Chapter 1: The Young Man Carrying the Corpse

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In the summer of 2011, in the Chengdu Plain of Sichuan, a remote mountainous area.

The weather was unusually hot and humid, and there was a heat wave blowing in the distance, and it only took a few steps to make people sweat.

At the end of an unknown highway, two young men were slowly approaching. They came from the west, and it seems that they should have walked all the way here from the direction of the plateau.

One of the two young men was dressed in sportswear, with a long face and fair skin, and he looked a little sickly, but he had a smile as bright as the sun on his face. He has a well-proportioned build, not very tall, but his body is unusually strong. Beside him walked another young man, this young man had a calm face, without the slightest expression on his face, handsome, seemed to be a little introverted, behind him, carrying a large sack, I don't know what it was containing.

Both men looked a little tired and seemed to have been on the road for several days. The long-faced young man took out the kettle in his backpack, took a sip, and then asked the young man next to him, "Ah Cheng, do you want to drink a little?" ”

The young man did not speak, he took the kettle handed by the long-faced young man, took only a small sip and returned it to him.

The long-faced young man looked at him, smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "Ah Cheng, don't always carry it alone, if others don't know the way and think I'm bullying you, why don't I carry it for a while?" ”

The young man did not respond to anything, and seemed to be somewhat stubborn and carried on his own sack. The sack didn't look particularly heavy, but it still made him a little hot on a hot summer day, but he didn't want anyone to help, he didn't think it was necessary.

The long-faced young man made a secret grimace and then sighed heavily. He has a naturally cheerful personality and is a standard optimist, no matter what kind of situation he faces, whether it is dangerous or difficult, he likes to face it with a smile, and self-deprecation and ridicule of others are his forte. However, it is such a person who stays with Ah Cheng who doesn't say a word. Along the way, no matter what jokes the long-faced young man said, Na Ah Cheng was like a facial paralysis, and he didn't react at all. The long-faced young man was a little disappointed, in the past few days, he was depressed, but fortunately, such days were coming to an end.

They walked along the straight road, and at about ten o'clock in the morning they saw an off-road jeep parked on the side of the road. Leaning against the station was a man whose face was covered in scars, as if he had been cut by a knife. The man was wearing sunglasses and a cigarette in his mouth, obviously waiting for the two young men, and when he saw them approaching little by little, he couldn't help but wave his hand.

The long-faced young man quickly stepped forward and shouted in his mouth: "I'll go, Brother Zhen, you're finally here, if you continue like this, my two legs are about to break." ”

Brother Zhen, who was wearing sunglasses, smiled and asked, "Nothing went wrong, right?" ”

The long-faced young man smiled and said, "You still don't worry about my Ryazan errands?" It's a matter of course along the way. ”

At this time, the young man who was carrying something also came over and said in a cold tone: "If you don't make a move, we will be even more hidden." ”

"Hey, Ah Cheng, don't you open a pot and mention a pot." Ryazan saw that Ah Cheng was going to expose him, and immediately changed the topic, saying: "But Ah Cheng's marksmanship is really too accurate, such a big living person, walking, a shot over, impartially, directly hit the spine of Nanwu, which made him incapacitated at that time, I estimate that there are few people in the country who have you these two hits." ”

The young man named Ah Cheng ignored Ryazan's lift, he suddenly opened the back door of the jeep, put the sack on his body inside, and said: "It's all said, don't call me Ah Cheng, just call me by my name - Shu Jingcheng." ”

Ryazan pursed his lips and said, "Isn't it obvious that the two of us have a close relationship by calling you by your nickname." ”

Shu Jingcheng didn't talk again. The man in sunglasses walked to the trunk of the car and opened the sack that Shu Jingcheng had brought back, and inside was a dried corpse that could not distinguish the appearance of a man or a woman. The dried corpse seemed to have weathered for a long time, some years, so it didn't even give off a single stench on such a hot summer.

The man in the sunglasses closed the sack again and said, "We have to get in the car quickly, and we will rush back to Chengdu by tonight, but there is this thing in the car, so we can only take the wild road, and then we will contact the person who answered us to send the body back to the northeast." ”

The three of them nodded, got into the car together, and the man in sunglasses led by him started the car and drove away all the way.

Ryazan sat in the car himself, looking at the rice fields that were speeding away, he felt that it was not interesting, and when he saw the man in sunglasses lighting another cigarette, he said: "Cherish life, Brother Zhen." ”

The man in sunglasses cursed and said, "Leave me alone, you two can sleep, there is still a long way to go to Chengdu." ”

Ryazan looked back at Shu Jingcheng, who was sitting in the back seat, he was flipping through a book, and he looked very quiet. Ryazan couldn't help but say: "Ah Cheng, ah no, no, Shu Jingcheng, what are you looking at?" ”

Shu Jingcheng rolled his eyes, seemed to be very reluctant to deal with this chatter, put the book on his face, and pointed to the cover of the book with his other finger, which read "Thus Said Chatratu".

Ryazan muttered, "My God, can't you read some books that normal people can read?" ”

No one paid attention to Ryazan, so he had to lean back into the co-pilot's seat and look out the window at the monotonous scenery. The original smile on the corner of his mouth was disappearing little by little, and he seemed to remember something.

All along, the young man had always felt that he was a boring person in the eyes of others, and he didn't want to prove anything to others, he just wanted others to feel happy when they were with him, no matter how dangerous the place was. Acting with a sad face is not in line with his philosophy of life.

However, because of this young man's work, the people around him always had a sad face, tense nerves all day long, and could not see a trace of a smile. There is only one person, and that person's name is Fan Peixi, or rather, Fan Peixi can only be regarded as one of his code names.

Ryazan had to admit that the person named Fan Peixi was always a little stupid, and when he was with him, he was always prone to cause all kinds of forks and put everyone in danger. However, he still enjoyed working with this person, because that Fan Peixi knew him and trusted him. Although the two of them are now open enemies, he still recalls from time to time when he worked with Fan Peixi. Everyone Ryazan has come into contact with since he was a child seems to have a very heavy mind, and his childhood was gloomy, so when he met Fan Peixi, he always liked to tease him.

He and Shu Jingcheng behind him, the two of them, with the help of outsiders, obtained the information about the burial pit of the priests of the ancient Shu Kingdom, and quietly followed Nanwu's people there, and Shu Jingcheng shot and killed one of the members of Nanwu. Although these two young men did not look very big, they were both very skilled, and they successfully used the corpse of the Southern Witch to replace the turtle spirit and hang it on the bronze bird, preventing the mechanism from being triggered. All of this was unaware, but just when Fan Peixi was about to encounter danger, Ryazan didn't know what Lu Dao was doing, and reflexively came to the rescue, exposing himself.

Ryazan Zhilu said that the next time the two of them meet again, it is very likely that they will face each other, but after all, that is a matter for the future, and people can't be bothered by things that haven't happened yet, that's too stupid.

He leaned against the window, and the off-road jeep went all the way.

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(Mo Feng's old habit, the beginning of each volume is very slow, and it enters the tense plot little by little, after all, it has entered the closing stage, everyone can't be in a hurry, take your time)