Chapter 8 Chapter 7: Encountering Ghost Town, Multiple Extermination Cases

Shi Miaomiao nodded slightly and said, "Miss Pan, I can take you to find Pan Jun!" "What about the conditions?" Pan Yuanyuan glanced at Shi Miaomiao and said, Pan Yuanyuan has experienced too many things in these years. Although these things scarred her, it also made her understand a truth, that is, no one in this world will be casual. Treat you well, even close relatives. Shi Miaomiao shook her head slightly, and said flatly, "No conditions! Go or not, it's up to you!" After speaking, Shi Miaomiao walked slowly towards the door.Just a few steps away, Pan Yuanyuan suddenly stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go to Xinjiang with you!"

Shi Miaomiao stopped and nodded: "If we want to stop Pan Jun, I think we should leave immediately!" "But I..." Pan Yuanyuan frowned in embarrassment. After she was disfigured, she kept covering her face with a black veil. If she went on the road like this, it would definitely attract the attention of others and cause many unnecessary troubles.Shi Miaomiao had already guessed what Pan Yuanyuan was thinking, and said with a slight smile, "Miss Pan, do you trust me?" Pan Yuanyuan frowned and looked at Shi Miaomiao suspiciously. About half an hour later, Shi Miaomiao opened the door and said to Long Qing and Zi Wu who had been waiting outside, "Go find a mirror!"

The two were stunned and looked at each other, but Long Qing quickly nodded and said: "Wait a moment!" After speaking, he asked his subordinates to find a mirror. Normally, this mirror is not a rare thing, but most of Long Qing's subordinates are local ruffians Hooligans, who don't have the habit of looking in mirrors on weekdays. After searching for a long time, they found a mirror covered with gray stains.Full of apology, Long Qing handed the mirror to Shi Miaomiao with both hands. Shi Miaomiao smiled slightly, turned and walked into the room, and closed the door behind her.

Shi Miaomiao went into the room and took the mirror and said to Pan Yuanyuan: "Miss Pan, now you can see what you look like now!" After she finished speaking, she put the mirror on the table, and Pan Yuanyuan bit her lip lightly , Liu Mei frowned slightly, it had been several years since she self-destructed her appearance, she hadn't looked in the mirror, for fear of seeing that ugly face like a ghost. She raised her head and looked at Shi Miaomiao with a tentative gaze, only to see that the cold and beautiful girl in front of her nodded slightly, and then she stretched out her hand, and retracted her fingers as soon as they touched the mirror, slightly After hesitating, she finally reached out and held the mirror in her hand, and slowly brought it in front of her. Unexpectedly, what was reflected in the mirror turned out to be a delicate and exquisite face.

Pan Yuanyuan couldn't help stroking her face excitedly, with an incredible smile on her face. May I ask which woman in this world doesn't want to be as beautiful as a flower?A woman self-destroys her appearance and becomes neither human nor ghost, which woman can bear it? "Miss Pan, are you satisfied?" Shi Miaomiao asked calmly while standing aside. "Yeah, yum!" Pan Yuanyuan was so excited that she could hardly speak, "I've heard that the family of the water system has a unique skill called Thousand Faces and Hundred Appearances, which is a technique that can be used to disguise real people. The state of perfection!"

"Miss Pan, in fact, it won't take long for your face to return to its original appearance. This mask is just a temporary expedient measure!" Shi Miaomiao said flatly. "Can it really recover?" Pan Yuanyuan said incredulously. "En!" Shi Miaomiao nodded with great certainty and said, "There is a tiny cochineal insect inside this human skin mask. This kind of insect was discovered by my grandmother overseas many years ago. They use the new flesh on the scar as a food, and the small wounds they cause will not scar and will not be noticed by people. Generally, the scars will heal within half a month, just like before!"

"Thank you!" Although Pan Yuanyuan always spoke coldly to Shi Miaomiao before, but this time it came from the heart. Shi Miaomiao smiled slightly and said, "Miss Pan, let's go!" The last worry in Pan Yuanyuan's mind was also dispelled, she stood up and nodded slightly and said, "Okay!" Shi Miaomiao pushed open the door, and Zi Wu and Long Qing immediately surrounded her. They were all shocked when they saw the stunning woman behind Shi Miaomiao. In just half an hour, the woman in front of her was completely different from before. If she hadn't witnessed it with her own eyes Seeing it, no one can believe that there is such a secret technique in this world.

"Little uncle, the disguise technique at home is really powerful at this time!" Ziwu sincerely admired, Shi Miaomiao smiled slightly and said: "Ziwu, are you ready for what I told you earlier?" "Yeah!" Ziwu said with a smile, "I will definitely handle what my uncle told me!" He took out two passports from his jacket pocket and said, "Master uncle, this passport can only guarantee You have successfully left the land with a radius of a hundred miles of Gyeonggi, and if you go further away, it will have no effect!" Shi Miaomiao smiled slightly after receiving the two passports: "Thank you very much!"

"What's the matter, little uncle is too polite!" Ziwu was a little disappointed when he said this, he thought for a moment and said, "Little uncle, I have something to ask!" "Is it about Yan Yun?" Shi Miaomiao was smart enough to see through Zi Wu's thoughts. "Well, yes!" Ziwu said with a sigh, "Sister Yanyun is too kind, she shouldn't be involved in this dispute at all!" "Don't worry!" Shi Miaomiao nodded and said, "If possible, I will take care of her!" "Thank you, little uncle!" Zi Wu said with a long breath, "This way I can feel more at ease. I will take care of everything in Peking for you. If there is any change here, I will notify you in time!"

"Yeah!" Shi Miaomiao turned her head and said to Long Qing, "Long Qing, please take care of me in Beiping during this time, but I have to ask you to do one last thing for me!" "Well, girl, please tell me!" Although Long Qing is a person who takes black and white, he is a heroic and courageous person with a straightforward personality. "You have a lot of contacts in Beiping, and you are familiar with the Japanese, help me investigate a person!" Shi Miaomiao hesitated for a moment and said. "Haha, Long Qing is the best at finding people. Girl, who do you want me to help you find? As long as he is still in Beiping City, even if he digs three feet, I can help you find someone and bring him to you! "Long Qing patted his chest and said.

But Shi Miaomiao was definitely not as relaxed as Long Qing, she hesitated for a moment and said: "Long Qing, you should think about this matter clearly, if my prediction is correct, I am afraid this matter will bring you a fatal disaster! " This sentence really made Long Qing hesitate, when he saw Miaomiao's expression did not seem to be joking, after a while Long Qing said solemnly: "Girl, can you trust me, Long Qing?" Shi Miaomiao nodded. "Hehe, that's good!" Long Qing said with a self-deprecating smile, "Since you can trust me, girl, Long Qing, even if it's worth risking my life for your trust, you tell me to find me. who!" Shi Miaomiao glanced behind hesitantly, Pan Yuanyuan and Ziwu immediately smiled knowingly, and walked out wisely.After they left, Shi Miaomiao sighed and said, "Long Qing, I want the person you investigated for me to be imprisoned in Paoju Prison!" "Paoju Prison?" Long Qing has a very wide network of contacts in Beiping City. Whether it is a local ruffian or a high-ranking official, even high-ranking officials in the Japanese military circle have contacts with him. Long Qing has heard of this Paoju Prison for a long time. The prison is extremely inconspicuous, but for some reason it is guarded like an iron barrel by the Japanese. Ordinary people slowly say that they are going in. Just hearing the name of this Paoju Prison makes them shudder, "Girl, when it comes to this Paoju Prison , I really remembered a strange thing!" "Huh?" Shi Miaomiao looked at Long Qing suspiciously. Long Qing frowned and said: "Maybe you don't know, there is an old saying in Beiping City, 'The stinky ditch is open, come on!" The mud needs to be cleaned by a special person. For several years, it has been handed over to the gang by the Japanese, and the progress has been smooth, but who knows that the mistake happened in the sewer at the Paoju Prison." "What happened?" Shi Miaomiao asked seeing Long Qing's frightened expression. "It was one afternoon when the sewer in Paoju Prison was being cleaned, and the foreman suddenly ran to my residence and whispered to me that something had been found in the sewer!" Long Qing recalled, "I asked him what he found. , he has been hesitating, hesitating, just wanted me to follow him to the sewer. You also know that the sewer has been hoarding the stinky mud for a year, and the smell is stinking, so I also had some Embarrassed, he prevaricated and said that he would go to the construction site the next day to have a look. But who would have thought that Matsui Akagi came suddenly that night, and he told me that the sewer in the Paoju Prison would be cleaned up by the Japanese, and that I would clean up all the sewers in the Paoju Prison. Give him the list of participants!" "At that time, he came too suddenly, and I knew that these little Japanese must be hiding some secrets inside. So I deliberately delayed the time, secretly sent someone to hide the foreman secretly, and handed over an incomplete list to Matsui Akagi Sure enough, the next day, all the people on my list seemed to have evaporated!" Long Qing said with a sigh, "Nine out of ten accidents happened. Later I found out that for a long time, there were people around me. There were Japanese people who were secretly monitoring my whereabouts, so I didn’t dare to meet the foreman easily. I didn’t meet the foreman again until half a year after the incident, and learned from him that they discovered it when they were cleaning the sewer. Another secret passage. Out of curiosity, the foreman led a few people to venture into it. Unexpectedly, the secret passage was 100 meters deep, and it should have penetrated into the interior of Paoju Prison. There is a rusty iron door, and the surrounding area is made of concrete." Long Qing couldn't help lighting a cigarette, and then said: "Who knows, I just met with the foreman. The foreman disappeared as strangely as the previous workers. I didn’t know until later that it was the Japanese spies who planted beside me who leaked the secret!” "Underground concrete building?" Shi Miaomiao repeated Long Qing's words with a slight frown. "Well, later I sent people to investigate this matter secretly. It is said that there are indeed two underground cells made of concrete in the Paoju Prison, but almost no one knows who is locked inside!" Long Qing's eyebrows moved slightly and he said, "Could it be that the girl asked me to investigate the identity of the person in this cell?" Shi Miaomiao nodded, and said with a long breath: "Yes, you guessed right! But since you already know the pros and cons, it doesn't matter if you are afraid of implicating yourself!" Unexpectedly, as soon as Shi Miaomiao finished speaking, Long Qing burst out laughing, and the laughter was full of contempt: "Girl, you really underestimate me, Long Qing. Although I am not a gentleman, a thief has a way. Slow down It is said that Master Pan once saved my life, even if it is for those brothers who died in vain, my life is nothing!" These words made Shi Miaomiao suddenly think of Bian Xiaohu and Wu Zun. These people usually swear a lot, but they are full of enthusiasm. Once they encounter danger and danger, they always risk their lives without hesitation.It is hundreds of times stronger than those so-called modest gentlemen who are sanctimonious. "Then I'll thank you for everything!" Shi Miaomiao usually looked indifferent, but at this moment, this sentence came from sincere admiration. Long Qing smoked a cigarette and smiled, and said: "If anything happens to me this time, please tell Master Pan that my life, Long Qing, was given by him, and we won't say anything in return. I will have no regrets in this life if I meet Master Pan!" Shi Miaomiao nodded slightly, thinking of Pan Jun, couldn't help but feel sore, a trace of crystal flashed from the corner of Shi Miaomiao's eyes, but she turned her head away immediately, lest Long Qing would see her tears. Farewell to Longqing, Shi Miaomiao and Pan Yuanyuan got into Ziwu's car together, and drove slowly from the north of the city to the black horse Zhangzhuang in the east of the city. Earlier, Shi Miaomiao told Ziwu to prepare two fast horses for herself, and there was only the engine in the car along the way. There was a roar, and the three of them were silent, each with their own thoughts.It was already sunset when they arrived at Zhangzhuang, the black horse, and Ziwu led the two horses out to Shi Miaomiao and Pan Yuanyuan. He lowered his head and wanted to say something, but in the end he still didn't speak. After Shi Miaomiao and Pan Yuanyuan bid farewell to Ziwu, they rode their horses and galloped along the official road in the west of Beiping City in the dark. Because they had Ziwu's pass in their hands, the road was unimpeded, basically without obstacles.He left the capital of Gyeonggi overnight. In the afternoon, the two had arrived in Zhangjiakou. Zhangjiakou was an important military town for the Japanese army. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the two did not enter the city, and Ziwu's pass was no longer valid at this time.They immediately got off the official road, which was far away from the official road. The merchants in the past had no choice but to open this small road to avoid the Japanese. The path is quite narrow, only allowing two carriages to pass by side by side, and the road is rugged, with high mountains and dense forests, and bandits often appear, but this is always better than meeting Little Japan.There is also an inn on this small road, which is convenient for passing merchants to take a break. Shi Miaomiao and Pan Yuanyuan walked on this small road for dozens of miles, and finally came across a simple inn. The inn stands between two mountains and is built close to the mountains. The surroundings are made of mud-water bricks. The two-storey earth building is built close to the mountains, which looks a bit low from a distance.The two drove their horses to this place. There were several horse-hitting posts at the door, and several horses were tied to the horse-hitting posts, as well as several carriages pulling goods. The two dismounted at the entrance of the inn, tied the horse to an unused hitching post, and walked straight into the yard.The yard is very large, and there are people of all kinds walking back and forth in the huge yard, tall, short, fat, and thin. Squinting into the inn, a child in black gauze came over with a smile and courteousness, and asked the two of them, "Are you going to be a top student or staying in the inn?" "Stay in the hotel!" Shi Miaomiao said coldly. I saw the child yelled to Neizhong: "Shopkeeper, two people staying in the store!" Shi Miaomiao looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a middle-aged man in his forties with an abacus in one hand and a cigarette pouch in his mouth in the other. He took the cigarette pouch out of his mouth, and without looking up, he asked, "Guest officer, hehe, you guys came at a bad time, there is still one in the upper room!" As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, he heard a commotion outside, and the five big men said while cursing: "Grandma, this poor country finally met a fucking place to drink and eat!" Following the voice, five burly men strode in from the outside. These people had dark complexions, shirtless upper body, and a slight northeastern accent. As soon as they entered the store, four of them sat at the door On the two benches in front, the leader with sideburns walked up to the counter, glanced at the two women standing in front of the counter, smiled lewdly and said, "Shopkeeper, give We brothers choose two upper rooms?" "The upper room?" The middle-aged shopkeeper took a puff of cigarettes, accidentally choked on it, coughed violently twice, and said, "There is only one upper room. The two girls have already made an appointment just now. Now there is only one ordinary room." room!" Shi Miaomiao thought to himself that the shopkeeper was reasonable, but as soon as he said this, the big man couldn't help but slapped the counter with a "slap" and said, "Then give me the room!" The shopkeeper didn't get angry, shrugged his shoulders slightly, with a disdainful smile on the corner of his mouth, and continued to fiddle with the abacus in his hand: "I'm sorry, although this shop is small, the rule of first come, first served cannot be broken!" "Fuck, old guy, you still kick your nose on your face, don't you!" It was another man in his twenties who had been sitting on the table in the back talking, and he took two steps forward to the counter In the front, he glanced at Shi Miaomiao and Pan Yuanyuan who were beside him, and said, "Otherwise, I feel wronged, how about sharing a room with these two girls?" Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head, he felt that there was something extra on top of his head. The shopkeeper took out a gun from the counter and pointed it at the man's forehead. He pulled out a gun, but the shopkeeper put the cigarette pouch in the other hand on the counter, grabbed a dagger, and tapped the big man's wrist holding the gun lightly with his wrist. The gun fell to the ground.The shopkeeper pressed the big man's hand under his wrist, and the other hand of the big man stepped forward immediately. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper turned his hand, nailed the tip of the knife on the counter, and pressed lightly in the direction of the big man's finger. It has already fallen into one of the big man's fingers. The headed big man yelled "Oops" in pain, and the two big men who had been sitting in the back immediately stood up and were about to draw their guns, when the gun in the shopkeeper's hand was removed from the man's forehead, and two "slaps" Two shots hit the feet of the other two men impartially, and the two men stepped back quickly. Seeing that the situation is not good, the leading man immediately gave in and said: "The shopkeeper's subordinates are merciful, the shopkeeper's subordinates are merciful!" The shopkeeper pulled out the dagger from the table and put it on the counter, and at the same time put the gun beside him and said, "Turn around, the shop rules are hanging on the wall, so you can go and see carefully, if you don't want to stay, immediately Get out of here!" Those men didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, they turned their heads to look at a striking signboard hanging on the left side of the inn entrance, Shi Miaomiao and Pan Yuanyuan also turned their heads to look at that signboard curiously, and saw the bookstore regulations on the signboard. as follows: There are five places to stay in this shop: first, people surnamed Feng are not allowed; second, Japanese and traitors are not allowed; third, descendants of the Qing Dynasty are not allowed; fourth, promiscuous prostitutes are not allowed; live. Shi Miaomiao looked at the "Five Lives" on the sign, couldn't help smiling, and whispered in Pan Yuanyuan's ear, "Miss Pan, do you find that 'Five Lives' looks familiar?" Pan Yuanyuan nodded. Although Pan Yuanyuan has been hiding her name since she left home, her younger brother Pan Jun has long been famous. It has long been heard that since the Japanese entered Beiping City, Pan Jun has pasted a huge sign on his door, saying There are three things not to save: one is not to save people surnamed Feng; the second is not to save the Japanese;Although this small shop in the wilderness has added the last two, it obviously has some shadows of Pan Jun. "See clearly?" At this moment the shopkeeper finally stopped the abacus in his hand and raised his head. Only then did Shi Miaomiao and Pan Yuanyuan see the shopkeeper's face clearly. On the face of the middle-aged man, there were two deep slits from forehead to eye socket. He has a scar, but his eyes are piercing, and his eyes are soft, which seems to have nothing to do with the fierceness of the attack just now. "Yeah, yum! See it clearly!" The leader man nodded repeatedly while covering the wound on his hand, "Don't be surprised by the shopkeeper, our brothers are reckless!" The shopkeeper clapped his hands, then walked out of the counter with a smile on his face and said: "Look, you guys look like horse racers, you should know some rules of the rivers and lakes, this person is not easy for anyone in the rivers and lakes, If you can take a step, you can give up a step, especially since the two of them are women, they are both sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, so why bother to force each other?" "Yes, yes!" The few men have suffered from the shopkeeper, knowing that the shopkeeper's secrets are not easy to mess with, and there is no inn for dozens of miles ahead. If you miss this one, you must be sleeping in the wild today outskirts. "Six!" The shopkeeper called out to the inside, and the little boy just ran out from the inside and said, "Shopkeeper, what's the matter?" "Take the four guests to the guest room in the backyard to rest!" The shopkeeper pointed to the four people in front of him and said. "Okay!" The little girl said with a smile all over her face, "Four masters, let's go inside, it's clean inside!" The four of them followed Xiao Er to walk around a small door next to him to the back courtyard. At this time, the shopkeeper looked up and down the two women in front of him and said, "Girl, you take the two women guests to the second floor. Go to the room and rest!" As soon as he finished speaking, a clean-looking girl of fifteen or sixteen years old came out from behind silently with cold eyes. Standing in front of Pan Yuanyuan and Shi Miaomiao, she nodded slightly, but did not He spoke, and then led the two of them to the side stairs. "You two girls, follow the girl upstairs to rest!" The shopkeeper didn't ask any more questions after finishing speaking, stretched out his hands and yawned, and walked slowly towards the door with his hands behind his back. People from all walks of life are still busy with their lives. Shi Miaomiao and Pan Yuanyuan followed the girl upstairs, the upper room was on the east side, when the door was opened, a faint fragrance came from inside, following the fragrance, it turned out that there was a plant in the room. daffodils.This room is said to be an upper room, but it is actually a little worse than ordinary guest rooms in Beiping City. The layout of the room is extremely simple, with a big bed, a dressing table, two chairs, and a table, that's all. The girl pushed the door open and led the two of them in sideways. She was about to turn around and leave when Shi Miaomiao called out: "Little girl, can you bring me some food later?" The girl nodded slightly, and then backed out. Shi Miaomiao put the luggage and other things on the table, went to the window and gently opened the window, a burst of fresh scent of grass came in from the window, the fragrance of the afternoon grass made people feel very comfortable.On the other hand, Pan Yuanyuan frowned slightly, and cold sweat dripped from her forehead. The joints on her body seemed to be bitten by thousands of ants. She sat limply on the bed, and Shi Miaomiao turned her head and looked nervously at the pain. Pan Yuanyuan said: "Miss Pan, has the poison in her body flared up again?" Pan Yuanyuan bit her lip tightly, and the back of her hands clutching the mattress was already overflowing with sweat.Shi Miaomiao could only look at Pan Yuanyuan but couldn't help at all.After about a stick of incense, Pan Yuanyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat up on the bed with difficulty. When Shi Miaomiao handed over a towel, Pan Yuanyuan gently wiped the sweat from her forehead, smiled slightly and said, "If ten If you don't get the antidote within a few days, I'm afraid..." Pan Yuanyuan smiled slightly and didn't continue. At this moment there was a knock on the door, Shi Miaomiao turned her head and said, "Come in!" As soon as the words fell, the waiter from the shop came in with some dishes. The waiter smiled and said: "You two girls, the shop is a mountain village, and there is nothing good to entertain you. Special dishes, try them!" Shi Miaomiao smiled slightly, took out some bills from his pocket and handed them to Xiao Er, who took the bills and said happily, "If the two girls have any orders, just say hello!" "Okay!" Shi Miaomiao nodded with a smile.That Xiao Er was about to leave, but Pan Yuanyuan stopped her: "Xiao Er!" The little girl turned her head to look at the pale girl on the bed and said, "I don't know what orders you have?" "Actually..." Pan Yuanyuan hesitated and said, "I wonder how long the little brother has been in this store?" "Hey, girl, don't call me little brother, just call me little six!" That little two is really easy to talk to, "I've been in this store for seven or eight years!" "Oh, that's it!" Pan Yuanyuan continued, "Although your inn is not big, the rules seem to be well written!" "Hey!" Xiaoer smiled and didn't answer. Pan Yuanyuan thought that the shop rules were quite similar to Pan Jun's rules of practicing medicine, and they should be related, but seeing that Xiaoer seemed to keep this secret, she thought about it and continued, " By the way, Xiao Liu, just now you treat those big men like the storekeeper, aren't you afraid that they won't live in this store and leave angrily?" The waiter in the shop couldn't help but smiled and said, "Young lady, I'm telling you the truth! Even if we drive them away now, they might not leave this shop!" "Why is that?" Pan Yuanyuan said with interest.Although the inn is really full of customers and people come and go on weekdays, they are usually men, and there are few women in the first place, and the two in front of me are the most beautiful women, so Xiao Liu is naturally willing to chat with them a few more times. The two girls were so curious about what they said, so they got a lot of interest. "Actually, there is a town forty-five miles on this small road, but very few people dare to enter that town late at night. In order to avoid that town, merchants in the past usually came here before sunset to avoid Passing through that town during the day!" Xiaoer said seriously, "Do you two girls want to know why?" Shi Miaomiao smiled lightly, everything was not important to her, what she cared most about now was how to catch up with Pan Jun.And Pan Yuanyuan seems to be more interested in this matter, Xiaoer also sees through this, approaching Pan Yuanyuan and said: "That town is haunted!" Having achieved the effect he expected, the two beautiful women in front of him just smiled faintly, as if they were laughing at him. Xiao Er seemed a little disappointed. In order to prove what he said was true, Xiao Er went on to say: "It's really strange to talk about the origin of that town. It was originally just a white sandy land surrounded by mountains on three sides. A small road, when you are tired, you will take a rest on that white sandy land. Unexpectedly, ten years ago, a town popped up on that white sandy land like a ghost. Those houses are all green brick courtyards. With high walls and closed gates, almost no one noticed when and who built those houses." "You mean that all the houses in the town are green brick courtyards?" Shi Miaomiao suddenly said this. At first, she always had a clear look, but for some reason she also became interested at this time.Miaomiao's interest was also aroused when Xiaoer saw it, so she said even more excitedly: "Yes, yes!" "Did you see it with your own eyes?" Shi Miaomiao asked. Xiao Liu nodded and said: "Well, at first the passing merchants were surprised when they saw the town popping up out of nowhere, so they went to that town in groups to find out what happened. All the gates of the courtyards in the town were closed, and the streets were swept clean, but there were no people there. If there was something good to happen, a few people jumped over the high courtyard walls to see what was going on inside, but the people who entered were Nothing was found. The house is fully furnished and utensils seem to be inhabited, but no one can be found. But you say it is strange, every evening there will be smoke rising in the town, when troublemakers gather in groups When they arrived, they found that the house where the smoke was rising was empty, and only the stove was burning. They were surprised to lift the lid of the pot, and found that there was a strange kind of meat cooking inside. The troublemakers couldn't help picking up the spoon next to them Stirring it lightly, the meat was fragrant, not to mention cooking a large pot of fragrant meat in this year, even the smell of meat is rare. Afterwards, a few of them each filled a bowl and ate it hungrily Go down. The meat is smooth and delicate. Just when they were about to have another bowl, they suddenly found a white thing rolling up and down in the tumbling broth in the pot. They were all startled, and gently used the spoon to rub the meat on the bottom of the pot When the white thing was picked up, several people suddenly felt stomach cramps and couldn't help vomiting. The white thing was nothing but a boiled human head!" "Head?" Pan Yuanyuan asked in surprise. "Hmm, um!" Xiao Liu kept nodding his head and said, "A woman's head!" "Those troublemakers jumped over the courtyard wall and escaped from that town in a panic. Since then, this ghost town has been spread for hundreds of miles around here!" Xiao Er said, picking up the rag hanging from his shoulder to wipe it. He wiped the table and said, "Looking at the appearance of those merchants, they should belong to this generation of horse racing gangs. They must have heard the legend about that ghost town!" "I heard Brother Six say that this town has been here for more than ten years?" Pan Yuanyuan asked. "Yeah!" Xiao Er had already wiped the table clean, put the food on the table neatly, then hung the rag in his hand on his shoulders and said, "Two girls, take it easy, if you have any orders, just greet them directly." One sound!" Pan Yuanyuan smiled and nodded, and after Xiaoer withdrew, Shi Miaomiao walked slowly to the window with a slight frown, as if she was thinking about something. "Miss Shi..." Pan Yuanyuan yelled softly while sitting in front of the table, while Shi Miaomiao was concentrating on the distant mountain without any response.Pan Yuanyuan thought for a while and called Shi Miaomiao again. This time she came to her senses and said apologetically, "Mmm!" "Come and eat!" Pan Yuanyuan said, picked up a bowl and ate on her own. Because the Japanese people blocked the restaurant in this wilderness, there really wasn't any delicious dishes, just barely making ends meet.Seeing that the chopsticks in Shi Miaomiao's hands were still in mid-air, Pan Yuanyuan smiled slightly and said, "Is there something on your mind, Miss Shi?" Shi Miaomiao was taken aback and quickly smiled to cover up: "Oh, it's nothing!" After eating, Pan Yuanyuan thought that although the girl in front of her always looked indifferent, the city was not too deep, since she didn't want to say , I no longer continue to ask. After hastily eating, the two of them lay down on their feet.After the long journey last night and the poison on Pan Yuanyuan's body, she was already exhausted at this moment, falling asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow, but Shi Miaomiao, who was lying opposite her, could not sleep peacefully no matter what.She was leaning on the pillow. There was a piece of grass behind the inn, and the ground was full of dandelions. At this moment, a few umbrella-shaped dandelion seeds flew in from the window when the breeze blew, Shi Miaomiao stared at the few dandelion seeds and remembered Little by little spread out. About a year ago, with the curling white smoke, a huge passenger ship was slowly sailing towards Fujian, China.A handsome man dressed in black with cold eyes stood at the stern of the boat, looking up at the place where the sky and the earth meet.After a while, another young man came onto the deck with two attendants. The man waved to the left and right, and the two attendants guarded the door vigilantly. At this moment, the man straightened his clothes and walked out of the deck slowly, heading straight to the previous one. The man goes. When he came to the man, he leaned his back against the guardrail, lit a cigar and took a puff, glanced at the man standing beside him who had been indifferent to him, and said, "Go to China?" "En!" The man before snorted from his throat, but did not open his eyes to look at the person in front of him. The man smoking a cigarette smiled slightly and said, "Where is my hometown?" "Xiangxi!" The man earlier replied cleanly. "I don't know if you know that there is a big family with the surname Shi in Xiangxi?" the smoking man said lazily, leaning his hands on the guardrail. "Hehe, Shi Miaomiao!" the man before turned his head and looked at the smoking man beside him and said, the man's mouth slightly curled up with a smile and said: "Aixinjueluo Gengnian!" After speaking, the two shook hands , Geng Nian couldn't help frowning and said: "I heard that the descendants of the Shi family of the Xiangxi water system's insect repellent masters should all be women, why do you..." Shi Miaomiao smiled slightly, and Geng Nian suddenly realized: "Haha, I understand. I have heard for a long time that the unique skill of the water-type insect repellent is a rare art of disguise, but I have never heard of it." Thinking of being so powerful, not only does it look like a man, but even its voice is completely like a man's!" "Hehe, Brother Gengnian is laughing at you!" Shi Miaomiao still said flatly, "However, I am surprised how you found me? Few people know that after the fire more than 70 years ago, Shi's family emigrated overseas." .” "This..." Geng Nian said with a secretive smile, "There is no impenetrable wall in this world. If you want to look for it, you will definitely find it. Didn't the Japanese find you too?" "Oh?" Shi Miaomiao looked at the young man beside him in amazement and said, "How did Brother Gengnian know that the Japanese also looked for me?" "Haha, not only do I know that the Japanese have looked for you, but I also know the contents of the letter that the Japanese wrote to you!" Aixinjueluo Gengnian said mysteriously, "That letter was written by a man who claimed to be Mr. Matsui. The gentleman from the Japanese branch of Yuan’s fire-type insect repellent master wrote to you. He told you in the letter that your mother’s murder was related to the wood-type Pan’s family in Beiping. I invite you to go to Peking to conspire with him, right?" Shi Miaomiao nodded and said, "It's not the slightest difference!" "Do you believe what Matsui Shangyuan said in the letter?" Aixinjueluo Gengnian said, taking a puff of his cigar. Shi Miaomiao smiled noncommittally: "Bad scheme, sinister intentions!" "Oh?" These words came from the mouth of the woman in front of him, which was indeed beyond Aixinjueluo Gengnian's expectations, "What does the girl mean?" "I think Brother Geng Nian should be well aware that the Japanese just wanted to use this as an excuse to lure me to Peiping, and they must have other plans!" Shi Miaomiao said bluntly. "Then... that girl, since you have already thought of this, why did you go back to China?" Aixinjueluo Gengnian asked suspiciously. “两个原因，第一，我收到了你的来信，第二，其实对于时家来说，永远也忘不掉的便是多年前的那场离奇的火灾，那场火灾差点儿让时家灭门，我一直希望能调查清楚那七十二年前水系时家究竟发生了什么事，还有那场离奇火灾的原因！”时淼淼说到这里，紧紧地握着拳头扭过头望着爱新觉罗·庚年说道，“你曾在信中提到过对那场火灾的猜测，不知是真的有证据或者只是自己的凭空猜测？” 庚年点了点头，然后在身上摸了摸，从口袋中掏出一个红色的布包说道：“很多年前我就注意到了水系时家七十多年前的那场火灾，说实话那场火灾来的太过离奇古怪，只有两种可能，一种是被仇家追杀最终灭口，另一种是全家商量好的自杀！可是渐渐地第二种可能被否定了，因为此前根本没有任何这方面的征兆，那么便只能是被仇家追杀了，但是仇家为何杀了人之后还要毁尸灭迹呢？因为他们想要掩饰自己的杀人方法！” 时淼淼微微点了点头。 “后来我亲赴水系时家，终于在当年仵作家中花费重金拿到了这个，或许一般人看不懂这是一件什么物事，但是我相信这件物事对于所有驱虫师来说却并不陌生！”说着他将手中的红色布包递给了时淼淼。 时淼淼有些诧异地打开那红色布包，当那布包一层层打开的时候，时淼淼心中不禁一颤，她一把将那布包紧紧握在手中，咬着牙长出一口气说道：“家母在世之时也曾想到过，不过……” “时姑娘，其实即便有了这个物事也只能是猜测，或许是别人嫁祸。所以我希望你能帮我！”爱新觉罗·庚年目光凝重地望着时淼淼说道。 “帮你？”时淼淼诧异地望着眼前这个年轻人。 “对，日本人早在几十年前便已经开始打起了驱虫师家族秘术的主意，他们一直想要将此据为己有。只是当时因为日本右翼甚是嚣张，将病弱的中国丝毫不放在眼里，所以寻找驱虫师秘宝之事也只是辅助而已。自从太平洋战争爆发之后，日本人逐渐落于弱势，现在他们希望可以用那驱虫数中的不传之秘来改变战局。”爱新觉罗·庚年忧心忡忡地说道：“一旦他们真的得到了那个惊天的秘密，恐怕又会是一场灭顶之灾。” “呵呵，这与我何干？”时淼淼冷淡地说道，“而且你应该是清朝的后裔吧，难道这国破家亡之责不应该由你们来承担吗？” “时姑娘说得不错！”庚年是清朝后裔中少有的忧国忧民之士，此前他前往日本学习也是希望借此能够知己知彼回国效力希望改变战局，“就是因为这大好河山在我们手里失去过一次，所以不希望再被那些日本强盗洗劫一次了！” “你说的这些我能相信吗？”时淼淼不屑一顾地说道。 “其实时姑娘如果不相信的话，我们也不会有今天在此处的这段对话了！”庚年显然早已经猜透了时淼淼心中所想。 “好吧，那你要我怎么帮你？”时淼淼凝视着庚年说道。 “我想日本人一定是计划将所有的驱虫师全部聚集到北平城中，然后再夺取秘宝！”庚年皱着眉头说道，“水系是他们最先下手的，我想接着其他几系的驱虫师也会被日本人诱来北平，然后让驱虫师家族自相残杀，自己渔翁得利。所以短时间内日本人应该不会对你下手，既然是松井尚元将你邀回来的，必定会是松井尚元的座上宾！而我就想借用时姑娘的这层身份帮我调查两件事！” “哪两件事？”时淼淼皱着眉头说道。 “这两件事都与驱虫师家族有着极为密切的关系。”庚年长叹了一口气说道，“第一件事是要时姑娘帮我暗中观察松井尚元，看看他都在和谁接触。我一直有种隐隐的感觉，只凭松井尚元一个人不可能对所有驱虫师家族如此熟悉，他背后应该还有一只黑手。可是松井尚元一直行踪诡秘，很难接近。另外一件事是日本人早已在十几年前在中国北方一些地方培养一种极其厉害的怪虫，那种虫名叫蒙古死亡之虫，据说这种虫十分厉害，如果投入到战争方面可能又是一场浩劫，只是至今不知那个研究这种虫的秘密基地的所在。一直在日本人内部的内线曾经说过那个地方隐没在深山之中。” “真有这种事？”时淼淼闻言不禁一惊。 “嗯！”庚年点了点头，“这个秘密只有日本人内部的高层人士才知道，所以希望时姑娘能多留意一下，我相信你也不希望驱虫术被日本人用到这场战争上来！” 时淼淼想了一会儿说道：“如果我有什么发现的话，应该怎么和你联络？” “这点你放心，管修在你之前便已经进入到他们内部了，他会和你联络的，如果你有什么需要，也可以直接与他说！”管修顿了顿说道：“时姑娘，其实我还知道你的另外一重身份！这船上有日本人的奸细。”时淼淼扭过头见庚年双手扶着护栏，“不过这件事只有我知道而已！”说完管修迈开步子缓缓离开了甲板。 而时淼淼抬起头，双手靠在护栏上，轻轻展开手上的那个红色布包，一阵海风吹来，她微微闭上眼睛，将那个红布纸包小心翼翼地揣在怀里。 想到这里，时淼淼长叹了一口气，她回到中国的这半年时间一直在暗中监视着松井尚元。渐渐地她发现松井尚元确实行踪诡秘，不仅如此他还生性多疑，做事又极为谨慎。时淼淼稍有动作，松井尚元就会立刻改变计划。 因此经历了大半年时淼淼始终毫无收获，但今天听那店小二所说的一番话，她忽然与日本人那个神秘的基地联系在了一起。想到这里，时淼淼更加难以入眠了，她看着睡在自己对面的潘媛媛，此刻她正侧着脸酣睡着，那熟悉的侧脸让时淼淼觉得与潘俊是如此的相似，她有些担忧，不知潘俊此刻是否已经恢复了记忆？应该不会的，应该不会的！她这样在心中默念着，渐渐地眼前潘媛媛的侧脸与潘俊的脸竟然重叠在了一起，似乎躺在自己旁边的不是别人，正是潘俊——那个永远让人猜不透的青年，睡熟的时候却像一个孩子，只是如果他将所有的一切都想起来，恐怕就是自己不得不离开的时候了，想到这里，时淼淼的眼角淌下一滴滚烫的东西。 是泪水吗？