Chapter 13 Chapter 12: Breaking the Ghost Town, Turning the Ominous Territory into a Lake

Yan Yun let out a long breath and said after a pause: "What did my father give me to drink later, I felt dizzy in my head, and when I woke up, I found that I was already on the bed!" "So that's it!" Pan Jun rubbed his chin gently thinking about Yan Yun's words, "No wonder I always wondered that those Mongolian dead insects were the mortal enemies of the Ouyang family of the fire element, but they seemed to be protecting us all the way!" "Well! Yes, it should all be done by my father!" After Yan Yun said these words, her heart knot was immediately opened. She felt a little hungry, so she picked up the chopsticks and ate indiscriminately, "Pan Brother, my father said that going to Xinjiang is a huge conspiracy, so can we not go!"

"Hehe!" Pan Jun saw that Yanyun was cute while eating and talking, so he smiled slightly and said, "Yanyun eat slowly, be careful of choking!" "I have been thinking all day whether I should tell you these things, and if I tell you, how can I persuade you not to go to Xinjiang!" Yan Yun raised his head and said to Pan Jun, chewing on the vegetables in his mouth. Pan Jun walked over from the window and sat beside Yan Yun, gently pushed the rice grains off her mouth, and said, "Yan Yun, your father is right, if this is really a conspiracy, I have already been involved too much now." It's too deep, even if you really want to pull it out, I'm afraid it's impossible!"

"Actually, I know Brother Pan, I'm sure I can't persuade you, but don't worry, I, Ouyang Yanyun, am willing to accompany you no matter whether it's a mountain of swords or a sea of ​​fire!" Yan Yun pinched chopsticks in his hand and said seriously. "Well, I know!" Pan Jun said with a slight smile. At this moment, Feng Wanchun came in with Jin Long and Duan Er'e from the outside. Seeing Yan Yun eating happily, he laughed and said, "This girl Yan Yun finally Are you willing to eat?" "Yeah!" Yan Yun swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "Master Feng, you are really partial!"

"Eh? You girl just came back and blamed my old Feng for being biased?" Feng Wanchun patted Yan Yun's head lightly and said, "Tell me, where is my old Feng being biased?" Holding the chopsticks, Yan Yun pointed to the dishes on the table and said, "Look at Master Feng, I haven't seen your signature dish that you cooked for us in Anyang last time on this table!" Yan Yun pouted, but What he said made Feng Wanchun feel happy, he said with a smile: "Girl, do you like our old Feng's craftsmanship?" "Well, I can't taste the dishes on this table, but Master Feng's signature dish is the best!" Yan Yun's words were full of compliments, which made Feng Wanchun laugh out loud.

"Okay, since you like to eat, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman for a while, Lao Feng. You eat slowly, and wait for me to make you a big Northeast stew!" After finishing speaking, Feng Wanchun walked towards the kitchen with a smile. It was midnight.Duan Er'e saw Feng Wanchun go out and followed her. At this moment, Liu Jin hurried in from the front yard of the Cordyceps Hall, and walked towards the third courtyard.He had just come back from the outside, and when he came to the middle of the third courtyard, the light in Pan Jun's room was still on, he hesitated for a while and finally walked in.

"Young master!" Liu Jin walked up to Pan Jun with a sad face and said. "What's the matter? Uncle Liu Jin?" Pan Jun asked seeing Liu Jin's anxious expression. Liu Jin whispered something in Pan Jun's ear, Pan Jun was stunned for a moment, he raised his head to look at Liu Jin and asked, "Where is he?" "In the car at the door!" Liu Jin said word by word. "Yan Yun, you and Jin Long are waiting here for Master Feng, and Liu Jin and I will come whenever we go!" After speaking, Pan Jun walked towards the door under Liu Jin's guidance.

Pan Jun was silently praying in his heart as he walked... And in the underground secret room of the ghost town hundreds of miles away, a few people look at me and I look at you.The footsteps outside the door were getting closer and heavier, and finally the footsteps stopped at the door. The few people in the secret room immediately raised their hearts to their throats, and involuntarily touched their own guns, carefully loading the guns and preparing to rush out at any time. At this time, everyone in the room held their breath, as if waiting for the impending explosion. moment.Then the door in front of him was shaken slightly.

At this critical moment, suddenly there was a loud noise from above the ghost town. The sound was like a muffled thunder after a long drought. The secret room also vibrated with the sound, and scattered from the roof.Several people looked at each other, and no one knew what happened. The door in front of him was closed immediately, and then the ghosts underground in the ghost town started to stir up. Only two or three of the forty or so devils who were guarding the dam were left, and the rest all came down from the dam with guns and passed through the secret room. The tunnel ahead goes up the ghost town.

Not a moment later, there was another loud noise above the ghost town, this time the sound was worse than the one just now.Although the more violent vibrations could not destroy this solid underground tunnel, it was enough to shake it.Seeing that the timing was just right, Shi Miaomiao immediately ordered: "Now that the devils have withdrawn, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to remove the dam. Let's act now!" After speaking, several people nodded, pushed the door and walked into the tunnel. Walking out of the tunnel, everyone except Xiao Beifeng was shocked by the sight in front of them. They didn't expect this devil to build such a huge underground dam in this mountain.It is more than 40 meters long from left to right, and the dam directly leads from the foot to the mountain. The water in this dam should be connected to the water in the outer reservoir.On the dam, there is a water outlet every 20 meters. The water in the water outlet sprays down from a height of more than ten meters, and falls into a cement ditch dug in advance in the distance. The ditch is not very wide.If the reservoir is blown open, the flood will surely submerge the underground labyrinth of this ghost town.

Thinking of this, Xiao Beifeng did not hesitate to carry the explosives prepared in advance and drilled along the left side to the drain. The three Japanese devils who had been above the dam did not pay attention at all, and even they would not believe that someone would blow up the dam , so they are joking with each other in Japanese rather leisurely. Xiao Beifeng had been following the old Beifeng to deal with the Japanese in the northeast area before, so it goes without saying how to place the explosives to make them more powerful.After arranging a few explosive packs under the water outlet of the dam, he pulled a long lead wire to the tunnel entrance, and whispered to Shi Miaomiao and the men behind him: "Okay, girl, you take Brothers, get out of here quickly!"

"What about you?" the leading man whispered, "Let's go together!" "Brother, this fuse is only so long, there must always be one person left to light the fire, you guys leave quickly with this girl, I will detonate the explosives in three minutes, once the dam bursts, I can't leave even if I want to Already!" Little Beifeng said while observing the movements of the little devils on the dam. "But..." The leading man wanted to say something, but seeing Xiao Beifeng's resolute look, he finally swallowed it back. "Let's go, I'm afraid I'll detonate the explosives in advance when the little devil comes back, and then we will all die in vain!" Xiao Beifeng patted the man on the shoulder, "If you can, help me to get the stuff in the shop. The girl was sent to Liaohe in the Northeast, and I left a letter in my room, and if something bad happens, the brothers in the Northeast will take care of her instead of me!" "Okay, don't worry brother!" said the leader, patting his chest. "Let's go!" Xiao Beifeng gave them a push, then glanced at Shi Miaomiao, and they nodded to each other. Shi Miaomiao turned around and took the three men out along the tunnel. Xiao Beifeng marked the way out in detail with a thick black line on the map, and Shi Miaomiao gradually discovered the underground of the little devil. Although the labyrinth was as intricate as a spider's web, there were obvious marks at the entrance of each tunnel, and those marks were exactly the same as those on Little Beifeng's map. After walking for a while, Shi Miaomiao's ears suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps again. It sounded like the large number of devils who had flooded into the ghost town just now were returning.Shi Miaomiao immediately let several people hide in a deep tunnel.After a while, at least ten devils came out of every small tunnel next to the main tunnel, and these devils went in all directions along the main tunnel. A dozen devils were trotting past them at this moment. She lowered her head and looked at Xiao Beifeng's picture by the light in the tunnel. There was still a distance from the exit. If those devils went back, Xiao Beifeng would definitely detonate the explosives in advance.Thinking of this, she immediately stood up and said, "Let's go quickly!" Shi Miaomiao led a group of people to run in the direction of the main tunnel towards the northeast exit marked by Xiaobeifeng on the map, because they were worried that they would be discovered by the devils who came back, so their current speed was faster than before. Slow down.Unexpectedly, just after walking a few hundred meters, there was a loud noise from the tunnel, which was much louder than the sound on the ground just now, followed by a second loud noise, and the whole tunnel was filled with this loud noise Vibrated violently. Shi Miaomiao was in a bad mood. It must be that Xiao Beifeng was discovered by the Japanese and lit the fuse in advance.She immediately led a few people along the main tunnel in front of her and ran forward for tens of meters, then turned left and entered the small tunnel on the map. The sound of the explosion gradually subsided in the tunnel, but the violent vibration showed no signs of stopping, and instead became more intense.Although it was hundreds of meters away from the dam, a wave of air with the smell of water rushed over quickly.The little devil hiding in the tunnel didn't know what happened, and rushed towards the dam with a gun in his hand. Just when he reached the entrance of the small tunnel, a huge water column rushed out of the small tunnel. Before the devils in front could react, they were thrown to the ground by the wave. Although the surface of the tunnel was made of cement, the inside was still mud. Once the dam broke, the huge water pressure instantly crushed the tunnel. The mouth of the small tunnel was broken, and the hole was getting bigger and bigger under the washing of the flood. Shi Miaomiao led a few people towards the exit along the small tunnel indicated on Xiaobeifeng's map. This tunnel was dug from the mountain at the back, and the slope was extremely steep, so the more you went up, the more difficult it was. It was heavy, and after walking for a while, I felt my thighs tingling and numb, as if I had been injected with lead water. Every step was extremely difficult, which may be the case, and the Japanese did not fortify here. Huge floods poured into the underground labyrinth of this ghost town continuously. The devils in the tunnels had never encountered such a catastrophe. They had already run to the small tunnels scattered beside the main tunnel. It's all a house, hoping to escape from those houses and ascend to heaven. However, as the saying goes, cleverness is misunderstood by cleverness. In order to secretly study the Mongolian death bug here, the Japanese deliberately spent several years building a ghost town again, and built a self-sufficient hydropower station in the mountains. Power grids are arranged around, and the more subtle thing is that every entrance of the tunnel is controlled by electricity. The entrance can be easily pulled from the outside, but can only be opened with a button from the inside. The station bears the brunt, and the originally huge underground power grid is immediately paralyzed. When the little devils walked to the exit that was originally easy to enter and exit, they found that no matter how they pressed the button, the door was still locked tightly. The flood had completely broken through the dam, and the originally narrow tunnel in front of the dam was also shattered. The large concrete blocks bursting out of the road smashed into a thoroughfare, and the flood quickly filled the main tunnel with lightning speed, and then spread to the tunnel entrance of the small tunnel where the little devils gathered. I only heard a "bang", and then the sound sounded like dominoes in the town one after another. With the sound one after another, the houses in the ghost town were instantly flooded with blue bricks and green tiles. It flew away, and a few figures could be vaguely seen above the water drop.Those Japanese who were forced out of the underground tunnels by the flood were still alive, but when they fell to the ground, they were smashed to pieces.But the flood still quickly occupied their bodies mercilessly, and several streams of water quickly gathered together and spread to the entire town. In the blink of an eye, the water level has submerged the dilapidated blue brick compound in the ghost town.A branch of the flood left the main tunnel and rushed towards the tunnel where Shi Miaomiao and the others were. "Go, girl, the water is coming in!" The man who walked last shouted in panic. Shi Miaomiao glanced at the back, not daring to slow down her steps and quickened her steps little by little, as the water level rose faster. This is a race against death, and if she loses, she will be buried with those devils Taste. "How far is the girl?" The leading man said while looking at the water level under his feet. At this time, the shoes under his feet were already wet, and the knees of the last man had been soaked in the water. "Immediately, I will be there soon!" At this moment, all the lights in the tunnel were extinguished, and the darkness in front of my eyes was so dark that I couldn't reach my fingers, and I could only climb up by feeling, let alone looking at the map.Even if there is light, there is no time to look at it now. Shi Miaomiao's words are just to cheer up a few men, more like to cheer up himself. After walking more than a hundred steps up, Shi Miaomiao's head suddenly hit something with a "bang", she rubbed her head lightly, but the big man behind her didn't notice that Shi Miaomiao had stopped at all, and pushed forward Almost knocked Shi Miaomiao down. "Girl, why don't you leave?" the leading man said out of breath. "We may be here!" Shi Miaomiao said, took out a fire pocket from his arms and blew on it, then took out the map, looked around according to the map, and said with a joyful expression on his face, "We're here! " The men were also overjoyed, the feeling of surviving a catastrophe and still being able to escape to heaven naturally made people overjoyed.However, when Miaomiao gently pressed the button on the map, she found that the exit in front of her didn't move at all. "What's wrong?" the leader looked at Shi Miaomiao anxiously and said. "According to the map, the button for this exit is here, but why can't it be opened at all!" Shi Miaomiao was also a little anxious, because at this moment she clearly felt that the water in the tunnel had covered her ankles. "Let me try!" The leader walked up to Shi Miaomiao and pressed the button, but just like Shi Miaomiao, there was no response at all when the button was pressed.After several attempts, the man became a little annoyed. He cursed and said, "Grandma, that little bastard has come up with so many tricks for a single door. I don't believe I can't open it without his tricks?" Finished speaking The man took two steps forward, touched the iron plate above his head, and pushed it upward with all his strength, but the iron plate did not move for a long while.The water under his feet has already covered Shi Miaomiao's waist. "Come on, brothers, come up together!" The leading man said to the two men following behind Shi Miaomiao. The two men immediately stepped forward when they heard the words, and worked hard with the boss, but the result still disappointed them.Seeing that the water level rises little by little, it will soon cover his chest.Shi Miaomiao and the other guys gave up, Shi Miaomiao thought maybe this is what he should do in his life. "Hehe, Miss, I think the water level will rise in a while. Brothers are going to die here with you. I don't know your name yet!" I tried my best, but now I have no more strength. "Shi Miaomiao!" Shi Miaomiao felt that the water was pressing on her chest, and her body was slightly shivering due to the cold flood. The heat on her body was being sucked away by the water flow around her, gradually Sleepiness hit her face, she felt that she had never been so sleepy like now, as if she could fall asleep by closing her eyes a little. "Hey, have you noticed that the water doesn't seem to rise anymore!" A man said in surprise. These words made a few people a little excited, and Shi Miaomiao also noticed that the water seemed to stop rising as soon as it reached his chest, but even so, so what, they are trapped here, and I am afraid that no one will be able to find them. , Shi Miaomiao felt a little dejected when he thought of this, leaning against the wall of the tunnel, his eyelids drooping little by little. "Hey, girl, don't sleep!" The leader reminded, although he couldn't open his eyes for a long time, "If you fall asleep here, you won't be able to wake up again! Hehe, you, what about you!" The leader The man patted the mouth of the man standing next to him lightly twice, and said, "You grandma, don't fall asleep, be careful, the fish in the water will come out and bite your deadly guy in a while! " "Hey, Boss, I didn't sleep, I just took a nap!" Another man smiled innocently. "We can't, let's do it this way, everyone takes turns to tell the most embarrassing thing about themselves." The leader of the man forced himself to say, "Let me tell you, there is an old man Sun who lives next door to us, and he is 80 years old. I married a little wife. This little wife has a ruthless mouth and scolds anyone who doesn't like it. I have long wanted to fix her, but we old men can't do it ourselves! Later, old man Sun and I went out for a meal and then came back Just tell old man Sun, I said old man Sun, I told you that your wife just hooked up with me." "Boss, did his wife really hook you up?" The other two men asked with relish. "The devil wants her, I just lied to that old man Sun." The leading man laughed. "Will he believe it?" a man asked suspiciously. "Even if this old man is really a bastard, he won't admit it in front of others, not to mention he doesn't believe it at all." The leading man said with a smirk, "Later I told him, if you don't believe me, you can now Go back and touch your mother-in-law's butt, it's probably still cold now!" "What happened later?" The two men came and asked with interest. "Later, the old grandson got up and went home when he saw what I was saying. When he touched his mother-in-law's butt, guess what? It was really cold! It can't be explained that it was a beating!" said the leader Here is even more laughing. "Huh? Boss, didn't you say that his mother-in-law never seduced you? Why is his butt cold?" Another man said inexplicably. "Hehe! Both men and women are cold on weekdays!" The person who spoke was Shi Miaomiao, and she was afraid that she would fall asleep, so she forced her eyes open to listen to the nonsensical jokes told by the leader. "Yes, yes, yes, this girl is more knowledgeable!" The leader raised his thumb and said, "It's up to you, girl!" Shi Miaomiao stood in the water thinking for a moment and said: "The most difficult thing for me to say is..." When thinking of this, Miaomiao actually smiled slightly. This girl who rarely smiles is very beautiful when she smiles. Thinking of Pan Jun, in the grove outside Anyang City, the bonfire kept jumping like Sim Miaomiao's state of mind at that time. Pan Jun held his hand tightly, and Shi Miaomiao's face instantly A ray of light flew up.She knew that she couldn't die yet, she definitely couldn't die in this dark water tomb, for him, for the man she felt deeply guilty for, she must live on. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps overhead, and Shi Miaomiao said vigilantly, "Do you hear someone coming?" This sentence was like a bright light in the dark night, and several people turned their heads. I listened quietly with my ears open, and indeed there was a faint sound of footsteps besides the sound of rushing water. The sound immediately excited everyone. They desperately knocked on the iron door above their heads, but there was no response for a long time.Several people stopped their movements, and when they listened with their ears sideways, the sound of footsteps had long since disappeared. Could it be that the footsteps sounded just now were some kind of animal?When people see hope but are disappointed again, the last strength is completely exhausted. At this moment, all people have no energy to tell stories, and the huge drowsiness is like the waves of water in their chests, wave after wave. hit. At this moment, Shi Miaomiao suddenly heard the iron door trembling slightly in a daze, the door was pulled open in a blink of an eye, and a strong white light came in from the hole, Shi Miaomiao saw it at the exit. Standing a woman, the woman's body projected in the sunlight, it is like a fairy. Shi Miaomiao felt that the sunlight in front of her eyes was getting more and more glaring. She opened her eyes and subconsciously blocked them with her hands. The light didn't seem to be coming from one direction, it seemed that all the surrounding places were glowing.After her eyes adjusted to the light in front of her eyes, she slowly lowered her hands and realized that she was lying on the mountain north of the ghost town. fishy smell. A few dragonflies were chasing and playing on the water, and the dangerous ghost town had turned into a lake. "You're awake!" Pan Yuanyuan said when she saw Shi Miaomiao woke up before standing up and walking to her. When Shi Miaomiao turned her head and saw Pan Yuanyuan standing behind her with a smile, she looked around suspiciously and found that the three men were gone. "Don't look for them, they have already returned to the inn!" Pan Yuanyuan smiled and stretched out her hand, Shi Miaomiao took Pan Yuanyuan's hand knowingly and stood up and said, "Did you rescue us from the tunnel just now? " Pan Yuanyuan said noncommittally: "How is your body? Can you still go on the road?" Although Shi Miaomiao felt a little weak, she didn't want to stay here for too long, so she nodded.Only then did Pan Yuanyuan turn the two horses that had been squinting to the side and get on them. But the three men admired these two women even more. According to Zhang Yuxin, the second woman was named Pan Yuanyuan, who was from the Pan family in Beiping City.When Pan Yuanyuan left the inn, she took Xiao Beifeng's remaining two packs of explosives with her, and asked Zhang Yuxin about the entrance to the ghost town's underground tunnel. But that's all.As for how Pan Yuanyuan did it, no one knows. Shi Miaomiao was riding on a horse, following Pan Yuanyuan from a distance. Although the woman on the horse in front was only in her early thirties, she was able to see things so clearly in times of crisis, as if she had been watching her all the time. Be aware of your situation around you.Her scheming and city management are definitely not inferior to Pan Jun, Shi Miaomiao thought that she might need to get to know this seemingly weak woman in front of her again.But in a second thought, she thought of a deeper level, who can control such a woman in the palm of his hand for several years?When thinking of this, Miaomiao couldn't help being a little startled. Seeing that Shi Miaomiao hadn't kept up with her, Pan Yuanyuan couldn't help reining in the rein lightly and turned her head. Seeing that Shi Miaomiao seemed to be thinking about something, she smiled and said, "What's wrong? Miss Shi, if you don't feel well, we will Find an inn ahead to rest!" Shi Miaomiao urged the horse to catch up and said, "Don't worry Miss Pan, if we can go faster, we may be able to meet up with Pan Jun and the others before they leave Lanzhou!" "Okay then!" Pan Yuanyuan really couldn't bear Shi Miaomiao's body being too weak. "Miss Pan!" Shi Miaomiao called softly. "Huh?" Pan Yuanyuan always had a faint smile on her face, she was completely different from the woman she had seen in Beiping City before. "I..." Shi Miaomiao suddenly felt a little embarrassed, lowered her head and paused for a moment before saying, "You are older than me, I will call you Sister Pan from now on!" "Well, that's good!" Pan Yuanyuan frowned when she said this, "Since we are sisters, will my sister show her true colors?" Shi Miaomiao smiled slightly and lowered her head slightly. "Oh!" Pan Yuanyuan said knowingly: "If my sister is inconvenient, it is right to treat what my sister said as a joke!" Unexpectedly, as soon as Pan Yuanyuan's words fell, Shi Miaomiao had gently removed the mask of human skin on her face, revealing an exquisite face. The mask is more than a hundred times more beautiful. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe that women in this world can be so amazing. "Sister, what's wrong?" Seeing Pan Yuanyuan's surprised expression, Shi Miaomiao couldn't help asking. "I just now know that the reason why my sister wears the human skin mask is because she is so beautiful!" Pan Yuanyuan was joking, but she didn't mean to compliment her at all. "My sister is laughing!" Shi Miaomiao said and put the human skin mask back on. "By the way, sister, you just said that if we hurry up, we can meet before Pan Jun and the others leave. Do you know when Pan Jun and the others will arrive in Lanzhou City?" Pan Yuanyuan said with a faint smile. "This..." Shi Miaomiao pondered for a moment and did not speak. A person flashed in her mind, and this person was Aixinjueluo Gengnian. "How is Brother Gengnian?" Pan Jun got into a black car parked in the backyard of Cordyceps Hall, Xue Gui sat in the car with his head down, Pan Jun caught a glimpse of the black gauze on Xue Gui's left wrist, That ominous premonition was immediately fulfilled. Xue Gui took out a letter from his pocket, and Pan Jun took it hesitantly, and wrote on the envelope: Pan Jun, Master Pan himself.Although the handwriting was unfamiliar, it was written vigorously, and Pan Jun quickly opened the letter. From Brother Pan Jun: Meet the letter like face! When brother sees this letter, he may have already become a ghost in Geng Nian.I heard of my brother's name in my early years, but I didn't have the chance to get to know him.I met my brother in the city of Beiping a month ago, and I felt that it was too late to meet. I only blamed the fact that I was not blessed to be a lifelong confidant with my brother in the Geng year. Brother believes in the middle way of Taoism, and wants to be content with his life amidst the ups and downs.But since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Japanese pirates and bandits of the small island country have clearly revealed to the world that our five-thousand-year-old country is at a time of critical survival, and the rise and fall of the country is everyone's responsibility.Although Geng Nian was a descendant of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he couldn't bear to see the country broken down, and hoped to give a shout out to the common people with his own strength. Although he and his brother only had a brief glance, they deeply felt his concern for the country and the people.Although the elder brother lives in the house, he has the righteousness of the world in his heart. The secret of the insect repelling family is related to life and death. I hope the elder brother should be careful.Even in the year of Geng, you can smile at Jiuquan even if you die. In the year of Geng, this road has come to an end, and my brother still has a long way to go.Take care brother Wang, goodbye! Aixinjueluo Gengnian's last work, in Anyang Pan Jun read the letter several times. Although he only met Aixinjueluo Gengnian twice, this young man exuded a melancholy appeal, which made him Pan Jun also felt that it was too late to meet each other.What made him even more unexpected was that it was only a few days away, but it was already a different journey between humans and ghosts. "Geng was murdered by the Japanese in the old house in Anyang City in the early morning of the day before yesterday!" Xue Gui seemed to be talking to himself. This man from Northwest who has been in the Northwest and has been in the shopping malls for many years said this with a sad tone. voice. "This letter was secretly brought out from Anyang by Geng Nian before he died!" Xue Gui said without waiting for Pan Jun's answer. Pan Jun remained silent all the time, clenched his fists tightly. He still couldn't figure out how he could suddenly suffer such misfortune with his identity and status as Aixinjueluo Gengnian. He turned his head sideways and looked at the dim night outside the window. At that time, Lanzhou City was as quiet as a sleeping baby.After midnight, the water vapor rising from the Yellow River enveloped the entire city of Lanzhou, and the bright moon hanging in the sky was engulfed in the water vapor. However, a few days ago, in an old house in Anyang City under the bright moon, it was standing still. with two young men. "It turns out that you have known each other for a long time!" Guan Xiu looked at the letter Geng Nian handed him and said in surprise. "Yeah!" Geng Nian stood up and walked leisurely beside Guan Xiu with his hands behind his back, raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky, "I have known each other since the strange fire in my family when I discovered the Xiangxi water system many years ago. Later I found out that he was full of doubts about the fire seventy-two years ago just like me. But we have been in secret contact to avoid trouble!" "Oh, that's how it is!" Guan Xiu pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Gengnian, it's time, leave Anyang quickly, the Japanese have already discovered your whereabouts in Anyang!" "Hehe, Brother Guan Xiu, actually you came to Anyang suddenly today, so I knew what was going on. In fact, Jin Sumei called me before to remind me to make plans to leave Beiping early. Did you come today... "Geng Nian didn't go on. Guan Xiu, who was standing by the side, let out a long breath and nodded slightly: "Brother Gengnian, you are right. I came with the special high school, and the purpose of their trip is to kill you. The other people are now You are in the gendarmerie, but you should be found within two days! You run away quickly, and escape overseas!" Geng Nian shook his head and sighed and said, "Where can I escape? America? Or England?" Geng Nian laughed at himself and said, "The country is broken, the Eight-Power Allied Forces broke into Beiping City, the Queen Mother fled in a hurry, and finally this group of robbers Burning, killing and looting; when Yuan Shikai ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the descendants of the Qing palace fled overseas for fear of disaster, but now that the Japanese are here, should we still flee?" "But Brother Geng Nian, if something happens to you, all your plans before will be in vain!" Guan Xiu persuaded earnestly, "You must go, you must leave Anyang quickly, I am already in Anyang City They arranged carriages and horses outside, and they will secretly send you to Wuhan, and then you will be transported from Wuhan to Hong Kong!" "Brother Guan Xiu, you are wrong!" Geng Nian sternly said, "If I leave, then all the plans will be in vain. We have prepared this plan for many years and have been waiting for this opportunity. If I They all fled overseas in fear of death, so what about others? Will they still follow the previous plan?" "But..." Guan Xiu is a calm and smart person, and he immediately understood Aixinjueluo Gengnian's intentions. He stretched out his hand and grabbed his shoulder forcefully, with a serious expression and a choked throat. "And it was a mistake for you to venture here today. Once I escape, the Japanese will know that there is a gap among them. If that happens, you will be in danger." Geng Nian said, "Brother Guan Xiu, You are too important, I have met Master Pan outside Anyang City, and told him some things, and other things will be done by that person. I am worthless now, but you are different. " "Brother Geng Nian..." Guan Xiu was about to say something, when suddenly there was a sound of orderly footsteps in his ears, and the sound of those footsteps seemed to be coming in this direction. Geng Nian and Guan Xiu held their breath vigilantly, after a while, Geng Nian suddenly walked into the room, took out a letter from it and said: "It is estimated that the Japanese have discovered my whereabouts, this letter you Hand it over to Master Pan after I die." After finishing speaking, Geng Nian stuffed the letter to Guan Xiu, and Guan Xiu accepted the letter dully. Then Geng Nian looked Guan Xiu up and down and said, "Kill me!" "What?" Guan Xiu looked at Geng Nian in surprise, the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer to his ears, apparently surrounding the entire house. "Oh, brother Guan Xiu, what are you waiting for?" Geng Nian took out the gun that Guan Xiubie had on his waist and loaded it, then handed it to Guan Xiu and said, "Hurry up, or the Japanese will find you and me." If we are together, I am afraid that all previous efforts will be wasted!" Guan Xiu stretched out his hand to take the gun, and pressed his finger on the trigger but couldn't press it anyway. "Hurry up!" Geng Nian said word by word, the gate of the courtyard was kicked open by a few Japanese as soon as he finished his words, and at the same time Guan Xiu's fingers trembled slightly, and with a gunshot, A drop of hot blood spattered on Guan Xiu's face, and Geng Nian in front of him fell heavily to the ground, his eyes were slightly closed, and the corners of his mouth were slightly curled up with a faint smile, that smile seemed to be gratified, but also like a smile. A mockery of the Japanese. Geng Nian on the black photo frame had a crew cut, a pair of glasses, and a slight smile on the corner of his mouth. He looked capable and shrewd, but that smile was frozen on the photo.Xue Gui set up a mourning hall in a room in the third entrance courtyard of Xue's house, surrounded by black curtains. Pan Jun wore a black gauze on his left wrist and bowed deeply in front of Geng Nian's portrait. At this moment, Pan Jun's heart is like a sea of ​​​​turbulence. He has learned since he was a child, and he has a deep understanding of the doctrine of the mean. He stays out of everything and watches from the sidelines.Pan Jun also often considers whether the inheritance of his ancestors is correct, but the smarter the person, the easier it is for him to go astray and unable to extricate himself.The death of Geng Nian greatly shocked Pan Jun, and the balance in his heart gradually began to tilt. Pan Jun and Xue Gui walked slowly into the main hall after paying homage to the Geng Nian. It was already the third watch. The servant poured two cups of tea and then retreated. Xue Gui took a sip of tea and said regretfully, "Geng Nian Although I only met him once, this meeting left a deep impression on him. In the following years, I often exchanged letters with him. During these years, he told me two things. The first thing is沿着古丝绸之路开辟新疆商道，这件事让垂死的薛家生意再度兴隆；第二件事便是介绍了潘爷您，让小女得以解除病患之苦。因此庚年于我恩同再造。” “庚年兄，世之英雄也！”潘俊皱着眉头想，何谓英雄？英雄不论出身、地位、往昔所为，只在民族危亡之际，危唯生死之秋，是否肯上前迈一步，迈出此步者便是英雄，退缩者必定被世人所弃。 “哎，天妒英才啊！”薛贵不禁长叹道。 “是啊！”潘俊每每想起庚年便觉得心酸，两个人沉默片刻，潘俊抬头看天色渐晚站起身道，“薛先生，时候不早了，我也该告辞了，恐怕这几日略微打点一下行李便要起程了！” “哦？”薛贵皱着眉头顿了一会儿道，“敢问潘爷是不是要从此处前往新疆？” 潘俊亦不避讳，微微点头。 “此处去往新疆虽然已经脱离了日本人的势力范围，但这一路上却也并不太平。时有山贼，劫匪出没。”薛贵有些担忧地说道。 “是啊！”潘俊本想在兰州城中稍事休息，然后做好准备便起程前往新疆，谁知中间却又出现了这么许多事端，打乱了他的行程，而此时一切尽皆尘埃落定，所以让他担忧的反而是出兰州至新疆这一段的路程。 “不过潘爷也不必有过多忧虑，我薛家在这古丝绸之路上走商多年，与各方势力都有些来往。如果潘爷不嫌弃这商贾身上的铜臭味，不如与我那商队一起上路，这样一来多些照应，二来这一路之上也能少一些事端早日到新疆！” 薛贵的话让潘俊心中大为感激，这几日让他发愁之事顷刻之间便已解决，潘俊拱手道：“真能这样就再好不过了，只是不知商队何时出发？” “三日之后便会出发！”薛贵盘算了一下说道。 “好，那多谢薛先生，潘俊告辞！”潘俊说着拱手告辞。 潘俊离开薛家宅门并未乘坐停在门口的黑色轿车，而是自己孤身一人走入了这茫茫的夜色之中。庚年的忽然遇难对潘俊来说无疑是个不小的打击，在他的脑海中时不时会闪现出庚年口若悬河、滔滔不绝的样子。