Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Kidnapping

Xiao Shuihan rented a house in the high-end residential area of ​​Langyatai Beach, and Qiu Feng moved in after he was discharged from the hospital.He originally planned to send Qiu Feng to Australia to give birth after the domestic trip. According to her expected date of delivery, this schedule was no problem, but Qiu Feng's premature delivery disrupted his plan. Deng Fei also arranged a residence nearby, and became a frequent visitor to his house, as well as the only guest.Except for the Mongolian blind singer, Xiao Shuihan did not reveal his true feelings to the surviving colleagues in the Life Research Institute, so he is still an outsider here.It was Deng Fei who revealed his identity to the hostess, and of course he spoke very properly.He said that the police had suspected that Xiao Shuihan was related to the mysterious disappearance of several scientists, so they sent him to follow up and investigate. These suspicions have now been completely ruled out.As for Xiao Shuihan's real identity, he didn't mention it. Xiao Shuihan had already said that he would personally tell his wife after the baby was full moon.

Deng Fei laughed at himself: "I am like Detective Fix in "Around the World in 80 Days", chasing criminals all over the world, only to find that I am chasing a gentleman." He is very enthusiastic. He hires a nanny for Qiu Feng, buys milk powder and baby clothes, takes pictures of the full moon for 毳毳, and runs around every day.Soon, Qiu Feng felt that calling him Mr. Deng was too outlandish, and he should be called Uncle Deng.She didn't expect that this really shocked Deng Fei—how dare he be the uncle of 170-year-old Li Yuanlong's wife, he hurriedly said: "Don't, don't call me that." He looked at Xiao Shuihan, "Just call me Big Brother Deng."

Qiu Feng looked at her husband, who acquiesced with a smile, and Qiu Feng said happily: "Well, I will follow Brother Deng's wishes." Qiu Feng has plenty of milk. "It seems that I have a lot of progesterone in my body, which is especially suitable for being a mother." Qiu Feng said half-jokingly and half proudly.Every day, 毳毳 is brought over by the nanny and puts her head in her mother's arms. Guoguo swallows her milk, and when she is full, she automatically lets go of her nipples and snuggles into her mother's arms, with a vague smile and black eyes. Turn around.Qiu Feng never tires of watching his daughter.

She was so preoccupied with her daughter that she didn't even notice that her husband had returned to his periodic depression.When his mother, Yi Yi, did not tease her daughter, Xiao Shuihan would often go to the balcony, frowning, solemnly looking at the sky, to listen to the sighs of the stars for billions of years.At this time, 170 years of time flowed quietly through his mind like a stream. At the age of 35, he had stolen the greatest secret of the Creator, and immediately after the ecstasy, he felt heavy.This secret is too important. Compared with it, technologies such as "human cloning" and "organ transplantation" are just child's play.The world is going to be turned upside down for this.The order of human society is about to collapse.Who doesn't want to live forever?What kind of talent is eligible for this privilege?If all human beings live forever, what will happen to the latecomers?Would a civilization that was constant in its constituent members stagnate?

... This is just a prospect that he can imagine, how many chaos that may arise that he cannot predict? His success pushed him to God's place, but he was far from being mentally prepared for it.Now, he understands and sympathizes with God very much. The responsibility of the elderly is really too heavy. He quickly decided that he would bear the burden alone, and keep it a secret until he felt he had thought it through enough to reveal it to the world.This decision is both heavy and cold - he has a wife, children, relatives, and friends, but he can only hide this secret stingily and dare not share it with them. For his beloved wife and children, it is almost a crime, the ancients There is also the concept of fraternity in the legend of "one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven".But he has no right to give away this gift from heaven at will, because——it is still uncertain whether it will be a blessing or a curse.He also decided that, from now on, he would voluntarily give up his right to bear offspring.The longevity of this generation and the reproduction of offspring are incompatible, so if he decides to have another offspring, he will end his own life at the same time.

Now is the time for him to fulfill his promise. He has never wavered about fulfilling his promise, but when he actually implements it, when he really wants to voluntarily give up his immortality, it is inevitable that there will be some love for life.The longest-lived creatures are plants (if you don't count single-celled organisms that divide infinitely), and Australian shrubs are more than 10,000 years old.Animals are generally short-lived, and no population has lived longer than 200 years.If he could live for 10,000 or 100,000 years, and see the changes in the world like God, what kind of state of mind would he be in?He is the only one with this kind of luck, but he is going to give up now.

There is also the chaotic velvet, lying in his thoughts with a smile all the time.He doesn't show love like Qiu Feng, but his deep-rooted love is by no means inferior to Qiu Feng.But he wanted to say goodbye to Wulu forever, because he loved her, so he wanted to leave her, the world is always such a paradox.He once believed that if longevity is more conducive to the continuation of the human race, then it is not a crime to stifle the right of survival of offspring-this view is not bad in theory, but can you insist on it in front of the scorpion? Qiu Fengyu came over and snuggled up beside him, the evening wind was blowing her white bathrobe and long black hair.He asked, "Have you fallen asleep?"

"Well, this kid is so good, he never fell asleep. Who do you think this kid resembles most?" "Of course it's like my mother." "No, I think she looks like you most, especially the eyes and forehead." Xiao Shuihan thought of the wrinkled face when she was just born, and couldn't help laughing: "She was very ugly when she was first born, you see, she has grown beautiful after only one month." He suppressed his laughter and said deeply Looking at his wife: "Feng'er, I want to talk to you about something tonight, okay? I promised to tell you before you gave birth."

Qiu Feng suddenly remembered her husband's evil oath and his depression these days, she felt very guilty, she only cared about her daughter and forgot to care about her husband.She hurriedly said: "Okay, you can tell quickly—but I'm not afraid anymore, not at all." "Feng'er, have you noticed anything unusual during the two-month journey?" "Yes, Deng Fei has been secretly watching us. He thought you were related to the disappearance of several scientists, but later found out that it was a misunderstanding. Brother Deng explained everything to me." Qiu Feng said innocently.

"Silly girl." Xiao Shuihan sighed, and remained silent for a long time, not knowing how to speak. "Let me tell you a story first." He helped Qiu Feng to sit down on the hanging chair on the veranda, pulled up a chair and sat beside him, and narrated the story of Li Yuanlong.He talked about how young Li Yuanlong studied hard, and walked to school with a wooden stick carrying a steamed bun, which was a week's ration; how talented Li Yuanlong used gene therapy to conquer cancer in his youth; later, he discovered the secret of longevity. He kept the secret and applied it to himself, and then quietly left the society; he lived in seclusion under the pseudonym Liu Shixiong for 30 years, and completely perfected the longevity medicine.After Liu Shixiong disappeared, Ku Ping reappeared. This time he deliberately chose another profession in order to test whether the immortals can maintain their vitality intellectually.It appears he has failed.Although Kupin has always maintained his peak intelligence at the age of 35, his life as an engineer is obviously relatively mediocre, because his thinking has formed a fixed riverbed, which is difficult to divert.So he had to return to the field of biology and established the Sun Siyuan Institute of Life Sciences in Langyatai, where he was still at home.But sadly, he finally failed to surpass Li Yuanlong.

Because he no longer has that sense of freshness and passion, that kind of childish recklessness and audacity of youth, that kind of unconstrained thinking. Qiu Feng cried out excitedly, and asked repeatedly: "So you have been looking for the whereabouts of Mr. Li. No wonder the police said you were involved in their disappearance. He really discovered the secret of longevity? Is Sun Siyuan really Li Yuanlong? Where is he now?" Xiao Shuihan smiled bitterly imperceptibly, and let out a desolate sigh that only a 170-year-old man would have: "Silly girl, you will know soon." Looking at Qiu Feng's innocence, he really didn't have the courage to tear the truth apart. Deng Fei's secret monitoring point was not far from Xiao's new residence. Langyatai Public Security Bureau followed the order of the headquarters and sent the shrewd and capable He Ming and Ma Yunfei to monitor Xiao Shuihan.These two people guard the bugs or high-powered binoculars all day long, monitoring the movement of the house.Deng Fei has been a little abnormal these days, he seems to be infected with Xiao Shuihan's low-grade depression, and often looks out the window silently by himself. In the bug, Xiao Shuihan was telling his wife several episodes of Li Yuanlong's life.He Ming, who was listening, suddenly raised his head and asked in surprise: "Really? Old Deng, is this true?" Deng Fei turned around from the window, "Is there really an immortal Li Yuanlong?" Deng Fei didn't want to give them an in-depth introduction to the case for the time being, so he said noncommittally: "It doesn't matter whether it's true or not, just keep listening." He and Ma were very excited. The order given to them by the bureau was: protect the Xiao couple and record all their conversations.Unexpectedly, what I participated in was actually a world-class secret!They listened intently.But the conversation between the two was over. Hearing the sound of passionate kisses, Qiu Qingqing invited her husband to share the bed tonight. She said that her body had fully recovered, and she longed for her husband's caress.Then, the sound of undressing came from the bug.Xiaoma smiled and said: "The two have already gone to bed, isn't it a little wicked to listen to it? Turn off the bug." Deng Fei said in a muffled voice: "Listen. The higher-ups issued a 24-hour surveillance order." He warned, "You already know that Xiao holds world-class secrets in his hands. I don't know how many people are staring at them. Yes. Their guardianship cannot be relaxed for a second." Seeing that Lao Deng was in a bad mood, the two secretly stuck out their tongues and fell silent. After all, they were sharper than Qiu Feng, and they had already guessed that the young Xiao Shuihan was the 170-year-old Li Yuanlong. In the early morning, Xiao Shuihan quietly got out of bed and dressed.Qiu Feng was sleeping soundly, her plump body after giving birth was wrapped in a white towel, her lips were moist, and her black hair was scattered on the snow-white quilt.Xiao Shuihan leaned down quietly and kissed her lightly.He endured the pain in his heart to leave Qiu Feng, and went to the nanny's room to look at the vetch.The nanny was still in a deep sleep, and she was sleeping more soundly, her little mouth was smacking, and her little hands and feet flicked from time to time.Li Yuanlong stood in front of the crib for a long time, finally leaned over to kiss the child, turned around resolutely, and walked out with heavy steps. He walked for about ten kilometers. To the east, where the sea and the sky meet, the sun began to shine.He came to a small harbor by the sea, and a yacht was moored on the shore.Hearing the sound of footsteps, a middle-aged man on the bank greeted him: "Is it Mr. Xiao? Hello, according to your instructions, the yacht has been overhauled and diesel fuel has been filled." Xiao Shuihan nodded with a smile, took out a check and handed it over.The man looked at the figures and said gratefully: "Mr. Xiao is too generous. This kind of diesel-powered yacht is already out of date, yet you pay such a high price." Xiao Shuihan waved his hands with a smile, and jumped onto the boat.The middle-aged man untied the cable for him, threw him into the boat, and said: "Mr. Xiao, this boat is old, it's better not to drive too far. By the way, you didn't ask for dry food and fresh water. I still prepared it for a week. The dosage is in the cabin." "Okay, thank you and goodbye." The yacht sailed straight out to sea, plowing a white ditch at the stern.In the dim light of the morning, the turbid sea water gradually turned into a clear dark blue, and the seabirds flapped their wings and chased after the boat.At this time a person got out of the cabin and walked into the cab.Xiao Shuihan, who was operating by the dashboard, did not show any surprise, and nodded to Deng Fei: "I knew you were coming." He turned back and continued to drive the yacht. Deng Fei was silent for a long time before asking: "You want to give your life to the sea?" Xiao Shuihan nodded. Deng Fei whispered: "Why is this? You are willing to give up longevity easily, but you don't want to share the secret of longevity with human beings?" Xiao Shuihan looked at him, then turned his head and stared straight ahead: "Young man," he called the 66-year-old Deng Fei, "is that really a good gift? As I said, the longevity of one generation is bound to kill the future of future generations." The right to live, otherwise, the earth will soon burst. But our obligations to future generations have been engraved in the genetic code, and it is difficult for us to escape the constraints in the dark. Therefore, when I stole the secret of longevity from the Creator, Just make a promise to the Creator: When my parent and child are born, I will definitely end my life. Now is the time for me to fulfill my promise." He looked at Deng Fei and said bitterly: "I wanted to tell Qiu Feng the truth last night, but I I can't bear it. I have to trouble you, Mr. Deng." Deng Fei hesitated, and slowly took out his pistol: "Forgive me, I can't be your messenger. You have to go back with me, and I have to carry out the order personally issued by the highest level." Xiao Shuihan smiled lightly: "That stuff is useless to those who seek death." Deng Fei shook his head: "No, this is not a bullet, but an anesthesia bomb. Mr. Li, come back with me, do you insist on forcing me to shoot?" Xiao Shuihan said calmly: "Don't force me, I don't want to die with you. After I throw myself into the sea, you can go back on the yacht. You have no reason to die. Young man, put that thing down." Deng Fei shook his head with a wry smile, and slowly pulled the trigger with his fingers. Xiao Shuihan squinted vigilantly, and was about to capsize the yacht with a violent movement.Just at this moment, Deng Fei's cell phone rang.He held the pistol in his right hand, and took out his mobile phone with his left hand: "Hi, I'm Deng Fei. What?" His expression changed, "Okay, I will persuade Mr. Xiao to return immediately. He will agree." He turned off the mobile phone, his expression changed. Said palely: "Mr. Xiao, your wife and children were kidnapped by those two stalkers, and they have returned to China!" Xiao Shuihan looked at him calmly, and Deng Fei smiled wryly: "Mr. Xiao, don't look at me with such eyes, what I'm telling is the truth, not a hoax set up by the police. We are friends anyway, you should treat me well." That's a little bit of trust." He calmly looked directly at Xiao Shuihan's sharp eyes.Xiao Shuihan turned his head silently, moved the steering wheel, and the speedboat quickly turned sideways in a big circle, heading towards the way it came.He thought that Deng Fei was probably telling the truth, and those two unscrupulous stalkers certainly wouldn't let him go easily.These days they suddenly disappeared, he should have aroused his vigilance, he was too careless.But he wasn't worried.Of course those people came here for the longevity technique, so before they got this treasure, they didn't dare to touch Qiu Feng and Wulu's hairs. In any case, the moment of fulfillment of his promise had to be postponed. The apartment was still the same as it was before leaving, and it didn't look messy.It's just that without the hostess and the cute little scorpion, it suddenly became much deserted.In the room, He Ming and Ma Yunfei were checking the traces left by the kidnappers. The little nanny was so frightened that she huddled in a corner and sobbed mournfully.Seeing the two people enter the room, He Ming greeted Deng Fei and said apologetically: "The kidnappers were three people in an Audi. We found out before entering the apartment. But they came prepared. They must know that the house is under the surveillance of the police, and they also know Mr. Xiao's personal situation. Very accurate. When they called the door, they claimed to be from Xi’an Chengxin Company, and Li Shujia sent them here to give gifts. From Mrs. Xiao’s tone, she and Li Shujia are very familiar, and they are very enthusiastic to invite them into the house. We have been monitoring them However, they were careless at this time and did not take preventive measures in time. They immediately controlled the hostages after entering the house, and then used the hostages as a cover to evacuate to the car. Considering the safety of Mrs. Qiu and her daughter, we did not take any action. We Think, in order to get..." He paused, "They won't harm the mother and daughter for that thing." "The measures you have taken are correct. The higher-ups know." "I have reported everything. Director Long from Wuhan will arrive soon by special plane, and our Director Chen has already gone to the airport to meet him. They asked Mr. Xiao to rest assured that the police will definitely bring the kidnappers under control soon." Seeing the master, the little nanny ran over crying, and handed him a letter and a mobile phone: "Mr. Xiao, this is left by the bad guys. He said he must hand it over to you. You should follow the instructions on the letter. If not, Aunt Qiu and Wulu will be dead. Mr. Xiao, quickly find a way to save them." Xiao Shuihan comforted her kindly: "Don't worry, it's okay. Don't cry." He opened the letter, and there were only a few words in the letter: Mr. Xiao: Please bring that treasure to me alone, and we will return my wife and young lady.Don't let the police get involved. The specific meeting method will be notified to you with this mobile phone. He handed the letter to Deng Fei silently. After reading it, Deng Fei said: "You can't go alone, it's too dangerous. Director Long and Director Chen will be here soon. Let's discuss a proper solution together." "No, I'll do it myself, I can handle this. Don't forget, I have 170 years of experience and 35 years of stamina," he smiled. "Mr. Xiao, this is not a joke. The kidnapper must be a high-level professional killer, and he is ruthless. You can't take this risk." Xiao Shuihan no longer spoke, but his expression showed that this decision cannot be changed.The phone's ringtone suddenly rang, and everyone's nerves trembled violently, staring at the phone in Xiao's hand.Xiao Shuihan calmly pressed the call button, and Mandarin with a Taiwanese accent sounded inside: "Is it Mr. Xiao Shuihan? Or, is it Mr. Li Yuanlong?" "Yes, it's me." "Mr. Xiao, we respect you very much and hope that this forced kidnapping will have a happy ending. Please come to us with the necessary technical information, sir, and we will send your wife and Ling Aili home immediately." Xiao Shuihan said proudly: "I don't need to bring any information, everything is in my head. Tell me, how can we meet?" "Are you sure you don't need to bring written materials, CDs, etc.? I don't want to offend Mr., but please consider carefully." His tone was very polite, but after being polite, there was a coldness, a chill.Xiao Shuihan said: "Don't waste time, I won't joke about the life and death of my wife and daughter." "Okay then, please take your own car and head towards Jinan immediately, we will keep in touch with you at any time. Again, we don't want to see a police tail." "Yes. But I also have a condition. Before you get what you want, I must see my wife and daughter with my own eyes." "They're all safe..." Xiao Shuihan said sharply: "Make preparations according to my requirements, there is no room for negotiation on this point! I'm leaving now." He hung up the phone, got up and walked out.Knowing that he couldn't be persuaded, Deng Fei made his last effort: "Mr. Xiao, you..." Xiao smiled and waved his hand, cutting off his persuasion.He sat in his H300, said goodbye to Deng Feiyang outside the car, and the car drove out of the parking lot quickly.Deng Fei immediately started his own car, and urgently said to He Ming: "I'll follow him, and I'll contact you in the car if anything happens." He followed Xiao Shuihan and galloped away. After a while, the car to pick up passengers at the airport arrived, and Director Long and Director Chen got off the car in a hurry. Just now, He Ming had already briefed the incident on the phone.He Ming and Ma Yunfei welcomed them into the house, and Director Long said angrily: "What's the matter, why don't you stop Mr. Xiao! If he has any accident, can you take the responsibility?" He Ming said aggrievedly: "Lao Deng tried his best to dissuade him, but he couldn't. We have no right to arrest him." "You all know what an important secret he carries! It's not too much to use a little unconventional means. Hurry up and get in touch with Lao Deng, quick!" He Ming wanted to call Deng Fei's mobile phone, Long Boqing asked, "Where are you now?" "On the way to Jinan. I didn't dare to get too close and followed him after a few kilometers." Long Boqing suppressed his anger and said: "How can we let Xiao Shuihan go to see the kidnappers, he has a national treasure level secret." Deng Fei heard his dissatisfaction, and said angrily: "Of course the secrets he has are very important, but the most important thing to him right now is the safety of his wife and daughter. I tried my best to persuade him, but I couldn't persuade him. I I was just about to ask, how were the kidnappers monitored? Why were they not brought under control after they re-entered the country, allowing them to come here?" Long Boqing looked at Director Chen, without any excuse.This group of people adopted aliases and disguises when they entered the country for the second time, but if the work is done in a more detailed manner, they can indeed be detected and stopped early.He said: "Let's discuss the mistakes at work later. The top priority now is to bring this group of people under control to ensure the safety of Mr. Xiao and his wife and daughter." "Xiao's car has the signal generator I installed earlier, and I think I can still follow him for the time being. But according to my estimation, the kidnappers must have expected this, and they will cut off the connection soon." "No matter what, you still follow closely, and report back in time if there is any situation. Let's think of another way." "OK." The screen on the car showed that Xiao's car was still driving on the road to Jinan.Deng Fei still followed far behind, while watching the movement around the road vigilantly. The highway was full of traffic, Xiao Shuihan drove in a calm manner, letting one car after another pass him by honking their horns.The cell phone was on the bridge and remained sinisterly silent.What will happen to Qiu Feng?She is a pure and fragile woman like an ice flower, and she doesn't know if she can withstand this blow.However, he reckoned that Qiu Feng should be able to bear it, no matter how fragile a woman becomes a mother, she will become the bravest person.Are you full now?Breastfeeding mothers often have to return milk after being frightened. If this is the case, I will suffer in the next two days, and I must be crying at the top of my throat right now.He has been reassuring himself, saying that the kidnappers would never dare to touch a single hair of their hair, which is right, but worry is also inevitable.These are all ruthless guys, who can guarantee that there will be no accidents in dealing with them in the future? He lightly held the steering wheel, although life and death were waiting for him ahead, but his thoughts still slipped away.He thought of his first wife, Duan Yuqing, who died in a car accident at the age of 47, which had nothing to do with his keeping the "Longevity Technique" secret.In other words, even if he had applied the longevity technique to his wife, she could not prevent her accidental death.But no matter what, he couldn't overcome his guilt when he buried his wife. At that time, seeing his wife's old face, he almost had a nervous breakdown... 50 years later, when he was living as Kupin, He had quietly returned home to visit his son.He only watched it once, and he didn't go there anymore, because at that time, his son was already a decrepit old man with a bent back, and he was still full of vigor. Compared with the two, it was difficult for him to overcome his sense of guilt.The only thing that can comfort himself is that his "stinginess" is not due to selfishness, but a deeper level of fraternity... He thought of his rock climbing not long ago, and his hearty sex life with Qiu Feng. A sense of victory, a sense of victory over God, because he has smashed the law of old age and death that God has laid down, and at 170 years old still maintains the body of a young man.But at the same time, he has to admit that science has not defeated God, and he has not dared to spread this grace to the world, just to admit that God's law is more reasonable... The mobile phone rang, and it was still the person with the Taiwanese accent: "Mr. Xiao, we appreciate your keeping the promise. We have been tracking your whereabouts and have not found the tail. Now you look forward and you should be able to see an overpass. Can you Can you see it?" Xiao Shuihan thought, the kidnappers must have installed a signal generator in his car, so as to grasp his whereabouts.He saw the overpass, and said lightly: "I see." "Okay, stop there, someone will tell you the next itinerary." This is a tall overpass, and there is a man standing beside the thick concrete pillars, waving to him.The car stopped, and the man ordered: "Get out of the car and go to the right, quick!" He roughly pulled Xiao out of the car, then got into Xiao's car, started it quickly, and drove away.Xiao Shuihan knew that this move was to guard against possible satellite surveillance. The satellite could only see a car driving in and out from under the overpass, but did not know that the driver had changed.He walked more than twenty steps to the right according to the man's instructions, and a black Santana was waiting for him by the side of the road.There were two people in the car, one of them was in his 40s, of medium height, with a familiar face. He recognized this person as one of the two people who had followed him. Deng Fei said that he was from the underworld in Taiwan, and his name was Cai Yongwen.Cai said gently: "Mr. Xiao, please take off all your clothes. This is a last resort precaution, please forgive me, Mr. Xiao." Xiao Shuihan knew that they were afraid that he would carry the signal generator with him, so he didn't say anything, and quickly took off all his clothes, including his shoes and socks.It's not far from the main road. Passing motorists on the main road all saw this muscular naked man on the side of the road. Most of their cars slowed down briefly, but no one stopped.The person surnamed Cai held out a stack of clothes and asked Xiao Shuihan to change.He looked enviously at this strong body, shook his head slightly and said: "I didn't see it with my own eyes. I really can't believe that a 170-year-old person has such a body! Okay, sir, please get in the car." Xiao Shuihan got into the car and sat in the back row.Cai Yongwen said apologetically, "I still have to cover your eyes. I'm really sorry. Please forgive me, sir." Xiao Shui gave him a cold look, but still didn't speak, and asked him to cover his eyes, and the car quickly drove away. In the next ten or so hours, the car drove non-stop.They changed cars twice and stopped briefly, allowing Xiao Shuihan to eat two meals without taking off the cloth during meals.Xiao Shuihan knew by feeling that most of the time they were speeding on the expressway, and sometimes they slowed down and dangled on roads that were clearly in poor condition.When they finally arrived, the two of them helped him walk a rough mountain road, and then took off the cloth for him.The covered eyes gradually became clearer, and now he was in a house with simple furnishings, and the windows were covered with black cloth.There were five or six people in the room. The one surnamed Cai was standing by the table. Behind the table was a dark-skinned middle-aged man with black hair, black eyes, short stature, and a huge diamond ring on his finger. He probably came from country G. Madano.Madano smiled and nodded to him, Cai Yongwen said: "Mr. Xiao, it is really offensive to invite you here in this way. I hope we will soon forget this unpleasantness. Please sit down and have a drink?" Xiao Shuihan sat down on an armchair and said coldly, "Where are my wife and daughter? You won't forget my conditions, right?" "No, no, they will arrive in 10 minutes at most. Let's use this time to talk about future cooperation." Xiao Shuihan ignored him, and continued to talk to Convenience: "Mr. Xiao, no, it's better to call you Mr. Li, that's more fluent. We already know for sure that you have mastered the longevity technique. What a precious treasure this is. It is something that has been dreamed of for thousands of years. If you keep using it alone, it would be wasteful and selfish. So, we..." Xiao Shuihan interrupted him: "Maybe after you extract the secret of longevity from me, you will announce it to the world and share it with all mankind?" The other party said without changing his face: "No, no, we have not yet reached such a state. We will turn it into a big industry with an annual income of at least 10 trillion US dollars. And you, as the holder of the technology, You will have a taste of what it is like to be 'wealthy country'. In fact, 'wealthy country' is not enough. You will become 'wealthy ball', and we will cut off a piece of the earth for you. And the money is It’s very clean. It’s not selling drugs or killing weapons. It’s about letting customers have precious lives forever. Not to mention immortality, even if you just extend your lifespan by 100 or 1,000 years, how many customers will there be? We… ..." Xiao Shuihan waved his hand, cut off his endless persuasion, and then closed his eyes.The person from country G spoke for the first time, speaking in English: "Mr. Li is tired, let's send Mr. Li back to the bedroom to rest. Let's talk after the wife and daughter arrive." Xiao Shuihan opened his eyes, silently looking at this person.The man looked at him with a smile, and his speech and demeanor showed his power in this group of people.Xiao Shuihan suddenly spoke, speaking in Spanish: "I have a question can I ask?" The man also changed to Spanish and said, "Please speak." "I am more interested in a certain detail. How do you know that I have mastered the longevity technique? This is a well-hidden secret." The man smiled slightly: "I am willing to treat Mr. Li wholeheartedly. To put it bluntly, it is not mysterious at all. This is just a by-product of one of our actions. Five years ago, a very hateful traitor appeared in our organization. In order to avoid being pursued, he Killed, asked someone to do a thorough plastic surgery. In order to find him, we had to disturb all the famous plastic surgery experts in country G. Of course, those with poor memory will inevitably suffer a little bit. Soon, they All the photos of the customers before and after plastic surgery in the secret store were handed over." He grinned, "You can't believe the promise of the beautician to keep the secret, they all swore that they would never keep the photos of the customers. Keep a copy for accidents like this one, which is the secret rule of this business in country G. We caught the traitor based on these photos and dealt with him according to the rules. But in other photos we stumbled upon a big secret." He looked at Xiao Shuihan proudly, and continued: "You must have guessed it, it is the photo of you before and after plastic surgery, that is, the photo of Xiao Shuihan and Sun Siyuan. This alone is nothing, a Chinese plastic surgery has nothing to do with us. But We also found a photo of Sun Siyuan from 30 years ago, when he was transformed from a middle-aged man named Kupin. So, Sun Siyuan was at least 60 years old at the time of the second plastic surgery, but that Dr. Jose?Marty But he swears and swears that Sun is only 35 years old, at most 40 years old. This fact puzzled us, so we expanded the scope of investigation. As you know, we found a plastic surgery relay race, from Li Yuanlong to Liu Shixiong , Kuping, Sun Siyuan to Xiaoshuihan. The face is changing all the time, but the age of the plastic surgeon remains strangely unchanged. In this way, we accidentally discovered an immortal Chinese who, like a migrating bird, changes every 30 years Go to country G for plastic surgery and change your identity, and then return to China. Of course, this incident has aroused great interest for us, and we asked our counterparts in Taiwan and Hong Kong to help us conduct investigations in China and confirm this incident. That’s it,” He ended the introduction, "It can only be said that we were lucky." Xiao Shuihan was silent.After a long time, he murmured: "There is no secret that can be kept forever." He closed his eyes again.Madano and his men stopped talking and waited quietly.After a while, there was the sound of a car outside the door, and then a young woman walked into the house with a baby in her arms. Qiu Feng blinked to let his eyes adapt to the light in the room.The lights in the room were bright, and there were seven or eight people scattered around the room. They were all in black clothes and pants, like a group of evil ghosts.Sitting in an armchair in the middle of the room... she shouted: Shuihan!Pounce on her husband.Xiao Shuihan immediately got up and held his wife in his arms.In one day, Qiu Feng changed more, and there was more pain and chill in his eyes.Little Lai was still sleeping soundly, her little face was filled with the soft light of happiness, and her little mouth was still smacking gently.Xiao Shuihan helped his wife to sit on the armchair, let her hug the child, stroked her back, and comforted her softly: "Feng'er, don't be afraid. I'm here, and things will pass soon." Qiu Feng said distressedly: "Who are these people? Why did they kidnap me and Wulu? They said it wasn't for money. As for why, they said you would tell me yourself." Xiao Shuihan sighed: "Feng'er, please forgive me, I don't want to hide it from you, but I just can't bear to tell you. Do you remember a long talk between us after the full moon? I was going to tell you that time, but in the end I lost my courage. Feng'er, I am the 170-year-old Li Yuanlong who lives forever." Qiu Feng widened his eyes and opened his mouth, but there was no sound.She just stared at her husband silently for a long time.The husband looked down at her with love, pity, and deep guilt in his eyes.In an instant, many things were strung together: the husband often said that the previous life was the previous life; when the husband proposed to himself, he said that he was "enough to be your elder"; the husband never called his grandmother to his grandmother; The serenity and serenity that surpassed life and death in the movie; the silent power of the husband when he was at Li Shujia's house...and of course the recent long conversation.In that conversation, the husband almost had this answer before him, and blamed himself for being too slow to pierce the last layer of window paper. So, the gang kidnapped themselves and their daughters just to extract the secret of immortality from their husbands. Just now those people on the road were urging her in a weird way: Go, ask your husband, he has one of the most precious treasures in the world, why has he been hiding it from you and not letting you share it with me.Quickly beg your husband to hand over this secret, so that you and your daughter can go home safely.She really wanted to ask her husband... six or seven pairs of wolf eyes were watching around, no, she would not question her husband, he must have his reasons for doing so.She smiled sweetly: "Shuihan, no matter who you are, I love you. Just do what you think you should do. I'll listen to you." 蔡永文称赞着：“真是一位好妻子，多漂亮的女人。萧先生，你难道不希望让妻子永葆青春，恩爱万载吗？” 萧水寒凝视着妻子娇美的面容，叹息一声，说：“让她们休息去吧，我们可以进行正式的谈判了。去吧，风儿，带孩子去休息吧。” 邱风听话地抱起孩子，她扫视一下屋内，忽然说：“水寒，这是白先生的房子！” 萧水寒点点头，他当然认出来了，他曾作为刘世雄在这儿住过近30年呢。这伙绑匪的确狡猾，他们把窝点设在这儿，肯定警方料想不到。不过风儿还是太没经验，这句话她不该说出来的。他沉声问： “我正要问呢，你们把白先生弄哪儿啦？” 蔡永文厚颜地笑着，没有回答，马丹诺忽然说话了：“带萧太太去看看白先生。” 他是用英语说的，一个喽罗带邱风出去了，少顷，邱风脸色苍白地回来，愤恨地说：“水寒，他们杀死了白先生，照白先生眉心开的枪，这伙畜生！” 马丹诺平静地说：“你丈夫的秘密是我们志在必得的东西，为了它，杀死几百几千人算不了什么，必要时我们甚至会偷一颗氢弹撂到哪个城市。所以，劝劝你丈夫，最好不要太固执，我们并不愿对一位母亲和婴儿下手。” 蔡永文把他的话翻成汉语，邱风踉跄一下，萧水寒急忙把她扶住。他回过头对蔡说：“行了，够了，不要在女人身上耍威风了。送她们去休息，我们单独谈吧。” 屋里的话声惊醒了毳毳，她睁开眼睛，好奇地打量着周围的环境，开始轻声哭着，向妈妈索要乳汁。邱风看看四周狼一样的眼睛，一咬牙，还是迅速撩开衣服，把乳头塞到孩子嘴里。不过她心里在忐忑不安——乳房软瘪瘪的，不像往常那样饱胀，看来，今天所受的惊吓让她回奶了。果然，毳毳吸不到乳汁，生气地顶出乳头，以一种理直气壮的愤怒大声哭起来。邱风的泪水一下子涌出来。 孩子的哭声在静夜中显得十分响亮。蔡永文说：“萧太太不要急，我们已经准备了奶粉。”他让喽罗拿来奶粉、奶瓶和热水瓶。邱风擦擦眼泪，把毳毳交给丈夫。蔡永文不想让他们夫妻之间有接触，示意一个喽罗来接孩子，邱风愤恨地说： “不许你们的脏手碰我的孩子！” 那个喽罗停下，询问地看着头头。马丹诺轻轻摇头，那人怒冲冲地退下了。邱风去给孩子冲奶，她还没有干过这事——在此之前，她的奶水总是足够毳毳的肚量——做得笨手笨脚。毳毳在萧水寒的怀里仍大声哭着，声音开始有些嘶哑了。隔着襁褓能感受到她的体温，她的柔软，他真想永远把毳毳贴在怀里啊。 奶粉冲好了，也试过温凉，邱风急急地把奶瓶塞到毳毳嘴里，她立刻停止哭声，香甜地巴唧着，邱风长出一口气。但片刻之后，毳毳辩别出这不是她平常吃惯的妈妈的乳房，把奶嘴顶出来，哭得更加凶猛。邱风的泪水又刷地涌出来，泪眼模煳地看着丈夫——丈夫对此也无能为力呀。邱风接过孩子，晃悠着，喃喃地劝慰着。毳毳的哭声已变成干嚎，绑匪们也都显得烦燥不安。蔡永文看看马丹诺，苦笑着，他们预先准备了奶粉，自以为准备已经十分周密了，但他们没料到这一节。 毳毳在肆威时，一伙绑匪只能耐着性子等待着，他们都是杀人不眨眼的家伙，但这会儿没人敢得罪萧水寒和萧太太。萧水寒柔声安慰着妻子：不要紧，别着急，多喂她几次，等她饿急时就会吃了。邱风不时把奶瓶送到孩子嘴里，但她一次又一次坚决顶出来。一直到她哭乏了，哭声慢慢低下来，眼睛也合上了。在睡梦里，她仍不时地啜泣。 萧水寒把妻子送入里间，嘱咐她，抓紧时间休息一会儿，千万不能先把自己累垮了，毳毳在指着你呢。邱风听话地坐到沙发上，把怀里的孩子放好，倚在靠背上闭上眼睛。 萧水寒轻步退出来，对马丹诺说：来吧，咱们谈正事吧。 “好啦，现在咱们说正事吧。”萧水寒说，“我之所以一直保守着长生术的秘密，是因为把它推向社会后会出现一些无法解决的矛盾。不过，你们插这一杠子，倒使我容易做出决定了。我同意把长生术的技术秘密提供给你们，哪个科学家不愿扬名于世呢，何况还有'富可敌球'的财富？说到底，这对我只有好处，没有任何坏处。” 马丹诺和蔡永文互相看了一眼，蔡说：“萧先生非常明智。我们可以向你保证，绝不会亏待你的，你将在我们的长生公司中持有30%的股权。” “我如果想发财，早就发了，那不是主要因素。我想，你们一定会带我和妻女离开中国去G国去，对吧。” "Is such that." “但这件事有一个特殊的困难。我可以把长生术的秘密告诉你，可是——怎么验证它是真的？这至少要有10年时间。在没有验证前，你大概不会给我以自由之身吧。” 马丹诺迟疑地说：“我们当然会为你安排富比王侯的生活……” 萧水寒厌恶地说：“莫要提它。我的妻子和女儿是两朵娇嫩的鲜花，如果在你们的圈子里生活10年，那里的臭气早把她们薰枯萎了。” 周围的喽罗们怒视着萧水寒，马丹诺倒没有动气，平静地问：“依萧先生的意见呢？” “很简单，放她们回去。我不会同意让妻女生活在你们的毒窟中。再说，中国的警察并没有睡觉，你带着她们很不容易全身而退。可是，如果她们有任何意外，咱们的交易就算到头了。放她们走，我则自愿跟你们到G国去。你们不要担心我会毁约。请你们记住一点：开天辟地以来唯一有福气拥有长生的这个人，绝不会轻易把生命抛弃的。有了这点认识，你们就有了控制这个人的手段。”他微笑着，“我的分析对不对？” 马丹诺沉思一会儿，又和蔡永文低声交换了意见。刚才，孩子的哭闹确实让他们心中发憷。如果在秘密行动时再上演这一幕，那时麻烦就大了。说到底，在萧先生掌握着那件天下至宝时，没人敢对他的妻女动一指头。而且他们不知道萧水寒打算自杀，对于他们来说，一个拥有长生的人却要断然抛弃它，简直是不可思议的事。他想了想，断然说：“好！萧先生是个爽快人，我们答应你的条件！” “那好，尽快施行吧。放她们走，从此我会斩断同她们的所有关系，就像是我在前几个人生中做的那样。”他叹息一声，“我已经有了5个人生，现在恐怕要开始第6个人生了。” 邓飞一直跟着萧水寒的汽车。当萧水寒下了汽车，在立交桥下脱掉全身衣服时，邓飞正全速从桥下冲过去。他扫视到一具白晰强健的躯体，它在路边显得十分耀眼。他在心中嘀咕一声，哪儿来的裸体主义者，或者是个暴露狂，跑到高速公路旁来展示裸体。不过那具人体确实健美，就像古罗马的雕塑。他的汽车已经开过去了，忽然一道电光划进他的脑海。他根本来不及做任何推理，已下意识地猛打方向盘，把汽车拐到右转弯的弯道。信号显示萧水寒的汽车还在前边四五公里之外，但他宁肯放弃它而遵从自己的直觉。他急急地在立交桥上盘旋，直到回到原来那条路上。立交桥边，一辆黑色的桑塔纳刚刚开走，刚才站着裸体男人的地方扔着一堆衣服，他下车看看，是萧水寒的衣服。那么他没猜错，萧水寒已经不在那辆H300上了，刚才是绑匪逼萧水寒换衣服，以确保他身上是“干净”的。 他急忙上车，把油门踩到底，追上那辆黑色桑塔纳，又向龙波清作了汇报。他仍然不敢跟得太紧，以免绑匪们发现尾巴。但那辆车不比萧水寒的车，没有信号发生器可供他追踪，所以，在绑匪们第二次换车后，他被甩掉了。 不过，这时卫星上的镜头已经罩住这片区域，并判断出萧水寒最终乘坐的那辆汽车是奔宝天曼方向去了。邓飞知道这点情况后，马上想到那座依山坡而建的独立院子。他和两位跟踪者当时都到过那里。他估计，狡猾的绑匪是想在这儿建立他们的秘密窝点，这是他们常用的“弹坑”战术——在头一发炮弹炸出的弹坑里，一般不会再落入第二发炮弹。警方既然掌握了这儿的情况，所以，在一般情况下，他们不会重复进行调查。不过，这回他们失算了。 晚上，几百名武警已经调集完毕，开始悄悄向这儿集中。 “不，我不走，我要跟你在一块儿。” “风儿……” “你不用再劝了，我不走。” “胡说！”萧水寒生气了，“看看毳毳，要是没有毳毳的话，你可以这样任性；有了毳毳，你就没有权力这样了。你抱着她跟着我们颠簸，万一有什么好歹，你不后悔吗？” 邱风低头看看怀里的孩子，泪水涌出来。孩子还没有醒，梦中还在委屈地抽泣。邱风的心已经撕成两半，一半在毳毳身上，一半在丈夫身上。丈夫说的有道理，他们首先要保护弱小的孩子，可是，一想到要离开丈夫……萧水寒轻声安慰着： “孩子的安全是最重要的。我这儿不用担心。这些人要的是我脑中的技术秘密，为了得到它，他们一定会把我当成上帝供养起来。当然，可能10年8年内咱们不能见面了，你耐心等着，总有一天我会回来找你们的。来，让咱们告别，你带上孩子走吧。” 马丹诺、蔡永文他们环列四周，面无表情地看着他们。邱风把孩子轻轻放到沙发上，转过头扑到丈夫怀里，用力搂着他的脖项，疯狂地吻着他的脸，他的眼睛。她又低下头，用力咬着丈夫的肩头，泪水无声地润湿了肩头的衣服。萧水寒抚摸着她的脸颊，轻声说：“好啦，走吧，走吧。记着，等你觉得确实安全后，给我来个电话。”他冷冷地看看马丹诺，“我得到你的确切音讯后，才会开始与这些先生的合作。风儿，再见。” 他把妻子从怀中轻轻地、坚决地推出去，帮她穿好外衣，把孩子牢牢裹在怀里。他低头吻吻孩子的额头，毳毳恰在这时醒来，嘴角一咧，向他笑了。这丝笑意在他心里很深地割了一刀，但他没有让内心感情流露出来，又吻了孩子的嘴唇，然后向蔡永文示意可以走了。两个喽罗领邱风出门。汽车已经备好，停在100米外的河滩地上，大灯亮着，传来汽车暖机的轻微轰鸣声。邱风在门口停下，最后看丈夫一眼，把他的音容深深刻在心中，哽咽着扭头走了。萧水寒背手立在门口，虽然心中波涛翻滚，但外表却如岩石一样平静和冷漠。马丹诺悄悄地观察着他，对他的自制力感到敬畏。 风儿： 很遗憾我们得在这种情况下告别，我只能在心里为你写这封信。可惜那晚上咱俩没能把谈话进行到底，失去的机会永远不会再回来了。 135年前，我发现了长生之秘并把它用之于自身。那是在一时冲动下做的，但自此后我就非常吝啬地守着这个秘密，未施惠于任何人，包括我的结发妻子，我那时的儿子，也包括你，包括我们的毳毳。风儿，你怪我吗？怪我的自私和狠心？你不会怪我的，但你也不一定理解此中的深意和无奈。我发现了上帝的最大秘密，但同时悟到，上帝的法则毕竟最合理。一代人的长生与后代的繁衍是水火不相容的，所以，在我取得长生时就庄重地许诺：我不会再生育后代，或者，当我决定生育后代时，我就要亲手结束自己的生命。这是个残忍的决定，悖于人之情理，它把取得长生特权变成了一种残酷的惩罚。所以，我没有勇气把长生术再施于我的任何亲人，尤其是作母亲的人。 风儿，我们要永别了。我当然不会把长生术交给这些禽兽，他们不配得到这种恩惠。为了无辜的白先生，我会让他们付出相应的代价。我马上要亲手抛弃自己的长生了，此刻我最不能丢下的，倒不是这个'人间至宝'，而是我的女儿，我的女人。我很高兴自己能有这样的心态，它表明我已经从'神'的地位又回复到凡人了，而这正是我应该扮演的角色。永别了，我的风儿，我的毳毳。 邱风走后不久，屋里的这伙人就要动身了。这是情理之中的事，被放走的邱风已经知道这是白先生的家，他们当然不会在这儿坐等警察到来。萧水寒以平和的态度服从他们的所有安排，仅是在出发前，他突然平静地吩咐： “把白先生的遗体妥善埋葬，埋好我们再走。” 正要带他出门的喽罗愣住了，抬头看两个首领。蔡永文犹豫片刻，挥挥手，让手下按萧先生说的去办。然后他用英语向马丹诺解释着，后者也没有表示什么异议。几个手下在山坡的软地上很快挖好坑，把尸体抬过来。萧水寒也跟过来，向白先生告别。死者的身体已经僵硬了，脸上蒙着死亡的惨白。眉心有一个很小的孔，几乎没有血迹。凝结在他脸上的表情不是恐惧或愤怒，而是惊讶。萧水寒想，当热情真诚的白先生喜悦地迎接新的客人时，这伙畜生一定是不加分说就给了他一枪。白先生死不瞑目啊，他不理解人类中竟然有这样的畜生。萧水寒回到屋里拿出一床毛巾被，盖在白先生的身上，盖住他的脸。新挖的土坑带着腥气，雪层上露出的野草在寒风中瑟索。死者被放进坑里，土一锹一锹地扔下去，墓坑很快填平了，又堆上枯枝败叶。萧水寒在墓前肃立一会儿，那伙人急着出发，但没人敢催逼他。他终于转过身向汽车走去，脸色看来很平和。蔡永文一直悄悄观察着他，这会儿暗暗松了一口气。 萧水寒、马丹诺和蔡永文和一个喽罗坐在前边的车上，喽罗开车，蔡坐在前排右位，萧水寒和马丹诺坐在后排。其余五六个喽罗坐在第二辆车上，两辆车相跟着开出山区。他们不知道，此刻龙波清、邓飞离这儿只有几十里了，而先期赶到的侦察员已经隐身在房子周围，两具望远镜正罩着这儿。龙波清在车上接到报告，说绑匪们已经开始撤退，先是出来一辆车，萧太太抱着孩子上了这辆车；现在又有两辆出来了，马上要开出林区，萧先生在头一辆车上。那边的人请示要不要拦截？龙波清看看邓飞，咬着牙说： “放他们走！萧先生在车上呢。不要暴露，继续保持监视。” 绑匪的两辆汽车日夜兼程向西南开去，他们不敢走海关，要把萧水寒从一个秘密路径带出国。上车后萧一直在睡觉。后排座位上有两个人，他只能斜靠在座椅上睡，但他睡得很沉，鼻息绵绵细细。马丹诺不时侧脸看看他，在心里佩服他的定力。 他睡得很放松，还做了一连串的梦。他梦见自己是一个八岁的少年，在放学的路上，仰着脸，惊喜地看着天上的彩虹。彩虹有多大？大概有山那么大吧。彩虹的下半个圆藏在山那边吧？那么，等他爬到山顶，就应该能看到下半个圆了。他爬到山顶，仍然没看到下半个圆，他失望地看着彩虹在天上慢慢融化。也许，这件事的象征意义他在162年后才懂得：这个世界永远是残缺的，没有绝对的完满。他发明了长生术，但也面临着新的残缺，新的无奈。 不过，只要母女安全，他就可以心无牵挂地了结这一生了。 手机铃声。蔡永文推醒他，把手机递给他：“是萧太太的。”他态度温和地警告道：“我想你知道，不要说不该说的话。” 萧水寒没有理他，接过手机。邱风的声音很清晰，不像是另一个世界传来的：“水寒，我已经安全了，已经到家了，现在邓大哥就在我身边。水寒，你好吗？” 萧水寒平静地问：“风儿，告诉我，前年夏天咱们在青岛海滨发生过什么事情？” 那边的邱风愣了一下，旋即明白丈夫是用这种方法确认她的安全和自由。她很快答道：“有一个小男孩扯脱我的乳罩，咬住我的乳头，我哭了。就是从那时开始，你改变了'不要后代'的决定。” “我们在天元公司的楼顶看到了什么？那天就我们两人。” 那边稍稍停顿了一下：“再次看到了彩虹，是非常罕见的双虹。水寒……”邱风哽咽了，她一定是想到了那个对他们来说非常特殊的时刻。 萧水寒笑了：“很好，我放心了。我这儿很好。风儿，不要记挂我，好好活下去。” 邱风急急地说：“水寒，你一定要回来！邓大哥要给你说句话……” 身边的马丹诺迅速把手机抢走，摁下断开键，向他做了个歉然的手势。萧水寒没有生气，伸展双臂，美美地打一个哈欠，扭头看看车外：“哟，已经下午了！这是什么地方？风景这么漂亮。” 车上的人沉默着，不回答他的问题。外面是山区，显然已经是南方的景色了，山上是高大的榕树、樟树和粗大的野藤，道路在山坡上蜿蜒，车的右侧是深陡的山谷，水量非常充沛，山流的咆哮伴着他们的行程。夕阳的余晖洒在山顶，路上车辆很少，从对面开来的汽车的车窗上跳动着金光。几十只鸟儿在他们的下方盘旋升腾，忽高忽低，忽聚忽散，保持着一定的旋律，就像是一组节奏欢快的音符。萧水寒啧啧称赞着，又旁若无人地伸臂打一个哈欠： “真漂亮，这儿作我的栖身之地也不错！” 他闪电般从座位上弹起，向前扑去，用强有力的双臂抱住司机的脑袋，喊一声：“为了白先生！”卡查一声，司机的脑袋软绵绵地垂下来，他的手还在拉着方向盘，汽车陡然转身，狠狠撞向山崖，又陡然弹回，向坡下窜过去。车上几个人的反应非常迅速，蔡永文立即扶住方向盘，马丹诺同时出手，意欲制止萧水寒，但他们到底晚了一步。汽车已经窜过路牙，在陡峭的山坡上碰撞着，翻滚着，直向沟底落去。它终于停下了，随之被狂暴的大火包围。 后边那辆车吱吱地刹住，几个喽罗惊慌地跳下车，跑到路边向下看。在深深的谷底，一团火焰正在涧水边熊熊燃烧，车上的人无疑已经没救了。后边，山路转弯处又来了两辆车，他们远远看见了这儿的事故，都开始减慢速度准备停下。那几个人匆匆聚在一起商量了一会儿，很快钻进车里，匆匆逃离了现场。 邱风打电话时并不是在家里，而是在一架直升机上，龙波清和邓飞就在她身边。直升机在那两辆汽车的上空盘旋，另外还有5辆车远远地跟在后边。现在，要想消灭或逮捕绑匪很容易，但萧水寒在车上，连同他大脑中那无价的珍宝。所以龙波清不敢轻易下令拦截，他们在等待机会。 毳毳也在机上，她可能是饿狠了，不再挑剔，就着奶瓶咕都咕都地咽着。吃饱了，她又恢复了好脾气，盯着妈妈的脸，嘴角时时扯动一下，这就是她的笑容了。邱风把她贴在自己的脸上，焦灼地看着机翼下的大地。为了避免绑匪发现，直升机飞得很高，在这个高度她无法分清哪辆车是丈夫乘坐的，只能看见一辆辆小小的汽车披着夕阳在路上流淌，就像是一群闪着金光的金龟子。她在心中喃喃地祈祷，希望丈夫能平安归来。 但不久就传来了噩耗。下边报告说：绑匪们的两辆汽车中的一辆摔到山沟里了，就是萧先生乘坐的那一辆。剩下一辆现在正继续向前方逃窜。机上的人刹时间变得脸色惨白。直升机迅速降低高度，看到了山谷底部那团大火。邱风的神经已经崩溃了，邓飞心如刀割，简直不忍心看邱风的眼睛。龙波清的脸色阴得能拧下水，恶狠狠地咒骂着，下了命令： “第一小组去拦截第二辆车！其余人向出事地点靠拢，尽量组织抢救！” 但他心里清楚，萧水寒在这种情况下不可能生还了，连同他大脑中无价的秘密。他不能原谅自己，早知如此，刚才他该冒险下令拦截的。他不明白那辆车为什么会突然掉到沟里，是纯粹的公路事故吗？ 不过萧水寒并没有死。这会儿他静静地躺在离火堆有百十米的地方。汽车落崖后，第一次碰撞就把他弹出门外了。山坡上密密麻麻的枝条扯破他的衣服，挂得他遍体是伤，但也有效地减缓了他的冲劲儿。他的意识深深地沉在黑暗中，但不久黑暗的渊面上划过第一道亮光。在比死亡还要深的地方，一个声音轻轻唿唤着，把他的意识聚拢。He slowly opened his eyes. 暮色笼罩着山谷，远处，汽车残骸冒着余光，传来人肉焚烧所特有的怪味儿，带点甜稍，令人作呕。他浑身上下尽是尖锐的剌痛，但他小心地活动头部，双臂，双腿，没有发现骨折的迹象。他完全清醒了，知道自己逃过了这一难，不免摇头苦笑：上帝真是个脾气怪戾的老人哪，你看他是如何安排人的命运的，渴求长生、妄图“富可敌球”的几个黑道枭雄都死了，这会儿正在那个火堆里焚烧，而一心求死的人倒结结实实地活着。 他坐起来，发现自己几乎是全身赤裸，衣服只剩片片缕缕挂在身上。他用几分钟的时间思考自己该怎么办。他决不会改变自己对造物主的许诺，仍然要结束自己的生命——但不是这时候。此刻，当外人把死亡强加给他时，他应该像一个普通人那样去求生，去降伏死神。他还要再看一眼邱风和毳毳呢。 抬头向上看，暮色已经很重了，衬着暗蓝色的天幕，还勉强能看清路径。从这儿到坡顶