Chapter Eighty-Nine: Into the Mountain
After Yi Meng left, I immediately made a call to Zhao Dashan, and I began to be hung up, estimating that there were people around him, and it was inconvenient to answer the phone for the time being.
About two hours later, Zhao Dashan's call came back, and I immediately pressed the answer button: "Hey, Brother Zhao, something happened." ”
"What's the matter?"
"They found Yi Meng's home, and I let Yi Meng go. ”
"What, you, you...... How did I tell you, I must protect Yi Meng, you let her go......" Zhao Dashan's angry voice came from the mobile phone.
"Brother Zhao, let's not be selfish, the other party is a group of beasts, if Yi Meng doesn't appear, it is likely that her family will be in danger. I said.
"But......" Zhao Dashan said yes, there was no follow-up, and there was a moment of silence on the phone.
"Brother Zhao, we are surviving in the cracks, we have to fight with the enemy, but also with our own people, Yi Meng's home is in Gaogu County, and I almost died there, so don't talk to the police about protection, it's unrealistic. I said.
"You just let her go, and you didn't send someone to protect her?, and will she expose you?" After a few minutes, Zhao Dashan seemed to suppress his anger and asked.
"Probably not, because I gave her an amulet. I said.
"What amulet?" Zhao Dashan asked.
"It was Li Xiangqiu who traded with Liu Xue, I found and drew a sketch of Li Xiangqiu, and then asked Yi Meng to ......" I explained my plan, and finally emphasized: "Brother Zhao, Li Xiangqiu is very likely to know who Dilong is, Liu Xue They may be exposed, but Li Xiangqiu estimates that if she can't touch it, it shouldn't put her in danger." ”
"I hope so. Zhao Dashan's voice was very low, and he said, "What if Yi Meng is really killed, or if she confesses to you before she dies?"
"Then send out the video, use public opinion to put pressure on the surname Wei, and mail the video to the province at the same time. I said.
"Actually, we can do that right now. Zhao Dashan said.
"Brother Zhao, our goal is the Earth Dragon, before I expose it, it's best not to do it, because even if it is exposed on the Internet, at most Liu Xue will be taken down, and we will not grasp the other points of this underground sales channel at all, it is very likely that the snake will not die, as for the Earth Dragon, it is completely cut off the clues. I said.
"Okay!"
"By the way, Brother Zhao, I asked you to inquire about Meng Hu's affairs, how did you investigate? If you want to stop startling the snake and knock out the underground sales channels controlled by Liu Xue, the best way is to let her cooperate. ”
"Liu Xue and Meng Hu are both from Liujiagou in Ping'an County, I asked an old policeman at the grassroots level over there, Liu Xue was a big beauty in ten miles and eight townships, and Meng Hu was a gangster, who went in more than a dozen times because of fights and petty theft, and then I didn't know how Liu Xue got along with Meng Hu, and the family did not agree, so the two left Ping'an County and came to our Jiangcheng. Zhao Dashan said.
It is convenient for the police to check a person's basic information, and if it is replaced by ordinary people, I don't know how long it will take to find out this information.
"Liu Xue can't become the controller of the underground sales network for no reason, have you asked someone to investigate her history?" I asked.
"Let people check, no one knows, but I just heard a news that the two of them have been in the Dragon City Ninth Master. Zhao Dashan said.
"Dragon City Ninth Master?"
"A big splash, a well-known figure on Jiangcheng Road in the nineties, built a Dragon City nightclub, and now it is still very famous, after him, there are also several characters who have risen, and the most powerful is the Earth Dragon. Zhao Dashan gave a brief introduction.
"Where is this man now?" I asked.
"More than ten years ago, I washed my hands in a golden basin, and I only had this nightclub in Longcheng under my name, and I heard that it was also entrusted to others to manage, so I moved to Mengshan City, and ate fasting and chanting Buddha in the mountains all day long. Zhao Dashan said: "I haven't found the specific address yet." ”
"I'll go to Mengshan City. ”
"Okay, be careful, it's hard to say whether this person has any connection with the Earth Dragon. Zhao Dashan said.
"The other party is already so unscrupulous, it's worth taking some risks, not to mention that Yi Meng may tell me at any time. I said.
After I finished talking to Zhao Dashan on the phone that day, I first called Zhao Yan, saying that I was going to Mengshan City for a few days, and then called Yu Zhi, drove on the Jiangmeng Expressway, and galloped towards Mengshan City.
In the afternoon, I arrived in Mengshan City and stayed at the Sheraton Hotel.
I took my mobile phone to look up the temples in Mengshan City, and it didn't matter if I checked, there were as many as 16.
"I'm going, how are there so many. I snorted.
"Brother, how did we find it? Do you want to find it from temple to temple?" Yu Zhi asked.
"That's the only way, although it's a stupid way, but it's also the most effective way now. I said.
"Most of these temples are in the mountains, and some of them are not open to traffic, so you can find them at most twice a day, and you have to find them for at least half a month. Yu Zhi said.
"Are you a martial arts practitioner still afraid of walking on mountain roads?" I said, glancing at him.
"I'm afraid you can't stand it. Yu Zhi said.
I smiled and said, "The matter of Dilong, the Zhou family and Wei Jianguo is too deeply mixed with the two of us, the other party will not die, and it will be us who will die sooner or later, don't you often say that it is better to strike first? So no matter what, we must find the ninth master." ”
"Can you find Liu Xue's weakness if you find him?" asked Yu Zhi.
"I don't know, but I can definitely get to know each other better. I said.
"Okay. ”
The next day, the two of us began to enter the mountain, looking at the mountain and running a dead horse, and finally understood the meaning of this sentence, it took three hours to climb a mountain at an altitude of 600 meters, and there were a total of four monks in the Tielan Temple on the top of the mountain.
In a week, Yu Zhi and I searched all the thirteen temples belonging to the scenic spot, and there was no trace of the Nine Masters at all, and finally there were three temples left, deep in the mountains, which belonged to the undeveloped area, and the real place of Buddhism practice.
The Hidden Spirit Temple, the largest of the three temples, needs to climb over three hills at an altitude of 500 meters to reach, there is no road at all, only the path on the mountain.
Yu Zhi and I set off at 6 o'clock in the morning and arrived at the Hidden Spirit Temple at 7 o'clock in the evening. Yu Zhi is fine, but I am already limping.
After climbing the mountain for a week, my feet have long been blistered, and today after another day of mountain walking, my feet are already overwhelmed.
The monk of the Hidden Spirit Temple was very talkative, and asked if he could spend the night, and the other party agreed.
The room was clean, with two beds, a writing desk and a chair, and a lamp, simple and simple.
Zhai, tofu and green vegetable rice, and a wild vegetable soup, I haven't eaten anything hot for a day, and it tastes quite good.
The next morning, I was still sleeping in a daze, and I faintly heard the sound of cheering in my ears, so I opened my eyes and found that Yu Zhi had gotten up, the quilt was neatly folded, and people didn't know where to go.
The cheers came from the backyard, I got dressed, smelled the sound and looked for it, and saw Yu Zhi boxing, the cheers came from the dozen or so monks who were watching, especially a fourteen or five-year-old little monk, who was the happiest.
After Yu Zhi finished fighting, a monk in his thirties came up and started practicing, and I couldn't see whether it was good or bad, but Yu Zhi was applauding.
"Yu Zhi, what's going on?" I walked up to him and asked with a puzzled expression.
"Brother, I didn't expect that in this Hidden Spirit Temple, the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Arhat, his original Five Ancestor Fist all the way is amazing. Yu Zhi said excitedly.
"Rohan?" I blinked.
"The arhats who guard the temple should be called warrior monks now, and when they get up in the morning to practice boxing, and when they see that they are also exercising, they will have a fight. Yu Zhi said.
"Let's learn from each other, take the opportunity to ask them if they recognize the Ninth Master, and if there is such a person in the temple. I said.
"Okay!" Yu Zhi nodded.
I went back to wash, and then asked the welcoming monk for a meal, and was about to eat, when Yu Zhi came back in a hurry.
"Brother, that little monk knows the Ninth Master. ”
"Little monk?"
"Come, Jiren. Yu Zhi called a fourteen or five-year-old monk in: "Say what you just said to my eldest brother again." ”
"Donor, this Ninth Master you are looking for, I saw it a month ago at Peach Blossom Pond, thirty miles away. The little monk Zhiren said.
"Peach Blossom Pond?" I looked puzzled, I had never heard of this place at all.
"A small waterhole, where some solitary monks lived, originally had no name, but later these people gave the name of Peach Blossom Pond, so they couldn't be found on the map. The little monk Zhiren said.
"Can you take us there?" I asked hurriedly.
"Yes, but I have a reluctant request. ”
Say. ”
"Master asked me to go down the mountain for two years, and I also want to go down the mountain to see the world. Jiren said.
"Brother, Zhiren has lived in the Hidden Spirit Temple since he was a child, and he has never gone out, let him follow me, and he can usually go to the martial arts hall to help. Yu Zhi said that there are very few people who practice martial arts now, and he is very excited to see a real person who practices martial arts.
"Okay!" I nodded, isn't it just an extra pair of chopsticks, I now have a bar and a KTV, and it's no problem to feed the little monk Zhiren.
After eating fast, we left early, thirty miles of mountain road, there is no problem for Zhiren and Yu Zhi, my feet hurt terribly, stop and go, stop and go, when approaching Liuhuatan, I really met two hermits who practiced alone.
I don't understand these hermits who have left society and returned to the mountains and forests, but I respect their choice.
The little monk Zhiren seemed to be very familiar with them, inquired about it, and then took us directly to a wooden villa hidden in the mountains.
Along the way, I also met three hermits, their houses were all dilapidated and simple wooden houses, and the house in front of me, although also made of wood, was similar to the second-floor villa of the Americans.
"I'll go, what kind of practice is this? "Looking at the two-story wooden building in front of me, I secretly cursed in my heart.
Leaning a little and taking a deep breath, I limped to the door and reached out and knocked on the door.
Knock knock!
"The door is not closed, come in. An old voice came from inside, and without asking who it was, let in.