At the end of August, the weather was getting cooler, and there were more withered yellow leaves on the trees on both sides of the road. When the breeze blew, they fell to the ground and floated on the water in the ravines.

After coming out of Qiangong Reservoir, a team of ten people walked slowly up the mountain along the winding mountain road, stepping on the golden and somewhat annoying mud.

This is an unusual team. Each of the ten people is fully armed and nervously paying attention to the movements around them. Although the weather is cold, the hands holding the iron chains are slowly sweating.

Surrounded by these ten people was a man who was tightly tied with iron chains. His steps were a bit slow, so he often couldn't keep up with the pace of these young people. When those people were anxious, they would sometimes pull the iron chain. The chain makes him go faster.

The man stumbled and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, others tugged on the chains in their hands, preventing him from falling to the ground.

Standing firm, the man raised his head, his face as sinking as water, and looked at the people around him with sinister eyes.

No one among the ten people in the team wanted to look at him. The feeling was really uncomfortable.

The man smiled, said nothing, and followed them up the mountain obediently.

Half an hour later, they came to an open area and stopped.

This is a circular open space. It does not look like it was formed naturally. After all, traces of man-made transformation can be seen around it. Surrounding the open space are rows of small earth bags, and each small earth bag has an upright stick in front of it. A wooden sign with different numbers written on it.

It is worth noting that not far from them, there is a newly dug deep pit, which is just big enough for a person to lie in. In front of the pit, there is a wooden sign that reads: S01.

The man looked around the open space, and when he saw the wooden sign with S01 written on it, he suddenly burst into laughter: "The special office is really considerate, preparing a sleeping place for me so quickly."

The people in the team ignored him and took him to the center of the circular open space. After two of them handed the chains in their hands to the people beside them, they took off the guns that had been placed on their backs and loaded them.

One person stood in front of the man, one stood behind the man, one aimed at the forehead, and the other aimed at the back of the heart. The two stood quietly with guns in hand, waiting for the last moment to arrive.

The man looked up at the sky. It rained heavily yesterday. Today's sky is exceptionally blue, and the sun seems to be much brighter than other times. He opened his mouth and breathed in the fresh air greedily.

Today is the first time in more than ten years that he has seen the sun, the first time he has felt the caress of the breeze, the first time he has breathed such fresh air, and the first time his shoes have been wet by rain.

Although he will soon face the same situation that he faced more than ten years ago, he does not show any fear at all now because he is not afraid at all.

To use what he said to Master Jiu before: "I should have been a dead person, but Master Jiu took pity on me, so I have lived for more than ten years. To be honest, every day in Qian Palace, I was born It's better to die, there is no daylight here, and all you face every day is coldness. So, you don't have to have any burden in your heart."

After saying this, he smiled. It was a child-like smile. It was the first time in his life that he showed such a smile.

Master Jiu was somewhat reluctant to part with him. After all, the person in front of him was the one he had brought back from death, and he didn't want to see him leave like this.

But the man didn't let Master Jiu plead. He only asked Master Jiu for one thing: "Let me go out. I haven't seen the sun for a long time. Before I die, I want to see it again."

A bell sounded in the distance, once, twice, three times. The man slowly closed his eyes and smiled on his face.

After two gunshots, the man slowly fell to the ground and lost his life.

The team took off the chains wrapped around the man, then carried the man and slowly walked towards the deep pit prepared for him.

The soil gradually covered the man's body, and a small dirt bag slowly formed.

The little dirt bag in front of us symbolizes the death of a man who was once close to a god. After everyone in the team finished their work, they stood in front of the little dirt bag, took off their hats, lowered their heads, and observed a brief moment of silence.

Master Jiu was sitting in front of the hut, smoking dry cigarettes one after another, and "Weiyang Palace" was playing on the radio: "Later, when Wu and Yue fought, King Gou Jian of Yue became a slave. He sacrificed a beautiful woman named Xi Shi, as well as literary and cultural records.

Fan Li.

The king of Wu, Fu Chai, was seduced by sex. He believed the thief Bo Pi, the king of Wu, and he killed Wu Zixu. It is said that a loyal minister dies a bitter death, and a loyal minister dies a humiliated death. It seems that all the hard work has been wasted. Do I want to imitate Wu Zixu today?

I want to leave my body and my head."

Just after singing, the bell rang, and two gunshots were heard from the mountains in the distance. Master Jiu shuddered, and the dry cigarette in his hand fell down and hit the ground, splattering sparks.

"Alas." Master Jiu looked at the dry smoke on the ground, sighed, and stamped it out.

...

"Hey Li Ke, you said you are really amazing. When I sent the simple email yesterday, Xiong Chu didn't criticize it. He just replied with a sentence and continued the investigation. There was nothing more to come." Tan Genmao was at the station.

He said to Li Minghao with a smile.

Li Minghao patted him on the shoulder: "When doing things, you have to get to the point and don't talk nonsense. If you send me what you said yesterday, you will probably have to endure the storm. Jinmen

I'll leave the investigation here to you. If there are any major discoveries, don't forget to notify me as soon as possible. This is my phone number." As he said this, Li Minghao took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Tan Genmao.

"Hey, okay, just wait for the good news. I promise to get to the bottom of this case." After taking the paper from Li Minghao, Tan Genmao took a look at it, folded the paper neatly, and carefully

Put it into some pocket.

"Waiting for you." At this time, the radio called Li Minghao that the car they were going to take had already entered the station. He couldn't stay any longer. He gave Tan Genmao a thumbs up and turned around to go to the ticket gate.

"Come on." After watching Li Minghao enter the ticket gate, Tan Genmao turned and left. This guy cheered for himself as he walked, causing the passengers around him to cast strange looks.

After getting on the bus, Li Minghao sat next to Liu Zhida. Liu Zhida glanced at the crowd of people around him and complained: "Minghao, we obviously have money to fly, why do we have to suffer this here?"

Li Minghao sighed softly: "Actually, I don't even want to take the train. If possible, I would like Xiong Xiaoguang to pick us up. The explosion at Jinmen Port was obviously a special attack, but we don't even know who they are now.

The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. Whenever we move, the other side will know. The probability of survival in an accident on a train is higher. If something happens on a plane, my three senior brothers may not be able to help. At that time, I can at most

One person drags two."

Liu Zhida smacked his lips: "What you said seems to make sense. By the way, speaking of your three senior brothers, why didn't you see them getting in the car? Could you have overslept?"

"What are you thinking about? You don't need to buy a ticket." Li Minghao pointed to the top. Liu Zhida looked up and saw that there was a luggage rack above.

"You won't stuff it in your luggage, right? No, it should have been checked when you went through the security check. Wait, I thought of it, the roof of the car." Liu Zhida suddenly realized, and then his mouth was covered by Li Minghao.

"Why don't you keep your voice down, for fear that no one will hear you?" Li Minghao glanced at the people around him, who were still doing whatever they were supposed to be doing. He didn't seem to hear the conversation between the two of them.

Liu Zhida struggled for a while, then pulled Li Minghao's hand away: "Did you not wash your hands? Why does it smell like sizzling pork tenderloin?"

Li Minghao frowned, brought his hand to his nose and smelled it. It really smelled a bit: "I don't know, I've obviously washed my hands."

"Just wash it after a while, I guess it's oil stains." At this time, the train started slowly, Liu Zhida took out his mobile phone and plugged in the headphones, ready to listen to music.

Li Minghao took off Liu Zhida's headphones and said, "I'll listen to you later. I'll tell you something first."

"Why can't we talk about it in the Forbidden City?" Liu Zhida pouted and said unhappily.

"Big deal." Li Minghao sighed, thinking that Liu Zhida was like this when he went to Xizhou, and it was difficult to deal with.

Hearing that it was a big deal, Liu Zhida immediately became energetic. He walked close to Li Minghao and asked excitedly: "What big deal is it? Is it something happened again in Xizhou or something happened in other continents? Do you need me to save them?"

?”

Li Minghao pushed Liu Zhida away: "The thing is like this, when we were building the Yangzhou Cauldron, Jiulong went to the Forbidden City. In the future, the five northeastern clans of the Forbidden City were wiped out. Of course, there are still a group of people in their base camp.

Women. The meaning above is very clear. Let the two of us go to the Northeast with the officials from the imperial court to comfort them. This is one, and the other is that we need to find out what other problems there are in the five families in the Northeast. If

If there is any, the imperial court will deal with it."

After Liu Zhida heard what Li Minghao said, he smacked his lips and lost his previous enthusiasm: "What did I think it was? It turns out that I am just going to be a spy. If I don't go, there is no point in it at all." As he said that, he took it again.

earphone.

"Whether you want it or not, the matter has been decided. After returning to the Forbidden City today, the order will probably come down." Li Minghao shook his head, took out a newspaper from the bag behind the front seat, opened it and read it.

Got up.

Liu Zhida blinked and looked like he was constipated.

The journey was uneventful. After five hours of clattering along the railway track, the train finally stopped at the Forbidden City Station. Liu Zhida yawned and opened his eyes: "I swear I will never take a train again. I slept for a long time."

I feel so tired that I’m going to die.”

"Okay, let's take the high-speed train from now on." Li Minghao stood up and stretched, and then woke up the people in the special office sitting next to him.

"I don't care, anyway, I have money, so I will take the plane." Liu Zhida said unhappily, stood up slowly, stretched his legs and feet to feel that he could walk, and then slowly followed the large group out of the car.

After everyone got off the car, the bald man sitting in the corner stood up, took a black handbag from the luggage rack, and quickly walked out of the car.

Outside the station, several buses had long been parked there, waiting for the Special Office staff to arrive. Seeing Li Minghao coming out, the door of the first bus opened, and Liu Gang got out of the car.

Li Minghao was a little surprised to see Liu Gang coming to pick him up in person. He really didn't expect Liu Gang to come back to pick them up in person. After all, he was a busy man.

"Brother Gang, why are you here in person?" After shaking hands with Liu Gang, Li Minghao asked his question.

Liu Gang sighed: "It's a long story. Let's get in the car and go back. I'll go to Xiaoguang's office later and he will explain it clearly to you."

It seemed that there was nothing he could ask. Li Minghao nodded slightly and directed everyone to get in the car one after another. After everyone got in, he and Liu Gang got in the car.

After the doors closed, several buses started slowly and drove away from the station at increased speed. After these buses left, several black jeeps parked on the roadside started their engines and followed.

On the way, Li Minghao opened his mouth several times, but finally swallowed it all.

He saw Liu Gang's face solemn, as if something big had happened. If something big was really going on, it would be inappropriate to say it in front of these three scientific researchers, so he had to take out his cell phone and scroll around for the time being.

Kill some time.

After a while, Liu Zhida, who was sitting in the back seat, poked his back gently. Li Minghao turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Liu Zhida pointed to the back, lowered his voice and said: "I didn't notice it before, but I saw it when we turned just now. There is a car following us. Judging from the sign, it shouldn't be a special car."

Li Minghao frowned slightly. As soon as they arrived at the Forbidden City, someone was staring at them. This group must have arrived too quickly.

After thinking about it, Li Minghao came close to Liu Zhida's ear and whispered a few words to him. Liu Zhida nodded and showed a bad smile.

The car continued to drive, and after a few minutes it entered a long tunnel. Because the lights in the tunnel were dim, no one noticed that the two people were missing from the car.

The people in the jeeps following behind were staring intently at both sides of the bus. No one thought that in the blink of an eye, two figures flew down from the bus in front and landed directly at the front.

on that jeep.

Before anyone could react, a red light flashed, and the front of the leading jeep was split into two halves, losing power and slowly stopping.

"Get off all of them! Otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless!" Liu Zhida jumped from the front of the car, opened the sleeve arrows on his arms, and pointed at all the jeeps that were forced to stop.

When those people saw the menacing two men, they knew in their hearts that they could not fight these two gentlemen, so they had no choice but to open the car door and get out obediently.

"That's right." Liu Zhida chuckled, waved his hand, and threw out a few small balls. The small balls exploded the moment they hit the ground, and yellow smoke instantly filled the tunnel.

Everyone was unprepared and inhaled part of the yellow mist, and their bodies instantly became numb.
Chapter completed!