The summer of 2001, that is, sixteen years ago.

Although the special office had been established for some time at that time, due to various factors, it had not been able to develop well. Now these people are still crowded in the courtyards located on the edge of the inner city to work.

This courtyard is still rented, so people don't dare to drill holes in the walls of the courtyard to get air conditioners. They can only endure the heat and work. If they can't stand it anymore, they turn on the big fan for a while and take out two bottles of air from the freezer. Put an old popsicle on your body to cool down, and put the other one in your mouth to moisturize your dry throat.

Shen Wanshan was young at that time, in his fifties, and felt energetic in everything he did, which was completely different from now. But there were too few special jobs that year, and the summer that year was extremely hot. Shen Wanshan just After reading the newspaper in his small office for a while, he felt sleepy. Before he could put the newspaper down, his upper and lower eyelids closed together. Shen Wanshan lowered his hands and started snoring.

He didn't know how long he had been sleeping, but he felt itchy in his nose. Shen Wanshan shrugged his nose, turned over and went back to sleep, but the feeling came again, and this time it was more itchy. Shen Wanshan smacked He sneezed and opened his eyes drowsily.

In front of his eyes, he vaguely saw someone lying behind the chair with his head lowered and smiling at him. Shen Wanshan knew who it was at once: "You old guy, you have nothing to do, right?"

It was Master Qi who woke up Shen Wanshan. Master Qi was still young at that time, with no wrinkles on his face, no gray hair, and his face was much kinder than now.

Master Qi smiled and threw the dog's tail grass aside: "You just have nothing to do. Come and work."

"Well?" When Shen Wanshan heard that he was alive, he immediately became more energetic, his body was no longer lazy, and his eyes were no longer blurry. He sat down on the sofa and said, "What kind of job is it? Please tell me carefully."

Master Qi also sat on the sofa and talked about the reason for this incident.

The place where this happened was not Central Earth. It happened in Nanzhou, in a temple on the border of Nanzhou. A group of people went to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. As a result, thirty-five of them fell down and three of them fell. Fourteen, and one is missing. At the same time, the temple also lost something. As for what it was, the temple has not yet given a clear answer.

After the accident, almost all of the local wizards and masters in Nanzhou visited the temple. As a result, the matter failed to work, and some of them even ended up killing themselves.

Later, the temple had no choice but to ask for help everywhere. It happened that Qi Ye was offline in Nanzhou, so Qi Ye took over the matter.

"Just this little information?" Shen Wanshan frowned, obviously dissatisfied that Master Qi agreed to this matter so easily.

"They told us to go over there. There are some things we can't talk about over the phone. They said they were afraid of people eavesdropping."

"Eavesdropping... is there something shameful? It can't be the lost thing, right?" Shen Wanshan was also speechless. He had handled so many cases, and this was the first time he had seen something like this.

"I can't help it. That's what I said when I made the phone call. Besides, it sounds good. I can go and have some fun, just relax." Master Qi put a hand on Shen Wanshan's shoulder and came closer. Shen Wanshan whispered in his ears, fearing that the young people outside would hear him.

"Well, we still need to take necessary measures, just in case." Shen Wanshan could only acquiesce to Qi Ye's suggestion.

"It's hard to say, leave it to me." Master Qi patted Shen Wanshan on the shoulder, stood up and left. Before opening the door, Master Qi turned around and said, "Don't forget, if you miss the flight at noon tomorrow, you can wait. Two hours, maybe.”

When he left, Master Qi's back was soaked with sweat. He opened the freezer next to the door and pulled it. Finally, he took out two ice cubes and stuffed them into his mouth before striding away.

Shen Wanshan smiled and shook his head: "If you want to eat popsicles, just tell me. I'll have someone buy them for you. These ice cubes are not delicious. Be careful of diarrhea."

"Don't panic, don't panic, I've long been used to having diarrhea."

At noon the next day, Shen Wanshan, Qi Ye, and a man in a suit wearing sunglasses got on the plane on time.

At first, Shen Wanshan sat in his seat, fastened his seat belt, and squinted for a while, but he always felt uncomfortable somewhere. Shen Wanshan could only open his eyes, turned his head to look at the sky outside the plane, and unconsciously or unconsciously, he looked at the sky outside the plane. The man in the suit seemed to have a blood-red scorpion tattooed on his right hand. Shen Wanshan's eyelids twitched a few times, feeling that the scorpion was strange.

"Young man, is that a tattoo on your hand?" Shen Wanshan asked tentatively.

The man in the suit nodded slightly: "Yes, tattoo."

Shen Wanshan didn't know why, so he just said the following sentence: "Why do you have a tattoo? You're a young man. If you have money, you can't do anything. You have to get a tattoo."

"Sorry, no comment." The man in the suit wore sunglasses and had an expressionless face, resembling a Terminator.

"Uh..." Shen Wanshan was choked by the man in the suit and couldn't speak. He could only pretend to take a rest, turned to Master Qi and lip-synced: "Where did you get this guy?" of? "

"Of course I found it in a bodyguard company. They said it was the most powerful bodyguard, so I bought it right away. What do you think, this guy is pretty good." When he said this, Master Qi looked proud.

Shen Wanshan frowned, and he leaned next to Master Qi and asked in a low voice: "Don't be complacent yet. Let me ask you, did you know the details of this guy when you bought it? Do you know what kind of person he is? Is it? Will he be a threat to us? "

Shen Wanshan's series of questions made Master Qi murmur in his heart. He glanced at the man in the suit and said, "I really don't know the details, but the bodyguard company introduced me, so there should be no problem."

"..." Shen Wanshan was completely speechless. He had promised to know everyone thoroughly, so why did he bring in an outsider so casually? It's just that the matter has come to an end. Let's take it one step at a time. Bar.

Four or five hours later, the plane landed at Nanzhou Airport. When a group of four people got off the plane, they saw an extended Bentley parked not far from the plane. A monk in monk's robes stood beside the car, holding a A sign with two big characters written on it: "Long Yun."

Long Yun was naturally the name of the Seventh Master. After seeing the sign, the Seventh Master trotted up to the monk. After the two exchanged a few words in Nanzhou dialect, the Seventh Master turned around and waved to several people, signaling Shen Wanshan and the others to hurry up. Come.

"Savadika." The two people walked to the car. The monk clasped his hands and bowed to Shen Wanshan and the others. Shen Wanshan quickly returned the gift. I don't know if the man in the suit didn't understand or just didn't want to. , he stood there, motionless, and still had no expression on his face.

"Ah, let me introduce to you. This is my downline in Nanzhou. He acted as the introducer for this incident, so part of the money has to be shared with him as hard work. He will take us to the hotel to check in later. Tomorrow Then take us to the temple where the accident happened." Master Qi introduced as he opened the car door and got in first.

"This old guy." Shen Wanshan smacked his lips and got into the car.

The car started to move, and it was very quiet inside at first. No one seemed to want to pay attention to anyone else. It was Master Qi who spoke first: "Mingjue, please give us a brief introduction to the situation first. By then, we won't even look at each other even though we have been there a lot. Discredit."

"Okay, let me tell you." Mingjue cleared his throat and began to talk.

"That temple is not a big temple, it is relatively small, but as you know, although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs, and this temple is said to be particularly efficacious. Many people have gone there, almost getting whatever they asked for, but something happened some time ago The thirty-five people entered the temple and burned incense and worshiped the Buddha in the main hall, but after waiting for a long time, no one came out. The tour guide was not anxious, but the monks were anxious first and knocked open the door. Then the scene was really a bit Terrified, thirty-four people were lying on the floor. Naturally, we immediately called the officials. Officials arrived, and so did the ambulance. However, these people could not get out of the temple. In desperation, the temple We had no choice but to close it temporarily and set up a pavilion in the open space of the temple, temporarily turning the temple into a hospital ward."

Mingjue paused, swallowed to moisten his throat and then continued: "Later, when the temple incident was mentioned in the circle, people came one after another, hoping to become famous through this incident. Unfortunately, a few self-proclaimed experts came. , in the end, the person was not cured, and he died. There were also a few people with some skills who came to see it for a few times and then left in a hurry. In the end, it has been left until now, and no one paid attention to it. Now you have taken over this problem, people. Naturally, my eyes are focused on you, so you have a long way to go on this journey."

Shen Wanshan frowned. Fortunately, he was well prepared before. Otherwise, if Quan Dang came here just for fun, he would really be in trouble. "Well, it seems that this trip is a little tricky. By the way, listen. They said they also lost something, can you tell me what it was?"

Mingjue glanced at the cab in front of him, then approached the two of them and whispered: "This matter cannot be explained openly, because it involves a lot of things, including the grievances of some previous characters."

"Okay, we promise that only the few here know about it, and no one else knows." The two nodded and made a promise to Mingjue.

Mingjue nodded and continued: "I heard that the things lost were a few maps. They were contained in a jade box. I was lucky enough to see them once. They were very simple. I heard the old abbot of the temple mentioned them. In a word, the name of that map seems to be Mountains and Seas Map."

"Pictures of Mountains and Seas..." After Shen Wanshan heard these three words, he frowned and fell into deep thought, "I seem to have heard or seen this name somewhere, but I just forgot where it was. ,Where is it?"

"Keep your voice down. The driver in front of you is the abbot's man. The guy wearing sunglasses and a suit should be the bodyguard you hired. He is an outsider anyway, so it's better not to let him know." Mingjue put his index finger on it. On his lips, he made a silent gesture.

"Yes, I understand." Master Qi nodded. He had some concerns in his mind, but as for what Mingjue said later, he only knew the Classic of Mountains and Seas and what the Mountains and Seas Map was. He really didn't know what it was.

"I'll see you if I have something to do when I get back later. Remember to come after dinner." Shen Wanshan stopped thinking and seemed to have thought of something.

Master Qi nodded slightly: "Yes, good."

While a few people were talking, the car also arrived at the hotel. Shen Wanshan got out of the car and looked up, and couldn't help but nodded. He knew it was pretty good. He put in some effort and found a hotel that was close to the place where the incident happened.

"Young man, that's good, there is some future." Shen Wanshan patted Mingjue on the shoulder and walked towards the hotel door.

Mingjue smiled sheepishly: "Thank you for the compliment. These are what I should do."

"Okay, stop being modest here and take us upstairs. We can't go upstairs without you." Master Qi joked, patting Ming Jue's shoulder after getting off the car.

"Look at my memory, I will take you to the room right away." Mingjue quickly took out three key cards and followed.

The man in a suit slowly followed the three of them, and none of Shen Wanshan and the others noticed that the corner of his mouth curled up.

After going up to the ninth floor, Mingjue pointed to the three doors next to each other and said to the two of them: "This is the room where you three live. The decoration inside is basically the same. You three can choose whatever you want." , Hey, where’s the man in the suit who came with you? Isn’t he not here?”

At this point, Mingjue realized that one person was missing. He walked to the stairs and took a look, only to see the man in a suit slowly walking up from below.

The man in the suit looked up and saw Mingjue staring at him. He frowned and asked, "Why is there no elevator in such a big hotel?"

Mingjue said sheepishly: "Sorry, donor, this hotel is the highest-end hotel here. Due to some faults, it has not been repaired yet, but it will probably be repaired tomorrow."

"It's best, otherwise I'll demolish this shabby hotel." As he said that, the man in a suit had already arrived beside Mingjue. He grabbed a room card from Mingjue's hand, opened the door and walked in, then locked it. door.

The two looked at each other, and Shen Wanshan asked Master Qi: "I said, Lao Qi, did you invite him or did he invite you? Why do I feel a little confused now?"

Master Qi smacked his lips and said, "Stop talking about you, I'm confused too."

After that, Master Qi took a room card from Ming Jue and entered the house. Shen Wanshan shook his head, got the room card and thanked Ming Jue before entering the house.

It was night in a blink of an eye. Shen Wanshan was watching a movie when there was a knock on the door. Shen Wanshan paused the movie and got up to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Shen Wanshan found Master Qi standing outside furtively. After he opened the door, he immediately got into the house and closed the door.

"Why are you so sneaky? You're just like a thief." Shen Wanshan looked at Master Qi sitting on the bed and twitched the corner of his mouth.
Chapter completed!