Chapter 354, Meeting the Old Man in a Foreign Land (I)

You Fang and Hua Youxian stood on the sand dunes, under the blazing sun, the sand dunes under their feet emitted steaming heat, and the light close to the ground was dancing and distorting, as if people were baked. However, the scenery is cold, the sky is a deep light blue, surrounded by moon-white sand, there is no wind, but you can hear the faint hum of the sand dunes, which seems to be mixed with the sound of orchestral silk bamboo.

Hua Youxian's forehead and sideburns were stained with dried sweat, and his face was a little red, but his expression was not embarrassed, and he stood straight in the warm sunlight and cold landscape tones. You Fang took out the scroll from his backpack, opened it slowly, and let Hua Youxian unfold his consciousness and experience it carefully while explaining.

This volume is a product of the Vimala Sutra, not only there is ** but also the atlas, the yellowed scroll exudes a faint breath, carefully look at the mounted paper full of fine cracks, you can imagine what kind of magic hand can repair this ancient scroll to the seemingly flawless appearance today.

There is a painting of the Bodhisattva in the frontispiece, and there is also a map of the geographical scenery in the volume, which exudes a solemn and clean atmosphere between the lines, and the scroll seems to have undergone self-refining since it was painted to the present. But the scroll itself has another physical nature, desolate and bumpy, and when touched with divine sense, it seems that one can listen to the endless stories that have been told for thousands of years.

You Fang was talking about Xuanji in Xi'an, and Hua Youxian listened to it at the time and blinked, but he still understood it somewhat. Now explaining the testament of the scriptures on Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang, Hua You has a hard time listening, and he doesn't even have the effort to interject and ask, just remember it with his heart, and slowly understand it in the future.

After finishing the scriptures, the sand dunes were already like a dry furnace, seeing that Hua Youxian had been listening very carefully and did not get distracted by the heat at all, You Fang nodded with satisfaction, put away the scriptures and pointed to the distance and said: "Let's go there and have a look, moisten the damp air." ”

In the direction of his finger, there was an oasis cluster pavilion under the sand dunes in the distance, and there was a clear spring next to the pavilion, and the shore of the pool was dotted with light purple wildflowers. It was not a mirage, but the famous crescent moon spring, where the eye of the earth in the vicinity was located. No one came to play at noon during this season, and when they walked down the dunes, there were only two figures between heaven and earth, leaving two lines of shallow footprints on the light yellow and whitish sand.

On the way back from the Crescent Spring, Hua Youxian asked Youfang: "The legend of the Crescent Spring Three Treasures Ironback Fish, Five-color Sand, and Seven Star Grass, if they can all be found, they can live forever." I heard the locals say that the ironback fish may be the pike of Dunhuang, and the seven-star grass is Luobu red hemp, so what is the five-color sand, does Brother You know? ”

You Fang smiled: "What about your alchemy and dispensing?" Immortal"

Hua Youxian also smiled: "Myths and legends, although they are bizarre, there are always reasons, such as the story of the fierce kiss in Mianshan that Brother You told me." If this is really some kind of symbol, then what exactly does the last five-color sand mean? ”

You Fang thought for a while and replied: "In the one sutra I explained to you, you can find it yourself or ask others, and some insights cannot be taught to you by me." ”

As soon as he said this, the mobile phone in You Fang's pocket was vibrating, and when he took it out, he saw that it was a message, and the middleman told him that Tamarind had been contacted, but he would not meet directly, and would send someone to make an appointment to discuss business. As expected, this Tamarind's "business" now has a wide range, not only selling the real Dunhuang suicide note, but also forging the Dunhuang suicide note to sell to fool foreign devils.

You Fang is familiar with the doorway of the Jianghu Register, and he has also mixed in Panjiayuan, so he can naturally find someone to catch up with, but that Tamarind is quite cautious and doesn't want to come forward directly. When he saw this text message, You Fang smiled: "Xiaoxian, don't you keep saying that you want to practice your hands, this Tamarind Sect wants to send a middleman, then I will also send a middleman, you go to talk about business." ”

That night, on the second floor of a hotel in Dunhuang, Hua Youxian met with a man in his thirties. The position where the two of them sat was not in the box, but in the private seat with a semi-partition by the window, and the surrounding environment was a little noisy, but it was the best cover. The two chatted for about half an hour, I don't know what they talked about, Hua Youxian took out a "painting" for the other party to see, and the other party wanted to take pictures with his mobile phone, but was stopped by Hua Youxian.

At this point, the man answered the phone, said a few words and hung up. In another table in the hall on the second floor, there was a man in his fifties who had just finished making a phone call, stood up and went out to check out.

You Fang saw that the joint occasion chosen by the other party was semi-open, and immediately understood that Tamarind would definitely wait and see secretly at the scene, and most of the so-called middleman joints were this routine, so he also went. The phone call answered by the person who was chatting with Hua Youxian was from Tamarind, and although no one in the noisy hall could hear it clearly, You Fang noticed it.

You Fang didn't come to investigate any case, he had no interest and no time to go around in circles, so he directly stepped on Tamarind's tail and followed.

That night, in a small courtyard on the outskirts of Dunhuang, Tamarind woke up from his sleep and found that the lights in his bedroom had been turned on, and two masked men were standing in front of the bed. You Fang is still dressed in a red scarf, but this time it is no longer Song Yang who is wearing a black scarf, but Song Yang's apprentice Hua Youxian.

"You, who are you? …… What do you want to do? Tawarnd, trembling with a frightened face, said this classic old line, reached out and tried to touch under the pillow but didn't touch anything.

You Fang unhurriedly opened a scroll of scriptures and said to Tamarind: "Do you still know this thing?" …… Hmm, can't remember? It's okay, I can help you reminisce slowly. It was once cut into three pieces and sold separately for money, and that was twenty years ago in Japan. …… Don't get me wrong, I'm not coming to you for this, I'm just asking how Jeff Anderson is doing, I'm missing him. ”

Tamarind didn't admit to knowing An Zuojie at first, You Fang didn't say anything, Hua Youxian naturally had a way to make him speak. The facts are surprisingly consistent with You Fang's speculation, and Tamarind came to Dunhuang to see An Zuojie. Chaohe Group still has a sum of money in the hands of Tamarind, and the middleman who originally contacted him died, so for the sake of safety, An Zuojie directly called Tamarind to Dunhuang.

Tamarind didn't know about the Wuchong faction, and it was impossible for him to know about the changes that had happened in Xuanji Peak and Mianshan, and now the entire Chaohe group had fallen apart, and An Zuojie was already at the end of the world. He also came to Dunhuang very cautiously and handled all the affairs such as account number and funds for An Zuojie. An Zuojie asked him if there was a safe way to leave the country, and Tamarind was very embarrassed and said that he couldn't arrange it, but he could smuggle out from the northwest border, but the danger along the way was not very peaceful.

Tamarind met An Zuojie three days ago, and he didn't know where An Zuojie was now, whether he had left the country, and he didn't seem to have any valuable clues. But a situation he mentioned attracted the attention of the You Fang, and it was said that An Zuojie was now a lost dog, and when he escaped from Mianshan, there were only three subordinates left, and it was said that he could not set off any big storms.

But when Tamarind met him, the watchlist An Zuojie was still very powerful, the location arrangement, personnel pick-up and drop-off were very secretive and organized, and he definitely controlled more than three subordinates, it was a very powerful gang. What's going on here? Could it be that An Zuojie fled to Dunhuang in a short period of time, and then pulled a pole to erect a mountain? Maybe this gang was originally a branch of the Wuchong faction in the territory, or it was newly controlled by An Zuojie, You Fang was a little puzzled in his heart.

If this is the case, for the sake of prudence, I am afraid that Han Zhizi's group will have to be used. Han Zhizi and the others have not been disbanded, and the thirteen senior masters of Fengmen are still traveling together after the battle of Mianshan, they have not had this experience for many years, and they all feel very comforted, and they are currently in Xi'an. And the group of young children led by Chu Fu have all returned to their respective factions.

Han Zhizi and Zhang Xi were still together and did not disperse on their own, and even followed Mr. Rand's whereabouts to Xi'an, on the one hand, it was naturally a rare opportunity for the elders of various factions to communicate and travel together, and on the other hand, it was also because of unwillingness and uneasiness. Twice pounced on An Zuojie's lair and failed to catch the culprit, and his face was a little unbearable, knowing that Mr. Rand was tracking An Zuojie, this person would not be at ease in the future if he didn't get rid of him, so he was on standby at any time.

You Fang can't let these people go to the air anymore, they must find out the exact location of An Zuojie and then notify, according to the information revealed by Tamarind, An Zuojie may have to leave the northwest, and he also has the financial resources to arrange everything. From Dunhuang, whether it is Mongolia or Central Asia, it has to pass through a vast and sparsely populated long journey, so An Zuojie must not only have the cover of identity, but also have the security of personnel and materials to set off.

The safest way is to find a criminal gang that has contacts with the border, or simply control the gang, if this is the case, An Zuojie is really a talent to make a small turn in the escape.

In the morning, You Fang and Hua Youxian ate local characteristics of syrup yellow noodles in a very good restaurant in the county. At this moment, a man and a woman seemed to be a couple, leading a little girl into the restaurant, and You Fang's chopsticks paused in the air, and then continued to eat noodles as if nothing happened.

Hua Youxian felt the abnormality very keenly, didn't look at the direction of the people, lowered his head and picked up his face with chopsticks, and whispered in a divine voice: "Brother You knows them?" ”

You Fang replied: "That man is an old friend I met in the early years, and his eyes are very poisonous, although I wear makeup, if I attract attention, I may not be able to recognize it." It's strange, how did he end up here? Xiaoxian, you go to step on his tail in a while, and try to find out who he is here and what he is doing? You must be careful, although that person is not your opponent, he is also good, and he is an old man, don't get too close to cause alarm. ”c！ ~！