Chapter 10: Three Forks in the Road
The sound of running, and then the constant cries, which kept ringing in his ears, he struggled desperately in his dreams, always feeling that he was bound by something.
He snapped his eyes open and found himself sitting on a white hospital bed with a restraint suit designed for the mentally ill.
"Why are you tying me up? Someone! You're mistaken! I'm not a patient! Torture screamed and struggled as hard as he could, then rolled off the bed and squirmed against the wall to his feet.
The moment Xingshu stood up, he realized that he was standing in a room with only one bed and all four walls were soft-packed, and Xingshu clearly remembered that this kind of room was for those mentally ill people with suicidal tendencies, to prevent them from hitting the wall and hurting themselves, but why was he here?
Torture jumped towards the doorway, shouting through the iron-barred window, "Hey, someone, you're mistaken, I'm not a patient!" Someone! ”
Suddenly, a person with a milky white face who could only see the outline of his facial features suddenly appeared at the window, startling the torture technique, although he couldn't see the expression on the other party's face clearly, but he always felt that the person was laughing, and the smile was extremely hideous.
The strange man slowly stepped back, clinging to the wall and watching the torture, and then a woman with a disheveled hair was slowly pushed through the door in a wheelchair.
When the wheelchair was pushed to the door, the wheelchair stopped, and the woman in the wheelchair slowly turned her head to look at the torture.
The moment the torture technique and the woman looked at each other, the facial features that were clearly visible on the woman's face suddenly melted, and were crumpled into a ball by an invisible force, and then became flattened, even so, the torture technique still recognized this woman as his mother Gong Pan.
Torture desperately banged his body against the door, shouting: "Let me go, let my mother go, what did you do to her?" Are you sick? What a place this is, let her go! Let her go! ”
After hitting it several times, Torture looked out again, and found that there was no one outside the door, and what was even more bizarre was that in just a few seconds, the door of the corridor suddenly turned into a soft-packed ward, and Torture could clearly see that there was a person standing at the door of the ward, wearing a restraint suit, who was banging at the door, shouting.
Suddenly, the torturer realized that it was none other than himself, and why did he see himself in the window?
When he subconsciously raised his hand to grab the railing on the door, he found that the restraint clothes on his body had disappeared without knowing when, and he was not in the ward, but in the corridor.
Waiting for the torture to look up again, but saw Gong Pan in the ward, at this time Gong Pan was not sitting in a wheelchair, but sitting on the bed, smiling at the child in his arms, singing a song in a low voice, the hand of the torture technique reached into the door and window, and shouted: "Mom, I am the torture, Mom!" I'm here! Mom, why are they locking you up! Mom, you speak! ”
The torture technique shouted, but he heard Gong Pan's singing voice coming slowly-good flowers do not bloom often, good times do not always exist, sorrowful smiles, tears of lovesickness......
Listening to it, the emotions of the torture technique finally quieted down, and he kept watching through the window, but at this time, it was obviously Gong Pan's singing, but it turned into a man singing.
Xingshu opened his eyes again and found himself lying next to a bonfire, and the male voice that sang came from Lian Jiuqi's mouth: "...... After parting tonight, He Rijun will come again. ”
Xingshu struggled to get up, feeling some pain in his head, and just as he was rubbing his head, Lian Jiuqi handed over a glass of water: "I put aspirin effervescent tablets in the water to relieve the pain." ”
Torture thanked him for taking the cup, and before he drank it, he saw Modui Bridge standing on top of the rock next to him, while Angu was still asleep on the other side of the campfire.
"You were singing just now?" After drinking the torture, he handed the cup back to Lian Jiuqi, "What are you singing "When Will Jun Come Again"?" ”
Lian Jiuqi said "um": "I didn't expect you to know this song." ”
Torture looked at the bonfire blankly: "Of course I know, I vaguely remember that my mother used to sing when I was a child." ”
Even Jiuqi was shocked, and the Modui Bridge at the top of the rock also looked down at their father and son when they heard this.
Torture said: "Actually, I don't remember very clearly, but when I grew up, I once heard Teresa Teng sing "He Rijun Comes Again" in someone's tape recorder, I felt so familiar at the time, so warm, I stood there and listened to it all the time, and then later, my adoptive father told me that my mother liked this song the most, and sang it every day, from morning to night, ...... it"
Lian Jiuqi remained silent, because he really didn't know how to continue the topic, for so many years, what he was most afraid of hearing was the name "Gong Pan", and when he returned to China, he was also afraid of seeing torture, because he was ashamed of his wife and children, but he kept telling himself in his heart that he had endured humiliation for decades in order to avenge his whole family......
However, he knew better that it was just an excuse for himself.
After being silent for a long time, Lian Jiuqi finally asked, "Hearing you say this, you seem to have left your mother when you were very young?" ”
Xingshu smiled bitterly: "It was she who left me, I have always been in that mental hospital, and I have never left." ”
Lian Jiuqi asked again: "Do you remember what she looks like?" ”
After fumbling for a long time, he took out his wallet from his bag, took out the photograph that had been plasticized, and handed it to Lian Jiuqi: "I only have such a photo, so I specially sealed it." ”
Lian Jiuqi took the photo and looked at it, looking at the woman with long hair fluttering and wearing a dress above, her hands trembling slightly.
The torturer didn't notice this detail, just looked at the bonfire and said: "If it weren't for this photo, I'm afraid I would have forgotten what she looked like, it should be said that if I hadn't seen this photo, I wouldn't have known what she was like at all, when she died, I was too young to know who I was." ”
Lian Jiuqi stroked Gong Pan's face on the photo with his thumb, worried that he would lose control of his emotions if he continued to watch it, and he would be noticed by the torture technique, so he immediately handed the photo back to the torture technique: "Tell me about the place where you grew up, do you like it there?" ”
Xingshu carefully put the photo back into his wallet: "I don't like it or not, when I was a child, I thought that hospital was the whole world, and then I left there and started school, only to know, it turns out that there are so many people outside, and so many children of the same age as me, the only thing I don't understand is why they talk and do things, and the people in the hospital are different, I don't know why people have parents, grandparents, and I don't, maybe it's because I have too many questions, so I embarked on this road, Mr. Lian, What about you? What about when you were a child? ”
The Twilight Bridge on the rocks sat down, quietly listening to the conversation between father and son while on alert.
Lian Jiuqi hesitated for a moment and said: "I actually don't know much, the only thing I know is that my original surname was Helian, and my grandfather changed it to Lian's surname when he registered his household registration after liberation, and I heard that his ancestors were quite prominent." ”
Torture said: "Helian? It seems that it was the surname of the Xiongnu at the earliest, and later there was Helian in the Khitan surname, right? ”
"Yes." Lian Jiuqi smiled, "Maybe it's providence, everything we are looking for now has something to do with the Khitan." ”
Torture asked again: "Then are you married?" Got a baby? ”
Mo Duqiao turned his head to look at Lian Jiuqi, wanting to hear what he would say.
Lian Jiuqi hesitated: "Yes, but, lost, separated many years ago, maybe they are still waiting for me somewhere, I don't know, I can't find them." ”
Xingshu smiled: "This is simple, I'm very good at finding people, so let's do it, if we go back safely this time, you give me all their information, and I'll help you find it." ”
Lian Jiuqi said: "Don't add two words, we will definitely go back safely." ”
"Good!" Xingshu got up and rubbed his body that was still faintly painful, "Go back this time, I will definitely help you find it." ”
"Thank you." Lian Jiuqi replied simply.
……
Tang Sirong and the others, who had already walked to the exit of the cave, found that there was heavy snow outside the cave, and the entrance of the cave that could drive into a large truck was full of snow, and if they wanted to get out, they had to dig a hole in the snow.
"Make a hole and move on." Tang Sirong pointed to the thick snow road, "It's still early, we have to hurry up the mountain, and then find a cave to spend the night, we can't wait any longer." ”
Gulal and Victor stepped forward with folding shovels, and Ah Le said behind him: "You dig first, and then replace me and Haisen." ”
Gural was silent, just digging with Victor wielding a shovel.
Tang Qianrou sat on the stone on the side, looked at Tang Sirong, who had been staring at Gulal and Victor, and asked, "Are you afraid?" ”
Tang Sirong looked back at her daughter: "What are you afraid of?" ”
Tang Qianrou's gaze moved away from her: "Big boss." ”
A disdainful smile appeared on Tang Sirong's face: "Why be afraid of him? He is not far from death, or rather, he is dead. ”
Tang Qianrou asked again: "Who is the big boss?" Why won't you and Dad tell me? ”
Although Ah Le closed his eyes and pretended to be resting, he had been listening carefully to the conversation between the mother and daughter.
Tang Sirong said lightly: "That's to protect you, the more you know, the closer you are to danger, the big boss is a ruthless person and very smart, all of us are not as smart as him in our brains combined, your father said before, the big boss can come up with a way to kill us even with a strand of hair." ”
Tang Qianrou frowned: "Then you're not afraid?" We came to Qimen this time, on the surface, we have the support of the company, but in fact, we did this completely to avoid the monitoring of the big boss. ”
"Why be afraid?" Tang Sirong's tone was cold, "He owes us, all of us are to help him, work hard for him, pay our lives, and commit so many crimes that can never be forgiven, so I have to find Qimen." ”
Tang Qianrou suddenly laughed, and Tang Sirong asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”
Tang Qianrou shook her head: "It's nothing, I just think that the torture technique is not as smart as I imagined, and he probably always thinks that one of us is the big boss of the company." ”
Tang Sirong said coldly: "Don't underestimate the criminal technique, you must know that he is the son of Lian Jiuqi, the so-called tiger father has no dog, this truth is eternal, if he is not smart, it is absolutely impossible to follow the clues to find us." ”
Tang Qianrou didn't answer, but just sneered, completely disagreeing with Tang Sirong's words.
In the snow cave at the entrance of the cave, Gulal and Victor, who had already dug a certain depth, stopped, Gulal picked up the kettle and took a sip, handed it to Victor again, glanced at the back, and asked in a low voice, "Is the mark you left obvious?" ”
Victor looked at the mouth of the snow cave, "Obviously, I drew according to the sign on the map in my employer's hand, but, sir, do you really think someone will follow?" ”
Gular said: "The fact that the mine was triggered is proof, and I don't think that kid called torture is an ordinary person, he must still be alive, as long as he is alive, he will definitely catch up, although I don't know who he is." ”
Victor put down the kettle: "Boss, we have killed so many brothers this time, how can we explain to their families when we go back?" This is the first time since the company has been established that it has suffered such a large loss, and the last time we were in Syria, we were besieged for a week, and only 3 people were killed. ”
"Dig it." Gulal didn't continue the topic, but picked up the shovel again, "I will definitely take you and Haisen back safely, even if it is to fight for my own life." ”
Victor leaned to the side, just looking at Gulal wielding a shovel, and after a long time nodded, he also picked up the shovel and began to dig.
……
When they came to the three-way intersection in the cave passage to the south, the torturer and the others could easily see the signs and marks left by Victor next to the three intersections.
Lian Jiuqi stood in the middle of the intersection, looking from left to right, there was a skull carved on the right stone of the leftmost road, a heart was carved on the middle road, and a sword was inserted in the heart, and an ugly bird was drawn on the rightmost road.
Mo Duqiao and Angu stood behind Lian Jiuqi, looking at it in wonder.
After checking the three signs, he turned around and asked, "I can understand the first one, which means danger, and I can't understand the second and third, but it is obvious that Tang Qianrou and them left behind." ”
Mo Duqiao analyzed: "To be exact, someone in the team of Cusco Company stayed, and it was definitely not Tang Qianrou's request. ”
Angu asked, "Why?" ”
Lian Jiuqi explained: "From the mouth of the reed flute, we can know that the team of the Cusco company has started infighting, Ah Le killed Wan Qingquan, maybe he was hired by the big boss, Tang Qianrou and Tang Sirong are not stupid, plus the contradictions between Ah Le and the mercenaries, these all show that they have their own ghosts and different purposes, so someone will leave these symbols, not accidentally, but inevitably, the person who left the symbols may want to use the unknown power of a third party to help them achieve something." ”
Xingshu nodded: "I agree with your analysis, but there is one thing I don't understand, although this cave is very large and deep, if you keep moving forward, it won't take you two days, right?" Angu, what is the legend that the Ural Khan tribe walked in this cave for two days? ”
Angu glanced back: "Maybe hundreds of years ago, there was that kind of ghost bear, there is still a fork in the road here, plus that ancient ship, everything adds up, two days is about the same." ”
The torture technique thought about it, felt that it made some sense, and looked at the extremely ugly bird carved on the right: "Since there are three roads, one of which is a dead end, then this one is a bird, will it refer to the road to the Golden Eagle Tribe?" ”
Mo Duqiao raised his eyebrows, "That makes sense, but it seems that it should be the only explanation, it's just that this bird is too ugly." ”
After Murwilight finished speaking, all four of them laughed, and Victor, who carved the bird, thought that his kindergarten painting was almost perfect.
Angu pointed to the sign with a sword stuck in the heart in the middle: "Then what does this mean?" ”
Xingshu shook his head: "I don't understand, but judging from the footprints, the people of the Cusco Company should be heading towards this end, so it is speculated that this road should go to the Four Seasons Mountain." ”
When Lian Jiuqi heard this, he turned around and looked in the direction he came: "The only reason why Tang Qianrou can find the way so accurately is that she must have found some clues on that Song ship, and when she thinks about it, it also shows that the purpose of refining pig iron here back then may be for the Kuhan City in the mountains." ”
Angu looked at them: "How to get there now?" How to choose? Let's go to Shikiyama. ”
Mo Duqiao's hand pressed directly on Angu's head: "Our purpose is to go to the Golden Eagle Tribe to find the Sealing Blade, not to the Four Seasons Mountain, if we go to the Four Seasons Mountain, the hostages we left in the tribe will be over, you know, they only gave us seven days, and now two days have passed, and there are still five days left." ”
Lian Jiuqi pointed to the road on the far right: "Let's go to the Golden Eagle Tribe, when we rest, I can also look at the diary and annotations left by the reed flute, I have to study it carefully, otherwise, even if I successfully enter the Four Seasons Mountain, it will be more than lucky." ”
"Let's go." The torturer pulled out the incendiary rod and led the way into the cave passage on the far right.
To the surprise of the four of them, from the time they entered the cave passage to the entrance of the cave, they walked for about an hour. When the lead torturer saw the light coming through the hole and extinguished his flashlight, he hardly wanted to believe it was real.
Outside the cave, there was a lot of snow, but the snow did not pile up like the exit of Shikiyama, because the entrance to the cave was halfway up the mountain, and below it was a huge depression, surrounded by low mountains on three sides, making it an excellent place for ambushes.
Torture squatted at the door and looked down: "No wonder the people of the Ural Khan tribe will not succeed in sneaking through here, do you see the pass below?" It is completely possible to do it in one place, and if it is changed to now, this gap can be directly sealed with a light machine gun. ”
Mo Duqiao dragged An Gu forward and asked: "Now it's your turn to show the way, let me remind you, rules, you should be clear, if you play tricks, I will not hesitate to turn you into a corpse, besides, what will happen to you, a vulgar person, in the hands of the Golden Eagle Tribe, I believe you know better than us." ”
Angu stood there, frowning and looking down, in a daze for a long time, before he said, "Are you really going to go?" ”
"Nonsense!" Ink Twilight Bridge was a little annoyed, "So what do you think we're going to do?" Do we have a choice? ”
Angu pondered for a while, raised his eyes to the sky and said, "Then we can only go back in the evening." ”
"Why in the evening?" ”
Even Jiuqi was next to him and said, "I originally planned to touch it at night." ”
Angu shook his head: "You can only go in the evening, you probably don't know, the golden eagle has one of the biggest drawbacks, that is, it can't fly in the evening." ”
The secret that Angu revealed at this time surprised everyone, and Mo Duqiao asked, "Don't play tricks. ”
An Gu said: "I don't, this secret golden eagle tribe has been guarded for many years, the outside world has never known, in the evening, because of the sunset, the eyes of the golden eagle can't see clearly, especially when facing the west, which is why no one has ever seen a golden eagle in the evening." ”
Lian Jiuqi squatted down, smoothed the snow in front of him with his hands, picked up a stick, and handed it to Angu: "You draw a general topographic map of the Golden Eagle Tribe, especially to the west." ”
Angu took the stick and squatted there, reminiscing and carefully drawing on the snow, and from time to time he was still saying something in his mouth, but they did not understand the torture at all.
More than half an hour later, after Angu finished painting, everyone who had been retreating cautiously stepped forward, and after looking at the map with an area of about six square meters drawn by Angu, they all frowned - this tribe is too big, far beyond the Ural Khan tribe, not to mention, the terrain is also a hundred times more complicated. 2k reading web