Chapter 7 The Wind Rises

Wushi is an important city in Xinzhou, one of the largest administrative regions in the northwest border of China. Because this administrative region is located in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent and borders many countries, it has been an important trade channel between China and Central Asia, West Asia and some European countries since ancient times.

In recent years, with the economic take-off of China, especially the implementation of the strategy of developing the western region, the development of Wushi, as an important city in the administrative region, is also changing with each passing day.

The Tianshan Mountains are one of the world's seven major mountain systems, spanning many countries including China, with an altitude of more than 7,000 meters, of which more than 4,000 meters are covered with snow all year round. There are more than 6,000 glaciers in the entire Tianshan Mountains.

The Tang Dynasty poet Cen Shen has a cloud in the poem "Tianshan Snow Song Sends Xiao Zhi Back to Beijing": "The snow clouds in the Tianshan Mountains often do not open, and the snow of thousands of peaks and mountains Cui Wei is clear." This poem says that the clouds and snow on the Tianshan Mountains do not open all year round, and the thousands of peaks and mountains on the mountains are covered with snow all year round.

In the middle of winter, it is even more cold and gray here, condensed in the sky for thousands of miles, and the weather is extremely cold, so that the cliffs of the Tianshan Mountains are hung with thousands of feet of cold ice.

Due to the severe cold climate and the dangerous terrain of the mountains, many places in the Tianshan Mountains are inaccessible. The various folk legends about the Tianshan Mountains are also full of fantasy, which adds a bit of its mystery.

To enter the Tianshan Mountains to find the cold pools of the Tianshan Mountains, Wushi is the only way to go.

A few years ago, five well-known Chinese entrepreneurs formed a group to climb Mount Everest, which attracted overwhelming reports from the online media and made several people out of the limelight. Since then, mountaineering adventures have become the new fashion in some wealthy circles, and a large number of people have followed suit.

For the vast majority of people, climbing Mount Everest is too challenging, so they turn to some of the relatively easy snow-capped mountain climbs. In this case, some peaks of the Tien Shan Mountains became the target of these people.

This has directly led to the rapid development of tourism in Wushi, and tour guides have also become a very beautiful profession for the locals. It's dangerous, but the good thing is that it pays well.

For some adventure enthusiasts, when entering the Tianshan Mountains, they usually rest and reorganize in Wushi, replenish supplies, and find experienced locals as tour guides.

In the southwestern suburbs of Wushi, there is a high-end villa area called Yuhe Villa, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is rumored that the layout of this mountain villa has been seen by a master, and the feng shui is excellent. The villa area covers an area of about sixty acres, and only twelve villas have been built, which are built to echo the zodiac signs. The people who live in the villa area are either rich or expensive.

In a villa to the southeast, four people were sitting around a table in a reception room, discussing something quietly.

Built about three metres below the ground, the living room is designed to be discreet and insulated from radio signals, even loud noises that no one can hear.

The four seemed to deliberately keep their voices down during the discussion, as if they were afraid that what they were discussing would be heard. In fact, with the sound insulation measures here, how can it be transmitted.

Even so, the four of them were so cautious, which shows that the matter under discussion is important.

Suddenly, the people in the reception room were pushed open from the outside, and a middle-aged man let an old man into the conference room, and then closed the door from the outside. The old man walked to the main seat at the head of the table and sat down, glanced at the four people who had already stood up, and said softly, "Sit down." ”

When the four of them heard this, they all sat down cautiously as they were told.

The old man took a sip of the teacup on the table, and after the four of them were seated, he continued, "What are you talking about?"

The four people present glanced at each other, and then one of the middle-aged men said respectfully: "Lord Wang, we have all arranged here, just wait for the people of the international mercenary group to act." ”

The prince respected by middle-aged people is not the aristocratic prince of feudal society, but Wang Fusheng, who is known as the king of Xinzhou and Tianyu. Because of his high morality, people on the road will call him "Ye", and when he is connected with his surname, he will become "Wangye".

In fact, Wang Ye was originally called Wang Siye, because Wang Fusheng originally had three sworn brothers, and he was the fourth.

Later, the four of them once went to Myanmar to do jade business, and Wang Fusheng's three eldest brothers died unexpectedly, and he was the only one who returned. Slowly, when people called it, it changed from 'Wang Siye' to 'Wang Ye'.

Regarding the death of Wang Fusheng's three sworn elder brothers, there are also different accounts on the road. It is said that Wang Fusheng colluded with local gangsters to get rid of the three eldest brothers in order to get to the top. It is also said that Wang Fusheng hooked up with a local bigwig's woman during his stay in Myanmar, and the bigwig was supposed to get rid of Wang Fusheng, but the three sworn brothers became substitutes for the dead. Because there is no proof of death, and it was more than 20 years ago, although there are different opinions, there is also no consensus, I don't know which statement is right.

"In this operation, we must ensure that two things are achieved: first, if they fail in their operation, we must not be traced, at least there can be no substantial evidence pointing to us; second, regardless of whether the operation is successful or not, the intermediary responsible for the contact must be handled well, and we must not leave us with hidden dangers. “

Wang Fusheng is still as cautious and ruthless as ever.

He paused for a moment, and then continued: "The legend about the Tianshan Ice Spirit has been circulating for a long time, but no one has seen it, and its magical effect may also be false. Therefore, if you can get the best this time, if you can't get it, you can only accept your fate. “

Having said that, the four people present were very clear in their hearts the strong desire in his heart to obtain the ice spirit of the Tianshan Mountains.

Wang Fusheng wanted to obtain the ice spirit of the Tianshan Mountains, and he also heard that the ice spirit had the effect of washing bones and marrow, prolonging life, etc., so he coveted it. As I get older, this idea becomes stronger.

But he has always been cautious, and he prepared in secret for three years before deciding to start working. Even if you decide to do it, you will put on multiple vests to minimize your risk.

The longer the life of abundance passes, the more afraid one is of death, and the more things one has, the more one loses.

The four people present here are Wang Fusheng's henchmen and his right-hand men. This kind of thing, just know it, and never say it.

And the middle-aged man who spoke just now was the most scheming of the four, He Kun.

"Lord Wang, three more groups of people have come to Wushi recently, and they have been stationed here for nearly two weeks, and they all claim to be here to explore the Tianshan Mountains, and one of them has come to the expedition from Europe. However, two expeditions, including this European expedition, interviewed several guides, and seemed to be very interested in the terrain near the cold pool of the Tianshan Mountains, and asked very carefully, but did not hire any guides. He Kun said.

As the head snake of Wushi, especially on the eve of preparing to take action against the ice spirit of the Tianshan Mountains, he is naturally very attentive to any wind and grass.

"Moreover, they have also gone into the mountains many times to explore. Combined with the information we have collected before, it can basically be concluded that these two groups of people are coming towards the Tianshan Mountains. In addition, Bao Jinghai, the king of the grassland, seemed to have heard some wind and sent someone to come, and the water was getting muddy. He Kun added.

"It's good to fish in troubled waters. Well, the more mixed this water, the better. Wang Fusheng said unhurriedly, "Who did you send?"

"It's Bao Jinghai's fourth brother, the wind and the four knives. A middle-aged man sitting next to He Kun replied.

Feng Sidao's real name is Feng Anzhi, because he is good at using knives, and after swearing brothers with Bao Jinghai and other five people, he is the fourth. Therefore, the people of the rivers and lakes call it 'four knives of the wind'. Later, he lost a finger of his left hand during a fight, and was privately known as the 'Four Fingers of the Wind'.

"This wind has four fingers, hum!" Wang Fusheng's eyes narrowed slightly, shooting out a cold light, and said coldly: "On our territory, whether it is a tiger or a dragon." Even the tiger has to lie down for me, and the dragon has to coil for me. “

In the heart of the Mongolian steppe, the sound of singing and dancing can be heard from a huge yurt.

A burly middle-aged man pushes cups and exchanges lamps with a few friends while enjoying the rough Mongolian dance and melodious grassland songs.

At this time, a person who looked like a follower lifted the curtain of the yurt, approached the middle-aged man with a satellite phone and whispered a few words. The middle-aged man took the satellite phone from the hand of the visitor, got up and walked outside the yurt.

"Big brother, I've arrived in Wushi, everything is fine!" came the sound of an urn on the other end of the phone.

"Fourth, what's the situation now?"

"Hehe, I thought that only Old Man Wang wanted to pay attention to Bingluo, but there were three other groups of people. The two groups pretended to be expeditions, and they thought they were very smart, but they were actually a group of stupid forks, and they had already been targeted to death by Old Man Wang's people. ”

The person on the other end of the phone seemed to have taken a few sips of water, and then continued:

"There is also a group of people who are very cunning, not many in number, only four people, always scattered. They often go to a bar where local guides gather, the one where the mouse's good friend is the foreman, waiting for an opportunity to get news about the mountaineering. Fortunately, the rat's appearance is quite clever, and it is found that after each of them has finished using the napkin, he will carefully fold it and put it under the empty wine glass. After telling the mouse, the mouse thought it was strange, so he followed them for two days, and found out that they were really a gang. “

"Why did so many people come all of a sudden?" the middle-aged man groaned, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was asking, "Is this a deliberate trick by Old Man Wang?"

"Probably not. The rat told me that Old Man Wang's men kept a close eye on the two groups of people who were pretending to be expeditions. The other group of people are not like it, if it is a trick, there is no need for them to be so secretive. “

"Yes, fourth, I know how to analyze with my brain. The middle-aged man laughed a few times, and then said, "I'm just wondering, why don't these people come early or late, but at this time?"

The reason why he sent the fourth child over was because more than ten years ago, the two formed a bond because of a dispute over a mineral vein, and since then they have been fighting in secret, winning and losing each other.

Ever since he knew that Wang Fusheng wanted to seize the Tianshan Ice Spirit, he had been sending people to keep an eye on Wang Fusheng's movements in the past few years.

Now Wang Fusheng wants to seize the Tianshan Ice Spirit, so naturally he can't let him get his wish. Even if you can't stop him, you have to be disgusting and disgusting him. It was with this idea in mind that he specially sent Feng Sidao over.

Without waiting for the person on the other end of the phone to speak, the middle-aged man said again:

"Maybe it's a real coincidence. Fourth, you can act when you see the opportunity. Those who believe in Old Man Wang have found out that you have arrived in Wushi. “

"Huh. After I arrived, I went to his jewelry store and bought a jade Buddha to tell him that I was coming. ”

Listening to the silly laughter coming from the phone, the middle-aged man shook his head with a smile and hung up the phone.