Mountains and seas have a home

Chapter 125

"I know, ma'am." Elder Sun looked at his watch, then put it in his pocket, "I often express regret about it. The end of the new year is coming soon, and the warden is not here. I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult."

Bai Zhu took a sip of the tea, watched the petals and tea leaves tumbling up and down in the water, and cast a glance at Old Sun, who listened to people talking with his hands down as usual.Bai Zhu twitched the corners of his lips, then walked to Luoxue's window and said, "Old Sun, how many years have you been with the Bai family?"

Elder Sun pursed his lips and thought about it for a while, as if he was recalling it. After a while, he opened his mouth with a heavy sense of vicissitudes: "I am 65 years old this year. Forget it, it has been 60 years since I entered the door."

Bai Zhu was silent. While rubbing the back of her hand, she smelled the warm and indifferent tea fragrance, and said, "60 years, not too short. Mr. Hu passed away 20 years ago. Six years later, Lord Zanying He also left, 14 years ago. I remember that we all went to her funeral. Then there was Prince Zhenjiang, whose coffin was buried a year after Lord Hou was buried."

She paused here for a long time, and when she spoke again, she turned around and walked to the desk: "They are all gone."

Elder Sun didn't answer her words, because this topic was uncomfortable for anyone to hear. They are people who walk around in the dark, life and death depend on their fate, and their wealth depends on the sky.Bai Zhu stood at the table and opened the kraft paper bag, and took out a stack of white papers. The first one had a photo on it. She picked it up and compared it with the image on the video. The two were exactly the same, except for a slight change in expression and eyes. It is impossible to find the wrong place.

Turn around the facial identification device next to it. This device is often used to identify terrorist leaders on the anti-terrorist battlefield. Even if a person is blown to pieces by a shell, it can still be analyzed.Bai Zhu saw that the numbers were rising, and the matching rate was 100%. There was no doubt that this was a person.

She leaned on her forehead and hovered in front of the desk. Folders were neatly stacked on the desk, and there was a label on the light blue plastic seal, indicating which issue and which edition it was.

"What else happened in the prison?" Bai Zhu asked. She fiddled with the decorative scale on the table twice, and the scale shook from side to side. "Did Tang Ji find anything strange when he escaped from prison?"

Bai Zhu calculated the time in his mind, and it was last year when Tang Ji escaped from prison. At that time, the backtracking plan had not yet started, and he was still living in the old house in Nancheng, and Ji Yao was still in Russia.She heard the news from TV that day, and the lady of the Bai family, who had retired for many years, once again felt the sea-like anger that she had felt many years ago.

Elder Sun took out an unofficial-looking notebook from the cabinet, opened it and read it carefully, and then handed it to Bai Zhu: "Someone is robbing a prison, and if their identities have not been found out, hackers can't invade their system. I guess It's the organization behind Tang Ji, he's been in the underworld before, just like us."

"Of course he used to be in the underworld." Bai Zhu flipped through a few pages, then put them aside, "We are all on the same road, and I fought against him, but that was a long time ago, so it's not worth mentioning .”

"Then according to Madam, the people behind him are likely to be other families like us." Sun Lao said, "We are the main sect, and he is the secondary sect. Who can he get together with?"

Bai Zhu didn't speak, she lowered her eyes and saw the stacked documents on the corner of the table, and the paperwork from above had been locked in the cabinet.She brushed away the top stacks, and pulled out a stack of stapled papers from the bottom. Elder Sun saw that her lips were as sharp as a knife's edge.

"EDGA" was written on the paper, which is the abbreviation of the Beijing Time Bureau. The emblem of the giant eagle tree was reflected on the cover, occupying most of the paper, and Bai Zhu could clearly see the eagle's eyes.She stared at the badge for a long time, gloomy like a cloud filled with water.

"Madam, this is an order from the Time Bureau, requesting us to transfer prisoners from the prison to support the work on the coordinate device." Elder Sun reminded, "The director of the prison has signed it, and the document will be valid until the end of the retrospective plan." .”

Apparently, Elder Sun's words didn't make Bai Zhu's expression fluctuate. She is a strict lady, especially her pair of long eyebrows, and her sharp, unsloppy lips.Coming from a wealthy family, she possesses innumerable secret wealth, her innate aura, and the cold aura she has after being immersed in Kunpeng's sect for a long time, all of which make her look like a snow-falling city outside the window, avoiding people for thousands of miles.

When the tea was completely cool, Bai Zhu closed the document and threw it on the cypress table, making a crisp sound.From this sound, Elder Sun could hear the anger and dissatisfaction, and he knew that something must have touched Madam's sore spot.

"Time Bureau." Bai Zhu looked at the central screen, Zhao Pei's face was still on it, and Bai Zhu's eyes were fixed on the glowing electronic board, "Molecular Recombination Technology."

The light made her face pale, with only thick ink-like eyebrows and bright red lips, thick and colorful.Although she is old, she still looks elegant and beautiful, and this is mostly due to her timeless face and just right manner.

Old Sun didn't hear her words clearly, because Bai Zhu almost bit his lip and said those words, and disappeared into the silent office in an instant like a gust of wind.Elder Sun was about to ask, but Bai Zhu raised his hand to stop him from making a sound, and wandered around the room with his waist supported.

Bai Zhu didn't speak again after that, she seemed to be preoccupied, as if she had been thinking about some major problem, and she never untied her brows.Old Sun didn't dare to speak indiscriminately, he knew that his wife had her own opinion, but now, I'm afraid there is really something wrong

Elder Sun sent Bai Zhu away in a hurry. Before leaving, Bai Zhu took away the memory device containing Zhao Pei's video and put it in the inner pocket of the cloak.She wrapped up her sable scarf, stood in front of the foyer and saw the snow getting bigger and bigger, and waited for a while, waiting for the car to come.

"The year is almost over, and the snow is still so heavy, it is really going to bury Beijing." Bai Zhuqing looked calmly at the roots of the boxwood tree buried by the snow.

"There is not as much snow as this year in the usual year. This winter is too long. I don't know if we can wait until spring in March, but I think it's probably impossible." Sun Lao laughed. They simply talked about the weather, like Talking about trivial matters.

Bai Zhu looked back at Elder Sun, and rarely smiled: "As an informant of the Bai family, you have worked hard for you these years. Why did you choose to stay in the door all the time? Obviously you can leave."

Old Sun looked at Xue and shook his head, and said, "My life was saved by Lord Zanying, otherwise I would never be able to get out of the winter when I was five years old. It is my blessing that Lord Hou asked me to honor the Bai family." , The kindness of a drop of water will be repaid by the spring."

"You are very loyal." Bai Zhu said, she heard the sound of the car's engine, "After this vote is done, spring will come. Mr. Sun, go out and have a look at that time, the lotus in Baiyangdian , it looks great."

Elder Sun understood the meaning inside and outside the words, and he also knew that it was time for him to leave.Except for winter, Elder Sun's memories of spring, summer and autumn are very vague.He had experienced a bitter winter, and he always felt that his life would stay in the winter when he was five years old forever.

Bai Zhu got into the car, raised his hand and waved to Elder Sun, then closed the window, and Elder Sun stood in front of the door to send the car away from the prison gate.Bai Zhu leaned on the back of the chair, the car drove up the elevated highway at high speed, blurred lights and shadows passed by noisily outside.

"Go to Mr. Yan's residence." Bai Zhu said, she folded her legs and opened the magazine again.Take out the tablet from the bag, call out the folder, and the page that pops up is Yan Luzhao's photo, next to the basic information.

She closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead until it turned red.There are too many things like this, and too many people to deal with.After Guzhou's accident, Bai Zhu took over all of Guzhou's work - she did it for revenge, the hatred of many people.

The driver followed the navigation and drove off the viaduct, and then entered the urban road. The speed slowed down significantly, and the urban area was full of traffic.Bai Zhu saw the flickering lights, and on the giant screen, a supermodel was endorsing a perfume, and the city was shrouded in smoke and dust.

Drive out from the main road and turn into a relatively crowded civic residential area, with buildings lined up on both sides, pedestrians passing by on the sidewalk, a few leaves hanging from the sidewalk trees, and inexplicable fireworks in the distance.

"Why does the peace ambassador live in this kind of place?" Bai Zhu got off the car and stood at the gate of an ordinary community. On the stone wall next to him was engraved: Four Seasons Osmanthus Garden and Osmanthus Garden. The words "Dangui Garden" were covered by snowflakes, and the holly trees were still green.

The driver bowed apologetically, and said, "This is the address you gave me. This is the only place in Beijing called Osmanthus Garden. Madame, do you want to go in?"

Bai Zhu looked around, and several domestic dogs stood in the snow looking at her, and the fountain at the entrance of the community was also frozen.She brushed off the snow from her body, opened the umbrella and walked into the gate, with the driver leading the way for her.

Sancha is sitting on the balcony writing a book, he has tied up his hair, and there is freshly brewed coffee by his hand, which is steaming with a bitter aroma.The house was deserted, with no lights on, only a glass chandelier on the balcony.

Without Gu Zhou, Sandie felt a little lonely.He stopped typing, picked up the mobile phone next to him to check, pressed Guzhou's contact number, and called, but still no one answered.The snow was still falling outside the window, and it was no different from before except that it was blown denser by the wind.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, Sandie looked at the door to make sure he heard it right.He thought for a while, he didn't seem to have an appointment with any guests today, could it be that the neighbor came to complain about the roof leaking again?

Turn on the lights in the whole house, and only open the door after three stacks. Unlike the fat neighbor he imagined, with a mournful face, there is a lady whom he has never met standing outside. Behind the lady is a well-dressed middle-aged man, who should be a bodyguard. or assistant.

Bai Zhu raised her eyes, and she felt an inexplicable sense of oppression as soon as she raised her eyes three folds. Fortunately, Bai Zhu smiled: "I am Bai Zhu, the owner of the northeast hunting ground. Yes, please forgive me."

"Ms. Bai." Sandie looked Bai Yi up and down, making sure her appearance matched her identity, "I've heard about you, but I don't think we know each other."

"Yes, sir, we've never met before."

"How did you find my door? You know I have the right to deny you entry."

Bai Zhu clasped her hands, the cloak was hanging down to her calves, she wore a small black hat on her head, and the jewels on her earrings were shining brightly: "Gu Zhou hasn't contacted you for a long time, right? I'm Mr. Gu Zhou's aunt."

After Sandie heard these words, Bai Zhu keenly caught the flash of shock and stiffness on his young face.Bai Zhu was not panicked, in fact, she was not panicked at the beginning, because she knew that she was sure of winning.Bai Zhu took out a mobile phone from his bag, pressed it on and showed it to Sandie, there was a long list of missed calls, and the caller was Yan Luzhao.

This is Gu Zhou's phone.

Bai Zhu handed the phone to Sandie, without saying a word.She stood in front of the door unhurriedly, as if she didn't care about anything.The elevator door opened suddenly, and the three-stacked fat neighbor came out and glanced over here.

In the end, Bai Zhu entered Sandie's house. As soon as she entered, she could smell the scent of roses, but there were no flowers in the house, maybe it was perfume.There is an open book on the low bamboo stool, next to a small bronze sculpture, the open book seems to be telling the distant life.

Sandie asked Bai Zhu's opinion, poured warm boiled water for her, although it seemed inappropriate for a rich lady to drink boiled water, but Sandie didn't say much, and didn't think too much.They sat down facing each other, Bai Zhu took off his cloak, folded it, and put it on the sofa.

"Why is Gu Zhou's cell phone in your hand?" Sandie asked first, and he put down his coffee. "He never answers my calls or contacts me. Do you know what's going on?"

Bai Zhun looked at the mobile phone on the coffee table without changing his face, covered the hot water cup with his wrinkled hands, and said, "Mr. Yan, I know that you and Gu Zhou are very good friends. Don't say too much. I'm an old lady, and I can't play tricks to deceive people. I can only tell you with regret that Mr. Gu Zhou encountered difficulties while performing missions at the border, and the situation is not very good. "

Sandie clenched his fingers suddenly, he felt a long-lost suffocation, as if a cold sharp claw squeezed his heart tightly.Although the room was sprayed with a touch of rose water, it still couldn't relieve his tension at this time.

All this was seen by Bai Zhu, and when Sandie was about to speak, Bai Zhu spoke a step ahead: "We are doing our best to search and rescue, Mr. Yan, everything will be fine, everything will be fine, please don't be nervous."

"Madam Bai—please allow me to call you like this—I'm afraid you are more than just the owner of the northeast hunting ground?" Sandie stared at Bai Zhu for a long time, and he also thought about a lot during that time, "Otherwise, how could I I know what you're saying is true."

Bai Zhu looked into Sandie's eyes, took a sip of hot water from the water glass, and never left her eyes from Sandie's face.That gaze, like a judge judging a prisoner in court, is full of judgment and scrutiny.

The two confronted each other for a long time, and suddenly they both laughed. After three laughs, the lady on the opposite side said with a slight smile: "I'm an old lady, what else can I do other than run a hunting ground? Mr. Yan, I can't compare Not you young people."

Sandie naturally had a sense of proportion in his heart, but he didn't say it clearly, he poured new hot water for Bai Zhu, and Bai Zhu took out a sealed envelope from his bag, and pushed it in front of Sandie.

"What does this mean?" Sandie asked. He leaned on the chair to look at the envelope, and saw the lacquered and gilded sealing badge, which was black and white wings. There was a line written on the back, which was the recipient's address: No. 217, Mingxi Road, Suian Street. , Signed in the lower right corner: under Kunpeng's sect.

Bai Zhu picked the envelope from the three folded faces, and said, "Please send me a letter. Please take this letter to the address on the envelope, and hand it over to the owner of that house. I will understand. There are some things that I am not comfortable telling you, but when you find the address, you will know everything."

Sandie's gaze swept over Bai Zhu's face in search of a little, except for that face was a little old, there was nothing wrong with it at all.From the moment she entered the door, Bai Zhu's eyes never fluctuated, even when she smiled, her eyes didn't smile.

Sandie understands that these old foxes are capable of beating around the bush without being alarmed, so he admits defeat, he is no match for the old lady in front of him.

Turning the envelope over and covering it, crossing hands in three folds, after a moment of silence, he spoke again in a gloomy voice: "Madam Bai, I have to tell you something. A few days ago, my cell phone kept receiving broadcast messages for no reason. The audio, which contains syllables that are constantly tapping, I know, it is Morse code. Guess what message I got after deciphering the audio?"

Bai Zhu lowered his eyes and said, "What news?"

"The audio is a poem: 'The crow reports the funeral in the cage, but the fish dies tragically. It's sad in the north wind and snow...'" Sandie paused, looked up at Bai Zhu, "' You're next'."

The atmosphere in the room became extremely dignified because of the poems Sanchai recited. Sancha turned on his mobile phone, called up the audio, turned up the volume, and placed it on the coffee table. Soon, there were regular knocks from the mobile phone. The beating sound, short and long, sounds frightening.

"The crow reported the funeral in the cage, and the fish died tragically. You are sad in the north wind and snow, and you will be next." Bai Zhu read softly after listening to the audio, Sandie had already pressed the play button, and threw the phone aside go.

They pursed their lips tightly and stared at each other. The atmosphere was like a taut bowstring, which was about to be disconnected in the next second. Only the snow falling outside the window made the world look a little more dynamic.Ten seconds later, Bai Zhu reached out and knocked on the table: "Threat, someone is threatening you."

"I am a peace ambassador, so I will naturally receive many threatening letters. But this time it is different. The poem mentions crows and fish. Guzhou once raised a starling and four goldfish. What is Beifeng? North. Ma'am , think about it, why is it such a coincidence?"

"Can you find the source of the audio? Mr. Yan, the king is the first to capture the thief."

"Of course I'm going to check, but how can I find it? If I can find it all at once, do I need to tell me in Morse code?" Sandie said, "He is warning me that Guzhou is in danger now, and there are people who will chase after him. Follow me."

"Where are the fish and birds?" Bai Zhu asked, but she didn't hear any birds chirping in the room when she entered.

Sandie clasped his thumbs together and clasped his fingers tightly, and said: "Because of my schedule, I rushed back from Xi'an to give a speech. When I got back here, Gu Zhou was not there, and the fish and birds were gone. He told me in advance, saying He was sent to his father's care."

Bai Zhu was clutching the water glass at this time, the folds of her black coat were like running water, and a gold chiseled flower was pinned to her chest.Bai Zhu knocked on the rim of the cup, raised the corners of his mouth, and said, "Do you know where Gu Zhou's father lives?"

He lowered his eyes and glanced at the envelope, the third stack didn't say anything, he knew it in his heart.Bai Zhu understood what he meant, and the two of them smiled and didn't speak, the smell of coffee was suppressing the smell of roses.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door again, Sandie and Bai Zhu were both startled, Bai Zhu put down his water glass and asked, "Mr. Yan, did you invite any other guests? If it's inconvenient, I'll take my leave first." gone."

She was about to pick up the cloak next to her, wiped off the velvet scarf and just wanted to get up, opened the drawer three times to put the envelope and Guzhou's cell phone in, and gestured to Bai Zhubi to signal her not to be nervous: "Maybe it's My neighbor, he's always complaining about the leaking roof."

Sandie walked to the door and was about to ask, when a voice came from outside, it was the driver guarding the door: "Ma'am, the sixth door is here."

Hearing this, Bai Zhu shook the clothes on his hands and was stunned for a moment.Sandie turned the video camera at the door to Bai Zhu, and said, "Madam, this seems to be someone you know."

"Know him?" Bai Zhu glanced at the screen, the outside surveillance captured several people standing outside the door, the leader was wearing a black woolen coat, "Of course I know, Lin Liu, why is he here to join in the fun?"

Lin Yifeng stood in front of the door with his hands in his hands, his leather shoes were still stained with snow foam, followed by two bodyguards.Lin Yifeng stared at the house number calmly. His slightly thin nose and forehead became colder under the lamp, as if he had brought the entire Russian winter.

After opening the door, the first thing Lin Yifeng saw was not the peace ambassador, but the Mrs. Bai family standing behind the ambassador.An invisible trace of shock flashed across his face, but as if it was reasonable, he immediately changed into a warm expression.

"Mr. Yan." Lin Yifeng opened his mouth with a winter air. He took out his ID card from his pocket and flashed it, "I am Lin Yifeng, the head of the equipment department of EDGA. I'm here because of my name. Excuse me."

Sandie was puzzled, why so many extraordinary people came to visit his family today, first the owner of the hunting ground, and then the head of the Time Bureau, the two seemed to know each other a little bit.Is today any special day?Sandie thought about it, but it didn't quite look like it.

Lin Yifeng took off his gloves and shook hands with Sandie, and when he saw Bai Zhu again, he also went up to salute, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Bai's under Master Hou, what a coincidence, are you here?"

Bai Zhu's expression was not so warm, which was her usual attitude. After a brief exchange of greetings, Sandie invited the two Buddhas into the house, and searched away all the weapons on Lin Yifeng's body.Bai Zhu sat down again, and Sandai poured green tea for Lin Yifeng.

"I came here from Xi'an all the way, and I happened to meet my wife here." Lin Yifeng said, propping up his knees, and tidying up his gloves, "Is this the attitude of your wife?"

He was teasing Bai Zhu's indifference, and Lin Yifeng always spoke with a smile.Bai Zhu turned his head and asked him: "Aren't you in Russia, why did you go to Xi'an again?"

Lin Yifeng laughed twice, took the glass from Sandie's hand, looked into Sandie's eyes and said, "Then you have to ask our peace ambassador. Mr. Yan, I went to Xi'an to look for you, but I don't want to, I just threw it away."

"What are you looking for with the ambassador?" Bai Zhu said.

"Ma'am, why are you looking for the ambassador?" Lin Yifeng asked back, he took a sip of hot tea, and the silver needle-like tea leaves were rising and falling, "We are all the same way."

He idly tapped on the table, Bai Zhu looked down to see his fingers undulating regularly, making a clicking sound.Triad also realized at the same time that this was the tapping rhythm of Morse code.The three of them sat around, chatting like friends they hadn't seen for a long time, and the sound of percussion ran through their voices.

"The crow reported the funeral in the cage, and the fish died tragically. I don't know if it's sad in the north wind and snow. The next one is you." Lin Yifeng looked at Sandie and read out this poem. After the last one, he tapped the rhythm of the table also disappeared.

"It turns out that you are here to snatch someone from me." Bai Zhu leaned forward, looked at Lin Yifeng and said, "Lin Liu, I will not let you this time. Mr. Yan, from today onwards, we will You provide personal protection."

"How do I know it wasn't you who framed Gu Zhou, and now you're here to kill me?" San Diai put his hands under the table, clicked to open the secret compartment, and pulled out a brand new Beretta from it.

"Guzhou is in danger, someone wants to mess with him. Mr. Yan, as a friend of Guzhou, you may be killed at any time. Mr. Yan, we are here to protect you, please cooperate. To put it bluntly, if you want to If you want to kill you, there is no need for me to come forward in person."

"......I will think about it."

"Mr. Yan, please keep all the conversations today confidential, as if we never existed. I have blocked all the signals around the room, and we are now isolated from the world. Sir, everything we said to you is true, Please keep that in mind. As for why we did this, now is not the time to tell you, when the dust settles, you will understand."

An hour later, Bai Zhu left first, and another half hour later, Sandie sent Lin Yifeng away.The heavy snow was still falling, and it was getting bigger and bigger. The room was extremely deserted, and only the steaming tea showed that someone had been there.

He turned off the headlights in the house, leaving only a chandelier on the balcony, and the green radishes on the window sill were still lush, like spring.Sancha sat down in front of the computer, turned on the audio, and began typing Morse code. He repeatedly stroked the envelope Bai Zhu gave him and Guzhou's cell phone for more than ten minutes.

Taking out the pen and paper, he recorded today's conversation with Bai Zhu and Lin Yifeng amidst the repeated monotonous looping sound of the code. At the end, he wrote down the Morse code and attached the deciphered content.

"The crow reports the funeral in the cage, and the fish dies tragically. You are sad in the north wind and snow, and you will be next."

He wrote the last word so heavily that it almost pierced the paper.After finishing writing, he closed the diary, breathed a sigh of relief like an asthma patient, then covered his aching chest, lay down on the table, and thought of Guzhou's face.