At that time, a total of twenty-seven people came to Lujialiang to go to the lineup. The photos you saw were taken in front of the township government. There were eight people coming to Xiaoshiwa Village, and I was one of them."

Zhang Yang endured the excitement in his heart, and Chen Aiguo finally took the initiative to mention this matter. He whispered: "I found Principal Chen in the photo."

Chen Aiguo stretched out his hand: "Take me that photo!"

Zhang Yang handed the photo to him, and Chen Aiguo came to the bonfire and looked at the photo in the light of the fire.

Zhang Yang looked at him, feeling very nervous, afraid that Chen Aiguo would throw the photo into the fire, and this photo was not easy to get.

Chen Aiguo seemed to see Zhang Yang's thoughts and sighed: "It's almost thirty years. If you hadn't brought this photo, I would have almost forgotten it."

Zhang Yang said: "Some things I can't forget!"

Chen Aiguo returned the photo to Zhang Yang and said, "Yes, I can't forget some things. Where did you get this photo?"

Zhang Yang did not hide it, and he said truthfully: "Do you recognize Chen Jingxian? I found this photo from her home."

"Chen Jingxian?" Chen Aiguo chewed the name, his expression seemed a little confused. After a while, he shook his head and said, "I don't know you, I've never heard of this name."

Zhang Yang pointed to Chen Jingxian who was standing with Wang Junyao in the photo and said, "It's her!"

Chen Aiguo whispered: "She is not Chen Jingxian, but Chen Liangyu. If I remember correctly, she used this name when Lu Jialiang has been in the past 66 years."

Zhang Yang said: "Do you recognize the person with her? Her name is Wang Junyao."

Chen Aiguo's eyes showed a hint of unaware pain, and he whispered: "I know, she is called this name."

Zhang Yang said: "Now everyone calls her Madame Heather. She went abroad in the 1960s and is now a wealthy woman."

Chen Aiguodao: "Madame Hayser? Is she married?"

Zhang Yang said: "I heard that my husband died, and later he became a widow, and he is still alone." He suddenly found that Chen Aiguo was very interested in the news about Wang Junyao. Zhang Yang was secretly happy. As long as he provoked the topic of interest to him, it would be much easier to go deeper into this matter.

Chen Aiguodao: "You know everything you want to know. Is there anything else to ask?"

Zhang Yang said: "Tell me about Xu Changde!"

Chen Aiguo glanced at Zhang Yang, picked up a piece of chopping wood and threw it into the fire: "Didn't you tell me who you are? Why are you so interested in these educated youth back then?"

Zhang Yang said: "I am investigating a case, which has something to do with Xu Changde. This matter is related to the life of an innocent person. I hope Principal Chen can help me understand some things in the past."

Chen Aiguo didn't say anything, and added another piece of firewood to the firewood. The flames burned, and the firewood made a crackling sound: "What are Xu Changde doing now?" In this remote mountain village, Chen Aiguo knew nothing about the outside world's situation. The big reason was that he had been avoiding news from these people.

Zhang Yang said: "He is dead!"

Chen Aiguo said in surprise: "Is he dead?"

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Sometimes after he became the governor of our Pinghai Province, he died of a heart attack at home. It has been several years since then."

Chen Aiguodao: "I didn't expect him to leave so early!"

Zhou Shanhu was not very interested in their conversation, so he ran to the yard alone to clean up the snow.

Zhang Yang said: "You are very familiar with him?"

Chen Aiguo looked at the burning flames and was stunned.

Zhang Yang did not dare to disturb him, so he accompanied him silently. After five minutes, Chen Aiguo said: "He stayed in Xiaoshiwa Village for a year and a half, and later he joined the army and left. After he left, there was no contact between us again."

Zhang Yang said: "Is Xu Changde and Wang Junyao a good relationship?" What Zhang Daguanren really cares about is this matter.

The muscles on the corners of Chen Aiguo's lips twitched, his expression was very painful, and he did not answer Zhang Yang's question.

Seeing that he was unwilling to answer positively, Zhang Yang changed the subject and said, "Principal Chen, have you ever heard of the name Dong Dezhi?"

Chen Aiguo nodded and said, "You are talking about Dong Erhei, that's Dong Dezhi. We used to call him that. He is the youngest among the educated youth in the countryside. He is not in the photo, but he has also joined the team in Xiaoshiwa Village!"

Zhang Yang was really surprised and happy. This was a huge discovery. After a long time, Xu Changde, Wang Junyao, Chen Jingxian should be said to be Chen Liangyu. Dong Dezhi and others have all been educated youth in the same village. Zhang Yang said: "Dong Dezhi later served as the deputy director of the Jiangcheng *** Bureau. Because he violated the law by knowing the law, he committed suicide because he was afraid of the crime."

Chen Aiguo sighed and said, "Dong Erhei is very smart. We took good care of him at that time, but he liked to stick to Wang Junyao the most and regarded Wang Junyao as his own sister." Chen Aiguo's words made Zhang Yang even more convinced that the woman in that photo was Wang Junyao.

Zhang Yang asked carefully: "Is there something between Dong Dezhi and Wang Junyao..."

Chen Aiguo shook his head vigorously and said, "No, Wang Junyao just treats him as his younger brother, and there is no such feeling with him."

Seeing Chen Aiguo so affirmed, Zhang Yang thought to himself, why did Chen Aiguo know Wang Junyao so well? Could it be that this old principal who had been lonely and half-life also had an affair with Wang Junyao's ladies? But to be fair, Wang Junyao is still a half-old woman with a charm, and she must have looked good when she was young. Zhang Yang remembered the scene when she saw that photo at Shen Jingxian's house. Chen Jingxian's performance was extremely cold and did not even admit that she knew Xu Changde and Wang Junyao. Zhang Yang said: "Since you are all educated youths who worked together, why didn't Chen Jingxian admit that she knew Xu Changde and Wang Junyao? What happened at that time?"

Chen Aiguodao: "Young man, your curiosity is too strong, you are asking about other people's privacy."

Zhang Yang said: "I have no interest in other people's privacy, but this matter concerns a person's life, so I have to find out."

Chen Aiguodao: "I was shortly after I went to the army here, and I was arrested and criticized by the village for making a mistake. I squatted in a small dark room for more than half a year. When I came back, Xu Changde had already joined the army and Wang Junyao was no longer there. Chen Liangyu had some health problems and was allowed to go home for medical treatment. I don't know many things that happened."

Zhang Yang was skeptical about Chen Aiguo's words. Maybe he really didn't know, or maybe he didn't want to say them at all. Zhang Yang said: "There are a total of eight educated youths who came to Xiaoshiwa Village. Is there any news about Principal Chen's other three?"

Chen Aiguodao: "I know someone, whose name is Chen Tianzhong, is our captain. He is very good. He stayed in Xiaoshiwa Village for two years. Later, I heard that he went to Chunyang because of his family. It seemed that he worked in Chunyang Water Conservancy Bureau for a while. I don't know what happened later."

Zhang Yang took out the photo and said, "Which one?"

Chen Aiguo pointed to the middle of the back row, and Chen Tianzhong stood among the crowd with a handsome appearance, and was a handsome man.

Chen Aiguodao: "I only know so much."

Zhang Yang said: "If you have the chance, do you want to meet these old friends?"

Chen Aiguo sighed and said, "Forget it, everything has passed, what's the point of getting together? It's just a little bit sad."
To be continued...