Chapter 1: The Unknown Journey
I was woken up at night, and I was still in a bit of a trance. When I reacted to what Bai Kai said, my door had already been slammed.
As soon as I opened the door, I was startled, and it took me half a minute to distinguish that the person in front of me was Bai Kai.
Although it was night, the temperature was not too low. saw Bai Kai wearing an old-fashioned military coat with a scarf covering half of his face. I only felt that under the black and non-slippery fur hat, the two eyeballs were white.
Bai Kai raised his hand and threw a military coat onto me. Xiao Qian, hurry up and pack up, the car is waiting downstairs.
Before I could complain, he shoved me to the bathroom.
After a hurried pick-up, he went downstairs in a white military coat. Sure enough, there was a car parked downstairs, I knew this car, it was Markham Wing last time, I opened the car door and saw him holding the steering wheel, and he didn't say hello to me.
This qiē was a bit of a rush for me, and I had planned that if I were going to travel, it would be difficult. I also ordered a set of professional travel companion supplies abroad. I didn't want to get it to be no different from a fugitive running away, my head was already dizzy, and Markham's car was driving really savagely, so I never had the energy to ask why he set off so suddenly.
Cars drive along the main roads of the city, and there are very few cars on the road at night. I just felt that the wind was galloping, and the neon lights passed in front of me.
I couldn't help but think to myself, who in this world knew that I Jiang Shuo would leave quietly and silently tonight, and who knew that we were looking for something earth-shattering.
The car drove for a long time, but it never left the city. Finally wait until it stops, it's nothing more than just on the edge of the outer ring. There are many places in this area that have not yet been fully developed, and there is a large area of urban villages. The people who live here are all working people who get up early and stay late, and the number of people who can be seen on the roadside is gradually increasing. In addition, the traffic environment also began to deteriorate, and the car slowed down.
When the car stopped and I finally put my feet on the ground, I realized that we were in a very unfamiliar street.
It's still early in the morning, and it's the coldest time. Thanks to the military coat, my body was slightly sweaty after taking two steps. Markham Wing was dressed like us, and the servants had obviously escaped from a prison, and he walked forward without looking back, walking down a side street. I followed him into a small alley around the corner, and then I saw that there were already a lot of people walking back and forth.
Bai Kai only said at this time, Xiao Que, look at the place where your father once struggled! This cage street can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty at the earliest!
I looked closely, and there was very little light in front of me. It's all vague. But when I heard that it was Cage Street, I muttered a little. Bai Kai picked up the work here earlier, and he saw that Markham Rong meant to buy something?
Markham walked quickly, and by this time he was already standing in the middle of the crowd. As soon as he raised his hand, he raised his arm from the crowd.
Lakh. Go now. Or kill. The Lord Seeker. Markham said unhurriedly.
But these words obviously carried a lot of weight, and I saw that the crowd immediately dodged away. The group seemed surprised, and surprisingly, they didn't hear each other. There was still no sound in the alley.
Bai Kai explained next to him, this is recruiting, it seems that this time is really dangerous, Markham Rong needs help. You can pay attention to the small shortcomings.
Bai Kai lifted the scarf that covered his face up, probably afraid that others would recognize him.
I said, what does it mean to kill and what to find?
It's the general content, it's all jargon. Or kill means that it is difficult to guarantee that no one will die on this trip, whether it is injured yourself or injured by others, this is counted. The Lord is looking for something. Bai Kai glanced over there and said, 100,000 people, we may have to pay for this small lack of money.
I sighed, money is a trivial matter, and now it seems that I really want to find Yinhe. I don't know if it's excitement or nervousness, but I feel a tightness in the back of my neck.
Do these people know Markham? Why are you afraid of him? I saw that there was no movement over there, so I couldn't help but ask Bai Kai.
No, Markham is an old fox, and he has planned where he will appear when he uses his identity. You also know that in many shady businesses, this employer uses code codes to communicate with people through intermediaries, and these people must be shocked when they see such a blatant appearance for the first time.
It seems that the matter must be urgent. Otherwise, Markham Wing would not have taken this step. I stared over there, and there was already a reaction in the crowd, and Markham Rong seemed to be picking people, looking around left and right and pointing at a few people with his fingers, and then turned around and came out. Behind him were three figures.
The alley was pitch black, and I couldn't see the faces of these three people until I walked out on the street.
If I hadn't known that this was Cage Street, it would have been difficult for me to relate these three people to a metaphysical scholar. They were hired by Markham, and I wasn't too embarrassed to go up and say hello. Just secretly watching them.
The eldest of the three looked almost fifty years younger, and his face was already wrinkled, and he didn't have a beard. The dress was very ordinary, a bit like the kind of people I saw at the morning stall at five or six o'clock in the morning. The only peculiarity is that the man wears a long string of beads around his neck. In recent years, he has played with woodwork a lot, and I don't know if this is his eating job or a pure hobby.
The second person was younger, around thirty years old. looks polite and wears a pair of glasses. The stature is very small, and at first glance it looks like a southerner, with a very clean face, and at a glance it looks a bit like an intellectual. When he saw me and Bai Kai, he smiled kindly and nodded. But I didn't open my mouth to speak, so I don't know where the accent is.
The third person surprised me the most, and at first sight, I muttered to myself. Damn, this isn't a middle school student who is tired of playing all night in an Internet café and comes out to wander around. It's just a child. It looks quite similar to Bai Kai, and it's not black. The arms are very thin, and the clothes are dangling in clothes.
I walked with Bai Kai at the end, and I asked him quietly. Do you know these people? That kid isn't your illegitimate child, is it?
Bai Kai pondered for a while, I don't know, what is said in this line is not to be disguised. To be able to be favored by Markham, there must be two brushes. But I have to warn you, since these people can take over the work here, they are certainly not good at it. Don't expect them to save you when something happens, remember! Protect yourself if you are in danger!
Bai Kai's words seemed to have seen through the detached tone of the cage street, and I nodded. Six people sat in the car, although it was not crowded, but it was inevitable that there would be contact. I was thinking that there would be some communication on the way, and that I would be able to find out something. Who knew that Markham Wing's car kept driving, and no one in the car spoke. Markham Wing didn't even turn on the car radio, I only heard the sound of tires running on the ground, and watched as the car gradually drove into the airport parking lot.
I've been to the airport countless times, but this time it felt different.
One is that there are many strangers in the same company, and I am a little worried. The second is that I don't know what to face next, and I always feel unconfident.
Markham Wing arranged to buy a plane ticket to Beijing. But I don't feel like our destination is somewhere.
Sure enough, when I got on the plane and arrived in Beijing, it was already the morning of the next day.
We were extremely tired after a night, but we didn't have time to rest, so we just stopped at the airport for a short time and immediately changed to another plane to Harbin. Tong Guò observed me and found that Markham Wing's trip really did not have any plans. We're just following the time-first theorem, which is to go north as fast as we can.
Sure enough, we still didn't stop in Harbin, but stepped on a train and headed in the direction of Mohe.
Fortunately, it was a sleeper, and I was finally able to lie down and rest. The six of us chartered three sleeper cars, sleeping people in the lower bunk, and some miscellaneous carry-on luggage in the upper bunk. I opened a room with Bai Kai, and when there was no one around, I asked Bai Kai if I knew where I was going.
Bai Kai didn't have a bottom on this journey, looked out the car window, and said that he was going to Mohe.
I said, is the Yin River in the Mohe? Why don't we fly there? I saw a flight to Mohe at the airport.
I don't know, maybe Markham doesn't know the specifics of Yinhe, but he just knows that this generation is here. Bai Kai thought about it and said, so we can't go too fast, don't take off your clothes when you sleep, maybe we will get off at any time.