Chapter 107: Predecessors in the Desert (II)
You Sifang raised his eyes to look at the other people standing on the hill, and then looked at Tang Qianlin: "Where are you from?" Is that right? ”
Tang Qianlin asked rhetorically: "From over there?" What is the meaning? ”
You Sifang looked around and said, "Didn't you notice?" This is not the world you came from, this is another place. ”
Tang Qianlin nodded: "I found out, but what's going on with all this?" Do you say you're You Sifang? However, You Sifang has long since died. ”
"Dead?" You Sifang was stunned, "I'm just missing, how can I ...... Is it because I'm missing that they think I'm dead? ”
Tang Qianlin looked You Sifang up and down: "How do you prove that you are You Sifang?" ”
You Sifang said: "You can ask me questions." ”
Tang Qianlin thought for a while and said, "Where are you from?" What are your parents' names? Who is your initiating master? Who is the second Master? When you entered the hunt, what was the name of the Master who followed you? ”
You Sifang replied without thinking: "I am from Shandong, I have been an orphan since I was a child, my master is a fisherman, but he is actually a fugitive, and the second master is a pirate. ”
Tang Qianlin nodded slightly, who he asked, what were the names of his parents, these are easy to find out, but the master who followed You Sifang couldn't find out, because even most of the people didn't know that the person surnamed Wu betrayed the organization and caused a bloody case, but for the sake of the reputation of the arrest, the organization covered up this matter, except for the person who participated in the investigation at the beginning, only that person's apprentice, that is, You Sifang, knew it.
You Sifang asked, "Now you believe it?" ”
Tang Qianlin shook his head: "Half-convinced, I just don't understand what's going on?" ”
You Sifang asked: "You said I was dead, what is going on?" ”
Tang Qianlin said: "Your body is placed in the cliff cave, you know, as long as you can find the corpse, you will be buried there, if you just disappear, there will be no coffin and corpse of you." ”
You Sifang was stunned and couldn't figure out what was going on, but he quickly said: "If you stay here for too long, you will be dehydrated, call your companions, come with me." ”
Tang Qianlin asked, "Where to go?" ”
You Sifang said: "My family." ”
When You Sifang turned around, Tang Qianlin looked at Ye Da and the others on the hill, nodded at them, and motioned to follow You Sifang.
Li Yunfan walked quickly to Yi Mochen's corpse, found the clothes of those riders to wrap his head, and followed the crowd with his corpse.
Tang Qianlin, who followed the team at the end, looked at Li Yunfan who was carrying Yi Mochen's corpse, but his heart was extremely calm, he did not have the slightest sadness, it stands to reason that even if he and Yi Mochen did not have the kind of friendship like Li Yunfan, he would have a certain friendship, and he would be sad in his heart.
But he didn't, not at all, which made him feel very scared, afraid that he would become a numb and cold-blooded person.
followed You Sifang for a long time in the desert, and finally came to a small deserted village, which was said to be a village, but in fact there were only four or five houses, and there was a waterhole next to it.
After seeing the waterhole, except for Li Yunfan and Tang Qianlin, the rest of the people rushed to the edge of the waterhole to drink water, and at the same time poured water into the kettle.
Li Yunfan sat on the side with Yi Mochen's corpse on his back, looking at the deserted village, and also at Tang Qianlin, who was standing at the entrance of the village staring at the huge bear-headed stone statue.
Tang Qianlin looked at You Sifang and asked, "How did you come here back then?" ”
You Sifang said: "You want to ask me, have you ever opened the mechanism on the bronze statue of the bear-headed person, right?" ”
Tang Qianlin said: "It seems that you also came in through there. ”
You Sifang said: "Yes, and the trench in that cave, those damn eight-eyed puppet spiders." ”
Tang Qianlin remembered something and asked, "Senior, what did you find in the sand behind the trench?" ”
You Sifang thought for a while and said: "I saw a plane, but it was completely different from the planes I had seen before, it was all metal, it was very large, and there were many people, wearing strange clothes and carrying weapons, and I had never seen their pistols at all." ”
Tang Qianlin frowned and looked at the bronze statue again: "Then what's going on in this village?" ”
You Sifang said: "Let's go in first, every evening, there will be a sandstorm, let's go." ”
Tang Qianlin raised his hand to greet the others, and then followed You Sifang into the largest stone house in the village.
Tang Qianlin helped You Sifang remove the stone slab blocking the door, and after entering, he found that there was another stone slab in the house.
You Sifang said: "Every day when I come back, I use the stone slab inside to block the door, and after I go out, I use the stone slab outside to block the door." ”
Tang Qianlin looked at the room, there were no tables, no chairs and stools or anything like that, except for some broken jars and jars, most of the things were made of stone.
"Where did the stone come from?" Tang Qianlin asked, "There are deserts everywhere here, and I don't see any stones." ”
You Sifang scooped a glass of water from the water tank next to him and handed it to Tang Qianlin: "There is a rocky beach in the west. ”
Tang Qianlin was puzzled: "Stone beach? ”
At this time, the others walked into the room one after another, and the expressionless Li Yunfan placed Yi Mochen's body in the corner of the room and sat there silently.
An Ran stood against the door, staring at You Sifang. Ye Da stood at the window, looking out through the cracks.
Ni Xiaowan hugged the uneasy jelly bean, curled up in another corner, lowered her head and stroked the jelly bean, and raised her eyes to look at Tang Qianlin from time to time.
Tang Qianlin finally asked, "Senior, why did you come here?" ”
You Sifang said: "You are also here to find the Shaman Spirit Palace, right?" ”
Tang Qianlin nodded silently.
You Sifang said: "Me too, but what makes me different from you is that I found a clue from the "Kyushu Ten Thousand Beasts Map". ”
"What?" Tang Qianlin was surprised, "There is a clue to the Shaman Spirit Palace in the "Kyushu Ten Thousand Beasts Map"? ”
You Sifang said, took out an atlas from between a few stones next to him, and handed it to Tang Qianlin.
Tang Qianlin took a look, it turned out to be the "Ten Thousand Beasts of Kyushu", he immediately took out another one from his arms, but You Sifang was not surprised, just glanced at it very calmly.
Tang Qianlin looked at the two copies of "Ten Thousand Beasts in Kyushu": "Why are there two copies?" ”
You Sifang said: "This is the second time I've told people about my past. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, An Ran by the door asked, "The first time you said it, was it to a woman named Gu Yunrong?" She's been here, hasn't she? ”
You Sifang said: "Yes, it seems that you should have followed the clues left by Gu Yunrong to find it." ”
Tang Qianlin looked at An Ran and said, "Miss An, let's listen to the seniors talk about his experience first, sooner or later he will talk about your mother's affairs, be patient." ”
"What year is it?" You Sifang looked at Tang Qianlin and snapped his fingers there at the same time.
Tang Qianlin said: "The 27th year of the Republic of China, 1938. ”
You Sifang nodded and said, "I've been here for almost thirty years, and when I came, it was the second year of Xuantong." ”
Tang Qianlin said: "The first year of the Xinhai Revolution? ”
You Sifang said: "Yes, I only learned about what happened later from Gu Yunrong. ”
When Tang Qianlin heard this, he remembered something: "Senior, I have read Gu Yunrong's diary, according to the time she herself recorded, she came to the Northeast about ten years later than you, I want to know, Gu Yunrong came here, is it directly related to your disappearance?" ”
You Sifang shook his head: "No, since you have read her diary, you must also know her identity." ”
Tang Qianlin said: "I know, Gu Yunrong is alone, did she admit it to you personally?" ”
"Yes, admit it. If it had been a few decades ago, I would have turned my face on the spot and sanctioned her, but after experiencing my master's incident, I became suspicious of many things. You Sifang frowned and said, "Although you know that my master is regarded as a traitor, you shouldn't know the reason for his rebellion. ”
Tang Qianlin said: "What the reason is, I really don't know. But my master told me privately that your master Wu Shan is extremely smart and a top two master, and he has never understood why such a person would betray the organization. ”
You Sifang was silent, and after a long time, he stretched out his hand and said, "Is there any smoke?" I haven't smoked in a long time, and I miss that sip. ”
Tang Qianlin looked at Li Yunfan: "Yunfan, smoke." ”
Li Yunfan took out a bag from his pocket and threw it to Tang Qianlin, who handed it to You Sifang.
You Sifang took out one from the cigarette case, lit it with Tang Qianlin's match, took a deep breath, and waited for the cigarette to be almost halfway smoked, and then said: "Because of the doubt, and his questioning has been verified in some way, he decided to rebel." ”
Tang Qianlin said: "I still don't understand, what does he question?" And what is verified? ”
You Sifang said: "My master, why did he question the existence of this organization? And he verified that his doubts were correct, by the way, I haven't asked you what your name is? ”
Tang Qianlin said: "My name is Tang Qianlin, I studied under Xiahou Shidao, and the second master is Yefeng. ”
You Sifang said with a smile: "Xiahou Shidao, that kid actually accepted apprentices, time passed so fast." ”
Ni Xiaowan said on the side: "Senior, you can continue." ”
You Sifang continued: "Although we are all from the rivers and lakes, there is a branch of different ways in the rivers and lakes. There are eight major sects in the rivers and lakes, and the twelve sects in the different ways are also known as the twelve earthly branches, and the top three are 'opening the coffin in western Sichuan, chasing corpses in Xiangxi, and Feng Shui in western Jin', that is, opening the coffin, sewing thousands of corpses and earth masters. ”
Tang Qianlin nodded silently, watched You Sifang finish smoking the cigarette, and lit another cigarette, during which he closed his eyes and rested for a long time, after all, people who haven't smoked for too long will feel inexplicable dizziness when they re-touch tobacco.
You Sifang then said: "After the three major sects, the next ones are the Lonely Army, the Dead Ear, the Hunt, the Goods, the Broken Gold, the Iron Clothes, the Bone Pickup, the Yellow Spring, and the Painted Corpse. ”
An Ran listened attentively beside her, she didn't expect that there were so many mysterious organizations in China that she had never heard of.
"We hunted like the coffin opener, and later also separated, the coffin opener was divided into the red sun and midnight, we were divided into the Xuanzi faction and the Yuanzi faction, and the broken golden gate later in the Tartar entry into the customs, there was also a branch for the jade casting society, and the same iron cloth gate also gave birth to a branch called Heyumen." You Sifang closed his eyes and recalled, "And the bone picker is also known as the bone hunter, this is the least crowded sect in the twelve earthly branches, much less than the corpse painter, among the twelve factions, the closest contact with other sects on the rivers and lakes is probably the Heyumen, these guys are not only engaged in the jade antique business, but also all other transactions are contaminated, however, there is generally one of the same characteristics among the twelve earthly branches of the different paths, do you know what it is?" ”
Tang Qianlin thought for a while and said, "Don't you like to act publicly? ”
You Sifang shook his head: "Wrong." ”
At this time, Ni Xiaowan said beside her: "These twelve sects have no definite head to the outside world. ”
You Sifang looked at Ni Xiaowan and nodded, "That's right, this is the common feature of these twelve sects. ”