I found a relatively clean shop in Meifeng Plaza, which was hosted by Li Tianchou, and ordered a few local specialty snacks, plus two rice noodles, and the two chatted while eating.

"Why don't we just follow the tour group, and I'll find a way to go through the formalities on my son's side later." Obediently, this war is no joke. Old man Pan was in a bad mood and began to complain while waiting for food.

Li Tianchou nodded, "Indeed, we are unlucky, but it's a pity that I have a good holiday." ”

"You are young, and there will be opportunities in the future. The old man smacked his lips and comforted, and then changed his words and said, "But to be honest, this tour group is really not good, you don't have to play, and you are tired and break your legs, and it's really boring to follow." ”

The sudden change in the direction of the wind in the second half of Old Man Pan's sentence made Li Tianchou stunned when he listened, and he didn't know what the other party wanted to express.

The side dishes were served in order, and seeing that Li Tianchou didn't speak, Old Man Pan copied the chopsticks and put a piece of ice oil jelly into his mouth and said, "It tastes really good, I'm stained with your light today, and the old man is thick-skinned, so you're welcome." ”

"Where does Pan Lao speak, home-cooked side dishes, what is not stained. If it weren't for your guidance along the way, I wouldn't have suffered a lot of losses. Li Tianchou deliberately said politely, feeling in his heart that this old man seemed to have something to say and didn't say it.

The two of them ate for a while, and Old Man Pan couldn't help but speak again, "Hey, I'm also old, and I can't stand the fright." Hehe, it's funny to think about, isn't this battle still fought yet? ”

"Uncle means ......"

"Hehe, it's not interesting, it's just whining. ”

Li Tianchou's heart moved, feeling that the other party was weird, and after thinking about it briefly, he simply put down his chopsticks and suggested, "That's it, uncle, let's go to Nankan with the group and take a look, if the situation is stable and there is a chance, let's fly solo as originally planned, forget it if we don't have a chance." ”

"It's good, it's good. The old man didn't think about it at all and nodded again and again, "It's still you young people who have bright brains, so you can do as you say." If you really get out of the group, you will follow me from Nankan to Myitkyina, I know you very well. ”

In the afternoon, I met with the tour group and got on the bus, the face of the tour guide was really ugly, or the old man Pan was thick-skinned and could speak, saying that he had eaten a bad stomach early in the morning, and just looked for toilets everywhere in the market, fortunately there was Xiao Li to help, and finally went to the hospital in the city to take medicine and injections, which improved.

The old man deliberately slurred his words, and every sentence had to be repeated two or three times, and the tour guide couldn't find a chance to interject, so he rolled his eyes angrily and left the two of them far away like a plague god.

Li Tianchou naturally didn't say a word, and secretly observed, until the tour guide left, he pulled the old man to find a seat by the window and sat down, but his mind quickly went over what happened in the morning, and he faintly felt a flash of inspiration, as if he had caught something.

In particular, I learned from the handicraft vendors that the Hakkin State was fighting for independence, which was also mentioned in the dossier sent by the instructor, although it was only one sentence, but the complexity of the situation in northern Myanmar was emphasized, which was too coincidental in time for the Chin gang that suddenly appeared.

Moreover, Myitkyina's geographical location is very unique, with the area of frequent activities of the Hachin State Independence Organization to the north, the Pampa port across the river to the east, the town of Mengke to the northeast, and the city of Ruili to the southeast.

Finally, the old man surnamed Pan next to him, today's performance is indescribably weird, at least not as simple as the first meeting, but to find out what is wrong, there is no way to start for the time being, and watch and guard against it.

In the afternoon, there are some good attractions in the Moria Rainforest Scenic Area, but unfortunately the time for free activities is too short, and the tour guide saves a lot of time to pull the whole group of people to a tourist souvenir * shop, which seems to be not enough to stop.

The tour guide's unfriendly eyes were always staring at Li Tianchou and the others, and his resentful gaze seemed to be able to shoot out a knife. This made Old Man Pan very uncomfortable, chattering and whispering and cursing. However, Li Tianchou was unusual, and generously bought a few handicrafts, one of which was a palm-sized teak humanoid wood carving that was very delicate and realistic, and the waiter's nagging introduction was the work of the most influential wood carving master in Dehongzhou.

Boasting like this, Li Tianchou naturally didn't take it to heart, but a series of nouns such as Dehongzhou - Wood Factory - Mengcao suddenly popped up in his mind, and he almost didn't think about it at all, just like a natural reflection.

"How could you think of this?" he smiled self-deprecatingly, and then glanced around at the tourists in the same group, just in time to meet the big smiling face of the tour guide, although it looked a little disgusting, but at least it lifted the focus on the two of them, and I hope that I can still make it convenient through this person when I am in Nankan.

"Excuse me, the name of this master you are talking about?" Although it was incredible, Li Tianchou still chatted with the shopping guide with great interest, "I like wood carving very much, especially master-level works, from Banna to Dehong, this kind of character should be particularly famous, right?"

"Of course. "As soon as the shopping guide heard it, she secretly praised herself for her luck to meet Kaizi, so she naturally wanted to introduce it to a big bit, even if it was a patchwork and random fabrication, maybe the guests could really be willing to spend a lot of money," this master lives in Dehong, everyone knows it within a hundred miles, his name is Bai Baixiong, and his early works still won awards in the province. Later, he took apprentices and opened a carpentry factory, which was very famous. However, in the past few years, he has rarely done it himself, most of the works are done by apprentices, only a few of the treasures in our store are completely from his hands, the one you just bought is one of them, it is really lucky to get home......"

These words are basically a fool, modern wood carving production has been an assembly line operation, computer drawing, laser engraving, the cut surface is extremely smooth, very exquisite, where is there any master-level work? The name of the master compiled by Miss Shopping Guide is also very unfamiliar, it is not worth going on in depth, Li Tianchou was about to find an excuse to leave, and suddenly a very clear surname jumped out in his mind, the surname Bai?

The record in the file is very clear, after the police officer surnamed Zhang was killed, the task force arrested the murderer in one fell swoop, and one of the cross-border killers from the Qin Gang was the distant nephew of the Bai family who impersonated Mengjiao Town, so could this Bai be Bi Bai?

Thinking of this, Li Tianchou suddenly felt a little excited, and after patiently listening to the chatter introduction of the shopping guide, he asked with a smile, "Is this Bai Shiqing you are talking about Master Bai, a famous root carving artist in the city?"

"That's right! That's him, the root carving master of Mengjiao Town. It seems that you are a connoisseur of knowledge, you are really in love, don't look at the master was born in a small place, but who in the whole of southern Yunnan does not know him? Now his real works cannot be found on the market at all. The shopping guide was flushed with excitement, and her left hand had quietly taken out a wood carving in the shape of a shepherd boy morning glory from under the counter.

As expected, the Kaizi surnamed Li in front of him actually accepted the order without counteroffering, and the one hundred and eighty yuan thing was sold by the shopping guide for a sky-high price of two thousand yuan, so anxious that Pan Lao on the side gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, while Li Tianchou didn't seem to see it at all, and the saliva of the tour guide on the other side was about to flow out.

Li Tianchou naturally doesn't care about this money, the funding card was given by the instructor, and I don't know what the amount is, anyway, the amount is not small. When the task was over, he made up his mind to pack and send these so-called master works to the instructor in one go, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart when he thought of the instructor's expression when he received the package.

On the ensuing journey, the guide's ubiquitous disgusted eyes were gone, replaced by a big smirk. Li Tianchou was a little self-inflicted, and patiently listened to the old man Pan explain to him the deception in the tour group along the way, almost non-stop, very bit of the posture of Tang Seng in the 'Journey to the West', until the bus cleared to Nankan, it was liberated from the old man's nagging.

Nankan doesn't actually have any outstanding attractions, the largest free trade market is still dominated by jade, and of course, the trade of daily necessities also takes up a lot of space. The main reason why the tour group set this point is to go to Wax Shu for the next stop, and then go to Yangon from Wax Shu. As for Myitkyina, which is further north, it is not in the established line, so Li Tianchou and the others have to find a way to get out of the group here.

The method of the two is very old-fashioned, under the pretext that Pan Lao is unwell, he wants to stay in Nankan, and he does not need to go directly to the tour guide, after the collective extraterritorial style dinner, Li Tianchou and the others returned to the hotel early to rest, and before dawn, they left a note and floated away.

This is Pan Lao's idea, Li Tianchou naturally regards himself as a newcomer, and everything outside the country is based on the old man. The border inspection in Nankan is indeed extremely strict, and the Burmese border guards seem to have increased the number of sentry posts, and it is basically impossible to pass through the checkpoint normally.

In the early morning, there were almost no other figures on the small street that was not long in Nankan, and the two of them dangled very conspicuously. But Old Man Pan seemed to be confident, "I have acquaintances in this town, and he has a way to take us there." ”

Li Tianchou was quite stunned, he didn't expect that Lao Pan would quietly meet the head of the snake who led people abroad? What was his origin? What was the purpose of showing extraordinary calmness in front of his traveling companions, who had never been alive?

You must know that the two of them tossed this way, and to put it mildly, it was smuggling, such a secret matter, the other party said it casually, and the impression that Old Man Pan gave Li Tianchou was instantly much more complicated.

Probably because he missed his mouth, Lao Pan further explained, "When I went back to see my son, it was inconvenient to take a ride, and I didn't understand the language, I met such a person when I was walking around, he can speak, and he is very honest, and the cost is not expensive." ”