Chapter 42: The Stranded Journey

  Right and wrong are often a hair's breadth apart. Blindly pursuing what you want may not be a good thing! Wait for the dreams and hopes that are worth waiting for, and discard unrealistic "beliefs".

  Remember, what determines one's life is not just ability, but also choice!

  Volume 3: "Northern Country's Poison King"

  I remember that Jiu Hu said to Lu Yu Feng, let's heal our wounds and return to the team as soon as possible, but a week has passed, we can't even return to the team, not to mention completing the task.

  Lu Yifeng chatted with a walkie-talkie every day, while Panzi and I wandered aimlessly in Longzhou City. This Longzhou City is not big, and after a few days, we were both tired of wandering around.

  Before I was released from prison, I signed a three-year agreement with the police. In these three years, I risked my life to dig up clues and exchange them for the remaining hardships in prison.

  I thought so, since I've already promised the police, then do a good job, otherwise it's very guilty to be lazy like this.

  At lunchtime that day, I mentioned it to Lu Yifeng and asked him on purpose, "When will we have a mission?"

  Lu Yu Feng was savoring the chicken feet, and took the opportunity to reply, "Originally after solving the Ling Mei case, we should have gone to Mo Si Town in Harbin, where a bizarre murder case occurred. However, during our recovery period, the higher-ups sent Xiao Gui and Dao Ke to investigate, which means our task was taken over by others. So, it's hard to say when we'll have another task."

  As soon as I heard the words "Xī Guǐ" and "Dāo Kè", I immediately guessed that these two must be special informants. Our informants on the mainland also have a nickname, called "Zhēn Guǐ". As for the one called Xī Guǐ, it goes without saying that this special informant is definitely very skilled at investigating intelligence. As for Dāo Kè, he must be an expert with knives. These two people going to investigate together are absolutely a perfect combination.

  Pan Zi heard this and burst out laughing, he was holding the idea of being lazy whenever possible, and said to us, "According to Ah Feng's words, we really have nothing to do in the short term, why don't we go traveling, take a break and all that."

  I know Panzi has always been interested in the Hulunbuir Grassland, and this time he must have suggested it because he wants to take a look. But I really think his request is excessive. If our superiors find out that while other informants are working hard, we're going on a trip, they'll definitely be furious with us three.

  Ke Ah peak didn't think there was anything and nodded in approval.

  They outnumbered me two to one, I had no choice but to agree. We are both frequent travelers, and if we really want to go on a trip, we can just leave at any time.

  After dinner, Lu Yifeng went to buy train tickets. We two returned home and waited. Panzi hummed a song all the way, something about the sky being vast and the fields being boundless.

  Actually, we didn't have much to pack, just a simple luggage and some money. Lu Yufeng bought the 10 o'clock train ticket.

  We arrived at the station at nine o'clock and found a place to sit in the waiting room.

  After calculating, there is still an hour before boarding, so we just chatted randomly to pass the time. During this period, Lu Yifeng received a phone call.

  He didn't say anything, just hummed twice in response, but I saw his face was gloomy.

  After hanging up the phone, I asked him what was wrong. Lu Yifeng just smiled and pointed to a bookstore, saying he would go in and pick out some books, and let us continue waiting for the bus.

  We went to Hulunbuir, and we had to take a bus to Manzhouli first. From there, it would take at least more than a day to depart. I thought Afeng was afraid of being bored on the road and wanted to buy a book to kill time, so I didn't pay much attention.

  After Panzi and I had been there for a while, two women came over and sat down next to us.

  It's neither winter nor summer vacation, and it's not the peak tourist season. At this late hour, there aren't many people in the waiting room, with plenty of empty seats available. I'm quite curious about these two women, wondering why they chose to sit next to us.

  But I didn't know what to say, Panzi was a bit excited and winked at me.

  It's obvious that he wants to tease the girls, but I think it's a joke. Nowadays, even if you want to find a girlfriend, you need to have some good conditions. Panzi wants to hook up with them, introduces himself, and says he's an "ex-convict on parole", these two girls would be scared out of their wits.

  I just stared at him and let him calm down. Also, because of the two strange women sitting next to us, Panzi and I didn't chat much either.

  The two girls didn't care and started chatting without any reserve, they first talked about some women's topics and then suddenly changed the subject to strange stories on the train.

  I'm interested in strange news and heard some through the grapevine.

  According to what they said, recently, on the train to Harbin, an old Taoist priest in a hemp robe often appears. This person is simply amazing, providing divination and explaining hexagrams for everyone, no matter what the issue is, he can point out the way. Especially, it's said that there was a white-collar worker who asked about his career, and with just one sentence from the old priest, he got promoted immediately.

  After listening, I feel like laughing and think that's what everyone means by "rumors spreading rumors". Who is so divine? In my heart, I thought that if I met this old guy, I wouldn't ask anything else, just let him tell me what the next double-color ball number is, isn't that settled?

  After a while, someone at the ticket gate shouted that the train to Manchuria had checked tickets.

  I looked around for Lu Yifeng, but he was still in the bookstore and hadn't come out yet. The train tickets were with him too, so I felt a bit anxious that we might miss our ride, and hastily went to find him at the bookstore.

  The bookstore was also open, and the announcement at the ticket gate should have been heard by Ah Feng, but he was still holding a book, reading it with great interest.

  I took a closer look, the book was called "The Real Record of Strange Cases", so I pulled him and said, "A Feng, if this book is that good, you should buy it and read it slowly, we've checked our tickets."

  Lu Yifeng turned his head and looked at the ticket gate again, shaking his head and saying, "No inspection."

  I even suspect his eyes are crooked, I don't care about that much, this is going to take him away.

  But Lu Yifeng made us wait, and he took out the three train tickets to Manchuria from his pocket again. With a casual squeeze, he crumpled them into a ball.

  I was stunned and didn't know what he wanted to do. Before I could ask, he took out three train tickets from another pocket and said that we had just received a notice that we were going there.

  I looked at these three train tickets, all of which were going to Harbin's Mohe.

  I savored his words and looked at the owner of this bookstore again. The owner was a middle-aged man who didn't care about my direct gaze, still sitting with his head down.

  I think this boss should be our man. After Lu Yifeng received the call, he came over to contact him and even gave Afeng three new train tickets.

  And what's more, I'm guessing this mission is about investigating the bizarre murder case in Morse Town.

  I'm quite curious, so I ask Ah Feng, "Didn't you say that Xiao Gui and Dao Ke had already rushed over?"

  As soon as the matter was mentioned, Lu Yifeng became serious and added a surprising sentence, "Xiguai and Dao Ke have been missing for two days, Qinfu asked us to hurry over and investigate."

  It's nothing for an ordinary person to be missing for two days, but a missing informant for two days implies something ominous.

  I also know that with this, our vacation has been ruined, but I don't have anything to miss.

  We waited for the bus to Mors. At half past ten, my brother and I got on the bus on time.

  The staff treated us very well, we bought three soft sleepers, and in this small compartment, there were only the two of us.

  It's already late at night, and I didn't think too much about it. I thought that once we arrived in Mus town, we could still understand the situation then.

  We both climbed onto our own beds ready for sleep. Just as I was getting drowsy and about to fall asleep, the door of the suite was opened by someone.

  He also casually turned on the light and sat down beside me with a plop.

  I thought it was the train attendant checking tickets, but I also had a bit of anger in my heart, thinking that we were sleeping in soft sleeper berths and had already checked our tickets and exchanged our cards when we got on the train, why did he still come over?

  I turned over and looked at him with a glance, but when I saw his appearance and dress clearly, I sat up vigilantly.

  In front of me was an old man with a white beard and wrinkles all over his face, wearing a hemp garment.

  I suddenly remembered what those two women said, and I thought it was really strange. We took the train to Harbin, and we actually ran into him.

  During this time, Lu Yifeng and Panzi also woke up. Panzi was sleeping on the lower bunk like me, he suddenly sat up and pointed at Lao Suo, saying "Ah ha, aren't you the legendary fortune teller? How did you get in here? Go play in the hard seat area."

  The old man didn't blame Panzi's absurdity, he even chuckled and said to us, "I'm a fortune teller, but I don't charge for fortune telling."

  Pan Zi loves to take advantage of small benefits, he thought for a moment, perhaps the words "don't want money" moved him, and he looked at me again, meaning why don't we also give it a try.

  I didn't say anything and coldly stared at old man Mai.

  Panzi leaned forward and changed his words, saying, "Master, first calculate for me what kind of person I was before and how was it?"

  The old man Ma said it was okay, and then he touched the cloth bag on his back, took out something that surprised me.