We and Liao Kai to Yunnan Baiyan has been a week later, before leaving, Ye Jiuqing still can't rest assured, let the general with us, the road is not smooth, when crossing the Lancang River, the wooden boat we are riding on hit the reef and sank, fortunately, there is no danger and no casualties.

Originally, I thought that we were walking with Liao Kai, Wen Ru and Ye Zhiqiu, but when we arrived at Baiyan, we found that there were already more than a dozen Taiwanese speaking people waiting there.

At first glance, it is not a good bird, all of them are treacherous and cunning, these people have tattoos on their arms, a green snake coiled on a bamboo, and I also saw Liao Kai on the same tattoo on his arm on the road.

The general left behind with a grim face, telling us that it was the symbol of Taiwan's Bamboo Union Gang, and that Liao Kai, who looked polite, was afraid that he was not clean, and the general had been in this industry for decades, and the days of licking blood on the knife edge made him extra cautious.

The general lit a leaf cigarette and said in a low voice, such a big treasure will not be said with great fanfare if there is a little heart, people die for money, birds die for food, Liao Kai and these Taiwanese are not good at stubble, if you can't find it, it's better to say, if you really find it, I'm afraid that you will have a life to go in and not come back.

I asked the general to take Ye Zhiqiu back first now, but was stopped by the palace lord, he said that since Liao Kai dared to tell us the matter, he didn't take us into account, and if he wanted to withdraw at this time, it would inevitably arouse Liao Kai's suspicions, Baiyan was surrounded by primeval forests, and it was too simple to bury a few people.

"The tricks are all bright, you and the palace lord are optimistic about Zhiqiu." The general took a puff of his cigarette and finished speaking to me, then turned his head to look at the field chicken. "You follow me, try to rely on Liao Kai, in case the movement is not right, capture the thief and capture the king first."

Compared with our vigilance, Wen Ru and Ye Zhiqiu are much more relaxed, unaware that they are talking to Liao Kai along the way, although Wen Ru is ill-intentioned and unpredictable, but he is indeed rich in insight and historical knowledge, and knows everything along the way, whether it is customs or human geography.

Liao Kai should have been because he hadn't come back for a long time, he had just remembered when he left here, and his vague memories made him forget about to forget this homeland, and we arrived at Baiyan at noon, and the village here still maintained its quaint and original ecology.

Liao Kai took us around the village with his memory, at the back of the hillside, across the bubbling stone bridge of the clear spring, it was an overgrown ruin, Liao Kai stopped in place and stared at the scene in front of him, and then slowly raised his head to describe a yearning picture for us.

Liao Kai said that in his childhood memory, in front of the stone bridge is a wooden archway, and then in front of the vermilion gate of Liaofu, the white marble pedestal is exquisitely carved, and the magnificent momentum makes people feel like they are in the palace, in this majestic palace, he witnessed the rise and fall of the once glorious Baiyan Tusi family.

Liao Kai recalled that in its heyday, Liao's Mansion covers an area of more than 100 acres and has nearly 100 buildings, although it is only a Tusi mansion, but its luxury and magnificence are not inferior to the official residence of any prince and noble.

The architectural style of Liao Mansion has a simple and rough aftertaste, and its seat faces east in the west, the jade ditch in the house is vertical and horizontal, and the living water flows for a long time, simply put, the once glorious Liao Mansion is the Forbidden City of Baiyan.

It's a pity that now the things here are not people only left the ruins of the ruins, the people here are simple, suddenly there are so many faces, attracting a lot of villagers to watch, the elders of the village asked us the purpose of coming here, Liao Kai walked up and took out a wooden plaque from the body, which has the traditional ornament of the Miao family, and the middle of the brand is engraved with a Liao character.

Others didn't understand the meaning of this wooden sign, the elders recognized it at a glance, and still shouted Master Liao in their mouths, these elderly people used to be the subjects of the Liao family, even after more than forty years, the relationship between master and servant has long been ingrained in their hearts.

Hearing that Liao Gaogu's grandson had returned, the people in the village came to join in the fun, and Liao Kai asked his people to distribute the gifts he had brought one by one, saying that Liao Gaogu had an excellent reputation in the local area, and although the glory of Baiyan Tusi had ended forty years ago, he could not disgrace Liao Gaogu's fame.

All the people in the village are Miao people, the day we arrived happened to be the Miao traditional Huashan Festival, the village was crowded and lively, and I heard that the descendants of the Tusi came back to be more empty, Liao Kai apologized for letting me find a place to rest first, and I had to gather with the people in the village when I came back once, which has passed almost forty years, and the influence of the Liao family Tusi is still so big, which shows how high the prestige of Liao Gaogu was in Baiyan at that time.

There were too many people who came to see Liao Kai, and they didn't pay attention to being hit hard, they didn't stand firm and fell to the ground, they just wanted to have a seizure when they got up, and when they turned their heads, they saw all the surging heads, and secretly cursed in their hearts, when the toast was like this, I was also eye-opening.

Wait until the evening Liao Kai came back, the village people arranged us in the ancestral hall, which also enshrined the ancestors of the Liao family, Liao Gaogu's tablet is also inside, Liao Kai respectfully finished the incense, outside the ancestral hall walked into more than a dozen people, the leader of the beard has a scar on his face, the lord to Liao Kai in front of the hall is called the hall master, it seems that Liao Kai in the Bamboo Union Gang is not low.

"After more than ten days of secret visits in the village, there are indeed rumors about the treasure of Baiyan Tusi." Scar said to Liao Kai.

It seems that Liao Kai brought a lot of people this time, plus more than a dozen people behind Scar, there are more than 30 in total, presumably before Liao Kai stopped in Chengdu to contact Guo Blind, he first took someone to Baiyan to inquire about the news.

"This is normal, after all, there was too much movement at that time, and hundreds of people were nowhere to be found for no reason, and there were hundreds of mules and horses, who could guess what happened." Liao Kai continued to ask with a calm face. "Anything else?"

"There are a lot of rumors but they are all exaggerated, saying that the people who went offended the mountain gods and evil ghosts or something, but many people have gone to look for them, but they have all returned in vain." Scar shook his head in reply. "I didn't inquire about the rest, and most of the people who remembered these things are no longer alive."

"Has anyone gone missing again?" Liao Kai asked seriously.

"That's not true, almost no one has ever gone to find the treasure, but I haven't heard of anyone missing."

I listened to Liao Kai and Scar next to me and asked and answered, and glanced at the two of them, I don't know what Scar's name is, but I am very respectful in front of Liao Kai, after arriving here, Liao Kai, who used to give me the impression of being polite, suddenly became unfathomable, and can make so many gangsters bow down to their orders, Liao Kai will definitely not be as simple as just an antique dealer.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce to you, these are my friends, this time I went to the deep mountains to be unpredictable, bring more people to take precautions." Liao Kai saw that I was looking at him, and smiled calmly to explain to me.

Wen Ru and Ye Zhiqiu nodded disapprerovingly, the general leaned against the corner and rolled a cigarette, smiled coldly at the corner of his mouth and lowered his voice and said to us: "This time you will hand over the bottom to us, either you are a fool, or you are not afraid that we will say it." ”

Liao Kai doesn't look like a fool no matter how he looks at it, of course, the most able to keep secrets is of course the dead man, the more outspoken Liao Kai is, the more bottomless I feel in my heart, I feel that in his eyes, we are just a few dead people who will have to die sooner or later.

Liao Kai unabashedly continued to ask Scar: "Is there any news about the person I asked you to check?" ”

"I have checked, the four people who returned from the deep mountains back then, they have been delirious until they died, none of them have been sober, three of the four people have died one after another, and now there is one left, who did not live in the village, in the Miao village behind the mountain." Scar nodded.

After listening to this, Liao Kai thought for a moment, raised his head and said to us kindly, the rest of this person is the only person in this world who knows what happened back then, he plans to meet this person to see if he can gain something, I hope we can accompany him, maybe we can find some clues.

"Well, you might be able to learn something about it after a visit." Wen Ru did not shirk in the slightest.

Liao Kai smiled gratefully, turned his head to ask what we meant, I looked at the others, according to the news brought back by Scar, these people are all mentally disordered, crazy and stupid, and they can't say anything, but Ye Zhiqiu is planning to go with him, I don't worry about her leaving my sight, I have no choice but to nod.

Liao Kai looked very happy, politely said thank you to us, and then turned to Scar and said, let him take the others to stay in the ancestral hall, and handed a piece of paper to Scar, as if to ask him to find a place according to the record on the paper, the voice behind him became smaller, and the conversation between Liao Kai and Scar could not be heard clearly.