[Bottle Evil] Snowy Illusion

The winding snow-capped mountains are dazzlingly white, and the bleak wind howls past. The only thing that can cross this snowy area is the wind.

"Here?" The man walking in the front asked the other person walking behind him.

Under the snow goggles were a pair of resolute eyes with an obvious scar at the corner of the eyes.The man looked around, only snow mountains, only snow.But he still quickly figured it out, and replied: "That's right." Then he looked behind himself, and there were several people behind him.

Going deep into the snow-capped mountains is more difficult than expected, but they are all elites, and the harsh environment has never been a problem. Strict and intensive training has trained them to become the most efficient human machines.Often what they need to do is to mark a height for themselves, and then easily swing themselves over.Nothing is too tricky, especially doing this kind of probing, or manhunt, with only environmental obstacles.

What's more, the target of the search was a dead man who should have been immobile, and might have to be dug up from the snow.

Indeed, at the beginning, they judged so.

Unlike the cold outside, the interior is so warm and comfortable that it almost makes people drowsy, but now is not the time to relax, Zhang Haike tilted his head and stared into Wu Xie's eyes.

He is judging, judging whether everything Wu Xie just said is the truth. Although Wu Xie has no need to hide it, they have the same goal at this time, and cooperation is the best way.But when Wu Xie said something serious, he would make a few jokes. While suppressing his urge to beat him up occasionally, Zhang Haike comforted Zhang Haixing, who wanted to jump up and beat him up all the time.

"You said it was you, did you want to beat him?"

Wu Xie told the story of when Zhang Qiling came to Hangzhou to say goodbye to him nearly ten years ago, until he entered the Bronze Gate.

Zhang Haike listened to his ramblings, and finished speaking with obvious embellishment, nodded, thinking that Hai Xing was really going to beat you up.

"Then the ghost seal is with you?" Zhang Haike decided to guide Wu Xie to talk more about the key points.

Wu Xie smiled, and didn't deny it, which was tantamount to acquiescing, but obviously, it was also tantamount to saying: It's here with me, but I won't give it to you.

"Well, I believe that the patriarch must have his reasons for doing this." He looked at Wu Xie again, "However, I already know this story."

Wu Xie snorted and laughed: "Don't tell me, you were following us, so you didn't stop him? Are you afraid you won't be able to beat him?"

Zhang Haike smiled and said, "That's not true. If you want to know, there are many ways."

Wu Xie exaggeratedly made a surprised expression, and said: "You always have many ways, I understand, so you must also know the way to open the door without using the ghost seal, so don't ask me for it."

There is indeed a way to open the door without using the ghost seal, and it can only be used by the Zhang family. Although Zhang Haike has not been there in person, but after some speculation, it should be no problem.But he wanted to know the purpose of Wu Xie's insistence on keeping the ghost seal, and the whereabouts of another thing.

Furthermore, it is about an agreement, or entrustment, between Zhang Qiling and Wu Xie.

When receiving the task entrustment, everyone thought it was extremely simple, but the situation seems to have changed now.The leader suddenly stopped, and the companions also stopped. They looked forward, and a wide frozen lake suddenly appeared in front of them.

The appearance of the lake meant a tense signal—their route had changed unconsciously.

The person with the scar on the corner of his eye quickly checked the map and positioning, and all the procedures were correct, but they were still guided to a different direction from the plan by an unknown force.

He signaled the leader to stop. Here, although there is no obvious danger, caution is the best choice.

They carefully analyzed the current situation, and it seemed that it was just an accident that they went the wrong way.However, accidents are never allowed in the family. The simpler things are, the more shocking the accidents will be.

"Huh?" The leader asked a question.

The scarred man followed his gaze, and there seemed to be something incompatible with the snow near the lake.

It was a touch of red, especially in the surrounding silver-white snow, but strangely, they didn't notice it when they first looked at the lake.

The whole group became vigilant, everything seemed to be weird since they saw the lake, reason told them that they should stop now.If an unexpected situation arises, they should decisively choose conservative actions, but their intuition tells them that the red color is directly related to the target they are searching for.

"Do you know the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint?" Before Wu Xie was about to tell Zhang Haike the next story, he suddenly asked such a question.

Zhang Haixing hurriedly said: "Let you tell me what the patriarch asked you to do, what happened to the tribe that saved you, you are talking nonsense for so long!"

"Old..." Wu Xie frowned, and just finished saying the old woman's first word, seeing that Zhang Haixing's face was darkened, he deliberately smiled and said, "I'm talking about important information, how can this be nonsense? You guys Shouldn't you reflect on why your patriarch entrusted me with such an important task instead of giving it to you?"

Zhang Haike and his team have basically been active overseas all the time. They only heard about the affairs of the Zhang family in the mainland, and not many actually participated in them.Especially since the period of the Republic of China, the Zhang family in the interior fell apart, and even the patriarch was missing.It was reasonable for Zhang Qiling not to contact them. What's more, their current patriarch always seemed to be different from the previous ones.

It is impossible for Wu Xie to grasp all the twists and turns, but obviously, Wu Xie already knows the most critical part.

Because of that kind of snake, this is also a very important part of the Zhang family's investigation. Wu Xie has already read many of the lost information that has been dated.

What these messages spell out are not only secrets and truths, but also the emotions wrapped in the messages.Wu Xie's eyes have changed, which is why Zhang Haike decided not to use the previous method to trick him into telling the truth from the moment he saw Wu Xie for the first time.

"He trusts you more, why don't you pick him up in person? We can go together if you need someone." Zhang Haike said.

"No." Wu Xie said while stroking his bald head.

Zhang Haike smiled and said, "You don't, do you mind the hairstyle?"

"A little bit, don't pick it up too fast, at least when I grow to the size, I'm afraid he won't get used to it."

Zhang Haixing slapped the table with a palm: "You two can't finish it!"

Things don't look like they're going to end.

The man with the scar still decided to check the red patch, because he was familiar with this color, and it was too conspicuous in the snow, so it was effortless to spot it.And he was wearing white clothes, so he didn't need to hide deliberately, and it was difficult to be noticed.

And that person was wearing a red lama suit at that time, exposing himself in front of his eyes without any scruples.

He just approached silently, and then drew his dagger, everything ended too simply.

It was just that the target whose throat was slashed exhausted his last strength and fell off the cliff, so they made this trip—to find the corpse and confirm the death.

However, the location is obviously wrong, but the closer you get, the clearer the red figure becomes.It is indeed a person who has fallen on the snow and is wearing a Lama suit.

The leader looked back at the man with the scar, and the man nodded.

Wu Xie raised her head and touched the wound on her neck. It healed faster than expected, and the newly grown flesh on the wound was itchy.Wu Xie went on to tell a very obscure story, which he learned from Zhang Qiling's narrative and the collation of the Great Lama Deren when he first started these investigations four years ago.

Zhang Haike heard nothing but said nothing, but Zhang Haixing really wanted to be tough, Wu Xie squinted his eyes, and took a sip of the cold buttered tea, which was hard to swallow the first time he drank it , but the more you drink, the more you like it, especially in this alpine region, butter tea has a kind of magical power.

"It's time to collect the net." Wu Xie leaned against the wall, looking a little sleepy, but excited.

"Your network?" Zhang Haike asked, "I'm really curious about your plan."

Wu Xie waved his hand and said, "It's not my net, it's your patriarch's net, or in other words, it's the Zhang family's net."

Ten years ago, before Zhang Qiling went to Hangzhou to find Wu Xie, he went to Banai to find another person.Although that person was also Wu Xie's friend, and there was even a life-threatening relationship between them, but about that story, that person didn't tell Wu Xie all of it.

Later, in the bronze gate of Medog, unexpected great changes took place, but it was also such a great change that made Wu Xie see the shadow of the enemy.

Medog's bronze gate is a cover, an illusion, but it is also a dying counterattack by the entire Zhang family.This counterattack was first initiated by a person named Dong Can, and later guarded by Zhang Qiling. Until now, Wu Xie has taken over the key to make it work.

Wu Xie got up suddenly, and walked to a corner of the room, where there was a table, which looked very old.There were some sundries on the table, Wu Xie took out a notebook from it, and said, "This is a note about your patriarch, it's too cumbersome, I'll tell you the key ones." Then he flipped through it.

The search appears to have come to an end.

Except for the footsteps of a group of people stepping into the snow, there was no sound in the snow, and the closer they got to the target, the stronger the strange and ominous premonition became.

Under the red lama clothes, a person fell in front of him in a prone position. His bare head and neck skin had been discolored by the freezing weather, and dark blood stains could be seen slightly on his neck, extending into the snow.

It was a corpse, and all they had to do now was to examine the corpse and confirm that it was the target, thus completing the mission.

The man with the scar passed over the leader and took a step forward to the front of the corpse. He squatted down slowly and stretched out his hand to straighten the corpse's face.

The head of the corpse is facing away from everyone, only the man with the scar is directly opposite it now.All eyes were on the scarred man's face, waiting for his conclusion.

However, the moment he saw the face of the corpse, the man with the scar only felt a chill that penetrated his heart.

The air freezes instantly, he needs to find the reason in the shortest possible time and make the right decision.The current situation is completely unexpected, this is a first-level crisis: the face of the corpse is the face of the leader.

Looking at the face exactly like his own, Zhang Haike suddenly thought of the first time he put on this mask.That was a last resort because there were so many fakes to root out.In fact, speaking of this face, it didn't have any bad influence on him. After a long time, he got used to it. It's just that more than ten years have passed, and he can't remember what he looked like before, and he has been forever. can no longer be seen.

Some masks have been worn for a long time and can no longer be taken off.

"What are you thinking, do you think my face is handsome? Don't be jealous, don't you have it too?" Wu Xie reached out and pinched Zhang Haike's chin as he spoke, and turned his face to look at it carefully, but Zhang Haike didn't stop him , I heard Wu Xie conclude, "This deity is more handsome."

Zhang Haixing snorted: "You don't have to do this, we are indeed the Zhang family." She knew that what Wu Xie was looking at was not Zhang Haike's face, but a small scar left on his neck four years ago, which was after fighting with the enemy imprint left.

Wu Xie was confirming their authenticity.

In the end who is real.The man with the scar restrained the chill in his heart, but his sharp eyes had already shot at the leader. What he didn't expect was that the leader showed him a secretive smile.

The man with the scar quickly backed away, adopting a defensive posture.

The rest didn't know why, but instinctively felt the danger.This kind of atmosphere is too strange, in the desolate snow mountain, there is nothing but a dead body, but the dangerous atmosphere is so strong, people are inevitably forced out of tension and fear.

"Don't be so nervous, it's always better to be safe." Wu Xie said and handed them the notes, pointing to the page that turned, "Do you recognize this pattern?"

A gust of wind whizzed past, and the snow foam was rolled up and scratched on the bare skin of the face, causing a slight tingling sensation.

In the next second, the lama clothes worn by the corpse were turned up, and a pattern suddenly appeared on the arms of the corpse.

The notes are very old, and the pages are all yellowed, but the pattern on the page is clear and clear, it is a phoenix totem.The lines are delicate and smooth, and the shape is majestic and shocking.

Ancient and mysterious intuitive visual impact.Zhang Haike had never seen it before, but he seemed to have felt its power.

Zhang Haike looked at Wu Xie and asked about the source of this picture.

"I don't know much about an ancient tribe." Wu Xie was very satisfied with the reaction of the two of them, "Your patriarch has an agreement with this tribe. After he went to see the door, he hinted at me to fulfill the agreement and start A plan, which I presume is already in operation."

"what's the plan?"

Wu Xie closed the notebook, looked out the window at the layers of snow-capped mountains, his expression suddenly became solemn.

"A device, it is said that your Zhang family invented it." Wu Xie said lightly.

The man with the scar suddenly felt suffocated when he saw the totem-like pattern. He raised his eyes to look at the leader, unable to calm down at all.

What went wrong? The situation in front of them has exceeded expectations too much, and it is even a situation that is completely impossible to deal with. This should not have appeared in their search operation this time.

He quickly squatted down and turned the whole body over.To his shock, however, the corpse's face suddenly changed into that of the target.

"Are you sure?" the leader asked.

The man with the scar took a deep breath, the cold air rushed into his lungs, and he lifted the cloth on the corpse's arm.

The phoenix totem tattoo is gone, but there is something extra at the elbow.

The man with the scar raised his eyes to look at the leader, only to see the leader's hand stretched out from his pocket, holding an identical one in his palm.

It was a delicately shaped thing, but it exuded the most terrifying signal.

"The invention you are so proud of." Wu Xie withdrew his gaze, glanced at the two of them, and became cold again, "The hexagonal copper bell."

"You mean brass bells? Is there something like that?"

Wu Xie nodded, "Not only are there, there are many, perfect copies."

"This kind of bell can't be duplicated." Zhang Haixing interrupted him, "The method of making it is very complicated, and it has been lost for a long time. Even we only know part of how to use it. It is impossible to make it."

Wu Xie seemed very disapproving, stood up, and then pushed the door out.

The two didn't know why, so they had to keep up.

Outside the house is the courtyard of the Lama Temple, which is still silent and almost without people. A thin layer of snow has fallen on Zhang Qiling's stone statue, and the ground is also the same. After all, the snow still fell.

"Where are you going?" Zhang Haixing asked, she had tried her best to suppress her anger.

Wu Xie looked back at the two of them and said, "It's not about going somewhere, it's about fleeing."

As soon as the words came out, both of them were stunned for a moment. Zhang Haike felt the subtlety of the matter, and said, "You should tell us the truth, so that everyone can help each other."

Wu Xie wrapped her clothes and said, "They came to look for me. To be precise, it was my dead body. But if there is no dead body, they will definitely find a living person."

Zhang Haike was startled, but seeing that Wu Xie was still calm, he asked, "What are your plans?"

Wu Xie touched his bald head with a relaxed expression, and said, "I still have to ask you to help."

Zhang Haike was a little puzzled, but looking at Wu Xie's face—it was also his own face, he suddenly grasped some key points. "Don't say you want me to be a dead ghost, we are not alike now." After thinking for a while, he smiled, "Your boy is much more cunning than me now."

Wu Xie waved his hand: "It's still very similar. We have cooperated well. In this world, besides ourselves, there is only one who can separate you and me." Seeing Zhang Haixing's obviously disdainful face, he continued, "Of course. There is this beautiful lady."

Zhang Haike's eyebrows twitched, and he said, "Who else? Patriarch? Your little brother?"

"He probably won't do it." Wu Xie sighed, "It's not Brother Xiaoman, it's Brother Xiaoman."

"Who is that?"

"my dog."

Zhang Haixing realized immediately that this man compared himself to a dog and waved to hit him.

Wu Xie hurriedly said: "Don't make trouble, we are running out of time."

Zhang Haike thought for a while. He knew that Wu Xie had planned everything, even including meeting him here. Since he came here and had chosen to give this person his trust, there was really no need to turn his face at this time, and said: "Then according to Your plan."

"I have one more condition." Wu Xie said, "Teach me how to crack the hexagonal copper bell."

"Push your nose and face, you!" Zhang Haixing said angrily.

"Don't make a noise, is this the way to untie the bell..." Zhang Haike felt that it was time to ease the atmosphere and smooth things over, and said with a smile, "It's not a way to spread the word."

Wu Xie's expression froze for a second, but soon returned to that indifferent look: "Whether to teach or not."

"Yes." Zhang Haike said with a smile, "You just need to deal with the patriarch, he has the right to say."

Wu Xie put on the hat again, pressed it down, and said, "Then come with me."

The small county town at the foot of the mountain is the same as it was a few years ago, with few people, but it is a transit or hub, and people who come and go will pass through here, so there are many floating people here.

According to what Wu Xie said, he is being hunted by the other party, so the best way to hide a person is to mix him with a group of people, just like hiding a leaf in a field of fallen leaves.

What's more, there is Zhang Haike himself, with this identical leaf as a cover.

This is to use, not to use, it is a choice they all have to make.

There were quite a lot of people coming and going on the street at this time. Wu Xie had already changed out of his lama clothes in the lama temple, and put on the clothes brought by Zhang Haike. He wrapped his hat tightly, leaving almost only his eyes outside, maybe Hiding, maybe just to keep out of the cold.

Wu Xie deduced that the other party would not send only one team, they would never do things without leaving a way out.The search team on the snow mountain, if the plan went well, should have encountered an accident.So what they have to do now is to successfully avoid another invisible hunting team that may be lurking around, leave here before the heavy snow falls, and then part ways, each carry out their own plans, and after a while Reunion at the agreed place.

What puzzled Zhang Haike at first was that since there were enemies lurking here, why did Wu Xie ask to meet here? Wouldn't it be very dangerous?It wasn't until he saw Wu Xie and saw his state that he realized that the reason why Wu Xie called them here was because Wu Xie was completely alone at this time.

This doesn't just mean a state of being alone, Wu Xie completely cut off his connection with everyone and everything.

No matter which side, he will not know his whereabouts, his plan, or his next move.

Even his life and death.

Zhang Haike can almost be sure that in the next day or two, or even shorter, Wu Xie will disappear in front of him and Zhang Haixing in a way that neither of them can notice, and it must have been planned by Wu Xie long ago. of.After that, he will live a life like a wandering spirit for a long time.

In this way, the last imprint of Wu Xie in this world is only Motuo, this little clue.

Thinking of this, Zhang Haike looked forward to it instead. He would not stop it, nor would he help it out. This was a lonely and grand performance.

However, the predicted changes came as expected.

It was getting dark, but they didn't catch up with the last convoy out of the county.The three checked into a small hotel and decided to leave the next day.

No one intends to sleep, and the night may pass peacefully or unexpectedly.

Zhang Haike looked in the mirror, it was a gamble, but he had no choice, he had to lower his bargaining chip, which was his trust in Wu Xie.This is a must choice for him and even the Zhang family.

Whether he can win or not depends entirely on Wu Xie's plan, and he seems to have finally got some clues.

At three o'clock in the morning, Zhang Haike opened the window, and the wind and snow poured in.Zhang Haike finally couldn't help cursing, then turned over and jumped down, landing lightly on the ground, and there was no one around.

The night light at the entrance of the hotel was flickering in the wind and snow, like a ghost, the dim light struggled against the wind and snow, and the whole street seemed to be crumbling.

Zhang Haike found out the direction, and walked towards the Lama Temple with a cat on his back and braved the wind and snow.

After walking less than half of the distance, Zhang Haike felt something strange, the feeling of being with him like a shadow, he knew that he had been exposed to the enemy's sight.

And the enemy doesn't mind being exposed now, no, it's not that they don't mind, but they are confident, even if they are exposed, as long as they get rid of the witnesses, it is no different from not being exposed.

For example, there is absolutely no third person haunting this one, and there is no end to the stone steps in the dark.

I really like one-on-one, isn't there a lesson, or is it true that I don't pay attention to people at all.Zhang Haike thought, it's a pity that you have identified the wrong person. He is not the person who almost saved his life in embarrassment not long ago.

He is a warrior, a sharp weapon trained from childhood.

The fight started in the snowstorm, and the sound of the raging wind almost drowned out all the sounds of the close combat between the two.

The opponent's style of attack was the same as the previous one, without the slightest sloppiness, and his moves were sharp and straight to the point, really unbeatable.

Zhang Haike's mind flashed through the episodes of training when he was very young. Whether it was the seniors who taught them skills or the teacher, as mentioned, there are two types of battles, one is life-threatening, and the other is life-saving.So which one is more powerful and more able to win?

The deadly moves seem to have a coherent plan and a strong purpose, and will burst out with a first-level energy, but in fact, after they have experienced it personally, they will understand that the life-saving moves are the ultimate.

Because this man will stop at nothing.

Wu Xie is like this, so is he, but at the moment he is saving his life, and what Wu Xie wants to save is something else.

Zhang's training is mainly aimed at organs and aggressive zongzi, so most of them are life-saving skills and moves.Unlike them, the enemy's target is the living, and they have always stood in the position of the leader, playing with the prey between applause, and when it comes to personal training, they also have a strong purpose.

Of course, this is just a guess, but what can be seen from the Zhang family who have been dealing with ancient tombs for a long time is more of a belief in the supremacy of survival.Everything they did was with the greatest purpose of preservation, so as to protect the secret that was engraved in the fate of the Zhang family.

This belief once again saved Zhang Haike's life.

The disposal of the corpse is very easy, just dig a big snow pit, in such an environment, in such a season, it will take at least the spring of the second year to find it.Tomorrow or a little earlier before tomorrow, the person who attacked him will be confirmed missing, and the reason is unknown. This is Wu Xie's purpose.

According to the plan, Zhang Haike would also place a broken hexagonal copper bell next to the corpse.

There was still a long way to go back to the Lama Temple. Zhang Haike was a little tired, but he couldn't stop.Wu Xie left something there for him. If he was attacked and escaped successfully, he would go find that thing. If he died, Zhang Haixing would go get it.

He knew that when they got the things, they would lose contact with Wu Xie.

He finally knew Wu Xie's plan, or the gist of the plan.That is to mess up all the plans. He is really not a "dead man" who makes people feel safe.

The snow was getting bigger and bigger, and the snow on the stone steps was getting thicker and thicker, making it almost impossible to climb, and gradually it became difficult to see clearly, but there was still a smile on Zhang Haike's face under the snow cap.

He raised his head, and in the snowy mist, he vaguely saw the lanterns hanging from the Lama Temple.

Seven days later, the Wang family received news from Medog that the search failed, and neither the target nor his body was found, and many of the searchers were missing.

Medog, this place, has become a barb in the history of the family, and the slightest touch will hurt the flesh and nerves.

……

Eight months after leaving Medog, Zhang Haike and Zhang Haixing were driving on the highway.

Zhang Haixing looked at the two old-fashioned videotapes placed in front of the windshield, and became angry.

The thing itself has no value. They have already obtained the information hidden in it. As a medium to convey this information, these two video tapes were just placed here by Zhang Haike.

Pasted here is something that Wu Xie left in the Lama Temple, which is also a message, the message of the place where they will meet again.It was then used to deliver another message after they met smoothly at the agreed upon location.

It was a piece of paper that seemed to be torn from a notebook randomly, and Zhang Haike had to admit that what was written on it really made him mess up at a speed of 110 mph.

The handwriting is more casual, but it still looks like a thin golden body: If you have time, help me pick up the child and send it here too.

"Damn, the more I think about it, the more angry I get. Did I take my mother as his nanny! After picking up the older ones, pick up the younger ones?" Zhang Haixing scolded.

Zhang Haike gave her a helpless smile, and turned right at a fork in the road ahead.

The street signs show that it is still 20 kilometers away from Hangzhou.