Only in the dream realm could Fang Fan find a trace of peace, even if it was desolate, lifeless as a ruin after the Great Tribulation. He walked to the gazebo, Luo Sen put down the ancient book in his hand, and Fang Fan sat opposite him. Luo Sen filled Fang Fan with a cup of green tea, Fang Fan picked up the tea in front of him and savored it, but he felt tasteless, fortunately, there was still a trace of warmth flowing into his heart.

Luo Sen picked up the teapot and poured it for Fang Fan again, and said.

"Is it bitter or sweet?"

"Tasteless."

"Yesterday the frog in the pond whispered to me that it ate like wax, and I guess it must have lost its taste of life."

Fang Fan raised his eyes to look at the smiling Luo Sen, he felt that Luo Sen's smile was full of contempt and hostility at this time, and his heart was full of anger, but it seemed that he couldn't burst out, and said lightly.

"Laugh, I'm a complete loser right now"

"You and I are one, how can there be any reason to laugh at yourself, come with me."

Luo Sen took Fang Fan to walk across a small bridge, the stream under the bridge was continuous, the sound of the water was bursting, clear as a mirror, but there was not a single jubilant herring in sight, Fang Fan stopped and stopped, held the bridge body, and said.

"Why isn't there even a shadow of a fish?"

"I don't know where I've hidden."

"Where are we going?"

"Wherever you go, you can be wherever you go."

Fang Fan followed behind Luo Sen and continued to move forward, the wind was a little lighter than just now. Walking across the small bridge to a bamboo forest, Fang Fan suddenly felt that the bamboo forest was dense, and occasionally saw a few spots of light through the leaf gaps, but he didn't hear the birds singing.

"When did you get a bamboo forest here?"

Luo Sen looked back at Fang Fan who was asking, and said with a slight smile.

"This is your state of mind, and what you live and what dies depends on your will."

"My will? But I don't even know that. ”

Lawson smiled and continued on his way. Fang Fan followed behind Luo Sen with suspicion, if there was no Luo Sen in front of him, Fang Fan would probably lose his way in this quiet and lonely bamboo forest, and he would not feel at ease until he became one of them. The steps grew steeper and steeper, and suddenly a few bells rang in the distance, and Lawson turned back to Fang Fan and said.

"It's almost there."

Fang Fan only felt that he had walked millions of steps, panting and looking at Luo Sen's back, his steps were steady, not flustered. Fang Fan looked back, the small bridge that should have been left behind him thousands of feet away actually appeared behind him again, and Fang Fan suddenly shouted.

"I'm not leaving."

"Why?"

"I walked for a long time and didn't move."

"Since you haven't moved, why are you panting and sweating profusely?"

Fang Fan was speechless when asked, and after thinking for a while, he pointed to the small bridge and said.

"And how do you explain this?"

"Is what you see true?"

"Isn't it?"

"Really?"

"Isn't it?"

"Really?"

Fang Fan picked up a palm-sized stone and threw it at the small bridge, just when he thought he could convince Luo Sen with facts, something unthinkable happened. I saw the stones crossing the small bridge, and I don't know what I hit made a tinkling sound, but the shape of the small bridge was like a blue wave rippling back and forth. Fang Fan asked in surprise.

"How so?"

Lawson said with a smile.

"It's time for us to go."

Fang Fan had no choice but to follow Luo Sen and continue to walk towards the mountain, and after about three incense sticks, Fang Fan finally saw the last step of the steps, and when he stepped on it, he was overwhelmed by the scenery in front of him. An imposing temple stands in front of you, and from time to time the sound of bells wafts out from the deep temple. Fang Fan turned to look at the bottom of the mountain again, the winding stream, the towering vegetation, were all shrouded in white clouds, and occasionally a few huge birds would shuttle through it.

"What is this?"

"Your heart. Remember the little bridge just now? ”

Fang Fan nodded vigorously, and Luo Sen continued.

"What you see may not be true, and your heart can sometimes deceive you. Let the dusty past pass away with the wind and find the meaning of your life. ”

"What is the meaning of life?"

"If you don't live because of hatred, why die because of hatred."

Fang Fan was a little confused when he heard it, and he continued.

"You said that seeing may not be true, is that Yuehan still alive?"

Luo Sen smiled faintly, and suddenly there was a deafening bell ringing in the temple behind him, Fang Fan only saw Luo Sen's mouth moving, but he didn't hear what he was saying.

"What are you talking about? Again, I didn't hear clearly. ”

Luo Sen pointed to the part of Fang Fan's heart and said.

"Let's make this place alive first."

After Luo Sen finished speaking, he smiled faintly, Fang Fan suddenly felt dizzy, and then he returned to the pavilion, with Luo Sen's ancient books in front of him, as well as the cold tea. Fang Fan ran out of the pavilion and saw the small bridge, he rushed over, who knew that the small bridge suddenly disappeared, and the original stream under Fang Fan turned into a whirlpool, and the moment he fell into the whirlpool, he sat up from the sofa suddenly, and beads of sweat the size of beans oozed from his forehead.

Fang Fan looked at the time, 6:23 in the morning. He went to Yuerun's room to take a look, and Yuerun was still sleeping. Then Fang Fan knocked on Zhang Ze and Wanli's door again, Zhang Ze yawned, opened the door sleepily and said.

"Morning."

"Pack up, it's time for us to go."

"Where are you going?"

"Find Gu Sheng."

Before the two went out, Fang Fan instructed Wanli to be optimistic about Yuerun. The two then rushed to the general hospital, where Su Kang was napping on a bench outside the door.

"Su Kang, how is Yang Yue?"

Su Kang shook his head in disappointment and said.

"Still haven't woken up."

"What did the doctor say?"

"The doctor said that this situation was caused by an overdose of anesthetics, and the anesthetics may affect Yang Yue's brain, and it will be dangerous if the drug is too strong and he does not wake up."

Fang Fan nodded and said.

"Then you are here to watch Yang Yue, and as soon as she wakes up, she will notify me immediately."

"Got it."

"Also, has there been any progress in the information on Chunmei that you investigated?"

"No, nothing but a registration form from a psychiatric hospital."

"Okay, I got it."

The two left the hospital, Zhang Ze asked.

"Why do you care so much about Chunmei? Isn't the murderer Qiman? ”

"It's Qiman, yes, but I want to know where she was when she first met Chunmei. Only in this way can we follow the vine and find the vine. ”

"I think we won't have to worry about finding Qiman once we find that person."

The car sped by, and it didn't take long to arrive at the Holiday Inn. Zhang Ze had told Gu Sheng that he would come to him today, so Gu Sheng had been waiting at the door of the hotel.

"Brother Fan, Brother Ze, you are here."

"Find a place where no one is around, and ask you something."

Gu Sheng took the two to the staff lounge, it was work time, and there was no one here.

"You two say, what do you need me to do?"

Zhang Ze took out a photo from the information book and handed it to Gu Sheng, and said.

"Do you know this woman?"

Gu Sheng looked at it for a while and said.

"I don't know."

Fang Fan looked at Gu Sheng and asked.

"I really don't know?"

"Hey, since the last time I learned the methods of the two of you, how dare I not cooperate, let alone lie."

"I'll trust you, but you're going to take us to meet the hyenas."

"I don't know hyenas."

Before the words fell, Fang Fan punched Gu Sheng's lower abdomen, and Gu Sheng knelt on the ground with his hands covering his stomach in pain. Fang Fan squatted down and said.

"Didn't you just say you wouldn't lie? How can you forget it in a blink of an eye? ”

"I'm not lying."

Zhang Ze picked Gu Sheng up from the ground before Fang Fan could make a move, grabbed him by the collar and said.

"We can hear the conversation clearly when the hyena's men called you to meet the hyena as we walked away from the hotbed that day."

Gu Sheng begged Zhang Ze to let go, but Zhang Ze threw it on the chair next to him and said.

"Ahem, I didn't want to provoke them, but now that you know, I'll say it. Hyenas are best at gathering information, but they have a shortcoming in that they are suspicious. He never trusts anyone, and his attitude towards others is always to take advantage of them. I can take you there, but when I get there, I'll leave, you go by yourselves, and don't say that I brought you. ”

"Listen to what you say, your relationship with this hyena is not ordinary?"

"It doesn't matter, I've just helped him a few times."

Fang Fan wanted to ask, but after thinking about it, he would give up for the time being. The three of them came to the hotbed of the Sanzhi Zone, Gu Sheng brought a long-brimmed peaked cap and a black mask, and a pair of dark sunglasses, and even changed their clothes into styles that they don't usually wear, Fang Fan and Zhang Ze wore a peaked cap and simply covered it up. There are a lot of people dressed like the three of them here, and most of those people are to avoid the accountant who is chasing the debt, so the three of them dressed like this did not attract too much attention.

Fang Fan kept an eye on the direction as he walked, and after entering the hotbed, he first walked about 200 meters to the south, then more than 500 meters to the east, then more than 300 meters to the south, then more than 100 meters to the west, and finally walked to the north for about less than 50 meters. This is the code set by the three of them, as long as Gu Sheng stomps his foot, it will be explained to the place.

Fang Fan stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, half of his face was revealed in the crack of the door, and he said alertly.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Look for death."

"Where to take the funeral?"

"Red-topped black-curtain sedan chair."

"How many people carry the sedan chair?"

"A ghost threesome."

"How much money does the imp make?"

"Six or six days will be peaceful."

"How much money does Hades make?"

"Nothing is enough."

The person inside opened the door and made a gesture to Fang Fan and Zhang Ze to invite them in. The paragraph just now was the code that Gu Sheng told them, after all, hyenas are engaged in collecting intelligence, and they are careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. After entering the main hall, the room is filled with smoke, much like a smoke hall in the late Qing Dynasty. The hyena looked at the two of them, cleared his throat and said.

"Two brothers, you have eyes."

Zhang Ze said after taking off his cap.

"You didn't recognize me in such a short time?"

The hyena looked at it and exclaimed.

"Xiao Zhuang."

"It's okay, it's not old and confused."

The hyena suddenly said nervously.

"What are you doing here?"

"Don't worry, Uncle Dog, we're just here to inquire with you."

"I don't know, let's go."

Suddenly, a fierce light flashed in Zhang Ze's eyes, and he said in a low tone.

"I haven't said who it is, so why do you say you don't know?"

Obviously, the hyena was very jealous of Zhang Ze, so he said.

"Then you say, who are you looking for?"

Zhang Ze showed the photo to the hyena, and the hyena looked at it and said.

"What are you looking for her for?"

"She's connected to a homicide."

The hyena asked someone to take a notebook, copied an address from it and handed it to Zhang Ze.

"This person is here, don't say that you got the address from me, this person is not easy to mess with."

"Don't worry, I won't cause trouble for Uncle Dog."

Fang Fan and Zhang Ze left the hyena after getting the address, and Fang Fan asked when they came out.

"Zhang Ze, why are hyenas so afraid of you?"

"It's all about the old sesame seeds and rotten grain, don't talk about it."

Fang Fan smiled, he didn't expect Zhang Ze to have such a city side, which was a little inconsistent with his usual Erha personality. According to the address, the two found a small county town not far from the hotbed, and came to an old alley, and about 50 meters in front of it was where the man lived.

Fang Fan and Zhang Ze found a big lock hanging on a double-open wooden door, and it was already noon at this time, so they decided to eat at the small restaurant next to them first, and wait for the man to come back by the way. Fang Fan and Zhang Ze sat from noon to afternoon and didn't see the man come back, the hotel owner really couldn't stand it anymore, so he came over and asked.

"You're waiting for someone?"

Fang Fan looked the boss up and down, seeing that the boss had a kind face, so he pointed to the wooden door with the hungry padlock on the opposite side and said.

"We're waiting for this family."

"That's what I said. Let's go, this house hasn't been inhabited for a long time. ”

Fang Fan and Zhang Ze were taken aback.

"No one lives?"

"There were people living in it before, but some time ago, there was a big incident in Zhonghai City, and the entire shopping mall was destroyed. Strange to say, I haven't seen this family come out since the incident. ”

Zhang Ze asked excitedly.

"Do you know anyone from his family?"

"She came to me a few times to buy food, and I remember being a woman in her 50s."

Zhang Ze took out the photo and handed it to the boss and asked.

"Let's see if it's her."

The boss took the photo and looked at it carefully, and then Fang Fan suddenly noticed that the curtain in the back kitchen shook.

"That's right, it's her."

Fang Fan coughed and interrupted Zhang Ze, who was about to speak.

"Since that family is no longer occupied, then we won't wait."

Zhang Ze heard what Fang Fan said, and then left the restaurant with Fang Fan. At this time, the boss suddenly shouted into the back kitchen.

"It's okay, they're gone."

Fang Fan and Zhang Ze left the restaurant, and Zhang Ze asked.

"What just happened?"

"The man was in the restaurant, but she avoided it."

"It's too bad, let's startle the snake, will she jump off the wall in a hurry and slip away tonight?"

"Don't worry, this is not to startle the snake, but to lure the snake out of the hole."

Fang Fan said confidently. The two walked around the county town in the afternoon, and Fang Fan noticed that there were still many people who relied on pulling rickshaws to make a living, so he stepped forward to chat with a coachman.

"Big brother, how is the business lately?"

The coachman said enthusiastically.

"It's okay. Boss, do you want a car? ”

"I don't want a car, but I'll give you an afternoon's money."

Immediately, Fang Fan gave the boss some money, and the coachman hurriedly put it into his arms and asked.

"What does the boss want to know?"

"What time do you usually work until night?"

"See when the tourists return to the hotel."

Although the county is small, but the main economic source is tourism, there are many places of interest in the county, and the location of the places of interest is relatively concentrated, so it will be ingenious to keep the rickshaw to this day, which can not only pull tourists to better taste the beauty of the scenic spots, but also solve the employment problem of some idle people.

"Tonight, will you take me down this alley?"

"Okay, no problem."

Fang Fan whispered a few words to Zhang Ze beside him, and Zhang Ze left.

February 1, 2020 at 20:06 p.m

Fang Fan was wearing a torn cotton jacket, a rotten sticky hat on his head, some cotton coming out of the mouth on his pants, and a pair of yellow rotten cotton shoes on his feet. The coachman sat in the back seat neatly dressed, this was Fang Fan's plan, he disguised himself as a coachman and walked a few times in front of the restaurant, taking the opportunity to observe the movements inside, but these old clothes that Zhang Ze found were really exaggerated, how could he still dress like this now, he was afraid that he didn't rob a beggar's clothes.

After a while, I saw Zhang Ze walk into the restaurant, and the boss came over enthusiastically with the menu and said.

"Why are you alone at night?"

"Do you remember me?"

"How can you forget the time in less than half a day."

"Boss, good memory, my friend is back in the city in a hurry."

The boss suddenly hesitated and said.

"Oh... Oh... What do you want to eat? ”

"Give me a hot and sour soup, my stomach is cold."

"Okay."

After a while, the boss brought the hot and sour soup. Zhang Ze drank with relish, and the more he drank, the more sleepy he became, and he fell asleep on the table. When the boss saw Zhang Ze who had fainted, he suddenly pretended to shout. The boss's contrived performance is completely shouted to other guests.

"Hey... Sixth, why did you sleep here? I'll help you to the back kitchen to rest. ”

As soon as the words fell, a woman about 50 years old came out of the back kitchen to help the boss carry Zhang Ze to the back kitchen, and all the details were clearly seen by Fang Fan, who was hiding outside the store, but this was not the time to act. He took out his phone and looked at the flashing red dots on the screen and smiled.

February 1, 2020 at 22:12 p.m

The boss pulled down the roller shutter door, Fang Fan returned the car to the driver, gave the driver some money, and then changed his clothes and came to the vicinity of the hotel. The position of the flashing red dot on the phone has not changed, indicating that Zhang Ze is still there. Fang Fan jumped lightly on the roof, here are some old houses, Fang Fan lifted the roof tiles and looked inside. I saw that Zhang Ze was tied to a stool, and the boss who was kind to him had changed his face at this time, holding a sharp knife and asking Zhang Ze.

"Say, what is the purpose of your coming here?"

Zhang Ze said nonsense.

"Travel."

Suddenly, the boss punched Zhang Ze in the face, blood flowed down the corner of Zhang Ze's mouth, and Zhang Ze spit angrily to the side.

"You'd better be honest."

Then a woman's voice spoke.

"Old Yang, it's okay."

The man named Lao Yang stepped back, and the woman gestured at Zhang Ze's face with a knife and said to Zhang Ze.

"You'd better be honest about the purpose of your coming here, of course, even if you say it, I won't let you go, I want you to be punished a thousand times more painful than Di'er."

The timing was just right, Fang Fan stepped on the tiles and jumped off the roof, startling the boss and the woman, and the two of them retreated one after another. Zhang Ze was choked by the dust and coughed incessantly, and Fang Fan tore off the rope that bound Zhang Ze. After the smoke cleared, Fang Fan looked at the woman, his eyes flashed with a hint of red light, and said faintly.

"Aunt Mei, long time no see."