In the summer of 1995, one night, on the border of Western Xinjiang Province, Tarim Pass.

The green train stopped quietly in the middle of the woods, and Cheng Di dragged his tired and scarred body and slowly walked off the train. In his hand was an ancient book, an ancient book that had been accidentally discovered in the ancient country of Poz.

He looked at the ancient book, and he couldn't see it for a long time, but he didn't say a word, didn't make a move.

Everyone in the archaeological team of the Western Expedition died, except for him, those people either died at the hands of various natural disasters or monsters, or their lives were ended by his own hands.

The moonlight was shining, but under the obscuration of the leaves, everything was not visible.

A mobile phone rang suddenly, Cheng Di took out his mobile phone and saw Zheng Huairen's name.

"Hello?"

"Mr. Cheng, how's the situation going?"

Cheng Di paused, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "There are some problems on the way, and I may have to go back a few days late." ”

"No problem, do you have any findings? Something about the secret art of immortality? ”

Cheng Di looked at the book in his hand hesitantly, did not hesitate, and replied affirmatively: "I'm sorry, no." ”

The other end of the phone was silent for a long time, and Cheng Di was also silent for a long time, maybe dozens of seconds later, Zheng Huairen said very calmly: "Okay, the specific things will be said when you come back." ”

Cheng Di simply said "um" and hung up the phone.

A few days later, in Beijing, Jinchengge Hotel, Cheng Di was invited to a private room.

There were three people sitting at the dinner table, Zheng Huairen, Li Zhuo, and Xiao Xinyu.

There were dozens of other bodyguards standing around in a dignified manner, led by Fan Zhi.

"Yo, Mr. Cheng is back, welcome, welcome, this trip is really hard for you." Xiao Xinyu poured Cheng Di a glass of wine and said politely, "I am fortunate to have you in this scientific expedition, otherwise everything would have fallen short." ”

Cheng Di glanced at it and sat down silently in the last seat, the three of them with friendly and strange smiles on their faces.

"You're welcome, it's my duty to collect money and do things." Cheng Di didn't drink or move chopsticks, but just said.

The three of them glanced at each other for some reason, and Li Zhuo suddenly said: "Mr. Cheng, you are the only survivor of this scientific expedition, and you still need to take the trouble to help us sort out a lot of information, and only you can tell us where the ancient country of Pozi is." ”

Cheng Di's eyes flickered, for some reason, he seemed to feel that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, a person like him always had a keen perception of danger beyond ordinary people.

For a moment, Cheng Di smiled politely, obviously he was not a person who liked to laugh, such an expression appeared on his face, which looked very stiff and weird. "Director Li, in terms of details, I'm afraid I can't say a few words at the dinner table. Otherwise, we will have dinner today, and I will personally go to the General Administration of Scientific Research tomorrow to tell you in detail. ”

Li Zhuo immediately nodded, looking very pleased: "Okay-good-no problem, just listen to Mr. Cheng, but-you also know that Mr. Zheng, as our sponsor of this event, is in addition to normal archaeological discoveries...... There are other things that Mr. Cheng is very interested in, these things...... You might as well start with that today, right? ”

Cheng Di frowned, pretended to be puzzled, and asked, "What does Mr. Zheng want to know?" ”

At this time, Zheng Huairen, who had been silent, finally opened his mouth, he smiled and said, "What's the matter, didn't Zheng already tell you?" About immortality. ”

Cheng Di suddenly realized "oh" and said, "Then I didn't tell you too, and I didn't find anything." ”

The expressions of the three people changed in an instant, and Cheng Di actually saw a faint trace of gloom in Zheng Huairen's eyes.

Cheng Di's heart sank suddenly, he knew very well that Zheng Huairen was a very shrewd person, and he was also very powerful.

"Mr. Cheng, are you kidding me?" After a long time, Zheng Huairen leaned his back heavily on the chair and said in a very cold tone.

"Oh? How? Cheng Di asked rhetorically.

Zheng Huairen laughed treacherously and said, "I seem to have heard that you found an ancient book in the ancient country of Pozi, and you specially brought it out, I want to know, what is recorded in this ancient book?" Is it related to the secret art of immortality? ”

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Di's face changed instantly, and although others didn't notice it, his pupils had actually dilated.

"Your eyeliner is in the archaeological team?!" The day has come to talk here, Cheng Di simply didn't hide it, and asked bluntly.

Zheng Huairen sneered, pinched the wine glass in his hand, and said, "Of course, although the other person is dead, he still passed on all the news about you to me before he died. Mr. Cheng, I don't understand, why are you hiding this matter, you know that I don't want anything else but this matter. ”

Cheng Di's eyes were cold, and he also sneered, shook his head, picked up the wine glass in front of the table, thought about it, and put it down again.

"Mr. Zheng, this matter alone is already very serious. Now that you've made it clear, I'll tell you the truth, I did get a book, not only that book, but I also saw a book called "The Secret Art of Immortality in the library of the palace of Pozi", but I must tell you that it is not a method of immortality, but an evil art, once this kind of thing appears, not only will your purpose not be achieved, but the whole world will not know how much chaos will occur. Since ancient times, whenever it comes to immortality, there has always been a fight, a bloody storm, and this desire itself is a curse, you should not have fallen into it, and I am obliged to keep this secret. ”

In fact, before the words were finished, Zheng Huairen's face was actually extremely dark, Li Zhuo and Xiao Xinyu looked at each other, and their expressions were extremely gloomy.

"The reason why you brought that book out shows that it is also related to immortality, right?"

When Zheng Huairen asked like this, Cheng Di immediately sighed, obviously, he didn't listen to his words at all.

"It's a pity, Mr. Zheng, that I didn't have that book with me today. You shouldn't have bothered with it, and in my opinion, it would be more appropriate to call it the Evil Spirit's Handbook. ”

"It seems that today...... Mr. Cheng is not going to talk about it properly? ”

Zheng Huairen said this time, without him having to say anything, Fan Zhi took those bodyguards to press up violently. Cheng Di looked at it without changing his face, and he was already surrounded tightly.

"Mr. Zheng, do you want to be rough?"

"What do you say?"

Ten minutes later, Cheng Di ran out of the hotel with a heavy face, and Fan Zhi led people to chase after him closely, but he soon lost it. In the private room, more than 20 bodyguards fell to the ground, babbling and screaming, and the expressions of the three people were how ugly and ugly they were.

"Rubbish! Eater! So many people! He can't even be left alone! ”

Zheng Huairen shouted and scolded, no one dared to answer his words, Xiao Xinyu slapped his thigh at this time, and complained: "Oh, Mr. Zheng! What can I do this time! You promised us that there would be no problems! Li Ju and I also cooperated with you without caring about anything because of the profitability of this immortal secret technique! Look - what a thing this is! ”

As soon as Zheng Huairen raised his head, he glared at Xiao Xinyu murderously, and didn't say anything, Xiao Xinyu reflexively closed his mouth, his eyes panicked.

"You two listen to me, better talk less nonsense! I know all the things you have been doing all these years of reselling cultural relics, and I will give you two days to use all your connections to arrest this damn Cheng Di for me! If I can't do it, don't do your position as director! Understood, no! ”

The two of them may have understood, or they may have understood, but in short, they nodded hurriedly.

These are the things that are the origin of all things.

Cheng Di, as a personal experience of the ancient kingdom of Pozi, was the first person in the whole world to realize that a major event related to immortality had happened a long, long time ago, and this moment was thirteen years ahead of Zheng Xiaofeng and others.

He knows very well and understands that once any details about this big event are known to the world, it will definitely set off an unprecedented storm in the treasure stealing world, and eventually it will affect the entire black and white realm, and the reason why he understands it is because his true identity is originally a person in the treasure thief world.

Today, thirteen years later, the facts have indeed proved his conjecture, and now the black and white are completely in chaos.

So, in order to prevent any possible consequences, Cheng Di made the most important decision in his life, and his intuition told him that there must be some earth-shattering secret in that ancient book.

After all, in order to stop this, he first had to know what was behind it.

At first, he couldn't understand the words on the ancient books, although he was also very accomplished in this area, so he had to make a special trip to visit his friend, a master in the field of ancient characters, who was also the biological daughter of Ning Haipeng, the boss of the Mountain Moving Association.

said that it was everyone, but in fact, at that time, she was only eighteen years old, and sometimes talent is really inexplicable.

Ning Qingque used a very similar method to Kudo Jun, and it took a long time to translate the places recorded in the ancient books, and from that day on, Cheng Di entered a state of disappearance for nearly a year.

But this verse is unknown to the world.

In this year's time, Cheng Di was alone, walked through Saudi Arabia, walked through Ailan, and walked through the Arctic Ocean, every time it was a thousand difficulties and dangers, and he almost lost his life, but he never stopped, but unfortunately, until he went to the last place and returned from the Arctic Ocean, the matter still could not be investigated clearly.

In the autumn of 1996, early in the morning, Fengyun Village, Liuxian County, Changzhou, Hangzhou, in front of the Bodhi Temple.

The leaves are colorful, the inside and outside of the temple are full of a yellow and clear gold, in the early morning, the dew is dripping, although there is a sense of slaughter, but also has the meaning of vitality.

The long-haired old monk swept the fallen leaves, inadvertently pushed open the temple door, and Cheng Di's figure appeared just before the steps.

The old monk was stunned, Cheng Di's tired face showed a slight smile, and after a moment, the old monk stood up and smiled, said "Amitabha", and said, "Master Cheng, long time no see." ”

Cheng Di possessed himself, returned a salute, and said, "I haven't listened to the master's lecture for a long time, and I'm here to disturb me today." ”

After a while, the two sat opposite each other in front of the Buddha statue, and a table was placed in the middle of the two people.

The old monk made a pot of tea, the tea was very strong, but it seemed to have no taste.

Cheng Di didn't say anything for a while, just stared at the hot air on the teacup in a daze, and was obsessed for a while.

The old monk didn't speak, closed his eyes, and silently recited the scriptures, until a smell of flowers wafted in from outside the incense hall, and the old monk opened his eyes again.

"Amitabha, Master Cheng seems to have something on his mind, I am afraid that I am not only here to listen to the old man's lectures, right?"

Cheng Di was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, took a sip of tea, and said with a wry smile: "Master Wisdom, Junior...... I really have doubts in my heart, and I want to ask the master to solve it for me. ”

The old monk smiled gently, and said slowly: "It's okay to talk about the donor. ”

Cheng Di took a deep breath, and after about a few dozen seconds, he opened his mouth in a few words.

"I have committed many sins, harming heaven and reason, and doing all kinds of evil, but ...... Since I have a wife and daughter to worry about...... Deeply remorseful...... In the past few years, I often listened to the master lecture on the Buddha here, and the younger generation also benefited a lot...... I want to redeem, I want to redeem, but ...... I beg the Master to speak up, is there a chance for someone like me to do it all over again......"

The old monk was silent for a while, looked at the Buddha statue, and said "Amitabha" again, for a long time, turned his head, and showed a calm smile.

"There is a chance, and there is ...... There is no chance. ”

Cheng Di was puzzled, so he asked, "How do you say this?" ”

The old monk gently put the rosary on the table, sat upright, looked at Cheng Di seriously, and said solemnly: "It seems easy to put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground, but how many people can really put down the butcher's knife?" ”

Cheng Di suddenly, looked sideways at the sky, and sighed helplessly.

"I understand what the master means, and I know that just walking the rivers and lakes in the name of 'Bodhi' doesn't mean anything. As long as you are in the world of treasure thieves, it is difficult not to do the wrong thing, but many times, people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves. ”

Except for the old monk, no one in this world knows that the fourth Bodhi son of the famous sixteen thieves is Cheng Di.

The old monk was stunned, took a sip of tea, and suddenly changed his words, and asked, "Is it difficult for the donor to get out because he is coerced?" ”

Cheng Di was sad for a while, hesitated for a long time, and replied: "That's right." ”

"In that case, why not ask the police for help?"

Cheng Di smiled bitterly and replied: "If I call the police and investigate in-depth, my identity may not be hidden, I don't want to have no chance to accompany my wife and daughter in this life, besides...... The police may not believe those things. ”

When the old monk heard this, he had no choice but to sigh deeply.

The tea had cooled, and the courtyard was full of leaves on the ground.

"I already know the donor's intentions, the heart of the past is unattainable, the present is unattainable, the future is unattainable, no matter what the world is, the donor, at least should be the first step to put down the butcher's knife."

Cheng Di was dumbfounded, suddenly drank all the tea in the cup, and bowed deeply together.

"The master's teachings, the juniors remember, they will do their best, but the juniors still have a please."

"Donor, please."

"Today's matter, please don't mention it to outsiders, including my identity, traces, and family, even if one day in the future, I may be killed, even if it is in the face of the police, the master must not say it."

The old monk was puzzled for a moment, so he asked, "Why is the donor like this?" ”

"It's useless to say these things now, but they may bring you death, if the master really wants to say it, it will only be meaningful to say it after I really die, if something big happens in the world. But to tell the truth, I can't predict what this big event is, it's all up to the master's discretion, keeping these secrets is what I want to do most in my life, and I hope the master will fulfill it. ”

The old monk pondered for a long time, picked up the rosary again, and said "Amitabha" again, and then, he also stood up and said to Cheng Di Zhengse: "Don't worry, the old man will be tight-lipped like a bottle." ”

Cheng Di smiled happily, this time it was a heartfelt smile, the smile was not ugly, and even a little bright.

Cheng Di left, this was the last time he came to the Bodhi Temple, and a saber was left at the table in the incense hall.

……

In the same year, in winter, snowy night, in the same place, taking advantage of the vast snow and night, a large number of people surrounded the residence of Cheng Di's family tightly.

There are several hundred, and the leaders are three familiar people, Zheng Huairen, Li Zhuo, and Xiao Xinyu.

When a group of people rushed into the door with machetes, the two people inside were hurriedly packing their bags. Li Xue's face suddenly showed a look of panic, and Cheng Di immediately protected Li Xue, with only helplessness and embarrassment in his eyes.

The three of them walked into the door together, and when they saw Cheng Di, they smiled sadly, Zheng Huairen looked up to the sky and sighed: "Mr. Cheng, it's been a year, and I finally let me find you, you are really good at hiding, I never knew that you still have a wife." ”

Cheng Di didn't speak, but the muscles up and down his body were already tense, and he was ready to fight. It's a pity that just almost, the first moment they noticed the wind, the couple had already started to prepare, originally, they were about to flee from here, but after all, it was still a step too late, maybe this is the will of God.

What happened next was almost a complete reproduction of the scene in the Jincheng Pavilion in Beijing, Zheng Huairen sent a negotiation to Cheng Di for the last time, but Cheng Di still made it clear that there was no need to talk.

So the two sides fell into a fight, the only difference is that this time the bodyguard was instructed by Zheng Huairen to really plan to kill him.

Cheng Di is very strong, although he has made the determination to put down the butcher knife, but this time he still did not relent, in order to protect his family, dozens of people died under his hands one after another.

It's just that no matter how powerful a person is, there are times when he is outnumbered, not to mention, he has to protect another person.

The snow is vast, and the sound of snow can perfectly cover all the sounds of fighting, when a machete accidentally poked into Li Xue's body, with a grief-stricken "Xue'er", Cheng Di's heart was completely messed up.

In order to protect Cheng Di, she took the initiative to block the knife.

But she couldn't say a word, and she didn't even get a last look at Cheng Di, so she closed her eyes and fell to the ground.

At this moment, Cheng Di fell into complete madness, he roared heartbreakingly, and killed dozens of people one after another, but he also messed up the rules because of this.

The current scene, in fact, started from the fall of the first bodyguard, which Li Zhuo and Xiao Xinyu never thought of before they came, they always thought that this trip was just coercion, and they didn't expect Zheng Huairen to do things so desperately.

Xiao Xinyu's face turned pale, and he asked Zheng Huairen with sweat: "Mr. Zheng, how should this matter end now!" ”

Although Zheng Huairen was also trembling slightly, his mentality was unusually resolute, and he said: "The matter has come to this point, we can only cut the grass and eradicate the roots!" ”

Li Zhuo and Xiao Xinyu really understood at this time that they were on a thief ship that they should never have boarded.