Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Beiping City, Mo Yuchu appears in the world

Just after midnight, stars sprinkled on the dark sky like dots, and the night wind blew past, blinking like countless eyes.Under the night, the city of Beiping finally got rid of the hustle and bustle of the day and fell into a dream, looking extraordinarily quiet.In a courtyard with three entrances inside and outside in Xicheng District of Beiping, which is known as "rich in the east and noble in the west", there was a sharp phone ringing. A man and a woman on the pear wood carved bed were awakened by the sudden sound of the phone. The woman habitually put her hands on the man's ears, thinking that the annoying phone would stop after a while.But unexpectedly things backfired, the damn phone rang over and over again like a reminder.The man had already woken up. At this moment, he pushed the woman's hand aside, rushed out of the bed angrily, picked up the phone and said, "Hurry up, hurry up? Do you want me to sleep?"

The person on the phone was not angry, and after a slight cough, he took a breath and said, "I'm here to save you!" This voice woke up the angry man from his dream like a bolt from the blue, and his tone immediately became respectful: "I'm sorry, it's your Excellency, what's your order?" The man on the other side of the phone pondered for a moment and said, "Tonight is your death day!" The man's tone on the phone was not serious, but he could hear the man in front of him covered in cold sweat. Never come to play such a joke with him in the middle of the night.

The man felt as if his knees had been steamed all of a sudden, he immediately softened, fell to his knees, and said in a crying voice, "You...you must save my life!" "Hehe!" The person on the phone didn't seem to care about the pleading, and said after a long time, "I can't save you, but there is someone who can!" "Who?" The desperate man seemed to have caught a life-saving straw in an instant, how could he give up? "You!" The word was short and powerful. The man turned on the desk lamp and was half lying on the bed, with a cigarette in his mouth, and a match in his trembling right hand, but he failed to strike it. Breaking out in cold sweat, he couldn't help saying in surprise, "Did something happen?"

"Ah?" The man regained his composure, his throat trembled and said, "It's okay, you go to bed early." At the same time, he lit a match, took a deep breath of the cigarette, calmed down a bit, glanced Glancing at the woman, seeing that she was staring at him intently, he tried his best to calmly say, "What time is it?" The woman stretched her neck to look at the clock on the bedside table next to her, and said, "It's almost two o'clock, isn't there still work at the police station tomorrow? Go to sleep soon!" Unexpectedly, the man's body trembled twice, he snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand in the ashtray beside him, put the quilt aside, and quickly put on his coat.The woman watched the man's strange behavior but remained silent.It wasn't until the man finally took out the pistol and pulled out the magazine to examine it carefully that the woman couldn't help asking, "You still have to take the gun out so late?"

The man put the gun in his arms and said while wearing his coat, "You can sleep peacefully, I will be back at dawn!" After speaking, the man put on a hat and hurriedly closed the door and went out. There were stars outside, the black sky, the twinkling starlight seemed to be wiped deliberately by someone, the man locked the gate and did not drive, but got into a dark alley next to him, he walked vigilantly He pricked up his ears to listen to the movement behind him. This small alley was 100 meters deep, and on the other side of the alley was a spacious road. The man turned a corner and vaguely saw a black car parked at the entrance of the alley. Slowing down his pace, he subconsciously touched the gun on his waist with some hesitation.

Cold sweat trickled down his back. The other party made it very clear on the phone that this would be the last time he was looking for him. If he did well, he would not bother him again. At the same time, he also knew that this time he would never Just as easy as before.He walked to the front of the car, and the door of the car opened slowly. A man with a civilized stick in his hand and a hat with the brim pulled down was sitting in the car, with a high-quality cigar in his mouth. The man pointed to the seat beside him with the civilized stick in his hand, and the man sat in the car knowingly, and closed the door casually.About half an hour later, the man got out of the car and respectfully watched the black car leave slowly, gradually disappearing into the vast night.The man breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the car leave. He looked at the watch on his wrist. It was just three o'clock at this time, and there was still more than an hour before dawn.He knew it was still too late, and he needed someone to accomplish this, someone who was still locked in a cell.

Thinking of this, the man turned around and walked into the deep alley, got in his car and drove towards Paoju Hutong in Dongcheng, Beiping. The prison in Paoju Hutong was originally the Beiping Army Prison. It is different, but the man knows that in the basement of this seemingly ordinary prison, there are two extremely solid cells made of concrete. The doors are made of one-inch-thick steel plates. No sunlight.As for the people locked in those two cells, the man had heard about them. Although the Japanese kept the existence of those two people under wraps, he was still the chief of the Beiping City Police Department, so he still knew about them. roughly the situation.

The identities of these two people are extremely special, which is not difficult to see from the tightness of the prison where they are held. One of them is the person the man is going to meet today. Although the file is only two thin pages, with a few hundred words and extremely cryptic writing, with the man's years of experience, he still smells a strong sense of conspiracy in it.The person inside is over seventy years old, but this person has spent almost thirty years in such a state of captivity. The Japanese brought him from the northeast to Peiping and arranged here secretly, and almost every month Someone came to threaten and lure this old man, and anyone with a discerning eye could know that there must be some secrets that the Japanese want to know very much.As for the person locked in another prison, the man didn't know, that person didn't even have a file.

The car galloped in Beiping City towards No. 21, Dongcheng Paoju Hutong. There was a small watchtower at the entrance of Paoju Prison. Unlike most prisons in Beiping City, the guards here were all Japanese.The man parked the car at the door, and immediately two Japanese soldiers with live ammunition trotted over and stood in front of the car. The man took out his work card, and the Japanese soldier took the card in doubt, which said Fang Rude, director of the Peking Public Security Bureau. After reading it, the Japanese soldier stood at attention with both feet and gave a military salute, put his gun on his shoulders, presented his documents with both hands, and waved behind him.Two Japanese soldiers removed the roadblock in front of the gate, and Fang Rude drove into the prison with a smile on his face.After stopping the car, Fang Rude checked the time. It would be dawn in a quarter of an hour, and he wanted to see that person quickly.

Fang Rude swallowed while sitting in the car. He knew that even though he was the chief of the Beiping Police Station, it would be difficult to meet that person, and if he failed, he would really risk his life.He touched the pistol on his waist, thinking that if he could complete the task smoothly, then he would never let the Japanese catch him. It would be much better to kill himself than to be tortured to death by these little Japanese. About three minutes later, Fang Rude opened the car door, stood outside and tugged at the hem of his clothes.He took a step towards the inside of the prison. There was an office at the gate of the prison, and the person inside was the warden.Fang Rude stopped at the door for a while, and then tapped lightly on the door twice. After a while, there was a sound of footsteps inside. With a "squeak", the door hinge turned slightly, and the door opened.

A burly Japanese officer with a black face and a mustache appeared in front of Fang Rude. The Japanese officer stood up straight and gave a military salute: "Director Fang!" Fang Rude smiled slightly, his small eyes narrowed into a narrow slit: "Hey, Warden Yamada is fine!" He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Yamada, who waved his hand lightly and refused. .Fang Rude's cigarette stopped in mid-air for two seconds, and then lightly lit it in his mouth. "Mr. Fang, what is the purpose of your visit today?" Yamada said in his not-fluent Chinese. Fang Rude extinguished the match by shaking it twice in the air and said, "I'm here to interrogate a prisoner today!" "Oh?" Yamada was obviously a little surprised. It stands to reason that although Fang Rude is the chief of the Beiping Police Department, he has no right to interrogate the prisoners in the Paoju Prison, unless he has special needs and has been specially approved by the Special High School. Before Yamada could speak, Fang Rude took out another note from his pocket and handed it to Yamada. This note was given to Fang Rude by the person in the car just now and told him to hand this note to Yamada. Yamada would never make things difficult his.In fact, Fang Rude had already guessed the content of the note, but when he actually opened the note and saw the words Matsui Shangyuan, he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.This Matsui Shangyuan is not an idle person. He is the number one leader of the special high school in Beiping City. He regrets that he should read this note first, or let that person rewrite a person's name. If it is found to be a forgery, then he will die. Yamada took the note and looked it over, then raised his head to look at Fang Rude, frowning in bewilderment, and then read the note carefully again.Although Fang Rude was calm on the surface, his heart was already pounding, and he put his right hand on his waist.About three minutes later, Yamada raised his head and said with a smile: "Fang Jun, I will send someone to take you to see that person immediately, but..." Yamada looked Fang Rude up and down, and finally his eyes fell on his waist and said: "You can't carry a weapon!" Although Fang Rude was extremely unhappy in his heart, he just took out his pistol and handed it to Yamada with a smile. Afterwards, Yamada yelled to the outside, and a Japanese soldier rushed over and gave a military salute. Yamada murmured a few words in Japanese , the Japanese soldier kept nodding his head and then said "Hi". "Fang Jun, he will take you to meet that person!" Yamada turned his head and said to Fang Rude, "I still need to make a phone call!" Fang Rude nodded repeatedly, and followed the Japanese soldier into the prison.This Paoju Prison is not very big, but it is quite famous in this city of Beiping. Because of the Japanese concentration camp management before, this originally small prison has become a transfer station for laborers. There are more than 3,000 people, and these people will eventually be transported by sea to various parts of Japan through Tanggu Port in Tianjin.Fang Rude followed the Japanese soldiers through the two rows of houses in front, and behind it was a tall tower, where all the prisoners were held for serious crimes, the most famous of which was "Anti-Japanese Hero" Ji Hongchang.At this moment, Fang Rude walked down the steps of the tower, and a cold air kept rising from below, with a strong smell of smell and mildew. Fang Rude followed the Japanese soldiers while covering his nose, walking Going down the steps, the not-so-spacious corridor was dark, and the several dim incandescent lamps overhead could not illuminate very far.The two concrete prisons stood opposite each other at the deepest part of the corridor. There is a thick layer of rust hanging on the thick iron door, even the iron lock on the door is covered with copper rust, there is only a small opening under the iron door, it should be used for delivering food on weekdays!The Japanese soldier stood at the door and took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, and then poked the huge iron lock for a while before opening the door. The Japanese soldier tried his best to move the iron door to a gap that could allow one person to enter and exit, and then He straightened up and gave a military salute. Fang Rude nodded while holding his nose, and looked in through the crack of the door, a strong foul smell rushed out from inside, almost made him faint, he quickly covered his nose and cursed inwardly: " Damn it, I wouldn't have come to this kind of ghost place if it wasn't for the damn task." He slid into the cell sideways, the cell was not big, it was cold and damp inside, and there was even frost hanging on the corner of the wall.In front of him was an iron window covered with straw, paper scraps were scattered on the ground, and strange-shaped wires and parts were scattered on the table in front of him, but the people in this cell could not be seen. Fang Rude adjusted his glasses and looked around, and suddenly found that there was an iron chain attached to the foot of the iron bed. Looking in the direction of the iron chain, there was a dark thing in the northeast corner of the cell. squirming.Fang Rude walked into the cell, at this moment, the dark thing said in a low tone: "Swapped again?" Hearing this sentence, Fang Rude was at a loss, and saw the figure slowly walking out from the corner, holding a cracked enamel jar in both hands, and drank the water in the jar while walking, Fang Rude once again Looking around, it turns out that the frost around the cell has melted into water, and that person was there to catch the water just now! After drinking the water, the old man had already sat in front of the table with the pot in his arms. Only then did Fang Rude see that the old man was haggard, with gray beard and hair, ragged clothes, and deep scars on his face and bare arms. , old and new superimposed, appalling. "Here or go to the interrogation room?" The old man's black eyes seemed to have some kind of penetrating power. Fang Rude was uncomfortable seeing it. He smiled slightly and turned his head to look at the door of the cell. Then, he brushed towards the old man, and whispered in his ear: "Someone asked me to bring you something, and said that you will understand immediately when you see it!" The old man glanced at Fang Rude, as if he didn't care. Fang Rude reached into his pocket with his back to the door and took out a small wooden box, and put it on the table. When he saw the wooden box, the old man's eyes immediately glowed.He grabbed the wooden box and gently stroked the carved unicorn pattern on the wooden box, like an old friend. "Does he have anything to say to me?" The old man tilted his head and said. "Well, the yellow sand has arrived, and the Golden Gate is waiting to be opened!" Fang Rude told the old man exactly as the person in the car said, only to see that the old man's body was shaking violently when he heard the words, and a line of tears flowed from the corner of his eyes When he came out, his lips trembled slightly, and it took a long time before he firmly grasped the box in his hand and said, "Fifty years, I've been waiting for fifty years!" After all, the old man put the box on the table, picked up a strangely twisted iron wire in his hand, and quickly bent it in his hand. It has been folded into a key like a sharp sword by him.He carefully inserted the key into the small hole on the wooden box, tapped the four corners of the box a few times, and only heard a slight "click", and a gratified smile appeared on the old man's face. Fang Rude also looked curiously at the box in the hands of the old man, and then the old man opened the box, inside was a piece of milky white jade, the only regret was that there was a small piece of jade in the middle of the beautiful jade. Black dots like ink dots. "If it didn't have that flaw, it would be a priceless treasure!" Fang Rude was usually an antique guy, and he couldn't help but sigh regretfully when he saw this beautiful jade. The old man glanced at him contemptuously, then stared intently at the flawed piece of jade in front of him, and said disdainfully, "Hmph, common sense, can you help me find a water bowl and a candle?" Although Fang Rude was upset, he had no choice but to turn his head and walk out resentfully. After a long time of comparison with the Japanese soldier, the Japanese soldier quickly brought a white porcelain water bowl and half a candle.Fang Rude took all the things and went back to the cell, only to see that the old man was half-bowed with his back to himself, staring at the table in front of him. Fang Rude put the water bowl on the table, only to see that the old man had put the jade on the box, he took the candle, measured the distance of four or five fingers from the box, and then pressed the candle to the preset position, Then he turned his head to Fang Rude and said, "Give me your match, and let the devils outside turn off the light in the cell!" There was no politeness in the old man's tone, Fang Rude was quite annoyed when he heard it, but he had no choice but to obey.He threw the matchbox on the table, and went out to let the Japanese soldiers turn off the light in the cell. In an instant, the room was pitch black, and he couldn't see his fingers. It looked like a tomb. At this moment, there was a sound of "wow" in his ears, a spark burst out from the old man's hand, and instantly jumped into a cluster of flames, and the old man lit a candle.Fang Rude looked along the light, and couldn't help trembling in his heart. On the wall opposite to the candle, there was a faint reflection of a desert. The afterglow of the setting sun, and the sand dunes with uneven heights were really wonderful. Sense of words.At this moment, the old man put his hand into the water bowl, took some water droplets from it and dropped it on the beautiful jade, the frozen picture seemed to shake instantly, the setting sun seemed to be sinking slowly, and the The sand on the dunes seems to be blown up by the strong wind. In an instant, the whole picture is covered by a huge sandstorm.Suddenly the picture stopped at the same place again, and the old man took some water with his hands again, this time it dripped on the jade, just like before, the picture shook again, and the wild sand was scattered in the desert. Emerald green appeared. Only then did Fang Rude scream in his heart, it really is a precious thing, the old man took the beautiful jade and put it in a box and said: "Give this to that person!" Fang Rude hid the box in his clothes and nodded repeatedly, and then exited the cell. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got out of the cell, he saw several Japanese soldiers with live ammunition standing at the door. Fang Rude knew something was wrong, and Yamada must have seen that The flaw in the note, or the phone call he said at that time was to Matsui Shangyuan. "Director Fang, Captain Yamada is waiting for you in the reception room!" A Chinese translator said with a half-smile. Although Fang Rude was already terrified to death in his heart, his face was still braced, he touched his waist subconsciously, and suddenly remembered that his gun had been handed over to that idiot Yamada when he came in, and now he might want to drink bullets Suicide is out of the question.Fang Rude narrowed his eyes and smiled, "What is Captain Yamada looking for me for?" "You will know when you go!" The interpreter's secretive attitude was like pouring cold water on Fang Rude's head. He gritted his teeth and followed a group of Japanese soldiers out of the prison. When he walked into the reception room, Yamada was answering the phone. He signaled Fang Rude to sit down, but he kept nodding to the phone, occasionally muttering a few words in Japanese.Fang Rude on the side felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, what kind of medicine was sold in this little Japanese gourd?He looked around and found that his gun was on Yamada's desk. He couldn't help but make up his mind that if Yamada really found out, he would immediately grab the gun and kill himself. After about ten minutes, Yamada finally hung up the phone. He sat down at the desk with a smile and fiddled with Fang Rude's note in his hand and said, "Mr. Fang, you got this note from Mr. Matsui. Is it?" When Fang Rude heard something bad, cold sweat broke out from his back instantly. He settled down and said, "Yes, what's wrong?" After listening to Fang Rude's words, Yamada stood up from his chair and walked to Fang Rude's side, saying, "So Mr. Fang is familiar with Matsui?" Fang Rude nodded slightly. At this moment, he was already in a state of confusion, his mind was blank, and he only knew how to nod mechanically. Yamada nodded thoughtfully, and then said something to a Japanese soldier beside him. The Japanese soldier left the reception room after listening. At this moment, only Yamada and Fang Rude were left in the room. Fang Rude suddenly With an idea, this is a good time to grab the gun. Thinking of this, he suddenly stood up from his seat, and walked towards Yamada's desk in two steps at a time. Just when Fang Rude stretched out his hand to get the gun, the phone rang suddenly, and Fang Rude quickly withdrew his outstretched hand.Yamada walked quickly to the phone and picked it up. He looked at Fang Rude while listening to the phone and kept nodding his head. After a while, Yamada hung up the phone. At the same time, the Japanese soldier came in from the outside with an extra box in his hand. . "Fang Jun, here are some things that are going to be brought to Mr. Matsui, but I have never had a chance to meet him, so I have to trouble Fang Jun to help me!" Yamada said, handing the gift box to Fang Rude. Fang Rude took the gift box, and his heart finally fell to the ground. He quickly smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely give it to Mr. Matsui next time I see him!" "Please!" Yamada bowed deeply, and Fang Rude said, "Can I go now?" "yes!" Fang Rude breathed a sigh of relief, holding the gift box in both hands and just stepped out of the door of the reception room, but Yamada suddenly stopped him and said, "Mr. Fang, stop!" Fang Rude was startled, turned his head and saw Yamada coming out of the reception room with his own gun in his hand and said, "This is your gun!" "Look at my brain!" Fang Rude patted his forehead lightly, thinking that he must have been too nervous just now to make such a mistake.After he took the gun and thanked him, he finally returned to the car. His body trembled violently like a convulsion. The scene just now was like walking around the gate of hell. After the car started, he flew away from the cannon station. prison. Fang Rude went straight back to the police station. Before he left, he carefully put the opened box in his trunk. Just like before, he knew that the box would disappear mysteriously when he got off work, and it was replaced by some solutions. As for where it went, Fang Rude should not know, he just needs to know that he can live for a while. As soon as he entered the police station, Fang Rude felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. As soon as he opened the door of the office, he found a person sitting on the sofa with his back facing him. "Moyu?" The rolling Yellow River carries the rolling yellow sand from the source of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and rushes down through more than half of China, breaking through layers of canyons, forming the "Wonder of the Yellow River" - Hukou Waterfall.The surging river rushed into the waterfall with silt and sand, and a faint mist rose.On the huge rock of Hukou Waterfall stood a man, two women and a child in his teens. "Master Feng, what exactly is Moyu you're talking about?" The girl who spoke was about eighteen or nineteen years old. She didn't look as quiet as a girl from the Central Plains, but she had a special flavor. "Hey!" The speaker was a middle-aged man in his forties, with dark skin and a resolute appearance. He looked like a man who had gone through vicissitudes of life, "It's hard to say!" Feng Wanchun sighed and said, "Miss Yanyun, you Have you seen the secret treasure of the fire-type insect repellent master!" The girl Ouyang Yanyun frowned slightly, thought for a moment to vaguely come up with an outline, and then nodded ambiguously: "Master Feng, in fact, the secret treasure has been locked in a box with a pattern of pixiu. As for what is inside, I have never seen it before." Pass." "Hehe, that's right!" Feng Wanchun smiled slightly, the lines on his face looked resolute under the sun, he took out a cigarette from his coat pocket and held it in his mouth and said, "After all, your grandpa also I don’t know how to open that secret treasure box!” "Huh? Why is that?" Yan Yun looked at Feng Wanchun in surprise and said. "I'm afraid your grandpa is just a keeper of secret treasures!" It was another girl standing behind Yan Yun who spoke. This girl looked about the same age as Yan Yun, but her expression was even colder.Before that, she had been staring blankly at the rushing river in a daze. At this time, the shocking words obviously hurt Yan Yun. Yan Yun bit her lips and wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, what the girl said seemed to have some truth. "Yes, Duan girl is right!" Feng Wanchun said while sitting on a black stone slab, "Your grandfather is indeed just a guardian of that secret treasure!" "Is it true?" Yan Yun asked with his mouth open. "Hey, just as Jin Wuhui said, this fire-type secret treasure box was also made by the ancestors of the Jin family who exhausted their wisdom all their lives. The mechanism of the box is extremely exquisite, and the thing contained inside is the most precious treasure of the Spring and Autumn Mohists, named Moyu!" Feng Wanchun While speaking, he was breathing smoke from his mouth. "It turns out that the secret treasure is a piece of jade!" Ouyang Yanyun repeated thoughtfully. "Yes, this treasure word is a box and jade, so it is not an exaggeration to call it a secret treasure." Feng Wanchun sighed and said: "It is said that the black jade is a beautiful jade with a whole body, so it is called black jade. It's because there is a black ink hole the size of a pinhole on Nayu's body." "What is the use of such a piece of jade?" Yan Yun continued to ask. Before Feng Wanchun could speak, Duan Er'e, who had been standing by the side, took up the conversation and said: "I heard from my father in the early years that the insect repellent family originated from a disappeared ancient city in the Western Regions, and that piece of black jade seems to be related to that disappeared city. There is some kind of connection!" "Yes, the legend is like this." Feng Wanchun said with certainty, "It is said that the ancient city disappeared without a trace overnight, and all the secrets about the insect repellent family originated from here. The person who got this black jade Only then can we find the lost ancient city according to Mo Yu's guidance. But the ancestors have said before, if it is not a last resort, never open that ancient city, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!" "What will be the consequences?" This time it was Duan Er'e who was puzzled. Duan Er'e and Feng Wanchun looked at each other, then shook their heads in unison. "If the secret treasure falls into the hands of the Japanese now, they must have already obtained Moyu!" Yan Yun said with some worry, but Feng Wanchun smiled contemptuously and said, "Miss Ouyang, you worry too much. In order to prevent someone from opening the ancient city, people left the method of opening the secret treasure box to the earth-type insect repellent, and only the earth-type insect repellent can pass that method on to the next generation of gentlemen before they die!" "So Master Feng, you know how to open the secret treasure?" Yan Yun couldn't help admiring the astonishing wisdom of his ancestors, but Feng Wanchun shook his head helplessly: "I'm afraid there will be no one in this world who can open the secret treasure again." "Ah?" Both Yan Yun and Duan Er'e looked at Feng Wanchun in amazement. "The only person who can open the secret treasure is my father, but he disappeared thirty years ago. I have searched all over the country for so many years, but I have never found any clues about him. I am afraid that he is no longer alive. !” Feng Wanchun said with a sigh. "Then will the Japanese open the secret treasure by force?" Yan Yun bit her lip and frowned, starting to worry again.Feng Wanchun shook his head: "Once the secret treasure is forcibly opened, the black jade inside will immediately shatter into powder, so it is meaningless!" "I didn't know what the secret treasure is until now!" Yan Yun nodded thoughtfully, then sighed after a long silence and said, "Master Feng, where does Brother Pan want us to meet him?" Feng Wanchun threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, stood up and said, "Pan Jun asked us to wait for him in Tianshui City!" After speaking, he raised his head and looked at the sun above his head. A rainbow was created to cover the waterfall, "It's time for us to go on the road, hurry to Tianshui City and wait for Pan Jun first!" After finishing speaking, Feng Wanchun led the black horse beside him, picked up the golden dragon and put it on the horse, then got on the horse.And Ouyang Yanyun and Duan Er'e also got on their own horses.A group of people walked and walked, but Yan Yun was still frowning. It had been half a month since she separated from Pan Jun last time, and there has been no news since then. She was a little worried about Pan Jun's safety.I asked Feng Wanchun several times about Pan Jun's whereabouts, but Feng Wanchun just shook his head, as if keeping secret.In fact, there is one more thing that makes Yan Yun feel uncomfortable, that is, there is another person who disappeared at the same time as Pan Jun, and that is Shi Miaomiao. She rode on a horse with Duan Er'e in the bridle and followed Feng Wanchun, suddenly she bit her lip, and slapped the horse's back suddenly, the horse galloped two steps forward in pain to catch up with Feng Wanchun.Yan Yun approached Feng Wanchun and said, "Master Feng, do you know where Brother Pan has gone? It has been more than half a month since we left Anyang, but Brother Pan has not been heard from!" "Hehe!" Feng Wanchun said with a smile, "Girl, you don't have to worry, Pan Jun is very smart, he must be waiting for us in Tianshui now!" Yan Yun frowned and thought for a while. Although he didn't quite believe what Feng Wanchun said, at least Feng Wanchun was right. With Pan Jun's intelligence, he could always save himself from danger, but even so, Yan Yun was still unhappy. Thinking of Pan Jun being alone with Shi Miaomiao at this moment, I feel an indescribable depression in my heart. But she didn't notice Feng Wanchun's expression at all, Feng Wanchun was also confused at the moment, Feng Wanchun wanted to appease Ouyang Yanyun and Duan Er'e during the past half month, and didn't want them to see his flaws, while secretly praying for Pan Jun's early return.He lightly patted the horse's back to slow down the speed, the torrential Yellow River rolled and galloped down and hit the black boulder next to it, breaking into countless water droplets, and the memory outside Anyang City before midnight also rose with that Little by little, the water mist came to the back of my mind. This incident started when they had just left Beiping. When the group left Beiping, Pan Jun secretly asked Feng Wanchun to investigate an incident, and this incident had something to do with Shi Miaomiao, the water system insect repellent who was always by their side.Pan Jun told Feng Wanchun that when his father was alive, he mentioned something about the Shi family in the water system. There was a fire at the Shi family in the water system more than 70 years ago. Only then did I realize that there was nothing but broken walls and ruins in front of me.According to the locals, a few days ago, late at night, a fire suddenly ignited in the gate of Shi’s house. The fire burned for three days and three nights. After the fire was extinguished, seventy-two bodies were found in the house that had been burnt beyond recognition. , there is no way to identify the appearance.But at that time there were indeed seventy-two people in the family. Grandfather Pan Jun has been stagnant in the Shi family for more than half a month, hoping to find clues about the fire in the old house of the Shi family, and more importantly, hope to find the survivors of the Shi family.But the result disappointed Pan Jun's grandfather. At that time, the seventy-two members of the family seemed to have no intention of fleeing, and all of them were burned to death in the fire. Half a month later, Pan Jun's grandfather returned to Peiping resentfully, and the matter has since disappeared.Until Pan Jun heard the name Shi Miaomiao for the first time, his heart moved. Although he believed that his grandfather would never be wrong, the girl in front of him did hold Qingsi in her hand, and she also knew how to tie the door of Shi's house. A myriad of skills.So when he left Beiping, Pan Jun secretly asked Feng Wanchun to go to Xiangxi, the former residence of Shi's family in the water department. And Feng Wanchun also went to Xiangxi in person according to Pan Jun's entrustment. Although seventy years have passed, the ruins of the old house are still dilapidated and weeds are overgrown. He asked around about the Shi family. Most of the people in the fire house have passed away.Just when Feng Wanchun was about to leave Xiangxi, he suddenly heard that there was an old man in his eighties who was quite related to the Shi family of the water system. So Feng Wanchun immediately found the old man. In a dilapidated two-story wooden attic, Feng Wanchun saw the old man in the rumors. He was wearing a gray cloth jacket, blind and living alone in this dilapidated attic. middle.Because of disrepair, the wooden attic has already begun to blacken. After Feng Wanchun expressed his intentions, the old man seemed extremely indifferent. He returned to the room on his own, and smoked a hookah made of bamboo tubes. Feng Wanchun stood at the door, and the two of them remained silent, only the old man was in their ears. The sound of "gurgling" when smoking a hookah.After a long time, the old man put the hookah aside and said, "It's been more than seventy years, and I probably forgot about it. You should go back!" Feng Wanchun gritted his teeth and said, "Mister, I just want to ask if you know if there are any descendants of the Shi family alive?" "Descendants?" The old man said with a sneer, with the corners of his mouth raised, "an inexplicable fire, and the seventy-two members of the family all died in the fire as if they had discussed it in advance. How can there be any descendants? The home...is never seen again!" Hearing this, Feng Wanchun let out a long sigh, took out a few pieces of ocean from his pocket and put them on the old man's table, and was about to go out with his whip in his hand, when the old man suddenly said, "Do you know why my eyes are blind?" ?” Feng Wanchun trembled suddenly, he stopped quickly and looked at the blind old man in front of him, the old man lit another bag of hookah and said: "This word has been suppressed in my heart for seventy years, seventy years before you There were no fewer than five groups of people who came to ask about the Shi family, I was so young and scared to death, so I never said anything about it." “哎，不过现在我老头子已经是黄土埋到脖子上的人了，如果再不说的话恐怕就真的要带进棺材里了！”老者说完像是壮了壮胆子一样说道，“我母亲是时家的奶娘，当年我也经常与时家的少爷在一起玩，所以与时家很是熟络。时家的规矩颇多，除时家之人之外极少有人能出入时家，但时家老爷却是一个善人，经常布施。因为极少有人进过时家，因此坊间对于时家便更觉神秘莫测，说时家之人会一种妖术，可以控制人的心神。而那场火灾来得也颇为蹊跷，时家老爷像是预先知道会有一场劫难一般，在火灾来临前几日便散尽家财，将所有的家奴佣人全部遣散，时家人闭门谢客。几天之后的一个深夜，忽然火光冲天，犬吠四起，几乎全村人都跑了出来，只见时家宅门之内燃起了熊熊烈火，火势汹涌，想去救火的人根本靠不到近前。大火烧了三天三夜，始终没有一个人从时家旧宅逃出。” 老者一面说一面吸着水烟：“而唯一一个曾经进入过时家火场的人便是我，因为我母亲之前一直生活在时家，那夜见时家着起火来，我便匆忙穿上衣服向时家奔去。虽然火势凶猛再加上时家的大门牢不可破，救火的人不得而入，我却知道在时家的后院有一处小洞，可以容得孩子钻进去。就这样我进入了时家，几乎所有的房子都着起火来，浓烟冲天，我在火光中慌乱地叫喊着，但是声音很快便被噼里啪啦的瓦砾碎裂的声音掩盖住了。忽然我记起之前来到时家宅门之时曾经进过母亲所住的屋子，于是撒开两腿便向那屋子的方向跑去，可是刚跑出数十步不禁停下了脚步，那时进来是有人引路，此时四面火光冲天，而时家宅门里的院落更是错综复杂，任我如何也分不清东南西北。就在此时，我隐隐地感到身后似乎有些异样，我连忙扭过头，谁知在那大火之间竟然依稀走出一个人影，虽然距离我有数丈之遥，但依旧让我身上战战发抖。 “忽然我的眼前闪过一道白光，脸上传来一丝凉意接着我的眼前便黑了下去。片刻之后一阵钻心的疼痛才从眼眶传来，我双手抱着自己的脸只觉得黏糊糊的，我一面呼喊一面跌跌撞撞地摸到那个洞口，一点点地从里面爬出来，而我的双眼便在那天晚上失明了。至于我的母亲……”老者长叹了一口气说道，“从那之后也不曾回来过！” 冯万春听了老者的话之后心中顿生疑惑，此前他在潘俊的言语之中未曾听到过关于那个黑影的事情，这个黑影究竟是什么人？难道是水系时家的人？冯万春百思不得其解，与此同时，老者一层层揭开厚厚的床垫，从下面翻出一个红布包，他将那个包捧在手中沉吟片刻，递给冯万春说道：“这个东西你拿走吧！” “老人家，这……这是什么东西？”冯万春接过小小的红布包诧异地望着眼前已经失明的老者说道。 “这是当时我在时家宅门里捡到的一样东西，虽然不知道是什么，但是我想应该与时家的火灾有关，你带回去吧！这么多年这个东西一直压在我的床头，就像一块烫手的山芋让我几十年来寝食难安，现在这个东西交给你，我也终于可以休息了！”老者说着靠在床头的墙上，手中紧紧地握着自己的水烟袋，似是睡着了一般。冯万春愣了一会儿，轻轻拆开布包，忽然他的眼睛像是被什么东西蜇了一下，连忙将布包重新包好，揣在怀里向老者告辞，谁知那老者全然没有反应，一个危险的念头瞬间闪过脑海，他伸出手指探了探那老者的鼻息，他竟然已经在不知不觉中断了气。 在安葬了老者之后，冯万春匆匆返回到石门，之后他将在湘西的所见所闻一一告诉了潘俊，唯独没有提及这老者最后所遗留之物。