On the mountain road, Ma Fei watched the torture technique hang up Fu Mingwei's phone several times, and finally simply took out the calling card.

Maffei asked, "Did you make it clear?" ”

Torture nodded: "I sent him a detailed map location from my mobile phone, and I also sent him the location of the key, I hope he can preside over the investigation of this case, so that we can clear the suspicion quickly, otherwise, the police are very likely to list us as suspects." ”

She Caixiang, who was sitting on the side drinking water, frowned and said, "The police are not stupid? How can we think that we are related to Liu Baogu's cult? ”

Chen Taidong, who was looking at the road with a telescope, said: "The police pay attention to evidence in handling cases, and do not believe in coincidences, we said that they walked to the villa unintentionally, do you think they will believe it?" If you were a police officer, would you believe it? No one will believe it, just like you tell the people in the town that there is a villa under the villa in Liu Bao Valley, and people will think that you have something wrong with your brain. ”

Xingshu took out the map, spread it out on the ground and looked at it: "Cars can't pass here, and those motorcycles in the township don't want to go, if we walk, to get to the location of the mountain stream, at least in the evening." ”

Chen Taidong said: "You have to hurry." ”

Xingshu shook his head: "Uncle Chen, even if we run, we will have to arrive in the evening, it's useless to rush, besides, we don't know what will happen after entering the mountain at night, so we can't use too much physical strength, just move forward at an average speed." ”

Chen Taidong nodded, and the four of them continued to hurry, walking, Chen Taidong slowed down and asked, "Criminal art, there are two questions, which have been spinning in my mind." ”

The torturer asked, "What's the problem?" ”

"The first is why did Lian Jiuqi sell copies of the Nine Pictures to foreigners back then, and the second is where is your master now? Why did he disappear mysteriously? What did you do? Chen Taidong sighed, "These two key questions are understood, and many puzzles are solved." ”

The torturer didn't make a sound, just nodded silently.

……

Chengdu, near Du Fu's thatched cottage.

In the courtyard of the garden-style hotel, Lian Jiuqi was brewing flower tea, and the complicated procedure of making tea made Zheng Cangqiong a little annoyed, and asked: "Put the tea leaves, pour the water, isn't it over?" Need to be so troublesome? ”

"Master, you've been waiting for decades, can't you wait for such a short time?" Lian Jiuqi raised his eyes and looked at Zheng Cangqiong, "The environment here is good, right?" It's also my first time here, introduced by a friend, and over the years, I've met a lot of friends, all over the world. ”

Zheng Cangqiong said: "Do you have any true friends?" ”

Lian Jiuqi put down the kettle: "Master, you can't have too many true friends, one for a person in his life, that's enough." ”

Zheng Cangqiong asked again: "I'm asking if you have any true friends, not your number." ”

Lian Jiuqi smiled: "Since the moment you buried me in the pit decades ago, I have no true friends. ”

Zheng Cangqiong was silent, no matter how confident he was, once he mentioned this matter, he could only remain silent.

Lian Jiuqi respectfully placed the teacup in front of Zheng Cangqiong: "Master, don't you want to know, why did I buy a copy to a foreigner in the first place?" ”

Zheng Cangqiong picked up the teacup: "I didn't think about it back then, it was my fault, and then I didn't dare to think about it, because once I think about those questions, the scene of you being buried in a deep pit with my own hands will appear in front of me." ”

Lian Jiuqi looked directly into Zheng Cangqiong's eyes: "There are two reasons why I want to sell the copy to foreigners, one is that the copy is fake, but it is not imitated by me; Second, the person who asked me to do this was you. ”

Zheng Cangqiong put down the cup: "Me? What nonsense are you talking about? ”

"At that time, I was actually still young, no matter how you praised me, no matter how people in the industry praised me, I was always just a child, and as an adult, but the mind is not mature child, there are two biggest shortcomings, one is self-righteousness, and the other is obedience to those who worship." Lian Jiuqi looked at the teacup, "Master, the person I admired the most at that time was you, no matter how powerful the other eight people were, how famous they were, I only admired you and believed you, so when I saw the note you left and the copy of the "Nine Sons", I immediately took action." ”

Zheng Cangqiong was shocked: "I didn't leave any note?" ”

Lian Jiuqi nodded slightly, and his thoughts went back to that late night decades ago - when he returned home from Jiuzi's temporary residence, when he entered the house, he saw a piece of paper full of characters on the table, and under the paper was a copy of "Jiuzitu", which had been redecorated with the covers of other books, and at first glance it was impossible to tell that it was "Jiuzitu".

Lian Jiuqi recalled this, and said: "On the front of the note, my mission and reason are written, and on the reverse side is a detailed name and route. ”

Zheng Cangqiong asked suspiciously, "What about the details?" ”

"It says that my mission is to send this copy to Hong Kong and put it in the hands of an Englishman, Hunter, who is the manager of Happy Valley, on the grounds that only by sending out the fake "Nine Sons" and releasing the news can people who covet "Nine Sons" in the future mistakenly think that "Nine Sons" has flowed overseas, divert the attention of domestic counterparts, and protect the real "Nine Sons." Lian Jiuqi recalled, "And on the back of that piece of paper was written a detailed route of travel, which clearly stated where I went to find someone at the first stop after leaving Harbin, where I went next, who I was looking for, and most importantly, the handwriting on the paper was indeed yours." ”

Zheng Cangqiong shook his head: "Impossible!" I didn't write anything like that! ”

Lian Jiuqi looked at Zheng Cangqiong and sighed: "Master, you believe me, I have followed you for many years, and I know very well how your handwriting and the language of your writing are organized, and it is because of this that I am convinced that it is the order you quietly left me." ”

Zheng Cangqiong's thoughts also returned to that night: "That night, after you left, we have been discussing what to do next? But before that, although the nine of us all did our own things, the thing that didn't happen every day was to find time to teach you some skills, and most importantly, we lived far from your house, at least at least an hour to walk, and two hours to go back and forth, even for me, I didn't have that time. ”

Lian Jiuqi asked, "Then what happened later?" ”

"The next day, you didn't come, we thought it was strange, we waited until the afternoon, we felt that something was wrong, rushed to your house, found that you were missing, and after asking Chen Taidong, we learned that you were far away, I think, the reason why you told Chen Taidong that you were gone is because you thought that the order on the so-called note was decided after I discussed it with eight other people, so I didn't deliberately hide it." Zheng Cangqiong recalled, while speculating, "The nine of us were shocked, and the first reaction was that you ran away with the "Nine Sons", so we began to inquire around, and finally found out that you went to Hong Kong, and Qian Xiuye also found a friend in Hong Kong, and investigated in many ways, only to find out that you sold a copy of "Nine Sons" to an Englishman, because the Englishman was very excited, and at a private party that night, he told others that he had obtained a copy of China's top secret treasure map. ”

Lian Jiuqi nodded: "However, you don't know that it is not the real "Nine Sons". ”

Zheng Cangqiong shook his head: "I don't know, where did you hide the real "Nine Sons" at that time?" ”

Lian Jiuqi said: "The note instructed me to hide the real "Nine Sons Map" under the tree at the entrance of the village, do you remember?" That's the first time you hid the token and asked me to find it, and that's one of the reasons why I was convinced that the note was you. I never thought that someone was framing me and setting up a game for me, Master, I hate you, it's all because, after I came back, you didn't ask the reason, you still laughed and laughed, and indiscriminately tricked me to the grassland with them, knocked me unconscious, buried me alive, if you even gave me a questioning look at that time, you could have avoided everything that happened later. ”

Zheng Cangqiong was silent, and looked at Lian Jiuqi for a long time: "Jiuqi, if you remedy it now, is it too late?" ”

"It's too late for me, it's not too late for the torture technique, because what you're doing now can't save Lian Jiuqi back then." Lian Jiuqi smiled bitterly, "The moment you buried Lian Jiuqi in the ground, he was already dead, but I was rescued quickly, and the person who rescued me was already waiting there." ”

Zheng Cangqiong asked suspiciously: "You mean, this person will dig you out immediately after we leave?" ”

Lian Jiuqi said: "Yes, he rescued me, took care of me for a while, and then handed me over to another person, who smuggled me to Hong Kong with me, and then to the United States." ”

Zheng Cangqiong asked, "Who is it?" ”

Lian Jiuqi's answer surprised him incomparably: "It's someone arranged by the Cusco company." ”

"How is that possible?" Zheng Cangqiong glared suddenly, "What nonsense are you talking about?" I've looked into this company, and at the time, they were just an import and export trading company, to be exact, a very small company, and they were just doing distribution. ”

Lian Jiuqi said: "Master, don't get excited, you have to believe that your apprentice is not a fool, it is impossible to be so confused that you can't tell who saved you, the people I just mentioned in the Cusco Company refer to the later Cusco International Treasure Hunt Company." ”

Zheng Cangqiong shook his head puzzled: "What do you want to say?" ”

Lian Jiuqi got up and refilled Zheng Cangqiong with a cup of tea: "Master, don't you still understand?" The person who framed me in the first place was one of the nine sons. ”

Zheng Cangqiong also thought of this, and he nodded slightly: "Except for the ninth son, no one knows so much about the things between our master and apprentice, and it is impossible for anyone to get the real copy and forge a fake copy." ”

Lian Jiuqi then said something that shocked Zheng Cangqiong: "The big boss behind the Cusco Company is also one of the nine sons, and at the same time, I also believe that he is the one who framed me back then." ”

Zheng Cangqiong was shocked, and his mind instantly became blank, and he was completely unable to connect these things together.

Lian Jiuqi said: "The fact that the Cusco company is where it is today is directly related to my great achievements, and over the decades, I have helped this company do a lot of things and found many relics and treasures that others dream of. ”

Zheng Cangqiong stood up and asked, "Who is this person?" ”

Lian Jiuqi shook his head: "I don't know, I've never seen a big boss, but I'm definitely one of the nine sons, because he is very clear about the rules of ancient Chinese behavior, and he is also very clear about the relationship between our master and apprentice, and he knows the matter of Jiuzi better, but in the past few decades, he has always given orders on the phone, and there has never been an exception." ”

Even if Lian Jiuqi said it so surely, Zheng Cangqiong still didn't want to believe it: "You have done something for Cusco Company for so many years, why don't you investigate his identity?" Isn't that an easy thing for you? ”

"Master, you have to think about the reason why he framed me, that is, to be able to make the best use of me, and let me work for him, because I am young, I am considered the most promising cargo chaser in my generation, and I am also the common apprentice of the nine of you, if I am framed, and I can't find out the real situation, and my account is cancelled, I will have no other choice." Lian Jiuqi sighed, "Moreover, I am only one of the heads of the Cusco Company, they have leaders in various regions of the world, and the number is increasing year by year, I may not have seen all of them, only a small part of them are known, and the persons in charge of each region obey the agent of the big boss, that is, the Hunter who bought a copy of "Nine Sons" in Hong Kong back then, everyone calls him Mr. Hunter, and the rest is unknown." ”

Zheng Cangqiong was very puzzled: "Can't find out his true identity?" ”

"I checked." Lian Jiuqi smiled strangely, "I paid to hire the investigators, and all of them died, in other words, since I went abroad, I have been under their surveillance. ”

After that, Lian Jiuqi and Zheng Cangqiong fell into a long silence, Lian Jiuqi looked at the big tree above his head, and broke the silence again: "This big boss, it's like hiding in the canopy, I know that there is a person there staring at me, but I don't know who he is, I only know that he will issue orders to Hunter through the barrier, and then Hunter will relay it to me." Although I spoke directly to him, he used a voice changer and jammer, and spoke fluent English, which was only confirmed to be a man. ”

Zheng Cangqiong frowned and said, "Then everything about the Heyu Gate and the Jiacuo Palace, as well as all the things that happened to Ma Fei and Interpol, weren't they all designed by you?" If it weren't for that, I'm afraid I wouldn't have guessed that you're still alive. ”

"It's true that I designed those plans, but I didn't have a choice, but the big boss refined my plan, enriched the details, and made the whole plan flawless, and it was obvious that their purpose was to find Qimen." Lian Jiuqi analyzed seriously, "This person is very smart, he calculated everything that could happen, even a small thing, after the complete plan came out, I was surprised, I even thought that this big boss was a computer at all, only a computer can calculate so accurately!" ”

"What about the Nine Sons?" Zheng Cangqiong kept shaking his head, "What does this have to do with "Nine Sons"? ”

Speaking of this, even Jiuqi remembered something, and immediately asked: "Master, I also have a question, why did you bury me and the real copy of "Nine Sons" into that pit?" ”

"What?" Zheng Cangqiong was shocked again, "You mean, at the same time that we buried you, "Nine Sons Map" was on you?" ”

"Yes, but someone must have been hiding on me quietly, which is why, I thought about it at the time, and the person who framed me must be one of the nine sons." Lian Jiuqi recalled carefully, "This person, I did this to let me know that the real murderer behind the scenes is one of the nine sons, so that after I was rescued, I didn't dare to go back and question you, because I didn't know who this person was?" Second, it was also to bring the real "Nine Sons" out of the country through me, but the strange thing is that later this big boss never asked me about the real copy of "Nine Sons", not once, nor did he show any interest in "Nine Sons". ”

Zheng Cangqiong immediately asked: "Nine chess, where is the "Nine Sons" now?" ”

Lian Jiuqi said: "The safest place." ”

Zheng Cangqiong pondered for a moment, and exclaimed, "Should you go to see the torture technique and hand over the "Nine Sons" to him, right?" Are you crazy? That's your own son, and you actually put such a dangerous thing in the hands of your own son! ”

After Zheng Cangqiong finished speaking, his face turned pale, he knew what it meant, it meant that once the news spread, the torture technique would become the target of all those lawless people who coveted the "Nine Sons" and Qimen.

"Master, you should know about torture, he is not stupid, he will not tell anyone about the true copy of the Nine Sons in his hands. He knows how to protect himself, and you have taught him all this, just as I have endured humiliation for so many years, and his purpose is to protect himself, so as to achieve the goal of finding out the truth one day. Lian Jiuqi said lightly, "I can sit here and talk to you so much, it doesn't mean that I forgive you, although you are not the person who framed me, nor is you the real murderer behind the scenes, but these are all caused by your distrust of me, which led to me being separated from my wife and children for decades, but I also know that you can later help me raise the torture technique and teach him, which is enough to prove that you know that you are wrong, but these are not enough." ”

Zheng Cangqiong nodded: "I know that what I have done is not enough, you say, what do you need me to do, even if it is for me to die." ”

"You can't die, who will help me if you die?" Lian Jiuqi said coldly, "Now, I need you to carefully recall a few important things, first, who was the first to say that he wanted to kill me?" Second, who proposed to bury me in the prairie in the first place? These two people, one of them must be the real culprit behind the scenes. ”

After Zheng Cangqiong recalled for a while, he said affirmatively: "Because Ye Suxin died in Hong Kong, Cai Nayun was extremely angry, he was the first to say that he wanted to kill you, and the person who proposed to bury you alive on the grassland was Tang Sirong, although Chen Taidong tried his best to stop it, but in the end he nodded and agreed because of the ambiguous relationship with Tang Sirong." ”

When Lian Jiuqi heard this, his face suddenly changed: "Oh no, the torture technique is now with Chen Taidong, and they are going to find Tang Sirong." ”